PowerShell Job Trends

Windows PowerShell
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 94 83
Rank change year-on-year -22 -11 +8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,249 1,472 2,465
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.90% 2.94% 3.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.16% 8.61% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 920 1,021 2,150
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £36,725
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -3.67% +6.86% -7.07%

All Programming Languages
UK

PowerShell falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,292 17,090 27,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.71% 34.18% 37.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,837 10,021 22,871
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in the UK

PowerShell
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell

PowerShell
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the UK over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -25 1,042 £57,500 -8.00% 388
UK excluding London -13 732 £52,500 -3.67% 355
London -9 445 £70,000 -8.50% 115
Work from Home +10 419 £55,000 -15.38% 168
South East -35 190 £57,500 -4.17% 126
Scotland +57 141 £69,250 +25.91% 23
North of England -26 136 £48,445 -7.72% 90
South West -6 102 £55,000 - 41
Midlands -40 88 £52,500 +5.00% 47
East of England +13 64 £40,000 -23.81% 29
Yorkshire -31 61 £47,972 -8.62% 26
North West -16 59 £50,000 -4.76% 51
West Midlands -39 44 £47,500 -5.00% 23
East Midlands -15 43 £55,000 +8.91% 25
North East +3 16 £47,500 -17.39% 13
Wales +2 10 £55,000 +5.77% 10
Northern Ireland -22 2 £46,000 - 2

PowerShell
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 187 (14.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (11.37%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.68%) IIS
4 22 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.12%) Confluence
6 8 (0.64%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.080%) CICS
10 1 (0.080%) Site Server
10 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 42 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.48%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.24%) CATIA
6 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.48%) Markit EDM
3 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.40%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
6 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.080%) Actimize
7 1 (0.080%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.080%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 824 (65.97%) Azure
2 414 (33.15%) Microsoft 365
3 348 (27.86%) Entra ID
4 212 (16.97%) AWS
5 194 (15.53%) Azure DevOps
6 118 (9.45%) Power Platform
7 96 (7.69%) GitHub
8 79 (6.33%) GCP
9 75 (6.00%) PaaS
10 74 (5.92%) GitHub Actions
11 72 (5.76%) Google Workspace
12 64 (5.12%) Azure Monitor
13 60 (4.80%) SaaS
14 57 (4.56%) IaaS
15 55 (4.40%) Power Automate
16 48 (3.84%) OneDrive
17 39 (3.12%) AWS CloudFormation
17 39 (3.12%) Snowflake
18 37 (2.96%) Azure Sentinel
19 36 (2.88%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 223 (17.85%) Firewall
2 213 (17.05%) DNS
3 171 (13.69%) DHCP
4 121 (9.69%) VPN
5 102 (8.17%) TCP/IP
6 81 (6.49%) WAN
7 69 (5.52%) LAN
8 62 (4.96%) Broadband
9 48 (3.84%) VLAN
10 45 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (3.04%) Wireless
12 34 (2.72%) SD-WAN
13 32 (2.56%) Network Security
14 28 (2.24%) SAN
15 25 (2.00%) VoIP
16 15 (1.20%) Internet
16 15 (1.20%) VSAN
17 14 (1.12%) MPLS
18 12 (0.96%) BGP
18 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (11.69%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.97%) Power BI
3 35 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 34 (2.72%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (2.40%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.08%) MySQL
6 26 (2.08%) Oracle Database 10g
7 24 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (1.04%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (0.96%) Tableau
12 10 (0.80%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.56%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.40%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 92 (7.37%) JIRA
2 87 (6.97%) Jenkins
3 75 (6.00%) Git
4 35 (2.80%) GitLab
5 31 (2.48%) Octopus Deploy
6 22 (1.76%) TeamCity
7 17 (1.36%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.96%) Burp Suite
8 12 (0.96%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.48%) TestRail
13 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) Toad
15 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.24%) MSI
General
1 439 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 324 (25.94%) Finance
3 133 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (3.84%) Retail
6 46 (3.68%) Law
7 41 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
9 37 (2.96%) Games
10 34 (2.72%) Banking
11 33 (2.64%) Legal
12 29 (2.32%) Telecoms
13 28 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 27 (2.16%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.28%) Front Office
16 13 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (0.80%) Aerospace
18 8 (0.64%) Advertising
19 7 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 196 (15.69%) Senior
2 150 (12.01%) Support Engineer
3 136 (10.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 114 (9.13%) Azure Engineer
5 100 (8.01%) Analyst
6 88 (7.05%) Developer
7 86 (6.89%) DevOps Engineer
8 85 (6.81%) Cloud Engineer
9 81 (6.49%) IT Support
10 79 (6.33%) Security Engineer
11 69 (5.52%) IT Engineer
12 67 (5.36%) Lead
13 56 (4.48%) 3rd Line Support
14 51 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
15 50 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
16 48 (3.84%) Applications Support
17 45 (3.60%) Applications Engineer
18 44 (3.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 42 (3.36%) Support Analyst
20 37 (2.96%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (9.05%) REST
2 81 (6.49%) OAuth
3 80 (6.41%) SOAP
4 75 (6.00%) SAML
5 73 (5.84%) .NET
6 71 (5.68%) GraphQL
7 70 (5.60%) OpenID
8 61 (4.88%) LDAP
9 43 (3.44%) YAML
10 37 (2.96%) JSON
11 24 (1.92%) ARM Templates
11 24 (1.92%) React
12 21 (1.68%) Web Services
13 18 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
14 17 (1.36%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
16 15 (1.20%) Node.js
17 14 (1.12%) Middleware
18 13 (1.04%) .NET Core
19 12 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.21%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 66 (5.28%) Security Posture
4 63 (5.04%) Cyber Threat
5 59 (4.72%) Cyberattack
6 50 (4.00%) Product Ownership
7 45 (3.60%) Management Information System
8 44 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (2.88%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
11 34 (2.72%) Data Centre
12 32 (2.56%) Driving Licence
13 27 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
14 25 (2.00%) CMDB
14 25 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
14 25 (2.00%) PKI
15 21 (1.68%) Virtual Team
16 19 (1.52%) Hedge funds
16 19 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
17 17 (1.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 537 (42.99%) Windows
2 288 (23.06%) Windows Server
3 211 (16.89%) Linux
4 66 (5.28%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.00%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.36%) Unix
7 36 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 35 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 32 (2.56%) VMS
10 30 (2.40%) Android
11 26 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
12 25 (2.00%) Solaris
13 22 (1.76%) HPUX
13 22 (1.76%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.76%) Windows Server 2003
14 21 (1.68%) Apple iOS
15 20 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 18 (1.44%) CentOS
17 17 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
18 12 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (30.10%) Problem-Solving
2 339 (27.14%) DevOps
3 263 (21.06%) CI/CD
4 246 (19.70%) ITIL
5 237 (18.98%) Infrastructure as Code
6 221 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 220 (17.61%) Cybersecurity
8 207 (16.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 199 (15.93%) Mentoring
10 189 (15.13%) Agile
11 163 (13.05%) Disaster Recovery
12 162 (12.97%) Roadmaps
13 123 (9.85%) Task Automation
14 121 (9.69%) Root Cause Analysis
15 120 (9.61%) Coaching
16 114 (9.13%) Asset Management
17 112 (8.97%) Incident Response
18 104 (8.33%) Cloud Security
18 104 (8.33%) Migration
19 96 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 431 (34.51%) Python
2 308 (24.66%) Bash
3 292 (23.38%) SQL
4 101 (8.09%) C#
5 85 (6.81%) T-SQL
6 76 (6.08%) Bicep
7 68 (5.44%) JavaScript
8 25 (2.00%) Perl
9 22 (1.76%) Go
9 22 (1.76%) Java
9 22 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
10 12 (0.96%) VB
11 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
12 10 (0.80%) VBScript
13 9 (0.72%) VBA
14 8 (0.64%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.56%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.48%) C++
17 5 (0.40%) PHP
18 4 (0.32%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 164 (13.13%) Degree
2 154 (12.33%) Security Cleared
3 111 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 96 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 91 (7.29%) Azure Certification
6 58 (4.64%) DV Cleared
7 45 (3.60%) CISSP
8 43 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.72%) CREST Certified
11 32 (2.56%) AWS Certification
12 31 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 23 (1.84%) CEH
14 20 (1.60%) CCNA
15 19 (1.52%) SANS
16 18 (1.44%) CompTIA CySA+
16 18 (1.44%) GIAC
17 16 (1.28%) OSCP
18 15 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
18 15 (1.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (13.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 163 (13.05%) NIST
3 73 (5.84%) NCSC
4 66 (5.28%) GDPR
5 53 (4.24%) SLA
6 47 (3.76%) Accessibility
7 29 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.36%) ISO 22301
8 17 (1.36%) QA
9 16 (1.28%) Data Quality
10 14 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.04%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.48%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
15 4 (0.32%) DICOM
16 3 (0.24%) HL7
16 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
18 1 (0.080%) HIPAA
System Software
1 451 (36.11%) Active Directory
2 140 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 107 (8.57%) Docker
4 100 (8.01%) Hyper-V
5 47 (3.76%) Virtual Machines
6 43 (3.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 35 (2.80%) vSphere
8 20 (1.60%) Firmware
9 16 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.64%) vCloud
11 8 (0.64%) XenApp
12 7 (0.56%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.48%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.40%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 2 (0.16%) iptables
16 2 (0.16%) KVM
16 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 275 (22.02%) Terraform
2 194 (15.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 158 (12.65%) Kubernetes
4 135 (10.81%) Ansible
5 51 (4.08%) SCCM
6 46 (3.68%) Grafana
7 45 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (1.84%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.52%) Puppet
11 13 (1.04%) vCenter Server
12 12 (0.96%) SCOM
13 11 (0.88%) WSUS
14 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.72%) Nessus
15 8 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (0.64%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.64%) VxRail
16 7 (0.56%) McAfee ePO
16 7 (0.56%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 638 (51.08%) Microsoft
2 220 (17.61%) VMware
3 97 (7.77%) Cisco
4 65 (5.20%) ServiceNow
5 54 (4.32%) Oracle
6 48 (3.84%) Veeam
7 46 (3.68%) Splunk
8 38 (3.04%) Google
9 36 (2.88%) Atlassian
10 33 (2.64%) Palo Alto
11 32 (2.56%) Citrix
12 30 (2.40%) Red Hat
13 27 (2.16%) CyberArk
14 26 (2.08%) Commvault
14 26 (2.08%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.08%) SolarWinds
15 23 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
16 22 (1.76%) SAP
17 21 (1.68%) Dell
18 19 (1.52%) Tenable