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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 94 59
Rank change year-on-year -13 -35 +33
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,294 1,740 2,383
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.29% 2.80% 4.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.18% 8.39% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 1,221 2,009
10th Percentile £33,408 £37,500 £39,380
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.38% -1.87% +1.90%

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 11,579 20,744 20,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.53% 33.39% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,450 12,486 17,013
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 -16 1,118 £58,000 -7.20% 477
UK excluding London -2 794 £53,750 +2.38% 451
London -21 427 £75,000 - 142
Work from Home -20 379 £60,000 -11.11% 262
South East -17 216 £58,000 +0.87% 143
North of England -10 152 £50,000 - 84
South West +33 117 £51,250 -2.84% 60
Midlands -11 106 £52,500 +10.53% 66
Scotland +18 99 £57,500 +8.49% 54
East of England +25 88 £47,500 -9.52% 42
West Midlands -4 72 £52,500 +20.00% 33
Yorkshire -15 72 £47,500 -9.52% 19
North West -4 69 £51,000 +2.00% 54
East Midlands +1 34 £52,500 +10.53% 32
Wales +12 16 £55,000 +5.77% 17
North East +5 11 £55,000 +10.00% 14
Northern Ireland -7 3 £46,500 +16.25% 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
1 218 (16.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 174 (13.45%) SharePoint
3 65 (5.02%) IIS
4 46 (3.55%) Confluence
5 22 (1.70%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (1.31%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.85%) nginx
8 7 (0.54%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
11 1 (0.077%) CICS
11 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.46%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.39%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.23%) CATIA
7 3 (0.23%) Windchill
8 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.077%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.077%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 12 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.39%) PlanetPress Connect
5 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.23%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.077%) Actimize
7 1 (0.077%) Eikon
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.077%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.077%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 853 (65.92%) Azure
2 446 (34.47%) Microsoft 365
3 289 (22.33%) Entra ID
4 242 (18.70%) AWS
5 225 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.27%) Power Platform
7 98 (7.57%) GitHub
8 96 (7.42%) PaaS
9 88 (6.80%) GCP
10 85 (6.57%) Azure Monitor
11 82 (6.34%) SaaS
12 73 (5.64%) GitHub Actions
13 71 (5.49%) IaaS
14 64 (4.95%) Power Automate
15 55 (4.25%) Azure Sentinel
16 54 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 48 (3.71%) Serverless
18 39 (3.01%) Azure Key Vault
18 39 (3.01%) OneDrive
19 37 (2.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 274 (21.17%) Firewall
2 249 (19.24%) DNS
3 199 (15.38%) DHCP
4 117 (9.04%) TCP/IP
5 103 (7.96%) VPN
6 94 (7.26%) WAN
7 72 (5.56%) LAN
8 49 (3.79%) VLAN
9 47 (3.63%) Wireless
10 41 (3.17%) SAN
11 37 (2.86%) Internet
11 37 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.78%) Network Security
13 31 (2.40%) SD-WAN
14 21 (1.62%) HTTP
15 20 (1.55%) VoIP
16 19 (1.47%) NAS
17 18 (1.39%) SMTP
18 17 (1.31%) FTP
18 17 (1.31%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (10.36%) SQL Server
2 62 (4.79%) Power BI
3 40 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (2.47%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.32%) Oracle Database
6 28 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (2.01%) Oracle Database 10g
8 25 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (1.08%) MySQL
11 14 (1.08%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.85%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.70%) DTS
14 8 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (0.46%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.46%) Tableau
16 4 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
16 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 127 (9.81%) JIRA
2 103 (7.96%) Jenkins
3 101 (7.81%) Git
4 43 (3.32%) GitLab
5 35 (2.70%) Octopus Deploy
6 23 (1.78%) TeamCity
7 20 (1.55%) Vagrant
8 14 (1.08%) MSI
9 12 (0.93%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.85%) Burp Suite
10 11 (0.85%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.39%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.39%) Robot Framework
13 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 4 (0.31%) Toad
15 3 (0.23%) Balsamiq
General
1 456 (35.24%) Social Skills
2 315 (24.34%) Finance
3 92 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (5.56%) Law
5 49 (3.79%) Public Sector
6 42 (3.25%) Banking
7 40 (3.09%) Legal
8 39 (3.01%) Retail
9 37 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 36 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (2.55%) Telecoms
12 24 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (1.31%) Front Office
14 17 (1.31%) Games
15 16 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.08%) Marketing
17 11 (0.85%) Automotive
18 10 (0.77%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 182 (14.06%) Support Engineer
2 164 (12.67%) Senior
3 145 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 117 (9.04%) Azure Engineer
5 115 (8.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 95 (7.34%) Cloud Engineer
7 92 (7.11%) Analyst
8 86 (6.65%) 3rd Line Support
9 80 (6.18%) IT Support
9 80 (6.18%) Security Engineer
10 76 (5.87%) Lead
11 75 (5.80%) Developer
12 67 (5.18%) IT Engineer
13 63 (4.87%) Platform Engineer
14 60 (4.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 53 (4.10%) Applications Support
16 50 (3.86%) Applications Engineer
16 50 (3.86%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 46 (3.55%) Support Analyst
18 44 (3.40%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (5.72%) .NET
2 70 (5.41%) REST
3 68 (5.26%) YAML
4 40 (3.09%) ARM Templates
5 38 (2.94%) SOAP
6 32 (2.47%) JSON
7 30 (2.32%) LDAP
8 23 (1.78%) OAuth
9 21 (1.62%) SAML
10 20 (1.55%) Web Services
11 19 (1.47%) GraphQL
11 19 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
12 18 (1.39%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.39%) React
13 17 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
14 15 (1.16%) OpenID
15 13 (1.00%) Node.js
16 11 (0.85%) .NET Framework
17 10 (0.77%) Middleware
17 10 (0.77%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.34%) Onboarding
2 66 (5.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 62 (4.79%) Security Posture
4 56 (4.33%) Product Ownership
5 46 (3.55%) Cloud Native
6 40 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 40 (3.09%) PKI
7 37 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (2.70%) Data Centre
9 32 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (2.01%) Public Cloud
11 24 (1.85%) Driving Licence
11 24 (1.85%) Virtual Team
12 23 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.70%) Private Cloud
13 22 (1.70%) Replication
14 20 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
16 18 (1.39%) CMDB
16 18 (1.39%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 584 (45.13%) Windows
2 337 (26.04%) Windows Server
3 239 (18.47%) Linux
4 77 (5.95%) Windows 10
5 62 (4.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 54 (4.17%) VMS
7 43 (3.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 42 (3.25%) Unix
9 41 (3.17%) Mac OS
10 31 (2.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 26 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (1.93%) Solaris
13 22 (1.70%) Android
13 22 (1.70%) HPUX
13 22 (1.70%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.70%) Windows Server 2003
14 20 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
15 16 (1.24%) Amazon Linux
15 16 (1.24%) Ubuntu
16 15 (1.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (31.53%) DevOps
2 362 (27.98%) Problem-Solving
3 298 (23.03%) CI/CD
4 243 (18.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 232 (17.93%) ITIL
6 222 (17.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 216 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 198 (15.30%) Agile
9 167 (12.91%) Mentoring
10 162 (12.52%) Cybersecurity
11 137 (10.59%) Disaster Recovery
12 134 (10.36%) Task Automation
13 125 (9.66%) Cloud Security
14 122 (9.43%) Migration
15 107 (8.27%) Coaching
16 103 (7.96%) Roadmaps
17 100 (7.73%) Containerisation
18 97 (7.50%) Asset Management
19 94 (7.26%) Change Management
19 94 (7.26%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 429 (33.15%) Python
2 265 (20.48%) SQL
3 259 (20.02%) Bash
4 106 (8.19%) C#
5 79 (6.11%) Bicep
6 60 (4.64%) JavaScript
7 35 (2.70%) Java
7 35 (2.70%) Perl
8 28 (2.16%) Go
9 26 (2.01%) Kusto Query Language
10 24 (1.85%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.78%) Groovy
11 23 (1.78%) VB
12 14 (1.08%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.93%) VBScript
14 11 (0.85%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.62%) Ruby
15 8 (0.62%) VBA
16 5 (0.39%) C++
17 4 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 187 (14.45%) Security Cleared
2 170 (13.14%) Degree
3 124 (9.58%) SC Cleared
4 107 (8.27%) Azure Certification
5 99 (7.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (5.10%) DV Cleared
7 49 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
8 48 (3.71%) AWS Certification
9 44 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 34 (2.63%) CISSP
11 32 (2.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 30 (2.32%) CCNA
13 22 (1.70%) CREST Certified
14 21 (1.62%) Master's Degree
15 20 (1.55%) CEH
16 17 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 16 (1.24%) CCNP
18 14 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
18 14 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
18 14 (1.08%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (10.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 115 (8.89%) NIST
3 66 (5.10%) GDPR
4 57 (4.40%) SLA
5 41 (3.17%) Accessibility
6 37 (2.86%) NCSC
7 30 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (1.39%) QA
9 10 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.62%) ISO 22301
10 8 (0.62%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.39%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.31%) GRC
12 4 (0.31%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.15%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.15%) HL7
15 1 (0.077%) COBIT
15 1 (0.077%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.077%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 440 (34.00%) Active Directory
2 183 (14.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (9.97%) Docker
4 125 (9.66%) Hyper-V
5 55 (4.25%) Virtual Machines
6 52 (4.02%) Virtual Desktop
7 32 (2.47%) vSphere
8 23 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.24%) Firmware
10 15 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
11 13 (1.00%) DFS Replication
12 11 (0.85%) XenApp
13 8 (0.62%) vCloud
13 8 (0.62%) XenDesktop
14 7 (0.54%) Postfix
15 6 (0.46%) Dovecot
15 6 (0.46%) Squid
16 4 (0.31%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.31%) VMware NSX
17 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 304 (23.49%) Terraform
2 228 (17.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 182 (14.06%) Kubernetes
4 148 (11.44%) Ansible
5 76 (5.87%) SCCM
6 69 (5.33%) Grafana
7 53 (4.10%) Prometheus
8 43 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
9 31 (2.40%) WSUS
10 22 (1.70%) SCOM
11 18 (1.39%) vCenter Server
12 17 (1.31%) Puppet
13 14 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 14 (1.08%) Autotask
13 14 (1.08%) WMI
14 13 (1.00%) QRadar
15 11 (0.85%) ZABBIX
16 10 (0.77%) FortiGate
16 10 (0.77%) Nessus
17 9 (0.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 731 (56.49%) Microsoft
2 253 (19.55%) VMware
3 107 (8.27%) Cisco
4 93 (7.19%) ServiceNow
5 63 (4.87%) Oracle
6 49 (3.79%) Splunk
7 48 (3.71%) Veeam
8 46 (3.55%) Red Hat
9 45 (3.48%) Citrix
10 43 (3.32%) Atlassian
11 34 (2.63%) Google
12 31 (2.40%) SolarWinds
13 29 (2.24%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.85%) SAP
15 20 (1.55%) Meraki
15 20 (1.55%) Sophos
16 18 (1.39%) Apple
17 17 (1.31%) Bloomberg
17 17 (1.31%) Dell
17 17 (1.31%) Salesforce