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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 95 100
Rank change year-on-year -40 +5 -9
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,222 1,294 2,456
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.53% 3.16% 2.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.49% 9.44% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 909 1,058 2,122
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%

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 14,393 13,705 31,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.97% 33.51% 34.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,994 10,211 24,741
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,551 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,562 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -0.77% +5.56% -1.82%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -49 1,084 £57,500 -4.17% 384
UK excluding London -54 680 £52,500 - 315
London -9 497 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -23 383 £58,750 +0.43% 176
South East -53 188 £57,500 -4.17% 97
North of England -72 130 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -50 98 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -20 95 £55,000 +15.79% 60
Scotland +36 94 £71,500 +19.17% 14
East of England -38 64 £40,000 -27.27% 34
North West -43 61 £55,000 +14.82% 35
Yorkshire -42 57 £47,500 -11.63% 16
East Midlands -24 54 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -59 43 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -25 12 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Wales -18 10 £63,248 +25.11% 10
Northern Ireland -36 2 - - 1

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
1 184 (15.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (11.29%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.70%) IIS
4 20 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.06%) Confluence
6 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) WordPress
8 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.082%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.082%) Site Server
8 1 (0.082%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 53 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.25%) CATIA
4 3 (0.25%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.25%) Windchill
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.082%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.25%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.25%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.25%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.082%) Actimize
4 1 (0.082%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.082%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.082%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 792 (64.81%) Azure
2 412 (33.72%) Microsoft 365
3 322 (26.35%) Entra ID
4 208 (17.02%) AWS
5 126 (10.31%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (8.18%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.69%) GitHub
8 75 (6.14%) GCP
8 75 (6.14%) Google Workspace
9 70 (5.73%) GitHub Actions
9 70 (5.73%) SaaS
10 62 (5.07%) OneDrive
11 60 (4.91%) PaaS
12 56 (4.58%) IaaS
13 47 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
14 40 (3.27%) Power Automate
15 38 (3.11%) Nutanix
16 37 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
16 37 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
17 36 (2.95%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 227 (18.58%) DNS
2 213 (17.43%) Firewall
3 174 (14.24%) DHCP
4 130 (10.64%) VPN
5 107 (8.76%) TCP/IP
6 64 (5.24%) WAN
7 63 (5.16%) Broadband
8 59 (4.83%) LAN
9 57 (4.66%) Network Security
10 50 (4.09%) VLAN
11 45 (3.68%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (3.11%) VoIP
13 32 (2.62%) Wireless
14 30 (2.45%) SAN
15 28 (2.29%) SD-WAN
16 17 (1.39%) MPLS
17 16 (1.31%) BGP
18 14 (1.15%) VSAN
19 12 (0.98%) WinSCP
20 10 (0.82%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (11.13%) SQL Server
2 86 (7.04%) Power BI
3 31 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.13%) Oracle Database
6 25 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.96%) MySQL
7 24 (1.96%) Oracle Database 10g
8 22 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.39%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.15%) Tableau
12 10 (0.82%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.57%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.41%) Metadata
16 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 83 (6.79%) Git
2 73 (5.97%) Jenkins
3 72 (5.89%) JIRA
4 45 (3.68%) GitLab
5 25 (2.05%) Bitbucket
6 20 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.06%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.90%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.74%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.74%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.65%) TestRail
11 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.33%) MLflow
13 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.25%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.25%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
General
1 420 (34.37%) Social Skills
2 259 (21.19%) Finance
3 154 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (6.55%) Organisational Skills
5 69 (5.65%) Law
6 42 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
7 39 (3.19%) Legal
7 39 (3.19%) Retail
8 34 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 33 (2.70%) Games
10 32 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 31 (2.54%) Banking
12 24 (1.96%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.88%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.31%) Front Office
15 14 (1.15%) Advertising
16 9 (0.74%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.49%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 200 (16.37%) Senior
2 149 (12.19%) Support Engineer
3 148 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 126 (10.31%) Azure Engineer
5 112 (9.17%) Analyst
6 110 (9.00%) IT Support
7 84 (6.87%) IT Engineer
8 82 (6.71%) Security Engineer
9 79 (6.46%) Cloud Engineer
10 70 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
11 65 (5.32%) IT Support Engineer
12 61 (4.99%) 3rd Line Support
13 60 (4.91%) Developer
14 58 (4.75%) Lead
15 53 (4.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 51 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
17 47 (3.85%) Architect
18 42 (3.44%) Platform Engineer
19 36 (2.95%) Support Analyst
19 36 (2.95%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (7.61%) OAuth
2 89 (7.28%) REST
3 78 (6.38%) SAML
4 76 (6.22%) OpenID
5 70 (5.73%) GraphQL
6 66 (5.40%) LDAP
7 64 (5.24%) SOAP
8 63 (5.16%) .NET
9 33 (2.70%) YAML
10 29 (2.37%) .NET Core
10 29 (2.37%) JSON
11 23 (1.88%) ARM Templates
12 20 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
12 20 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
13 16 (1.31%) CSS
13 16 (1.31%) Node.js
13 16 (1.31%) React
14 15 (1.23%) SPFx
15 14 (1.15%) HTML
16 13 (1.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 89 (7.28%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.97%) Cyber Threat
3 69 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (5.16%) Cyberattack
5 60 (4.91%) Security Posture
6 48 (3.93%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.52%) Driving Licence
7 43 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (3.27%) Cloud Native
9 37 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
10 33 (2.70%) Data Centre
11 31 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 29 (2.37%) Security Operations Centre
13 28 (2.29%) Public Cloud
14 25 (2.05%) PKI
15 24 (1.96%) CMDB
15 24 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.55%) Replication
17 18 (1.47%) Private Cloud
18 17 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 558 (45.66%) Windows
2 285 (23.32%) Windows Server
3 251 (20.54%) Linux
4 70 (5.73%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.50%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.36%) Unix
7 38 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 36 (2.95%) Android
9 35 (2.86%) Apple iOS
10 31 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
11 26 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (2.05%) CentOS
13 23 (1.88%) Solaris
13 23 (1.88%) VMS
14 20 (1.64%) HPUX
14 20 (1.64%) Windows 7
14 20 (1.64%) Windows Server 2003
14 20 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
15 19 (1.55%) Ubuntu
16 12 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
2 268 (21.93%) DevOps
3 245 (20.05%) CI/CD
4 241 (19.72%) Cybersecurity
5 233 (19.07%) Infrastructure as Code
6 232 (18.99%) ITIL
7 211 (17.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 204 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 190 (15.55%) Mentoring
10 158 (12.93%) Agile
11 153 (12.52%) Disaster Recovery
12 145 (11.87%) Incident Response
13 140 (11.46%) Roadmaps
14 128 (10.47%) Root Cause Analysis
15 107 (8.76%) Task Automation
16 104 (8.51%) SIEM
17 101 (8.27%) Cloud Security
17 101 (8.27%) Containerisation
17 101 (8.27%) Identity Access Management
18 94 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 438 (35.84%) Python
2 300 (24.55%) Bash
3 263 (21.52%) SQL
4 82 (6.71%) T-SQL
5 79 (6.46%) C#
6 67 (5.48%) JavaScript
7 63 (5.16%) Bicep
8 29 (2.37%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.21%) Perl
10 20 (1.64%) Java
11 12 (0.98%) Go
12 10 (0.82%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.82%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.74%) C++
14 7 (0.57%) C
14 7 (0.57%) PHP
14 7 (0.57%) VB
15 6 (0.49%) Delphi
15 6 (0.49%) Ruby
16 5 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 163 (13.34%) Degree
2 154 (12.60%) Security Cleared
3 101 (8.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 94 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 93 (7.61%) Azure Certification
6 67 (5.48%) DV Cleared
7 56 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (4.26%) CISSP
9 36 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.78%) CREST Certified
11 26 (2.13%) CEH
12 25 (2.05%) AWS Certification
12 25 (2.05%) GIAC
13 23 (1.88%) OSCP
14 22 (1.80%) CCNA
14 22 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
15 20 (1.64%) CompTIA CySA+
16 16 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 16 (1.31%) SANS
17 15 (1.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (13.67%) NIST
2 161 (13.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (5.65%) NCSC
4 63 (5.16%) SLA
5 62 (5.07%) GDPR
6 32 (2.62%) Accessibility
7 28 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.80%) ISO 22301
9 18 (1.47%) Data Quality
10 17 (1.39%) QA
11 14 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (1.15%) PCI DSS
12 11 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.82%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.49%) DICOM
15 5 (0.41%) GRC
16 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 461 (37.73%) Active Directory
2 148 (12.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (9.49%) Docker
4 111 (9.08%) Hyper-V
5 47 (3.85%) vSphere
6 32 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.31%) Firmware
10 13 (1.06%) VMware NSX
11 10 (0.82%) BitLocker
12 9 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.49%) XenApp
14 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 4 (0.33%) iptables
15 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.33%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.33%) vCloud
15 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 253 (20.70%) Terraform
2 174 (14.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 172 (14.08%) Kubernetes
4 146 (11.95%) Ansible
5 54 (4.42%) Grafana
6 40 (3.27%) SCCM
7 39 (3.19%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (2.62%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
10 20 (1.64%) vCenter Server
11 19 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (1.23%) Puppet
13 13 (1.06%) Nessus
14 11 (0.90%) VxRail
15 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.65%) QRadar
16 7 (0.57%) logstash
17 6 (0.49%) SCVMM
17 6 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 656 (53.68%) Microsoft
2 242 (19.80%) VMware
3 113 (9.25%) Cisco
4 61 (4.99%) Splunk
5 54 (4.42%) ServiceNow
6 47 (3.85%) Red Hat
7 46 (3.76%) Oracle
7 46 (3.76%) Veeam
8 35 (2.86%) Google
9 34 (2.78%) Commvault
10 33 (2.70%) Palo Alto
11 30 (2.45%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (2.21%) Citrix
12 27 (2.21%) Fortinet
12 27 (2.21%) Meraki
13 26 (2.13%) CyberArk
14 25 (2.05%) Dell
15 22 (1.80%) Apple
15 22 (1.80%) Atlassian
16 20 (1.64%) Dynatrace