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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 97 77
Rank change year-on-year -17 -20 +9
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,245 1,530 2,367
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.99% 2.88% 3.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.44% 8.58% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 936 1,061 2,047
10th Percentile £32,875 £37,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,780 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,350 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.28% +2.25% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 11,920 17,841 25,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.06% 33.59% 38.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8,630 10,404 20,481
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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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

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Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the UK

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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 24 January 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 -23 1,044 £58,000 -7.20% 700
UK excluding London -15 724 £52,500 - 699
London -7 448 £70,000 -6.67% 153
Work from Home +1 393 £57,500 -11.54% 298
South East -33 179 £57,750 -3.75% 224
North of England -23 135 £49,222 -1.56% 139
Scotland +44 130 £62,250 +13.18% 49
South West +19 106 £55,000 +3.77% 101
Midlands -38 91 £52,500 +7.69% 87
East of England +18 70 £43,085 -17.93% 86
North West -14 63 £50,000 - 69
Yorkshire -25 60 £47,500 -9.52% 51
West Midlands -19 49 £52,500 +16.67% 26
East Midlands -7 41 £55,000 +8.91% 60
North East -1 12 £50,000 -11.50% 19
Wales +7 11 £55,000 +5.77% 30
Northern Ireland -14 3 £46,500 - 8

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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
1 190 (15.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 149 (11.97%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.02%) IIS
4 25 (2.01%) Confluence
5 22 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2003
6 14 (1.12%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.48%) nginx
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%) WordPress
10 1 (0.080%) CICS
10 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (2.97%) 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 4 (0.32%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.24%) CATIA
7 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.48%) Markit EDM
3 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.40%) PlanetPress Connect
4 5 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
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
1 825 (66.27%) Azure
2 411 (33.01%) Microsoft 365
3 330 (26.51%) Entra ID
4 219 (17.59%) AWS
5 207 (16.63%) Azure DevOps
6 108 (8.67%) Power Platform
7 97 (7.79%) GitHub
8 81 (6.51%) GCP
9 76 (6.10%) PaaS
10 75 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
11 66 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
12 57 (4.58%) IaaS
13 56 (4.50%) Power Automate
14 54 (4.34%) Google Workspace
15 53 (4.26%) SaaS
16 46 (3.69%) OneDrive
17 43 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
18 40 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
18 40 (3.21%) Snowflake
19 37 (2.97%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 229 (18.39%) Firewall
2 209 (16.79%) DNS
3 159 (12.77%) DHCP
4 106 (8.51%) VPN
5 104 (8.35%) TCP/IP
6 83 (6.67%) WAN
7 68 (5.46%) LAN
8 42 (3.37%) Broadband
8 42 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (3.21%) Wireless
10 39 (3.13%) VLAN
11 31 (2.49%) SD-WAN
12 29 (2.33%) SAN
13 27 (2.17%) Network Security
14 21 (1.69%) Internet
15 18 (1.45%) VSAN
16 17 (1.37%) VoIP
17 14 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
17 14 (1.12%) Skype
18 12 (0.96%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (10.92%) SQL Server
2 75 (6.02%) Power BI
3 38 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 33 (2.65%) Relational Database
5 32 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (2.41%) Oracle Database
7 26 (2.09%) Oracle Database 10g
8 20 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (1.45%) MySQL
9 18 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.96%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.88%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.88%) Tableau
13 8 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.56%) DTS
14 7 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.48%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 103 (8.27%) JIRA
2 93 (7.47%) Jenkins
3 86 (6.91%) Git
4 37 (2.97%) GitLab
5 32 (2.57%) Octopus Deploy
6 24 (1.93%) TeamCity
7 17 (1.37%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.88%) Burp Suite
8 11 (0.88%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.48%) TestRail
11 6 (0.48%) Vagrant
12 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.32%) MLflow
13 4 (0.32%) MSI
13 4 (0.32%) Toad
General
1 442 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 329 (26.43%) Finance
3 123 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
5 54 (4.34%) Law
6 48 (3.86%) Retail
7 47 (3.78%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.05%) Banking
8 38 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
9 35 (2.81%) Legal
10 34 (2.73%) Games
11 30 (2.41%) Manufacturing
11 30 (2.41%) Telecoms
12 26 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.37%) Front Office
13 17 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (0.80%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.72%) Advertising
16 9 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 188 (15.10%) Senior
2 155 (12.45%) Support Engineer
3 132 (10.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 110 (8.84%) Azure Engineer
5 93 (7.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 87 (6.99%) Analyst
7 86 (6.91%) Cloud Engineer
8 83 (6.67%) Developer
9 77 (6.18%) Security Engineer
10 74 (5.94%) Lead
11 71 (5.70%) IT Support
12 61 (4.90%) IT Engineer
13 58 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support
14 56 (4.50%) Platform Engineer
15 52 (4.18%) Applications Engineer
15 52 (4.18%) Applications Support
16 46 (3.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 43 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
17 43 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 38 (3.05%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (8.19%) REST
2 70 (5.62%) .NET
3 69 (5.54%) SOAP
4 64 (5.14%) OAuth
5 58 (4.66%) SAML
6 55 (4.42%) GraphQL
7 54 (4.34%) LDAP
7 54 (4.34%) OpenID
8 47 (3.78%) YAML
9 29 (2.33%) JSON
10 27 (2.17%) ARM Templates
11 22 (1.77%) React
12 20 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
13 18 (1.45%) Web Services
14 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
15 16 (1.29%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.04%) Middleware
16 13 (1.04%) Node.js
17 11 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
17 11 (0.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.23%) Onboarding
2 69 (5.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (5.06%) Security Posture
4 50 (4.02%) Product Ownership
5 47 (3.78%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (3.45%) Cyberattack
6 43 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
7 42 (3.37%) Management Information System
8 37 (2.97%) Cloud Native
9 36 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
10 33 (2.65%) Data Centre
11 30 (2.41%) PKI
12 28 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
13 27 (2.17%) CMDB
14 25 (2.01%) Driving Licence
15 23 (1.85%) Virtual Team
16 20 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
16 20 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
17 19 (1.53%) Hedge funds
17 19 (1.53%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 536 (43.05%) Windows
2 289 (23.21%) Windows Server
3 217 (17.43%) Linux
4 70 (5.62%) Windows 10
5 47 (3.78%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.45%) Unix
7 38 (3.05%) VMS
8 37 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 37 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 31 (2.49%) Android
10 29 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.01%) Solaris
12 23 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.77%) HPUX
13 22 (1.77%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.77%) Windows Server 2003
14 17 (1.37%) CentOS
15 16 (1.29%) Apple iOS
15 16 (1.29%) Ubuntu
15 16 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (30.52%) Problem-Solving
2 359 (28.84%) DevOps
3 274 (22.01%) CI/CD
4 246 (19.76%) ITIL
5 237 (19.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 221 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 206 (16.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 201 (16.14%) Cybersecurity
9 185 (14.86%) Agile
10 183 (14.70%) Mentoring
11 156 (12.53%) Disaster Recovery
12 141 (11.33%) Roadmaps
13 128 (10.28%) Task Automation
14 117 (9.40%) Coaching
15 116 (9.32%) Root Cause Analysis
16 112 (9.00%) Asset Management
17 106 (8.51%) Cloud Security
18 103 (8.27%) Incident Response
18 103 (8.27%) Migration
19 91 (7.31%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 426 (34.22%) Python
2 287 (23.05%) Bash
3 282 (22.65%) SQL
4 102 (8.19%) C#
5 80 (6.43%) Bicep
6 66 (5.30%) JavaScript
7 63 (5.06%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.17%) Perl
9 25 (2.01%) Java
10 24 (1.93%) Go
11 22 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (1.12%) VB
13 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.88%) VBScript
14 10 (0.80%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.72%) VBA
16 8 (0.64%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.56%) Groovy
18 5 (0.40%) C++
19 4 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 170 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 164 (13.17%) Degree
3 110 (8.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 109 (8.76%) SC Cleared
5 92 (7.39%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.82%) DV Cleared
7 46 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.37%) CISSP
9 39 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (2.89%) AWS Certification
11 32 (2.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 30 (2.41%) CREST Certified
13 22 (1.77%) CEH
14 20 (1.61%) CCNA
15 17 (1.37%) SANS
16 16 (1.29%) DBS Check
16 16 (1.29%) Master's Degree
17 15 (1.20%) CompTIA CySA+
17 15 (1.20%) GIAC
18 14 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (12.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 143 (11.49%) NIST
3 68 (5.46%) GDPR
4 60 (4.82%) NCSC
5 53 (4.26%) SLA
6 47 (3.78%) Accessibility
7 27 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.37%) QA
9 15 (1.20%) ISO 22301
10 13 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (0.96%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.80%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.48%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.40%) GRC
16 3 (0.24%) HL7
16 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) DICOM
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 430 (34.54%) Active Directory
2 135 (10.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (9.16%) Docker
4 93 (7.47%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
6 44 (3.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 32 (2.57%) vSphere
8 23 (1.85%) Firmware
9 15 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.72%) XenApp
12 8 (0.64%) vCloud
13 7 (0.56%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.40%) Postfix
14 5 (0.40%) Squid
14 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.32%) DFS Replication
15 4 (0.32%) Dovecot
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 286 (22.97%) Terraform
2 205 (16.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 170 (13.65%) Kubernetes
4 139 (11.16%) Ansible
5 60 (4.82%) SCCM
6 49 (3.94%) Grafana
7 48 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (2.33%) Prometheus
9 19 (1.53%) Puppet
10 18 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (1.29%) SCOM
12 15 (1.20%) WSUS
13 13 (1.04%) Nessus
14 11 (0.88%) vCenter Server
15 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.72%) ZABBIX
16 8 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
16 8 (0.64%) Nagios
16 8 (0.64%) QRadar
16 8 (0.64%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 657 (52.77%) Microsoft
2 220 (17.67%) VMware
3 99 (7.95%) Cisco
4 77 (6.18%) ServiceNow
5 55 (4.42%) Oracle
6 46 (3.69%) Veeam
7 45 (3.61%) Splunk
8 41 (3.29%) Google
9 39 (3.13%) Atlassian
10 36 (2.89%) Citrix
11 35 (2.81%) Red Hat
12 30 (2.41%) Palo Alto
13 27 (2.17%) SolarWinds
14 25 (2.01%) CyberArk
15 24 (1.93%) Commvault
16 23 (1.85%) Fortinet
16 23 (1.85%) SAP
17 22 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
18 21 (1.69%) Dell
19 19 (1.53%) Meraki