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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 94 87
Rank change year-on-year -19 -7 +3
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,272 1,486 2,415
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.85% 3.04% 3.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.94% 8.83% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 937 1,040 2,105
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
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 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £50,146
% change year-on-year -6.36% +9.68% -5.83%

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 12,792 16,820 27,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.65% 34.39% 37.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,113 10,120 22,790
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,869 £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 £82,500 £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 20 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 20 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 -28 1,068 £57,500 -8.00% 583
UK excluding London -16 735 £51,500 -6.36% 521
London -11 462 £70,000 -9.68% 167
Work from Home +6 429 £55,000 -15.38% 228
South East -47 195 £57,500 -4.17% 180
North of England -19 142 £48,445 -7.72% 106
Scotland +64 138 £71,500 +19.17% 34
South West 0 105 £55,000 +3.77% 66
Midlands -54 84 £51,500 +3.00% 66
Yorkshire -24 64 £47,500 -9.52% 41
East of England -6 61 £40,000 -23.81% 59
North West -30 61 £50,000 -4.76% 49
East Midlands -21 42 £55,000 +8.91% 33
West Midlands -47 41 £47,500 -5.00% 32
North East -3 17 £47,500 -19.15% 17
Wales -2 10 £55,000 +5.77% 14
Northern Ireland -27 1 - - 7

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 (14.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (10.93%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.30%) IIS
4 22 (1.73%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.10%) Confluence
6 6 (0.47%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.16%) CMS
8 2 (0.16%) nginx
8 2 (0.16%) WordPress
9 1 (0.079%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.079%) CICS
9 1 (0.079%) Site Server
9 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.47%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.24%) CATIA
6 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.55%) Markit EDM
2 7 (0.55%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.39%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
6 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.079%) Actimize
7 1 (0.079%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.079%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.079%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 832 (65.41%) Azure
2 423 (33.25%) Microsoft 365
3 353 (27.75%) Entra ID
4 217 (17.06%) AWS
5 184 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
6 118 (9.28%) Power Platform
7 98 (7.70%) GitHub
8 83 (6.53%) GCP
9 77 (6.05%) PaaS
10 76 (5.97%) Google Workspace
11 75 (5.90%) GitHub Actions
12 69 (5.42%) Azure Monitor
12 69 (5.42%) SaaS
13 60 (4.72%) IaaS
14 52 (4.09%) Power Automate
15 48 (3.77%) OneDrive
16 40 (3.14%) Snowflake
17 38 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
18 37 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
19 36 (2.83%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 227 (17.85%) Firewall
2 220 (17.30%) DNS
3 177 (13.92%) DHCP
4 130 (10.22%) VPN
5 105 (8.25%) TCP/IP
6 80 (6.29%) WAN
7 71 (5.58%) LAN
8 64 (5.03%) Broadband
9 53 (4.17%) VLAN
10 49 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.99%) Wireless
12 36 (2.83%) Network Security
13 34 (2.67%) SD-WAN
14 32 (2.52%) SAN
15 29 (2.28%) VoIP
16 16 (1.26%) VSAN
17 14 (1.10%) MPLS
18 13 (1.02%) Internet
18 13 (1.02%) NAS
19 12 (0.94%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (11.64%) SQL Server
2 89 (7.00%) Power BI
3 33 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.52%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.36%) Oracle Database
6 29 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (2.04%) MySQL
7 26 (2.04%) Oracle Database 10g
7 26 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.10%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.10%) Tableau
11 13 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (0.63%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.63%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 91 (7.15%) JIRA
2 88 (6.92%) Jenkins
3 75 (5.90%) Git
4 36 (2.83%) GitLab
5 30 (2.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 21 (1.65%) TeamCity
7 19 (1.49%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 12 (0.94%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.86%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.71%) Robot Framework
12 8 (0.63%) CircleCI
13 6 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.47%) TestRail
14 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.31%) MLflow
15 4 (0.31%) Toad
16 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
16 3 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 448 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 322 (25.31%) Finance
3 139 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (3.85%) Retail
6 44 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
6 44 (3.46%) Law
7 40 (3.14%) Public Sector
8 38 (2.99%) Games
9 32 (2.52%) Banking
9 32 (2.52%) Legal
10 29 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 29 (2.28%) Telecoms
11 26 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.18%) Front Office
13 14 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.63%) Advertising
15 8 (0.63%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 199 (15.64%) Senior
2 159 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 147 (11.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 116 (9.12%) Azure Engineer
5 104 (8.18%) Analyst
6 89 (7.00%) IT Support
7 87 (6.84%) Cloud Engineer
8 84 (6.60%) Developer
8 84 (6.60%) DevOps Engineer
9 83 (6.53%) Security Engineer
10 74 (5.82%) IT Engineer
11 64 (5.03%) Lead
12 58 (4.56%) 3rd Line Support
13 56 (4.40%) IT Support Engineer
14 51 (4.01%) Platform Engineer
15 48 (3.77%) Applications Support
16 46 (3.62%) Applications Engineer
17 43 (3.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 42 (3.30%) Support Analyst
19 39 (3.07%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (9.04%) REST
2 89 (7.00%) OAuth
3 82 (6.45%) SAML
4 80 (6.29%) SOAP
5 77 (6.05%) OpenID
6 73 (5.74%) .NET
6 73 (5.74%) GraphQL
7 66 (5.19%) LDAP
8 37 (2.91%) JSON
8 37 (2.91%) YAML
9 27 (2.12%) ARM Templates
10 23 (1.81%) React
11 20 (1.57%) Web Services
12 18 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
13 16 (1.26%) .NET Core
13 16 (1.26%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.26%) Microsoft Graph
14 15 (1.18%) Middleware
14 15 (1.18%) Node.js
15 13 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.31%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 67 (5.27%) Cyber Threat
4 63 (4.95%) Security Posture
5 61 (4.80%) Cyberattack
6 48 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.54%) Product Ownership
8 42 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (2.99%) Cloud Native
10 37 (2.91%) Data Centre
11 35 (2.75%) Driving Licence
12 33 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
13 29 (2.28%) Cyber Defence
14 27 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
15 26 (2.04%) PKI
16 25 (1.97%) CMDB
17 21 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
18 20 (1.57%) Virtual Team
19 18 (1.42%) Hedge funds
19 18 (1.42%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 547 (43.00%) Windows
2 296 (23.27%) Windows Server
3 223 (17.53%) Linux
4 70 (5.50%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.25%) Mac OS
6 44 (3.46%) Unix
7 37 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (2.59%) Android
8 33 (2.59%) VMS
9 26 (2.04%) Windows Server 2008
10 25 (1.97%) Apple iOS
10 25 (1.97%) Solaris
11 24 (1.89%) CentOS
11 24 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.73%) HPUX
12 22 (1.73%) Windows 7
12 22 (1.73%) Windows Server 2003
13 16 (1.26%) Ubuntu
13 16 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
2 335 (26.34%) DevOps
3 262 (20.60%) CI/CD
4 245 (19.26%) ITIL
5 239 (18.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 228 (17.92%) Cybersecurity
7 225 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 216 (16.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 199 (15.64%) Mentoring
10 186 (14.62%) Agile
11 169 (13.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 161 (12.66%) Roadmaps
13 125 (9.83%) Root Cause Analysis
14 117 (9.20%) Task Automation
15 116 (9.12%) Incident Response
16 114 (8.96%) Coaching
17 112 (8.81%) Asset Management
18 105 (8.25%) Migration
19 104 (8.18%) Cloud Security
20 98 (7.70%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 441 (34.67%) Python
2 319 (25.08%) Bash
3 296 (23.27%) SQL
4 100 (7.86%) C#
5 86 (6.76%) T-SQL
6 72 (5.66%) Bicep
7 71 (5.58%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.97%) Perl
9 24 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
10 22 (1.73%) Go
11 21 (1.65%) Java
12 13 (1.02%) VB
13 11 (0.86%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.71%) VBA
14 9 (0.71%) VBScript
15 8 (0.63%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.55%) PHP
16 7 (0.55%) TypeScript
17 6 (0.47%) C++
18 5 (0.39%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 173 (13.60%) Degree
2 158 (12.42%) Security Cleared
3 111 (8.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 96 (7.55%) SC Cleared
5 93 (7.31%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.72%) DV Cleared
7 52 (4.09%) CISSP
8 43 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (2.83%) CREST Certified
11 33 (2.59%) AWS Certification
12 31 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 23 (1.81%) CEH
14 21 (1.65%) SANS
15 20 (1.57%) CCNA
15 20 (1.57%) GIAC
16 19 (1.49%) CompTIA CySA+
17 17 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
17 17 (1.34%) OSCP
18 16 (1.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (13.13%) NIST
2 166 (13.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (5.82%) NCSC
4 68 (5.35%) GDPR
5 54 (4.25%) SLA
6 49 (3.85%) Accessibility
7 30 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.49%) ISO 22301
9 17 (1.34%) Data Quality
10 16 (1.26%) QA
11 14 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (1.10%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.55%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.39%) DICOM
14 5 (0.39%) GRC
15 3 (0.24%) HL7
15 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.16%) COBIT
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 464 (36.48%) Active Directory
2 146 (11.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (8.57%) Docker
4 106 (8.33%) Hyper-V
5 48 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
6 40 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 38 (2.99%) vSphere
8 20 (1.57%) Firmware
9 15 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
10 14 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.63%) vCloud
11 8 (0.63%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.63%) XenApp
12 6 (0.47%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.39%) BitLocker
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 3 (0.24%) iptables
15 3 (0.24%) KVM
16 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 280 (22.01%) Terraform
2 192 (15.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 162 (12.74%) Kubernetes
4 142 (11.16%) Ansible
5 48 (3.77%) Grafana
6 47 (3.69%) SCCM
7 42 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (1.89%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.57%) Puppet
10 18 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (1.02%) vCenter Server
12 11 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.86%) Nessus
13 10 (0.79%) SCOM
14 9 (0.71%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.63%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.63%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.63%) VxRail
15 8 (0.63%) WSUS
16 7 (0.55%) CASB
Vendors
1 650 (51.10%) Microsoft
2 229 (18.00%) VMware
3 100 (7.86%) Cisco
4 65 (5.11%) ServiceNow
5 53 (4.17%) Oracle
6 50 (3.93%) Splunk
6 50 (3.93%) Veeam
7 41 (3.22%) Google
8 37 (2.91%) Red Hat
9 35 (2.75%) Atlassian
10 33 (2.59%) Palo Alto
11 30 (2.36%) Citrix
12 28 (2.20%) Commvault
12 28 (2.20%) CyberArk
12 28 (2.20%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.04%) SolarWinds
14 23 (1.81%) CrowdStrike
15 22 (1.73%) Dell
16 21 (1.65%) SAP
17 20 (1.57%) Meraki