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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 97 98
Rank change year-on-year -33 +1 -5
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,229 1,290 2,463
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.59% 3.15% 2.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.82% 9.30% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 912 1,057 2,141
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,063 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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 13,936 13,868 30,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.02% 33.85% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9,699 10,180 24,487
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £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 £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +3.70% -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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -38 1,082 £57,500 -7.26% 384
UK excluding London -43 691 £52,500 -4.55% 315
London -9 487 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -26 380 £60,000 - 176
South East -56 190 £56,687 -5.52% 97
North of England -53 140 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Scotland +45 101 £71,500 +19.17% 14
Midlands -54 97 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -12 95 £55,000 +15.79% 60
Yorkshire -23 70 £47,500 -9.52% 16
East of England -35 59 £40,000 -27.27% 34
North West -50 57 £53,000 +9.72% 35
East Midlands -22 52 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -46 44 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -25 13 £45,000 -25.00% 15
Wales -19 8 £58,248 +15.22% 10
Northern Ireland -33 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
1 187 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 135 (10.98%) SharePoint
3 34 (2.77%) IIS
4 22 (1.79%) 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 (0.081%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.081%) Site Server
8 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 51 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.33%) Siemens NX
5 3 (0.24%) CATIA
5 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.24%) Windchill
6 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.33%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.081%) Actimize
4 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.081%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.081%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 789 (64.20%) Azure
2 405 (32.95%) Microsoft 365
3 321 (26.12%) Entra ID
4 203 (16.52%) AWS
5 137 (11.15%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.38%) Power Platform
7 98 (7.97%) GitHub
8 75 (6.10%) Google Workspace
9 73 (5.94%) GitHub Actions
9 73 (5.94%) SaaS
10 72 (5.86%) GCP
11 67 (5.45%) PaaS
12 59 (4.80%) IaaS
13 58 (4.72%) OneDrive
14 51 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
15 39 (3.17%) Power Automate
16 38 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
17 37 (3.01%) Nutanix
18 36 (2.93%) Azure Key Vault
19 34 (2.77%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 227 (18.47%) DNS
2 214 (17.41%) Firewall
3 178 (14.48%) DHCP
4 129 (10.50%) VPN
5 109 (8.87%) TCP/IP
6 65 (5.29%) WAN
7 63 (5.13%) Broadband
8 60 (4.88%) LAN
9 52 (4.23%) Network Security
10 49 (3.99%) VLAN
11 44 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (3.09%) VoIP
13 32 (2.60%) Wireless
14 29 (2.36%) SAN
15 28 (2.28%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.22%) BGP
16 15 (1.22%) MPLS
17 14 (1.14%) VSAN
18 12 (0.98%) WinSCP
19 11 (0.90%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (11.55%) SQL Server
2 89 (7.24%) Power BI
3 31 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.28%) Oracle Database
4 28 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.12%) Oracle Database 10g
5 26 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.95%) MySQL
7 24 (1.95%) Relational Database
8 21 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.14%) Tableau
12 9 (0.73%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.41%) Metadata
16 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 89 (7.24%) JIRA
2 79 (6.43%) Git
3 77 (6.27%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.50%) GitLab
5 25 (2.03%) Bitbucket
6 22 (1.79%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 14 (1.14%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.81%) Robot Framework
11 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.73%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.57%) TestRail
13 6 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.33%) MLflow
15 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
16 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
16 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
16 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
General
1 432 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 266 (21.64%) Finance
3 149 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
5 63 (5.13%) Law
6 39 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (3.01%) Legal
7 37 (3.01%) Retail
8 35 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 33 (2.69%) Games
10 30 (2.44%) Banking
11 29 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (2.03%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.22%) Front Office
15 14 (1.14%) Advertising
16 9 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.65%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (0.49%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 200 (16.27%) Senior
2 144 (11.72%) Support Engineer
3 143 (11.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 121 (9.85%) Azure Engineer
5 111 (9.03%) Analyst
6 107 (8.71%) IT Support
7 84 (6.83%) Security Engineer
8 80 (6.51%) IT Engineer
9 78 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
10 76 (6.18%) DevOps Engineer
11 71 (5.78%) Developer
12 63 (5.13%) 3rd Line Support
13 62 (5.04%) IT Support Engineer
14 59 (4.80%) Lead
15 54 (4.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 48 (3.91%) 2nd Line Support
17 45 (3.66%) Architect
18 42 (3.42%) Platform Engineer
19 35 (2.85%) Support Analyst
20 34 (2.77%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (7.40%) OAuth
2 88 (7.16%) REST
3 78 (6.35%) SAML
4 74 (6.02%) OpenID
5 70 (5.70%) GraphQL
6 65 (5.29%) LDAP
6 65 (5.29%) SOAP
7 64 (5.21%) .NET
8 38 (3.09%) YAML
9 30 (2.44%) JSON
10 27 (2.20%) .NET Core
11 23 (1.87%) ARM Templates
12 20 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
14 17 (1.38%) React
15 16 (1.30%) Node.js
16 14 (1.14%) CSS
17 13 (1.06%) SPFx
17 13 (1.06%) Swagger
17 13 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.92%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.78%) Cyber Threat
3 67 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (4.96%) Security Posture
5 59 (4.80%) Cyberattack
6 43 (3.50%) Management Information System
7 41 (3.34%) Driving Licence
8 39 (3.17%) Cloud Native
8 39 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
10 32 (2.60%) Data Centre
11 31 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
12 27 (2.20%) PKI
13 26 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
14 25 (2.03%) Security Operations Centre
15 22 (1.79%) CMDB
16 21 (1.71%) Public Cloud
17 18 (1.46%) Replication
18 17 (1.38%) Private Cloud
19 15 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 552 (44.91%) Windows
2 288 (23.43%) Windows Server
3 247 (20.10%) Linux
4 68 (5.53%) Windows 10
5 56 (4.56%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.50%) Unix
7 36 (2.93%) Android
8 35 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.60%) Apple iOS
9 32 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
10 27 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.03%) Solaris
12 23 (1.87%) CentOS
13 22 (1.79%) HPUX
13 22 (1.79%) VMS
13 22 (1.79%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.79%) Windows Server 2003
13 22 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (1.46%) Ubuntu
15 12 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (29.54%) Problem-Solving
2 282 (22.95%) DevOps
3 251 (20.42%) CI/CD
4 242 (19.69%) ITIL
5 235 (19.12%) Infrastructure as Code
6 233 (18.96%) Cybersecurity
7 215 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 206 (16.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 190 (15.46%) Mentoring
10 160 (13.02%) Disaster Recovery
11 159 (12.94%) Agile
12 145 (11.80%) Incident Response
13 138 (11.23%) Roadmaps
14 123 (10.01%) Root Cause Analysis
15 106 (8.62%) Task Automation
16 103 (8.38%) Cloud Security
17 101 (8.22%) Computer Science
17 101 (8.22%) SIEM
18 99 (8.06%) Identity Access Management
19 96 (7.81%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 434 (35.31%) Python
2 305 (24.82%) Bash
3 267 (21.72%) SQL
4 84 (6.83%) T-SQL
5 75 (6.10%) C#
5 75 (6.10%) JavaScript
6 62 (5.04%) Bicep
7 30 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
8 27 (2.20%) Perl
9 19 (1.55%) Java
10 13 (1.06%) Go
11 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
12 8 (0.65%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.57%) PHP
13 7 (0.57%) VB
14 6 (0.49%) C++
14 6 (0.49%) Delphi
15 5 (0.41%) C
15 5 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 174 (14.16%) Degree
2 147 (11.96%) Security Cleared
3 99 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 90 (7.32%) Azure Certification
4 90 (7.32%) SC Cleared
5 63 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 53 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (4.15%) CISSP
8 35 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (2.77%) CREST Certified
10 31 (2.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 26 (2.12%) AWS Certification
11 26 (2.12%) CEH
12 24 (1.95%) GIAC
13 22 (1.79%) CCNA
13 22 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (1.71%) OSCP
15 20 (1.63%) CompTIA CySA+
16 18 (1.46%) SANS
17 16 (1.30%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (14.16%) NIST
2 169 (13.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (5.86%) NCSC
4 65 (5.29%) SLA
5 63 (5.13%) GDPR
6 38 (3.09%) Accessibility
7 30 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.79%) ISO 22301
9 20 (1.63%) QA
10 18 (1.46%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.22%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.73%) 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
1 457 (37.18%) Active Directory
2 142 (11.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (9.36%) Docker
4 113 (9.19%) Hyper-V
5 42 (3.42%) vSphere
6 35 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.38%) Firmware
8 17 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.90%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.73%) BitLocker
10 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.57%) vCloud
11 7 (0.57%) XenApp
12 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.41%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.33%) iptables
13 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.33%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 250 (20.34%) Terraform
2 174 (14.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 167 (13.59%) Kubernetes
4 140 (11.39%) Ansible
5 54 (4.39%) Grafana
6 40 (3.25%) SCCM
7 39 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (2.60%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.71%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.46%) Puppet
11 16 (1.30%) vCenter Server
12 11 (0.90%) Nessus
12 11 (0.90%) VxRail
13 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.65%) QRadar
14 6 (0.49%) logstash
14 6 (0.49%) Nagios
14 6 (0.49%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 645 (52.48%) Microsoft
2 237 (19.28%) VMware
3 114 (9.28%) Cisco
4 60 (4.88%) Splunk
5 54 (4.39%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.99%) Oracle
7 46 (3.74%) Veeam
8 44 (3.58%) Red Hat
9 36 (2.93%) Google
10 34 (2.77%) Atlassian
11 33 (2.69%) Commvault
12 31 (2.52%) Palo Alto
13 30 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
14 29 (2.36%) Meraki
15 26 (2.12%) CyberArk
15 26 (2.12%) Fortinet
16 25 (2.03%) Citrix
17 23 (1.87%) Dell
18 22 (1.79%) Apple
19 20 (1.63%) Dynatrace