PowerShell Jobs

Windows PowerShell
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 113 81
Rank change year-on-year +5 -32 +39
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,656 2,408 3,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.78% 2.26% 3.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.81% 7.15% 9.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,079 1,893 2,344
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +0.84%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,797 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

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 16,887 33,660 36,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.30% 31.62% 41.29%
Number of salaries quoted 10,812 24,916 25,870
10th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell.

Salary trend for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Top 18 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 6 July 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 +11 1,596 £57,500 +4.55% 1,181
UK excluding London +19 1,105 £50,000 - 824
Work from Home +13 713 £57,000 -0.87% 491
London +4 500 £72,500 -3.33% 446
North of England +35 405 £50,000 - 186
North West +57 331 £47,903 -8.76% 97
South East +2 278 £57,500 +9.52% 241
Midlands +31 191 £50,000 +6.38% 121
West Midlands +45 132 £54,344 +8.69% 70
East of England +29 122 £50,000 - 128
South West -4 86 £47,500 -5.00% 87
Yorkshire -16 61 £52,500 +10.53% 75
East Midlands +30 59 £35,000 -22.22% 51
Scotland +56 25 £44,250 -26.25% 43
North East +12 13 £60,000 +33.67% 14
Wales +23 5 £55,000 +22.22% 26
Isle of Man - 2 £34,500 -
Northern Ireland +34 1 £43,092 +7.73% 15

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 267 (16.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 194 (11.71%) SharePoint
3 61 (3.68%) IIS
4 46 (2.78%) Confluence
5 12 (0.72%) Tomcat
6 10 (0.60%) Apache
7 8 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.48%) nginx
8 5 (0.30%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.18%) CMS
10 3 (0.18%) WordPress
11 1 (0.060%) CICS
11 1 (0.060%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.060%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.060%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.060%) OpenStack
Applications
1 80 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.24%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.12%) Revit
6 1 (0.060%) 1Password
6 1 (0.060%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.060%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.24%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.18%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.060%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.060%) Eikon
4 1 (0.060%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.060%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.060%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 821 (49.58%) Azure
2 458 (27.66%) Microsoft 365
3 279 (16.85%) AWS
4 255 (15.40%) Entra ID
5 161 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
6 137 (8.27%) Power Platform
7 131 (7.91%) SaaS
8 111 (6.70%) Power Automate
9 110 (6.64%) PaaS
10 107 (6.46%) IaaS
11 92 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
12 67 (4.05%) PowerApps
13 64 (3.86%) GitHub
14 63 (3.80%) GCP
15 61 (3.68%) OneDrive
16 48 (2.90%) Serverless
17 47 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
18 43 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
19 42 (2.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 42 (2.54%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 468 (28.26%) VPN
2 324 (19.57%) Firewall
3 265 (16.00%) Cisco IOS
4 250 (15.10%) DNS
5 187 (11.29%) DHCP
6 169 (10.21%) TCP/IP
7 122 (7.37%) WAN
8 81 (4.89%) LAN
9 73 (4.41%) VLAN
10 69 (4.17%) SAN
11 66 (3.99%) Network Security
12 48 (2.90%) SD-WAN
13 43 (2.60%) SMTP
14 41 (2.48%) VoIP
15 38 (2.29%) Wireless
16 36 (2.17%) NAS
17 33 (1.99%) FTP
18 27 (1.63%) HTTP
18 27 (1.63%) Internet
18 27 (1.63%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (9.90%) SQL Server
2 86 (5.19%) Amazon RDS
3 84 (5.07%) Power BI
4 37 (2.23%) MySQL
5 35 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 28 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.57%) Data Lake
9 25 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (0.60%) Big Data
12 9 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.48%) RDBMS
14 6 (0.36%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
15 5 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.24%) FileMaker
17 3 (0.18%) DB2
17 3 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 103 (6.22%) Git
2 83 (5.01%) Jenkins
3 82 (4.95%) JIRA
4 64 (3.86%) Cucumber
4 64 (3.86%) Robot Framework
5 35 (2.11%) Vagrant
6 26 (1.57%) MSI
7 22 (1.33%) GitLab
8 17 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
9 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 14 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
11 9 (0.54%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.36%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.30%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.30%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.24%) WiX
15 3 (0.18%) CircleCI
15 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 452 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 387 (23.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 336 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
4 249 (15.04%) Finance
5 86 (5.19%) Telecoms
6 57 (3.44%) Law
7 56 (3.38%) Banking
8 52 (3.14%) Legal
9 51 (3.08%) Public Sector
10 24 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (1.39%) Advertising
12 22 (1.33%) Automotive
12 22 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.27%) German Language
13 21 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.15%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.15%) Retail
15 18 (1.09%) Front Office
16 17 (1.03%) Back Office
17 14 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 467 (28.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 163 (9.84%) Support Engineer
3 140 (8.45%) Analyst
4 137 (8.27%) Senior
5 126 (7.61%) IT Support
6 121 (7.31%) Azure Engineer
7 103 (6.22%) Lead
8 97 (5.86%) IT Engineer
9 95 (5.74%) Cloud Engineer
10 81 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
11 77 (4.65%) Infrastructure Support
12 75 (4.53%) 3rd Line Support
13 70 (4.23%) Security Engineer
14 68 (4.11%) Developer
15 65 (3.93%) Administrator
16 64 (3.86%) Test Automation Engineer
16 64 (3.86%) Test Engineer
17 63 (3.80%) Architect
18 62 (3.74%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
19 58 (3.50%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (16.55%) Elastic Stack
2 68 (4.11%) .NET
3 56 (3.38%) YAML
4 48 (2.90%) REST
5 41 (2.48%) ARM Templates
6 37 (2.23%) LDAP
7 28 (1.69%) JSON
8 26 (1.57%) SailPoint
8 26 (1.57%) SOAP
9 20 (1.21%) React
10 19 (1.15%) .NET Framework
10 19 (1.15%) Web Services
11 18 (1.09%) XML
12 17 (1.03%) SAML
13 14 (0.85%) HTML
13 14 (0.85%) RESTful
14 11 (0.66%) .NET Core
14 11 (0.66%) Pandas
15 10 (0.60%) Entity Framework
15 10 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 263 (15.88%) Cyberattack
2 81 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 77 (4.65%) Linux Command Line
4 70 (4.23%) Onboarding
5 63 (3.80%) Data Centre
6 53 (3.20%) Clustering
6 53 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 47 (2.84%) Security Posture
8 46 (2.78%) Cloud Native
9 41 (2.48%) Replication
10 34 (2.05%) PKI
11 33 (1.99%) Hedge funds
12 31 (1.87%) Virtual Team
13 26 (1.57%) Public Cloud
14 25 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
15 23 (1.39%) Driving Licence
16 20 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
17 19 (1.15%) Private Cloud
18 17 (1.03%) NHS
19 16 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1,000 (60.39%) Windows
2 628 (37.92%) Linux
3 352 (21.26%) Windows Server
4 276 (16.67%) Android
5 102 (6.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 87 (5.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 70 (4.23%) Windows 10
8 62 (3.74%) VMS
9 51 (3.08%) Mac OS
10 40 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 39 (2.36%) Unix
12 31 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 29 (1.75%) Ubuntu
14 24 (1.45%) Apple iOS
15 19 (1.15%) Amazon Linux
16 13 (0.79%) CentOS
17 7 (0.42%) Windows 7
17 7 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
18 6 (0.36%) Mac OS X
19 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 675 (40.76%) DevOps
2 614 (37.08%) Problem-Solving
3 499 (30.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 366 (22.10%) Task Automation
5 352 (21.26%) Platform Engineering
6 314 (18.96%) Risk Management
7 287 (17.33%) Storage Management
8 280 (16.91%) Line Management
9 279 (16.85%) CI/CD
10 264 (15.94%) Mathematics
11 223 (13.47%) Mentoring
12 211 (12.74%) ITIL
13 205 (12.38%) Agile
14 201 (12.14%) Infrastructure as Code
15 181 (10.93%) Cybersecurity
16 147 (8.88%) Disaster Recovery
17 144 (8.70%) Migration
18 121 (7.31%) Test Automation
19 111 (6.70%) Coaching
20 107 (6.46%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 786 (47.46%) Python
2 536 (32.37%) Bash
3 289 (17.45%) SQL
4 124 (7.49%) JavaScript
5 98 (5.92%) C#
6 76 (4.59%) Java
7 52 (3.14%) Bicep
8 36 (2.17%) Groovy
9 35 (2.11%) Perl
9 35 (2.11%) T-SQL
10 27 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 26 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (0.85%) C++
12 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.66%) VB
13 11 (0.66%) VBA
14 10 (0.60%) Go
15 7 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 306 (18.48%) Degree
2 202 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 152 (9.18%) Azure Certification
4 131 (7.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 103 (6.22%) DV Cleared
6 100 (6.04%) SC Cleared
7 79 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 50 (3.02%) AWS Certification
9 40 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (2.29%) CISSP
11 33 (1.99%) CCNA
11 33 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 32 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 29 (1.75%) MCSE
14 26 (1.57%) CEH
14 26 (1.57%) Master's Degree
15 25 (1.51%) DBS Check
16 24 (1.45%) OSCP
17 19 (1.15%) GCIH
18 18 (1.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (6.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (4.95%) GDPR
2 82 (4.95%) NIST
3 78 (4.71%) QA
4 44 (2.66%) SLA
5 35 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (1.57%) NCSC
7 25 (1.51%) HIPAA
8 16 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.97%) SOC 2
9 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.54%) COBIT
11 7 (0.42%) Data Quality
11 7 (0.42%) GRC
12 5 (0.30%) HL7
13 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.060%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.060%) NIST 800
System Software
1 516 (31.16%) Active Directory
2 440 (26.57%) Hyper-V
3 394 (23.79%) Docker
4 323 (19.50%) vSphere
5 283 (17.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 281 (16.97%) VMware NSX
7 78 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
8 64 (3.86%) VMware ESXi
9 37 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 25 (1.51%) DFS Replication
11 19 (1.15%) Terminal Services
12 16 (0.97%) XenApp
13 12 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
14 10 (0.60%) BitLocker
15 8 (0.48%) Dovecot
15 8 (0.48%) Postfix
16 6 (0.36%) Squid
17 5 (0.30%) Firmware
17 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 515 (31.10%) Terraform
2 422 (25.48%) Ansible
3 257 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 174 (10.51%) Kubernetes
5 114 (6.88%) SCCM
6 72 (4.35%) Grafana
7 70 (4.23%) Prometheus
8 68 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
9 33 (1.99%) Puppet
10 30 (1.81%) SCOM
10 30 (1.81%) vCenter Server
11 26 (1.57%) WMI
11 26 (1.57%) WSUS
12 22 (1.33%) QRadar
13 21 (1.27%) Progress Chef
14 20 (1.21%) NetBackup
15 19 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 18 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
17 16 (0.97%) Backup Exec
18 14 (0.85%) vMotion
Vendors
1 773 (46.68%) Microsoft
2 381 (23.01%) Cisco
3 346 (20.89%) VMware
4 317 (19.14%) Splunk
5 280 (16.91%) Juniper
6 262 (15.82%) 3PAR
7 88 (5.31%) Citrix
8 84 (5.07%) ServiceNow
9 62 (3.74%) Veeam
10 58 (3.50%) Meraki
11 54 (3.26%) Oracle
12 40 (2.42%) Okta
13 37 (2.23%) Google
13 37 (2.23%) Red Hat
14 36 (2.17%) Apple
15 32 (1.93%) Palo Alto
15 32 (1.93%) SolarWinds
16 31 (1.87%) HP
16 31 (1.87%) Salesforce
17 27 (1.63%) Fortinet