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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 94 60
Rank change year-on-year -11 -34 +26
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,277 1,637 2,202
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.16% 2.92% 4.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.00% 8.61% 11.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 1,159 1,867
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.38% -1.87% +1.90%

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 11,612 19,016 19,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.66% 33.90% 40.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,528 11,295 16,157
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,658
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 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 -12 1,086 £58,000 -7.20% 942
UK excluding London -7 767 £53,750 +2.38% 881
London -17 437 £73,250 -2.33% 194
Work from Home -15 382 £60,000 -11.11% 531
South East -30 200 £58,000 -1.90% 261
North of England -15 143 £50,000 - 193
South West +28 116 £50,000 -6.10% 113
Scotland +36 113 £57,500 +8.49% 56
Midlands -19 94 £52,500 +10.53% 148
East of England +28 82 £46,250 -11.90% 103
Yorkshire -15 67 £47,500 -5.00% 75
North West -6 65 £51,750 +3.50% 103
West Midlands -5 60 £52,500 +23.53% 75
East Midlands -14 34 £54,000 +10.20% 64
Wales +6 17 £55,000 +5.77% 22
North East +8 11 £55,000 +16.68% 18
Northern Ireland -8 3 £46,500 +16.25% 9

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
1 208 (16.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 164 (12.84%) SharePoint
3 65 (5.09%) IIS
4 36 (2.82%) Confluence
5 22 (1.72%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (1.33%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.63%) nginx
8 7 (0.55%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.078%) CICS
11 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.47%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.31%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 3 (0.23%) CATIA
6 3 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.47%) Markit EDM
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%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.078%) Actimize
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.078%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.078%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 850 (66.56%) Azure
2 437 (34.22%) Microsoft 365
3 298 (23.34%) Entra ID
4 238 (18.64%) AWS
5 225 (17.62%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.22%) Power Platform
7 99 (7.75%) GitHub
8 92 (7.20%) GCP
9 87 (6.81%) PaaS
10 75 (5.87%) Azure Monitor
11 72 (5.64%) GitHub Actions
12 68 (5.32%) SaaS
13 65 (5.09%) IaaS
14 60 (4.70%) Power Automate
15 53 (4.15%) Azure Sentinel
16 44 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 41 (3.21%) OneDrive
18 40 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
18 40 (3.13%) Azure Key Vault
18 40 (3.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 259 (20.28%) Firewall
2 235 (18.40%) DNS
3 184 (14.41%) DHCP
4 114 (8.93%) TCP/IP
5 105 (8.22%) VPN
6 95 (7.44%) WAN
7 70 (5.48%) LAN
8 47 (3.68%) VLAN
9 45 (3.52%) Wireless
10 38 (2.98%) SAN
10 38 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (2.66%) SD-WAN
12 33 (2.58%) Internet
13 28 (2.19%) Network Security
14 22 (1.72%) VoIP
15 19 (1.49%) NAS
16 17 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
16 17 (1.33%) Skype
17 15 (1.17%) HTTP
17 15 (1.17%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (10.57%) SQL Server
2 65 (5.09%) Power BI
3 34 (2.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 33 (2.58%) Relational Database
5 32 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
6 30 (2.35%) Oracle Database
7 26 (2.04%) Oracle Database 10g
8 16 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.17%) MySQL
9 15 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.10%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.86%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.70%) DTS
13 8 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
13 8 (0.63%) Tableau
14 6 (0.47%) Data Mining
15 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.31%) MS Access
16 4 (0.31%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 121 (9.48%) JIRA
2 94 (7.36%) Jenkins
3 90 (7.05%) Git
4 40 (3.13%) GitLab
5 35 (2.74%) Octopus Deploy
6 25 (1.96%) TeamCity
7 14 (1.10%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.94%) Vagrant
9 11 (0.86%) Burp Suite
9 11 (0.86%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.70%) MSI
11 6 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.47%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.47%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.31%) TestRail
13 4 (0.31%) Toad
General
1 460 (36.02%) Social Skills
2 334 (26.16%) Finance
3 113 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (5.40%) Law
5 44 (3.45%) Legal
5 44 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 43 (3.37%) Banking
7 39 (3.05%) Retail
8 37 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 35 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
10 33 (2.58%) Telecoms
11 28 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.57%) Games
15 18 (1.41%) Front Office
16 16 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (1.02%) Marketing
18 10 (0.78%) Advertising
18 10 (0.78%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 175 (13.70%) Senior
2 174 (13.63%) Support Engineer
3 131 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 114 (8.93%) Azure Engineer
5 108 (8.46%) DevOps Engineer
6 97 (7.60%) Analyst
7 92 (7.20%) Cloud Engineer
8 80 (6.26%) IT Support
8 80 (6.26%) Lead
9 77 (6.03%) 3rd Line Support
10 76 (5.95%) Security Engineer
11 75 (5.87%) Developer
12 63 (4.93%) IT Engineer
13 56 (4.39%) Platform Engineer
14 55 (4.31%) Applications Support
15 54 (4.23%) Applications Engineer
16 53 (4.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 49 (3.84%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 47 (3.68%) Support Analyst
19 43 (3.37%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (5.79%) .NET
1 74 (5.79%) REST
2 66 (5.17%) YAML
3 42 (3.29%) SOAP
4 37 (2.90%) ARM Templates
5 33 (2.58%) JSON
6 31 (2.43%) LDAP
7 30 (2.35%) OAuth
8 26 (2.04%) SAML
9 25 (1.96%) GraphQL
10 20 (1.57%) OpenID
10 20 (1.57%) Web Services
11 19 (1.49%) React
12 18 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
13 17 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
14 16 (1.25%) AngularJS
15 13 (1.02%) Node.js
16 12 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
17 11 (0.86%) Middleware
17 11 (0.86%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.36%) Onboarding
2 69 (5.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 62 (4.86%) Security Posture
4 55 (4.31%) Product Ownership
5 46 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 45 (3.52%) Cloud Native
7 41 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (2.82%) PKI
9 35 (2.74%) Data Centre
9 35 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
10 29 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 26 (2.04%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.96%) Public Cloud
13 24 (1.88%) CMDB
14 23 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
15 21 (1.64%) Private Cloud
16 19 (1.49%) Driving Licence
16 19 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
17 18 (1.41%) Hedge funds
18 16 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 571 (44.71%) Windows
2 326 (25.53%) Windows Server
3 226 (17.70%) Linux
4 77 (6.03%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 44 (3.45%) Mac OS
6 44 (3.45%) Unix
7 42 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 41 (3.21%) VMS
9 31 (2.43%) Android
9 31 (2.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 27 (2.11%) Solaris
11 22 (1.72%) HPUX
11 22 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 22 (1.72%) Windows 7
11 22 (1.72%) Windows Server 2003
12 20 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
13 17 (1.33%) Apple iOS
14 16 (1.25%) Ubuntu
15 12 (0.94%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (31.09%) DevOps
2 372 (29.13%) Problem-Solving
3 299 (23.41%) CI/CD
4 237 (18.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 237 (18.56%) ITIL
5 226 (17.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 205 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 196 (15.35%) Agile
8 169 (13.23%) Cybersecurity
9 164 (12.84%) Mentoring
10 141 (11.04%) Disaster Recovery
11 131 (10.26%) Task Automation
12 119 (9.32%) Migration
13 115 (9.01%) Cloud Security
14 113 (8.85%) Coaching
15 111 (8.69%) Roadmaps
16 110 (8.61%) Asset Management
17 102 (7.99%) Root Cause Analysis
18 94 (7.36%) Incident Management
19 93 (7.28%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 426 (33.36%) Python
2 275 (21.53%) SQL
3 255 (19.97%) Bash
4 105 (8.22%) C#
5 78 (6.11%) Bicep
6 61 (4.78%) JavaScript
7 32 (2.51%) Perl
8 31 (2.43%) Java
9 29 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
10 28 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.04%) Go
12 20 (1.57%) VB
13 14 (1.10%) Groovy
14 12 (0.94%) TypeScript
14 12 (0.94%) VBScript
15 9 (0.70%) VB.NET
15 9 (0.70%) VBA
16 8 (0.63%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.47%) Ruby
18 5 (0.39%) C++
Qualifications
1 178 (13.94%) Security Cleared
2 169 (13.23%) Degree
3 116 (9.08%) SC Cleared
4 112 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 94 (7.36%) Azure Certification
6 62 (4.86%) DV Cleared
7 46 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (2.98%) AWS Certification
9 35 (2.74%) CISSP
10 34 (2.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 27 (2.11%) CCNA
12 23 (1.80%) CREST Certified
13 21 (1.64%) CEH
14 20 (1.57%) Master's Degree
15 15 (1.17%) CCNP
15 15 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (1.17%) OSCP
15 15 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 14 (1.10%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 120 (9.40%) NIST
3 64 (5.01%) GDPR
4 60 (4.70%) SLA
5 44 (3.45%) Accessibility
6 40 (3.13%) NCSC
7 30 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.25%) QA
9 11 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (0.86%) ISO 22301
10 9 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.39%) GRC
11 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.23%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.23%) HL7
14 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.078%) COBIT
15 1 (0.078%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 417 (32.65%) Active Directory
2 164 (12.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (9.48%) Docker
4 109 (8.54%) Hyper-V
5 53 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 53 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (2.27%) vSphere
7 22 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.64%) Firmware
9 15 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (0.86%) XenApp
11 8 (0.63%) vCloud
11 8 (0.63%) XenDesktop
12 7 (0.55%) DFS Replication
13 5 (0.39%) Postfix
13 5 (0.39%) Squid
14 4 (0.31%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Server
15 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 299 (23.41%) Terraform
2 227 (17.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 180 (14.10%) Kubernetes
4 139 (10.88%) Ansible
5 71 (5.56%) SCCM
6 57 (4.46%) Grafana
7 43 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
8 39 (3.05%) Prometheus
9 24 (1.88%) WSUS
10 18 (1.41%) Puppet
10 18 (1.41%) SCOM
11 17 (1.33%) vCenter Server
12 14 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 13 (1.02%) QRadar
14 11 (0.86%) Autotask
14 11 (0.86%) ZABBIX
15 9 (0.70%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.70%) Nagios
15 9 (0.70%) Nmap
15 9 (0.70%) WMI
Vendors
1 713 (55.83%) Microsoft
2 240 (18.79%) VMware
3 113 (8.85%) Cisco
4 86 (6.73%) ServiceNow
5 58 (4.54%) Oracle
6 48 (3.76%) Veeam
7 46 (3.60%) Splunk
8 45 (3.52%) Citrix
9 42 (3.29%) Atlassian
10 40 (3.13%) Red Hat
11 39 (3.05%) Google
12 31 (2.43%) SolarWinds
13 30 (2.35%) Palo Alto
14 25 (1.96%) SAP
15 23 (1.80%) Fortinet
16 21 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
17 20 (1.57%) Meraki
18 19 (1.49%) Commvault
18 19 (1.49%) Dell
19 18 (1.41%) Sophos