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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 95 88
Rank change year-on-year -26 -7 +3
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,245 1,439 2,455
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.78% 3.08% 3.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.65% 8.96% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 916 1,054 2,135
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +10.57% -5.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% +10.00% -5.66%

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 12,897 16,057 28,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.40% 34.35% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9,135 10,048 23,328
10th Percentile £34,600 £37,937 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £85,251 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.50% -0.91%

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 1 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 1 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 -33 1,054 £57,500 -8.00% 565
UK excluding London -29 708 £50,500 -8.18% 508
London -8 467 £70,000 -9.68% 148
Work from Home 0 410 £55,000 -12.00% 232
South East -47 192 £56,750 -5.42% 181
North of England -27 141 £47,500 -9.52% 90
Scotland +54 128 £71,500 +19.17% 31
South West +1 101 £55,000 +3.77% 74
Midlands -55 84 £52,500 +5.00% 61
Yorkshire -27 65 £47,500 -9.52% 34
North West -28 60 £50,000 -4.76% 38
East of England -19 52 £40,000 -27.27% 66
East Midlands -33 42 £55,000 +12.24% 34
West Midlands -44 41 £47,500 -5.00% 27
North East -5 16 £47,500 -20.83% 19
Wales -8 9 £55,000 +5.77% 16
Northern Ireland -29 2 - - 6

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
1 191 (15.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (11.08%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.05%) IIS
4 22 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.04%) Confluence
6 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.40%) 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 (0.080%) Apache
9 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.080%) CICS
9 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.080%) Site Server
9 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) Siemens NX
3 6 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.24%) CATIA
5 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Markit EDM
3 7 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.32%) PlanetPress Connect
7 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
7 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.080%) Actimize
8 1 (0.080%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.080%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 809 (64.98%) Azure
2 418 (33.57%) Microsoft 365
3 346 (27.79%) Entra ID
4 211 (16.95%) AWS
5 166 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
6 116 (9.32%) Power Platform
7 95 (7.63%) GitHub
8 82 (6.59%) GCP
9 79 (6.35%) PaaS
10 77 (6.18%) Google Workspace
11 73 (5.86%) GitHub Actions
12 71 (5.70%) SaaS
13 67 (5.38%) Azure Monitor
14 63 (5.06%) IaaS
15 49 (3.94%) Power Automate
16 48 (3.86%) OneDrive
17 40 (3.21%) Snowflake
18 37 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
18 37 (2.97%) dbt
19 36 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 224 (17.99%) Firewall
2 220 (17.67%) DNS
3 178 (14.30%) DHCP
4 130 (10.44%) VPN
5 110 (8.84%) TCP/IP
6 79 (6.35%) WAN
7 71 (5.70%) LAN
8 64 (5.14%) Broadband
9 52 (4.18%) VLAN
10 48 (3.86%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (2.97%) Network Security
12 36 (2.89%) Wireless
13 34 (2.73%) SAN
14 33 (2.65%) SD-WAN
15 31 (2.49%) VoIP
16 17 (1.37%) VSAN
17 14 (1.12%) MPLS
17 14 (1.12%) NAS
18 12 (0.96%) BGP
18 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (11.49%) SQL Server
2 90 (7.23%) Power BI
3 31 (2.49%) Relational Database
3 31 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 30 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (2.33%) Oracle Database
6 27 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 26 (2.09%) Oracle Database 10g
8 25 (2.01%) MySQL
9 18 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.20%) Tableau
12 14 (1.12%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.64%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.64%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.40%) Metadata
16 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 90 (7.23%) JIRA
2 84 (6.75%) Jenkins
3 76 (6.10%) Git
4 37 (2.97%) GitLab
5 28 (2.25%) Octopus Deploy
6 22 (1.77%) Bitbucket
7 20 (1.61%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.80%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.72%) CircleCI
11 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.48%) TestRail
13 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
15 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 440 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 312 (25.06%) Finance
3 143 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (3.78%) Retail
6 43 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 43 (3.45%) Law
7 37 (2.97%) Games
8 36 (2.89%) Public Sector
9 35 (2.81%) Banking
10 32 (2.57%) Legal
11 29 (2.33%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.20%) Front Office
15 12 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.64%) Advertising
17 8 (0.64%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 191 (15.34%) Senior
2 148 (11.89%) Support Engineer
3 147 (11.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 114 (9.16%) Azure Engineer
5 107 (8.59%) Analyst
6 90 (7.23%) IT Support
7 83 (6.67%) Developer
8 82 (6.59%) Security Engineer
9 80 (6.43%) DevOps Engineer
10 79 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
11 71 (5.70%) IT Engineer
12 65 (5.22%) Lead
13 60 (4.82%) 3rd Line Support
14 54 (4.34%) IT Support Engineer
15 48 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
16 45 (3.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 41 (3.29%) Support Analyst
18 40 (3.21%) Applications Support
18 40 (3.21%) Architect
19 39 (3.13%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (8.67%) REST
2 90 (7.23%) OAuth
3 81 (6.51%) SAML
4 76 (6.10%) OpenID
4 76 (6.10%) SOAP
5 73 (5.86%) GraphQL
6 68 (5.46%) .NET
7 65 (5.22%) LDAP
8 35 (2.81%) YAML
9 33 (2.65%) JSON
10 25 (2.01%) ARM Templates
11 21 (1.69%) React
12 19 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
12 19 (1.53%) Web Services
13 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
14 16 (1.29%) .NET Core
15 14 (1.12%) Node.js
16 13 (1.04%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.04%) Middleware
17 12 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.31%) Onboarding
2 77 (6.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (5.62%) Cyber Threat
4 61 (4.90%) Cyberattack
4 61 (4.90%) Security Posture
5 47 (3.78%) Management Information System
6 41 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (3.21%) Driving Licence
8 37 (2.97%) Product Ownership
9 35 (2.81%) Cloud Native
10 34 (2.73%) Data Centre
11 32 (2.57%) Cyber Defence
12 31 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
13 28 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
14 26 (2.09%) PKI
15 24 (1.93%) CMDB
16 22 (1.77%) Security Operations Centre
17 18 (1.45%) Virtual Team
18 17 (1.37%) Hedge funds
18 17 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 545 (43.78%) Windows
2 292 (23.45%) Windows Server
3 229 (18.39%) Linux
4 68 (5.46%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.34%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.29%) Unix
7 35 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 35 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (2.65%) Android
9 28 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 28 (2.25%) VMS
10 26 (2.09%) Apple iOS
10 26 (2.09%) CentOS
10 26 (2.09%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.01%) Solaris
12 22 (1.77%) HPUX
12 22 (1.77%) Windows 7
12 22 (1.77%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (1.37%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
2 315 (25.30%) DevOps
3 254 (20.40%) CI/CD
4 235 (18.88%) ITIL
5 230 (18.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 226 (18.15%) Cybersecurity
7 214 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (17.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 193 (15.50%) Mentoring
10 172 (13.82%) Agile
11 169 (13.57%) Disaster Recovery
12 152 (12.21%) Roadmaps
13 125 (10.04%) Root Cause Analysis
14 123 (9.88%) Incident Response
15 114 (9.16%) Task Automation
16 103 (8.27%) Coaching
17 102 (8.19%) Asset Management
17 102 (8.19%) Cloud Security
18 99 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
18 99 (7.95%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 431 (34.62%) Python
2 310 (24.90%) Bash
3 282 (22.65%) SQL
4 91 (7.31%) C#
5 86 (6.91%) T-SQL
6 68 (5.46%) Bicep
6 68 (5.46%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.01%) Kusto Query Language
7 25 (2.01%) Perl
8 20 (1.61%) Java
9 19 (1.53%) Go
10 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
11 7 (0.56%) PHP
11 7 (0.56%) VB
11 7 (0.56%) VBA
11 7 (0.56%) VBScript
12 6 (0.48%) C++
12 6 (0.48%) Delphi
13 5 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 167 (13.41%) Degree
2 156 (12.53%) Security Cleared
3 111 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 95 (7.63%) SC Cleared
5 89 (7.15%) Azure Certification
6 59 (4.74%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.10%) CISSP
8 42 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (2.89%) CREST Certified
10 32 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 29 (2.33%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.93%) CEH
14 22 (1.77%) GIAC
15 21 (1.69%) SANS
16 19 (1.53%) CCNA
16 19 (1.53%) CompTIA CySA+
17 18 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
17 18 (1.45%) OSCP
18 16 (1.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (13.65%) NIST
2 162 (13.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (5.94%) NCSC
4 62 (4.98%) GDPR
5 55 (4.42%) SLA
6 47 (3.78%) Accessibility
7 31 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (1.61%) ISO 22301
9 17 (1.37%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.37%) QA
10 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.56%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.40%) DICOM
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
15 3 (0.24%) HL7
15 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.16%) COBIT
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 462 (37.11%) Active Directory
2 144 (11.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 110 (8.84%) Docker
4 108 (8.67%) Hyper-V
5 44 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
6 41 (3.29%) vSphere
7 35 (2.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.53%) Firmware
9 17 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.64%) vCloud
11 8 (0.64%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.64%) XenApp
12 6 (0.48%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.40%) BitLocker
14 4 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.24%) iptables
16 2 (0.16%) KVM
16 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 266 (21.37%) Terraform
2 185 (14.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 158 (12.69%) Kubernetes
4 142 (11.41%) Ansible
5 50 (4.02%) Grafana
6 43 (3.45%) SCCM
7 41 (3.29%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (2.09%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.61%) Puppet
10 17 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (1.12%) vCenter Server
12 12 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.88%) Nessus
14 10 (0.80%) SCOM
15 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.72%) VxRail
16 8 (0.64%) Nagios
16 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.64%) SCVMM
17 7 (0.56%) Control-M
Vendors
1 638 (51.24%) Microsoft
2 235 (18.88%) VMware
3 97 (7.79%) Cisco
4 56 (4.50%) ServiceNow
5 53 (4.26%) Splunk
6 50 (4.02%) Veeam
7 49 (3.94%) Oracle
8 42 (3.37%) Red Hat
9 41 (3.29%) Google
10 34 (2.73%) Atlassian
11 31 (2.49%) Citrix
11 31 (2.49%) Commvault
11 31 (2.49%) Palo Alto
12 26 (2.09%) CyberArk
12 26 (2.09%) Fortinet
13 23 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
13 23 (1.85%) Dell
13 23 (1.85%) SolarWinds
14 21 (1.69%) Meraki
15 20 (1.61%) Apple