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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 93 99
Rank change year-on-year -37 +6 -6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,230 1,295 2,463
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.55% 3.17% 2.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.59% 9.44% 7.85%
Number of salaries quoted 917 1,061 2,131
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 14,317 13,721 31,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.04% 33.58% 35.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,934 10,202 24,655
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,531
25th Percentile £46,276 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £56,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -0.88% +4.63% -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 1 April 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 April 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 -47 1,089 £58,000 -5.69% 384
UK excluding London -48 687 £52,500 - 315
London -13 496 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -25 379 £60,000 +2.56% 176
South East -58 189 £57,125 -4.79% 97
North of England -56 134 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -44 98 £52,500 +5.00% 45
Scotland +40 95 £75,500 +25.83% 14
South West -22 95 £55,000 +15.79% 60
East of England -35 65 £40,000 -27.27% 34
Yorkshire -32 64 £47,500 -9.52% 16
North West -42 57 £55,000 +13.86% 35
East Midlands -21 54 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -52 43 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -27 13 £45,000 -23.40% 15
Wales -19 10 £63,248 +25.11% 10
Northern Ireland -35 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
1 189 (15.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (11.22%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.60%) 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 54 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.22%) 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
Cloud Services
1 788 (64.07%) Azure
2 412 (33.50%) Microsoft 365
3 319 (25.93%) Entra ID
4 205 (16.67%) AWS
5 127 (10.33%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (8.13%) Power Platform
7 96 (7.80%) GitHub
8 75 (6.10%) Google Workspace
9 74 (6.02%) GCP
10 72 (5.85%) GitHub Actions
11 69 (5.61%) SaaS
12 63 (5.12%) OneDrive
13 61 (4.96%) PaaS
14 57 (4.63%) IaaS
15 48 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
16 40 (3.25%) Power Automate
17 39 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
18 38 (3.09%) Nutanix
19 37 (3.01%) Azure Key Vault
20 35 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 232 (18.86%) DNS
2 215 (17.48%) Firewall
3 180 (14.63%) DHCP
4 130 (10.57%) VPN
5 109 (8.86%) TCP/IP
6 65 (5.28%) WAN
7 63 (5.12%) Broadband
8 60 (4.88%) LAN
9 55 (4.47%) Network Security
10 50 (4.07%) VLAN
11 46 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.17%) VoIP
13 32 (2.60%) Wireless
14 30 (2.44%) SAN
15 28 (2.28%) SD-WAN
16 17 (1.38%) MPLS
17 16 (1.30%) BGP
18 14 (1.14%) VSAN
19 12 (0.98%) Internet
19 12 (0.98%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (11.14%) SQL Server
2 87 (7.07%) Power BI
3 31 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.28%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.11%) Oracle Database 10g
6 26 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.95%) MySQL
8 22 (1.79%) Relational Database
9 21 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.38%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (1.14%) Tableau
13 9 (0.73%) InfluxDB
14 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.57%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.41%) Metadata
17 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 81 (6.59%) Git
2 80 (6.50%) JIRA
3 74 (6.02%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.50%) GitLab
5 25 (2.03%) Bitbucket
6 21 (1.71%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 14 (1.14%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.81%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.73%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.57%) TestRail
11 7 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.33%) MLflow
13 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 428 (34.80%) Social Skills
2 264 (21.46%) Finance
3 154 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
5 68 (5.53%) Law
6 41 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.09%) Legal
8 37 (3.01%) Retail
9 34 (2.76%) Public Sector
10 33 (2.68%) Games
11 32 (2.60%) Banking
12 30 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 24 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.87%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.30%) Front Office
16 15 (1.22%) Advertising
17 8 (0.65%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (0.49%) Investment Banking
20 5 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 204 (16.59%) Senior
2 148 (12.03%) Support Engineer
3 144 (11.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 124 (10.08%) Azure Engineer
5 112 (9.11%) Analyst
6 111 (9.02%) IT Support
7 84 (6.83%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.75%) Security Engineer
9 78 (6.34%) Cloud Engineer
10 71 (5.77%) DevOps Engineer
11 67 (5.45%) Developer
12 65 (5.28%) IT Support Engineer
13 62 (5.04%) 3rd Line Support
14 58 (4.72%) Lead
15 53 (4.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 51 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support
17 45 (3.66%) Architect
18 41 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
19 37 (3.01%) Support Analyst
20 36 (2.93%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (7.32%) OAuth
2 87 (7.07%) REST
3 76 (6.18%) SAML
4 73 (5.93%) OpenID
5 70 (5.69%) GraphQL
6 64 (5.20%) .NET
6 64 (5.20%) LDAP
6 64 (5.20%) SOAP
7 34 (2.76%) YAML
8 30 (2.44%) JSON
9 29 (2.36%) .NET Core
10 22 (1.79%) ARM Templates
11 20 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
12 19 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
13 16 (1.30%) CSS
13 16 (1.30%) Node.js
13 16 (1.30%) React
14 15 (1.22%) SPFx
15 14 (1.14%) HTML
16 13 (1.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 87 (7.07%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.93%) Cyber Threat
3 70 (5.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (4.96%) Security Posture
5 60 (4.88%) Cyberattack
6 45 (3.66%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.50%) Driving Licence
8 41 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
10 38 (3.09%) Cloud Native
11 33 (2.68%) Data Centre
12 31 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
13 27 (2.20%) PKI
13 27 (2.20%) Public Cloud
13 27 (2.20%) Security Operations Centre
14 25 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.95%) CMDB
16 19 (1.54%) Replication
17 18 (1.46%) Private Cloud
18 17 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 560 (45.53%) Windows
2 289 (23.50%) Windows Server
3 251 (20.41%) Linux
4 71 (5.77%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.47%) Mac OS
6 44 (3.58%) Unix
7 37 (3.01%) Android
8 36 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 34 (2.76%) Apple iOS
10 31 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 27 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (2.03%) Solaris
13 24 (1.95%) CentOS
14 23 (1.87%) VMS
15 22 (1.79%) HPUX
15 22 (1.79%) Windows 7
15 22 (1.79%) Windows Server 2003
15 22 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
16 19 (1.54%) Ubuntu
17 12 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (28.94%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (21.95%) DevOps
3 245 (19.92%) CI/CD
4 239 (19.43%) ITIL
5 236 (19.19%) Cybersecurity
6 231 (18.78%) Infrastructure as Code
7 210 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 207 (16.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 191 (15.53%) Mentoring
10 156 (12.68%) Agile
10 156 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
11 147 (11.95%) Incident Response
12 139 (11.30%) Roadmaps
13 126 (10.24%) Root Cause Analysis
14 106 (8.62%) Task Automation
15 104 (8.46%) SIEM
16 101 (8.21%) Cloud Security
16 101 (8.21%) Identity Access Management
17 98 (7.97%) Containerisation
18 97 (7.89%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 437 (35.53%) Python
2 300 (24.39%) Bash
3 265 (21.54%) SQL
4 82 (6.67%) T-SQL
5 77 (6.26%) C#
6 72 (5.85%) JavaScript
7 63 (5.12%) Bicep
8 29 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
8 29 (2.36%) Perl
9 19 (1.54%) Java
10 13 (1.06%) Go
11 10 (0.81%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
12 8 (0.65%) C++
13 7 (0.57%) C
13 7 (0.57%) PHP
13 7 (0.57%) VB
14 6 (0.49%) Delphi
14 6 (0.49%) Ruby
15 5 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 171 (13.90%) Degree
2 152 (12.36%) Security Cleared
3 102 (8.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 94 (7.64%) SC Cleared
5 93 (7.56%) Azure Certification
6 68 (5.53%) DV Cleared
7 55 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (4.23%) CISSP
9 36 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (2.93%) CREST Certified
10 26 (2.11%) CEH
11 25 (2.03%) AWS Certification
11 25 (2.03%) GIAC
12 23 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 23 (1.87%) OSCP
13 22 (1.79%) CCNA
13 22 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
14 20 (1.63%) CompTIA CySA+
15 18 (1.46%) SANS
16 15 (1.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (13.98%) NIST
2 165 (13.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 70 (5.69%) NCSC
4 65 (5.28%) SLA
5 61 (4.96%) GDPR
6 35 (2.85%) Accessibility
7 28 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.79%) ISO 22301
9 18 (1.46%) Data Quality
10 17 (1.38%) QA
11 14 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (1.14%) PCI DSS
12 11 (0.89%) 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
1 461 (37.48%) Active Directory
2 148 (12.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (9.27%) Docker
4 113 (9.19%) Hyper-V
5 46 (3.74%) vSphere
6 32 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (1.38%) Firmware
8 17 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (1.06%) VMware NSX
10 10 (0.81%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.57%) XenApp
13 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.41%) vCloud
13 5 (0.41%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.33%) iptables
14 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.33%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 249 (20.24%) Terraform
2 174 (14.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 169 (13.74%) Kubernetes
4 145 (11.79%) Ansible
5 53 (4.31%) Grafana
6 41 (3.33%) SCCM
7 37 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.52%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.46%) vCenter Server
11 16 (1.30%) Puppet
12 12 (0.98%) Nessus
13 11 (0.89%) VxRail
14 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.65%) QRadar
15 6 (0.49%) logstash
15 6 (0.49%) Nagios
15 6 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 649 (52.76%) Microsoft
2 243 (19.76%) VMware
3 114 (9.27%) Cisco
4 60 (4.88%) Splunk
5 55 (4.47%) ServiceNow
6 48 (3.90%) Oracle
7 46 (3.74%) Veeam
8 45 (3.66%) Red Hat
9 35 (2.85%) Google
10 34 (2.76%) Commvault
10 34 (2.76%) Palo Alto
11 30 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (2.28%) Atlassian
12 28 (2.28%) Citrix
13 27 (2.20%) Meraki
14 26 (2.11%) CyberArk
14 26 (2.11%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.95%) Dell
16 22 (1.79%) Apple
17 20 (1.63%) Dynatrace