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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 99 93
Rank change year-on-year -27 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,248 1,365 2,483
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.68% 3.13% 2.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.22% 9.08% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 921 1,068 2,154
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,075
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 13,529 15,039 29,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.25% 34.48% 35.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,556 10,269 24,138
10th Percentile £34,500 £37,500 £36,000
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 £85,253 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +5.56% -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 14 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 14 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 -35 1,079 £57,750 -6.85% 374
UK excluding London -37 702 £52,500 -4.55% 293
London +1 482 £70,000 -12.50% 134
Work from Home -7 398 £57,500 -2.75% 164
South East -46 194 £56,687 -5.52% 101
North of England -51 137 £47,500 -9.52% 57
Scotland +51 115 £74,500 +35.45% 18
South West -7 102 £55,000 +4.76% 46
Midlands -53 90 £52,500 +5.00% 40
Yorkshire -26 66 £47,500 -9.52% 18
East of England -17 56 £40,000 -27.27% 36
North West -37 56 £51,000 +2.00% 26
East Midlands -22 48 £55,000 +12.24% 19
West Midlands -51 41 £48,500 -3.00% 21
North East -17 15 £46,250 -22.92% 14
Wales -6 7 £55,000 +5.77% 4
Northern Ireland -31 2 - - 2

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
1 197 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 145 (11.62%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.96%) IIS
4 22 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.04%) Confluence
6 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.16%) Apache
8 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.16%) CMS
8 2 (0.16%) WordPress
9 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.080%) CICS
9 1 (0.080%) nginx
9 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.080%) Site Server
9 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.24%) CATIA
5 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.24%) Windchill
6 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.64%) Markit EDM
2 7 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.16%) PlanetPress Connect
7 1 (0.080%) Actimize
7 1 (0.080%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.080%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 811 (64.98%) Azure
2 417 (33.41%) Microsoft 365
3 344 (27.56%) Entra ID
4 208 (16.67%) AWS
5 150 (12.02%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.57%) Power Platform
7 98 (7.85%) GitHub
8 80 (6.41%) GCP
9 78 (6.25%) PaaS
10 77 (6.17%) Google Workspace
11 74 (5.93%) GitHub Actions
12 72 (5.77%) SaaS
13 68 (5.45%) IaaS
14 62 (4.97%) Azure Monitor
15 57 (4.57%) OneDrive
16 44 (3.53%) Power Automate
17 38 (3.04%) Azure Logic Apps
17 38 (3.04%) Azure Sentinel
17 38 (3.04%) Snowflake
18 35 (2.80%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 231 (18.51%) DNS
2 225 (18.03%) Firewall
3 181 (14.50%) DHCP
4 138 (11.06%) VPN
5 110 (8.81%) TCP/IP
6 69 (5.53%) WAN
7 64 (5.13%) Broadband
8 63 (5.05%) LAN
9 52 (4.17%) VLAN
10 47 (3.77%) Network Security
11 46 (3.69%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.88%) VoIP
13 35 (2.80%) Wireless
14 34 (2.72%) SAN
15 31 (2.48%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.28%) VSAN
17 15 (1.20%) MPLS
18 13 (1.04%) BGP
19 12 (0.96%) NAS
19 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (11.70%) SQL Server
2 89 (7.13%) Power BI
3 30 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.24%) Oracle Database
4 28 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (2.08%) MySQL
5 26 (2.08%) Oracle Database 10g
6 25 (2.00%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.20%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.20%) Tableau
10 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.72%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.64%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.40%) Metadata
15 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 90 (7.21%) JIRA
2 81 (6.49%) Jenkins
3 76 (6.09%) Git
4 40 (3.21%) GitLab
5 27 (2.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 26 (2.08%) Bitbucket
7 19 (1.52%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 14 (1.12%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.80%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.80%) Robot Framework
11 9 (0.72%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.56%) TestRail
13 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.32%) MLflow
16 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
16 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
16 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 443 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 290 (23.24%) Finance
3 145 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 55 (4.41%) Law
6 41 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
7 39 (3.13%) Retail
8 36 (2.88%) Public Sector
9 34 (2.72%) Games
10 33 (2.64%) Banking
10 33 (2.64%) Legal
11 30 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (2.16%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.84%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.28%) Front Office
15 11 (0.88%) Advertising
16 9 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.64%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 194 (15.54%) Senior
2 147 (11.78%) Support Engineer
3 143 (11.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 116 (9.29%) Azure Engineer
5 113 (9.05%) Analyst
6 97 (7.77%) IT Support
7 82 (6.57%) Security Engineer
8 81 (6.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 76 (6.09%) Cloud Engineer
10 74 (5.93%) Developer
10 74 (5.93%) IT Engineer
11 62 (4.97%) Lead
12 61 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
13 58 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
14 49 (3.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 45 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
16 44 (3.53%) Architect
17 41 (3.29%) Support Analyst
18 40 (3.21%) 2nd Line Support
19 35 (2.80%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.69%) REST
2 92 (7.37%) OAuth
3 82 (6.57%) SAML
4 76 (6.09%) OpenID
5 71 (5.69%) GraphQL
6 69 (5.53%) SOAP
7 65 (5.21%) .NET
7 65 (5.21%) LDAP
8 37 (2.96%) YAML
9 29 (2.32%) JSON
10 25 (2.00%) ARM Templates
11 22 (1.76%) .NET Core
12 20 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
12 20 (1.60%) Microsoft Graph
13 17 (1.36%) React
13 17 (1.36%) Web Services
14 15 (1.20%) Node.js
15 13 (1.04%) Swagger
16 12 (0.96%) Middleware
17 11 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.37%) Onboarding
2 76 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 71 (5.69%) Cyber Threat
4 60 (4.81%) Cyberattack
5 59 (4.73%) Security Posture
6 43 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 42 (3.37%) Driving Licence
8 38 (3.04%) Cloud Native
8 38 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (2.88%) Cyber Defence
10 35 (2.80%) Data Centre
11 30 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
12 26 (2.08%) PKI
13 24 (1.92%) Product Ownership
13 24 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
14 21 (1.68%) CMDB
15 17 (1.36%) Replication
16 16 (1.28%) Public Cloud
16 16 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 557 (44.63%) Windows
2 291 (23.32%) Windows Server
3 240 (19.23%) Linux
4 69 (5.53%) Windows 10
5 58 (4.65%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.37%) Unix
7 34 (2.72%) Android
7 34 (2.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
9 29 (2.32%) Apple iOS
10 27 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 26 (2.08%) VMS
12 25 (2.00%) CentOS
12 25 (2.00%) Solaris
13 24 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
14 22 (1.76%) HPUX
14 22 (1.76%) Windows 7
14 22 (1.76%) Windows Server 2003
15 18 (1.44%) Ubuntu
16 13 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (29.57%) Problem-Solving
2 300 (24.04%) DevOps
3 259 (20.75%) CI/CD
4 246 (19.71%) ITIL
5 240 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 228 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
7 210 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 209 (16.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 193 (15.46%) Mentoring
10 167 (13.38%) Disaster Recovery
11 166 (13.30%) Agile
12 147 (11.78%) Roadmaps
13 138 (11.06%) Incident Response
14 125 (10.02%) Root Cause Analysis
15 108 (8.65%) Task Automation
16 103 (8.25%) Cloud Security
17 98 (7.85%) Computer Science
18 97 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
18 97 (7.77%) Identity Access Management
19 96 (7.69%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 437 (35.02%) Python
2 310 (24.84%) Bash
3 273 (21.88%) SQL
4 86 (6.89%) T-SQL
5 76 (6.09%) C#
6 75 (6.01%) JavaScript
7 68 (5.45%) Bicep
8 28 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.08%) Perl
10 20 (1.60%) Java
11 14 (1.12%) Go
12 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.64%) PHP
14 7 (0.56%) C++
14 7 (0.56%) VB
15 6 (0.48%) Delphi
15 6 (0.48%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.40%) VBA
17 4 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 172 (13.78%) Degree
2 155 (12.42%) Security Cleared
3 111 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (7.77%) SC Cleared
5 94 (7.53%) Azure Certification
6 62 (4.97%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.09%) CISSP
8 48 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (2.88%) CREST Certified
10 32 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 31 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
12 27 (2.16%) AWS Certification
13 26 (2.08%) CEH
14 23 (1.84%) GIAC
15 21 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
15 21 (1.68%) OSCP
16 20 (1.60%) CompTIA CySA+
16 20 (1.60%) SANS
17 19 (1.52%) CCNA
18 15 (1.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (13.86%) NIST
2 168 (13.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (5.85%) NCSC
4 65 (5.21%) GDPR
5 63 (5.05%) SLA
6 43 (3.45%) Accessibility
7 32 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.76%) ISO 22301
9 19 (1.52%) QA
10 17 (1.36%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.56%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.40%) DICOM
15 5 (0.40%) GRC
16 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 471 (37.74%) Active Directory
2 144 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (9.46%) Docker
4 115 (9.21%) Hyper-V
5 43 (3.45%) vSphere
6 41 (3.29%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.52%) Firmware
9 17 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.72%) VMware NSX
12 8 (0.64%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.64%) vCloud
13 7 (0.56%) XenApp
14 5 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.40%) XenDesktop
15 4 (0.32%) iptables
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
16 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 264 (21.15%) Terraform
2 182 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 168 (13.46%) Kubernetes
4 140 (11.22%) Ansible
5 53 (4.25%) Grafana
6 43 (3.45%) SCCM
7 39 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (2.40%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.60%) Puppet
10 19 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
11 17 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (1.20%) vCenter Server
13 11 (0.88%) Nessus
13 11 (0.88%) VxRail
14 10 (0.80%) SCOM
15 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.64%) Nagios
16 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
17 7 (0.56%) Control-M
18 6 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 654 (52.40%) Microsoft
2 237 (18.99%) VMware
3 105 (8.41%) Cisco
4 59 (4.73%) Splunk
5 51 (4.09%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.93%) Oracle
6 49 (3.93%) Veeam
7 44 (3.53%) Red Hat
8 40 (3.21%) Google
9 35 (2.80%) Atlassian
10 33 (2.64%) Commvault
11 31 (2.48%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.24%) Citrix
13 27 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
14 26 (2.08%) CyberArk
15 25 (2.00%) Fortinet
16 24 (1.92%) Dell
16 24 (1.92%) Meraki
17 22 (1.76%) Apple
18 21 (1.68%) SolarWinds