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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 96 77
Rank change year-on-year -17 -19 +10
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,242 1,510 2,428
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.98% 2.89% 3.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.44% 8.57% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 927 1,042 2,110
10th Percentile £32,900 £37,050 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,780 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,350 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +0.58% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £76,094
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 11,897 17,622 26,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.93% 33.71% 38.05%
Number of salaries quoted 8,589 10,210 21,372
10th Percentile £32,821 £37,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,623 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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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

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Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 27 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the UK

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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 27 January 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 -22 1,041 £58,000 -7.20% 698
UK excluding London -11 722 £52,500 - 680
London -3 448 £70,000 -6.67% 160
Work from Home +3 399 £57,500 -11.54% 284
South East -36 181 £57,750 -3.75% 219
North of England -13 135 £48,445 -4.54% 148
Scotland +51 131 £62,250 +24.50% 43
South West +18 104 £55,000 +1.85% 90
Midlands -48 90 £52,500 +5.00% 90
East of England +15 68 £43,000 -18.10% 76
Yorkshire -14 62 £47,500 -5.00% 58
North West -11 61 £50,000 - 72
West Midlands -31 46 £51,500 +3.00% 30
East Midlands -15 43 £55,000 +8.91% 59
North East -1 12 £50,000 -12.28% 18
Wales +4 11 £55,000 +5.77% 27
Northern Ireland -15 3 £46,500 - 7

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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
1 190 (15.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 145 (11.67%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.03%) IIS
4 23 (1.85%) Confluence
5 22 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2003
6 12 (0.97%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.40%) nginx
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.081%) CICS
10 1 (0.081%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.48%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.24%) CATIA
6 3 (0.24%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.48%) Markit EDM
3 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.40%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.081%) Actimize
7 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.081%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 823 (66.26%) Azure
2 410 (33.01%) Microsoft 365
3 333 (26.81%) Entra ID
4 217 (17.47%) AWS
5 205 (16.51%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.62%) Power Platform
7 96 (7.73%) GitHub
8 80 (6.44%) GCP
9 75 (6.04%) PaaS
10 74 (5.96%) GitHub Actions
11 67 (5.39%) Azure Monitor
12 59 (4.75%) Google Workspace
13 56 (4.51%) IaaS
14 55 (4.43%) Power Automate
15 53 (4.27%) SaaS
16 46 (3.70%) OneDrive
17 41 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
18 40 (3.22%) AWS CloudFormation
19 39 (3.14%) Snowflake
20 36 (2.90%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 224 (18.04%) Firewall
2 210 (16.91%) DNS
3 161 (12.96%) DHCP
4 108 (8.70%) VPN
5 106 (8.53%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.60%) WAN
7 67 (5.39%) LAN
8 46 (3.70%) Broadband
9 41 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (3.22%) Wireless
11 39 (3.14%) VLAN
12 31 (2.50%) SD-WAN
13 29 (2.33%) SAN
14 26 (2.09%) Network Security
15 19 (1.53%) Internet
15 19 (1.53%) VoIP
16 17 (1.37%) VSAN
17 13 (1.05%) Cisco IOS
18 12 (0.97%) MPLS
18 12 (0.97%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (11.03%) SQL Server
2 75 (6.04%) Power BI
3 37 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.58%) Relational Database
5 31 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (2.42%) Oracle Database
7 26 (2.09%) Oracle Database 10g
8 19 (1.53%) MySQL
9 18 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.97%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.97%) Tableau
13 11 (0.89%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
14 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.48%) DTS
15 6 (0.48%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 101 (8.13%) JIRA
2 91 (7.33%) Jenkins
3 85 (6.84%) Git
4 36 (2.90%) GitLab
5 32 (2.58%) Octopus Deploy
6 24 (1.93%) TeamCity
7 16 (1.29%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.97%) Burp Suite
8 12 (0.97%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.48%) TestRail
12 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.40%) Vagrant
13 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.32%) MLflow
13 4 (0.32%) MSI
13 4 (0.32%) Toad
General
1 440 (35.43%) Social Skills
2 328 (26.41%) Finance
3 124 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (4.11%) Law
6 47 (3.78%) Retail
7 46 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
9 37 (2.98%) Banking
10 36 (2.90%) Legal
11 34 (2.74%) Games
12 29 (2.33%) Manufacturing
12 29 (2.33%) Telecoms
13 26 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (1.37%) Front Office
15 16 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.81%) Aerospace
18 9 (0.72%) Advertising
18 9 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 191 (15.38%) Senior
2 152 (12.24%) Support Engineer
3 134 (10.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 112 (9.02%) Azure Engineer
5 91 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 87 (7.00%) Cloud Engineer
7 86 (6.92%) Analyst
8 85 (6.84%) Developer
9 79 (6.36%) Security Engineer
10 71 (5.72%) Lead
11 70 (5.64%) IT Support
12 63 (5.07%) IT Engineer
13 58 (4.67%) 3rd Line Support
14 54 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
15 51 (4.11%) Applications Engineer
15 51 (4.11%) Applications Support
16 46 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 44 (3.54%) IT Support Engineer
18 41 (3.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
19 37 (2.98%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (8.53%) REST
2 73 (5.88%) SOAP
3 71 (5.72%) .NET
4 68 (5.48%) OAuth
5 62 (4.99%) SAML
6 59 (4.75%) GraphQL
7 58 (4.67%) OpenID
8 56 (4.51%) LDAP
9 47 (3.78%) YAML
10 29 (2.33%) JSON
11 27 (2.17%) ARM Templates
12 23 (1.85%) React
13 20 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
14 18 (1.45%) Web Services
15 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
16 16 (1.29%) AngularJS
17 14 (1.13%) Node.js
18 13 (1.05%) Middleware
19 11 (0.89%) FIX Protocol
19 11 (0.89%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.33%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (5.07%) Security Posture
4 51 (4.11%) Cyber Threat
5 50 (4.03%) Product Ownership
6 47 (3.78%) Cyberattack
7 44 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (3.46%) Management Information System
9 38 (3.06%) Cloud Native
10 36 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
11 33 (2.66%) Data Centre
12 28 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
12 28 (2.25%) PKI
13 27 (2.17%) Driving Licence
14 26 (2.09%) CMDB
15 23 (1.85%) Virtual Team
16 21 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
17 20 (1.61%) Hedge funds
17 20 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
18 18 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 535 (43.08%) Windows
2 287 (23.11%) Windows Server
3 213 (17.15%) Linux
4 69 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 49 (3.95%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.46%) Unix
7 37 (2.98%) VMS
8 36 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 36 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (2.42%) Android
10 28 (2.25%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.01%) Solaris
12 22 (1.77%) HPUX
12 22 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.77%) Windows 7
12 22 (1.77%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (1.37%) Apple iOS
13 17 (1.37%) CentOS
14 16 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
15 15 (1.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 355 (28.58%) DevOps
3 271 (21.82%) CI/CD
4 244 (19.65%) ITIL
5 238 (19.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 221 (17.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 209 (16.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 202 (16.26%) Cybersecurity
9 187 (15.06%) Mentoring
10 184 (14.81%) Agile
11 158 (12.72%) Disaster Recovery
12 145 (11.67%) Roadmaps
13 129 (10.39%) Task Automation
14 119 (9.58%) Coaching
15 115 (9.26%) Root Cause Analysis
16 112 (9.02%) Asset Management
17 104 (8.37%) Incident Response
17 104 (8.37%) Migration
18 102 (8.21%) Cloud Security
19 90 (7.25%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 424 (34.14%) Python
2 292 (23.51%) Bash
3 285 (22.95%) SQL
4 103 (8.29%) C#
5 79 (6.36%) Bicep
6 68 (5.48%) T-SQL
7 66 (5.31%) JavaScript
8 27 (2.17%) Perl
9 25 (2.01%) Java
10 24 (1.93%) Go
11 22 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (1.13%) VB
13 11 (0.89%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.89%) VBScript
14 10 (0.81%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.72%) VBA
16 8 (0.64%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.48%) Groovy
18 5 (0.40%) C++
19 4 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 169 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 163 (13.12%) Degree
3 110 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 109 (8.78%) SC Cleared
5 90 (7.25%) Azure Certification
6 59 (4.75%) DV Cleared
7 46 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (3.46%) CISSP
9 38 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.74%) AWS Certification
11 31 (2.50%) CREST Certified
11 31 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 22 (1.77%) CEH
13 19 (1.53%) CCNA
14 17 (1.37%) SANS
15 16 (1.29%) CompTIA CySA+
15 16 (1.29%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.29%) Master's Degree
16 15 (1.21%) GIAC
17 14 (1.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (12.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 145 (11.67%) NIST
3 69 (5.56%) GDPR
4 63 (5.07%) NCSC
5 53 (4.27%) SLA
6 45 (3.62%) Accessibility
7 29 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.37%) QA
9 16 (1.29%) ISO 22301
10 14 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (0.97%) PCI DSS
12 11 (0.89%) Data Quality
13 8 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.48%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.40%) GRC
16 3 (0.24%) HL7
16 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) DICOM
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 433 (34.86%) Active Directory
2 133 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 112 (9.02%) Docker
4 94 (7.57%) Hyper-V
5 44 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
6 43 (3.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 32 (2.58%) vSphere
8 23 (1.85%) Firmware
9 15 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.72%) XenApp
11 8 (0.64%) vCloud
12 7 (0.56%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.40%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) Postfix
14 4 (0.32%) Squid
15 3 (0.24%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
16 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 284 (22.87%) Terraform
2 203 (16.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 169 (13.61%) Kubernetes
4 137 (11.03%) Ansible
5 58 (4.67%) SCCM
6 48 (3.86%) Grafana
7 47 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (2.17%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 18 (1.45%) Puppet
10 15 (1.21%) SCOM
11 13 (1.05%) WSUS
12 12 (0.97%) vCenter Server
13 11 (0.89%) Nessus
14 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (0.64%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.64%) ZABBIX
16 7 (0.56%) McAfee ePO
16 7 (0.56%) Nagios
Vendors
1 652 (52.50%) Microsoft
2 217 (17.47%) VMware
3 96 (7.73%) Cisco
4 74 (5.96%) ServiceNow
5 55 (4.43%) Oracle
6 46 (3.70%) Veeam
7 43 (3.46%) Splunk
8 41 (3.30%) Google
9 38 (3.06%) Atlassian
10 35 (2.82%) Citrix
11 33 (2.66%) Red Hat
12 30 (2.42%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.09%) CyberArk
13 26 (2.09%) SolarWinds
14 24 (1.93%) Commvault
15 23 (1.85%) Fortinet
15 23 (1.85%) SAP
16 21 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
16 21 (1.69%) Dell
17 19 (1.53%) Meraki