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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 98 79
Rank change year-on-year -17 -19 +12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,246 1,498 2,507
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 2.91% 3.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.29% 8.59% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 925 1,030 2,184
10th Percentile £32,850 £37,450 £37,027
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +8.26% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,170
% change year-on-year - +0.63% -5.15%

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 12,109 17,432 27,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.86% 33.91% 37.70%
Number of salaries quoted 8,709 10,064 22,849
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,653
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 £100,000
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 3 February 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 3 February 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 1,044 £57,500 -8.00% 508
UK excluding London -16 731 £52,500 - 486
London -7 442 £70,000 -6.67% 167
Work from Home +6 408 £57,500 -11.54% 305
South East -35 186 £57,500 -4.17% 166
North of England -30 136 £50,000 -4.76% 112
Scotland +50 134 £62,250 +18.57% 47
South West +13 103 £55,000 -1.12% 57
Midlands -40 91 £52,500 +5.00% 53
East of England +12 70 £42,276 -19.48% 42
Yorkshire -16 64 £48,445 -7.72% 32
North West -12 58 £50,000 - 67
East Midlands +1 45 £55,000 +8.91% 28
West Midlands -33 45 £49,250 -1.50% 25
North East -1 14 £48,445 -15.75% 13
Wales +1 10 £55,000 +5.77% 17
Northern Ireland -17 2 £46,000 - 3

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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
1 187 (15.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 146 (11.72%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.01%) IIS
4 22 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2003
5 18 (1.44%) Confluence
6 12 (0.96%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.24%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.080%) CICS
11 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.12%) 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%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.24%) Windchill
7 1 (0.080%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 10 (0.80%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
6 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.080%) Actimize
7 1 (0.080%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.080%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 824 (66.13%) Azure
2 413 (33.15%) Microsoft 365
3 338 (27.13%) Entra ID
4 216 (17.34%) AWS
5 200 (16.05%) Azure DevOps
6 114 (9.15%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.54%) GitHub
8 78 (6.26%) GCP
9 74 (5.94%) PaaS
10 73 (5.86%) GitHub Actions
11 66 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
12 63 (5.06%) Google Workspace
13 56 (4.49%) SaaS
14 55 (4.41%) IaaS
14 55 (4.41%) Power Automate
15 46 (3.69%) OneDrive
16 40 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
16 40 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
17 39 (3.13%) Snowflake
18 36 (2.89%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 225 (18.06%) Firewall
2 214 (17.17%) DNS
3 168 (13.48%) DHCP
4 114 (9.15%) VPN
5 105 (8.43%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.58%) WAN
7 68 (5.46%) LAN
8 52 (4.17%) Broadband
9 44 (3.53%) VLAN
9 44 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (3.21%) Wireless
11 32 (2.57%) SD-WAN
12 28 (2.25%) Network Security
13 27 (2.17%) SAN
14 21 (1.69%) VoIP
15 18 (1.44%) Internet
16 17 (1.36%) VSAN
17 13 (1.04%) MPLS
18 12 (0.96%) Skype
18 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (11.40%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.58%) Power BI
3 36 (2.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 34 (2.73%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (2.41%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.09%) Oracle Database 10g
7 23 (1.85%) MySQL
8 21 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.96%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.96%) Tableau
12 11 (0.88%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.48%) DTS
14 6 (0.48%) InfluxDB
15 5 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 95 (7.62%) JIRA
2 89 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 80 (6.42%) Git
4 36 (2.89%) GitLab
5 31 (2.49%) Octopus Deploy
6 23 (1.85%) TeamCity
7 17 (1.36%) Bitbucket
8 13 (1.04%) Burp Suite
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
11 7 (0.56%) CircleCI
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
14 4 (0.32%) MSI
14 4 (0.32%) Toad
15 3 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 439 (35.23%) Social Skills
2 325 (26.08%) Finance
3 129 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (4.09%) Law
6 49 (3.93%) Retail
7 44 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
9 35 (2.81%) Banking
9 35 (2.81%) Legal
10 33 (2.65%) Games
11 29 (2.33%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.25%) Manufacturing
13 27 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.28%) Front Office
15 14 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.80%) Aerospace
18 9 (0.72%) Advertising
19 7 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 193 (15.49%) Senior
2 153 (12.28%) Support Engineer
3 139 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 113 (9.07%) Azure Engineer
5 97 (7.78%) Analyst
6 89 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
7 86 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
8 85 (6.82%) Developer
9 80 (6.42%) Security Engineer
10 77 (6.18%) IT Support
11 70 (5.62%) Lead
12 68 (5.46%) IT Engineer
13 58 (4.65%) 3rd Line Support
14 53 (4.25%) Platform Engineer
15 50 (4.01%) Applications Support
16 48 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
17 47 (3.77%) Applications Engineer
18 46 (3.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 42 (3.37%) Support Analyst
20 37 (2.97%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (8.51%) REST
2 73 (5.86%) SOAP
3 72 (5.78%) .NET
4 71 (5.70%) OAuth
5 65 (5.22%) SAML
6 62 (4.98%) GraphQL
7 61 (4.90%) OpenID
8 57 (4.57%) LDAP
9 46 (3.69%) YAML
10 34 (2.73%) JSON
11 25 (2.01%) ARM Templates
12 24 (1.93%) React
13 21 (1.69%) Web Services
14 19 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (1.36%) Microsoft Graph
16 16 (1.28%) AngularJS
16 16 (1.28%) Node.js
17 14 (1.12%) Middleware
18 12 (0.96%) .NET Core
19 11 (0.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.46%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 65 (5.22%) Security Posture
4 54 (4.33%) Cyber Threat
5 50 (4.01%) Cyberattack
5 50 (4.01%) Product Ownership
6 45 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
7 44 (3.53%) Management Information System
8 37 (2.97%) Cloud Native
9 36 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
10 33 (2.65%) Data Centre
11 31 (2.49%) Driving Licence
12 28 (2.25%) PKI
13 27 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
14 26 (2.09%) CMDB
15 23 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
16 22 (1.77%) Virtual Team
17 21 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
18 20 (1.61%) Hedge funds
19 18 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 540 (43.34%) Windows
2 290 (23.27%) Windows Server
3 214 (17.17%) Linux
4 68 (5.46%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.01%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.37%) Unix
7 37 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (2.81%) VMS
9 31 (2.49%) 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 21 (1.69%) Apple iOS
14 18 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
15 17 (1.36%) CentOS
16 13 (1.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (30.66%) Problem-Solving
2 348 (27.93%) DevOps
3 266 (21.35%) CI/CD
4 245 (19.66%) ITIL
5 236 (18.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 222 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 212 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 209 (16.77%) Cybersecurity
9 194 (15.57%) Mentoring
10 187 (15.01%) Agile
11 160 (12.84%) Disaster Recovery
12 148 (11.88%) Roadmaps
13 126 (10.11%) Task Automation
14 122 (9.79%) Coaching
15 117 (9.39%) Root Cause Analysis
16 113 (9.07%) Asset Management
17 108 (8.67%) Incident Response
18 103 (8.27%) Cloud Security
18 103 (8.27%) Migration
19 92 (7.38%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 428 (34.35%) Python
2 301 (24.16%) Bash
3 288 (23.11%) SQL
4 102 (8.19%) C#
5 76 (6.10%) Bicep
6 74 (5.94%) T-SQL
7 66 (5.30%) JavaScript
8 26 (2.09%) Perl
9 24 (1.93%) Java
10 23 (1.85%) Go
11 22 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (1.20%) VB
13 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
14 10 (0.80%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.80%) VBScript
15 9 (0.72%) VBA
16 8 (0.64%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.40%) C++
18 4 (0.32%) PHP
18 4 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 163 (13.08%) Degree
2 162 (13.00%) Security Cleared
3 110 (8.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 103 (8.27%) SC Cleared
5 89 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.82%) DV Cleared
7 45 (3.61%) CISSP
8 44 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.73%) AWS Certification
11 32 (2.57%) CREST Certified
12 31 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 23 (1.85%) CEH
14 20 (1.61%) CCNA
15 17 (1.36%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.36%) DBS Check
15 17 (1.36%) GIAC
15 17 (1.36%) SANS
16 15 (1.20%) Master's Degree
16 15 (1.20%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (12.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 151 (12.12%) NIST
3 69 (5.54%) GDPR
4 65 (5.22%) NCSC
5 56 (4.49%) SLA
6 45 (3.61%) Accessibility
7 28 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.36%) ISO 22301
8 17 (1.36%) QA
9 14 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (1.12%) Data Quality
10 13 (1.04%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.48%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 3 (0.24%) DICOM
14 3 (0.24%) HL7
14 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.16%) COBIT
16 1 (0.080%) HIPAA
System Software
1 445 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 134 (10.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (8.75%) Docker
4 97 (7.78%) Hyper-V
5 46 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
6 45 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 34 (2.73%) vSphere
8 22 (1.77%) Firmware
9 15 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.64%) vCloud
11 8 (0.64%) XenApp
12 6 (0.48%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.48%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.32%) BitLocker
13 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.16%) iptables
14 2 (0.16%) KVM
14 2 (0.16%) Squid
14 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 276 (22.15%) Terraform
2 199 (15.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 164 (13.16%) Kubernetes
4 138 (11.08%) Ansible
5 54 (4.33%) SCCM
6 46 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
7 45 (3.61%) Grafana
8 23 (1.85%) Prometheus
9 19 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 19 (1.52%) Puppet
10 15 (1.20%) WSUS
11 14 (1.12%) SCOM
12 11 (0.88%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.80%) Nessus
14 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (0.64%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.64%) ZABBIX
16 7 (0.56%) Nagios
16 7 (0.56%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 648 (52.01%) Microsoft
2 216 (17.34%) VMware
3 96 (7.70%) Cisco
4 68 (5.46%) ServiceNow
5 53 (4.25%) Oracle
6 46 (3.69%) Veeam
7 43 (3.45%) Splunk
8 41 (3.29%) Google
9 37 (2.97%) Atlassian
10 34 (2.73%) Citrix
11 33 (2.65%) Red Hat
12 31 (2.49%) Palo Alto
13 27 (2.17%) CyberArk
14 26 (2.09%) Commvault
14 26 (2.09%) SolarWinds
15 23 (1.85%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
16 22 (1.77%) SAP
17 21 (1.69%) Dell
18 20 (1.61%) Meraki