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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 98 78
Rank change year-on-year -17 -20 +12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,237 1,507 2,466
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 2.91% 3.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.26% 8.57% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 923 1,039 2,146
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 12,056 17,575 27,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.89% 33.89% 38.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,670 10,179 22,376
10th Percentile £33,125 £37,574 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £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 1 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 1 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 -26 1,036 £57,500 -8.00% 487
UK excluding London -16 724 £52,500 - 459
London -7 439 £70,000 -6.67% 166
Work from Home +4 405 £57,500 -11.54% 306
South East -36 184 £57,500 -4.17% 156
North of England -28 134 £50,000 -4.76% 107
Scotland +55 132 £62,250 +24.50% 39
South West +16 103 £55,000 -1.12% 56
Midlands -34 90 £52,500 +5.00% 52
East of England +14 70 £43,000 -18.10% 43
Yorkshire -14 62 £48,445 -7.72% 29
North West -7 58 £50,000 - 65
West Midlands -30 45 £50,000 - 22
East Midlands -8 44 £55,000 +8.91% 30
North East 0 14 £48,445 -15.01% 13
Wales +1 10 £55,000 +5.77% 17
Northern Ireland -17 2 £46,000 - 2

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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
1 185 (14.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 143 (11.56%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.04%) IIS
4 22 (1.78%) Exchange Server 2003
5 20 (1.62%) Confluence
6 12 (0.97%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.32%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.081%) CICS
11 1 (0.081%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.49%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.24%) CATIA
6 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.24%) Windchill
7 2 (0.16%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 10 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.65%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.49%) Markit EDM
3 6 (0.49%) 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%) 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
1 821 (66.37%) Azure
2 408 (32.98%) Microsoft 365
3 335 (27.08%) Entra ID
4 218 (17.62%) AWS
5 199 (16.09%) Azure DevOps
6 111 (8.97%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.60%) GitHub
8 79 (6.39%) GCP
9 74 (5.98%) PaaS
10 73 (5.90%) GitHub Actions
11 65 (5.25%) Azure Monitor
12 61 (4.93%) Google Workspace
13 56 (4.53%) IaaS
13 56 (4.53%) Power Automate
14 55 (4.45%) SaaS
15 44 (3.56%) OneDrive
16 41 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
17 40 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
18 39 (3.15%) Snowflake
19 36 (2.91%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 224 (18.11%) Firewall
2 211 (17.06%) DNS
3 164 (13.26%) DHCP
4 110 (8.89%) VPN
5 105 (8.49%) TCP/IP
6 83 (6.71%) WAN
7 69 (5.58%) LAN
8 48 (3.88%) Broadband
9 44 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (3.23%) VLAN
11 39 (3.15%) Wireless
12 32 (2.59%) SD-WAN
13 28 (2.26%) Network Security
14 27 (2.18%) SAN
15 20 (1.62%) VoIP
16 19 (1.54%) Internet
17 17 (1.37%) VSAN
18 13 (1.05%) MPLS
19 12 (0.97%) Skype
19 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (11.40%) SQL Server
2 78 (6.31%) Power BI
3 36 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 34 (2.75%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (2.43%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.10%) Oracle Database 10g
7 22 (1.78%) MySQL
8 21 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.97%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.89%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.89%) Tableau
13 10 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.49%) DTS
15 6 (0.49%) InfluxDB
16 5 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 97 (7.84%) JIRA
2 90 (7.28%) Jenkins
3 81 (6.55%) Git
4 36 (2.91%) GitLab
5 31 (2.51%) Octopus Deploy
6 23 (1.86%) TeamCity
7 17 (1.37%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.89%) Burp Suite
8 11 (0.89%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 9 (0.73%) Robot Framework
11 7 (0.57%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.49%) 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
1 436 (35.25%) Social Skills
2 320 (25.87%) Finance
3 126 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
5 51 (4.12%) Law
6 49 (3.96%) Retail
7 45 (3.64%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 35 (2.83%) Banking
10 34 (2.75%) Games
11 33 (2.67%) Legal
12 29 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 28 (2.26%) Manufacturing
14 27 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.29%) Front Office
16 15 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.81%) Aerospace
19 9 (0.73%) Advertising
20 7 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 191 (15.44%) Senior
2 153 (12.37%) Support Engineer
3 137 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 112 (9.05%) Azure Engineer
5 91 (7.36%) Analyst
6 89 (7.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 85 (6.87%) Cloud Engineer
8 84 (6.79%) Developer
9 78 (6.31%) Security Engineer
10 74 (5.98%) IT Support
11 70 (5.66%) Lead
12 67 (5.42%) IT Engineer
13 57 (4.61%) 3rd Line Support
14 53 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
15 50 (4.04%) Applications Support
16 47 (3.80%) Applications Engineer
16 47 (3.80%) IT Support Engineer
17 46 (3.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 39 (3.15%) Support Analyst
19 37 (2.99%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (8.49%) REST
2 72 (5.82%) .NET
2 72 (5.82%) SOAP
3 70 (5.66%) OAuth
4 64 (5.17%) SAML
5 61 (4.93%) GraphQL
6 60 (4.85%) OpenID
7 57 (4.61%) LDAP
8 46 (3.72%) YAML
9 32 (2.59%) JSON
10 25 (2.02%) ARM Templates
11 24 (1.94%) React
12 19 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
13 18 (1.46%) Web Services
14 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
15 16 (1.29%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.29%) Node.js
16 14 (1.13%) Middleware
17 12 (0.97%) .NET Core
18 11 (0.89%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.44%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (5.09%) Security Posture
4 53 (4.28%) Cyber Threat
5 50 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 49 (3.96%) Cyberattack
7 44 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (3.48%) Management Information System
9 37 (2.99%) Cloud Native
10 36 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (2.59%) Data Centre
12 29 (2.34%) Driving Licence
12 29 (2.34%) PKI
13 27 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
14 26 (2.10%) CMDB
15 22 (1.78%) Virtual Team
16 21 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
16 21 (1.70%) Linux Command Line
17 19 (1.54%) Hedge funds
18 18 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 536 (43.33%) Windows
2 289 (23.36%) Windows Server
3 215 (17.38%) Linux
4 67 (5.42%) Windows 10
5 48 (3.88%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.48%) Unix
7 37 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 36 (2.91%) VMS
8 36 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 31 (2.51%) Android
10 28 (2.26%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.02%) Solaris
12 22 (1.78%) HPUX
12 22 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.78%) Windows 7
12 22 (1.78%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (1.37%) Apple iOS
13 17 (1.37%) CentOS
14 15 (1.21%) Windows Server 2012
15 14 (1.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (30.72%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (28.21%) DevOps
3 267 (21.58%) CI/CD
4 246 (19.89%) ITIL
5 237 (19.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 221 (17.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 210 (16.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 207 (16.73%) Cybersecurity
9 189 (15.28%) Mentoring
10 182 (14.71%) Agile
11 158 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
12 148 (11.96%) Roadmaps
13 125 (10.11%) Task Automation
14 117 (9.46%) Coaching
14 117 (9.46%) Root Cause Analysis
15 113 (9.14%) Asset Management
16 108 (8.73%) Incident Response
17 104 (8.41%) Cloud Security
18 101 (8.16%) Migration
19 90 (7.28%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 424 (34.28%) Python
2 297 (24.01%) Bash
3 286 (23.12%) SQL
4 102 (8.25%) C#
5 76 (6.14%) Bicep
6 72 (5.82%) T-SQL
7 66 (5.34%) JavaScript
8 26 (2.10%) Perl
9 24 (1.94%) Java
10 23 (1.86%) Go
10 23 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (1.13%) VB
12 11 (0.89%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.81%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.81%) VBScript
14 9 (0.73%) VBA
15 8 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.40%) C++
17 4 (0.32%) Groovy
17 4 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 163 (13.18%) Degree
1 163 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 110 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 104 (8.41%) SC Cleared
4 90 (7.28%) Azure Certification
5 60 (4.85%) DV Cleared
6 44 (3.56%) CISSP
6 44 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (2.83%) AWS Certification
9 31 (2.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 30 (2.43%) CREST Certified
11 23 (1.86%) CEH
12 20 (1.62%) CCNA
13 17 (1.37%) GIAC
13 17 (1.37%) SANS
14 16 (1.29%) CompTIA CySA+
14 16 (1.29%) DBS Check
15 15 (1.21%) Master's Degree
16 14 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 149 (12.05%) NIST
3 69 (5.58%) GDPR
4 64 (5.17%) NCSC
5 55 (4.45%) SLA
6 45 (3.64%) Accessibility
7 28 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.37%) ISO 22301
8 17 (1.37%) QA
9 14 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (1.05%) Data Quality
10 13 (1.05%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.49%) 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 (0.081%) HIPAA
System Software
1 439 (35.49%) Active Directory
2 133 (10.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 110 (8.89%) Docker
4 95 (7.68%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
6 43 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 33 (2.67%) vSphere
8 22 (1.78%) Firmware
9 15 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
10 13 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.73%) XenApp
12 8 (0.65%) vCloud
13 7 (0.57%) XenDesktop
14 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.24%) Postfix
16 3 (0.24%) Squid
17 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 2 (0.16%) DFS Replication
17 2 (0.16%) iptables
Systems Management
1 277 (22.39%) Terraform
2 198 (16.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 164 (13.26%) Kubernetes
4 137 (11.08%) Ansible
5 56 (4.53%) SCCM
6 47 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
7 46 (3.72%) Grafana
8 24 (1.94%) Prometheus
9 19 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 19 (1.54%) Puppet
10 15 (1.21%) WSUS
11 14 (1.13%) SCOM
12 10 (0.81%) vCenter Server
13 9 (0.73%) FortiGate
13 9 (0.73%) Nessus
14 8 (0.65%) SCVMM
14 8 (0.65%) ZABBIX
15 7 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
15 7 (0.57%) McAfee ePO
15 7 (0.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 644 (52.06%) Microsoft
2 215 (17.38%) VMware
3 96 (7.76%) Cisco
4 69 (5.58%) ServiceNow
5 53 (4.28%) Oracle
6 46 (3.72%) Veeam
7 43 (3.48%) Splunk
8 40 (3.23%) Google
9 38 (3.07%) Atlassian
10 35 (2.83%) Citrix
11 33 (2.67%) Red Hat
12 30 (2.43%) Palo Alto
13 27 (2.18%) CyberArk
14 26 (2.10%) Commvault
14 26 (2.10%) SolarWinds
15 23 (1.86%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
16 22 (1.78%) SAP
17 21 (1.70%) Dell
18 20 (1.62%) Meraki