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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 100 99
Rank change year-on-year -28 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,239 1,294 2,458
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.58% 3.15% 2.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.76% 9.33% 7.86%
Number of salaries quoted 918 1,063 2,128
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 £77,188 £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% -5.26%

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 14,143 13,862 31,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.05% 33.72% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,871 10,284 24,625
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
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 £86,250 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,200 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% +3.31% -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 29 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 29 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 -41 1,094 £58,000 -6.45% 384
UK excluding London -46 697 £52,500 - 315
London -12 493 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -21 384 £60,000 +2.56% 176
South East -51 192 £56,750 -5.42% 97
North of England -51 140 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Scotland +40 101 £71,500 +19.17% 14
South West -20 96 £55,000 +15.79% 60
Midlands -48 96 £52,500 +5.00% 45
Yorkshire -26 70 £47,500 -9.52% 16
East of England -39 63 £40,000 -27.27% 34
North West -46 57 £51,000 +5.58% 35
East Midlands -18 53 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -54 42 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -24 13 £45,000 -23.40% 15
Wales -18 8 £58,248 +15.22% 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
1 190 (15.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (11.14%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.66%) IIS
4 22 (1.78%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.05%) Confluence
6 6 (0.48%) 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 53 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.32%) 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 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.32%) 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
4 1 (0.081%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 797 (64.33%) Azure
2 413 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 325 (26.23%) Entra ID
4 203 (16.38%) AWS
5 134 (10.82%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.31%) Power Platform
7 98 (7.91%) GitHub
8 75 (6.05%) Google Workspace
9 73 (5.89%) GCP
10 72 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
11 71 (5.73%) SaaS
12 65 (5.25%) PaaS
13 62 (5.00%) OneDrive
14 59 (4.76%) IaaS
15 49 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
16 39 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
16 39 (3.15%) Power Automate
17 38 (3.07%) Azure Key Vault
17 38 (3.07%) Nutanix
18 34 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 230 (18.56%) DNS
2 214 (17.27%) Firewall
3 177 (14.29%) DHCP
4 127 (10.25%) VPN
5 110 (8.88%) TCP/IP
6 64 (5.17%) WAN
7 63 (5.08%) Broadband
8 60 (4.84%) LAN
9 54 (4.36%) Network Security
10 49 (3.95%) VLAN
11 44 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (3.07%) VoIP
13 32 (2.58%) Wireless
14 30 (2.42%) SAN
15 27 (2.18%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.21%) MPLS
17 14 (1.13%) BGP
17 14 (1.13%) VSAN
18 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
19 11 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (11.38%) SQL Server
2 89 (7.18%) Power BI
3 32 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.26%) Oracle Database
4 28 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.10%) Oracle Database 10g
5 26 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.94%) MySQL
8 23 (1.86%) Relational Database
9 21 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (1.13%) Tableau
13 9 (0.73%) InfluxDB
14 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.40%) Metadata
17 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 86 (6.94%) JIRA
2 81 (6.54%) Git
3 74 (5.97%) Jenkins
4 42 (3.39%) GitLab
5 25 (2.02%) Bitbucket
6 22 (1.78%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 14 (1.13%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.81%) Robot Framework
11 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.73%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.56%) TestRail
12 7 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
15 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
General
1 437 (35.27%) Social Skills
2 267 (21.55%) Finance
3 151 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (5.41%) Law
6 40 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.07%) Legal
8 35 (2.82%) Public Sector
8 35 (2.82%) Retail
9 33 (2.66%) Games
10 31 (2.50%) Banking
11 29 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.94%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.86%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.21%) Advertising
14 15 (1.21%) Front Office
15 8 (0.65%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 201 (16.22%) Senior
2 146 (11.78%) Support Engineer
3 144 (11.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 124 (10.01%) Azure Engineer
5 113 (9.12%) Analyst
6 107 (8.64%) IT Support
7 83 (6.70%) Security Engineer
8 81 (6.54%) IT Engineer
9 79 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
10 74 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
11 71 (5.73%) Developer
12 63 (5.08%) 3rd Line Support
12 63 (5.08%) IT Support Engineer
13 60 (4.84%) Lead
14 56 (4.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 49 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support
16 45 (3.63%) Architect
17 43 (3.47%) Platform Engineer
18 36 (2.91%) Support Analyst
19 35 (2.82%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (7.34%) OAuth
2 87 (7.02%) REST
3 78 (6.30%) SAML
4 74 (5.97%) OpenID
5 70 (5.65%) GraphQL
6 64 (5.17%) LDAP
6 64 (5.17%) SOAP
7 63 (5.08%) .NET
8 38 (3.07%) YAML
9 30 (2.42%) JSON
10 28 (2.26%) .NET Core
11 22 (1.78%) ARM Templates
12 21 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
14 16 (1.29%) Node.js
14 16 (1.29%) React
15 15 (1.21%) CSS
16 14 (1.13%) SPFx
17 13 (1.05%) HTML
17 13 (1.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 86 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.81%) Cyber Threat
3 70 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 62 (5.00%) Security Posture
5 59 (4.76%) Cyberattack
6 43 (3.47%) Management Information System
7 42 (3.39%) Driving Licence
8 40 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (3.15%) Cyber Defence
10 38 (3.07%) Cloud Native
11 31 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (2.50%) Data Centre
12 27 (2.18%) PKI
13 26 (2.10%) Public Cloud
13 26 (2.10%) Security Operations Centre
14 25 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.86%) CMDB
16 18 (1.45%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.45%) Replication
17 16 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 561 (45.28%) Windows
2 292 (23.57%) Windows Server
3 249 (20.10%) Linux
4 69 (5.57%) Windows 10
5 56 (4.52%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.47%) Unix
7 36 (2.91%) Android
7 36 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.66%) Apple iOS
9 32 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 27 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.02%) Solaris
12 24 (1.94%) CentOS
13 22 (1.78%) HPUX
13 22 (1.78%) VMS
13 22 (1.78%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.78%) Windows Server 2003
13 22 (1.78%) Windows Server 2008
14 19 (1.53%) Ubuntu
15 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (29.54%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (22.36%) DevOps
3 249 (20.10%) CI/CD
3 249 (20.10%) ITIL
4 234 (18.89%) Cybersecurity
4 234 (18.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 219 (17.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 207 (16.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 194 (15.66%) Mentoring
8 160 (12.91%) Agile
9 158 (12.75%) Disaster Recovery
10 146 (11.78%) Incident Response
11 140 (11.30%) Roadmaps
12 124 (10.01%) Root Cause Analysis
13 105 (8.47%) Task Automation
14 102 (8.23%) Cloud Security
14 102 (8.23%) SIEM
15 101 (8.15%) Computer Science
15 101 (8.15%) Identity Access Management
16 98 (7.91%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 436 (35.19%) Python
2 302 (24.37%) Bash
3 268 (21.63%) SQL
4 84 (6.78%) T-SQL
5 77 (6.21%) JavaScript
6 75 (6.05%) C#
7 62 (5.00%) Bicep
8 30 (2.42%) Kusto Query Language
9 28 (2.26%) Perl
10 18 (1.45%) Java
11 12 (0.97%) Go
12 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.73%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.56%) C++
14 7 (0.56%) PHP
14 7 (0.56%) VB
15 6 (0.48%) C
15 6 (0.48%) Delphi
16 5 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 173 (13.96%) Degree
2 148 (11.95%) Security Cleared
3 98 (7.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 92 (7.43%) Azure Certification
5 90 (7.26%) SC Cleared
6 65 (5.25%) DV Cleared
7 53 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 51 (4.12%) CISSP
9 35 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (2.82%) CREST Certified
10 31 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 26 (2.10%) CEH
12 25 (2.02%) AWS Certification
12 25 (2.02%) GIAC
13 22 (1.78%) CCNA
13 22 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
13 22 (1.78%) OSCP
14 20 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
15 18 (1.45%) SANS
16 15 (1.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (13.96%) NIST
2 167 (13.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (5.81%) NCSC
4 66 (5.33%) SLA
5 62 (5.00%) GDPR
6 36 (2.91%) Accessibility
7 28 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.78%) ISO 22301
9 19 (1.53%) QA
10 18 (1.45%) Data Quality
11 14 (1.13%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.73%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.48%) DICOM
16 5 (0.40%) GRC
17 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.16%) COBIT
18 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
18 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 461 (37.21%) Active Directory
2 145 (11.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (9.28%) Docker
4 113 (9.12%) Hyper-V
5 44 (3.55%) vSphere
6 33 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.37%) Firmware
8 17 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.89%) VMware NSX
10 10 (0.81%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.56%) XenApp
13 6 (0.48%) vCloud
14 5 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.40%) XenDesktop
15 4 (0.32%) iptables
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 252 (20.34%) Terraform
2 178 (14.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 169 (13.64%) Kubernetes
4 143 (11.54%) Ansible
5 53 (4.28%) Grafana
6 42 (3.39%) SCCM
7 39 (3.15%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.50%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.37%) Puppet
11 17 (1.37%) vCenter Server
12 12 (0.97%) Nessus
13 11 (0.89%) VxRail
14 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.65%) QRadar
15 6 (0.48%) logstash
15 6 (0.48%) Nagios
15 6 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 653 (52.70%) Microsoft
2 240 (19.37%) VMware
3 114 (9.20%) Cisco
4 60 (4.84%) Splunk
5 55 (4.44%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.95%) Oracle
7 47 (3.79%) Veeam
8 45 (3.63%) Red Hat
9 35 (2.82%) Google
10 34 (2.74%) Atlassian
10 34 (2.74%) Commvault
11 32 (2.58%) Palo Alto
12 30 (2.42%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (2.26%) Meraki
14 26 (2.10%) Citrix
14 26 (2.10%) CyberArk
14 26 (2.10%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.94%) Dell
16 22 (1.78%) Apple
17 20 (1.61%) Dynatrace