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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 95 56
Rank change year-on-year -13 -39 +36
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,290 1,757 2,408
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.38% 2.71% 4.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.19% 8.29% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 1,224 2,024
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,825
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,675 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +1.13% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.38% -1.87% +1.90%

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 11,532 21,200 20,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.30% 32.69% 40.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,359 12,708 17,139
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,788
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -13 1,117 £58,000 -7.20% 430
UK excluding London +5 796 £53,750 +2.38% 465
London -22 422 £75,250 +0.33% 129
Work from Home -13 370 £61,500 -8.89% 297
South East -16 220 £58,000 +2.86% 123
North of England -10 150 £50,000 - 84
South West +24 112 £52,500 - 56
Midlands +8 108 £52,500 +10.53% 66
Scotland +22 95 £62,250 +17.45% 90
East of England +33 93 £47,500 -9.52% 36
West Midlands +15 78 £55,000 +22.22% 31
Yorkshire -9 70 £47,500 -10.38% 22
North West -2 69 £52,500 +5.00% 53
East Midlands +4 30 £50,000 +5.26% 34
Wales +19 17 £55,000 +5.77% 25
North East +9 11 £55,000 +16.68% 11
Northern Ireland -6 4 £46,000 +15.00% 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
1 222 (17.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 175 (13.57%) SharePoint
3 64 (4.96%) IIS
4 50 (3.88%) Confluence
5 22 (1.71%) Exchange Server 2003
6 18 (1.40%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.85%) nginx
8 7 (0.54%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.16%) CMS
11 2 (0.16%) WordPress
12 1 (0.078%) CICS
12 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.47%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.39%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.23%) CATIA
7 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.23%) Windchill
8 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.078%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.078%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.39%) PlanetPress Connect
5 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.078%) Eikon
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.078%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.078%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 853 (66.12%) Azure
2 446 (34.57%) Microsoft 365
3 281 (21.78%) Entra ID
4 246 (19.07%) AWS
5 224 (17.36%) Azure DevOps
6 108 (8.37%) Power Platform
7 98 (7.60%) PaaS
8 96 (7.44%) GitHub
9 88 (6.82%) Azure Monitor
10 87 (6.74%) SaaS
11 85 (6.59%) GCP
12 72 (5.58%) IaaS
13 71 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
14 64 (4.96%) Power Automate
15 58 (4.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 56 (4.34%) Azure Sentinel
17 49 (3.80%) Serverless
18 37 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
18 37 (2.87%) Azure Key Vault
18 37 (2.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 282 (21.86%) Firewall
2 250 (19.38%) DNS
3 199 (15.43%) DHCP
4 117 (9.07%) TCP/IP
5 103 (7.98%) VPN
6 97 (7.52%) WAN
7 74 (5.74%) LAN
8 49 (3.80%) VLAN
9 48 (3.72%) Wireless
10 41 (3.18%) SAN
11 38 (2.95%) Internet
12 36 (2.79%) Network Security
13 35 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
14 32 (2.48%) SD-WAN
15 22 (1.71%) HTTP
16 19 (1.47%) NAS
16 19 (1.47%) SMTP
16 19 (1.47%) VoIP
17 18 (1.40%) FTP
17 18 (1.40%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (10.39%) SQL Server
2 62 (4.81%) Power BI
3 45 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (2.33%) Oracle Database
4 30 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 27 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.02%) Oracle Database 10g
7 24 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (1.09%) MySQL
10 13 (1.01%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.70%) DTS
13 8 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
14 6 (0.47%) Data Mining
15 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.39%) Tableau
16 4 (0.31%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 128 (9.92%) JIRA
2 108 (8.37%) Jenkins
3 103 (7.98%) Git
4 44 (3.41%) GitLab
5 36 (2.79%) Octopus Deploy
6 24 (1.86%) TeamCity
6 24 (1.86%) Vagrant
7 14 (1.09%) MSI
8 12 (0.93%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.85%) Burp Suite
9 11 (0.85%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.39%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.31%) Toad
14 3 (0.23%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 450 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 307 (23.80%) Finance
3 88 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (5.74%) Law
5 51 (3.95%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.10%) Banking
7 39 (3.02%) Retail
8 38 (2.95%) Legal
9 36 (2.79%) Manufacturing
10 34 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
11 32 (2.48%) Telecoms
12 24 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.24%) Front Office
15 16 (1.24%) Games
15 16 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.16%) Marketing
17 12 (0.93%) Automotive
18 11 (0.85%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 192 (14.88%) Support Engineer
2 159 (12.33%) Senior
3 149 (11.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 119 (9.22%) Azure Engineer
5 117 (9.07%) DevOps Engineer
6 93 (7.21%) Cloud Engineer
7 90 (6.98%) 3rd Line Support
8 89 (6.90%) Analyst
9 81 (6.28%) IT Support
9 81 (6.28%) Security Engineer
10 76 (5.89%) Lead
11 74 (5.74%) Developer
12 68 (5.27%) IT Engineer
13 65 (5.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 64 (4.96%) Platform Engineer
15 50 (3.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 49 (3.80%) Applications Engineer
16 49 (3.80%) Applications Support
17 45 (3.49%) IT Support Engineer
18 42 (3.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (5.81%) .NET
2 70 (5.43%) REST
3 68 (5.27%) YAML
4 40 (3.10%) ARM Templates
5 37 (2.87%) SOAP
6 32 (2.48%) JSON
7 31 (2.40%) LDAP
8 22 (1.71%) OAuth
9 21 (1.63%) SAML
10 20 (1.55%) Web Services
11 18 (1.40%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
12 17 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
12 17 (1.32%) GraphQL
13 16 (1.24%) React
14 15 (1.16%) OpenID
15 11 (0.85%) .NET Framework
15 11 (0.85%) Node.js
16 10 (0.78%) Middleware
16 10 (0.78%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.44%) Onboarding
2 65 (5.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 64 (4.96%) Security Posture
4 57 (4.42%) Product Ownership
5 43 (3.33%) Cloud Native
6 40 (3.10%) PKI
7 37 (2.87%) Data Centre
7 37 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
7 37 (2.87%) Management Information System
8 31 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (2.09%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.94%) Replication
10 25 (1.94%) Virtual Team
11 24 (1.86%) Driving Licence
12 23 (1.78%) Private Cloud
12 23 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
13 20 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
14 17 (1.32%) Hedge funds
15 16 (1.24%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 586 (45.43%) Windows
2 340 (26.36%) Windows Server
3 241 (18.68%) Linux
4 75 (5.81%) Windows 10
5 68 (5.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 58 (4.50%) VMS
7 45 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 43 (3.33%) Unix
9 39 (3.02%) Mac OS
10 31 (2.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 27 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (1.94%) Solaris
13 22 (1.71%) HPUX
13 22 (1.71%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.71%) Windows Server 2003
14 21 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
15 18 (1.40%) Android
16 17 (1.32%) Amazon Linux
16 17 (1.32%) Ubuntu
17 13 (1.01%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (31.71%) DevOps
2 353 (27.36%) Problem-Solving
3 298 (23.10%) CI/CD
4 237 (18.37%) Infrastructure as Code
5 227 (17.60%) ITIL
6 226 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 212 (16.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 193 (14.96%) Agile
9 164 (12.71%) Mentoring
10 158 (12.25%) Cybersecurity
11 135 (10.47%) Disaster Recovery
12 134 (10.39%) Task Automation
13 124 (9.61%) Cloud Security
14 118 (9.15%) Migration
15 105 (8.14%) Coaching
16 100 (7.75%) Roadmaps
17 98 (7.60%) Containerisation
18 94 (7.29%) Change Management
19 91 (7.05%) Incident Management
20 89 (6.90%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 431 (33.41%) Python
2 258 (20.00%) Bash
3 257 (19.92%) SQL
4 105 (8.14%) C#
5 79 (6.12%) Bicep
6 57 (4.42%) JavaScript
7 38 (2.95%) Java
8 36 (2.79%) Perl
9 28 (2.17%) Go
10 27 (2.09%) Groovy
10 27 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
11 24 (1.86%) T-SQL
11 24 (1.86%) VB
12 14 (1.09%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.93%) Shell Script
13 12 (0.93%) VBScript
14 8 (0.62%) Ruby
14 8 (0.62%) VBA
15 5 (0.39%) C++
16 3 (0.23%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 191 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 170 (13.18%) Degree
3 127 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 106 (8.22%) Azure Certification
5 99 (7.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (5.12%) DV Cleared
7 50 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
8 47 (3.64%) AWS Certification
9 46 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 33 (2.56%) CISSP
11 31 (2.40%) CCNA
12 30 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 23 (1.78%) Master's Degree
14 22 (1.71%) CREST Certified
15 19 (1.47%) CEH
15 19 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 16 (1.24%) CCNP
17 14 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (1.09%) OSCP
18 13 (1.01%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (10.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 112 (8.68%) NIST
3 64 (4.96%) GDPR
4 54 (4.19%) SLA
5 40 (3.10%) Accessibility
6 38 (2.95%) NCSC
7 30 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.47%) QA
9 10 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.62%) ISO 22301
10 8 (0.62%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.47%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.23%) GRC
12 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.16%) HL7
14 1 (0.078%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.078%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.078%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 446 (34.57%) Active Directory
2 187 (14.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (10.00%) Docker
4 126 (9.77%) Hyper-V
5 55 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
6 49 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
7 33 (2.56%) vSphere
8 22 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.24%) DFS Replication
10 15 (1.16%) Firmware
10 15 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (0.85%) XenApp
12 8 (0.62%) vCloud
13 7 (0.54%) Postfix
14 6 (0.47%) Dovecot
14 6 (0.47%) Squid
14 6 (0.47%) XenDesktop
15 5 (0.39%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.31%) VMware NSX
17 3 (0.23%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 307 (23.80%) Terraform
2 226 (17.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 183 (14.19%) Kubernetes
4 148 (11.47%) Ansible
5 75 (5.81%) SCCM
6 73 (5.66%) Grafana
7 58 (4.50%) Prometheus
8 43 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
9 31 (2.40%) WSUS
10 23 (1.78%) SCOM
11 19 (1.47%) vCenter Server
12 17 (1.32%) Puppet
13 14 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 14 (1.09%) Autotask
13 14 (1.09%) WMI
14 13 (1.01%) QRadar
15 11 (0.85%) Backup Exec
15 11 (0.85%) ZABBIX
16 10 (0.78%) Nessus
17 9 (0.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 729 (56.51%) Microsoft
2 258 (20.00%) VMware
3 107 (8.29%) Cisco
4 97 (7.52%) ServiceNow
5 64 (4.96%) Oracle
6 52 (4.03%) Splunk
6 52 (4.03%) Veeam
7 47 (3.64%) Red Hat
8 43 (3.33%) Citrix
9 42 (3.26%) Atlassian
10 33 (2.56%) Google
11 32 (2.48%) SolarWinds
12 29 (2.25%) Palo Alto
13 23 (1.78%) SAP
14 20 (1.55%) Meraki
14 20 (1.55%) Sophos
15 19 (1.47%) Apple
16 18 (1.40%) Salesforce
17 17 (1.32%) Bloomberg
17 17 (1.32%) Dell