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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 94 72
Rank change year-on-year -15 -22 +15
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,222 1,588 2,163
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.05% 2.93% 4.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.55% 8.66% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 952 1,103 1,849
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,428 £46,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.38% -1.87% -

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 11,586 18,335 20,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.39% 33.78% 38.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,493 10,719 17,015
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £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 7 January 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 7 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 -21 1,027 £58,000 -7.20% 461
UK excluding London -20 712 £53,750 +2.38% 394
London -12 438 £73,250 -2.33% 165
Work from Home -10 371 £60,000 -11.11% 281
South East -37 179 £58,000 -1.90% 146
North of England -29 128 £50,000 - 75
Scotland +31 119 £57,500 +4.55% 31
South West +23 106 £52,500 -4.55% 47
Midlands -23 89 £52,500 +13.51% 48
East of England +21 74 £43,085 -17.93% 48
North West -14 62 £50,000 - 37
Yorkshire -24 56 £47,500 -9.52% 28
West Midlands -25 50 £52,500 +31.25% 23
East Midlands -1 39 £54,000 +6.93% 25
Wales +11 15 £55,000 +5.77% 13
North East +1 10 £50,000 - 11
Northern Ireland -7 3 £46,500 +16.25% 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
1 198 (16.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 157 (12.85%) SharePoint
3 54 (4.42%) IIS
4 27 (2.21%) Confluence
5 22 (1.80%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (1.39%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.49%) nginx
7 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.082%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.082%) CICS
10 1 (0.082%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.49%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.33%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.25%) CATIA
7 3 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.25%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.65%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.49%) Markit EDM
3 6 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.49%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.41%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.41%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.33%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.25%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.082%) Actimize
8 1 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.082%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.082%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 820 (67.10%) Azure
2 419 (34.29%) Microsoft 365
3 307 (25.12%) Entra ID
4 219 (17.92%) AWS
4 219 (17.92%) Azure DevOps
5 105 (8.59%) Power Platform
6 95 (7.77%) GitHub
7 84 (6.87%) GCP
8 81 (6.63%) PaaS
9 70 (5.73%) GitHub Actions
10 68 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
11 59 (4.83%) Power Automate
11 59 (4.83%) SaaS
12 57 (4.66%) IaaS
13 45 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
13 45 (3.68%) OneDrive
14 40 (3.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 40 (3.27%) Snowflake
15 39 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
16 37 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 237 (19.39%) Firewall
2 217 (17.76%) DNS
3 166 (13.58%) DHCP
4 106 (8.67%) TCP/IP
5 98 (8.02%) VPN
6 86 (7.04%) WAN
7 64 (5.24%) LAN
8 41 (3.36%) VLAN
9 39 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (3.19%) Wireless
10 33 (2.70%) SAN
10 33 (2.70%) SD-WAN
11 27 (2.21%) Network Security
12 26 (2.13%) Internet
13 24 (1.96%) Broadband
14 18 (1.47%) VoIP
15 17 (1.39%) NAS
15 17 (1.39%) Skype
16 16 (1.31%) Cisco IOS
17 14 (1.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (10.56%) SQL Server
2 68 (5.56%) Power BI
3 36 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 33 (2.70%) Relational Database
5 32 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (2.45%) Oracle Database
7 26 (2.13%) Oracle Database 10g
8 21 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.15%) MySQL
11 13 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.98%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.90%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.90%) Tableau
14 9 (0.74%) DTS
15 8 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
16 6 (0.49%) Data Mining
16 6 (0.49%) Metadata
17 4 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.33%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 108 (8.84%) JIRA
2 90 (7.36%) Jenkins
3 80 (6.55%) Git
4 40 (3.27%) GitLab
5 32 (2.62%) Octopus Deploy
6 25 (2.05%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.06%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.65%) Burp Suite
8 8 (0.65%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.57%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.49%) MSI
10 6 (0.49%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.41%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.33%) MLflow
12 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.33%) TestRail
12 4 (0.33%) Toad
13 3 (0.25%) Artifactory
General
1 437 (35.76%) Social Skills
2 328 (26.84%) Finance
3 113 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (5.16%) Law
5 42 (3.44%) Legal
5 42 (3.44%) Public Sector
6 41 (3.36%) Banking
6 41 (3.36%) Retail
7 37 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 34 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 27 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (2.13%) Games
13 19 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.47%) Front Office
15 15 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.98%) Marketing
17 11 (0.90%) Advertising
18 9 (0.74%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 176 (14.40%) Senior
2 160 (13.09%) Support Engineer
3 124 (10.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 109 (8.92%) Azure Engineer
5 99 (8.10%) DevOps Engineer
6 89 (7.28%) Cloud Engineer
7 85 (6.96%) Analyst
8 80 (6.55%) Lead
9 77 (6.30%) Developer
10 74 (6.06%) Security Engineer
11 71 (5.81%) IT Support
12 63 (5.16%) 3rd Line Support
13 57 (4.66%) IT Engineer
14 56 (4.58%) Platform Engineer
15 54 (4.42%) Applications Engineer
16 53 (4.34%) Applications Support
17 48 (3.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 48 (3.93%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 40 (3.27%) Support Analyst
19 39 (3.19%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (7.12%) REST
2 72 (5.89%) .NET
3 59 (4.83%) YAML
4 54 (4.42%) SOAP
5 42 (3.44%) OAuth
6 39 (3.19%) LDAP
7 37 (3.03%) GraphQL
7 37 (3.03%) SAML
8 32 (2.62%) JSON
8 32 (2.62%) OpenID
9 31 (2.54%) ARM Templates
10 21 (1.72%) React
11 19 (1.55%) Web Services
12 17 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
12 17 (1.39%) Microsoft Graph
13 16 (1.31%) AngularJS
14 13 (1.06%) Middleware
14 13 (1.06%) Node.js
15 12 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
16 11 (0.90%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.36%) Onboarding
2 69 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 62 (5.07%) Security Posture
4 55 (4.50%) Product Ownership
5 44 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 40 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
7 37 (3.03%) Cloud Native
8 35 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
9 33 (2.70%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 28 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
10 28 (2.29%) PKI
10 28 (2.29%) Virtual Team
11 26 (2.13%) CMDB
12 25 (2.05%) Cyberattack
13 23 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
14 22 (1.80%) Public Cloud
15 21 (1.72%) Hedge funds
16 20 (1.64%) Private Cloud
17 18 (1.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 531 (43.45%) Windows
2 296 (24.22%) Windows Server
3 206 (16.86%) Linux
4 72 (5.89%) Windows 10
5 44 (3.60%) Mac OS
5 44 (3.60%) Unix
6 41 (3.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 35 (2.86%) VMS
7 35 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (2.62%) Android
9 31 (2.54%) Windows Server 2008
10 27 (2.21%) Solaris
11 22 (1.80%) HPUX
11 22 (1.80%) Windows 7
11 22 (1.80%) Windows Server 2003
12 21 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 19 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
14 16 (1.31%) Apple iOS
14 16 (1.31%) Ubuntu
15 12 (0.98%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (30.61%) DevOps
2 361 (29.54%) Problem-Solving
3 286 (23.40%) CI/CD
4 235 (19.23%) ITIL
5 224 (18.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 216 (17.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 198 (16.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 181 (14.81%) Agile
9 180 (14.73%) Cybersecurity
10 165 (13.50%) Mentoring
11 144 (11.78%) Disaster Recovery
12 127 (10.39%) Task Automation
13 123 (10.07%) Roadmaps
14 112 (9.17%) Coaching
15 111 (9.08%) Asset Management
16 110 (9.00%) Migration
17 108 (8.84%) Root Cause Analysis
18 105 (8.59%) Cloud Security
19 93 (7.61%) Incident Management
20 87 (7.12%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 405 (33.14%) Python
2 277 (22.67%) SQL
3 251 (20.54%) Bash
4 103 (8.43%) C#
5 76 (6.22%) Bicep
6 64 (5.24%) JavaScript
7 43 (3.52%) T-SQL
8 29 (2.37%) Perl
9 26 (2.13%) Java
10 25 (2.05%) Go
11 22 (1.80%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (1.23%) VB
13 11 (0.90%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.90%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.90%) VBScript
14 10 (0.82%) Groovy
15 9 (0.74%) VBA
16 8 (0.65%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.49%) C++
18 5 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 168 (13.75%) Security Cleared
2 160 (13.09%) Degree
3 111 (9.08%) SC Cleared
4 109 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 89 (7.28%) Azure Certification
6 57 (4.66%) DV Cleared
7 45 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (2.78%) CISSP
9 34 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 33 (2.70%) AWS Certification
11 24 (1.96%) CCNA
12 23 (1.88%) CREST Certified
13 19 (1.55%) CEH
13 19 (1.55%) Master's Degree
14 14 (1.15%) CCNP
15 13 (1.06%) MCP
15 13 (1.06%) MCSA
15 13 (1.06%) SANS
16 12 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (11.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (10.23%) NIST
3 59 (4.83%) GDPR
4 56 (4.58%) SLA
5 50 (4.09%) NCSC
6 43 (3.52%) Accessibility
7 26 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (1.23%) QA
9 12 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (0.98%) ISO 22301
10 10 (0.82%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.57%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.41%) GRC
13 5 (0.41%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.25%) HL7
14 3 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
16 1 (0.082%) COBIT
16 1 (0.082%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 411 (33.63%) Active Directory
2 146 (11.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 107 (8.76%) Docker
4 94 (7.69%) Hyper-V
5 48 (3.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 48 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (2.37%) vSphere
7 23 (1.88%) Firmware
8 15 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.82%) XenApp
11 8 (0.65%) vCloud
11 8 (0.65%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.41%) Postfix
12 5 (0.41%) Squid
13 4 (0.33%) DFS Replication
13 4 (0.33%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
15 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 287 (23.49%) Terraform
2 218 (17.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 169 (13.83%) Kubernetes
4 130 (10.64%) Ansible
5 67 (5.48%) SCCM
6 48 (3.93%) Grafana
7 42 (3.44%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (2.62%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.47%) WSUS
10 17 (1.39%) Puppet
10 17 (1.39%) SCOM
11 14 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (1.06%) vCenter Server
13 11 (0.90%) ZABBIX
14 9 (0.74%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.74%) Nagios
14 9 (0.74%) Nessus
15 8 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (0.65%) QRadar
16 7 (0.57%) Autotask
Vendors
1 670 (54.83%) Microsoft
2 227 (18.58%) VMware
3 105 (8.59%) Cisco
4 82 (6.71%) ServiceNow
5 53 (4.34%) Oracle
6 44 (3.60%) Veeam
7 43 (3.52%) Citrix
8 42 (3.44%) Google
9 41 (3.36%) Splunk
10 39 (3.19%) Atlassian
11 35 (2.86%) Red Hat
12 31 (2.54%) SolarWinds
13 29 (2.37%) Palo Alto
14 25 (2.05%) SAP
15 24 (1.96%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
17 21 (1.72%) Commvault
18 20 (1.64%) Dell
19 19 (1.55%) CyberArk
19 19 (1.55%) Meraki