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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 95 93
Rank change year-on-year -28 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,234 1,384 2,486
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.69% 3.15% 2.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.37% 9.10% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 908 1,074 2,151
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +9.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,063 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -4.76%

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 13,176 15,212 29,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.10% 34.64% 35.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,255 10,302 24,196
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,096
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 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +4.63% -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 10 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 10 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 -31 1,060 £57,500 -7.63% 414
UK excluding London -40 700 £51,500 -6.36% 344
London -8 471 £70,000 -12.50% 124
Work from Home -2 395 £55,000 -7.66% 186
South East -47 193 £56,687 -5.52% 132
North of England -42 137 £47,500 -9.52% 68
Scotland +46 120 £74,500 +35.45% 23
South West -11 100 £55,000 +4.76% 47
Midlands -50 89 £52,500 +5.00% 37
Yorkshire -32 66 £47,500 -9.52% 26
North West -36 56 £51,000 -2.86% 32
East of England -19 53 £40,000 -27.27% 39
East Midlands -25 45 £55,000 +8.91% 18
West Midlands -52 43 £48,000 -4.00% 19
North East -19 15 £46,250 -22.92% 11
Wales -10 7 £55,000 +5.77% 6
Northern Ireland -31 2 - - 2

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
1 192 (15.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (11.18%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.92%) IIS
4 22 (1.78%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.05%) Confluence
6 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.16%) Apache
8 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.16%) CMS
8 2 (0.16%) WordPress
9 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.081%) CICS
9 1 (0.081%) nginx
9 1 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.081%) Site Server
9 1 (0.081%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.49%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.24%) CATIA
6 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.24%) Windchill
7 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.65%) Markit EDM
2 7 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.49%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.32%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.16%) PlanetPress Connect
7 1 (0.081%) Actimize
7 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.081%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 798 (64.67%) Azure
2 415 (33.63%) Microsoft 365
3 343 (27.80%) Entra ID
4 204 (16.53%) AWS
5 150 (12.16%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.35%) Power Platform
7 93 (7.54%) GitHub
8 80 (6.48%) GCP
9 78 (6.32%) PaaS
10 76 (6.16%) Google Workspace
11 74 (6.00%) SaaS
12 71 (5.75%) GitHub Actions
13 66 (5.35%) IaaS
14 63 (5.11%) Azure Monitor
15 51 (4.13%) OneDrive
16 42 (3.40%) Power Automate
17 39 (3.16%) Snowflake
18 36 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
18 36 (2.92%) Azure Sentinel
18 36 (2.92%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 223 (18.07%) Firewall
2 220 (17.83%) DNS
3 175 (14.18%) DHCP
4 136 (11.02%) VPN
5 107 (8.67%) TCP/IP
6 70 (5.67%) WAN
7 64 (5.19%) Broadband
8 63 (5.11%) LAN
9 50 (4.05%) VLAN
10 47 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
11 45 (3.65%) Network Security
12 35 (2.84%) Wireless
13 33 (2.67%) VoIP
14 32 (2.59%) SAN
15 31 (2.51%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.22%) VSAN
17 14 (1.13%) MPLS
18 12 (0.97%) NAS
18 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
19 11 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.67%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.89%) Power BI
3 29 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 28 (2.27%) Oracle Database
4 28 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.27%) Relational Database
5 26 (2.11%) MySQL
5 26 (2.11%) Oracle Database 10g
6 19 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (1.22%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.22%) Tableau
9 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.65%) InfluxDB
10 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.41%) Metadata
13 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 91 (7.37%) JIRA
2 79 (6.40%) Jenkins
3 74 (6.00%) Git
4 37 (3.00%) GitLab
5 27 (2.19%) Octopus Deploy
6 25 (2.03%) Bitbucket
7 20 (1.62%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 14 (1.13%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.81%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.73%) CircleCI
11 9 (0.73%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.49%) TestRail
13 5 (0.41%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
15 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 438 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 300 (24.31%) Finance
3 142 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (4.05%) Law
6 41 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
6 41 (3.32%) Retail
7 37 (3.00%) Public Sector
8 34 (2.76%) Banking
8 34 (2.76%) Games
9 31 (2.51%) Legal
10 29 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 28 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.94%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.22%) Front Office
14 10 (0.81%) Advertising
14 10 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.65%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 187 (15.15%) Senior
2 146 (11.83%) Support Engineer
3 141 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 112 (9.08%) Azure Engineer
5 110 (8.91%) Analyst
6 96 (7.78%) IT Support
7 82 (6.65%) DevOps Engineer
8 81 (6.56%) Security Engineer
9 76 (6.16%) Developer
10 75 (6.08%) IT Engineer
11 74 (6.00%) Cloud Engineer
12 63 (5.11%) Lead
13 61 (4.94%) 3rd Line Support
14 57 (4.62%) IT Support Engineer
15 48 (3.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 44 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
17 43 (3.48%) Architect
18 42 (3.40%) Support Analyst
19 38 (3.08%) 2nd Line Support
20 36 (2.92%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (8.18%) REST
2 92 (7.46%) OAuth
3 83 (6.73%) SAML
4 76 (6.16%) OpenID
5 71 (5.75%) GraphQL
5 71 (5.75%) SOAP
6 65 (5.27%) LDAP
7 63 (5.11%) .NET
8 36 (2.92%) YAML
9 29 (2.35%) JSON
10 24 (1.94%) ARM Templates
11 19 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
11 19 (1.54%) React
12 18 (1.46%) .NET Core
12 18 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
12 18 (1.46%) Web Services
13 14 (1.13%) Node.js
14 12 (0.97%) Swagger
15 11 (0.89%) AngularJS
15 11 (0.89%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.62%) Onboarding
2 78 (6.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 71 (5.75%) Cyber Threat
4 60 (4.86%) Cyberattack
5 59 (4.78%) Security Posture
6 44 (3.57%) Management Information System
7 42 (3.40%) Driving Licence
8 38 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (2.92%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.84%) Cyber Defence
11 34 (2.76%) Data Centre
12 31 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
13 30 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
14 27 (2.19%) Product Ownership
15 25 (2.03%) PKI
16 23 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
17 20 (1.62%) CMDB
18 17 (1.38%) Virtual Team
19 15 (1.22%) Hedge funds
19 15 (1.22%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 549 (44.49%) Windows
2 291 (23.58%) Windows Server
3 233 (18.88%) Linux
4 67 (5.43%) Windows 10
5 56 (4.54%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.32%) Unix
7 33 (2.67%) Android
7 33 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 33 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 27 (2.19%) Apple iOS
8 27 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 25 (2.03%) Solaris
10 24 (1.94%) CentOS
10 24 (1.94%) VMS
10 24 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (1.78%) HPUX
11 22 (1.78%) Windows 7
11 22 (1.78%) Windows Server 2003
12 18 (1.46%) Ubuntu
13 13 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (30.15%) Problem-Solving
2 301 (24.39%) DevOps
3 254 (20.58%) CI/CD
4 239 (19.37%) ITIL
5 234 (18.96%) Infrastructure as Code
6 227 (18.40%) Cybersecurity
7 212 (17.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 205 (16.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 188 (15.24%) Mentoring
10 167 (13.53%) Agile
11 164 (13.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 149 (12.07%) Roadmaps
13 132 (10.70%) Incident Response
14 123 (9.97%) Root Cause Analysis
15 106 (8.59%) Task Automation
16 100 (8.10%) Cloud Security
17 97 (7.86%) Asset Management
17 97 (7.86%) Migration
18 95 (7.70%) Computer Science
18 95 (7.70%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 429 (34.76%) Python
2 304 (24.64%) Bash
3 274 (22.20%) SQL
4 85 (6.89%) T-SQL
5 79 (6.40%) C#
6 71 (5.75%) JavaScript
7 67 (5.43%) Bicep
8 27 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.03%) Perl
10 21 (1.70%) Java
11 15 (1.22%) Go
12 11 (0.89%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.57%) C++
13 7 (0.57%) PHP
13 7 (0.57%) VB
14 6 (0.49%) Delphi
15 5 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.41%) VBA
15 5 (0.41%) VBScript
16 4 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 169 (13.70%) Degree
2 152 (12.32%) Security Cleared
3 111 (9.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 94 (7.62%) SC Cleared
5 89 (7.21%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.86%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.13%) CISSP
8 45 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (2.92%) CREST Certified
10 31 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 27 (2.19%) AWS Certification
12 25 (2.03%) CEH
13 23 (1.86%) GIAC
14 21 (1.70%) SANS
15 20 (1.62%) CCNA
16 19 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
16 19 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
16 19 (1.54%) OSCP
17 16 (1.30%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (13.86%) NIST
2 163 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (5.92%) NCSC
4 63 (5.11%) GDPR
5 61 (4.94%) SLA
6 45 (3.65%) Accessibility
7 32 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 21 (1.70%) ISO 22301
9 18 (1.46%) QA
10 17 (1.38%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.22%) PCI DSS
12 14 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.49%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.41%) DICOM
15 5 (0.41%) GRC
16 3 (0.24%) HL7
16 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 464 (37.60%) Active Directory
2 142 (11.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (9.40%) Docker
4 112 (9.08%) Hyper-V
5 42 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
5 42 (3.40%) vSphere
6 28 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (1.54%) Firmware
8 17 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.65%) vCloud
10 8 (0.65%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.57%) XenApp
12 6 (0.49%) BitLocker
13 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.41%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.16%) KVM
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 264 (21.39%) Terraform
2 182 (14.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 163 (13.21%) Kubernetes
4 136 (11.02%) Ansible
5 51 (4.13%) Grafana
6 41 (3.32%) SCCM
7 39 (3.16%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (2.35%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.70%) Puppet
10 17 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 17 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
11 14 (1.13%) vCenter Server
12 11 (0.89%) Nessus
13 10 (0.81%) SCOM
13 10 (0.81%) VxRail
14 9 (0.73%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.65%) Nagios
16 7 (0.57%) Control-M
17 6 (0.49%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 642 (52.03%) Microsoft
2 234 (18.96%) VMware
3 99 (8.02%) Cisco
4 58 (4.70%) Splunk
5 52 (4.21%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.97%) Oracle
7 48 (3.89%) Veeam
8 43 (3.48%) Red Hat
9 39 (3.16%) Google
10 34 (2.76%) Atlassian
11 32 (2.59%) Commvault
12 30 (2.43%) Palo Alto
13 28 (2.27%) Citrix
14 26 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
14 26 (2.11%) CyberArk
15 25 (2.03%) Fortinet
16 24 (1.94%) Meraki
17 22 (1.78%) Dell
18 21 (1.70%) Apple
19 20 (1.62%) SolarWinds