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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 93 57
Rank change year-on-year -12 -36 +34
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,326 1,784 2,474
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.50% 2.66% 4.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.02% 8.32% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,094 1,202 2,028
10th Percentile £33,602 £38,000 £38,167
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%

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 12,032 21,446 21,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.67% 31.92% 40.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,638 12,721 17,353
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,788
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

PowerShell
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 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 -11 1,165 £57,500 -8.73% 737
UK excluding London +5 831 £52,500 - 495
London -28 423 £75,000 - 315
Work from Home -28 373 £60,000 -11.11% 337
South East -5 236 £58,000 +3.11% 191
North of England -16 155 £50,000 -2.91% 82
Midlands +25 123 £52,500 +10.53% 75
South West +24 111 £51,250 -2.38% 68
East of England +37 102 £47,500 -9.52% 43
West Midlands +19 92 £55,000 +22.22% 41
Scotland +8 86 £67,000 +27.01% 34
Yorkshire -13 74 £47,500 -12.04% 23
North West -12 69 £52,500 +5.00% 48
East Midlands +10 31 £45,000 -5.26% 33
Wales +16 17 £55,000 +12.01% 9
North East 0 12 £60,000 +35.52% 11
Northern Ireland +2 4 £46,000 +15.00% 3

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
1 237 (17.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 181 (13.65%) SharePoint
3 65 (4.90%) IIS
4 57 (4.30%) Confluence
5 22 (1.66%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.43%) Skype for Business
7 13 (0.98%) nginx
8 6 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.45%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.30%) Apache
10 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
11 1 (0.075%) CICS
11 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 49 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 7 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.45%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.23%) CATIA
6 3 (0.23%) Windchill
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Revit
8 1 (0.075%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 12 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.60%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.45%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.38%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.38%) PlanetPress Connect
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.075%) Eikon
7 1 (0.075%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.075%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.075%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.075%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 866 (65.31%) Azure
2 457 (34.46%) Microsoft 365
3 287 (21.64%) Entra ID
4 254 (19.16%) AWS
5 215 (16.21%) Azure DevOps
6 115 (8.67%) Power Platform
7 101 (7.62%) PaaS
8 95 (7.16%) GitHub
9 91 (6.86%) Azure Monitor
10 90 (6.79%) SaaS
11 85 (6.41%) GCP
12 76 (5.73%) IaaS
13 71 (5.35%) Power Automate
14 68 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
15 64 (4.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 56 (4.22%) Azure Sentinel
17 54 (4.07%) Serverless
18 43 (3.24%) Amazon S3
18 43 (3.24%) PowerApps
19 41 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 301 (22.70%) Firewall
2 264 (19.91%) DNS
3 202 (15.23%) DHCP
4 118 (8.90%) TCP/IP
5 110 (8.30%) VPN
6 102 (7.69%) WAN
7 78 (5.88%) LAN
8 53 (4.00%) VLAN
9 52 (3.92%) Wireless
10 48 (3.62%) SAN
11 39 (2.94%) Internet
12 36 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (2.56%) Network Security
14 32 (2.41%) SD-WAN
15 27 (2.04%) SMTP
16 25 (1.89%) HTTP
17 21 (1.58%) FTP
17 21 (1.58%) NAS
18 20 (1.51%) SSH
18 20 (1.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (10.63%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.83%) Power BI
3 57 (4.30%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.34%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.19%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (1.96%) Oracle Database 10g
7 20 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (1.21%) MySQL
9 15 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (0.98%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.75%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.68%) DTS
13 8 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.45%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 136 (10.26%) JIRA
2 116 (8.75%) Jenkins
3 108 (8.14%) Git
4 45 (3.39%) GitLab
5 37 (2.79%) Octopus Deploy
6 31 (2.34%) Vagrant
7 24 (1.81%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.13%) MSI
9 12 (0.90%) Bitbucket
9 12 (0.90%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.90%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.45%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.30%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.30%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.30%) Toad
14 3 (0.23%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 466 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 301 (22.70%) Finance
3 86 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (5.88%) Law
5 58 (4.37%) Public Sector
6 41 (3.09%) Legal
7 40 (3.02%) Retail
8 39 (2.94%) Banking
9 36 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 34 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
11 32 (2.41%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.36%) Marketing
15 16 (1.21%) Games
15 16 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.06%) Automotive
17 12 (0.90%) Front Office
18 10 (0.75%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 203 (15.31%) Support Engineer
2 160 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 152 (11.46%) Senior
4 118 (8.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 117 (8.82%) Azure Engineer
6 100 (7.54%) Analyst
7 94 (7.09%) 3rd Line Support
8 92 (6.94%) Cloud Engineer
9 88 (6.64%) IT Support
10 82 (6.18%) Security Engineer
11 79 (5.96%) IT Engineer
12 78 (5.88%) Developer
12 78 (5.88%) Lead
13 69 (5.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 68 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
15 52 (3.92%) Applications Support
16 50 (3.77%) IT Support Engineer
17 48 (3.62%) Applications Engineer
17 48 (3.62%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 47 (3.54%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.03%) .NET
2 77 (5.81%) REST
3 70 (5.28%) YAML
4 40 (3.02%) SOAP
5 38 (2.87%) ARM Templates
6 35 (2.64%) JSON
7 34 (2.56%) LDAP
8 22 (1.66%) SAML
9 21 (1.58%) Web Services
10 19 (1.43%) OAuth
11 18 (1.36%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.36%) Microsoft Graph
12 17 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
13 16 (1.21%) React
14 14 (1.06%) GraphQL
15 13 (0.98%) OpenID
16 12 (0.90%) Middleware
17 11 (0.83%) .NET Framework
17 11 (0.83%) Node.js
17 11 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 97 (7.32%) Onboarding
2 67 (5.05%) Security Posture
3 62 (4.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 58 (4.37%) Product Ownership
5 43 (3.24%) PKI
6 41 (3.09%) Data Centre
7 39 (2.94%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (2.71%) Management Information System
10 31 (2.34%) Replication
11 30 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
12 29 (2.19%) Driving Licence
13 28 (2.11%) Virtual Team
14 27 (2.04%) Public Cloud
15 26 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
16 25 (1.89%) Private Cloud
17 22 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
18 21 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
19 18 (1.36%) Hedge funds
19 18 (1.36%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 606 (45.70%) Windows
2 347 (26.17%) Windows Server
3 255 (19.23%) Linux
4 75 (5.66%) Windows 10
5 71 (5.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (4.98%) VMS
7 47 (3.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 46 (3.47%) Unix
9 44 (3.32%) Mac OS
10 31 (2.34%) Windows Server 2008
11 28 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (1.89%) Solaris
13 22 (1.66%) HPUX
13 22 (1.66%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.66%) Windows Server 2003
14 21 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
15 20 (1.51%) Amazon Linux
15 20 (1.51%) Ubuntu
16 17 (1.28%) Android
17 12 (0.90%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (31.07%) DevOps
2 350 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
3 297 (22.40%) CI/CD
4 233 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 232 (17.50%) ITIL
6 228 (17.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 211 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 188 (14.18%) Agile
9 167 (12.59%) Mentoring
10 163 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
11 140 (10.56%) Disaster Recovery
11 140 (10.56%) Task Automation
12 126 (9.50%) Cloud Security
13 118 (8.90%) Migration
14 100 (7.54%) Roadmaps
15 98 (7.39%) Coaching
16 97 (7.32%) Change Management
16 97 (7.32%) Containerisation
17 92 (6.94%) ITSM
18 91 (6.86%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 443 (33.41%) Python
2 267 (20.14%) SQL
3 260 (19.61%) Bash
4 108 (8.14%) C#
5 75 (5.66%) Bicep
6 59 (4.45%) JavaScript
7 48 (3.62%) Java
8 36 (2.71%) Perl
9 34 (2.56%) Groovy
10 27 (2.04%) Go
10 27 (2.04%) Kusto Query Language
11 24 (1.81%) T-SQL
11 24 (1.81%) VB
12 14 (1.06%) TypeScript
13 13 (0.98%) Shell Script
14 12 (0.90%) VBScript
15 9 (0.68%) VBA
16 7 (0.53%) Ruby
17 5 (0.38%) C++
18 4 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 208 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 183 (13.80%) Degree
3 140 (10.56%) SC Cleared
4 109 (8.22%) Azure Certification
5 103 (7.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 71 (5.35%) DV Cleared
7 54 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
8 51 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 49 (3.70%) AWS Certification
10 35 (2.64%) CCNA
10 35 (2.64%) CISSP
11 31 (2.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 24 (1.81%) CREST Certified
12 24 (1.81%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.43%) CCNP
13 19 (1.43%) CEH
13 19 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 18 (1.36%) OSCP
15 14 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
15 14 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (8.60%) NIST
3 66 (4.98%) GDPR
4 57 (4.30%) SLA
5 39 (2.94%) NCSC
6 36 (2.71%) Accessibility
7 31 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.43%) QA
9 11 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.53%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.53%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.38%) GRC
13 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.15%) HL7
15 1 (0.075%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.075%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.075%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 471 (35.52%) Active Directory
2 201 (15.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 140 (10.56%) Hyper-V
4 130 (9.80%) Docker
5 56 (4.22%) Virtual Machines
6 49 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 33 (2.49%) vSphere
8 22 (1.66%) DFS Replication
8 22 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (1.06%) Firmware
11 13 (0.98%) XenApp
12 9 (0.68%) Postfix
12 9 (0.68%) Squid
13 8 (0.60%) Dovecot
13 8 (0.60%) vCloud
14 7 (0.53%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.45%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 307 (23.15%) Terraform
2 237 (17.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 182 (13.73%) Kubernetes
4 156 (11.76%) Ansible
5 82 (6.18%) Grafana
6 80 (6.03%) SCCM
7 67 (5.05%) Prometheus
8 45 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
9 33 (2.49%) WSUS
10 24 (1.81%) SCOM
11 18 (1.36%) vCenter Server
12 16 (1.21%) Autotask
12 16 (1.21%) Puppet
13 15 (1.13%) WMI
14 14 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
14 14 (1.06%) QRadar
15 13 (0.98%) Backup Exec
16 12 (0.90%) Nessus
17 11 (0.83%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 747 (56.33%) Microsoft
2 280 (21.12%) VMware
3 118 (8.90%) Cisco
4 108 (8.14%) ServiceNow
5 67 (5.05%) Oracle
6 57 (4.30%) Veeam
7 56 (4.22%) Splunk
8 49 (3.70%) Citrix
9 47 (3.54%) Red Hat
10 46 (3.47%) Atlassian
11 38 (2.87%) Google
12 34 (2.56%) SolarWinds
13 29 (2.19%) Palo Alto
14 25 (1.89%) SAP
15 23 (1.73%) Meraki
16 22 (1.66%) Sophos
17 21 (1.58%) Apple
18 20 (1.51%) Juniper
18 20 (1.51%) SonicWALL
19 19 (1.43%) Bloomberg