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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 98 100
Rank change year-on-year -31 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,231 1,284 2,463
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.59% 3.16% 2.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.80% 9.32% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 913 1,054 2,141
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 £76,250 £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% -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 13,988 13,777 31,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.03% 33.94% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,742 10,173 24,595
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
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 £86,000 £78,138
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,100 £55,895 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +3.51% -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 27 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 27 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 -38 1,086 £57,500 -7.26% 384
UK excluding London -40 692 £52,500 - 315
London -8 490 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -19 381 £60,000 +1.48% 176
South East -50 192 £56,687 -5.52% 97
North of England -41 139 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Scotland +41 101 £71,500 +19.17% 14
South West -19 96 £55,000 +15.79% 60
Midlands -48 96 £52,500 +5.00% 45
Yorkshire -33 70 £47,500 -9.52% 16
East of England -38 59 £40,000 -27.27% 34
North West -43 56 £51,000 +5.58% 35
East Midlands -27 52 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -49 43 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -30 13 £45,000 -23.40% 15
Wales -20 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
1 188 (15.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 137 (11.13%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.68%) IIS
4 22 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.06%) Confluence
6 6 (0.49%) 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 52 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.49%) 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 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (0.57%) 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
1 792 (64.34%) Azure
2 409 (33.23%) Microsoft 365
3 324 (26.32%) Entra ID
4 201 (16.33%) AWS
5 134 (10.89%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.37%) Power Platform
7 98 (7.96%) GitHub
8 75 (6.09%) Google Workspace
9 72 (5.85%) GCP
9 72 (5.85%) GitHub Actions
9 72 (5.85%) SaaS
10 65 (5.28%) PaaS
11 61 (4.96%) OneDrive
12 57 (4.63%) IaaS
13 49 (3.98%) Azure Monitor
14 38 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
14 38 (3.09%) Power Automate
15 37 (3.01%) Nutanix
16 36 (2.92%) Azure Key Vault
17 34 (2.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 226 (18.36%) DNS
2 215 (17.47%) Firewall
3 176 (14.30%) DHCP
4 129 (10.48%) VPN
5 109 (8.85%) TCP/IP
6 65 (5.28%) WAN
7 63 (5.12%) Broadband
8 60 (4.87%) LAN
9 52 (4.22%) Network Security
10 49 (3.98%) VLAN
11 44 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (3.09%) VoIP
13 32 (2.60%) Wireless
14 29 (2.36%) SAN
15 28 (2.27%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.22%) BGP
16 15 (1.22%) MPLS
17 14 (1.14%) VSAN
18 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
19 11 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (11.45%) SQL Server
2 89 (7.23%) Power BI
3 31 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.27%) Oracle Database
4 28 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.11%) Oracle Database 10g
5 26 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.95%) MySQL
7 24 (1.95%) Relational Database
8 21 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.14%) Tableau
12 9 (0.73%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.41%) Metadata
16 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 86 (6.99%) JIRA
2 81 (6.58%) Git
3 74 (6.01%) Jenkins
4 42 (3.41%) GitLab
5 25 (2.03%) Bitbucket
6 22 (1.79%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 14 (1.14%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.81%) Robot Framework
11 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.73%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.57%) TestRail
12 7 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.41%) 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%) JMeter
General
1 434 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 266 (21.61%) Finance
3 151 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
5 64 (5.20%) Law
6 40 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (3.01%) Legal
8 36 (2.92%) Retail
9 35 (2.84%) Public Sector
10 33 (2.68%) Games
11 30 (2.44%) Banking
12 29 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (2.03%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.87%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.22%) Advertising
15 15 (1.22%) Front Office
16 8 (0.65%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.49%) Investment Banking
19 5 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 199 (16.17%) Senior
2 145 (11.78%) Support Engineer
3 144 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 122 (9.91%) Azure Engineer
5 112 (9.10%) Analyst
6 108 (8.77%) IT Support
7 83 (6.74%) Security Engineer
8 81 (6.58%) IT Engineer
9 76 (6.17%) Cloud Engineer
10 74 (6.01%) DevOps Engineer
11 71 (5.77%) Developer
12 63 (5.12%) 3rd Line Support
12 63 (5.12%) IT Support Engineer
13 59 (4.79%) Lead
14 54 (4.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 49 (3.98%) 2nd Line Support
16 45 (3.66%) Architect
17 43 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
18 37 (3.01%) Support Analyst
19 34 (2.76%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (7.39%) OAuth
2 88 (7.15%) REST
3 78 (6.34%) SAML
4 74 (6.01%) OpenID
5 70 (5.69%) GraphQL
6 64 (5.20%) LDAP
6 64 (5.20%) SOAP
7 62 (5.04%) .NET
8 38 (3.09%) YAML
9 30 (2.44%) JSON
10 27 (2.19%) .NET Core
11 22 (1.79%) ARM Templates
12 20 (1.62%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
14 17 (1.38%) React
15 16 (1.30%) Node.js
16 14 (1.14%) CSS
17 13 (1.06%) SPFx
17 13 (1.06%) Swagger
18 12 (0.97%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.77%) Cyber Threat
3 68 (5.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (4.96%) Security Posture
5 59 (4.79%) Cyberattack
6 43 (3.49%) Driving Licence
7 42 (3.41%) Management Information System
8 39 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (3.09%) Cloud Native
9 38 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
10 31 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (2.52%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (2.11%) PKI
12 25 (2.03%) Security Operations Centre
13 24 (1.95%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.87%) CMDB
15 18 (1.46%) Private Cloud
15 18 (1.46%) Replication
16 15 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 557 (45.25%) Windows
2 290 (23.56%) Windows Server
3 247 (20.06%) Linux
4 69 (5.61%) Windows 10
5 56 (4.55%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.49%) Unix
7 36 (2.92%) Android
7 36 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.68%) Apple iOS
9 32 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
10 27 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.03%) Solaris
12 24 (1.95%) CentOS
13 22 (1.79%) HPUX
13 22 (1.79%) VMS
13 22 (1.79%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.79%) Windows Server 2003
13 22 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
14 19 (1.54%) Ubuntu
15 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (29.65%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (22.50%) DevOps
3 248 (20.15%) CI/CD
4 245 (19.90%) ITIL
5 233 (18.93%) Cybersecurity
5 233 (18.93%) Infrastructure as Code
6 217 (17.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 207 (16.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 191 (15.52%) Mentoring
9 158 (12.84%) Agile
9 158 (12.84%) Disaster Recovery
10 145 (11.78%) Incident Response
11 138 (11.21%) Roadmaps
12 122 (9.91%) Root Cause Analysis
13 105 (8.53%) Task Automation
14 101 (8.20%) Cloud Security
14 101 (8.20%) Computer Science
14 101 (8.20%) SIEM
15 99 (8.04%) Identity Access Management
16 97 (7.88%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 433 (35.17%) Python
2 301 (24.45%) Bash
3 267 (21.69%) SQL
4 84 (6.82%) T-SQL
5 75 (6.09%) JavaScript
6 74 (6.01%) C#
7 61 (4.96%) Bicep
8 30 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.19%) Perl
10 18 (1.46%) Java
11 11 (0.89%) Go
12 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.65%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.57%) PHP
14 7 (0.57%) VB
15 6 (0.49%) C++
15 6 (0.49%) Delphi
16 5 (0.41%) C
16 5 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 173 (14.05%) Degree
2 148 (12.02%) Security Cleared
3 98 (7.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 90 (7.31%) Azure Certification
4 90 (7.31%) SC Cleared
5 65 (5.28%) DV Cleared
6 53 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (4.14%) CISSP
8 35 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (2.76%) CREST Certified
10 31 (2.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 26 (2.11%) CEH
12 25 (2.03%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.95%) GIAC
14 22 (1.79%) CCNA
14 22 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
15 21 (1.71%) OSCP
16 20 (1.62%) CompTIA CySA+
17 18 (1.46%) SANS
18 16 (1.30%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (13.97%) NIST
2 167 (13.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (5.85%) NCSC
4 66 (5.36%) SLA
5 62 (5.04%) GDPR
6 36 (2.92%) Accessibility
7 30 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.79%) ISO 22301
9 19 (1.54%) QA
10 18 (1.46%) Data Quality
11 14 (1.14%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.73%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.49%) DICOM
15 5 (0.41%) GRC
16 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 460 (37.37%) Active Directory
2 144 (11.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (9.26%) Docker
4 112 (9.10%) Hyper-V
5 44 (3.57%) vSphere
6 33 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.38%) Firmware
8 17 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.89%) VMware NSX
10 10 (0.81%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.57%) XenApp
13 6 (0.49%) vCloud
14 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.41%) 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
1 250 (20.31%) Terraform
2 177 (14.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 167 (13.57%) Kubernetes
4 141 (11.45%) Ansible
5 53 (4.31%) Grafana
6 42 (3.41%) SCCM
7 39 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.52%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.71%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.38%) Puppet
11 17 (1.38%) 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 (0.49%) Nagios
15 6 (0.49%) SCVMM
15 6 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 649 (52.72%) Microsoft
2 239 (19.42%) VMware
3 115 (9.34%) Cisco
4 60 (4.87%) Splunk
5 54 (4.39%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.98%) Oracle
7 46 (3.74%) Veeam
8 45 (3.66%) Red Hat
9 35 (2.84%) Google
10 34 (2.76%) Atlassian
11 33 (2.68%) Commvault
12 32 (2.60%) Palo Alto
13 30 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
14 29 (2.36%) Meraki
15 26 (2.11%) Citrix
15 26 (2.11%) CyberArk
15 26 (2.11%) Fortinet
16 24 (1.95%) Dell
17 22 (1.79%) Apple
18 20 (1.62%) Dynatrace