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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 94 89
Rank change year-on-year -22 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,256 1,455 2,424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 3.02% 3.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.86% 8.78% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 927 1,037 2,113
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,625 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,165
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +9.33% -4.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,250 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.64% +10.00% -5.26%

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 12,735 16,570 27,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.48% 34.43% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,074 10,064 22,891
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -33 1,058 £57,500 -8.00% 397
UK excluding London -26 720 £50,250 -8.64% 347
London -6 464 £70,000 -9.09% 136
Work from Home +8 418 £55,000 -12.00% 160
South East -42 192 £57,125 -4.79% 128
North of England -35 141 £48,445 -7.72% 73
Scotland +61 133 £71,500 +19.17% 28
South West +3 103 £55,000 - 40
Midlands -52 84 £51,500 +3.00% 42
Yorkshire -22 64 £47,500 -9.52% 24
North West -20 60 £50,000 -4.76% 35
East of England -9 57 £40,000 -27.27% 34
East Midlands -26 42 £55,000 +8.91% 20
West Midlands -51 41 £47,500 -5.00% 22
North East -10 17 £47,500 -20.83% 15
Wales +4 10 £55,000 +5.77% 7
Northern Ireland -31 1 - - 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
1 190 (15.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (10.99%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.18%) IIS
4 22 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.04%) Confluence
6 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.080%) CICS
10 1 (0.080%) Site Server
10 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) Siemens NX
3 6 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.24%) CATIA
5 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Markit EDM
3 7 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.48%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.40%) PlanetPress Connect
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
7 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.24%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.080%) Actimize
8 1 (0.080%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.080%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 818 (65.13%) Azure
2 422 (33.60%) Microsoft 365
3 351 (27.95%) Entra ID
4 216 (17.20%) AWS
5 174 (13.85%) Azure DevOps
6 118 (9.39%) Power Platform
7 96 (7.64%) GitHub
8 82 (6.53%) GCP
9 77 (6.13%) PaaS
10 76 (6.05%) Google Workspace
11 73 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
12 70 (5.57%) SaaS
13 66 (5.25%) Azure Monitor
14 61 (4.86%) IaaS
15 49 (3.90%) Power Automate
16 48 (3.82%) OneDrive
17 41 (3.26%) Snowflake
18 37 (2.95%) dbt
19 36 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
19 36 (2.87%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 224 (17.83%) Firewall
2 222 (17.68%) DNS
3 180 (14.33%) DHCP
4 129 (10.27%) VPN
5 108 (8.60%) TCP/IP
6 78 (6.21%) WAN
7 70 (5.57%) LAN
8 64 (5.10%) Broadband
9 54 (4.30%) VLAN
10 48 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (2.95%) Wireless
12 35 (2.79%) Network Security
13 33 (2.63%) SAN
13 33 (2.63%) SD-WAN
14 31 (2.47%) VoIP
15 17 (1.35%) VSAN
16 14 (1.11%) MPLS
17 13 (1.04%) NAS
18 12 (0.96%) BGP
18 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 91 (7.25%) Power BI
3 32 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 31 (2.47%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (2.39%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.07%) Oracle Database 10g
7 25 (1.99%) MySQL
7 25 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.19%) Tableau
11 14 (1.11%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.64%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.64%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (0.48%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 89 (7.09%) JIRA
2 86 (6.85%) Jenkins
3 73 (5.81%) Git
4 35 (2.79%) GitLab
5 29 (2.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 20 (1.59%) Bitbucket
6 20 (1.59%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.88%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.48%) TestRail
13 5 (0.40%) 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
1 441 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 316 (25.16%) Finance
3 136 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (3.82%) Retail
6 43 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 42 (3.34%) Law
8 38 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 37 (2.95%) Games
10 33 (2.63%) Banking
11 32 (2.55%) Legal
12 29 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (2.31%) Telecoms
13 26 (2.07%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.19%) Front Office
15 14 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.64%) Advertising
17 8 (0.64%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 192 (15.29%) Senior
2 156 (12.42%) Support Engineer
3 146 (11.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 115 (9.16%) Azure Engineer
5 104 (8.28%) Analyst
6 91 (7.25%) IT Support
7 83 (6.61%) Developer
8 82 (6.53%) Cloud Engineer
8 82 (6.53%) Security Engineer
9 81 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 75 (5.97%) IT Engineer
11 65 (5.18%) Lead
12 59 (4.70%) 3rd Line Support
13 57 (4.54%) IT Support Engineer
14 49 (3.90%) Platform Engineer
15 44 (3.50%) Applications Support
16 43 (3.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 42 (3.34%) Applications Engineer
18 41 (3.26%) Support Analyst
19 40 (3.18%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (8.76%) REST
2 88 (7.01%) OAuth
3 80 (6.37%) SAML
4 77 (6.13%) SOAP
5 76 (6.05%) OpenID
6 73 (5.81%) GraphQL
7 70 (5.57%) .NET
8 65 (5.18%) LDAP
9 37 (2.95%) YAML
10 35 (2.79%) JSON
11 26 (2.07%) ARM Templates
12 22 (1.75%) React
13 19 (1.51%) Web Services
14 18 (1.43%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.27%) Microsoft Graph
16 15 (1.19%) .NET Core
16 15 (1.19%) Middleware
17 14 (1.11%) AngularJS
17 14 (1.11%) Node.js
18 13 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.25%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 68 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
4 61 (4.86%) Cyberattack
4 61 (4.86%) Security Posture
5 47 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 41 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
6 41 (3.26%) Product Ownership
7 36 (2.87%) Cloud Native
7 36 (2.87%) Data Centre
7 36 (2.87%) Driving Licence
8 32 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (2.39%) Cyber Defence
10 26 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.07%) PKI
11 24 (1.91%) CMDB
12 21 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
13 19 (1.51%) Virtual Team
14 18 (1.43%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 546 (43.47%) Windows
2 296 (23.57%) Windows Server
3 222 (17.68%) Linux
4 71 (5.65%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.30%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.42%) Unix
7 36 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 36 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (2.63%) Android
9 31 (2.47%) VMS
10 26 (2.07%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (1.99%) Apple iOS
11 25 (1.99%) Solaris
12 24 (1.91%) CentOS
12 24 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.75%) HPUX
13 22 (1.75%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.75%) Windows Server 2003
14 16 (1.27%) Ubuntu
14 16 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (29.62%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (25.72%) DevOps
3 257 (20.46%) CI/CD
4 241 (19.19%) ITIL
5 231 (18.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 226 (17.99%) Cybersecurity
7 219 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 214 (17.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 197 (15.68%) Mentoring
10 178 (14.17%) Agile
11 168 (13.38%) Disaster Recovery
12 156 (12.42%) Roadmaps
13 123 (9.79%) Root Cause Analysis
14 117 (9.32%) Incident Response
15 115 (9.16%) Task Automation
16 109 (8.68%) Coaching
17 107 (8.52%) Asset Management
18 101 (8.04%) Cloud Security
18 101 (8.04%) Migration
19 100 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 433 (34.47%) Python
2 314 (25.00%) Bash
3 287 (22.85%) SQL
4 95 (7.56%) C#
5 86 (6.85%) T-SQL
6 69 (5.49%) Bicep
7 68 (5.41%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.99%) Perl
9 24 (1.91%) Kusto Query Language
10 21 (1.67%) Go
10 21 (1.67%) Java
11 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
12 10 (0.80%) VB
13 9 (0.72%) VBA
13 9 (0.72%) VBScript
14 6 (0.48%) C++
14 6 (0.48%) PHP
14 6 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.48%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 170 (13.54%) Degree
2 157 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 112 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 96 (7.64%) SC Cleared
5 92 (7.32%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.78%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.06%) CISSP
8 42 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (2.87%) CREST Certified
10 35 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (2.55%) AWS Certification
12 31 (2.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 23 (1.83%) CEH
14 21 (1.67%) SANS
15 20 (1.59%) CCNA
15 20 (1.59%) GIAC
16 19 (1.51%) CompTIA CySA+
17 17 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
17 17 (1.35%) OSCP
18 16 (1.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (13.30%) NIST
2 164 (13.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (5.89%) NCSC
4 67 (5.33%) GDPR
5 54 (4.30%) SLA
6 49 (3.90%) Accessibility
7 31 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.51%) ISO 22301
9 17 (1.35%) Data Quality
10 16 (1.27%) QA
11 14 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (1.11%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.56%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.40%) DICOM
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
15 3 (0.24%) HL7
15 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.16%) COBIT
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 464 (36.94%) Active Directory
2 146 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 108 (8.60%) Hyper-V
4 106 (8.44%) Docker
5 47 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
6 39 (3.11%) vSphere
7 37 (2.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.51%) Firmware
9 15 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.64%) vCloud
11 8 (0.64%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.64%) XenApp
12 6 (0.48%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.40%) BitLocker
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 3 (0.24%) iptables
15 3 (0.24%) KVM
16 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 268 (21.34%) Terraform
2 190 (15.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 158 (12.58%) Kubernetes
4 140 (11.15%) Ansible
5 47 (3.74%) Grafana
6 46 (3.66%) SCCM
7 42 (3.34%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (1.83%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.59%) Puppet
10 18 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (1.04%) vCenter Server
12 12 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.88%) Nessus
14 10 (0.80%) SCOM
15 9 (0.72%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.72%) VxRail
16 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.64%) SCVMM
17 7 (0.56%) Control-M
17 7 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 645 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 231 (18.39%) VMware
3 99 (7.88%) Cisco
4 63 (5.02%) ServiceNow
5 51 (4.06%) Oracle
6 50 (3.98%) Splunk
6 50 (3.98%) Veeam
7 41 (3.26%) Google
8 37 (2.95%) Red Hat
9 34 (2.71%) Atlassian
10 32 (2.55%) Palo Alto
11 31 (2.47%) Citrix
12 28 (2.23%) Commvault
13 27 (2.15%) CyberArk
13 27 (2.15%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.07%) SolarWinds
15 23 (1.83%) CrowdStrike
15 23 (1.83%) Dell
16 20 (1.59%) Apple
16 20 (1.59%) Tenable