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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 96 93
Rank change year-on-year -26 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,231 1,376 2,483
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.69% 3.14% 2.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.32% 9.08% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 908 1,072 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 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% +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 13,211 15,151 29,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.10% 34.55% 35.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,286 10,290 24,201
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,120
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 11 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 11 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 -36 1,062 £57,500 -7.26% 484
UK excluding London -40 696 £51,000 -7.27% 415
London -7 472 £70,000 -12.50% 126
Work from Home -8 392 £55,000 -6.98% 238
South East -41 193 £56,562 -5.73% 149
North of England -43 137 £47,500 -9.52% 76
Scotland +44 115 £74,500 +35.45% 27
South West +3 101 £55,000 +4.76% 56
Midlands -51 90 £52,500 +5.00% 49
Yorkshire -26 66 £47,500 -9.52% 27
North West -33 56 £51,000 -0.49% 35
East of England -26 52 £40,000 -27.27% 58
East Midlands -29 47 £55,000 +8.91% 23
West Midlands -53 42 £48,250 -3.50% 25
North East -14 15 £46,250 -22.92% 15
Wales -9 7 £55,000 +5.77% 8
Northern Ireland -27 2 - - 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
1 192 (15.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (11.29%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.92%) IIS
4 22 (1.79%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.06%) 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 49 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.22%) 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
5 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
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
1 794 (64.50%) Azure
2 413 (33.55%) Microsoft 365
3 341 (27.70%) Entra ID
4 205 (16.65%) AWS
5 147 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.37%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.64%) GitHub
8 79 (6.42%) GCP
9 77 (6.26%) PaaS
10 76 (6.17%) Google Workspace
11 72 (5.85%) GitHub Actions
11 72 (5.85%) SaaS
12 65 (5.28%) IaaS
13 61 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
14 52 (4.22%) OneDrive
15 43 (3.49%) Power Automate
16 38 (3.09%) Snowflake
17 37 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
18 36 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
19 35 (2.84%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 223 (18.12%) Firewall
2 222 (18.03%) DNS
3 177 (14.38%) DHCP
4 137 (11.13%) VPN
5 108 (8.77%) TCP/IP
6 69 (5.61%) WAN
7 64 (5.20%) Broadband
8 62 (5.04%) LAN
9 51 (4.14%) VLAN
10 46 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.57%) Network Security
12 35 (2.84%) VoIP
12 35 (2.84%) Wireless
13 32 (2.60%) SAN
14 31 (2.52%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.22%) VSAN
16 14 (1.14%) MPLS
17 12 (0.97%) NAS
17 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
18 11 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.70%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.99%) Power BI
3 29 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 28 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.27%) Oracle Database
4 28 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.19%) Relational Database
6 26 (2.11%) MySQL
6 26 (2.11%) Oracle Database 10g
7 20 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.22%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.22%) Tableau
10 14 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.73%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.41%) Metadata
15 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 90 (7.31%) JIRA
2 80 (6.50%) Jenkins
3 76 (6.17%) Git
4 38 (3.09%) 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 (1.14%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.81%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.81%) Robot Framework
11 9 (0.73%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.57%) TestRail
13 6 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (0.41%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.32%) MLflow
16 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
16 3 (0.24%) JMeter
16 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 437 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 295 (23.96%) Finance
3 143 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (4.22%) Law
6 41 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.25%) Retail
8 37 (3.01%) Public Sector
9 34 (2.76%) Banking
9 34 (2.76%) Games
10 32 (2.60%) Legal
11 29 (2.36%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 24 (1.95%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.30%) Front Office
15 10 (0.81%) Advertising
16 9 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.65%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 186 (15.11%) Senior
2 145 (11.78%) Support Engineer
3 142 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 112 (9.10%) Azure Engineer
5 110 (8.94%) Analyst
6 97 (7.88%) IT Support
7 82 (6.66%) DevOps Engineer
8 81 (6.58%) Security Engineer
9 76 (6.17%) Developer
10 75 (6.09%) IT Engineer
11 72 (5.85%) Cloud Engineer
12 62 (5.04%) 3rd Line Support
12 62 (5.04%) Lead
13 57 (4.63%) IT Support Engineer
14 48 (3.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 45 (3.66%) Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.49%) Architect
17 42 (3.41%) Support Analyst
18 40 (3.25%) 2nd Line Support
19 35 (2.84%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (7.96%) REST
2 92 (7.47%) OAuth
3 82 (6.66%) SAML
4 76 (6.17%) OpenID
5 71 (5.77%) GraphQL
6 69 (5.61%) SOAP
7 65 (5.28%) LDAP
8 64 (5.20%) .NET
9 36 (2.92%) YAML
10 29 (2.36%) JSON
11 24 (1.95%) ARM Templates
12 20 (1.62%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.54%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
14 18 (1.46%) React
15 17 (1.38%) Web Services
16 14 (1.14%) Node.js
17 12 (0.97%) Swagger
18 11 (0.89%) FIX Protocol
18 11 (0.89%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.55%) Onboarding
2 76 (6.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 71 (5.77%) Cyber Threat
4 60 (4.87%) Cyberattack
5 58 (4.71%) Security Posture
6 43 (3.49%) Driving Licence
6 43 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 38 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (2.92%) Cloud Native
9 35 (2.84%) Cyber Defence
10 34 (2.76%) Data Centre
11 31 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
12 30 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
13 25 (2.03%) PKI
14 24 (1.95%) Product Ownership
15 23 (1.87%) Security Operations Centre
16 21 (1.71%) CMDB
17 17 (1.38%) Virtual Team
18 16 (1.30%) Public Cloud
19 15 (1.22%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 551 (44.76%) Windows
2 290 (23.56%) Windows Server
3 236 (19.17%) Linux
4 67 (5.44%) Windows 10
5 57 (4.63%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.33%) Unix
7 33 (2.68%) Android
7 33 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 33 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 27 (2.19%) Apple iOS
8 27 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 25 (2.03%) CentOS
9 25 (2.03%) Solaris
10 24 (1.95%) VMS
10 24 (1.95%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (1.79%) HPUX
11 22 (1.79%) Windows 7
11 22 (1.79%) Windows Server 2003
12 18 (1.46%) Ubuntu
13 13 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (29.98%) Problem-Solving
2 296 (24.05%) DevOps
3 253 (20.55%) CI/CD
4 237 (19.25%) ITIL
5 233 (18.93%) Infrastructure as Code
6 226 (18.36%) Cybersecurity
7 209 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 206 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 191 (15.52%) Mentoring
10 164 (13.32%) Agile
10 164 (13.32%) Disaster Recovery
11 146 (11.86%) Roadmaps
12 132 (10.72%) Incident Response
13 121 (9.83%) Root Cause Analysis
14 107 (8.69%) Task Automation
15 100 (8.12%) Cloud Security
16 96 (7.80%) Computer Science
16 96 (7.80%) Identity Access Management
16 96 (7.80%) Migration
17 95 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 428 (34.77%) Python
2 302 (24.53%) Bash
3 274 (22.26%) SQL
4 85 (6.90%) T-SQL
5 77 (6.26%) C#
6 72 (5.85%) JavaScript
7 66 (5.36%) Bicep
8 27 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.03%) Perl
10 21 (1.71%) Java
11 14 (1.14%) 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%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.41%) VBA
16 4 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 170 (13.81%) Degree
2 152 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 111 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 94 (7.64%) SC Cleared
5 90 (7.31%) Azure Certification
6 60 (4.87%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.14%) CISSP
8 46 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (2.92%) CREST Certified
10 31 (2.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 30 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
12 27 (2.19%) AWS Certification
13 25 (2.03%) CEH
14 23 (1.87%) GIAC
15 21 (1.71%) SANS
16 20 (1.62%) CCNA
17 19 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
17 19 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
17 19 (1.54%) OSCP
18 16 (1.30%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (13.81%) NIST
2 161 (13.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (5.93%) NCSC
4 63 (5.12%) GDPR
5 62 (5.04%) SLA
6 43 (3.49%) Accessibility
7 32 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 21 (1.71%) ISO 22301
9 19 (1.54%) QA
10 17 (1.38%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.22%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.06%) 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
1 466 (37.86%) Active Directory
2 143 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (9.50%) Docker
4 113 (9.18%) Hyper-V
5 42 (3.41%) vSphere
6 41 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.54%) Firmware
9 17 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.65%) vCloud
11 8 (0.65%) VMware NSX
12 7 (0.57%) XenApp
13 6 (0.49%) BitLocker
14 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.41%) XenDesktop
15 4 (0.32%) iptables
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 262 (21.28%) Terraform
2 180 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 164 (13.32%) Kubernetes
4 137 (11.13%) Ansible
5 52 (4.22%) Grafana
6 41 (3.33%) SCCM
7 38 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (2.36%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.71%) Puppet
10 18 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
11 17 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (1.22%) vCenter Server
13 11 (0.89%) Nessus
14 10 (0.81%) SCOM
14 10 (0.81%) VxRail
15 9 (0.73%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.65%) Nagios
17 7 (0.57%) Control-M
18 6 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 642 (52.15%) Microsoft
2 234 (19.01%) VMware
3 100 (8.12%) Cisco
4 59 (4.79%) Splunk
5 52 (4.22%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.98%) Oracle
7 47 (3.82%) Veeam
8 44 (3.57%) Red Hat
9 39 (3.17%) Google
10 35 (2.84%) Atlassian
11 32 (2.60%) Commvault
12 30 (2.44%) Palo Alto
13 28 (2.27%) Citrix
14 26 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
14 26 (2.11%) CyberArk
15 24 (1.95%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.95%) Meraki
16 22 (1.79%) Apple
16 22 (1.79%) Dell
17 20 (1.62%) SolarWinds