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PowerShell appeared in 1 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 0.2% of all jobs. Currently #19 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 2026
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26
Share of All Jobs
0.2%
All-Time Peak
3mentions · February 2017
First Seen
April 2015
Month Momentum
—
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
51since April 2015 · 141 months
4
'15
6
'16
9
'17
7
'18
11
PEAK
'19
1
'20
7
'21
2
'22
2
'23
0
'24
0
'25
2
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
51141 mo
↑ Best year
201911
↓ Quietest full year
20240
Latest full year
20250
§ 02Compensation

What PowerShell jobs pay

Compensation

Too few PowerShell posts disclosed compensation over the past 3 years to report a reliable range.

§ 03Footprint

Where PowerShell is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of PowerShell posts by where the role is based.

01
United States100.0%
1
Remote Policy
0%remote
Remote
0.0%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
100.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for PowerShell

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Unspecified100.0%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering100.0%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

Jenkins is the skill most co-mentioned with PowerShell.

#01
Signature Stack
PowerShell’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with PowerShell over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
ArgoCD
140.1×
Helm
131.3×
GitLab
115.2×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Jenkins788%
02Kubernetes788%
03ArgoCD675%
04C#675%
05CI/CD675%
06Docker675%
07ECS / EKS675%
08Elasticsearch675%
09GitHub Actions675%
10GitLab675%
11Helm675%
12Java675%
13JavaScript675%
14Machine Learning675%
15Node.js675%

% of PowerShell jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere PowerShell stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0138+15%
7.1%
0230-27%
5.6%
0314-6.7%
2.6%
0413+160%
2.4%
058+60%
1.5%
068+60%
1.5%
077-30%
1.3%
085-17%
0.9%
094-20%
0.7%
103-40%
0.6%
11
PowerShellyou are here
1—
0.2%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · September 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.6%
Offer sponsorship
142.6%
Explicitly decline
234.3%
Don’t mention
50293.1%

Based on 539 HN job posts in September 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.