Windows PowerShell
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PowerShell skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PowerShell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 99 98
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -18
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 2,433 3,599 5,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.48% 3.44% 3.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.35% 7.91% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,009 2,545 3,633
10th Percentile £35,950 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,600 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

All Programming Languages
UK

PowerShell is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell.

Salary trend for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 April 2024. 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 -5 2,284 £55,000 -8.33% 528
UK excluding London -19 1,557 £50,000 -4.76% 333
Work from Home -42 828 £59,000 -1.67% 258
London -5 785 £73,750 +5.36% 211
South East -13 445 £52,500 -4.55% 109
North of England -25 334 £50,000 - 78
South West +33 299 £50,000 -4.76% 37
Midlands +1 242 £46,500 -11.43% 53
North West -35 170 £52,500 +10.53% 38
West Midlands -6 158 £46,800 -13.33% 37
East of England +28 151 £47,500 -20.83% 32
Yorkshire -16 126 £47,500 -8.65% 34
East Midlands +10 82 £47,500 -9.52% 16
Scotland -103 61 £58,750 +6.82% 19
North East +5 38 £46,500 -20.85% 6
Wales -30 21 £47,500 +10.47% 4
Northern Ireland +5 9 £35,000 -36.36% 8

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 370 (15.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 305 (12.54%) SharePoint
3 91 (3.74%) IIS
4 28 (1.15%) Confluence
5 15 (0.62%) WordPress
6 14 (0.58%) CMS
7 9 (0.37%) Apache
7 9 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.29%) Skype for Business
9 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (0.25%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.21%) IBM Notes
10 5 (0.21%) SAS
10 5 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.082%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.082%) Documentum
11 2 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.082%) nginx
11 2 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 169 (6.95%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.29%) InfoPath
6 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.041%) 1Password
7 1 (0.041%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.041%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.041%) Simulink
7 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.041%) Weka
Business Applications
1 22 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.66%) Fidessa
3 8 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.25%) BusinessWorks
6 5 (0.21%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.12%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.041%) Eikon
8 1 (0.041%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.041%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.041%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,489 (61.20%) Azure
2 821 (33.74%) Microsoft 365
3 447 (18.37%) AWS
4 359 (14.76%) Entra ID
5 347 (14.26%) Azure DevOps
6 216 (8.88%) Power Platform
7 183 (7.52%) SaaS
8 167 (6.86%) PaaS
9 158 (6.49%) IaaS
10 104 (4.27%) GitHub
11 102 (4.19%) OneDrive
12 89 (3.66%) GCP
13 85 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
14 78 (3.21%) Power Automate
15 75 (3.08%) PowerApps
16 69 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
17 65 (2.67%) Serverless
18 63 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
19 48 (1.97%) Azure AKS
20 45 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 460 (18.91%) DNS
2 457 (18.78%) Firewall
3 343 (14.10%) DHCP
4 249 (10.23%) TCP/IP
5 217 (8.92%) VPN
6 204 (8.38%) WAN
7 189 (7.77%) LAN
7 189 (7.77%) SAN
8 109 (4.48%) VLAN
9 101 (4.15%) Wireless
10 87 (3.58%) Network Security
11 72 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
12 71 (2.92%) Internet
13 66 (2.71%) HTTP
14 44 (1.81%) VoIP
15 42 (1.73%) SNMP
16 40 (1.64%) NAS
16 40 (1.64%) SD-WAN
17 34 (1.40%) SSL
18 28 (1.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 350 (14.39%) SQL Server
2 100 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 97 (3.99%) MySQL
4 96 (3.95%) Power BI
5 78 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 74 (3.04%) MongoDB
7 66 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 51 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 50 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
10 46 (1.89%) Relational Database
11 29 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (0.86%) InfluxDB
13 19 (0.78%) NoSQL
14 18 (0.74%) Oracle Database
15 17 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
15 17 (0.70%) Redis
16 16 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 12 (0.49%) RDBMS
18 11 (0.45%) MariaDB
19 10 (0.41%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 184 (7.56%) Git
2 182 (7.48%) Jenkins
3 114 (4.69%) JIRA
4 62 (2.55%) GitLab
5 48 (1.97%) TeamCity
6 41 (1.69%) Visual Studio
7 27 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
8 26 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
9 24 (0.99%) Bitbucket
10 21 (0.86%) SonarQube
11 17 (0.70%) Eclipse
11 17 (0.70%) MSI
12 16 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
13 15 (0.62%) Moq
14 13 (0.53%) NUnit
14 13 (0.53%) Selenium
15 12 (0.49%) gulp
16 10 (0.41%) MSBuild
16 10 (0.41%) Trac
16 10 (0.41%) Yeoman
General
1 611 (25.11%) Social Skills
2 434 (17.84%) Finance
3 214 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (4.64%) Banking
5 103 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 95 (3.90%) Law
7 76 (3.12%) Public Sector
8 72 (2.96%) Aerospace
9 52 (2.14%) Retail
10 49 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 47 (1.93%) Legal
12 46 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
13 45 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 43 (1.77%) Marketing
15 35 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
16 33 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (1.11%) Games
18 21 (0.86%) Investment Banking
19 19 (0.78%) Electronics
20 16 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 438 (18.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 414 (17.02%) Senior
3 201 (8.26%) Support Engineer
4 182 (7.48%) Azure Engineer
5 178 (7.32%) Developer
6 175 (7.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 173 (7.11%) Analyst
8 166 (6.82%) IT Engineer
9 156 (6.41%) Administrator
10 135 (5.55%) Cloud Engineer
11 132 (5.43%) Lead
12 121 (4.97%) IT Support
12 121 (4.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 96 (3.95%) Architect
14 95 (3.90%) Security Engineer
15 78 (3.21%) Systems Engineer
16 74 (3.04%) DBA
17 73 (3.00%) Consultant
17 73 (3.00%) Platform Engineer
18 70 (2.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (9.25%) .NET
2 109 (4.48%) ARM Templates
3 107 (4.40%) JSON
4 104 (4.27%) HTML
5 79 (3.25%) REST
6 76 (3.12%) XML
7 68 (2.79%) YAML
8 65 (2.67%) CSS
9 62 (2.55%) .NET Framework
10 59 (2.42%) Web Services
11 49 (2.01%) ASP.NET
12 46 (1.89%) React
13 41 (1.69%) AngularJS
14 39 (1.60%) .NET Core
14 39 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
15 31 (1.27%) Node.js
15 31 (1.27%) RESTful
15 31 (1.27%) SOAP
16 25 (1.03%) SPFx
17 24 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 156 (6.41%) Data Centre
2 108 (4.44%) Clustering
3 106 (4.36%) Management Information System
4 98 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
5 94 (3.86%) Public Cloud
6 83 (3.41%) PKI
7 79 (3.25%) Replication
8 63 (2.59%) Onboarding
9 52 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 48 (1.97%) Driving Licence
11 43 (1.77%) Cloud Native
12 36 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
13 31 (1.27%) Private Cloud
14 28 (1.15%) Client/Server
15 22 (0.90%) Product Ownership
16 20 (0.82%) CCTV
16 20 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
17 19 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
18 17 (0.70%) CMDB
18 17 (0.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1,345 (55.28%) Windows
2 712 (29.26%) Windows Server
3 620 (25.48%) Linux
4 214 (8.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 208 (8.55%) Windows 10
6 190 (7.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 163 (6.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 107 (4.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 100 (4.11%) Unix
10 77 (3.16%) CentOS
11 72 (2.96%) Mac OS
12 67 (2.75%) Ubuntu
13 46 (1.89%) Apple iOS
13 46 (1.89%) Windows 7
14 42 (1.73%) Windows Server 2008
15 35 (1.44%) Android
16 34 (1.40%) VMS
17 20 (0.82%) Solaris
18 16 (0.66%) Windows XP
19 14 (0.58%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 694 (28.52%) DevOps
2 546 (22.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 475 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
4 376 (15.45%) ITIL
5 351 (14.43%) Agile
6 347 (14.26%) CI/CD
7 318 (13.07%) Infrastructure as Code
8 271 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
9 215 (8.84%) Mentoring
10 204 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 180 (7.40%) Migration
12 168 (6.91%) Disaster Recovery
13 167 (6.86%) Roadmaps
14 160 (6.58%) Project Management
15 157 (6.45%) Containerisation
16 155 (6.37%) Task Automation
17 152 (6.25%) Customer Service
18 144 (5.92%) Change Management
19 135 (5.55%) Information Security
20 133 (5.47%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 689 (28.32%) Python
2 521 (21.41%) Bash
3 470 (19.32%) SQL
4 307 (12.62%) C#
5 162 (6.66%) JavaScript
6 145 (5.96%) Java
7 108 (4.44%) T-SQL
8 91 (3.74%) Perl
9 84 (3.45%) Ruby
10 79 (3.25%) Bicep
11 56 (2.30%) VB
12 46 (1.89%) VBScript
13 44 (1.81%) TypeScript
14 43 (1.77%) Go
15 37 (1.52%) C++
16 31 (1.27%) C
17 30 (1.23%) Shell Script
18 27 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
19 20 (0.82%) VB.NET
20 19 (0.78%) PHP
Qualifications
1 478 (19.65%) Security Cleared
2 409 (16.81%) Degree
3 317 (13.03%) SC Cleared
4 235 (9.66%) DV Cleared
5 129 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 115 (4.73%) Cisco Certification
7 110 (4.52%) Azure Certification
8 87 (3.58%) CCNA
9 80 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 48 (1.97%) MCSA
11 45 (1.85%) CISSP
12 44 (1.81%) MCSE
13 37 (1.52%) AWS Certification
14 30 (1.23%) DBS Check
15 26 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 25 (1.03%) CCNP
17 24 (0.99%) SANS
17 24 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 23 (0.95%) CEH
19 22 (0.90%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (2.84%) SLA
3 31 (1.27%) NIST
4 30 (1.23%) GDPR
4 30 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 27 (1.11%) QA
6 18 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.41%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.41%) GRC
8 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (0.29%) NCSC
9 7 (0.29%) PMO
10 5 (0.21%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.12%) ISO 9000
13 2 (0.082%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.082%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.041%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.041%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.041%) MISRA
System Software
1 970 (39.87%) Active Directory
2 496 (20.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 331 (13.60%) Hyper-V
4 229 (9.41%) Docker
5 136 (5.59%) vSphere
6 128 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
7 115 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
8 83 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 32 (1.32%) XenApp
10 18 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
11 16 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
11 16 (0.66%) NFS
12 14 (0.58%) vCloud
13 11 (0.45%) DFS Replication
13 11 (0.45%) VMware NSX
13 11 (0.45%) XenDesktop
14 10 (0.41%) OpenSSH
14 10 (0.41%) pfSense
15 9 (0.37%) Terminal Services
15 9 (0.37%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 375 (15.41%) Terraform
2 344 (14.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 326 (13.40%) Kubernetes
4 301 (12.37%) Ansible
5 264 (10.85%) SCCM
6 127 (5.22%) Puppet
7 100 (4.11%) vCenter Server
8 74 (3.04%) Grafana
9 73 (3.00%) WSUS
10 58 (2.38%) SCOM
11 53 (2.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 48 (1.97%) Progress Chef
13 45 (1.85%) Prometheus
14 43 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
15 41 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
16 29 (1.19%) Nagios
17 26 (1.07%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 23 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
19 22 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
19 22 (0.90%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1,241 (51.01%) Microsoft
2 725 (29.80%) VMware
3 216 (8.88%) Cisco
4 185 (7.60%) Citrix
5 160 (6.58%) Red Hat
6 148 (6.08%) Veeam
7 147 (6.04%) Oracle
8 85 (3.49%) Splunk
9 67 (2.75%) HP
10 66 (2.71%) ServiceNow
11 64 (2.63%) Google
12 59 (2.42%) Palo Alto
13 51 (2.10%) Commvault
14 47 (1.93%) Dell
15 45 (1.85%) SolarWinds
16 44 (1.81%) Apple
17 43 (1.77%) Juniper
18 41 (1.69%) Bloomberg
19 39 (1.60%) Fortinet
20 38 (1.56%) NetApp