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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 85 114
Rank change year-on-year -49 +29 -30
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,361 1,621 2,364
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 3.49% 2.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.88% 11.53% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,007 1,047 1,905
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £85,250 £90,000 £91,974
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,447 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.81% +2.89% -3.85%

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 17,279 14,059 33,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.95% 30.28% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,288 9,309 25,217
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,329 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,138
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -53 1,272 £57,500 -1.71% 291
UK excluding London -64 830 £50,000 -2.81% 254
London -15 503 £70,000 -3.45% 91
Work from Home -51 440 £60,000 +6.19% 133
South East -37 227 £53,000 -7.83% 107
North of England -91 204 £47,500 -9.52% 59
Midlands -48 139 £50,000 - 26
North West -87 106 £50,000 +3.51% 36
East of England -20 95 £54,000 +10.77% 26
South West -49 92 £55,000 +15.79% 26
East Midlands -10 77 £45,000 +28.57% 11
Yorkshire -26 63 £45,000 -18.18% 16
West Midlands -76 61 £51,250 -5.69% 15
Scotland +34 45 £50,000 +12.99% 12
North East -26 35 £47,972 -20.05% 10
Wales -30 25 £53,171 -3.33% 7
Northern Ireland -28 3 £46,000 +6.75% 6

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
1 218 (16.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 197 (14.47%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.45%) IIS
4 25 (1.84%) Confluence
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.22%) nginx
5 3 (0.22%) SAS
5 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.073%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.073%) Site Server
7 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
Applications
1 78 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.073%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.66%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
5 3 (0.22%) Alphatax
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.073%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.073%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 888 (65.25%) Azure
2 500 (36.74%) Microsoft 365
3 368 (27.04%) Entra ID
4 230 (16.90%) AWS
5 152 (11.17%) Azure DevOps
6 124 (9.11%) Power Platform
7 114 (8.38%) GitHub
8 103 (7.57%) IaaS
9 96 (7.05%) SaaS
10 91 (6.69%) OneDrive
11 83 (6.10%) Azure Monitor
12 74 (5.44%) PaaS
13 73 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
14 66 (4.85%) Power Automate
15 63 (4.63%) Azure AKS
16 62 (4.56%) Azure Sentinel
17 59 (4.34%) GCP
18 58 (4.26%) Azure Key Vault
19 54 (3.97%) Google Workspace
20 52 (3.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 296 (21.75%) Firewall
2 284 (20.87%) DNS
3 201 (14.77%) VPN
4 191 (14.03%) DHCP
5 122 (8.96%) TCP/IP
6 91 (6.69%) WAN
7 88 (6.47%) LAN
8 79 (5.80%) Network Security
9 70 (5.14%) VLAN
10 52 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
11 46 (3.38%) Broadband
12 38 (2.79%) VoIP
13 35 (2.57%) Wireless
14 34 (2.50%) SAN
15 23 (1.69%) BGP
15 23 (1.69%) Kerberos
16 17 (1.25%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.18%) SSL
18 15 (1.10%) MPLS
19 14 (1.03%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.17%) Power BI
3 78 (5.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.84%) MySQL
6 25 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.54%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.18%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.10%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.73%) InfluxDB
12 9 (0.66%) Tableau
13 8 (0.59%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.44%) Metadata
15 5 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.37%) Redis
15 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 110 (8.08%) Git
2 77 (5.66%) JIRA
3 70 (5.14%) Jenkins
4 66 (4.85%) GitLab
5 33 (2.42%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.03%) TeamCity
8 13 (0.96%) Metasploit
8 13 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 11 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.66%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.66%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.59%) TestRail
12 7 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.44%) Selenium
14 5 (0.37%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.37%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.29%) Artifactory
16 3 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 422 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 219 (16.09%) Finance
3 168 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (7.05%) Law
5 72 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 52 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.60%) Legal
9 44 (3.23%) Retail
10 38 (2.79%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.84%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.76%) Banking
14 19 (1.40%) Games
15 18 (1.32%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.25%) Advertising
17 9 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.59%) Aviation
19 6 (0.44%) Front Office
19 6 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 246 (18.07%) Senior
2 173 (12.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 156 (11.46%) Analyst
4 153 (11.24%) Support Engineer
5 142 (10.43%) IT Support
6 137 (10.07%) IT Engineer
7 132 (9.70%) Azure Engineer
8 111 (8.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 103 (7.57%) DevOps Engineer
10 87 (6.39%) Security Engineer
11 86 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
12 70 (5.14%) Platform Engineer
13 65 (4.78%) Developer
14 62 (4.56%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
16 54 (3.97%) Lead
17 50 (3.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 45 (3.31%) Architect
19 44 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 42 (3.09%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (6.61%) .NET
2 82 (6.02%) SAML
3 80 (5.88%) OAuth
4 79 (5.80%) REST
5 73 (5.36%) OpenID
6 70 (5.14%) LDAP
7 51 (3.75%) SOAP
8 47 (3.45%) ARM Templates
9 44 (3.23%) YAML
10 42 (3.09%) JSON
11 41 (3.01%) GraphQL
11 41 (3.01%) HTML
12 39 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
13 37 (2.72%) .NET Core
14 33 (2.42%) CSS
15 25 (1.84%) SPFx
16 23 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.40%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.25%) XML
19 16 (1.18%) React
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.64%) Onboarding
2 79 (5.80%) Cloud Native
2 79 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 73 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 66 (4.85%) Driving Licence
5 61 (4.48%) Management Information System
6 59 (4.34%) Cyber Threat
7 47 (3.45%) Cyberattack
7 47 (3.45%) Data Centre
8 45 (3.31%) Security Operations Centre
9 44 (3.23%) Public Cloud
10 43 (3.16%) PKI
11 42 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
12 38 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
13 34 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
14 23 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
14 23 (1.69%) Private Cloud
14 23 (1.69%) Replication
15 20 (1.47%) Clustering
16 18 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 649 (47.69%) Windows
2 315 (23.14%) Windows Server
3 313 (23.00%) Linux
4 79 (5.80%) Windows 10
5 52 (3.82%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.67%) Mac OS
6 50 (3.67%) VMS
7 40 (2.94%) Android
8 39 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 33 (2.42%) CentOS
10 31 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.84%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.10%) Unix
14 8 (0.59%) Debian
15 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.37%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.29%) AIX
17 4 (0.29%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (26.08%) Problem-Solving
2 314 (23.07%) Infrastructure as Code
3 313 (23.00%) CI/CD
4 295 (21.68%) DevOps
5 283 (20.79%) Cybersecurity
6 250 (18.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 246 (18.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 233 (17.12%) ITIL
9 185 (13.59%) Mentoring
10 181 (13.30%) Agile
11 165 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
12 164 (12.05%) Incident Response
12 164 (12.05%) Root Cause Analysis
13 144 (10.58%) High Availability
14 141 (10.36%) Containerisation
15 139 (10.21%) Roadmaps
16 132 (9.70%) Cloud Security
17 131 (9.63%) SIEM
18 123 (9.04%) Task Automation
19 122 (8.96%) AI
Programming Languages
1 529 (38.87%) Python
2 356 (26.16%) Bash
3 286 (21.01%) SQL
4 99 (7.27%) Bicep
5 98 (7.20%) C#
6 77 (5.66%) JavaScript
7 75 (5.51%) T-SQL
8 43 (3.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 33 (2.42%) Java
10 28 (2.06%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.40%) C++
12 17 (1.25%) VBScript
13 15 (1.10%) PHP
14 13 (0.96%) Perl
15 11 (0.81%) Go
15 11 (0.81%) VB
16 10 (0.73%) VBA
17 9 (0.66%) Ruby
18 8 (0.59%) C
19 6 (0.44%) Korn
Qualifications
1 173 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 166 (12.20%) Degree
3 149 (10.95%) Azure Certification
4 132 (9.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 113 (8.30%) SC Cleared
6 60 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
7 57 (4.19%) CISSP
8 55 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.31%) DV Cleared
10 42 (3.09%) CCNA
10 42 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
11 29 (2.13%) CREST Certified
11 29 (2.13%) DBS Check
12 28 (2.06%) OSCP
13 27 (1.98%) AWS Certification
14 24 (1.76%) GIAC
15 23 (1.69%) CEH
16 21 (1.54%) CCNP
17 16 (1.18%) CompTIA CySA+
18 15 (1.10%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 124 (9.11%) NIST
3 65 (4.78%) GDPR
4 57 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 41 (3.01%) SLA
6 39 (2.87%) NCSC
7 21 (1.54%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.47%) QA
9 18 (1.32%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.32%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.96%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.88%) ISO 22301
12 11 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.44%) DICOM
14 6 (0.44%) PMO
15 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.15%) EMIR
17 2 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 524 (38.50%) Active Directory
2 224 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 147 (10.80%) Hyper-V
4 146 (10.73%) Docker
5 81 (5.95%) vSphere
6 48 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.84%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.76%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.73%) KVM
12 8 (0.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.59%) Squid
13 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.29%) Firmware
14 4 (0.29%) iptables
15 3 (0.22%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 324 (23.81%) Terraform
2 227 (16.68%) Kubernetes
3 210 (15.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 163 (11.98%) Ansible
5 73 (5.36%) Grafana
6 60 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (3.75%) Prometheus
8 50 (3.67%) SCCM
9 27 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.84%) vCenter Server
11 22 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 22 (1.62%) ZABBIX
12 21 (1.54%) Argo
13 20 (1.47%) Packer
14 18 (1.32%) QRadar
15 16 (1.18%) Nessus
16 15 (1.10%) Proxmox
17 14 (1.03%) Graylog
17 14 (1.03%) VxRail
18 12 (0.88%) Nagios
Vendors
1 810 (59.52%) Microsoft
2 272 (19.99%) VMware
3 108 (7.94%) Cisco
4 90 (6.61%) Splunk
5 73 (5.36%) ServiceNow
6 58 (4.26%) Red Hat
7 51 (3.75%) Veeam
8 41 (3.01%) Meraki
9 40 (2.94%) Oracle
10 30 (2.20%) Apple
10 30 (2.20%) Tenable
11 29 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
11 29 (2.13%) Dell
12 28 (2.06%) Google
13 27 (1.98%) Sophos
14 26 (1.91%) Citrix
14 26 (1.91%) Palo Alto
15 25 (1.84%) Fortinet
16 23 (1.69%) SolarWinds
17 22 (1.62%) Dynatrace