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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 91 106
Rank change year-on-year -50 +15 -6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,252 1,357 2,411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.43% 3.24% 2.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.14% 9.71% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 917 1,055 2,059
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,550 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 15,390 13,977 32,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.64% 33.42% 34.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,499 10,258 25,063
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £47,250 £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 £85,252 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 -55 1,107 £58,000 -3.33% 335
UK excluding London -64 696 £52,500 - 286
London -11 515 £70,000 -9.68% 108
Work from Home -19 405 £60,000 +3.45% 149
South East -78 176 £56,750 -1.30% 95
North of England -50 140 £48,445 -3.11% 54
Midlands -60 105 £52,500 +5.00% 36
Scotland +40 97 £55,000 -4.35% 20
South West -39 91 £55,000 +15.79% 37
North West -39 70 £55,000 +19.57% 32
East of England -49 67 £43,000 -21.82% 34
East Midlands -46 59 £55,000 +25.71% 18
Yorkshire -40 56 £47,500 -13.64% 12
West Midlands -72 45 £47,750 -4.50% 18
Wales -15 18 £58,248 +15.22% 12
North East -39 14 £45,000 -21.74% 10
Northern Ireland -40 2 £46,000 - 10

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
1 182 (14.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 149 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.04%) IIS
4 16 (1.28%) Confluence
5 13 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) WordPress
8 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.080%) Site Server
8 1 (0.080%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 51 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) CATIA
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.24%) Windchill
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 6 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 802 (64.06%) Azure
2 433 (34.58%) Microsoft 365
3 339 (27.08%) Entra ID
4 213 (17.01%) AWS
5 132 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (7.99%) Power Platform
7 95 (7.59%) GitHub
8 75 (5.99%) Google Workspace
9 73 (5.83%) GitHub Actions
9 73 (5.83%) SaaS
10 71 (5.67%) GCP
11 70 (5.59%) OneDrive
12 57 (4.55%) IaaS
13 56 (4.47%) PaaS
14 47 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
15 44 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (3.51%) Power Automate
16 42 (3.35%) Azure Sentinel
17 40 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
18 38 (3.04%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 234 (18.69%) DNS
2 232 (18.53%) Firewall
3 171 (13.66%) DHCP
4 140 (11.18%) VPN
5 106 (8.47%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.15%) WAN
7 68 (5.43%) LAN
8 63 (5.03%) Broadband
9 61 (4.87%) Network Security
10 51 (4.07%) VLAN
11 46 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.12%) VoIP
13 34 (2.72%) SAN
14 32 (2.56%) Wireless
15 27 (2.16%) SD-WAN
16 21 (1.68%) BGP
17 18 (1.44%) MPLS
18 14 (1.12%) VSAN
19 13 (1.04%) Internet
20 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (10.78%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.71%) Power BI
3 37 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.16%) MySQL
6 26 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
7 25 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (1.52%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.36%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.28%) NoSQL
12 15 (1.20%) Oracle Database 10g
13 14 (1.12%) Tableau
14 12 (0.96%) InfluxDB
15 9 (0.72%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.64%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.56%) Metadata
18 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
19 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 95 (7.59%) Git
2 75 (5.99%) Jenkins
3 74 (5.91%) JIRA
4 47 (3.75%) GitLab
5 29 (2.32%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.04%) Robot Framework
9 11 (0.88%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.80%) TestRail
11 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
13 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.32%) Balsamiq
14 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) Selenium
14 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 415 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 256 (20.45%) Finance
3 166 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
5 65 (5.19%) Law
6 45 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.51%) Retail
8 42 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (3.27%) Legal
10 40 (3.19%) Public Sector
11 33 (2.64%) Games
12 30 (2.40%) Banking
13 25 (2.00%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.52%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.44%) Front Office
16 16 (1.28%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.20%) Advertising
18 8 (0.64%) Military
19 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
19 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 222 (17.73%) Senior
2 152 (12.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 139 (11.10%) Support Engineer
4 130 (10.38%) Analyst
4 130 (10.38%) Azure Engineer
5 108 (8.63%) IT Support
6 84 (6.71%) IT Engineer
6 84 (6.71%) Security Engineer
7 83 (6.63%) Cloud Engineer
8 70 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
9 67 (5.35%) Lead
10 65 (5.19%) Developer
11 60 (4.79%) IT Support Engineer
12 53 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support
13 52 (4.15%) 3rd Line Support
14 45 (3.59%) Architect
15 44 (3.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 44 (3.51%) Platform Engineer
16 42 (3.35%) Support Analyst
16 42 (3.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (7.91%) OAuth
2 90 (7.19%) REST
3 83 (6.63%) SAML
4 82 (6.55%) OpenID
5 72 (5.75%) .NET
6 70 (5.59%) GraphQL
7 69 (5.51%) LDAP
8 66 (5.27%) SOAP
9 35 (2.80%) YAML
10 33 (2.64%) .NET Core
11 30 (2.40%) ARM Templates
11 30 (2.40%) JSON
12 25 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
13 22 (1.76%) CSS
14 21 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
14 21 (1.68%) SPFx
15 20 (1.60%) HTML
16 18 (1.44%) React
17 15 (1.20%) Node.js
18 14 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 97 (7.75%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.83%) Cyber Threat
2 73 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 67 (5.35%) Cyberattack
4 61 (4.87%) Security Posture
5 56 (4.47%) Management Information System
6 47 (3.75%) Cloud Native
7 45 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (3.27%) Driving Licence
9 38 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
10 37 (2.96%) Security Operations Centre
11 36 (2.88%) Data Centre
12 30 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (2.40%) Public Cloud
13 25 (2.00%) PKI
14 24 (1.92%) CMDB
15 19 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (1.44%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.36%) Replication
17 17 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 572 (45.69%) Windows
2 286 (22.84%) Windows Server
3 259 (20.69%) Linux
4 74 (5.91%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.39%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.67%) Apple iOS
7 45 (3.59%) Android
8 39 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 33 (2.64%) Unix
10 31 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 29 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 26 (2.08%) CentOS
13 23 (1.84%) VMS
14 18 (1.44%) Ubuntu
15 17 (1.36%) Solaris
16 13 (1.04%) HPUX
16 13 (1.04%) Windows 7
16 13 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
16 13 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
17 11 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
2 269 (21.49%) DevOps
3 263 (21.01%) CI/CD
4 259 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
5 255 (20.37%) Infrastructure as Code
6 232 (18.53%) ITIL
7 213 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 209 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 198 (15.81%) Mentoring
10 169 (13.50%) Agile
11 151 (12.06%) Incident Response
12 146 (11.66%) Disaster Recovery
13 139 (11.10%) Roadmaps
14 129 (10.30%) Root Cause Analysis
15 119 (9.50%) SIEM
16 112 (8.95%) Containerisation
17 110 (8.79%) Cloud Security
18 107 (8.55%) Task Automation
19 105 (8.39%) Identity Access Management
20 96 (7.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 474 (37.86%) Python
2 317 (25.32%) Bash
3 268 (21.41%) SQL
4 87 (6.95%) C#
5 83 (6.63%) T-SQL
6 74 (5.91%) JavaScript
7 68 (5.43%) Bicep
8 32 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (1.84%) Java
10 21 (1.68%) Perl
11 16 (1.28%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.88%) Go
13 10 (0.80%) C++
13 10 (0.80%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.72%) VB
15 7 (0.56%) C
15 7 (0.56%) PHP
16 6 (0.48%) Delphi
16 6 (0.48%) VBA
16 6 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 169 (13.50%) Degree
2 152 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 104 (8.31%) Microsoft Certification
4 91 (7.27%) SC Cleared
5 87 (6.95%) Azure Certification
6 62 (4.95%) DV Cleared
7 58 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (4.31%) CISSP
9 42 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.64%) CREST Certified
11 27 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (2.16%) OSCP
12 26 (2.08%) CCNA
13 25 (2.00%) GIAC
14 24 (1.92%) CEH
15 22 (1.76%) AWS Certification
15 22 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
16 17 (1.36%) DBS Check
17 16 (1.28%) CCNP
18 14 (1.12%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (12.94%) NIST
2 160 (12.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (5.35%) GDPR
4 66 (5.27%) NCSC
5 56 (4.47%) SLA
6 30 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (2.32%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.52%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.52%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.28%) QA
10 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (1.04%) SOC 2
13 11 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.48%) DICOM
15 5 (0.40%) GRC
16 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
18 2 (0.16%) COBIT
18 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 469 (37.46%) Active Directory
2 156 (12.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (10.54%) Docker
4 109 (8.71%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.59%) vSphere
6 37 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.44%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.28%) Firmware
10 13 (1.04%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.24%) Squid
15 3 (0.24%) XenApp
16 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 269 (21.49%) Terraform
2 184 (14.70%) Kubernetes
2 184 (14.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 150 (11.98%) Ansible
4 57 (4.55%) Grafana
5 47 (3.75%) SCCM
6 44 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
7 34 (2.72%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
9 21 (1.68%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (1.04%) Nessus
11 13 (1.04%) Puppet
11 13 (1.04%) VxRail
12 12 (0.96%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.96%) QRadar
13 8 (0.64%) logstash
13 8 (0.64%) Packer
13 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 698 (55.75%) Microsoft
2 233 (18.61%) VMware
3 108 (8.63%) Cisco
4 69 (5.51%) Splunk
5 59 (4.71%) ServiceNow
6 57 (4.55%) Red Hat
7 42 (3.35%) Oracle
8 41 (3.27%) CrowdStrike
8 41 (3.27%) Veeam
9 35 (2.80%) Google
10 33 (2.64%) Commvault
11 31 (2.48%) Palo Alto
12 30 (2.40%) Dell
13 28 (2.24%) Fortinet
13 28 (2.24%) Meraki
14 27 (2.16%) CyberArk
15 24 (1.92%) Citrix
16 23 (1.84%) Apple
17 20 (1.60%) Atlassian
17 20 (1.60%) SolarWinds