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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 84 117
Rank change year-on-year -61 +33 -38
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,444 1,688 1,890
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.38% 3.40% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.84% 11.89% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 1,112 1,461
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 18,428 14,191 25,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.66% 28.61% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,072 9,351 18,093
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,486 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -64 1,287 £57,500 - 582
UK excluding London -58 931 £52,500 +5.00% 397
Work from Home -39 501 £60,000 +4.35% 276
London -33 479 £70,000 -6.67% 247
South East -36 248 £53,000 -7.83% 127
North of England -91 216 £50,000 +5.26% 102
Midlands -43 154 £52,500 +5.00% 48
North West -84 118 £52,500 +14.13% 73
East of England -38 95 £57,500 +11.65% 39
South West -71 84 £55,000 +15.79% 56
East Midlands -7 80 £42,500 +21.43% 22
West Midlands -63 74 £53,688 -2.39% 26
Northern Ireland -18 63 £46,000 +2.12% 11
Yorkshire -40 60 £42,500 -15.63% 20
Scotland +26 41 £51,250 +28.13% 21
North East -25 38 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Wales -31 30 £46,500 -15.45% 8

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
1 232 (16.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 214 (14.82%) SharePoint
3 52 (3.60%) IIS
4 32 (2.22%) Confluence
5 9 (0.62%) nginx
6 6 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.35%) Apache
8 4 (0.28%) SAS
9 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.069%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.069%) Site Server
10 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
Applications
1 76 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.069%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.069%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 896 (62.05%) Azure
2 527 (36.50%) Microsoft 365
3 397 (27.49%) Entra ID
4 256 (17.73%) AWS
5 168 (11.63%) SaaS
6 161 (11.15%) Azure DevOps
7 116 (8.03%) GitHub
8 113 (7.83%) Power Platform
9 108 (7.48%) IaaS
10 101 (6.99%) OneDrive
11 82 (5.68%) Azure Monitor
12 76 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
12 76 (5.26%) PaaS
13 69 (4.78%) Azure AKS
14 67 (4.64%) GitHub Actions
14 67 (4.64%) Power Automate
15 64 (4.43%) GCP
16 62 (4.29%) Azure Key Vault
17 48 (3.32%) Datadog
18 47 (3.25%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 316 (21.88%) Firewall
2 306 (21.19%) DNS
3 205 (14.20%) DHCP
4 200 (13.85%) VPN
5 138 (9.56%) TCP/IP
6 97 (6.72%) WAN
7 87 (6.02%) LAN
8 72 (4.99%) Network Security
9 69 (4.78%) VLAN
10 46 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
11 41 (2.84%) Wireless
12 39 (2.70%) SAN
13 35 (2.42%) Kerberos
14 30 (2.08%) VoIP
15 22 (1.52%) SSL
16 20 (1.39%) NAS
17 18 (1.25%) BGP
18 16 (1.11%) HTTP
18 16 (1.11%) Internet
18 16 (1.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 71 (4.92%) Power BI
4 36 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.59%) MongoDB
6 21 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.25%) MySQL
8 18 (1.25%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.62%) InfluxDB
10 9 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.42%) Power Query
11 6 (0.42%) Redis
12 5 (0.35%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.35%) Metadata
12 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 110 (7.62%) Git
2 90 (6.23%) JIRA
3 69 (4.78%) GitLab
4 62 (4.29%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.08%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.48%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.48%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (0.48%) TestRail
10 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.42%) Selenium
11 5 (0.35%) Postman
12 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.21%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 493 (34.14%) Social Skills
2 224 (15.51%) Finance
3 185 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (8.93%) Law
5 111 (7.69%) Legal
6 61 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.12%) Retail
9 40 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
10 39 (2.70%) Public Sector
11 31 (2.15%) Banking
11 31 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.73%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.18%) Advertising
14 13 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 12 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.76%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.76%) Legal Technology
17 8 (0.55%) Front Office
17 8 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 279 (19.32%) Senior
2 189 (13.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 152 (10.53%) Analyst
4 145 (10.04%) Support Engineer
5 136 (9.42%) IT Engineer
6 134 (9.28%) IT Support
7 133 (9.21%) Azure Engineer
8 123 (8.52%) Cloud Engineer
9 103 (7.13%) DevOps Engineer
10 79 (5.47%) IT Support Engineer
11 76 (5.26%) Security Engineer
12 70 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
13 68 (4.71%) Lead
14 63 (4.36%) Developer
15 60 (4.16%) Systems Engineer
16 58 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
17 55 (3.81%) Testing Manager
18 52 (3.60%) Administrator
18 52 (3.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 52 (3.60%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.96%) .NET
2 59 (4.09%) SAML
3 57 (3.95%) REST
4 55 (3.81%) ARM Templates
4 55 (3.81%) OAuth
5 49 (3.39%) OpenID
6 48 (3.32%) LDAP
7 46 (3.19%) YAML
8 43 (2.98%) HTML
9 42 (2.91%) Microsoft Graph
10 35 (2.42%) JSON
11 33 (2.29%) .NET Core
12 32 (2.22%) CSS
13 25 (1.73%) SPFx
14 22 (1.52%) SOAP
15 21 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
17 16 (1.11%) RESTful
18 15 (1.04%) Middleware
19 14 (0.97%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.55%) Onboarding
2 87 (6.02%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (4.85%) Security Posture
5 68 (4.71%) Management Information System
6 60 (4.16%) Driving Licence
7 57 (3.95%) Virtual Team
8 51 (3.53%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.12%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
11 41 (2.84%) PKI
12 39 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (2.56%) Replication
13 37 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
14 33 (2.29%) Clustering
15 32 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
16 30 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
17 26 (1.80%) Private Cloud
18 22 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
19 21 (1.45%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 681 (47.16%) Windows
2 340 (23.55%) Linux
3 328 (22.71%) Windows Server
4 81 (5.61%) Windows 10
5 53 (3.67%) Apple iOS
6 47 (3.25%) Mac OS
7 44 (3.05%) VMS
8 43 (2.98%) Android
9 37 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 35 (2.42%) CentOS
12 33 (2.29%) Ubuntu
13 26 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
14 15 (1.04%) Unix
15 7 (0.48%) Debian
15 7 (0.48%) Kali Linux
16 5 (0.35%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.28%) AIX
17 4 (0.28%) Rocky
17 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (25.48%) DevOps
2 364 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
3 331 (22.92%) CI/CD
4 326 (22.58%) Infrastructure as Code
5 320 (22.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 279 (19.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 261 (18.07%) ITIL
8 247 (17.11%) Cybersecurity
9 214 (14.82%) Mentoring
10 181 (12.53%) Disaster Recovery
11 166 (11.50%) High Availability
12 165 (11.43%) Agile
13 164 (11.36%) Root Cause Analysis
14 163 (11.29%) Incident Response
15 138 (9.56%) Containerisation
16 136 (9.42%) SIEM
17 134 (9.28%) AI
18 132 (9.14%) Cloud Security
19 131 (9.07%) Platform Engineering
20 129 (8.93%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 581 (40.24%) Python
2 318 (22.02%) Bash
3 287 (19.88%) SQL
4 146 (10.11%) C#
5 132 (9.14%) JavaScript
6 108 (7.48%) Bicep
7 82 (5.68%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 45 (3.12%) T-SQL
10 39 (2.70%) Java
11 21 (1.45%) VBScript
12 18 (1.25%) C++
13 16 (1.11%) PHP
14 15 (1.04%) Perl
15 10 (0.69%) VBA
16 9 (0.62%) Go
16 9 (0.62%) Ruby
16 9 (0.62%) VB
17 8 (0.55%) C
18 6 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 189 (13.09%) Security Cleared
2 174 (12.05%) Degree
3 161 (11.15%) Azure Certification
4 142 (9.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 129 (8.93%) SC Cleared
6 63 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
7 62 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 57 (3.95%) CISSP
9 54 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
10 52 (3.60%) DV Cleared
11 44 (3.05%) CCNA
12 26 (1.80%) CEH
13 24 (1.66%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.66%) DBS Check
14 23 (1.59%) OSCP
15 22 (1.52%) GIAC
16 21 (1.45%) CCNP
17 19 (1.32%) CISM
18 17 (1.18%) CREST Certified
19 14 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (8.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (5.82%) NIST
3 77 (5.33%) QA
4 67 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (4.02%) GDPR
6 44 (3.05%) SLA
7 21 (1.45%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.25%) SOC 2
9 13 (0.90%) NCSC
10 9 (0.62%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.42%) PMO
13 5 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.21%) DICOM
14 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 521 (36.08%) Active Directory
2 241 (16.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 162 (11.22%) Hyper-V
4 143 (9.90%) Docker
5 80 (5.54%) vSphere
6 58 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
7 45 (3.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.87%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.59%) BitLocker
10 19 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 9 (0.62%) KVM
12 8 (0.55%) Squid
13 5 (0.35%) Firmware
14 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.14%) iptables
16 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 353 (24.45%) Terraform
2 241 (16.69%) Kubernetes
3 238 (16.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 179 (12.40%) Ansible
5 81 (5.61%) Grafana
6 68 (4.71%) SCCM
7 52 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
8 51 (3.53%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.73%) vCenter Server
10 25 (1.73%) ZABBIX
11 21 (1.45%) Argo
12 20 (1.39%) Packer
12 20 (1.39%) QRadar
13 19 (1.32%) Proxmox
14 15 (1.04%) Puppet
15 14 (0.97%) Graylog
16 13 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 13 (0.90%) Nagios
17 12 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 874 (60.53%) Microsoft
2 283 (19.60%) VMware
3 126 (8.73%) Cisco
4 105 (7.27%) ServiceNow
5 95 (6.58%) Splunk
6 62 (4.29%) Red Hat
7 59 (4.09%) Veeam
8 48 (3.32%) Meraki
8 48 (3.32%) Oracle
9 34 (2.35%) Citrix
10 32 (2.22%) Dynatrace
10 32 (2.22%) Sophos
11 31 (2.15%) Tenable
12 30 (2.08%) Apple
12 30 (2.08%) Dell
13 28 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
14 27 (1.87%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.66%) CyberArk
16 22 (1.52%) Palo Alto
17 21 (1.45%) Okta