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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 91 107
Rank change year-on-year -53 +16 -8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,246 1,369 2,391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 3.26% 2.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.03% 9.80% 7.39%
Number of salaries quoted 914 1,070 2,040
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,450 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,900 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,957 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.05% +3.91% -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 15,514 13,966 32,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.62% 33.31% 34.09%
Number of salaries quoted 10,536 10,257 25,061
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £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 £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 23 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 23 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 -64 1,103 £58,000 -3.33% 303
UK excluding London -58 694 £52,500 +1.05% 271
London -11 513 £70,000 -9.68% 94
Work from Home -17 399 £60,000 +4.35% 148
South East -77 175 £55,000 -4.35% 90
North of England -51 138 £47,972 -0.69% 50
Midlands -63 105 £50,000 - 35
Scotland +35 95 £55,000 - 16
South West -39 89 £55,000 +15.79% 36
East of England -54 71 £47,500 -13.64% 32
North West -38 68 £55,000 +19.57% 28
East Midlands -46 60 £55,000 +29.41% 16
Yorkshire -32 56 £47,500 -13.64% 11
West Midlands -69 44 £47,500 -5.00% 19
Wales -8 19 £61,496 +21.65% 11
North East -45 14 £45,000 -21.74% 11
Northern Ireland -38 2 £46,000 - 13

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
1 179 (14.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 152 (12.20%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.13%) IIS
4 16 (1.28%) Confluence
5 11 (0.88%) 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 53 (4.25%) 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%) Windchill
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
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
1 797 (63.96%) Azure
2 431 (34.59%) Microsoft 365
3 340 (27.29%) Entra ID
4 209 (16.77%) AWS
5 130 (10.43%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.27%) Power Platform
7 96 (7.70%) GitHub
8 75 (6.02%) OneDrive
8 75 (6.02%) SaaS
9 74 (5.94%) GitHub Actions
9 74 (5.94%) Google Workspace
10 71 (5.70%) GCP
11 56 (4.49%) IaaS
12 53 (4.25%) PaaS
13 48 (3.85%) Power Automate
14 47 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
15 46 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
16 45 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
17 44 (3.53%) Azure Sentinel
18 37 (2.97%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 231 (18.54%) DNS
2 227 (18.22%) Firewall
3 164 (13.16%) DHCP
4 136 (10.91%) VPN
5 105 (8.43%) TCP/IP
6 72 (5.78%) WAN
7 66 (5.30%) LAN
8 63 (5.06%) Broadband
9 60 (4.82%) Network Security
10 50 (4.01%) VLAN
11 46 (3.69%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.13%) VoIP
13 34 (2.73%) SAN
14 31 (2.49%) Wireless
15 23 (1.85%) SD-WAN
16 21 (1.69%) BGP
17 18 (1.44%) MPLS
18 13 (1.04%) Internet
18 13 (1.04%) VSAN
19 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.98%) Power BI
3 43 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (1.93%) MySQL
7 23 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (1.44%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.20%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.20%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.12%) Tableau
12 13 (1.04%) Oracle Database 10g
13 11 (0.88%) InfluxDB
14 9 (0.72%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.72%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.56%) Metadata
16 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 95 (7.62%) Git
2 72 (5.78%) JIRA
3 71 (5.70%) Jenkins
4 47 (3.77%) GitLab
5 28 (2.25%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.88%) Robot Framework
9 11 (0.88%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.72%) TestRail
11 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.32%) MLflow
13 4 (0.32%) Selenium
14 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 418 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 254 (20.39%) Finance
3 170 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
5 64 (5.14%) Law
6 44 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
6 44 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (3.53%) Retail
7 41 (3.29%) Legal
7 41 (3.29%) Public Sector
8 33 (2.65%) Games
9 30 (2.41%) Banking
10 25 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 19 (1.52%) Front Office
12 18 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.28%) Advertising
13 16 (1.28%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.56%) Military
15 6 (0.48%) Electronics
15 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 221 (17.74%) Senior
2 148 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 140 (11.24%) Support Engineer
4 131 (10.51%) Analyst
5 127 (10.19%) Azure Engineer
6 109 (8.75%) IT Support
7 86 (6.90%) IT Engineer
8 84 (6.74%) Security Engineer
9 79 (6.34%) Cloud Engineer
10 70 (5.62%) Developer
10 70 (5.62%) DevOps Engineer
11 66 (5.30%) Lead
12 61 (4.90%) IT Support Engineer
13 53 (4.25%) 2nd Line Support
14 49 (3.93%) 3rd Line Support
15 45 (3.61%) Architect
16 43 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 43 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
17 42 (3.37%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (7.95%) OAuth
2 90 (7.22%) REST
3 84 (6.74%) SAML
4 83 (6.66%) OpenID
5 77 (6.18%) .NET
6 69 (5.54%) GraphQL
6 69 (5.54%) LDAP
7 67 (5.38%) SOAP
8 37 (2.97%) .NET Core
9 34 (2.73%) YAML
10 33 (2.65%) JSON
11 30 (2.41%) ARM Templates
12 28 (2.25%) CSS
12 28 (2.25%) Microsoft Graph
13 26 (2.09%) HTML
14 25 (2.01%) SPFx
15 18 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
15 18 (1.44%) React
16 16 (1.28%) HTML5 Canvas
16 16 (1.28%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 97 (7.78%) Onboarding
2 74 (5.94%) Cyber Threat
3 72 (5.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.38%) Cyberattack
5 61 (4.90%) Security Posture
6 58 (4.65%) Management Information System
7 48 (3.85%) Cloud Native
8 43 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
9 40 (3.21%) Driving Licence
10 38 (3.05%) Security Operations Centre
11 34 (2.73%) Data Centre
12 30 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
13 28 (2.25%) Public Cloud
14 25 (2.01%) PKI
15 23 (1.85%) CMDB
16 18 (1.44%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.36%) Replication
18 16 (1.28%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 568 (45.59%) Windows
2 284 (22.79%) Windows Server
3 259 (20.79%) Linux
4 75 (6.02%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.25%) Mac OS
6 47 (3.77%) Apple iOS
7 46 (3.69%) Android
8 38 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 30 (2.41%) Unix
10 28 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
11 24 (1.93%) CentOS
11 24 (1.93%) VMS
12 18 (1.44%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.20%) Solaris
14 11 (0.88%) HPUX
14 11 (0.88%) Windows 7
14 11 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
14 11 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (27.53%) Problem-Solving
2 262 (21.03%) DevOps
3 261 (20.95%) Cybersecurity
4 259 (20.79%) CI/CD
5 254 (20.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 227 (18.22%) ITIL
7 207 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 206 (16.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 197 (15.81%) Mentoring
10 162 (13.00%) Agile
11 154 (12.36%) Incident Response
12 142 (11.40%) Disaster Recovery
13 138 (11.08%) Roadmaps
14 127 (10.19%) Root Cause Analysis
15 121 (9.71%) SIEM
16 110 (8.83%) Cloud Security
16 110 (8.83%) Containerisation
17 106 (8.51%) Task Automation
18 101 (8.11%) Identity Access Management
19 98 (7.87%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 475 (38.12%) Python
2 311 (24.96%) Bash
3 273 (21.91%) SQL
4 90 (7.22%) C#
5 85 (6.82%) T-SQL
6 78 (6.26%) JavaScript
7 68 (5.46%) Bicep
8 33 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (1.85%) Java
10 20 (1.61%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.52%) Perl
12 10 (0.80%) C++
12 10 (0.80%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.72%) Go
13 9 (0.72%) VB
14 8 (0.64%) VBA
15 7 (0.56%) C
15 7 (0.56%) PHP
15 7 (0.56%) VBScript
16 6 (0.48%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 164 (13.16%) Degree
2 146 (11.72%) Security Cleared
3 103 (8.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 88 (7.06%) SC Cleared
5 85 (6.82%) Azure Certification
6 57 (4.57%) DV Cleared
7 54 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 53 (4.25%) CISSP
9 39 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.65%) CREST Certified
11 29 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
12 27 (2.17%) OSCP
13 26 (2.09%) GIAC
14 25 (2.01%) CCNA
15 24 (1.93%) CEH
16 23 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
17 22 (1.77%) AWS Certification
18 17 (1.36%) DBS Check
19 15 (1.20%) CCNP
20 14 (1.12%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (12.60%) NIST
2 155 (12.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (5.38%) GDPR
4 65 (5.22%) NCSC
5 54 (4.33%) SLA
6 29 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (2.25%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 18 (1.44%) ISO 22301
10 16 (1.28%) QA
11 14 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (1.04%) PCI DSS
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
19 1 (0.080%) HL7
System Software
1 467 (37.48%) Active Directory
2 158 (12.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (10.43%) Docker
4 106 (8.51%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.61%) vSphere
6 36 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.44%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.28%) Firmware
10 14 (1.12%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 7 (0.56%) 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
1 261 (20.95%) Terraform
2 182 (14.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 179 (14.37%) Kubernetes
4 146 (11.72%) Ansible
5 55 (4.41%) Grafana
6 47 (3.77%) SCCM
7 43 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
8 34 (2.73%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
9 21 (1.69%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (1.04%) Nessus
11 13 (1.04%) Puppet
11 13 (1.04%) VxRail
12 12 (0.96%) QRadar
13 11 (0.88%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.64%) logstash
14 8 (0.64%) Packer
14 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 695 (55.78%) Microsoft
2 226 (18.14%) VMware
3 105 (8.43%) Cisco
4 66 (5.30%) Splunk
5 55 (4.41%) Red Hat
5 55 (4.41%) ServiceNow
6 43 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
7 41 (3.29%) Veeam
8 39 (3.13%) Oracle
9 34 (2.73%) Google
10 31 (2.49%) Commvault
11 29 (2.33%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.25%) Dell
12 28 (2.25%) Meraki
13 27 (2.17%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.09%) CyberArk
15 25 (2.01%) Citrix
16 23 (1.85%) Apple
17 20 (1.61%) Dynatrace
18 19 (1.52%) Atlassian