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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 93 107
Rank change year-on-year -48 +14 -9
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,224 1,353 2,366
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 3.20% 2.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.84% 9.86% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 892 1,046 2,003
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,875 £35,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,802 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,625 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +1.25% -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 15,613 13,722 32,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.34% 32.46% 33.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,624 10,083 25,022
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £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 £85,336 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -59 1,088 £59,000 -1.67% 399
UK excluding London -70 678 £52,500 +3.70% 336
London -14 509 £70,000 -9.68% 130
Work from Home -27 393 £60,000 +4.35% 154
South East -86 159 £55,000 -4.35% 121
North of England -48 141 £48,445 -1.44% 65
Midlands -63 113 £50,000 - 44
Scotland +28 87 £51,875 -2.96% 26
South West -44 84 £55,000 +15.79% 41
East of England -32 71 £58,750 +17.50% 35
North West -35 69 £53,750 +16.85% 35
East Midlands -31 67 £55,000 +37.50% 20
Yorkshire -40 58 £47,500 -14.03% 17
West Midlands -65 45 £47,500 -5.00% 24
Wales -12 20 £58,248 +15.22% 11
North East -39 14 £45,000 -21.74% 13
Northern Ireland -38 3 £46,000 - 5

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
1 167 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 156 (12.75%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.27%) IIS
4 16 (1.31%) Confluence
5 5 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.082%) CMS
7 1 (0.082%) Site Server
7 1 (0.082%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.082%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) CATIA
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.16%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.16%) Windchill
4 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.25%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.082%) Actimize
6 1 (0.082%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.082%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.082%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 792 (64.71%) Azure
2 430 (35.13%) Microsoft 365
3 334 (27.29%) Entra ID
4 212 (17.32%) AWS
5 125 (10.21%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.58%) Power Platform
7 91 (7.43%) GitHub
8 78 (6.37%) OneDrive
8 78 (6.37%) SaaS
9 72 (5.88%) Google Workspace
10 69 (5.64%) GitHub Actions
11 67 (5.47%) GCP
12 59 (4.82%) IaaS
13 52 (4.25%) Azure Sentinel
14 51 (4.17%) Power Automate
15 48 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
16 47 (3.84%) Azure Logic Apps
16 47 (3.84%) PaaS
17 43 (3.51%) Azure Key Vault
17 43 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 227 (18.55%) DNS
2 225 (18.38%) Firewall
3 144 (11.76%) DHCP
4 135 (11.03%) VPN
5 100 (8.17%) TCP/IP
6 66 (5.39%) WAN
7 62 (5.07%) LAN
8 60 (4.90%) Broadband
8 60 (4.90%) Network Security
9 46 (3.76%) VLAN
10 41 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (3.27%) VoIP
12 36 (2.94%) SAN
13 25 (2.04%) Wireless
14 20 (1.63%) BGP
15 18 (1.47%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.31%) MPLS
17 14 (1.14%) VSAN
18 13 (1.06%) Kerberos
19 12 (0.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (11.44%) SQL Server
2 87 (7.11%) Power BI
3 48 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (2.04%) MySQL
8 23 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.31%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.31%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.14%) Tableau
12 11 (0.90%) InfluxDB
12 11 (0.90%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.82%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.65%) Metadata
15 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.25%) Power Query
17 3 (0.25%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 93 (7.60%) Git
2 69 (5.64%) JIRA
3 68 (5.56%) Jenkins
4 48 (3.92%) GitLab
5 28 (2.29%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.90%) Robot Framework
8 11 (0.90%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.74%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.74%) TestRail
9 9 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.33%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.33%) MLflow
12 4 (0.33%) Selenium
13 3 (0.25%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 405 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 240 (19.61%) Finance
3 169 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (5.47%) Law
6 48 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (3.68%) Retail
8 43 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.51%) Legal
9 41 (3.35%) Public Sector
10 30 (2.45%) Games
11 29 (2.37%) Manufacturing
12 26 (2.12%) Banking
13 17 (1.39%) Advertising
13 17 (1.39%) Aerospace
14 16 (1.31%) Front Office
14 16 (1.31%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.57%) Electronics
16 6 (0.49%) Military
16 6 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 229 (18.71%) Senior
2 147 (12.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (11.19%) Analyst
4 127 (10.38%) Support Engineer
5 126 (10.29%) Azure Engineer
6 104 (8.50%) IT Support
7 86 (7.03%) Security Engineer
8 85 (6.94%) Cloud Engineer
9 84 (6.86%) IT Engineer
10 73 (5.96%) DevOps Engineer
11 70 (5.72%) Developer
12 63 (5.15%) Lead
13 56 (4.58%) IT Support Engineer
14 54 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
15 46 (3.76%) Platform Engineer
15 46 (3.76%) Systems Engineer
16 44 (3.59%) Architect
17 42 (3.43%) Support Analyst
18 41 (3.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 40 (3.27%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (8.01%) OAuth
2 87 (7.11%) REST
3 86 (7.03%) SAML
4 85 (6.94%) OpenID
5 80 (6.54%) .NET
6 70 (5.72%) LDAP
7 64 (5.23%) GraphQL
8 63 (5.15%) SOAP
9 39 (3.19%) .NET Core
10 35 (2.86%) JSON
11 33 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
12 32 (2.61%) CSS
13 31 (2.53%) YAML
14 30 (2.45%) HTML
15 29 (2.37%) ARM Templates
15 29 (2.37%) SPFx
16 20 (1.63%) React
17 19 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
19 16 (1.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.60%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.96%) Cyber Threat
3 71 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 64 (5.23%) Cyberattack
5 59 (4.82%) Management Information System
6 54 (4.41%) Security Posture
7 53 (4.33%) Cloud Native
8 43 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
8 43 (3.51%) Security Operations Centre
9 39 (3.19%) Driving Licence
10 37 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
11 35 (2.86%) Data Centre
12 31 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
13 29 (2.37%) Public Cloud
14 26 (2.12%) PKI
15 24 (1.96%) CMDB
16 17 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
16 17 (1.39%) Low-Code
17 16 (1.31%) Private Cloud
17 16 (1.31%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 552 (45.10%) Windows
2 273 (22.30%) Windows Server
3 260 (21.24%) Linux
4 75 (6.13%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.17%) Mac OS
6 47 (3.84%) Apple iOS
7 45 (3.68%) Android
8 36 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 27 (2.21%) VMS
11 25 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
12 24 (1.96%) CentOS
13 17 (1.39%) Ubuntu
13 17 (1.39%) Unix
14 10 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.41%) Debian
16 4 (0.33%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.25%) CoreOS
17 3 (0.25%) Solaris
18 2 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
2 261 (21.32%) Cybersecurity
3 257 (21.00%) CI/CD
3 257 (21.00%) DevOps
4 256 (20.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 223 (18.22%) ITIL
6 210 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 201 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 190 (15.52%) Mentoring
9 161 (13.15%) Agile
10 155 (12.66%) Incident Response
11 135 (11.03%) Disaster Recovery
11 135 (11.03%) Roadmaps
12 134 (10.95%) Root Cause Analysis
13 125 (10.21%) SIEM
14 119 (9.72%) Containerisation
15 114 (9.31%) Cloud Security
16 103 (8.42%) Task Automation
17 101 (8.25%) Security Operations
18 99 (8.09%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 477 (38.97%) Python
2 312 (25.49%) Bash
3 271 (22.14%) SQL
4 92 (7.52%) C#
5 79 (6.45%) JavaScript
5 79 (6.45%) T-SQL
6 68 (5.56%) Bicep
7 33 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 23 (1.88%) Java
8 23 (1.88%) TypeScript
9 11 (0.90%) C++
9 11 (0.90%) Go
9 11 (0.90%) VB.NET
10 9 (0.74%) Perl
10 9 (0.74%) VB
10 9 (0.74%) VBA
11 7 (0.57%) C
11 7 (0.57%) PHP
12 6 (0.49%) Delphi
12 6 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 164 (13.40%) Degree
2 139 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 104 (8.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 92 (7.52%) Azure Certification
5 81 (6.62%) SC Cleared
6 52 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (4.17%) CISSP
8 45 (3.68%) DV Cleared
9 37 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
11 31 (2.53%) CREST Certified
12 25 (2.04%) CCNA
12 25 (2.04%) OSCP
13 23 (1.88%) GIAC
14 22 (1.80%) CEH
14 22 (1.80%) CompTIA CySA+
15 21 (1.72%) AWS Certification
16 17 (1.39%) DBS Check
17 14 (1.14%) CCNP
17 14 (1.14%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (12.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 146 (11.93%) NIST
3 66 (5.39%) GDPR
4 59 (4.82%) NCSC
5 41 (3.35%) SLA
6 28 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (2.21%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.63%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.55%) ISO 22301
10 16 (1.31%) QA
11 15 (1.23%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (1.06%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.49%) DICOM
16 5 (0.41%) GRC
17 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.16%) COBIT
19 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 449 (36.68%) Active Directory
2 158 (12.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (10.54%) Docker
4 102 (8.33%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.68%) vSphere
6 32 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.55%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.23%) BitLocker
10 15 (1.23%) Firmware
11 10 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.41%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.33%) iptables
13 4 (0.33%) KVM
13 4 (0.33%) Squid
13 4 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 264 (21.57%) Terraform
2 190 (15.52%) Kubernetes
3 177 (14.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 144 (11.76%) Ansible
5 55 (4.49%) Grafana
6 46 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
7 44 (3.59%) SCCM
8 34 (2.78%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 21 (1.72%) vCenter Server
11 14 (1.14%) VxRail
12 13 (1.06%) Nessus
13 11 (0.90%) Puppet
14 10 (0.82%) Packer
14 10 (0.82%) QRadar
15 9 (0.74%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.74%) WSUS
16 8 (0.65%) logstash
17 7 (0.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 678 (55.39%) Microsoft
2 211 (17.24%) VMware
3 102 (8.33%) Cisco
4 64 (5.23%) Splunk
5 56 (4.58%) ServiceNow
6 55 (4.49%) Red Hat
7 43 (3.51%) CrowdStrike
8 37 (3.02%) Veeam
9 33 (2.70%) Google
10 31 (2.53%) Dell
11 30 (2.45%) Commvault
12 27 (2.21%) Meraki
13 26 (2.12%) Citrix
13 26 (2.12%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.12%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.96%) Apple
14 24 (1.96%) Oracle
15 23 (1.88%) CyberArk
16 20 (1.63%) Tenable
17 19 (1.55%) Adobe