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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 87 116
Rank change year-on-year -54 +29 -38
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,453 1,693 1,864
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.38% 3.39% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.82% 11.96% 7.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 1,122 1,435
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £45,000
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 18,575 14,150 25,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.63% 28.36% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,154 9,299 17,873
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,313 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,497 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -

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 9 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 9 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 -66 1,295 £59,000 +2.61% 547
UK excluding London -61 940 £52,500 +5.00% 356
Work from Home -43 501 £60,500 +5.22% 236
London -32 479 £70,000 -6.51% 243
South East -37 247 £55,000 -4.35% 123
North of England -89 220 £50,000 +5.26% 89
Midlands -29 157 £50,000 - 44
North West -78 122 £52,500 +14.13% 62
East of England -41 96 £57,500 +9.52% 39
South West -68 85 £55,000 +15.79% 47
East Midlands -8 82 £42,500 +21.43% 19
West Midlands -65 75 £54,344 -1.19% 25
Northern Ireland -16 63 £46,000 +2.12% 4
Yorkshire -45 62 £42,500 -17.68% 20
Scotland +21 42 £50,000 +25.00% 17
North East -26 36 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Wales -44 30 £53,000 -3.64% 9

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
1 239 (16.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 220 (15.14%) SharePoint
3 54 (3.72%) IIS
4 33 (2.27%) Confluence
5 10 (0.69%) nginx
6 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.34%) 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 77 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.51%) 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 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.069%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 898 (61.80%) Azure
2 532 (36.61%) Microsoft 365
3 399 (27.46%) Entra ID
4 257 (17.69%) AWS
5 171 (11.77%) SaaS
6 163 (11.22%) Azure DevOps
7 113 (7.78%) GitHub
8 112 (7.71%) Power Platform
9 109 (7.50%) IaaS
10 103 (7.09%) OneDrive
11 82 (5.64%) Azure Monitor
12 78 (5.37%) PaaS
13 75 (5.16%) Azure Sentinel
14 68 (4.68%) Azure AKS
14 68 (4.68%) GCP
14 68 (4.68%) Power Automate
15 64 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
16 62 (4.27%) Azure Key Vault
17 49 (3.37%) Datadog
18 47 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 317 (21.82%) Firewall
2 311 (21.40%) DNS
3 208 (14.32%) DHCP
4 203 (13.97%) VPN
5 139 (9.57%) TCP/IP
6 98 (6.74%) WAN
7 87 (5.99%) LAN
8 72 (4.96%) Network Security
9 69 (4.75%) VLAN
10 46 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.03%) Wireless
12 39 (2.68%) SAN
13 35 (2.41%) Kerberos
14 30 (2.06%) VoIP
15 23 (1.58%) SSL
16 20 (1.38%) NAS
17 18 (1.24%) BGP
17 18 (1.24%) HTTP
18 17 (1.17%) Internet
18 17 (1.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (10.94%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 68 (4.68%) Power BI
4 34 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.58%) MongoDB
6 22 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.24%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.10%) MySQL
10 14 (0.96%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.55%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.41%) Power Query
13 6 (0.41%) Redis
14 5 (0.34%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.34%) Metadata
14 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 112 (7.71%) Git
2 91 (6.26%) JIRA
3 69 (4.75%) GitLab
4 61 (4.20%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.13%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.48%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.48%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.48%) TestRail
9 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.41%) Selenium
9 6 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.34%) Postman
11 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.21%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.21%) Terragrunt
General
1 501 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 232 (15.97%) Finance
3 187 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.81%) Law
5 114 (7.85%) Legal
6 62 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.23%) Retail
9 42 (2.89%) Public Sector
10 36 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.41%) Banking
12 33 (2.27%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.72%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.17%) Advertising
15 12 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.83%) Telecoms
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
1 282 (19.41%) Senior
2 191 (13.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 151 (10.39%) Analyst
4 143 (9.84%) Support Engineer
5 135 (9.29%) IT Engineer
6 133 (9.15%) Azure Engineer
6 133 (9.15%) IT Support
7 128 (8.81%) Cloud Engineer
8 105 (7.23%) DevOps Engineer
9 77 (5.30%) IT Support Engineer
9 77 (5.30%) Security Engineer
10 70 (4.82%) Platform Engineer
11 68 (4.68%) Lead
12 62 (4.27%) Developer
13 60 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
14 57 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
15 55 (3.79%) Testing Manager
16 53 (3.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 52 (3.58%) Administrator
17 52 (3.58%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.99%) .NET
2 55 (3.79%) SAML
3 54 (3.72%) ARM Templates
3 54 (3.72%) REST
4 51 (3.51%) OAuth
5 47 (3.23%) YAML
6 45 (3.10%) OpenID
7 44 (3.03%) LDAP
8 43 (2.96%) HTML
9 42 (2.89%) Microsoft Graph
10 34 (2.34%) .NET Core
11 33 (2.27%) JSON
12 32 (2.20%) CSS
13 25 (1.72%) SPFx
14 21 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
16 18 (1.24%) SOAP
17 16 (1.10%) RESTful
18 15 (1.03%) ASP.NET
18 15 (1.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 112 (7.71%) Onboarding
2 88 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (4.89%) Security Posture
5 70 (4.82%) Management Information System
6 62 (4.27%) Driving Licence
7 57 (3.92%) Virtual Team
8 52 (3.58%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.10%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.89%) Security Operations Centre
11 40 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
11 40 (2.75%) PKI
12 37 (2.55%) Replication
12 37 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
13 34 (2.34%) Clustering
14 29 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
15 28 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
16 26 (1.79%) Private Cloud
17 24 (1.65%) CMDB
18 23 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 688 (47.35%) Windows
2 339 (23.33%) Linux
3 327 (22.51%) Windows Server
4 81 (5.57%) Windows 10
5 55 (3.79%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.44%) Mac OS
7 45 (3.10%) VMS
8 43 (2.96%) Android
9 37 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.48%) CentOS
10 36 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 34 (2.34%) Ubuntu
12 27 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
13 16 (1.10%) Unix
14 7 (0.48%) Kali Linux
15 6 (0.41%) Debian
16 5 (0.34%) CoreOS
16 5 (0.34%) Rocky
16 5 (0.34%) Solaris
17 4 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (25.40%) DevOps
2 364 (25.05%) Problem-Solving
3 332 (22.85%) CI/CD
4 330 (22.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 329 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 281 (19.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 273 (18.79%) ITIL
8 246 (16.93%) Cybersecurity
9 213 (14.66%) Mentoring
10 183 (12.59%) Disaster Recovery
11 170 (11.70%) Root Cause Analysis
12 168 (11.56%) High Availability
13 165 (11.36%) Agile
13 165 (11.36%) Incident Response
14 139 (9.57%) AI
14 139 (9.57%) Containerisation
15 134 (9.22%) SIEM
16 133 (9.15%) Observability
17 131 (9.02%) Platform Engineering
18 129 (8.88%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 581 (39.99%) Python
2 314 (21.61%) Bash
3 282 (19.41%) SQL
4 147 (10.12%) C#
5 133 (9.15%) JavaScript
6 110 (7.57%) Bicep
7 82 (5.64%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
9 40 (2.75%) Java
10 39 (2.68%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.45%) VBScript
12 18 (1.24%) C++
13 16 (1.10%) Perl
13 16 (1.10%) PHP
14 10 (0.69%) Ruby
14 10 (0.69%) VB
14 10 (0.69%) VBA
15 9 (0.62%) Go
16 8 (0.55%) C
17 6 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 195 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 174 (11.98%) Degree
3 159 (10.94%) Azure Certification
4 146 (10.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 135 (9.29%) SC Cleared
6 62 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
6 62 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (3.85%) CISSP
8 53 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
9 52 (3.58%) DV Cleared
10 44 (3.03%) CCNA
11 26 (1.79%) CEH
12 25 (1.72%) DBS Check
13 24 (1.65%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.51%) GIAC
14 22 (1.51%) OSCP
15 20 (1.38%) CCNP
16 18 (1.24%) CISM
17 17 (1.17%) CREST Certified
18 16 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (5.51%) NIST
3 78 (5.37%) QA
4 66 (4.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (3.99%) GDPR
6 45 (3.10%) SLA
7 19 (1.31%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.17%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.62%) ISO 22301
10 9 (0.62%) NCSC
11 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.48%) PMO
12 5 (0.34%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
14 2 (0.14%) DICOM
14 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 522 (35.93%) Active Directory
2 240 (16.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 163 (11.22%) Hyper-V
4 146 (10.05%) Docker
5 82 (5.64%) vSphere
6 58 (3.99%) Virtual Machines
7 45 (3.10%) Virtual Desktop
8 28 (1.93%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.58%) BitLocker
10 20 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 9 (0.62%) KVM
13 8 (0.55%) Squid
14 7 (0.48%) Firmware
15 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
16 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
18 2 (0.14%) iptables
18 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 359 (24.71%) Terraform
2 243 (16.72%) Kubernetes
2 243 (16.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 183 (12.59%) Ansible
4 82 (5.64%) Grafana
5 70 (4.82%) SCCM
6 54 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
7 50 (3.44%) Prometheus
8 26 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
8 26 (1.79%) vCenter Server
9 25 (1.72%) ZABBIX
10 21 (1.45%) Argo
11 20 (1.38%) Packer
11 20 (1.38%) QRadar
12 19 (1.31%) Proxmox
13 16 (1.10%) Puppet
14 14 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (0.96%) Graylog
15 13 (0.89%) Nagios
15 13 (0.89%) VxRail
Vendors
1 881 (60.63%) Microsoft
2 282 (19.41%) VMware
3 128 (8.81%) Cisco
4 109 (7.50%) ServiceNow
5 96 (6.61%) Splunk
6 64 (4.40%) Red Hat
7 59 (4.06%) Veeam
8 49 (3.37%) Oracle
9 48 (3.30%) Meraki
10 36 (2.48%) Citrix
11 35 (2.41%) Dynatrace
12 32 (2.20%) Apple
12 32 (2.20%) Sophos
13 31 (2.13%) Dell
14 30 (2.06%) Tenable
15 28 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
16 26 (1.79%) Fortinet
17 24 (1.65%) CyberArk
18 22 (1.51%) Okta
18 22 (1.51%) Palo Alto