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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 86 113
Rank change year-on-year -53 +27 -33
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,398 1,677 2,292
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 3.41% 2.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.93% 11.61% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 1,102 1,833
10th Percentile £31,475 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.23% +0.75% -2.91%

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 17,623 14,439 31,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.84% 29.39% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,568 9,610 23,710
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £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 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 16 July 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 16 July 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 1,272 £57,500 - 337
UK excluding London -58 880 £51,500 +2.23% 295
Work from Home -35 492 £60,000 +7.14% 204
London -24 486 £70,000 -5.41% 95
South East -22 243 £55,000 -4.35% 108
North of England -89 206 £48,445 -3.11% 67
Midlands -40 144 £50,000 - 40
North West -88 110 £50,051 +5.37% 38
East of England -23 96 £54,500 +9.00% 27
South West -61 83 £55,000 +15.79% 32
East Midlands -18 76 £42,500 +17.24% 19
West Midlands -74 67 £52,500 -4.55% 21
Yorkshire -40 57 £47,500 -6.40% 18
Scotland +31 43 £52,500 +31.25% 17
North East -27 39 £48,445 -19.26% 12
Northern Ireland -26 38 £46,000 +6.75% 12
Wales -34 27 £53,000 -3.64% 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
1 218 (15.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 195 (13.95%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.58%) IIS
4 26 (1.86%) Confluence
5 6 (0.43%) nginx
6 4 (0.29%) SAS
7 3 (0.21%) Apache
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.21%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.072%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.072%) Site Server
9 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.072%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.79%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.21%) Alphatax
5 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.072%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 885 (63.30%) Azure
2 500 (35.77%) Microsoft 365
3 371 (26.54%) Entra ID
4 244 (17.45%) AWS
5 151 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
6 131 (9.37%) SaaS
7 122 (8.73%) Power Platform
8 113 (8.08%) GitHub
9 101 (7.22%) IaaS
10 90 (6.44%) OneDrive
11 85 (6.08%) Azure Monitor
12 76 (5.44%) PaaS
13 73 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
14 66 (4.72%) Azure AKS
14 66 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
15 65 (4.65%) Power Automate
16 59 (4.22%) GCP
17 58 (4.15%) Azure Key Vault
18 52 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
19 50 (3.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 309 (22.10%) Firewall
2 293 (20.96%) DNS
3 203 (14.52%) VPN
4 198 (14.16%) DHCP
5 127 (9.08%) TCP/IP
6 93 (6.65%) WAN
7 86 (6.15%) LAN
8 74 (5.29%) Network Security
9 70 (5.01%) VLAN
10 49 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (2.86%) Wireless
12 37 (2.65%) VoIP
13 34 (2.43%) Broadband
14 33 (2.36%) SAN
15 31 (2.22%) Kerberos
16 22 (1.57%) BGP
17 16 (1.14%) Internet
17 16 (1.14%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.14%) SSL
18 15 (1.07%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (11.30%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.87%) Power BI
3 81 (5.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (1.65%) MySQL
7 21 (1.50%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (1.00%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.00%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.64%) InfluxDB
11 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.43%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.43%) Tableau
13 5 (0.36%) Metadata
13 5 (0.36%) Redis
14 4 (0.29%) Big Data
14 4 (0.29%) Power Query
14 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 105 (7.51%) Git
2 80 (5.72%) JIRA
3 68 (4.86%) GitLab
4 66 (4.72%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.22%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.86%) Metasploit
7 12 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.72%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.57%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.50%) Robot Framework
12 7 (0.50%) TestRail
13 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.43%) Selenium
14 5 (0.36%) Postman
15 4 (0.29%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.29%) SonarQube
16 3 (0.21%) Terragrunt
General
1 458 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 214 (15.31%) Finance
3 169 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (8.94%) Law
5 86 (6.15%) Legal
6 63 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
7 56 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
9 39 (2.79%) Public Sector
9 39 (2.79%) Retail
10 26 (1.86%) Banking
11 25 (1.79%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.22%) Advertising
14 16 (1.14%) Telecoms
15 13 (0.93%) Games
16 10 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.64%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.50%) Front Office
18 7 (0.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 275 (19.67%) Senior
2 176 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (11.44%) Analyst
4 152 (10.87%) Support Engineer
5 143 (10.23%) IT Engineer
6 141 (10.09%) IT Support
7 133 (9.51%) Azure Engineer
8 116 (8.30%) Cloud Engineer
9 100 (7.15%) DevOps Engineer
10 85 (6.08%) IT Support Engineer
11 84 (6.01%) Security Engineer
12 69 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
13 64 (4.58%) Developer
14 63 (4.51%) 2nd Line Support
15 62 (4.43%) Systems Engineer
16 59 (4.22%) Lead
17 51 (3.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 47 (3.36%) Support Analyst
19 46 (3.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 43 (3.08%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.29%) .NET
2 74 (5.29%) SAML
3 72 (5.15%) OAuth
4 67 (4.79%) REST
5 65 (4.65%) OpenID
6 60 (4.29%) LDAP
7 54 (3.86%) ARM Templates
8 44 (3.15%) YAML
9 42 (3.00%) HTML
9 42 (3.00%) JSON
10 39 (2.79%) Microsoft Graph
10 39 (2.79%) SOAP
11 37 (2.65%) .NET Core
12 32 (2.29%) CSS
13 29 (2.07%) GraphQL
14 24 (1.72%) SPFx
15 21 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.36%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (1.22%) XML
18 16 (1.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 110 (7.87%) Onboarding
2 83 (5.94%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 73 (5.22%) Security Posture
5 64 (4.58%) Driving Licence
6 60 (4.29%) Management Information System
7 52 (3.72%) Data Centre
8 49 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
9 45 (3.22%) Security Operations Centre
10 44 (3.15%) PKI
10 44 (3.15%) Public Cloud
11 43 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
12 42 (3.00%) Virtual Team
13 36 (2.58%) Cyber Defence
13 36 (2.58%) Cyberattack
13 36 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.72%) Private Cloud
15 23 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.50%) Clustering
16 21 (1.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 650 (46.49%) Windows
2 315 (22.53%) Windows Server
3 313 (22.39%) Linux
4 79 (5.65%) Windows 10
5 55 (3.93%) Apple iOS
6 49 (3.51%) VMS
7 46 (3.29%) Mac OS
8 41 (2.93%) Android
9 40 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 33 (2.36%) CentOS
11 32 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 28 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
13 25 (1.79%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.07%) Unix
15 8 (0.57%) Debian
16 7 (0.50%) Kali Linux
17 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
18 4 (0.29%) AIX
18 4 (0.29%) CoreOS
19 2 (0.14%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (25.46%) Problem-Solving
2 333 (23.82%) DevOps
3 319 (22.82%) Infrastructure as Code
4 316 (22.60%) CI/CD
5 287 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 270 (19.31%) Cybersecurity
7 260 (18.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 237 (16.95%) ITIL
9 213 (15.24%) Mentoring
10 172 (12.30%) Agile
11 165 (11.80%) Root Cause Analysis
12 164 (11.73%) Disaster Recovery
13 163 (11.66%) Incident Response
14 149 (10.66%) High Availability
15 140 (10.01%) Containerisation
16 139 (9.94%) SIEM
17 133 (9.51%) Cloud Security
18 132 (9.44%) Roadmaps
19 125 (8.94%) AI
20 119 (8.51%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 564 (40.34%) Python
2 341 (24.39%) Bash
3 278 (19.89%) SQL
4 134 (9.59%) C#
5 114 (8.15%) JavaScript
6 104 (7.44%) Bicep
7 65 (4.65%) TypeScript
8 63 (4.51%) T-SQL
9 49 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
10 34 (2.43%) Java
11 19 (1.36%) C++
12 18 (1.29%) VBScript
13 17 (1.22%) PHP
14 12 (0.86%) Perl
15 11 (0.79%) Go
15 11 (0.79%) VB
16 10 (0.72%) VBA
17 9 (0.64%) Ruby
18 8 (0.57%) C
19 6 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 169 (12.09%) Security Cleared
2 167 (11.95%) Degree
3 152 (10.87%) Azure Certification
4 129 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 114 (8.15%) SC Cleared
6 63 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
7 57 (4.08%) CISSP
8 56 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (3.29%) CompTIA Security+
10 44 (3.15%) CCNA
11 43 (3.08%) DV Cleared
12 27 (1.93%) DBS Check
12 27 (1.93%) OSCP
13 26 (1.86%) CEH
13 26 (1.86%) CREST Certified
14 25 (1.79%) GIAC
15 24 (1.72%) AWS Certification
16 22 (1.57%) CCNP
17 17 (1.22%) CISM
18 16 (1.14%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 111 (7.94%) NIST
3 63 (4.51%) GDPR
4 60 (4.29%) QA
5 58 (4.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 43 (3.08%) SLA
7 27 (1.93%) NCSC
8 21 (1.50%) PCI DSS
9 20 (1.43%) Data Quality
10 18 (1.29%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.86%) ISO 22301
12 10 (0.72%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.43%) PMO
16 5 (0.36%) DICOM
17 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
18 2 (0.14%) ISAE 3402
18 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 516 (36.91%) Active Directory
2 228 (16.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 153 (10.94%) Hyper-V
4 140 (10.01%) Docker
5 80 (5.72%) vSphere
6 51 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
7 42 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.79%) BitLocker
9 23 (1.65%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.72%) KVM
12 8 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.57%) Squid
13 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.21%) iptables
14 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.14%) Firmware
15 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 329 (23.53%) Terraform
2 230 (16.45%) Kubernetes
3 215 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 163 (11.66%) Ansible
5 78 (5.58%) Grafana
6 57 (4.08%) SCCM
7 56 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
8 52 (3.72%) Prometheus
9 27 (1.93%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.79%) vCenter Server
11 24 (1.72%) ZABBIX
12 21 (1.50%) Argo
13 20 (1.43%) Packer
13 20 (1.43%) QRadar
14 16 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 16 (1.14%) Proxmox
15 14 (1.00%) Graylog
16 13 (0.93%) Nessus
17 12 (0.86%) VxRail
18 11 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 817 (58.44%) Microsoft
2 274 (19.60%) VMware
3 114 (8.15%) Cisco
4 94 (6.72%) Splunk
5 82 (5.87%) ServiceNow
6 58 (4.15%) Red Hat
7 51 (3.65%) Veeam
8 41 (2.93%) Meraki
9 40 (2.86%) Oracle
10 32 (2.29%) Tenable
11 31 (2.22%) Sophos
12 30 (2.15%) Apple
12 30 (2.15%) Citrix
13 29 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
14 27 (1.93%) Dell
14 27 (1.93%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.86%) Fortinet
16 24 (1.72%) Dynatrace
17 23 (1.65%) CyberArk
17 23 (1.65%) SolarWinds