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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 86 113
Rank change year-on-year -51 +27 -30
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,390 1,655 2,348
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 3.44% 2.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.93% 11.55% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 1,078 1,888
10th Percentile £31,700 £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 £74,000 £77,500 £75,344
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,455
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.38%

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 17,539 14,332 33,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 29.83% 31.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,477 9,540 24,828
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £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 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 7 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 7 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 -53 1,283 £57,500 - 381
UK excluding London -62 865 £50,000 - 299
London -18 496 £70,000 -3.45% 127
Work from Home -46 469 £60,000 +5.26% 181
South East -34 239 £53,000 -7.83% 104
North of England -85 207 £47,500 -5.00% 69
Midlands -46 140 £50,000 - 36
North West -87 110 £50,051 +4.48% 44
East of England -26 98 £54,500 +9.00% 26
South West -54 91 £55,000 +15.79% 46
East Midlands -6 77 £45,000 +28.57% 15
West Midlands -68 62 £52,500 -4.55% 21
Yorkshire -26 61 £47,500 -9.52% 15
Scotland +28 47 £51,250 +15.82% 20
North East -24 36 £47,972 -20.05% 12
Wales -28 26 £53,085 -3.48% 6
Northern Ireland -34 17 £46,000 +6.75% 6

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
1 220 (15.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 197 (14.17%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.60%) IIS
4 25 (1.80%) Confluence
5 4 (0.29%) nginx
5 4 (0.29%) SAS
6 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.14%) Apache
7 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.072%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.072%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.072%) Site Server
8 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
Applications
1 77 (5.54%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.072%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.72%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.36%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.22%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.072%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.072%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 894 (64.32%) Azure
2 501 (36.04%) Microsoft 365
3 372 (26.76%) Entra ID
4 234 (16.83%) AWS
5 152 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
6 122 (8.78%) Power Platform
7 117 (8.42%) GitHub
8 111 (7.99%) SaaS
9 104 (7.48%) IaaS
10 89 (6.40%) OneDrive
11 84 (6.04%) Azure Monitor
12 79 (5.68%) PaaS
13 76 (5.47%) GitHub Actions
14 65 (4.68%) Azure AKS
14 65 (4.68%) Power Automate
15 63 (4.53%) Azure Sentinel
16 58 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
17 57 (4.10%) GCP
18 51 (3.67%) Serverless
19 50 (3.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 308 (22.16%) Firewall
2 289 (20.79%) DNS
3 207 (14.89%) VPN
4 195 (14.03%) DHCP
5 125 (8.99%) TCP/IP
6 94 (6.76%) WAN
7 89 (6.40%) LAN
8 79 (5.68%) Network Security
9 71 (5.11%) VLAN
10 51 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.17%) Broadband
12 39 (2.81%) Wireless
13 38 (2.73%) VoIP
14 35 (2.52%) SAN
15 26 (1.87%) Kerberos
16 23 (1.65%) BGP
17 17 (1.22%) SD-WAN
18 16 (1.15%) SSL
19 15 (1.08%) MPLS
19 15 (1.08%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (11.51%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.83%) Power BI
3 79 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (1.87%) MySQL
6 25 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.51%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.08%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.72%) InfluxDB
12 7 (0.50%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.50%) Tableau
13 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.36%) Metadata
13 5 (0.36%) Redis
13 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 109 (7.84%) Git
2 77 (5.54%) JIRA
3 69 (4.96%) Jenkins
4 67 (4.82%) GitLab
5 34 (2.45%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.01%) Metasploit
8 13 (0.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 12 (0.86%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (0.72%) Burp Suite
12 9 (0.65%) Robot Framework
13 8 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.58%) TestRail
14 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.43%) Selenium
15 5 (0.36%) CircleCI
15 5 (0.36%) SonarQube
16 4 (0.29%) Artifactory
17 3 (0.22%) Terragrunt
General
1 442 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 224 (16.12%) Finance
3 167 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.27%) Law
5 71 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
6 65 (4.68%) Legal
7 58 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
9 44 (3.17%) Retail
10 37 (2.66%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.87%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.73%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.65%) Banking
14 18 (1.29%) Games
14 18 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.22%) Advertising
16 9 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.58%) Aviation
17 8 (0.58%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.43%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 260 (18.71%) Senior
2 174 (12.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (11.51%) Analyst
4 154 (11.08%) Support Engineer
5 143 (10.29%) IT Support
6 142 (10.22%) IT Engineer
7 133 (9.57%) Azure Engineer
8 111 (7.99%) Cloud Engineer
9 104 (7.48%) DevOps Engineer
10 87 (6.26%) IT Support Engineer
11 86 (6.19%) Security Engineer
12 70 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
13 67 (4.82%) Developer
14 64 (4.60%) Systems Engineer
15 61 (4.39%) 2nd Line Support
16 56 (4.03%) Lead
17 50 (3.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 46 (3.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 46 (3.31%) Architect
19 44 (3.17%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.40%) .NET
2 82 (5.90%) SAML
3 80 (5.76%) OAuth
4 77 (5.54%) REST
5 73 (5.25%) OpenID
6 69 (4.96%) LDAP
7 51 (3.67%) ARM Templates
8 49 (3.53%) SOAP
9 44 (3.17%) YAML
10 42 (3.02%) JSON
11 41 (2.95%) HTML
12 39 (2.81%) GraphQL
12 39 (2.81%) Microsoft Graph
13 37 (2.66%) .NET Core
14 32 (2.30%) CSS
15 24 (1.73%) SPFx
16 23 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.37%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.22%) XML
19 15 (1.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.48%) Onboarding
2 82 (5.90%) Cloud Native
3 79 (5.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 75 (5.40%) Security Posture
5 66 (4.75%) Driving Licence
6 61 (4.39%) Management Information System
7 59 (4.24%) Cyber Threat
8 49 (3.53%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.24%) Cyberattack
9 45 (3.24%) Security Operations Centre
10 44 (3.17%) Public Cloud
11 43 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
11 43 (3.09%) PKI
12 39 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
13 36 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.73%) Private Cloud
15 23 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
15 23 (1.65%) Replication
16 22 (1.58%) Virtual Team
17 21 (1.51%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 655 (47.12%) Windows
2 322 (23.17%) Windows Server
3 316 (22.73%) Linux
4 79 (5.68%) Windows 10
5 54 (3.88%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.60%) VMS
7 49 (3.53%) Mac OS
8 40 (2.88%) Android
8 40 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 34 (2.45%) CentOS
10 32 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.80%) Ubuntu
13 14 (1.01%) Unix
14 8 (0.58%) Debian
15 6 (0.43%) Kali Linux
15 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.29%) AIX
16 4 (0.29%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (22.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 318 (22.88%) CI/CD
4 315 (22.66%) DevOps
5 281 (20.22%) Cybersecurity
6 266 (19.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 254 (18.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 233 (16.76%) ITIL
9 200 (14.39%) Mentoring
10 182 (13.09%) Agile
11 167 (12.01%) Disaster Recovery
12 165 (11.87%) Root Cause Analysis
13 164 (11.80%) Incident Response
14 147 (10.58%) High Availability
15 145 (10.43%) Containerisation
16 141 (10.14%) Roadmaps
17 135 (9.71%) Cloud Security
18 134 (9.64%) SIEM
19 124 (8.92%) Task Automation
20 120 (8.63%) AI
Programming Languages
1 548 (39.42%) Python
2 355 (25.54%) Bash
3 287 (20.65%) SQL
4 112 (8.06%) C#
5 103 (7.41%) Bicep
6 93 (6.69%) JavaScript
7 72 (5.18%) T-SQL
8 44 (3.17%) Kusto Query Language
8 44 (3.17%) TypeScript
9 33 (2.37%) Java
10 19 (1.37%) C++
11 17 (1.22%) VBScript
12 16 (1.15%) PHP
13 12 (0.86%) Perl
14 11 (0.79%) Go
14 11 (0.79%) VB
15 10 (0.72%) VBA
16 9 (0.65%) Ruby
17 8 (0.58%) C
18 6 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 172 (12.37%) Security Cleared
2 169 (12.16%) Degree
3 153 (11.01%) Azure Certification
4 135 (9.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 113 (8.13%) SC Cleared
6 61 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
7 59 (4.24%) CISSP
8 57 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.24%) DV Cleared
10 43 (3.09%) CCNA
11 42 (3.02%) CompTIA Security+
12 30 (2.16%) CREST Certified
13 29 (2.09%) DBS Check
13 29 (2.09%) OSCP
14 27 (1.94%) AWS Certification
15 25 (1.80%) GIAC
16 24 (1.73%) CEH
17 21 (1.51%) CCNP
18 16 (1.15%) CISM
19 15 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (10.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 124 (8.92%) NIST
3 66 (4.75%) GDPR
4 58 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (3.02%) SLA
6 38 (2.73%) QA
7 37 (2.66%) NCSC
8 20 (1.44%) PCI DSS
9 19 (1.37%) Data Quality
10 18 (1.29%) SOC 2
11 14 (1.01%) ISO 22301
12 13 (0.94%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.43%) DICOM
15 6 (0.43%) PMO
16 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.14%) EMIR
17 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.14%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 526 (37.84%) Active Directory
2 230 (16.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 154 (11.08%) Hyper-V
4 147 (10.58%) Docker
5 81 (5.83%) vSphere
6 49 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.80%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.73%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.72%) KVM
12 8 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.58%) Squid
13 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.29%) iptables
15 3 (0.22%) Firmware
15 3 (0.22%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 328 (23.60%) Terraform
2 233 (16.76%) Kubernetes
3 212 (15.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 167 (12.01%) Ansible
5 76 (5.47%) Grafana
6 59 (4.24%) Single Sign-On
7 55 (3.96%) SCCM
8 52 (3.74%) Prometheus
9 27 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
10 26 (1.87%) vCenter Server
11 23 (1.65%) ZABBIX
12 21 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 21 (1.51%) Argo
13 20 (1.44%) Packer
14 19 (1.37%) QRadar
15 16 (1.15%) Nessus
15 16 (1.15%) Proxmox
16 14 (1.01%) Graylog
17 13 (0.94%) VxRail
18 12 (0.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 816 (58.71%) Microsoft
2 277 (19.93%) VMware
3 108 (7.77%) Cisco
4 93 (6.69%) Splunk
5 74 (5.32%) ServiceNow
6 58 (4.17%) Red Hat
7 53 (3.81%) Veeam
8 41 (2.95%) Meraki
9 40 (2.88%) Oracle
10 31 (2.23%) Tenable
11 30 (2.16%) Apple
12 29 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (2.01%) Dell
13 28 (2.01%) Sophos
14 27 (1.94%) Citrix
15 26 (1.87%) Palo Alto
16 25 (1.80%) Fortinet
16 25 (1.80%) Google
17 24 (1.73%) SolarWinds
18 22 (1.58%) Dynatrace