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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 92 105
Rank change year-on-year -46 +13 -11
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,249 1,348 2,441
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.46% 3.25% 2.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.20% 9.75% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 916 1,048 2,095
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £35,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 15,228 13,823 32,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.76% 33.33% 34.27%
Number of salaries quoted 10,358 10,205 25,114
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,750 £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 16 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 16 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 -50 1,107 £58,000 -3.33% 353
UK excluding London -59 693 £52,500 - 307
London -10 513 £70,000 -12.50% 110
Work from Home -23 403 £60,000 +2.56% 152
South East -77 181 £58,000 +0.87% 105
North of England -54 137 £48,445 -4.54% 59
Midlands -62 102 £52,500 +5.00% 33
Scotland +38 95 £61,000 +1.67% 22
South West -43 93 £55,000 +15.79% 44
North West -36 70 £55,000 +18.28% 31
East of England -49 68 £41,750 -24.09% 38
East Midlands -44 57 £55,000 +15.79% 15
Yorkshire -37 54 £47,500 -9.52% 16
West Midlands -56 44 £48,000 -4.00% 18
Wales -18 15 £65,000 +28.58% 17
North East -35 13 £45,000 -21.74% 12
Northern Ireland -39 2 £46,000 - 3

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
1 184 (14.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 144 (11.53%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.04%) IIS
4 17 (1.36%) Exchange Server 2003
5 15 (1.20%) Confluence
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 50 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) CATIA
4 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.24%) Windchill
5 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.080%) Actimize
4 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 803 (64.29%) Azure
2 428 (34.27%) Microsoft 365
3 339 (27.14%) Entra ID
4 211 (16.89%) AWS
5 129 (10.33%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.17%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.53%) GitHub
8 75 (6.00%) Google Workspace
9 73 (5.84%) GCP
10 72 (5.76%) GitHub Actions
11 71 (5.68%) SaaS
12 68 (5.44%) OneDrive
13 59 (4.72%) IaaS
14 57 (4.56%) PaaS
15 47 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
16 44 (3.52%) Power Automate
17 43 (3.44%) Azure Logic Apps
18 42 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
19 39 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
20 38 (3.04%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 233 (18.65%) DNS
2 228 (18.25%) Firewall
3 173 (13.85%) DHCP
4 134 (10.73%) VPN
5 104 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 72 (5.76%) WAN
7 65 (5.20%) LAN
8 63 (5.04%) Broadband
9 61 (4.88%) Network Security
10 50 (4.00%) VLAN
11 47 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.20%) VoIP
13 33 (2.64%) SAN
14 32 (2.56%) Wireless
15 27 (2.16%) SD-WAN
16 20 (1.60%) BGP
17 19 (1.52%) MPLS
18 14 (1.12%) VSAN
19 12 (0.96%) Internet
19 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (10.97%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.89%) Power BI
3 35 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.08%) MySQL
6 25 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (1.76%) Oracle Database
9 20 (1.60%) Oracle Database 10g
10 19 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.28%) NoSQL
13 14 (1.12%) Tableau
14 12 (0.96%) InfluxDB
15 8 (0.64%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.56%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.56%) Metadata
17 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
18 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 91 (7.29%) Git
2 74 (5.92%) Jenkins
3 72 (5.76%) JIRA
4 46 (3.68%) GitLab
5 28 (2.24%) Bitbucket
6 18 (1.44%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.04%) Robot Framework
9 12 (0.96%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.80%) TestRail
11 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
12 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
12 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.32%) Balsamiq
14 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) Selenium
14 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 416 (33.31%) Social Skills
2 260 (20.82%) Finance
3 166 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.65%) Organisational Skills
5 66 (5.28%) Law
6 46 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.44%) Retail
8 41 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (3.28%) Legal
9 39 (3.12%) Public Sector
10 33 (2.64%) Games
11 31 (2.48%) Banking
12 24 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.60%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.44%) Front Office
15 14 (1.12%) Advertising
15 14 (1.12%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.64%) Military
17 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 217 (17.37%) Senior
2 152 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 142 (11.37%) Support Engineer
4 129 (10.33%) Azure Engineer
5 126 (10.09%) Analyst
6 109 (8.73%) IT Support
7 85 (6.81%) IT Engineer
8 82 (6.57%) Cloud Engineer
8 82 (6.57%) Security Engineer
9 69 (5.52%) DevOps Engineer
10 66 (5.28%) Lead
11 65 (5.20%) Developer
12 62 (4.96%) IT Support Engineer
13 56 (4.48%) 3rd Line Support
14 51 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support
15 46 (3.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 46 (3.68%) Architect
16 43 (3.44%) Platform Engineer
17 42 (3.36%) Systems Engineer
18 39 (3.12%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (7.93%) OAuth
2 91 (7.29%) REST
3 83 (6.65%) SAML
4 82 (6.57%) OpenID
5 71 (5.68%) .NET
6 70 (5.60%) GraphQL
7 69 (5.52%) LDAP
8 66 (5.28%) SOAP
9 33 (2.64%) .NET Core
9 33 (2.64%) YAML
10 30 (2.40%) JSON
11 28 (2.24%) ARM Templates
12 24 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
13 22 (1.76%) CSS
14 21 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
14 21 (1.68%) SPFx
15 20 (1.60%) HTML
16 18 (1.44%) React
17 15 (1.20%) Node.js
18 14 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.61%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.84%) Cyber Threat
3 72 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.36%) Cyberattack
5 60 (4.80%) Security Posture
6 55 (4.40%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.60%) Cloud Native
7 45 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (3.20%) Driving Licence
9 38 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
10 37 (2.96%) Data Centre
11 36 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
12 31 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (2.48%) Public Cloud
13 26 (2.08%) PKI
14 24 (1.92%) CMDB
15 20 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.52%) Low-Code
17 18 (1.44%) Replication
17 18 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 571 (45.72%) Windows
2 284 (22.74%) Windows Server
3 258 (20.66%) Linux
4 72 (5.76%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.32%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.68%) Apple iOS
7 45 (3.60%) Android
8 40 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 38 (3.04%) Unix
10 30 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 30 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
11 26 (2.08%) CentOS
12 22 (1.76%) VMS
13 21 (1.68%) Solaris
14 18 (1.44%) Ubuntu
15 17 (1.36%) HPUX
15 17 (1.36%) Windows 7
15 17 (1.36%) Windows Server 2003
15 17 (1.36%) Windows Server 2008
16 12 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (27.70%) Problem-Solving
2 268 (21.46%) DevOps
3 259 (20.74%) Cybersecurity
4 258 (20.66%) CI/CD
5 250 (20.02%) Infrastructure as Code
6 234 (18.73%) ITIL
7 212 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 205 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 194 (15.53%) Mentoring
10 165 (13.21%) Agile
11 149 (11.93%) Incident Response
12 147 (11.77%) Disaster Recovery
13 139 (11.13%) Roadmaps
14 127 (10.17%) Root Cause Analysis
15 116 (9.29%) SIEM
16 110 (8.81%) Containerisation
17 108 (8.65%) Cloud Security
17 108 (8.65%) Task Automation
18 106 (8.49%) Identity Access Management
19 94 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 464 (37.15%) Python
2 313 (25.06%) Bash
3 267 (21.38%) SQL
4 85 (6.81%) C#
5 83 (6.65%) T-SQL
6 74 (5.92%) JavaScript
7 67 (5.36%) Bicep
8 31 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.00%) Perl
10 22 (1.76%) Java
11 16 (1.28%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.88%) Go
13 10 (0.80%) C++
13 10 (0.80%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.72%) VB
15 7 (0.56%) C
15 7 (0.56%) PHP
16 6 (0.48%) Delphi
16 6 (0.48%) VBA
16 6 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 167 (13.37%) Degree
2 155 (12.41%) Security Cleared
3 104 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 94 (7.53%) SC Cleared
5 86 (6.89%) Azure Certification
6 66 (5.28%) DV Cleared
7 58 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (4.32%) CISSP
9 40 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.64%) CREST Certified
11 27 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 26 (2.08%) OSCP
13 25 (2.00%) GIAC
14 24 (1.92%) CCNA
14 24 (1.92%) CEH
15 22 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
16 21 (1.68%) AWS Certification
17 17 (1.36%) DBS Check
18 15 (1.20%) CCNP
19 14 (1.12%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (12.97%) NIST
2 160 (12.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (5.36%) GDPR
4 66 (5.28%) NCSC
5 59 (4.72%) SLA
6 29 (2.32%) Accessibility
6 29 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (1.52%) ISO 22301
8 18 (1.44%) Data Quality
9 16 (1.28%) QA
10 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
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
18 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 472 (37.79%) Active Directory
2 157 (12.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (10.33%) Docker
4 109 (8.73%) Hyper-V
5 46 (3.68%) vSphere
6 35 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.36%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.28%) Firmware
11 13 (1.04%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.40%) XenApp
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.24%) vCloud
16 2 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 266 (21.30%) Terraform
2 184 (14.73%) Kubernetes
3 182 (14.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 151 (12.09%) Ansible
5 57 (4.56%) Grafana
6 48 (3.84%) SCCM
7 44 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
8 34 (2.72%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.68%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 14 (1.12%) Puppet
13 13 (1.04%) Nessus
14 12 (0.96%) VxRail
15 11 (0.88%) QRadar
16 10 (0.80%) FortiGate
17 8 (0.64%) logstash
17 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
18 7 (0.56%) Packer
18 7 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 689 (55.16%) Microsoft
2 240 (19.22%) VMware
3 110 (8.81%) Cisco
4 68 (5.44%) Splunk
5 57 (4.56%) ServiceNow
6 56 (4.48%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.60%) Oracle
8 42 (3.36%) Veeam
9 38 (3.04%) CrowdStrike
10 36 (2.88%) Google
11 33 (2.64%) Commvault
11 33 (2.64%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.24%) Citrix
12 28 (2.24%) Dell
12 28 (2.24%) Fortinet
13 27 (2.16%) CyberArk
13 27 (2.16%) Meraki
14 23 (1.84%) Apple
15 21 (1.68%) Dynatrace
16 20 (1.60%) Atlassian