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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 96 96
Rank change year-on-year -55 0 -35
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,504 1,554 1,804
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 3.16% 2.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.10% 12.44% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 997 1,063 1,169
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,950
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,765 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,250 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year - +3.96% -6.48%

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 18,559 12,494 22,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.64% 25.40% 31.36%
Number of salaries quoted 13,136 8,117 13,315
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £109,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -60 1,301 £57,500 - 1,042
UK excluding London -70 972 £52,500 - 620
Work from Home -29 521 £60,000 - 525
London -28 471 £70,000 -0.71% 457
South East -22 238 £52,500 -8.70% 169
North of England -94 234 £50,000 - 152
Midlands -33 161 £52,500 +1.94% 82
North West -84 140 £50,000 - 77
East of England -39 99 £56,250 +18.42% 54
South West -61 93 £55,000 +13.40% 85
East Midlands -8 83 £42,500 +15.65% 31
West Midlands -60 78 £55,000 - 51
Northern Ireland -25 70 £46,000 - 25
Yorkshire -50 57 £48,445 -3.11% 52
Scotland -6 46 £52,500 +23.53% 43
North East -43 37 £51,500 -14.17% 24
Wales -57 31 £35,000 -36.36% 18

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
1 265 (17.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 245 (16.29%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.32%) IIS
4 43 (2.86%) Confluence
5 15 (1.00%) nginx
6 8 (0.53%) Apache
7 5 (0.33%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.066%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.066%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 36 (2.39%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.33%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.066%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.066%) Actimize
7 1 (0.066%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 905 (60.17%) Azure
2 587 (39.03%) Microsoft 365
3 510 (33.91%) Entra ID
4 261 (17.35%) AWS
5 187 (12.43%) SaaS
6 182 (12.10%) Azure DevOps
7 128 (8.51%) Power Platform
8 117 (7.78%) GitHub
9 116 (7.71%) OneDrive
10 108 (7.18%) IaaS
11 96 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
12 92 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
13 79 (5.25%) PaaS
13 79 (5.25%) Power Automate
14 74 (4.92%) Azure AKS
15 73 (4.85%) GCP
16 70 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
17 69 (4.59%) Azure Key Vault
18 64 (4.26%) Microsoft Copilot
19 63 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 345 (22.94%) DNS
2 335 (22.27%) Firewall
3 244 (16.22%) DHCP
4 242 (16.09%) VPN
5 163 (10.84%) TCP/IP
6 96 (6.38%) WAN
7 86 (5.72%) VLAN
8 85 (5.65%) LAN
9 63 (4.19%) Network Security
10 60 (3.99%) Wireless
11 50 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (2.66%) SAN
13 35 (2.33%) Kerberos
14 32 (2.13%) SSL
15 27 (1.80%) NAS
16 24 (1.60%) HTTP
17 18 (1.20%) VSAN
18 15 (1.00%) Internet
19 14 (0.93%) FTP
19 14 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (9.97%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 64 (4.26%) Power BI
4 23 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.46%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 13 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.80%) MySQL
9 11 (0.73%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.66%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.53%) InfluxDB
11 8 (0.53%) Power Query
11 8 (0.53%) Redis
11 8 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.47%) Metadata
13 6 (0.40%) Db2
13 6 (0.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 99 (6.58%) JIRA
2 91 (6.05%) Git
3 82 (5.45%) GitLab
4 66 (4.39%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.66%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.66%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.53%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.53%) SonarQube
8 8 (0.53%) TestRail
9 7 (0.47%) Postman
10 6 (0.40%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.40%) Selenium
11 5 (0.33%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.33%) MSI
11 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.27%) JMeter
General
1 578 (38.43%) Social Skills
2 251 (16.69%) Finance
3 201 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (7.78%) Legal
5 103 (6.85%) Law
6 78 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.06%) Retail
9 44 (2.93%) Banking
10 40 (2.66%) Public Sector
11 39 (2.59%) Aerospace
12 37 (2.46%) Manufacturing
12 37 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (0.93%) Legal Technology
14 13 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.80%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.66%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.60%) Advertising
17 9 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 287 (19.08%) Senior
2 229 (15.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 182 (12.10%) Analyst
4 135 (8.98%) Azure Engineer
5 132 (8.78%) IT Engineer
6 129 (8.58%) Cloud Engineer
7 127 (8.44%) Support Engineer
8 119 (7.91%) DevOps Engineer
9 106 (7.05%) IT Support
10 82 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
11 81 (5.39%) Consultant
12 72 (4.79%) Lead
12 72 (4.79%) Support Analyst
13 67 (4.45%) IT Support Engineer
14 59 (3.92%) Security Engineer
15 57 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
16 55 (3.66%) Administrator
16 55 (3.66%) Senior Manager
16 55 (3.66%) Testing Manager
17 49 (3.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 382 (25.40%) Terraform
2 67 (4.45%) .NET
3 59 (3.92%) REST
4 56 (3.72%) SAML
5 54 (3.59%) ARM Templates
6 50 (3.32%) LDAP
7 44 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
8 43 (2.86%) OpenID
9 41 (2.73%) OAuth
9 41 (2.73%) YAML
10 30 (1.99%) HTML
11 28 (1.86%) JSON
12 24 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
13 22 (1.46%) SPFx
14 21 (1.40%) CSS
15 16 (1.06%) .NET Core
15 16 (1.06%) Kafka
16 15 (1.00%) SOAP
17 14 (0.93%) ASP.NET
17 14 (0.93%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 130 (8.64%) Onboarding
2 93 (6.18%) Cloud Native
3 87 (5.78%) Driving Licence
4 81 (5.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 74 (4.92%) Security Posture
6 68 (4.52%) Management Information System
7 62 (4.12%) Replication
8 60 (3.99%) Virtual Team
9 56 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
10 54 (3.59%) PKI
11 49 (3.26%) Data Centre
12 40 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
13 39 (2.59%) Public Cloud
14 38 (2.53%) Clustering
15 30 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
16 29 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
17 23 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
17 23 (1.53%) Private Cloud
18 21 (1.40%) Enterprise Storage
19 19 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 724 (48.14%) Windows
2 357 (23.74%) Linux
3 352 (23.40%) Windows Server
4 100 (6.65%) Windows 10
5 50 (3.32%) Apple iOS
6 46 (3.06%) Ubuntu
7 42 (2.79%) Android
7 42 (2.79%) macOS
8 39 (2.59%) VMS
9 36 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 33 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 32 (2.13%) CentOS
12 26 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.46%) Unix
14 19 (1.26%) Rocky
15 8 (0.53%) Debian
16 7 (0.47%) Kali Linux
16 7 (0.47%) Solaris
17 5 (0.33%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (28.92%) Problem-Solving
2 398 (26.46%) DevOps
3 397 (26.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 363 (24.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 344 (22.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 327 (21.74%) CI/CD
7 268 (17.82%) ITIL
8 266 (17.69%) Cybersecurity
9 236 (15.69%) Mentoring
10 231 (15.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 190 (12.63%) AI
12 170 (11.30%) Agile
13 169 (11.24%) Root Cause Analysis
14 167 (11.10%) Project Delivery
15 159 (10.57%) Platform Engineering
16 154 (10.24%) High Availability
17 153 (10.17%) Migration
18 152 (10.11%) Cloud Security
19 145 (9.64%) Incident Response
19 145 (9.64%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 584 (38.83%) Python
2 314 (20.88%) Bash
3 298 (19.81%) SQL
4 136 (9.04%) JavaScript
5 130 (8.64%) Bicep
6 125 (8.31%) C#
7 82 (5.45%) TypeScript
8 55 (3.66%) Kusto Query Language
9 43 (2.86%) Java
10 35 (2.33%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.40%) C++
11 21 (1.40%) VBScript
12 19 (1.26%) Perl
13 13 (0.86%) PHP
14 11 (0.73%) Ruby
15 9 (0.60%) VBA
16 8 (0.53%) Go
16 8 (0.53%) VB
17 7 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 6 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 227 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 169 (11.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 168 (11.17%) Degree
4 165 (10.97%) Azure Certification
5 144 (9.57%) SC Cleared
6 68 (4.52%) DV Cleared
7 66 (4.39%) CISSP
8 57 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 55 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 47 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (2.59%) CCNA
12 28 (1.86%) CEH
13 25 (1.66%) AWS Certification
13 25 (1.66%) DBS Check
14 21 (1.40%) CISM
15 19 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 18 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (1.20%) GIAC
16 18 (1.20%) OSCP
17 16 (1.06%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (5.52%) QA
3 80 (5.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 69 (4.59%) NIST
5 51 (3.39%) SLA
6 44 (2.93%) GDPR
7 22 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 21 (1.40%) Data Quality
9 13 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.73%) SOC 2
11 10 (0.66%) NCSC
12 9 (0.60%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.53%) PMO
14 7 (0.47%) ISO 22301
15 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.13%) EMIR
16 2 (0.13%) GRC
16 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 563 (37.43%) Active Directory
2 248 (16.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 169 (11.24%) Hyper-V
4 137 (9.11%) Docker
5 82 (5.45%) vSphere
6 79 (5.25%) Virtual Machines
7 62 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 35 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
9 31 (2.06%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.13%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.00%) Firmware
12 8 (0.53%) KVM
13 6 (0.40%) Squid
14 5 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.20%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.20%) NFS
17 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 274 (18.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 231 (15.36%) Kubernetes
3 173 (11.50%) Ansible
4 81 (5.39%) Grafana
5 79 (5.25%) SCCM
6 65 (4.32%) Single Sign-On
7 45 (2.99%) Prometheus
8 35 (2.33%) Puppet
9 30 (1.99%) vCenter Server
10 24 (1.60%) Argo
11 23 (1.53%) ZABBIX
12 21 (1.40%) QRadar
13 20 (1.33%) FortiGate
13 20 (1.33%) Proxmox
14 15 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 15 (1.00%) Graylog
15 14 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
15 14 (0.93%) Progress Chef
16 13 (0.86%) Packer
17 11 (0.73%) Kibana
Vendors
1 969 (64.43%) Microsoft
2 290 (19.28%) VMware
3 110 (7.31%) Cisco
4 95 (6.32%) ServiceNow
5 89 (5.92%) Splunk
6 72 (4.79%) Veeam
7 48 (3.19%) Oracle
8 42 (2.79%) Citrix
8 42 (2.79%) Red Hat
9 37 (2.46%) Meraki
10 34 (2.26%) Sage
11 32 (2.13%) Dell
11 32 (2.13%) SolarWinds
12 30 (1.99%) Dynatrace
13 29 (1.93%) CyberArk
13 29 (1.93%) Google
13 29 (1.93%) SAP
13 29 (1.93%) Sophos
14 27 (1.80%) Apple
14 27 (1.80%) Fortinet