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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 90 108
Rank change year-on-year -48 +18 -9
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,252 1,357 2,389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.43% 3.24% 2.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.08% 9.70% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 918 1,055 2,038
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,550 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,199 £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 £83,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 15,496 13,986 32,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.67% 33.43% 34.10%
Number of salaries quoted 10,519 10,263 24,963
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,171 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%

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 21 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 21 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 -60 1,108 £58,000 -3.33% 363
UK excluding London -62 696 £52,500 - 320
London -12 516 £70,000 -9.68% 108
Work from Home -20 404 £60,000 +4.35% 158
South East -79 175 £56,750 -1.30% 103
North of England -57 139 £48,445 -3.11% 60
Midlands -57 105 £52,500 +5.00% 42
Scotland +42 97 £55,000 -4.35% 21
South West -43 90 £55,000 +15.79% 43
East of England -49 70 £44,500 -19.09% 40
North West -46 69 £55,000 +19.57% 30
East Midlands -52 59 £55,000 +25.71% 22
Yorkshire -39 56 £47,500 -13.64% 17
West Midlands -66 45 £47,750 -4.50% 20
Wales -16 18 £58,248 +15.22% 12
North East -39 14 £45,000 -21.74% 13
Northern Ireland -41 2 £46,000 - 13

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
1 182 (14.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 150 (11.98%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.04%) IIS
4 16 (1.28%) Confluence
5 13 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2003
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 52 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) CATIA
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.24%) Windchill
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 6 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 802 (64.06%) Azure
2 433 (34.58%) Microsoft 365
3 338 (27.00%) Entra ID
4 212 (16.93%) AWS
5 130 (10.38%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.15%) Power Platform
7 95 (7.59%) GitHub
8 75 (5.99%) Google Workspace
9 73 (5.83%) GitHub Actions
9 73 (5.83%) OneDrive
9 73 (5.83%) SaaS
10 71 (5.67%) GCP
11 55 (4.39%) IaaS
12 53 (4.23%) PaaS
13 47 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
13 47 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
14 46 (3.67%) Power Automate
15 43 (3.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 43 (3.43%) Azure Sentinel
16 38 (3.04%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 232 (18.53%) DNS
2 230 (18.37%) Firewall
3 169 (13.50%) DHCP
4 136 (10.86%) VPN
5 105 (8.39%) TCP/IP
6 74 (5.91%) WAN
7 67 (5.35%) LAN
8 63 (5.03%) Broadband
9 60 (4.79%) Network Security
10 50 (3.99%) VLAN
11 46 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.12%) VoIP
13 34 (2.72%) SAN
14 31 (2.48%) Wireless
15 25 (2.00%) SD-WAN
16 21 (1.68%) BGP
17 18 (1.44%) MPLS
18 14 (1.12%) VSAN
19 13 (1.04%) Internet
20 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (10.86%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.87%) Power BI
3 40 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (2.00%) MySQL
7 23 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.36%) Oracle Database
10 16 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.20%) Oracle Database 10g
12 14 (1.12%) Tableau
13 11 (0.88%) InfluxDB
14 9 (0.72%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.72%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.56%) Metadata
16 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 95 (7.59%) Git
2 74 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 73 (5.83%) JIRA
4 48 (3.83%) GitLab
5 29 (2.32%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
9 12 (0.96%) Robot Framework
10 11 (0.88%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.72%) TestRail
11 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
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
1 417 (33.31%) Social Skills
2 255 (20.37%) Finance
3 166 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.55%) Organisational Skills
5 65 (5.19%) Law
6 44 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
6 44 (3.51%) Retail
7 42 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (3.35%) Legal
8 40 (3.19%) Public Sector
9 33 (2.64%) Games
10 30 (2.40%) Banking
11 25 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.44%) Front Office
14 16 (1.28%) Aerospace
15 15 (1.20%) Advertising
16 8 (0.64%) Military
17 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 222 (17.73%) Senior
2 151 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 138 (11.02%) Support Engineer
4 129 (10.30%) Analyst
4 129 (10.30%) Azure Engineer
5 108 (8.63%) IT Support
6 86 (6.87%) Security Engineer
7 85 (6.79%) IT Engineer
8 81 (6.47%) Cloud Engineer
9 70 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
10 66 (5.27%) Developer
11 65 (5.19%) Lead
12 60 (4.79%) IT Support Engineer
13 53 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support
14 52 (4.15%) 3rd Line Support
15 45 (3.59%) Architect
15 45 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
16 44 (3.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 42 (3.35%) Support Analyst
17 42 (3.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (7.91%) OAuth
2 90 (7.19%) REST
3 83 (6.63%) SAML
4 82 (6.55%) OpenID
5 74 (5.91%) .NET
6 70 (5.59%) GraphQL
7 69 (5.51%) LDAP
8 66 (5.27%) SOAP
9 35 (2.80%) .NET Core
10 34 (2.72%) YAML
11 31 (2.48%) JSON
12 29 (2.32%) ARM Templates
13 27 (2.16%) Microsoft Graph
14 25 (2.00%) CSS
15 23 (1.84%) HTML
15 23 (1.84%) SPFx
16 20 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
17 18 (1.44%) React
18 15 (1.20%) Node.js
19 14 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 97 (7.75%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.83%) Cyber Threat
3 72 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.35%) Cyberattack
5 60 (4.79%) Security Posture
6 57 (4.55%) Management Information System
7 48 (3.83%) Cloud Native
8 45 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (3.19%) Driving Licence
10 38 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
11 37 (2.96%) Security Operations Centre
12 35 (2.80%) Data Centre
13 30 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
13 30 (2.40%) Public Cloud
14 25 (2.00%) PKI
15 23 (1.84%) CMDB
16 18 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (1.44%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.36%) Replication
17 17 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 571 (45.61%) Windows
2 285 (22.76%) Windows Server
3 258 (20.61%) Linux
4 73 (5.83%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.39%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.67%) Apple iOS
7 45 (3.59%) Android
8 39 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 33 (2.64%) Unix
10 31 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 29 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (2.00%) CentOS
13 23 (1.84%) VMS
14 18 (1.44%) Ubuntu
15 17 (1.36%) Solaris
16 13 (1.04%) HPUX
16 13 (1.04%) Windows 7
16 13 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
16 13 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
17 11 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
2 266 (21.25%) DevOps
3 262 (20.93%) CI/CD
4 259 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
5 256 (20.45%) Infrastructure as Code
6 231 (18.45%) ITIL
7 209 (16.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 208 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 197 (15.73%) Mentoring
10 166 (13.26%) Agile
11 152 (12.14%) Incident Response
12 143 (11.42%) Disaster Recovery
13 139 (11.10%) Roadmaps
14 129 (10.30%) Root Cause Analysis
15 120 (9.58%) SIEM
16 111 (8.87%) Cloud Security
17 110 (8.79%) Containerisation
18 106 (8.47%) Task Automation
19 103 (8.23%) Identity Access Management
20 96 (7.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 474 (37.86%) Python
2 316 (25.24%) Bash
3 270 (21.57%) SQL
4 89 (7.11%) C#
5 84 (6.71%) T-SQL
6 75 (5.99%) JavaScript
7 67 (5.35%) Bicep
8 32 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (1.84%) Java
10 21 (1.68%) Perl
11 18 (1.44%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.80%) C++
12 10 (0.80%) Go
12 10 (0.80%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.72%) VB
14 7 (0.56%) C
14 7 (0.56%) PHP
14 7 (0.56%) VBA
14 7 (0.56%) VBScript
15 6 (0.48%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 167 (13.34%) Degree
2 151 (12.06%) Security Cleared
3 105 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 91 (7.27%) SC Cleared
5 87 (6.95%) Azure Certification
6 61 (4.87%) DV Cleared
7 56 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (4.31%) CISSP
9 41 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.64%) CREST Certified
11 27 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (2.16%) OSCP
12 25 (2.00%) CCNA
12 25 (2.00%) GIAC
13 24 (1.92%) CEH
14 22 (1.76%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.36%) DBS Check
16 15 (1.20%) CCNP
17 14 (1.12%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (12.70%) NIST
2 158 (12.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (5.35%) GDPR
4 65 (5.19%) NCSC
5 56 (4.47%) SLA
6 30 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (2.24%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.60%) Data Quality
9 18 (1.44%) ISO 22301
10 16 (1.28%) QA
11 14 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (1.12%) PCI DSS
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
19 1 (0.080%) HL7
System Software
1 468 (37.38%) Active Directory
2 157 (12.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (10.38%) Docker
4 107 (8.55%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.59%) vSphere
6 36 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.44%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.28%) Firmware
10 13 (1.04%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 7 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.24%) Squid
15 3 (0.24%) XenApp
16 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 267 (21.33%) Terraform
2 183 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 181 (14.46%) Kubernetes
4 150 (11.98%) Ansible
5 55 (4.39%) Grafana
6 48 (3.83%) SCCM
7 44 (3.51%) 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 13 (1.04%) Nessus
12 13 (1.04%) Puppet
12 13 (1.04%) VxRail
13 12 (0.96%) FortiGate
13 12 (0.96%) QRadar
14 8 (0.64%) logstash
14 8 (0.64%) Packer
14 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 699 (55.83%) Microsoft
2 231 (18.45%) VMware
3 106 (8.47%) Cisco
4 68 (5.43%) Splunk
5 57 (4.55%) ServiceNow
6 56 (4.47%) Red Hat
7 42 (3.35%) CrowdStrike
7 42 (3.35%) Oracle
8 41 (3.27%) Veeam
9 35 (2.80%) Google
10 32 (2.56%) Commvault
11 30 (2.40%) Dell
12 29 (2.32%) Palo Alto
13 28 (2.24%) Meraki
14 27 (2.16%) CyberArk
14 27 (2.16%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.92%) Citrix
16 23 (1.84%) Apple
17 20 (1.60%) Atlassian
17 20 (1.60%) Dynatrace