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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 87 113
Rank change year-on-year -50 +26 -31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,371 1,630 2,369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 3.47% 2.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.91% 11.51% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,007 1,055 1,909
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £75,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 17,330 14,166 33,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 30.20% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,317 9,411 25,269
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 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.46% -0.45%

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 2 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 2 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 -54 1,271 £57,500 -1.71% 401
UK excluding London -60 843 £50,000 - 308
London -21 499 £70,000 -4.44% 138
Work from Home -45 453 £60,000 +4.35% 202
South East -31 229 £53,000 -7.83% 114
North of England -92 204 £47,500 -5.00% 75
Midlands -49 139 £50,000 - 33
North West -86 108 £50,000 +3.51% 48
East of England -23 96 £54,000 +10.77% 25
South West -49 92 £55,000 +15.79% 46
East Midlands -5 77 £45,000 +28.57% 14
Yorkshire -36 61 £45,000 -14.29% 14
West Midlands -73 61 £51,250 -5.69% 19
Scotland +34 45 £50,000 +12.99% 10
North East -29 35 £47,972 -20.05% 16
Wales -23 26 £53,085 -3.48% 11
Northern Ireland -33 12 £46,000 +6.75% 9

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
1 216 (15.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 196 (14.30%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.50%) IIS
4 25 (1.82%) Confluence
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.22%) nginx
5 3 (0.22%) SAS
5 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.073%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.073%) Site Server
7 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
Applications
1 77 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.073%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.66%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.58%) 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 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.073%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.073%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 885 (64.55%) Azure
2 500 (36.47%) Microsoft 365
3 366 (26.70%) Entra ID
4 231 (16.85%) AWS
5 152 (11.09%) Azure DevOps
6 123 (8.97%) Power Platform
7 115 (8.39%) GitHub
8 106 (7.73%) SaaS
9 104 (7.59%) IaaS
10 89 (6.49%) OneDrive
11 82 (5.98%) Azure Monitor
12 78 (5.69%) PaaS
13 74 (5.40%) GitHub Actions
14 65 (4.74%) Power Automate
15 63 (4.60%) Azure AKS
16 62 (4.52%) Azure Sentinel
17 58 (4.23%) Azure Key Vault
18 57 (4.16%) GCP
19 52 (3.79%) Google Workspace
19 52 (3.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 301 (21.95%) Firewall
2 284 (20.71%) DNS
3 203 (14.81%) VPN
4 192 (14.00%) DHCP
5 122 (8.90%) TCP/IP
6 93 (6.78%) WAN
7 90 (6.56%) LAN
8 79 (5.76%) Network Security
9 70 (5.11%) VLAN
10 53 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.21%) Broadband
12 38 (2.77%) VoIP
13 37 (2.70%) Wireless
14 34 (2.48%) SAN
15 25 (1.82%) Kerberos
16 23 (1.68%) BGP
17 17 (1.24%) SD-WAN
18 16 (1.17%) SSL
19 15 (1.09%) MPLS
20 14 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (11.52%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.98%) Power BI
3 78 (5.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (1.90%) MySQL
7 25 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (1.53%) MongoDB
9 16 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.09%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.73%) InfluxDB
14 8 (0.58%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.51%) Tableau
16 6 (0.44%) Metadata
17 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
17 5 (0.36%) Redis
17 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 4 (0.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 110 (8.02%) Git
2 77 (5.62%) JIRA
3 69 (5.03%) Jenkins
4 66 (4.81%) GitLab
5 34 (2.48%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.02%) Metasploit
8 13 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (0.95%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
10 10 (0.73%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.66%) Robot Framework
12 8 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (0.58%) TestRail
13 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.44%) Selenium
14 5 (0.36%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.36%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.29%) Artifactory
16 3 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 431 (31.44%) Social Skills
2 221 (16.12%) Finance
3 164 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (7.88%) Law
5 69 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (4.16%) Legal
8 51 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
9 43 (3.14%) Retail
10 39 (2.84%) Public Sector
11 25 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.75%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.68%) Banking
14 18 (1.31%) Games
14 18 (1.31%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.24%) Advertising
16 9 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.58%) Aviation
18 7 (0.51%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.44%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 254 (18.53%) Senior
2 170 (12.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 156 (11.38%) Analyst
4 154 (11.23%) Support Engineer
5 142 (10.36%) IT Support
6 140 (10.21%) IT Engineer
7 132 (9.63%) Azure Engineer
8 111 (8.10%) Cloud Engineer
9 103 (7.51%) DevOps Engineer
10 87 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
11 85 (6.20%) Security Engineer
12 72 (5.25%) Platform Engineer
13 65 (4.74%) Developer
14 63 (4.60%) Systems Engineer
15 61 (4.45%) 2nd Line Support
16 55 (4.01%) Lead
17 49 (3.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 45 (3.28%) Architect
19 44 (3.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 44 (3.21%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (6.56%) .NET
2 82 (5.98%) SAML
3 80 (5.84%) OAuth
4 78 (5.69%) REST
5 73 (5.32%) OpenID
6 69 (5.03%) LDAP
7 49 (3.57%) SOAP
8 48 (3.50%) ARM Templates
9 44 (3.21%) YAML
10 42 (3.06%) JSON
11 41 (2.99%) HTML
12 39 (2.84%) GraphQL
12 39 (2.84%) Microsoft Graph
13 37 (2.70%) .NET Core
14 33 (2.41%) CSS
15 25 (1.82%) SPFx
16 23 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.39%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.24%) XML
19 16 (1.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.66%) Onboarding
2 80 (5.84%) Cloud Native
3 78 (5.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 74 (5.40%) Security Posture
5 65 (4.74%) Driving Licence
6 60 (4.38%) Management Information System
7 58 (4.23%) Cyber Threat
8 47 (3.43%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.28%) Cyberattack
9 45 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
10 44 (3.21%) Public Cloud
11 42 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
11 42 (3.06%) PKI
12 40 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
13 35 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
14 23 (1.68%) Private Cloud
15 22 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.60%) Replication
16 20 (1.46%) Clustering
17 17 (1.24%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 649 (47.34%) Windows
2 315 (22.98%) Windows Server
3 311 (22.68%) Linux
4 79 (5.76%) Windows 10
5 53 (3.87%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.65%) VMS
7 49 (3.57%) Mac OS
8 41 (2.99%) Android
9 39 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
10 33 (2.41%) CentOS
11 31 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 28 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
13 25 (1.82%) Ubuntu
14 14 (1.02%) Unix
15 8 (0.58%) Debian
16 6 (0.44%) Kali Linux
16 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
17 4 (0.29%) AIX
17 4 (0.29%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (26.04%) Problem-Solving
2 318 (23.19%) Infrastructure as Code
3 315 (22.98%) CI/CD
4 306 (22.32%) DevOps
5 277 (20.20%) Cybersecurity
6 256 (18.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 247 (18.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 233 (16.99%) ITIL
9 192 (14.00%) Mentoring
10 181 (13.20%) Agile
11 164 (11.96%) Root Cause Analysis
12 163 (11.89%) Incident Response
13 162 (11.82%) Disaster Recovery
14 145 (10.58%) High Availability
15 144 (10.50%) Containerisation
16 138 (10.07%) Roadmaps
17 132 (9.63%) Cloud Security
18 131 (9.56%) SIEM
19 124 (9.04%) Task Automation
20 123 (8.97%) AI
Programming Languages
1 541 (39.46%) Python
2 353 (25.75%) Bash
3 285 (20.79%) SQL
4 107 (7.80%) C#
5 100 (7.29%) Bicep
6 87 (6.35%) JavaScript
7 72 (5.25%) T-SQL
8 43 (3.14%) Kusto Query Language
9 38 (2.77%) TypeScript
10 34 (2.48%) Java
11 19 (1.39%) C++
12 17 (1.24%) VBScript
13 15 (1.09%) PHP
14 12 (0.88%) Perl
15 11 (0.80%) Go
15 11 (0.80%) VB
16 10 (0.73%) VBA
17 9 (0.66%) Ruby
18 8 (0.58%) C
19 6 (0.44%) Korn
Qualifications
1 172 (12.55%) Security Cleared
2 167 (12.18%) Degree
3 151 (11.01%) Azure Certification
4 134 (9.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 113 (8.24%) SC Cleared
6 60 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
7 58 (4.23%) CISSP
8 56 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.28%) DV Cleared
10 42 (3.06%) CCNA
10 42 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
11 30 (2.19%) CREST Certified
12 29 (2.12%) DBS Check
12 29 (2.12%) OSCP
13 27 (1.97%) AWS Certification
14 24 (1.75%) GIAC
15 23 (1.68%) CEH
16 21 (1.53%) CCNP
17 15 (1.09%) CISM
17 15 (1.09%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (10.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 121 (8.83%) NIST
3 66 (4.81%) GDPR
4 56 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 41 (2.99%) SLA
6 37 (2.70%) NCSC
7 31 (2.26%) QA
8 20 (1.46%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.39%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.31%) SOC 2
11 14 (1.02%) ISO 22301
12 13 (0.95%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.44%) DICOM
15 6 (0.44%) PMO
16 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.15%) EMIR
17 2 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 521 (38.00%) Active Directory
2 225 (16.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 150 (10.94%) Hyper-V
4 146 (10.65%) Docker
5 80 (5.84%) vSphere
6 47 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.82%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.75%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.73%) 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%) Firmware
14 4 (0.29%) iptables
15 3 (0.22%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 326 (23.78%) Terraform
2 229 (16.70%) Kubernetes
3 209 (15.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 164 (11.96%) Ansible
5 75 (5.47%) Grafana
6 60 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (3.72%) Prometheus
8 50 (3.65%) SCCM
9 27 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.82%) vCenter Server
11 22 (1.60%) ZABBIX
12 21 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 21 (1.53%) Argo
13 20 (1.46%) Packer
14 18 (1.31%) QRadar
15 16 (1.17%) Nessus
15 16 (1.17%) Proxmox
16 14 (1.02%) Graylog
17 13 (0.95%) VxRail
18 12 (0.88%) Nagios
Vendors
1 810 (59.08%) Microsoft
2 271 (19.77%) VMware
3 106 (7.73%) Cisco
4 91 (6.64%) Splunk
5 73 (5.32%) ServiceNow
6 58 (4.23%) Red Hat
7 51 (3.72%) Veeam
8 41 (2.99%) Meraki
8 41 (2.99%) Oracle
9 31 (2.26%) Tenable
10 30 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
11 29 (2.12%) Apple
12 28 (2.04%) Dell
12 28 (2.04%) Sophos
13 27 (1.97%) Google
14 26 (1.90%) Palo Alto
15 25 (1.82%) Citrix
15 25 (1.82%) Fortinet
16 23 (1.68%) Logitech
16 23 (1.68%) SolarWinds