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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 91 107
Rank change year-on-year -56 +16 -37
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,499 1,602 1,813
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.30% 3.25% 2.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.01% 12.26% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 1,056 1,198
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,938
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -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 18,717 13,072 24,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.29% 26.48% 30.93%
Number of salaries quoted 13,273 8,425 15,033
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -68 1,306 £57,500 - 1,299
UK excluding London -63 983 £52,500 +3.96% 824
Work from Home -32 519 £60,500 +0.83% 586
London -33 472 £70,000 -3.45% 581
South East -35 240 £52,500 -8.70% 227
North of England -73 240 £50,000 - 204
Midlands -47 162 £52,500 +5.00% 115
North West -73 143 £50,000 +8.70% 111
East of England -37 101 £57,500 +21.05% 76
South West -72 86 £55,000 +15.79% 98
West Midlands -60 83 £55,000 - 66
East Midlands -33 79 £42,500 +21.43% 49
Northern Ireland -16 70 £46,000 - 22
Yorkshire -40 60 £45,000 -12.83% 64
Scotland +3 46 £51,250 +20.59% 70
Wales -52 38 £38,500 -30.00% 27
North East -36 37 £50,750 -7.73% 31

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
1 252 (16.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 248 (16.54%) SharePoint
3 55 (3.67%) IIS
4 41 (2.74%) Confluence
5 15 (1.00%) nginx
6 8 (0.53%) Apache
7 6 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.067%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (4.54%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.40%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.53%) 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 (0.067%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 892 (59.51%) Azure
2 568 (37.89%) Microsoft 365
3 458 (30.55%) Entra ID
4 264 (17.61%) AWS
5 185 (12.34%) SaaS
6 175 (11.67%) Azure DevOps
7 121 (8.07%) Power Platform
8 118 (7.87%) OneDrive
9 112 (7.47%) GitHub
10 106 (7.07%) IaaS
11 90 (6.00%) Azure Monitor
12 84 (5.60%) Azure Sentinel
13 81 (5.40%) Power Automate
14 76 (5.07%) PaaS
15 74 (4.94%) GCP
16 72 (4.80%) Azure AKS
17 68 (4.54%) Azure Key Vault
18 65 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
19 58 (3.87%) Microsoft Purview
20 55 (3.67%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 328 (21.88%) DNS
2 327 (21.81%) Firewall
3 223 (14.88%) DHCP
4 219 (14.61%) VPN
5 144 (9.61%) TCP/IP
6 100 (6.67%) WAN
7 86 (5.74%) LAN
8 73 (4.87%) VLAN
9 62 (4.14%) Network Security
10 56 (3.74%) Wireless
11 49 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.40%) SAN
13 30 (2.00%) Kerberos
14 25 (1.67%) SSL
15 22 (1.47%) NAS
16 20 (1.33%) HTTP
17 19 (1.27%) Internet
18 18 (1.20%) VoIP
19 16 (1.07%) VSAN
20 14 (0.93%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (10.21%) SQL Server
2 86 (5.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 65 (4.34%) Power BI
4 27 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.47%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (0.87%) MySQL
10 12 (0.80%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.53%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.53%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.53%) Redis
13 7 (0.47%) Power Query
14 6 (0.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.40%) Metadata
15 5 (0.33%) Db2
15 5 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 106 (7.07%) JIRA
2 101 (6.74%) Git
3 76 (5.07%) GitLab
4 65 (4.34%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.87%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 12 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.67%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.53%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.53%) TestRail
10 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.40%) Postman
10 6 (0.40%) Selenium
10 6 (0.40%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.27%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
13 3 (0.20%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 571 (38.09%) Social Skills
2 250 (16.68%) Finance
3 194 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (7.94%) Law
5 118 (7.87%) Legal
6 70 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.14%) Retail
9 45 (3.00%) Banking
9 45 (3.00%) Public Sector
10 37 (2.47%) Manufacturing
10 37 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (2.27%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.00%) Legal Technology
13 12 (0.80%) Advertising
13 12 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (0.73%) Financial Institution
15 9 (0.60%) Aviation
15 9 (0.60%) Front Office
15 9 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 296 (19.75%) Senior
2 211 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 169 (11.27%) Analyst
4 141 (9.41%) Support Engineer
5 138 (9.21%) Azure Engineer
6 135 (9.01%) IT Engineer
7 134 (8.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 115 (7.67%) IT Support
9 109 (7.27%) DevOps Engineer
10 79 (5.27%) Platform Engineer
11 73 (4.87%) Consultant
12 72 (4.80%) Lead
13 71 (4.74%) Support Analyst
14 69 (4.60%) IT Support Engineer
15 66 (4.40%) Systems Engineer
16 64 (4.27%) Security Engineer
17 59 (3.94%) Administrator
18 58 (3.87%) Testing Manager
19 57 (3.80%) Developer
20 55 (3.67%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 371 (24.75%) Terraform
2 76 (5.07%) .NET
3 55 (3.67%) ARM Templates
3 55 (3.67%) REST
4 46 (3.07%) Microsoft Graph
5 45 (3.00%) YAML
6 42 (2.80%) SAML
7 40 (2.67%) LDAP
7 40 (2.67%) OpenID
8 39 (2.60%) OAuth
9 37 (2.47%) HTML
10 30 (2.00%) JSON
11 28 (1.87%) CSS
12 27 (1.80%) SPFx
13 25 (1.67%) .NET Core
14 21 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
15 16 (1.07%) SOAP
16 14 (0.93%) ASP.NET
16 14 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 133 (8.87%) Onboarding
2 92 (6.14%) Cloud Native
3 78 (5.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 77 (5.14%) Driving Licence
5 75 (5.00%) Management Information System
6 72 (4.80%) Security Posture
7 61 (4.07%) Virtual Team
8 51 (3.40%) Data Centre
8 51 (3.40%) PKI
9 49 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
10 48 (3.20%) Replication
11 47 (3.14%) Public Cloud
12 42 (2.80%) Security Operations Centre
13 36 (2.40%) Clustering
13 36 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
14 26 (1.73%) Private Cloud
15 24 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
16 23 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
17 22 (1.47%) CMDB
18 19 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 709 (47.30%) Windows
2 348 (23.22%) Linux
3 340 (22.68%) Windows Server
4 91 (6.07%) Windows 10
5 55 (3.67%) Apple iOS
6 46 (3.07%) Ubuntu
7 43 (2.87%) Android
8 41 (2.74%) Mac OS
9 40 (2.67%) VMS
10 34 (2.27%) CentOS
10 34 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 31 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
13 23 (1.53%) Unix
14 16 (1.07%) Rocky
15 8 (0.53%) Debian
15 8 (0.53%) Solaris
16 5 (0.33%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (28.15%) Problem-Solving
2 385 (25.68%) DevOps
3 379 (25.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 352 (23.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 328 (21.88%) CI/CD
6 319 (21.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 288 (19.21%) ITIL
8 256 (17.08%) Cybersecurity
9 235 (15.68%) Mentoring
10 202 (13.48%) Disaster Recovery
11 172 (11.47%) AI
12 171 (11.41%) Agile
13 165 (11.01%) Root Cause Analysis
14 163 (10.87%) High Availability
15 155 (10.34%) Project Delivery
16 143 (9.54%) Incident Response
16 143 (9.54%) Platform Engineering
17 140 (9.34%) Cloud Security
18 132 (8.81%) Observability
19 131 (8.74%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 585 (39.03%) Python
2 308 (20.55%) Bash
3 305 (20.35%) SQL
4 144 (9.61%) JavaScript
5 137 (9.14%) C#
6 120 (8.01%) Bicep
7 86 (5.74%) TypeScript
8 50 (3.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 37 (2.47%) Java
9 37 (2.47%) T-SQL
10 23 (1.53%) VBScript
11 20 (1.33%) C++
12 19 (1.27%) Perl
13 14 (0.93%) Ruby
14 12 (0.80%) PHP
15 10 (0.67%) Go
15 10 (0.67%) VB
15 10 (0.67%) VBA
16 7 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 210 (14.01%) Security Cleared
2 174 (11.61%) Degree
3 162 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 158 (10.54%) Azure Certification
5 144 (9.61%) SC Cleared
6 65 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (4.14%) DV Cleared
8 59 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
9 55 (3.67%) CISSP
10 53 (3.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 44 (2.94%) CCNA
12 27 (1.80%) CEH
13 26 (1.73%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.47%) DBS Check
15 21 (1.40%) OSCP
16 20 (1.33%) CISM
17 18 (1.20%) GIAC
17 18 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 17 (1.13%) CCNP
18 17 (1.13%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (5.27%) QA
3 70 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 65 (4.34%) NIST
5 47 (3.14%) GDPR
6 46 (3.07%) SLA
7 20 (1.33%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 15 (1.00%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.53%) NCSC
11 7 (0.47%) PMO
11 7 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.13%) EMIR
15 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 542 (36.16%) Active Directory
2 250 (16.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 159 (10.61%) Hyper-V
4 141 (9.41%) Docker
5 84 (5.60%) vSphere
6 75 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
7 56 (3.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.80%) VMware NSX
9 20 (1.33%) BitLocker
9 20 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.67%) Firmware
11 8 (0.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.53%) KVM
11 8 (0.53%) Squid
12 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.067%) HDFS
15 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 266 (17.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 223 (14.88%) Kubernetes
3 172 (11.47%) Ansible
4 79 (5.27%) Grafana
5 77 (5.14%) SCCM
6 55 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
7 43 (2.87%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.67%) vCenter Server
8 25 (1.67%) ZABBIX
9 24 (1.60%) Argo
10 21 (1.40%) QRadar
11 20 (1.33%) Proxmox
12 19 (1.27%) Puppet
13 18 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
13 18 (1.20%) Packer
14 15 (1.00%) FortiGate
14 15 (1.00%) Graylog
15 13 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 11 (0.73%) VxRail
17 10 (0.67%) Kibana
Vendors
1 938 (62.58%) Microsoft
2 285 (19.01%) VMware
3 115 (7.67%) Cisco
4 108 (7.20%) ServiceNow
5 91 (6.07%) Splunk
6 66 (4.40%) Veeam
7 52 (3.47%) Oracle
7 52 (3.47%) Red Hat
8 44 (2.94%) Citrix
9 41 (2.74%) Meraki
10 34 (2.27%) Sage
11 32 (2.13%) Dell
12 31 (2.07%) Dynatrace
12 31 (2.07%) Sophos
13 27 (1.80%) CyberArk
13 27 (1.80%) Fortinet
13 27 (1.80%) SAP
13 27 (1.80%) Tenable
14 26 (1.73%) Apple
15 24 (1.60%) Google