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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 86 117
Rank change year-on-year -56 +31 -39
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,451 1,688 1,881
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.38% 3.40% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.86% 11.94% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,043 1,115 1,452
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £94,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 18,470 14,138 25,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.59% 28.50% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,121 9,294 17,967
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -65 1,291 £58,250 +1.30% 546
UK excluding London -58 938 £52,500 +5.00% 361
Work from Home -41 502 £60,000 +4.35% 239
London -33 478 £70,000 -6.67% 236
South East -31 248 £54,000 -6.09% 128
North of England -94 217 £50,000 +5.26% 98
Midlands -37 156 £51,250 +2.50% 40
North West -83 120 £53,250 +15.76% 69
East of England -40 97 £57,500 +9.52% 38
South West -72 84 £55,000 +15.79% 44
East Midlands -8 81 £42,500 +21.43% 16
West Midlands -69 75 £54,344 -1.19% 24
Northern Ireland -18 63 £46,000 +2.12% 4
Yorkshire -31 60 £42,500 -16.26% 22
Scotland +32 42 £50,000 +25.00% 18
North East -25 37 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Wales -39 31 £53,000 -3.64% 7

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
1 237 (16.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 217 (14.96%) SharePoint
3 53 (3.65%) IIS
4 33 (2.27%) Confluence
5 10 (0.69%) nginx
6 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.34%) Apache
8 4 (0.28%) SAS
9 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.069%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.069%) Site Server
10 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.069%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 898 (61.89%) Azure
2 532 (36.66%) Microsoft 365
3 398 (27.43%) Entra ID
4 259 (17.85%) AWS
5 168 (11.58%) SaaS
6 163 (11.23%) Azure DevOps
7 114 (7.86%) GitHub
8 112 (7.72%) Power Platform
9 108 (7.44%) IaaS
10 101 (6.96%) OneDrive
11 83 (5.72%) Azure Monitor
12 76 (5.24%) PaaS
13 75 (5.17%) Azure Sentinel
14 69 (4.76%) Azure AKS
15 68 (4.69%) GCP
16 67 (4.62%) Power Automate
17 65 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
18 62 (4.27%) Azure Key Vault
19 50 (3.45%) Datadog
20 47 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 318 (21.92%) Firewall
2 309 (21.30%) DNS
3 207 (14.27%) DHCP
4 203 (13.99%) VPN
5 139 (9.58%) TCP/IP
6 99 (6.82%) WAN
7 89 (6.13%) LAN
8 71 (4.89%) Network Security
9 70 (4.82%) VLAN
10 47 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (2.96%) Wireless
12 39 (2.69%) SAN
13 35 (2.41%) Kerberos
14 30 (2.07%) VoIP
15 22 (1.52%) SSL
16 20 (1.38%) NAS
17 18 (1.24%) BGP
17 18 (1.24%) HTTP
18 16 (1.10%) Internet
18 16 (1.10%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (11.10%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 70 (4.82%) Power BI
4 35 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.59%) MongoDB
6 22 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.17%) MySQL
9 13 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.55%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.41%) Power Query
12 6 (0.41%) Redis
13 5 (0.34%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.34%) Metadata
13 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 111 (7.65%) Git
2 91 (6.27%) JIRA
3 69 (4.76%) GitLab
4 62 (4.27%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.14%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.48%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.48%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 7 (0.48%) TestRail
9 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.41%) Selenium
10 5 (0.34%) Postman
11 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.21%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.21%) Terragrunt
General
1 500 (34.46%) Social Skills
2 230 (15.85%) Finance
3 186 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.82%) Law
5 112 (7.72%) Legal
6 61 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.17%) Retail
9 40 (2.76%) Public Sector
10 36 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.41%) Banking
12 32 (2.21%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.72%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.17%) Advertising
15 13 (0.90%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.76%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.76%) Legal Technology
18 8 (0.55%) Front Office
18 8 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 279 (19.23%) Senior
2 192 (13.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 152 (10.48%) Analyst
4 146 (10.06%) Support Engineer
5 138 (9.51%) IT Engineer
6 135 (9.30%) IT Support
7 134 (9.24%) Azure Engineer
8 128 (8.82%) Cloud Engineer
9 105 (7.24%) DevOps Engineer
10 80 (5.51%) IT Support Engineer
11 76 (5.24%) Security Engineer
12 70 (4.82%) Platform Engineer
13 68 (4.69%) Lead
14 62 (4.27%) Developer
15 59 (4.07%) Systems Engineer
16 58 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support
17 55 (3.79%) Testing Manager
18 53 (3.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 52 (3.58%) Administrator
19 52 (3.58%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.93%) .NET
2 55 (3.79%) ARM Templates
2 55 (3.79%) SAML
3 53 (3.65%) REST
4 51 (3.51%) OAuth
5 46 (3.17%) YAML
6 45 (3.10%) OpenID
7 44 (3.03%) LDAP
8 43 (2.96%) HTML
9 42 (2.89%) Microsoft Graph
10 34 (2.34%) JSON
11 33 (2.27%) .NET Core
12 32 (2.21%) CSS
13 25 (1.72%) SPFx
14 21 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
16 18 (1.24%) SOAP
17 16 (1.10%) RESTful
18 15 (1.03%) Middleware
19 14 (0.96%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 111 (7.65%) Onboarding
2 88 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (4.82%) Management Information System
5 69 (4.76%) Security Posture
6 61 (4.20%) Driving Licence
7 57 (3.93%) Virtual Team
8 52 (3.58%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.10%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.89%) Security Operations Centre
11 40 (2.76%) PKI
12 39 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (2.55%) Replication
13 37 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
14 33 (2.27%) Clustering
15 29 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
16 28 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
17 26 (1.79%) Private Cloud
18 22 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
18 22 (1.52%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 686 (47.28%) Windows
2 340 (23.43%) Linux
3 328 (22.61%) Windows Server
4 83 (5.72%) Windows 10
5 55 (3.79%) Apple iOS
6 49 (3.38%) Mac OS
7 45 (3.10%) VMS
8 43 (2.96%) Android
9 36 (2.48%) CentOS
9 36 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 36 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
10 34 (2.34%) Ubuntu
11 26 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
12 16 (1.10%) Unix
13 7 (0.48%) Debian
13 7 (0.48%) Kali Linux
14 5 (0.34%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.34%) Rocky
14 5 (0.34%) Solaris
15 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (25.43%) DevOps
2 365 (25.16%) Problem-Solving
3 331 (22.81%) CI/CD
4 329 (22.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 327 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 282 (19.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 268 (18.47%) ITIL
8 246 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
9 213 (14.68%) Mentoring
10 181 (12.47%) Disaster Recovery
11 171 (11.78%) Root Cause Analysis
12 167 (11.51%) High Availability
13 164 (11.30%) Agile
14 163 (11.23%) Incident Response
15 138 (9.51%) AI
15 138 (9.51%) Containerisation
16 133 (9.17%) SIEM
17 132 (9.10%) Observability
18 131 (9.03%) Platform Engineering
19 130 (8.96%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 584 (40.25%) Python
2 315 (21.71%) Bash
3 284 (19.57%) SQL
4 146 (10.06%) C#
5 133 (9.17%) JavaScript
6 110 (7.58%) Bicep
7 82 (5.65%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
9 40 (2.76%) Java
9 40 (2.76%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.45%) VBScript
11 18 (1.24%) C++
12 16 (1.10%) Perl
12 16 (1.10%) PHP
13 10 (0.69%) Ruby
13 10 (0.69%) VB
13 10 (0.69%) VBA
14 9 (0.62%) Go
15 8 (0.55%) C
16 6 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 193 (13.30%) Security Cleared
2 175 (12.06%) Degree
3 161 (11.10%) Azure Certification
4 144 (9.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 133 (9.17%) SC Cleared
6 62 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
6 62 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (3.86%) CISSP
8 53 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
9 52 (3.58%) DV Cleared
10 44 (3.03%) CCNA
11 26 (1.79%) AWS Certification
11 26 (1.79%) CEH
12 25 (1.72%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.52%) GIAC
13 22 (1.52%) OSCP
14 20 (1.38%) CCNP
15 18 (1.24%) CISM
16 17 (1.17%) CREST Certified
17 15 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (5.44%) NIST
3 77 (5.31%) QA
4 66 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (4.00%) GDPR
6 45 (3.10%) SLA
7 20 (1.38%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.17%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.62%) ISO 22301
10 9 (0.62%) NCSC
11 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.48%) PMO
12 5 (0.34%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.21%) DICOM
13 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
14 2 (0.14%) EMIR
14 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 522 (35.98%) Active Directory
2 239 (16.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 163 (11.23%) Hyper-V
4 144 (9.92%) Docker
5 80 (5.51%) vSphere
6 58 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
7 45 (3.10%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.86%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.59%) BitLocker
10 19 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 9 (0.62%) KVM
13 8 (0.55%) Squid
14 6 (0.41%) Firmware
15 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.14%) iptables
17 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 358 (24.67%) Terraform
2 241 (16.61%) Kubernetes
2 241 (16.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 182 (12.54%) Ansible
4 82 (5.65%) Grafana
5 69 (4.76%) SCCM
6 54 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (3.51%) Prometheus
8 26 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
9 25 (1.72%) vCenter Server
9 25 (1.72%) ZABBIX
10 21 (1.45%) Argo
11 20 (1.38%) Packer
11 20 (1.38%) QRadar
12 19 (1.31%) Proxmox
13 16 (1.10%) Puppet
14 14 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (0.96%) Graylog
15 13 (0.90%) Nagios
16 12 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 878 (60.51%) Microsoft
2 281 (19.37%) VMware
3 129 (8.89%) Cisco
4 106 (7.31%) ServiceNow
5 96 (6.62%) Splunk
6 64 (4.41%) Red Hat
7 59 (4.07%) Veeam
8 49 (3.38%) Oracle
9 48 (3.31%) Meraki
10 36 (2.48%) Citrix
11 34 (2.34%) Dynatrace
12 32 (2.21%) Apple
13 31 (2.14%) Sophos
14 30 (2.07%) Dell
14 30 (2.07%) Tenable
15 27 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
16 26 (1.79%) Fortinet
17 24 (1.65%) CyberArk
18 22 (1.52%) Okta
18 22 (1.52%) Palo Alto