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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 87 117
Rank change year-on-year -52 +30 -32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,343 1,598 2,381
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 3.54% 2.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.91% 11.41% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 988 1,015 1,909
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,813 £77,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £85,925 £90,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%

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 16,983 14,001 34,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 31.00% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,023 9,255 25,887
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,474
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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -51 1,251 £57,500 -1.03% 321
UK excluding London -61 811 £50,000 - 282
London -12 505 £70,000 -5.41% 95
Work from Home -40 436 £60,000 +9.09% 141
South East -39 214 £55,000 -4.35% 123
North of England -80 201 £47,500 -5.71% 67
Midlands -52 140 £50,000 - 31
North West -79 105 £50,000 +4.38% 44
East of England -21 91 £54,000 +13.68% 28
South West -41 89 £55,000 +15.79% 25
East Midlands -9 78 £45,000 +24.14% 16
Yorkshire -19 62 £45,000 -14.29% 15
West Midlands -71 61 £51,250 -4.54% 15
Scotland +37 49 £50,000 +3.09% 9
North East -32 34 £47,500 -19.15% 11
Wales -23 24 £54,085 +3.02% 8
Northern Ireland -34 3 £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
1 211 (15.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 195 (14.52%) SharePoint
3 44 (3.28%) IIS
4 23 (1.71%) Confluence
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
6 2 (0.15%) SAS
7 1 (0.074%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.074%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.074%) Site Server
Applications
1 77 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.074%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
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 (0.074%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.074%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 877 (65.30%) Azure
2 497 (37.01%) Microsoft 365
3 371 (27.62%) Entra ID
4 222 (16.53%) AWS
5 147 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
6 125 (9.31%) Power Platform
7 109 (8.12%) GitHub
8 97 (7.22%) IaaS
8 97 (7.22%) SaaS
9 91 (6.78%) OneDrive
10 80 (5.96%) Azure Monitor
11 70 (5.21%) GitHub Actions
12 68 (5.06%) PaaS
12 68 (5.06%) Power Automate
13 64 (4.77%) Google Workspace
14 61 (4.54%) Azure AKS
14 61 (4.54%) Azure Sentinel
15 58 (4.32%) GCP
16 56 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
17 49 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 276 (20.55%) Firewall
2 273 (20.33%) DNS
3 184 (13.70%) VPN
4 179 (13.33%) DHCP
5 117 (8.71%) TCP/IP
6 84 (6.25%) WAN
7 81 (6.03%) LAN
8 76 (5.66%) Network Security
9 63 (4.69%) VLAN
10 55 (4.10%) Broadband
11 47 (3.50%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (2.83%) VoIP
13 32 (2.38%) SAN
14 29 (2.16%) Wireless
15 23 (1.71%) BGP
16 20 (1.49%) Kerberos
17 17 (1.27%) SD-WAN
18 16 (1.19%) SSL
19 15 (1.12%) MPLS
20 14 (1.04%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (11.24%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.33%) Power BI
3 73 (5.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.86%) MySQL
7 24 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (1.49%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.12%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.12%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.74%) InfluxDB
12 10 (0.74%) Tableau
13 9 (0.67%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.60%) Metadata
15 5 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.37%) Redis
15 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 105 (7.82%) Git
2 73 (5.44%) JIRA
3 68 (5.06%) Jenkins
4 64 (4.77%) GitLab
5 33 (2.46%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.12%) TeamCity
8 14 (1.04%) Metasploit
9 13 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (0.74%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.67%) Robot Framework
12 8 (0.60%) TestRail
13 7 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.45%) Selenium
15 5 (0.37%) CircleCI
16 4 (0.30%) Artifactory
16 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
17 3 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 412 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 212 (15.79%) Finance
3 166 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.92%) Law
5 81 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.65%) Legal
9 45 (3.35%) Retail
10 37 (2.76%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.94%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.86%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.79%) Games
14 23 (1.71%) Banking
15 18 (1.34%) Advertising
16 17 (1.27%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.67%) Aviation
18 7 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (0.45%) Front Office
19 6 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 246 (18.32%) Senior
2 171 (12.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 152 (11.32%) Analyst
4 150 (11.17%) Support Engineer
5 138 (10.28%) IT Support
6 132 (9.83%) Azure Engineer
7 128 (9.53%) IT Engineer
8 111 (8.27%) Cloud Engineer
9 100 (7.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 87 (6.48%) Security Engineer
11 84 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
12 68 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
13 67 (4.99%) Developer
14 64 (4.77%) Systems Engineer
15 59 (4.39%) 2nd Line Support
16 53 (3.95%) Lead
17 49 (3.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 44 (3.28%) Security Analyst
19 43 (3.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 42 (3.13%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (6.70%) SAML
2 88 (6.55%) .NET
2 88 (6.55%) OAuth
2 88 (6.55%) REST
3 81 (6.03%) OpenID
4 78 (5.81%) LDAP
5 60 (4.47%) SOAP
6 51 (3.80%) GraphQL
7 44 (3.28%) YAML
8 43 (3.20%) ARM Templates
9 42 (3.13%) JSON
10 40 (2.98%) HTML
11 39 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
12 37 (2.76%) .NET Core
13 34 (2.53%) CSS
14 27 (2.01%) SPFx
15 23 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (1.27%) React
17 17 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.74%) Onboarding
2 77 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 75 (5.58%) Cloud Native
4 71 (5.29%) Security Posture
5 69 (5.14%) Cyber Threat
6 63 (4.69%) Driving Licence
7 61 (4.54%) Management Information System
8 57 (4.24%) Cyberattack
9 45 (3.35%) Security Operations Centre
10 44 (3.28%) Cyber Defence
10 44 (3.28%) Data Centre
11 41 (3.05%) PKI
12 40 (2.98%) Public Cloud
13 35 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.64%) Replication
16 20 (1.49%) Clustering
16 20 (1.49%) Private Cloud
17 19 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 635 (47.28%) Windows
2 309 (23.01%) Linux
3 303 (22.56%) Windows Server
4 79 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 52 (3.87%) Apple iOS
5 52 (3.87%) Mac OS
6 48 (3.57%) VMS
7 41 (3.05%) Android
8 38 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.38%) CentOS
10 29 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.86%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.12%) Unix
14 8 (0.60%) Debian
15 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.37%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.30%) AIX
17 4 (0.30%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (25.09%) Problem-Solving
2 304 (22.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 303 (22.56%) CI/CD
4 296 (22.04%) Cybersecurity
5 287 (21.37%) DevOps
6 244 (18.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 235 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 226 (16.83%) ITIL
9 190 (14.15%) Mentoring
10 174 (12.96%) Agile
11 164 (12.21%) Incident Response
12 161 (11.99%) Root Cause Analysis
13 158 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
14 142 (10.57%) Roadmaps
15 138 (10.28%) Containerisation
15 138 (10.28%) High Availability
16 129 (9.61%) Cloud Security
16 129 (9.61%) SIEM
17 122 (9.08%) AI
18 117 (8.71%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 519 (38.64%) Python
2 362 (26.95%) Bash
3 284 (21.15%) SQL
4 97 (7.22%) C#
5 91 (6.78%) Bicep
6 84 (6.25%) T-SQL
7 79 (5.88%) JavaScript
8 40 (2.98%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (2.31%) Java
10 26 (1.94%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.34%) C++
12 17 (1.27%) VBScript
13 14 (1.04%) PHP
14 13 (0.97%) Perl
15 11 (0.82%) VB
16 10 (0.74%) VBA
17 9 (0.67%) Go
17 9 (0.67%) Ruby
18 8 (0.60%) C
19 6 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 168 (12.51%) Security Cleared
2 165 (12.29%) Degree
3 142 (10.57%) Azure Certification
4 127 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 110 (8.19%) SC Cleared
6 57 (4.24%) CISSP
7 55 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (4.02%) Cisco Certification
9 43 (3.20%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.05%) CompTIA Security+
11 37 (2.76%) CCNA
12 30 (2.23%) CREST Certified
13 29 (2.16%) DBS Check
13 29 (2.16%) OSCP
14 27 (2.01%) AWS Certification
15 24 (1.79%) GIAC
16 23 (1.71%) CEH
17 19 (1.41%) CCNP
18 17 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
19 14 (1.04%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (11.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (9.90%) NIST
3 60 (4.47%) GDPR
4 54 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 49 (3.65%) NCSC
6 40 (2.98%) SLA
7 22 (1.64%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.34%) QA
9 17 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.27%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.97%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.89%) ISO 22301
12 11 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.45%) DICOM
14 6 (0.45%) PMO
15 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.15%) EMIR
16 2 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 523 (38.94%) Active Directory
2 215 (16.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (10.72%) Docker
4 141 (10.50%) Hyper-V
5 76 (5.66%) vSphere
6 46 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
7 38 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.86%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.79%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.74%) KVM
12 8 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.60%) Squid
13 5 (0.37%) Firmware
13 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.30%) iptables
15 3 (0.22%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 316 (23.53%) Terraform
2 223 (16.60%) Kubernetes
3 208 (15.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 159 (11.84%) Ansible
5 72 (5.36%) Grafana
6 59 (4.39%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (3.80%) Prometheus
8 50 (3.72%) SCCM
9 27 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.86%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 21 (1.56%) Argo
11 21 (1.56%) ZABBIX
12 20 (1.49%) Packer
13 17 (1.27%) Nessus
13 17 (1.27%) QRadar
14 15 (1.12%) Proxmox
15 14 (1.04%) Graylog
15 14 (1.04%) VxRail
16 12 (0.89%) Nagios
Vendors
1 791 (58.90%) Microsoft
2 263 (19.58%) VMware
3 106 (7.89%) Cisco
4 89 (6.63%) Splunk
5 69 (5.14%) ServiceNow
6 57 (4.24%) Red Hat
7 48 (3.57%) Veeam
8 40 (2.98%) Meraki
9 38 (2.83%) Oracle
10 31 (2.31%) Apple
11 30 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
12 29 (2.16%) Google
13 28 (2.08%) Dell
13 28 (2.08%) Tenable
14 27 (2.01%) Citrix
15 25 (1.86%) Fortinet
15 25 (1.86%) Palo Alto
15 25 (1.86%) Sophos
16 22 (1.64%) Dynatrace
16 22 (1.64%) SolarWinds