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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 96 101
Rank change year-on-year -45 +5 -9
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,241 1,289 2,455
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.49% 3.15% 2.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.34% 9.55% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 918 1,059 2,109
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,125 £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 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 14,882 13,499 31,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.86% 32.99% 34.72%
Number of salaries quoted 10,286 10,249 24,975
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,266 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,750 £55,565 £54,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% +2.90% -1.82%

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 10 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 10 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 -51 1,098 £58,000 -3.33% 384
UK excluding London -61 691 £52,500 - 315
London -5 505 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -22 395 £60,000 +2.56% 176
South East -57 186 £58,000 +0.87% 97
North of England -67 133 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -66 99 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -33 95 £55,000 +15.79% 60
Scotland +48 94 £71,500 +19.17% 14
North West -39 67 £55,000 +17.02% 35
East of England -48 67 £40,000 -27.27% 34
East Midlands -35 56 £55,000 +15.79% 16
Yorkshire -41 54 £47,500 -11.63% 16
West Midlands -57 42 £48,000 -4.00% 29
Wales -20 15 £65,000 +28.58% 10
North East -33 12 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Northern Ireland -37 2 £46,000 - 1

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 (14.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (11.12%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.98%) IIS
4 19 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.13%) Confluence
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 (0.081%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.081%) Site Server
8 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 52 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) CATIA
4 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.24%) Windchill
5 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.081%) Actimize
4 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 804 (64.79%) Azure
2 419 (33.76%) Microsoft 365
3 328 (26.43%) Entra ID
4 212 (17.08%) AWS
5 130 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
6 101 (8.14%) Power Platform
7 97 (7.82%) GitHub
8 75 (6.04%) Google Workspace
9 74 (5.96%) GCP
10 73 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
11 70 (5.64%) SaaS
12 63 (5.08%) OneDrive
13 60 (4.83%) IaaS
14 59 (4.75%) PaaS
15 47 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
16 42 (3.38%) Power Automate
17 41 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
18 40 (3.22%) Azure Sentinel
19 38 (3.06%) Azure Key Vault
20 37 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 233 (18.78%) DNS
2 223 (17.97%) Firewall
3 177 (14.26%) DHCP
4 134 (10.80%) VPN
5 106 (8.54%) TCP/IP
6 70 (5.64%) WAN
7 63 (5.08%) Broadband
7 63 (5.08%) LAN
8 58 (4.67%) Network Security
9 51 (4.11%) VLAN
10 45 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (3.22%) VoIP
12 33 (2.66%) SAN
12 33 (2.66%) Wireless
13 28 (2.26%) SD-WAN
14 20 (1.61%) BGP
15 19 (1.53%) MPLS
16 14 (1.13%) VSAN
17 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
18 11 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (11.04%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.93%) Power BI
3 34 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.10%) MySQL
6 25 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.93%) Oracle Database
8 22 (1.77%) Oracle Database 10g
9 20 (1.61%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.45%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (1.13%) Tableau
13 10 (0.81%) InfluxDB
14 8 (0.64%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.56%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.48%) Metadata
17 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
18 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 88 (7.09%) Git
2 75 (6.04%) Jenkins
3 72 (5.80%) JIRA
4 45 (3.63%) GitLab
5 27 (2.18%) Bitbucket
6 19 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.05%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.89%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.64%) TestRail
11 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.32%) Balsamiq
13 4 (0.32%) MLflow
13 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 415 (33.44%) Social Skills
2 260 (20.95%) Finance
3 163 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (5.40%) Law
6 44 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.22%) Legal
8 39 (3.14%) Public Sector
8 39 (3.14%) Retail
9 38 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.66%) Games
11 31 (2.50%) Banking
12 23 (1.85%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.77%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.37%) Front Office
15 14 (1.13%) Advertising
16 12 (0.97%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.64%) Military
18 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
19 5 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 214 (17.24%) Senior
2 153 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 147 (11.85%) Support Engineer
4 127 (10.23%) Azure Engineer
5 114 (9.19%) Analyst
6 110 (8.86%) IT Support
7 86 (6.93%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.69%) Security Engineer
9 82 (6.61%) Cloud Engineer
10 71 (5.72%) DevOps Engineer
11 65 (5.24%) IT Support Engineer
12 63 (5.08%) Lead
13 61 (4.92%) Developer
14 59 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
15 50 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support
16 49 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 47 (3.79%) Architect
18 45 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
19 40 (3.22%) Systems Engineer
20 38 (3.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.74%) OAuth
2 89 (7.17%) REST
3 80 (6.45%) SAML
4 79 (6.37%) OpenID
5 70 (5.64%) GraphQL
6 68 (5.48%) .NET
7 66 (5.32%) LDAP
8 65 (5.24%) SOAP
9 34 (2.74%) YAML
10 31 (2.50%) .NET Core
11 29 (2.34%) JSON
12 27 (2.18%) ARM Templates
13 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
14 20 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.53%) CSS
16 18 (1.45%) SPFx
17 17 (1.37%) HTML
17 17 (1.37%) React
18 16 (1.29%) Node.js
19 13 (1.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.49%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 71 (5.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (5.32%) Cyberattack
5 57 (4.59%) Security Posture
6 54 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 44 (3.55%) Cloud Native
8 43 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (3.22%) Driving Licence
10 38 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
11 36 (2.90%) Data Centre
12 32 (2.58%) Security Operations Centre
13 31 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (2.42%) Public Cloud
15 28 (2.26%) PKI
16 24 (1.93%) CMDB
17 22 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
18 18 (1.45%) Low-Code
18 18 (1.45%) Replication
19 17 (1.37%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 570 (45.93%) Windows
2 286 (23.05%) Windows Server
3 260 (20.95%) Linux
4 70 (5.64%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.43%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.38%) Unix
7 41 (3.30%) Apple iOS
8 40 (3.22%) Android
9 38 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 30 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 30 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (2.01%) CentOS
12 22 (1.77%) Solaris
12 22 (1.77%) VMS
13 19 (1.53%) HPUX
13 19 (1.53%) Ubuntu
13 19 (1.53%) Windows 7
13 19 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
14 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (28.20%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (21.76%) DevOps
3 256 (20.63%) CI/CD
4 248 (19.98%) Cybersecurity
5 247 (19.90%) Infrastructure as Code
6 235 (18.94%) ITIL
7 216 (17.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 202 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 190 (15.31%) Mentoring
10 160 (12.89%) Agile
11 148 (11.93%) Disaster Recovery
12 146 (11.76%) Incident Response
13 140 (11.28%) Roadmaps
14 127 (10.23%) Root Cause Analysis
15 111 (8.94%) SIEM
16 109 (8.78%) Task Automation
17 107 (8.62%) Containerisation
18 106 (8.54%) Cloud Security
19 105 (8.46%) Identity Access Management
20 94 (7.57%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 455 (36.66%) Python
2 309 (24.90%) Bash
3 263 (21.19%) SQL
4 83 (6.69%) T-SQL
5 81 (6.53%) C#
6 69 (5.56%) JavaScript
7 67 (5.40%) Bicep
8 31 (2.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.10%) Perl
10 21 (1.69%) Java
11 13 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.97%) Go
13 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.73%) C++
14 9 (0.73%) VB
15 7 (0.56%) C
15 7 (0.56%) PHP
16 6 (0.48%) Delphi
16 6 (0.48%) Ruby
17 5 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 168 (13.54%) Degree
2 159 (12.81%) Security Cleared
3 101 (8.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 98 (7.90%) SC Cleared
5 90 (7.25%) Azure Certification
6 70 (5.64%) DV Cleared
7 60 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (4.19%) CISSP
9 38 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.74%) CREST Certified
11 25 (2.01%) GIAC
12 24 (1.93%) AWS Certification
12 24 (1.93%) CEH
12 24 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.93%) OSCP
13 23 (1.85%) CCNA
14 20 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.37%) DBS Check
16 16 (1.29%) SANS
17 15 (1.21%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (13.22%) NIST
2 161 (12.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (5.40%) GDPR
3 67 (5.40%) NCSC
4 60 (4.83%) SLA
5 32 (2.58%) Accessibility
6 28 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.61%) ISO 22301
8 18 (1.45%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.37%) QA
10 15 (1.21%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.97%) SOC 2
13 11 (0.89%) 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
18 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 469 (37.79%) Active Directory
2 154 (12.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 127 (10.23%) Docker
4 108 (8.70%) Hyper-V
5 48 (3.87%) vSphere
6 34 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.37%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.29%) Firmware
11 11 (0.89%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.40%) XenApp
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) vCloud
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 264 (21.27%) Terraform
2 183 (14.75%) Kubernetes
3 179 (14.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 152 (12.25%) Ansible
5 56 (4.51%) Grafana
6 46 (3.71%) SCCM
7 42 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
8 34 (2.74%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.69%) vCenter Server
11 19 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (1.21%) Puppet
13 13 (1.05%) Nessus
14 12 (0.97%) VxRail
15 10 (0.81%) FortiGate
16 9 (0.73%) QRadar
17 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
18 7 (0.56%) logstash
18 7 (0.56%) WSUS
19 6 (0.48%) SCOM
Vendors
1 677 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 242 (19.50%) VMware
3 113 (9.11%) Cisco
4 66 (5.32%) Splunk
5 56 (4.51%) ServiceNow
6 52 (4.19%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.63%) Oracle
8 44 (3.55%) Veeam
9 36 (2.90%) Google
10 35 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
11 34 (2.74%) Commvault
11 34 (2.74%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.26%) Citrix
12 28 (2.26%) CyberArk
12 28 (2.26%) Dell
12 28 (2.26%) Fortinet
13 27 (2.18%) Meraki
14 23 (1.85%) Apple
15 20 (1.61%) Dynatrace
16 19 (1.53%) Atlassian