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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 87 116
Rank change year-on-year -60 +29 -21
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,250 1,586 2,284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 3.61% 2.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.73% 11.50% 7.03%
Number of salaries quoted 916 1,003 1,900
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +8.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £92,500 £90,000
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 16,168 13,788 32,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.53% 31.40% 33.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,126 9,557 24,856
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -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 21 May 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 21 May 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 1,127 £60,000 - 372
UK excluding London -77 706 £52,500 +5.00% 303
London -19 512 £70,000 -6.67% 117
Work from Home -47 409 £58,500 +3.08% 146
South East -69 167 £56,750 -1.30% 113
North of England -104 160 £47,500 -5.71% 74
Midlands -49 121 £51,250 +2.50% 37
North West -103 83 £50,750 +10.33% 47
South West -47 81 £55,000 +15.79% 41
Scotland +43 77 £50,000 +3.09% 13
East of England -26 76 £57,500 +21.05% 25
East Midlands -14 71 £53,750 +41.45% 22
Yorkshire -23 57 £45,000 -28.00% 15
West Midlands -85 49 £48,000 -4.00% 15
Wales -15 21 £54,085 +6.05% 3
North East -33 20 £48,445 -15.75% 12
Northern Ireland - 3 £46,000 - 5

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
1 176 (14.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 159 (12.72%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.20%) IIS
4 19 (1.52%) Confluence
5 3 (0.24%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.080%) Site Server
Applications
1 69 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 815 (65.20%) Azure
2 451 (36.08%) Microsoft 365
3 345 (27.60%) Entra ID
4 211 (16.88%) AWS
5 126 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.56%) Power Platform
7 93 (7.44%) GitHub
8 89 (7.12%) SaaS
9 80 (6.40%) OneDrive
10 76 (6.08%) IaaS
11 69 (5.52%) Google Workspace
12 67 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
13 59 (4.72%) GCP
14 55 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
15 53 (4.24%) Azure AKS
15 53 (4.24%) Power Automate
16 52 (4.16%) Azure Monitor
17 51 (4.08%) PaaS
18 50 (4.00%) Azure Key Vault
19 45 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 245 (19.60%) DNS
2 244 (19.52%) Firewall
3 151 (12.08%) DHCP
4 148 (11.84%) VPN
5 104 (8.32%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.16%) WAN
7 71 (5.68%) LAN
8 66 (5.28%) Network Security
9 58 (4.64%) Broadband
10 47 (3.76%) VLAN
11 44 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.20%) VoIP
13 35 (2.80%) SAN
14 20 (1.60%) BGP
14 20 (1.60%) Wireless
15 18 (1.44%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.28%) Kerberos
16 16 (1.28%) VSAN
17 14 (1.12%) MPLS
18 13 (1.04%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (11.44%) SQL Server
2 80 (6.40%) Power BI
3 52 (4.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.00%) MySQL
7 22 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 22 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.52%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.04%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.96%) Tableau
12 10 (0.80%) InfluxDB
13 9 (0.72%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.48%) Metadata
15 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.24%) DynamoDB
18 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 94 (7.52%) Git
2 66 (5.28%) JIRA
3 61 (4.88%) Jenkins
4 52 (4.16%) GitLab
5 27 (2.16%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.04%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.64%) TestRail
11 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.32%) MLflow
11 4 (0.32%) Selenium
12 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 395 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 232 (18.56%) Finance
3 177 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.16%) Law
4 77 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (3.76%) Legal
7 43 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
8 41 (3.28%) Retail
9 40 (3.20%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.32%) Games
11 25 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.92%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.84%) Banking
14 19 (1.52%) Advertising
15 14 (1.12%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.96%) Front Office
17 6 (0.48%) Electronics
17 6 (0.48%) Police
18 5 (0.40%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 240 (19.20%) Senior
2 155 (12.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 143 (11.44%) Analyst
4 133 (10.64%) Azure Engineer
5 128 (10.24%) Support Engineer
6 114 (9.12%) IT Support
7 98 (7.84%) IT Engineer
8 94 (7.52%) Cloud Engineer
9 82 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
10 80 (6.40%) Security Engineer
11 65 (5.20%) IT Support Engineer
12 61 (4.88%) Developer
13 57 (4.56%) 2nd Line Support
14 56 (4.48%) Lead
14 56 (4.48%) Systems Engineer
15 48 (3.84%) Platform Engineer
16 45 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 45 (3.60%) Architect
17 42 (3.36%) Support Analyst
18 41 (3.28%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.76%) OAuth
2 89 (7.12%) SAML
3 84 (6.72%) .NET
3 84 (6.72%) OpenID
3 84 (6.72%) REST
4 76 (6.08%) LDAP
5 62 (4.96%) SOAP
6 59 (4.72%) GraphQL
7 39 (3.12%) .NET Core
8 38 (3.04%) Microsoft Graph
9 36 (2.88%) JSON
9 36 (2.88%) YAML
10 34 (2.72%) CSS
10 34 (2.72%) HTML
11 33 (2.64%) ARM Templates
12 26 (2.08%) SPFx
13 19 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
13 19 (1.52%) React
14 17 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.28%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.36%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.76%) Cyber Threat
3 65 (5.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (5.04%) Cyberattack
5 61 (4.88%) Management Information System
6 57 (4.56%) Cloud Native
7 54 (4.32%) Security Posture
8 45 (3.60%) Cyber Defence
9 43 (3.44%) Security Operations Centre
10 41 (3.28%) Driving Licence
11 39 (3.12%) Data Centre
12 36 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
13 30 (2.40%) PKI
14 29 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
15 28 (2.24%) Public Cloud
16 25 (2.00%) CMDB
17 20 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
18 18 (1.44%) Low-Code
18 18 (1.44%) Private Cloud
18 18 (1.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 580 (46.40%) Windows
2 279 (22.32%) Windows Server
3 273 (21.84%) Linux
4 77 (6.16%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.08%) Mac OS
6 50 (4.00%) Apple iOS
7 49 (3.92%) Android
8 36 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.56%) VMS
10 29 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.24%) CentOS
12 26 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
13 21 (1.68%) Ubuntu
14 17 (1.36%) Unix
15 8 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.40%) Debian
17 4 (0.32%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.24%) AIX
18 3 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
2 274 (21.92%) Cybersecurity
3 271 (21.68%) Infrastructure as Code
4 266 (21.28%) CI/CD
5 251 (20.08%) DevOps
6 221 (17.68%) ITIL
7 213 (17.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 205 (16.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 187 (14.96%) Mentoring
10 162 (12.96%) Agile
11 157 (12.56%) Incident Response
12 145 (11.60%) Root Cause Analysis
13 139 (11.12%) Roadmaps
14 137 (10.96%) Disaster Recovery
15 127 (10.16%) SIEM
16 123 (9.84%) Containerisation
17 111 (8.88%) Cloud Security
18 109 (8.72%) High Availability
19 106 (8.48%) Task Automation
20 102 (8.16%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 488 (39.04%) Python
2 317 (25.36%) Bash
3 273 (21.84%) SQL
4 96 (7.68%) C#
5 76 (6.08%) T-SQL
6 72 (5.76%) JavaScript
7 70 (5.60%) Bicep
8 30 (2.40%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.08%) Java
10 23 (1.84%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.28%) C++
12 14 (1.12%) Perl
13 11 (0.88%) VB
13 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.88%) VBA
13 11 (0.88%) VBScript
14 10 (0.80%) Go
15 9 (0.72%) PHP
16 7 (0.56%) C
17 6 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 162 (12.96%) Degree
2 147 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 114 (9.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 113 (9.04%) Azure Certification
5 87 (6.96%) SC Cleared
6 50 (4.00%) CISSP
6 50 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
8 41 (3.28%) DV Cleared
9 35 (2.80%) CompTIA Security+
10 29 (2.32%) CCNA
10 29 (2.32%) CREST Certified
11 27 (2.16%) OSCP
12 25 (2.00%) GIAC
13 24 (1.92%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.92%) CEH
14 22 (1.76%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.28%) CompTIA CySA+
16 14 (1.12%) CCNP
17 12 (0.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (11.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 139 (11.12%) NIST
3 63 (5.04%) GDPR
4 53 (4.24%) NCSC
5 44 (3.52%) SLA
6 34 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (1.68%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.60%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.36%) ISO 22301
10 15 (1.20%) QA
10 15 (1.20%) SOC 2
11 14 (1.12%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.48%) DICOM
15 5 (0.40%) GRC
16 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
17 3 (0.24%) PMO
18 2 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 471 (37.68%) Active Directory
2 173 (13.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (10.56%) Docker
4 112 (8.96%) Hyper-V
5 54 (4.32%) vSphere
6 35 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.68%) BitLocker
8 21 (1.68%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
10 14 (1.12%) Firmware
11 10 (0.80%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.64%) KVM
13 6 (0.48%) Squid
14 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.32%) iptables
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 276 (22.08%) Terraform
2 202 (16.16%) Kubernetes
3 191 (15.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 145 (11.60%) Ansible
5 57 (4.56%) Grafana
6 54 (4.32%) Single Sign-On
7 49 (3.92%) SCCM
8 36 (2.88%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (1.84%) vCenter Server
11 15 (1.20%) Nessus
11 15 (1.20%) QRadar
11 15 (1.20%) VxRail
12 14 (1.12%) Packer
12 14 (1.12%) ZABBIX
13 10 (0.80%) Graylog
13 10 (0.80%) WSUS
14 9 (0.72%) Nagios
15 8 (0.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 719 (57.52%) Microsoft
2 223 (17.84%) VMware
3 100 (8.00%) Cisco
4 71 (5.68%) Splunk
5 56 (4.48%) Red Hat
6 53 (4.24%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.28%) Veeam
8 39 (3.12%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.56%) Meraki
10 30 (2.40%) Dell
10 30 (2.40%) Google
11 29 (2.32%) Citrix
12 27 (2.16%) Commvault
13 26 (2.08%) Apple
13 26 (2.08%) Fortinet
14 25 (2.00%) Oracle
14 25 (2.00%) Palo Alto
15 23 (1.84%) CyberArk
15 23 (1.84%) Tenable
16 21 (1.68%) Sophos