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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 90 102
Rank change year-on-year -48 +12 -7
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,243 1,356 2,451
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.49% 3.31% 2.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.35% 9.99% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 919 1,058 2,104
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,425 £35,075
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,000 £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 14,887 13,577 32,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.81% 33.10% 34.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,292 10,252 24,965
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,475
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,559 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,715
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 11 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 11 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 -54 1,100 £58,000 -3.33% 384
UK excluding London -62 696 £52,500 - 315
London -10 503 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -23 396 £60,000 +2.56% 176
South East -68 188 £57,750 +0.43% 97
North of England -59 135 £47,972 -8.62% 66
Midlands -73 100 £52,500 +5.00% 45
Scotland +43 95 £69,250 +15.42% 14
South West -34 95 £55,000 +15.79% 60
North West -44 68 £55,000 +18.28% 35
East of England -52 66 £40,000 -27.27% 34
East Midlands -44 56 £55,000 +15.79% 16
Yorkshire -41 54 £47,500 -11.63% 16
West Midlands -58 43 £48,000 -4.00% 29
Wales -20 15 £65,000 +28.58% 10
North East -29 13 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Northern Ireland -39 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
1 184 (14.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 140 (11.26%) 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 (0.080%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.080%) Site Server
8 1 (0.080%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 52 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.40%) 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 (0.080%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.080%) 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 (0.080%) Actimize
4 1 (0.080%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 803 (64.60%) Azure
2 420 (33.79%) Microsoft 365
3 330 (26.55%) Entra ID
4 212 (17.06%) AWS
5 131 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (8.05%) Power Platform
7 98 (7.88%) GitHub
8 75 (6.03%) Google Workspace
9 74 (5.95%) GCP
9 74 (5.95%) GitHub Actions
10 71 (5.71%) SaaS
11 63 (5.07%) OneDrive
12 60 (4.83%) IaaS
13 59 (4.75%) PaaS
14 46 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
15 42 (3.38%) Power Automate
16 41 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
17 40 (3.22%) Azure Sentinel
18 38 (3.06%) Azure Key Vault
19 37 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 235 (18.91%) DNS
2 224 (18.02%) Firewall
3 178 (14.32%) DHCP
4 135 (10.86%) VPN
5 106 (8.53%) TCP/IP
6 70 (5.63%) WAN
7 63 (5.07%) Broadband
7 63 (5.07%) LAN
8 58 (4.67%) Network Security
9 51 (4.10%) VLAN
10 46 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (3.22%) VoIP
12 33 (2.65%) SAN
12 33 (2.65%) Wireless
13 28 (2.25%) SD-WAN
14 20 (1.61%) BGP
15 19 (1.53%) MPLS
16 14 (1.13%) VSAN
17 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
18 11 (0.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (10.94%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.84%) Power BI
3 34 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.09%) MySQL
6 25 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.93%) Oracle Database
7 24 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
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 (0.80%) 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 (7.08%) Git
2 75 (6.03%) Jenkins
3 72 (5.79%) JIRA
4 45 (3.62%) GitLab
5 27 (2.17%) Bitbucket
6 18 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
9 12 (0.97%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.88%) Robot Framework
11 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
12 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
12 8 (0.64%) TestRail
12 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.32%) Balsamiq
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
15 3 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 416 (33.47%) Social Skills
2 260 (20.92%) Finance
3 164 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.68%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (5.39%) Law
6 44 (3.54%) 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 (2.65%) Games
11 30 (2.41%) 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
1 213 (17.14%) Senior
2 153 (12.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 147 (11.83%) Support Engineer
4 127 (10.22%) Azure Engineer
5 116 (9.33%) Analyst
6 111 (8.93%) IT Support
7 86 (6.92%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.68%) Security Engineer
9 82 (6.60%) Cloud Engineer
10 70 (5.63%) DevOps Engineer
11 65 (5.23%) IT Support Engineer
12 63 (5.07%) Lead
13 61 (4.91%) Developer
14 59 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
15 52 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support
16 49 (3.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 47 (3.78%) Architect
18 45 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
19 41 (3.30%) Systems Engineer
20 38 (3.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.72%) OAuth
2 89 (7.16%) REST
3 80 (6.44%) SAML
4 79 (6.36%) OpenID
5 70 (5.63%) GraphQL
6 68 (5.47%) .NET
7 66 (5.31%) LDAP
8 65 (5.23%) SOAP
9 35 (2.82%) YAML
10 31 (2.49%) .NET Core
11 29 (2.33%) ARM Templates
11 29 (2.33%) JSON
12 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
13 20 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.53%) CSS
15 18 (1.45%) SPFx
16 17 (1.37%) HTML
16 17 (1.37%) React
17 16 (1.29%) Node.js
18 13 (1.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.48%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.87%) Cyber Threat
3 70 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (5.31%) Cyberattack
5 58 (4.67%) Security Posture
6 54 (4.34%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.62%) 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 33 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
13 31 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (2.41%) Public Cloud
15 28 (2.25%) PKI
16 24 (1.93%) CMDB
17 21 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
18 18 (1.45%) Low-Code
18 18 (1.45%) Replication
19 16 (1.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 569 (45.78%) Windows
2 287 (23.09%) Windows Server
3 258 (20.76%) Linux
4 70 (5.63%) Windows 10
5 56 (4.51%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.38%) Apple iOS
6 42 (3.38%) Unix
7 41 (3.30%) Android
8 38 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 30 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 25 (2.01%) CentOS
11 22 (1.77%) Solaris
11 22 (1.77%) VMS
12 19 (1.53%) HPUX
12 19 (1.53%) Ubuntu
12 19 (1.53%) Windows 7
12 19 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
12 19 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
13 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (28.16%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (21.80%) DevOps
3 255 (20.51%) CI/CD
4 250 (20.11%) Cybersecurity
5 249 (20.03%) Infrastructure as Code
6 234 (18.83%) ITIL
7 215 (17.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 202 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 192 (15.45%) Mentoring
10 161 (12.95%) Agile
11 148 (11.91%) Disaster Recovery
12 147 (11.83%) Incident Response
13 140 (11.26%) Roadmaps
14 128 (10.30%) Root Cause Analysis
15 112 (9.01%) SIEM
16 110 (8.85%) Task Automation
17 108 (8.69%) Containerisation
18 106 (8.53%) Cloud Security
19 105 (8.45%) Identity Access Management
20 94 (7.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 459 (36.93%) Python
2 311 (25.02%) Bash
3 263 (21.16%) SQL
4 83 (6.68%) T-SQL
5 82 (6.60%) C#
6 69 (5.55%) JavaScript
7 67 (5.39%) Bicep
8 31 (2.49%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.09%) Perl
10 21 (1.69%) Java
11 13 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.97%) Go
13 10 (0.80%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.72%) C++
14 9 (0.72%) 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 (13.52%) Degree
2 158 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 101 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (7.80%) SC Cleared
5 89 (7.16%) Azure Certification
6 70 (5.63%) DV Cleared
7 60 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (4.18%) CISSP
9 38 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.74%) CREST Certified
11 25 (2.01%) GIAC
12 24 (1.93%) CEH
12 24 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (1.93%) OSCP
13 23 (1.85%) AWS Certification
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 (13.19%) NIST
2 161 (12.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (5.39%) GDPR
3 67 (5.39%) NCSC
4 60 (4.83%) SLA
5 32 (2.57%) Accessibility
6 28 (2.25%) 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 (0.88%) 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
1 470 (37.81%) Active Directory
2 156 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 128 (10.30%) Docker
4 110 (8.85%) Hyper-V
5 48 (3.86%) vSphere
6 35 (2.82%) 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 (0.88%) 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 (21.24%) Terraform
2 183 (14.72%) Kubernetes
3 180 (14.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 149 (11.99%) Ansible
5 56 (4.51%) Grafana
6 46 (3.70%) SCCM
7 42 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
8 35 (2.82%) 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 (0.80%) FortiGate
16 9 (0.72%) QRadar
17 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
18 7 (0.56%) logstash
18 7 (0.56%) WSUS
19 6 (0.48%) SCOM
Vendors
1 680 (54.71%) Microsoft
2 243 (19.55%) VMware
3 112 (9.01%) Cisco
4 66 (5.31%) Splunk
5 55 (4.42%) ServiceNow
6 52 (4.18%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.62%) Oracle
8 44 (3.54%) Veeam
9 36 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
9 36 (2.90%) Google
10 34 (2.74%) Commvault
10 34 (2.74%) Palo Alto
11 28 (2.25%) CyberArk
11 28 (2.25%) Dell
11 28 (2.25%) Fortinet
12 27 (2.17%) Citrix
12 27 (2.17%) Meraki
13 23 (1.85%) Apple
14 20 (1.61%) Dynatrace
15 19 (1.53%) Atlassian