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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 86 113
Rank change year-on-year -52 +27 -34
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,440 1,692 1,934
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.40% 3.42% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.88% 11.86% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 1,115 1,518
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £44,750
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 £92,500
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 18,277 14,268 25,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.71% 28.81% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13,010 9,441 18,690
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 1 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 1 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 1,283 £57,500 - 490
UK excluding London -55 926 £52,500 +5.00% 364
Work from Home -42 502 £60,250 +4.78% 227
London -32 477 £70,000 -6.67% 191
South East -30 248 £54,000 -6.09% 122
North of England -92 215 £50,000 +5.26% 82
Midlands -42 153 £50,000 - 43
North West -84 117 £52,500 +14.13% 50
East of England -33 91 £57,500 +11.65% 37
South West -80 85 £55,000 +15.79% 54
East Midlands -11 79 £42,500 +17.24% 21
West Midlands -60 74 £53,094 -3.47% 22
Yorkshire -38 60 £42,500 -15.00% 22
Northern Ireland -20 59 £46,000 +2.12% 13
Scotland +32 45 £52,500 +31.25% 13
North East -24 38 £50,000 -16.67% 12
Wales -41 30 £46,500 -15.45% 16

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
1 229 (15.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 213 (14.79%) SharePoint
3 52 (3.61%) IIS
4 32 (2.22%) Confluence
5 9 (0.63%) nginx
6 6 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.35%) 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 80 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.76%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.21%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.069%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.069%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.069%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 896 (62.22%) Azure
2 520 (36.11%) Microsoft 365
3 391 (27.15%) Entra ID
4 252 (17.50%) AWS
5 165 (11.46%) SaaS
6 159 (11.04%) Azure DevOps
7 117 (8.13%) Power Platform
8 116 (8.06%) GitHub
9 107 (7.43%) IaaS
10 101 (7.01%) OneDrive
11 82 (5.69%) Azure Monitor
12 78 (5.42%) PaaS
13 73 (5.07%) Azure Sentinel
14 69 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
15 68 (4.72%) Azure AKS
16 67 (4.65%) Power Automate
17 64 (4.44%) GCP
18 62 (4.31%) Azure Key Vault
19 50 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
20 47 (3.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 316 (21.94%) Firewall
2 303 (21.04%) DNS
3 204 (14.17%) DHCP
3 204 (14.17%) VPN
4 135 (9.38%) TCP/IP
5 95 (6.60%) WAN
6 86 (5.97%) LAN
7 74 (5.14%) Network Security
8 72 (5.00%) VLAN
9 46 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
10 43 (2.99%) Wireless
11 38 (2.64%) SAN
12 35 (2.43%) Kerberos
13 32 (2.22%) VoIP
14 23 (1.60%) Broadband
15 21 (1.46%) SSL
16 20 (1.39%) BGP
17 19 (1.32%) NAS
18 17 (1.18%) Internet
19 16 (1.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (11.04%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 75 (5.21%) Power BI
4 38 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.67%) MongoDB
6 22 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
7 20 (1.39%) MySQL
7 20 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.97%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.63%) InfluxDB
11 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.42%) Redis
13 5 (0.35%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.35%) Metadata
13 5 (0.35%) Power Query
13 5 (0.35%) Tableau
14 4 (0.28%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 108 (7.50%) Git
2 90 (6.25%) JIRA
3 69 (4.79%) GitLab
4 63 (4.38%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.08%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (0.63%) Metasploit
10 7 (0.49%) Robot Framework
10 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.49%) TestRail
11 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.42%) Selenium
12 5 (0.35%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.35%) Postman
13 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.21%) JMeter
General
1 492 (34.17%) Social Skills
2 226 (15.69%) Finance
3 184 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.89%) Law
5 109 (7.57%) Legal
6 60 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 44 (3.06%) Retail
10 38 (2.64%) Public Sector
11 32 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.08%) Banking
13 24 (1.67%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.18%) Advertising
15 13 (0.90%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.76%) Financial Institution
18 9 (0.63%) Legal Technology
19 8 (0.56%) Front Office
19 8 (0.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 283 (19.65%) Senior
2 180 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 155 (10.76%) Analyst
4 145 (10.07%) Support Engineer
5 137 (9.51%) IT Support
6 133 (9.24%) Azure Engineer
6 133 (9.24%) IT Engineer
7 124 (8.61%) Cloud Engineer
8 104 (7.22%) DevOps Engineer
9 78 (5.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 78 (5.42%) Security Engineer
10 69 (4.79%) Platform Engineer
11 66 (4.58%) Lead
12 64 (4.44%) Developer
13 61 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
14 60 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
15 53 (3.68%) Testing Manager
16 52 (3.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 50 (3.47%) Senior Manager
18 49 (3.40%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.11%) .NET
2 63 (4.38%) SAML
3 62 (4.31%) REST
4 60 (4.17%) OAuth
5 56 (3.89%) ARM Templates
6 53 (3.68%) LDAP
6 53 (3.68%) OpenID
7 45 (3.13%) YAML
8 43 (2.99%) HTML
9 41 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
10 38 (2.64%) JSON
11 34 (2.36%) .NET Core
12 32 (2.22%) CSS
13 27 (1.88%) SOAP
14 25 (1.74%) SPFx
15 21 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (1.18%) GraphQL
18 16 (1.11%) RESTful
19 15 (1.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.43%) Onboarding
2 85 (5.90%) Cloud Native
3 74 (5.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 72 (5.00%) Security Posture
5 69 (4.79%) Management Information System
6 60 (4.17%) Driving Licence
7 55 (3.82%) Virtual Team
8 53 (3.68%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.13%) Public Cloud
10 43 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
11 40 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
11 40 (2.78%) PKI
12 37 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
13 36 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
14 32 (2.22%) Clustering
14 32 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
14 32 (2.22%) Replication
15 26 (1.81%) Private Cloud
16 22 (1.53%) CMDB
16 22 (1.53%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 671 (46.60%) Windows
2 331 (22.99%) Linux
3 322 (22.36%) Windows Server
4 79 (5.49%) Windows 10
5 56 (3.89%) Apple iOS
6 47 (3.26%) Mac OS
7 46 (3.19%) VMS
8 42 (2.92%) Android
9 38 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.50%) CentOS
10 36 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 31 (2.15%) Ubuntu
12 27 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
13 15 (1.04%) Unix
14 7 (0.49%) Kali Linux
15 6 (0.42%) Debian
15 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.35%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.28%) AIX
17 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (25.21%) DevOps
2 356 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
3 328 (22.78%) CI/CD
4 320 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 314 (21.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 263 (18.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 257 (17.85%) ITIL
8 254 (17.64%) Cybersecurity
9 218 (15.14%) Mentoring
10 177 (12.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 172 (11.94%) Agile
12 166 (11.53%) Root Cause Analysis
13 164 (11.39%) Incident Response
14 162 (11.25%) High Availability
15 139 (9.65%) Containerisation
16 136 (9.44%) SIEM
17 134 (9.31%) AI
18 131 (9.10%) Cloud Security
19 128 (8.89%) Observability
19 128 (8.89%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 579 (40.21%) Python
2 324 (22.50%) Bash
3 283 (19.65%) SQL
4 146 (10.14%) C#
5 132 (9.17%) JavaScript
6 108 (7.50%) Bicep
7 80 (5.56%) TypeScript
8 49 (3.40%) Kusto Query Language
8 49 (3.40%) T-SQL
9 36 (2.50%) Java
10 21 (1.46%) VBScript
11 19 (1.32%) C++
12 16 (1.11%) PHP
13 15 (1.04%) Perl
14 10 (0.69%) Go
14 10 (0.69%) VB
14 10 (0.69%) VBA
15 9 (0.63%) Ruby
16 8 (0.56%) C
17 6 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 184 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 173 (12.01%) Degree
3 157 (10.90%) Azure Certification
4 140 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 128 (8.89%) SC Cleared
6 63 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
7 60 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 57 (3.96%) CISSP
9 49 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
10 48 (3.33%) DV Cleared
11 44 (3.06%) CCNA
12 25 (1.74%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.60%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.60%) CEH
13 23 (1.60%) OSCP
14 22 (1.53%) CCNP
14 22 (1.53%) GIAC
15 21 (1.46%) CREST Certified
16 18 (1.25%) CISM
17 15 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (6.32%) NIST
3 75 (5.21%) QA
4 65 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (4.03%) GDPR
6 42 (2.92%) SLA
7 21 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.32%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.25%) SOC 2
10 17 (1.18%) NCSC
11 9 (0.63%) ISO 22301
12 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.49%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.42%) PMO
15 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.21%) DICOM
16 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 522 (36.25%) Active Directory
2 237 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 159 (11.04%) Hyper-V
4 142 (9.86%) Docker
5 82 (5.69%) vSphere
6 58 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
7 44 (3.06%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.88%) BitLocker
9 23 (1.60%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.69%) KVM
12 9 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 8 (0.56%) Squid
14 5 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 5 (0.35%) Firmware
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
1 345 (23.96%) Terraform
2 238 (16.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 235 (16.32%) Kubernetes
4 174 (12.08%) Ansible
5 81 (5.63%) Grafana
6 66 (4.58%) SCCM
7 51 (3.54%) Prometheus
7 51 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (1.88%) Jamf Pro
9 25 (1.74%) ZABBIX
10 23 (1.60%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.46%) Argo
12 20 (1.39%) Packer
12 20 (1.39%) QRadar
13 19 (1.32%) Proxmox
14 14 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (0.97%) Graylog
15 13 (0.90%) Nagios
15 13 (0.90%) VxRail
16 12 (0.83%) Nessus
Vendors
1 861 (59.79%) Microsoft
2 278 (19.31%) VMware
3 125 (8.68%) Cisco
4 102 (7.08%) ServiceNow
5 94 (6.53%) Splunk
6 63 (4.38%) Red Hat
7 55 (3.82%) Veeam
8 46 (3.19%) Meraki
8 46 (3.19%) Oracle
9 33 (2.29%) Citrix
10 32 (2.22%) Apple
10 32 (2.22%) Dynatrace
10 32 (2.22%) Sophos
11 31 (2.15%) Tenable
12 29 (2.01%) Dell
13 28 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (1.94%) Fortinet
14 24 (1.67%) CyberArk
14 24 (1.67%) Palo Alto
15 21 (1.46%) SolarWinds