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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 93 106
Rank change year-on-year -46 +13 -8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,249 1,355 2,408
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.44% 3.25% 2.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.14% 9.70% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 915 1,053 2,061
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 15,339 13,965 32,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.65% 33.45% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10,454 10,230 25,110
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,195
25th Percentile £47,000 £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 £86,250 £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 19 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 19 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 -57 1,103 £58,000 -3.33% 373
UK excluding London -55 695 £52,500 - 320
London -8 512 £70,000 -9.68% 111
Work from Home -23 403 £60,000 +2.56% 149
South East -76 176 £56,750 -1.30% 100
North of England -54 140 £48,445 -3.11% 64
Midlands -61 104 £52,500 +5.00% 44
Scotland +34 97 £55,000 -4.35% 24
South West -40 91 £55,000 +15.79% 45
North West -36 70 £55,000 +19.57% 35
East of England -49 67 £43,000 -21.82% 37
East Midlands -48 59 £55,000 +25.71% 23
Yorkshire -31 56 £47,500 -13.64% 16
West Midlands -66 44 £48,000 -4.00% 21
Wales -13 18 £58,248 +15.22% 14
North East -33 14 £45,000 -21.74% 13
Northern Ireland -38 2 £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
1 183 (14.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 149 (11.93%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.04%) IIS
4 16 (1.28%) Confluence
5 14 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2003
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 51 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) CATIA
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.24%) Windchill
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 6 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 801 (64.13%) Azure
2 430 (34.43%) Microsoft 365
3 338 (27.06%) Entra ID
4 210 (16.81%) AWS
5 131 (10.49%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (8.01%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.53%) GitHub
8 75 (6.00%) Google Workspace
9 73 (5.84%) SaaS
10 72 (5.76%) GitHub Actions
11 71 (5.68%) GCP
12 70 (5.60%) OneDrive
13 58 (4.64%) IaaS
14 57 (4.56%) PaaS
15 46 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
16 44 (3.52%) Azure Logic Apps
16 44 (3.52%) Power Automate
17 42 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
18 40 (3.20%) Azure Data Factory
19 38 (3.04%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 235 (18.82%) DNS
2 231 (18.49%) Firewall
3 172 (13.77%) DHCP
4 139 (11.13%) VPN
5 105 (8.41%) TCP/IP
6 76 (6.08%) WAN
7 67 (5.36%) LAN
8 63 (5.04%) Broadband
9 61 (4.88%) Network Security
10 51 (4.08%) VLAN
11 46 (3.68%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.12%) VoIP
13 33 (2.64%) SAN
14 32 (2.56%) Wireless
15 27 (2.16%) SD-WAN
16 21 (1.68%) BGP
17 18 (1.44%) MPLS
18 14 (1.12%) VSAN
19 13 (1.04%) Internet
20 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (10.65%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.73%) Power BI
3 37 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (2.08%) MySQL
6 25 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.52%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.44%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.28%) Oracle Database 10g
12 14 (1.12%) Tableau
13 12 (0.96%) InfluxDB
14 9 (0.72%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.64%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.56%) Metadata
17 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
18 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 95 (7.61%) Git
2 75 (6.00%) Jenkins
3 74 (5.92%) JIRA
4 47 (3.76%) GitLab
5 29 (2.32%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.04%) Robot Framework
9 11 (0.88%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.80%) TestRail
11 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
13 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.32%) Balsamiq
14 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) Selenium
14 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 415 (33.23%) Social Skills
2 256 (20.50%) Finance
3 166 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
5 65 (5.20%) Law
6 45 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.44%) Retail
8 42 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (3.28%) Legal
10 40 (3.20%) Public Sector
11 33 (2.64%) Games
12 30 (2.40%) Banking
13 25 (2.00%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.52%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.44%) Front Office
16 16 (1.28%) Aerospace
17 15 (1.20%) Advertising
18 8 (0.64%) Military
19 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
19 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 219 (17.53%) Senior
2 151 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 140 (11.21%) Support Engineer
4 130 (10.41%) Azure Engineer
5 129 (10.33%) Analyst
6 108 (8.65%) IT Support
7 84 (6.73%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.65%) Cloud Engineer
8 83 (6.65%) Security Engineer
9 70 (5.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 67 (5.36%) Lead
11 65 (5.20%) Developer
12 60 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
13 53 (4.24%) 3rd Line Support
14 52 (4.16%) 2nd Line Support
15 45 (3.60%) Architect
16 44 (3.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 43 (3.44%) Platform Engineer
18 42 (3.36%) Systems Engineer
19 41 (3.28%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (7.93%) OAuth
2 90 (7.21%) REST
3 83 (6.65%) SAML
4 82 (6.57%) OpenID
5 72 (5.76%) .NET
6 70 (5.60%) GraphQL
7 69 (5.52%) LDAP
8 66 (5.28%) SOAP
9 35 (2.80%) YAML
10 33 (2.64%) .NET Core
11 30 (2.40%) JSON
12 29 (2.32%) ARM Templates
13 25 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
14 22 (1.76%) CSS
15 21 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
15 21 (1.68%) SPFx
16 20 (1.60%) HTML
17 18 (1.44%) React
18 15 (1.20%) Node.js
19 14 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.84%) Cyber Threat
3 72 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.36%) Cyberattack
5 61 (4.88%) Security Posture
6 55 (4.40%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.68%) Cloud Native
8 44 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (3.28%) Driving Licence
10 38 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
11 37 (2.96%) Security Operations Centre
12 36 (2.88%) Data Centre
13 30 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
13 30 (2.40%) Public Cloud
14 26 (2.08%) PKI
15 24 (1.92%) CMDB
16 19 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
17 18 (1.44%) Low-Code
18 17 (1.36%) Replication
18 17 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 572 (45.80%) Windows
2 285 (22.82%) Windows Server
3 259 (20.74%) Linux
4 74 (5.92%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.40%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.68%) Apple iOS
7 45 (3.60%) Android
8 39 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 34 (2.72%) Unix
10 30 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 29 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 26 (2.08%) CentOS
13 23 (1.84%) VMS
14 18 (1.44%) Solaris
14 18 (1.44%) Ubuntu
15 14 (1.12%) HPUX
15 14 (1.12%) Windows 7
15 14 (1.12%) Windows Server 2003
15 14 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
2 268 (21.46%) DevOps
3 262 (20.98%) CI/CD
4 259 (20.74%) Cybersecurity
5 254 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 231 (18.49%) ITIL
7 212 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 208 (16.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 197 (15.77%) Mentoring
10 169 (13.53%) Agile
11 151 (12.09%) Incident Response
12 146 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
13 139 (11.13%) Roadmaps
14 128 (10.25%) Root Cause Analysis
15 118 (9.45%) SIEM
16 112 (8.97%) Containerisation
17 108 (8.65%) Cloud Security
18 107 (8.57%) Task Automation
19 105 (8.41%) Identity Access Management
20 96 (7.69%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 470 (37.63%) Python
2 315 (25.22%) Bash
3 267 (21.38%) SQL
4 87 (6.97%) C#
5 83 (6.65%) T-SQL
6 74 (5.92%) JavaScript
7 68 (5.44%) Bicep
8 31 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (1.84%) Java
10 22 (1.76%) Perl
11 16 (1.28%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.88%) Go
13 10 (0.80%) C++
13 10 (0.80%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.72%) VB
15 7 (0.56%) C
15 7 (0.56%) PHP
16 6 (0.48%) Delphi
16 6 (0.48%) VBA
16 6 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 167 (13.37%) Degree
2 153 (12.25%) Security Cleared
3 105 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 92 (7.37%) SC Cleared
5 87 (6.97%) Azure Certification
6 63 (5.04%) DV Cleared
7 58 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (4.32%) CISSP
9 41 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.64%) CREST Certified
11 27 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (2.16%) OSCP
12 25 (2.00%) CCNA
12 25 (2.00%) GIAC
13 24 (1.92%) CEH
14 22 (1.76%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.36%) DBS Check
16 15 (1.20%) CCNP
17 14 (1.12%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (12.97%) NIST
2 159 (12.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (5.28%) GDPR
3 66 (5.28%) NCSC
4 57 (4.56%) SLA
5 29 (2.32%) Accessibility
5 29 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (1.52%) Data Quality
6 19 (1.52%) ISO 22301
7 16 (1.28%) QA
8 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.04%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.48%) DICOM
13 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.16%) COBIT
16 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 468 (37.47%) Active Directory
2 157 (12.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (10.57%) Docker
4 110 (8.81%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.60%) vSphere
6 37 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.44%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.28%) Firmware
10 13 (1.04%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.32%) iptables
13 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.24%) Squid
14 3 (0.24%) vCloud
14 3 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 267 (21.38%) Terraform
2 184 (14.73%) Kubernetes
2 184 (14.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 150 (12.01%) Ansible
4 57 (4.56%) Grafana
5 47 (3.76%) SCCM
6 44 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
7 34 (2.72%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
9 21 (1.68%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (1.12%) Puppet
12 13 (1.04%) Nessus
12 13 (1.04%) VxRail
13 12 (0.96%) QRadar
14 11 (0.88%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.64%) logstash
15 8 (0.64%) Packer
15 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 696 (55.72%) Microsoft
2 235 (18.82%) VMware
3 108 (8.65%) Cisco
4 69 (5.52%) Splunk
5 59 (4.72%) ServiceNow
6 56 (4.48%) Red Hat
7 43 (3.44%) Oracle
8 41 (3.28%) Veeam
9 40 (3.20%) CrowdStrike
10 35 (2.80%) Google
11 33 (2.64%) Commvault
12 31 (2.48%) Palo Alto
13 29 (2.32%) Dell
14 28 (2.24%) Fortinet
14 28 (2.24%) Meraki
15 27 (2.16%) CyberArk
16 24 (1.92%) Citrix
17 23 (1.84%) Apple
18 20 (1.60%) Atlassian
18 20 (1.60%) Dynatrace