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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 89 115
Rank change year-on-year -51 +26 -31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,323 1,589 2,381
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 3.54% 2.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.86% 11.37% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 977 1,005 1,907
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,400 £35,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £75,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,524
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%

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 16,841 13,971 34,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.89% 31.13% 31.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,911 9,215 25,983
10th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £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 £111,250 £97,500
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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -55 1,232 £57,500 -1.71% 337
UK excluding London -62 793 £50,000 - 301
London -14 504 £70,000 -5.41% 98
Work from Home -44 429 £60,000 +9.09% 158
South East -40 207 £55,000 -4.35% 129
North of England -81 197 £47,500 -6.40% 67
Midlands -42 139 £50,000 - 27
North West -83 103 £50,051 +7.64% 51
East of England -22 89 £54,000 +13.68% 25
South West -49 86 £55,000 +15.79% 39
East Midlands -15 78 £45,000 +24.14% 14
Yorkshire -24 61 £45,000 -21.74% 13
West Midlands -66 60 £52,500 -2.21% 13
Scotland +33 48 £50,000 +3.09% 8
North East -31 33 £47,500 -19.15% 4
Wales -25 24 £54,085 +3.02% 9
Northern Ireland -29 3 £46,000 +6.75% 14

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
1 205 (15.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (14.51%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.25%) IIS
4 23 (1.74%) Confluence
5 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.076%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.076%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.076%) SAS
7 1 (0.076%) Site Server
Applications
1 77 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.23%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.076%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.076%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 866 (65.46%) Azure
2 491 (37.11%) Microsoft 365
3 365 (27.59%) Entra ID
4 219 (16.55%) AWS
5 143 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
6 125 (9.45%) Power Platform
7 107 (8.09%) GitHub
8 97 (7.33%) SaaS
9 94 (7.11%) IaaS
10 91 (6.88%) OneDrive
11 78 (5.90%) Azure Monitor
12 70 (5.29%) GitHub Actions
13 67 (5.06%) Power Automate
14 66 (4.99%) PaaS
15 64 (4.84%) Google Workspace
16 60 (4.54%) Azure AKS
16 60 (4.54%) Azure Sentinel
17 57 (4.31%) GCP
18 54 (4.08%) Azure Key Vault
19 47 (3.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 268 (20.26%) DNS
1 268 (20.26%) Firewall
2 177 (13.38%) VPN
3 172 (13.00%) DHCP
4 115 (8.69%) TCP/IP
5 85 (6.42%) WAN
6 82 (6.20%) LAN
7 74 (5.59%) Network Security
8 59 (4.46%) VLAN
9 54 (4.08%) Broadband
10 45 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.87%) VoIP
12 32 (2.42%) SAN
13 28 (2.12%) Wireless
14 23 (1.74%) BGP
15 19 (1.44%) Kerberos
16 17 (1.28%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.21%) SSL
18 15 (1.13%) MPLS
19 14 (1.06%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.42%) Power BI
3 71 (5.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.89%) MySQL
7 23 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.28%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.13%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.76%) Tableau
13 9 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.68%) InfluxDB
14 8 (0.60%) Metadata
15 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.38%) Redis
15 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 101 (7.63%) Git
2 71 (5.37%) JIRA
3 67 (5.06%) Jenkins
4 63 (4.76%) GitLab
5 32 (2.42%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.13%) TeamCity
8 14 (1.06%) Metasploit
9 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (0.76%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.60%) Robot Framework
12 7 (0.53%) TestRail
13 6 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (0.38%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.38%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.38%) Selenium
15 4 (0.30%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
16 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 405 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 212 (16.02%) Finance
3 164 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (7.03%) Law
5 81 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.70%) Legal
9 45 (3.40%) Retail
10 37 (2.80%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.89%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.81%) Games
14 23 (1.74%) Banking
15 19 (1.44%) Advertising
16 16 (1.21%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.68%) Aviation
18 7 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (0.45%) Investment Banking
19 6 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 239 (18.07%) Senior
2 167 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 150 (11.34%) Support Engineer
4 149 (11.26%) Analyst
5 137 (10.36%) IT Support
6 133 (10.05%) Azure Engineer
7 127 (9.60%) IT Engineer
8 108 (8.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 96 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 86 (6.50%) Security Engineer
11 84 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
12 67 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
13 65 (4.91%) Developer
14 62 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
15 59 (4.46%) 2nd Line Support
16 53 (4.01%) Lead
17 45 (3.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 44 (3.33%) Security Analyst
19 43 (3.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 41 (3.10%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (6.80%) SAML
2 88 (6.65%) OAuth
3 87 (6.58%) REST
4 86 (6.50%) .NET
5 81 (6.12%) OpenID
6 78 (5.90%) LDAP
7 60 (4.54%) SOAP
8 51 (3.85%) GraphQL
9 43 (3.25%) ARM Templates
9 43 (3.25%) YAML
10 41 (3.10%) JSON
11 39 (2.95%) Microsoft Graph
12 38 (2.87%) HTML
13 36 (2.72%) .NET Core
14 33 (2.49%) CSS
15 27 (2.04%) SPFx
16 22 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.44%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.28%) React
19 16 (1.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.79%) Onboarding
2 75 (5.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 72 (5.44%) Cloud Native
4 69 (5.22%) Cyber Threat
5 68 (5.14%) Security Posture
6 60 (4.54%) Driving Licence
6 60 (4.54%) Management Information System
7 57 (4.31%) Cyberattack
8 45 (3.40%) Security Operations Centre
9 44 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
10 43 (3.25%) Data Centre
11 39 (2.95%) PKI
12 37 (2.80%) Public Cloud
13 35 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.66%) Replication
16 21 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
17 20 (1.51%) Private Cloud
18 19 (1.44%) Clustering
18 19 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 621 (46.94%) Windows
2 302 (22.83%) Linux
3 296 (22.37%) Windows Server
4 79 (5.97%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.01%) Apple iOS
5 53 (4.01%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.48%) VMS
7 42 (3.17%) Android
8 37 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (2.34%) CentOS
10 29 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.89%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.13%) Unix
14 8 (0.60%) Debian
15 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.38%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.30%) AIX
17 4 (0.30%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
2 299 (22.60%) Infrastructure as Code
3 296 (22.37%) CI/CD
4 294 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 280 (21.16%) DevOps
6 240 (18.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 230 (17.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 224 (16.93%) ITIL
9 186 (14.06%) Mentoring
10 168 (12.70%) Agile
11 162 (12.24%) Incident Response
12 158 (11.94%) Root Cause Analysis
13 155 (11.72%) Disaster Recovery
14 139 (10.51%) Roadmaps
15 137 (10.36%) High Availability
16 136 (10.28%) Containerisation
17 128 (9.67%) SIEM
18 126 (9.52%) Cloud Security
19 119 (8.99%) AI
20 114 (8.62%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 514 (38.85%) Python
2 354 (26.76%) Bash
3 278 (21.01%) SQL
4 95 (7.18%) C#
5 87 (6.58%) Bicep
6 81 (6.12%) T-SQL
7 77 (5.82%) JavaScript
8 38 (2.87%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (2.34%) Java
10 26 (1.97%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.36%) C++
12 15 (1.13%) VBScript
13 14 (1.06%) PHP
14 13 (0.98%) Perl
15 11 (0.83%) VB
16 10 (0.76%) VBA
17 9 (0.68%) Go
17 9 (0.68%) Ruby
18 8 (0.60%) C
19 6 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 165 (12.47%) Degree
2 164 (12.40%) Security Cleared
3 139 (10.51%) Azure Certification
4 124 (9.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 108 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 57 (4.31%) CISSP
7 55 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
9 43 (3.25%) DV Cleared
10 40 (3.02%) CompTIA Security+
11 35 (2.65%) CCNA
12 30 (2.27%) CREST Certified
13 29 (2.19%) OSCP
14 28 (2.12%) DBS Check
15 27 (2.04%) AWS Certification
16 24 (1.81%) CEH
16 24 (1.81%) GIAC
17 18 (1.36%) CCNP
18 17 (1.28%) CompTIA CySA+
19 14 (1.06%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (11.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (10.05%) NIST
3 59 (4.46%) GDPR
4 53 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 49 (3.70%) NCSC
6 39 (2.95%) SLA
7 21 (1.59%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.28%) QA
9 16 (1.21%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.98%) Accessibility
10 13 (0.98%) ISO 22301
11 12 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.45%) DICOM
13 6 (0.45%) PMO
14 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.15%) EMIR
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 512 (38.70%) Active Directory
2 209 (15.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (10.81%) Docker
4 136 (10.28%) Hyper-V
5 72 (5.44%) vSphere
6 42 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
7 35 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.89%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.81%) VMware NSX
10 15 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.76%) KVM
12 8 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.60%) Squid
13 5 (0.38%) Firmware
13 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.30%) iptables
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 311 (23.51%) Terraform
2 219 (16.55%) Kubernetes
3 205 (15.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 157 (11.87%) Ansible
5 71 (5.37%) Grafana
6 59 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (3.85%) Prometheus
8 49 (3.70%) SCCM
9 27 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
10 24 (1.81%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 20 (1.51%) Argo
12 20 (1.51%) Packer
12 20 (1.51%) ZABBIX
13 17 (1.28%) Nessus
13 17 (1.28%) QRadar
14 14 (1.06%) Graylog
14 14 (1.06%) Proxmox
15 13 (0.98%) VxRail
16 12 (0.91%) Nagios
Vendors
1 779 (58.88%) Microsoft
2 258 (19.50%) VMware
3 102 (7.71%) Cisco
4 86 (6.50%) Splunk
5 68 (5.14%) ServiceNow
6 56 (4.23%) Red Hat
7 47 (3.55%) Veeam
8 39 (2.95%) Meraki
9 37 (2.80%) Oracle
10 31 (2.34%) Apple
11 30 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (2.12%) Dell
12 28 (2.12%) Google
13 27 (2.04%) Citrix
13 27 (2.04%) Tenable
14 25 (1.89%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.81%) Sophos
16 23 (1.74%) Commvault
16 23 (1.74%) Palo Alto
17 22 (1.66%) Dynatrace