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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 100 112
Rank change year-on-year -43 +12 -15
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,231 1,351 2,330
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 3.11% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.81% 9.70% 7.19%
Number of salaries quoted 899 1,041 1,972
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £35,525
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +8.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
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 15,752 13,930 32,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.38% 32.08% 33.69%
Number of salaries quoted 10,725 9,989 24,968
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,617 £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 £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 8 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 8 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 -50 1,098 £59,000 -1.67% 358
UK excluding London -48 680 £52,500 +5.00% 299
London -10 513 £70,000 -9.68% 118
Work from Home -15 396 £57,500 - 163
South East -101 154 £55,000 -4.35% 121
North of England -39 146 £47,500 -3.36% 63
Midlands -48 117 £50,000 - 34
South West -41 85 £55,000 +15.79% 31
Scotland +45 83 £50,000 -3.69% 19
North West -27 72 £51,500 +11.96% 35
East of England -29 71 £57,500 +21.05% 26
East Midlands -19 68 £55,000 +37.50% 17
Yorkshire -29 57 £47,500 -19.49% 18
West Midlands -65 48 £48,000 -4.00% 17
Wales -14 21 £55,000 +10.00% 8
North East -31 17 £46,500 -19.13% 10
Northern Ireland -33 3 £46,000 - 3

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
1 169 (13.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 159 (12.92%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.17%) IIS
4 18 (1.46%) Confluence
5 4 (0.32%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.081%) CMS
7 1 (0.081%) Site Server
7 1 (0.081%) WordPress
Applications
1 56 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.081%) CATIA
4 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.081%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.081%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.081%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
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 (0.081%) Actimize
5 1 (0.081%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.081%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 796 (64.66%) Azure
2 435 (35.34%) Microsoft 365
3 334 (27.13%) Entra ID
4 216 (17.55%) AWS
5 122 (9.91%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (8.61%) Power Platform
7 92 (7.47%) GitHub
8 81 (6.58%) OneDrive
9 80 (6.50%) SaaS
10 71 (5.77%) Google Workspace
11 70 (5.69%) GCP
12 69 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
13 63 (5.12%) IaaS
14 53 (4.31%) Azure Sentinel
15 52 (4.22%) Power Automate
16 47 (3.82%) Azure Data Factory
16 47 (3.82%) PaaS
17 45 (3.66%) Azure Logic Apps
18 44 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
19 42 (3.41%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 232 (18.85%) Firewall
2 229 (18.60%) DNS
3 146 (11.86%) DHCP
4 142 (11.54%) VPN
5 102 (8.29%) TCP/IP
6 70 (5.69%) WAN
7 64 (5.20%) LAN
8 62 (5.04%) Network Security
9 59 (4.79%) Broadband
10 48 (3.90%) VLAN
11 42 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.25%) VoIP
13 33 (2.68%) SAN
14 24 (1.95%) Wireless
15 21 (1.71%) BGP
16 18 (1.46%) SD-WAN
17 15 (1.22%) MPLS
18 14 (1.14%) VSAN
19 13 (1.06%) Internet
19 13 (1.06%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.90%) Power BI
3 51 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (2.03%) MySQL
7 23 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.30%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.06%) Tableau
12 12 (0.97%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.89%) InfluxDB
14 10 (0.81%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.57%) Metadata
16 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 3 (0.24%) Power Query
18 3 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 94 (7.64%) Git
2 68 (5.52%) Jenkins
2 68 (5.52%) JIRA
3 52 (4.22%) GitLab
4 29 (2.36%) Bitbucket
5 16 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
6 13 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 12 (0.97%) TeamCity
8 11 (0.89%) Robot Framework
9 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.73%) TestRail
9 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.32%) MLflow
11 4 (0.32%) Selenium
11 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 405 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 235 (19.09%) Finance
3 172 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.26%) Organisational Skills
5 68 (5.52%) Law
6 50 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.57%) Legal
8 43 (3.49%) Retail
9 42 (3.41%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.36%) Games
10 29 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.11%) Banking
12 19 (1.54%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.38%) Advertising
14 16 (1.30%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.22%) Front Office
16 7 (0.57%) Electronics
17 6 (0.49%) Military
17 6 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 230 (18.68%) Senior
2 149 (12.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 136 (11.05%) Analyst
4 128 (10.40%) Azure Engineer
4 128 (10.40%) Support Engineer
5 105 (8.53%) IT Support
6 86 (6.99%) IT Engineer
7 84 (6.82%) Security Engineer
8 83 (6.74%) Cloud Engineer
9 79 (6.42%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (5.28%) Developer
11 59 (4.79%) Lead
12 58 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
13 55 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support
14 50 (4.06%) Systems Engineer
15 46 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.49%) Architect
17 41 (3.33%) Support Analyst
18 39 (3.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 39 (3.17%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.80%) OAuth
2 85 (6.90%) REST
2 85 (6.90%) SAML
3 84 (6.82%) OpenID
4 81 (6.58%) .NET
5 70 (5.69%) LDAP
6 62 (5.04%) GraphQL
6 62 (5.04%) SOAP
7 39 (3.17%) .NET Core
8 35 (2.84%) JSON
8 35 (2.84%) Microsoft Graph
9 32 (2.60%) CSS
10 31 (2.52%) ARM Templates
11 30 (2.44%) HTML
11 30 (2.44%) YAML
12 28 (2.27%) SPFx
13 20 (1.62%) React
14 19 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.54%) HTML5 Canvas
15 16 (1.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.64%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.85%) Cyber Threat
3 71 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (5.12%) Cyberattack
5 57 (4.63%) Management Information System
6 53 (4.31%) Cloud Native
7 51 (4.14%) Security Posture
8 43 (3.49%) Cyber Defence
9 42 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
10 38 (3.09%) Data Centre
10 38 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (3.01%) Driving Licence
12 30 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (2.44%) Public Cloud
13 26 (2.11%) PKI
14 25 (2.03%) CMDB
15 19 (1.54%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.38%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 565 (45.90%) Windows
2 271 (22.01%) Windows Server
3 269 (21.85%) Linux
4 77 (6.26%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.06%) Mac OS
6 49 (3.98%) Apple iOS
7 47 (3.82%) Android
8 35 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.44%) VMS
10 29 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 26 (2.11%) CentOS
12 24 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
13 19 (1.54%) Ubuntu
14 18 (1.46%) Unix
15 10 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.41%) Debian
17 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.24%) AIX
18 3 (0.24%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (26.08%) Problem-Solving
2 269 (21.85%) Infrastructure as Code
3 263 (21.36%) CI/CD
4 262 (21.28%) Cybersecurity
5 256 (20.80%) DevOps
6 222 (18.03%) ITIL
7 212 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 206 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 187 (15.19%) Mentoring
10 157 (12.75%) Agile
11 156 (12.67%) Incident Response
12 137 (11.13%) Disaster Recovery
12 137 (11.13%) Roadmaps
12 137 (11.13%) Root Cause Analysis
13 123 (9.99%) SIEM
14 121 (9.83%) Containerisation
15 112 (9.10%) Cloud Security
16 105 (8.53%) Task Automation
17 100 (8.12%) Security Operations
18 95 (7.72%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 477 (38.75%) Python
2 316 (25.67%) Bash
3 273 (22.18%) SQL
4 93 (7.55%) C#
5 78 (6.34%) T-SQL
6 76 (6.17%) JavaScript
7 67 (5.44%) Bicep
8 31 (2.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 24 (1.95%) Java
10 23 (1.87%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.97%) C++
12 11 (0.89%) VB
12 11 (0.89%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.81%) Go
13 10 (0.81%) Perl
13 10 (0.81%) VBA
14 8 (0.65%) PHP
15 7 (0.57%) C
16 6 (0.49%) Delphi
16 6 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 164 (13.32%) Degree
2 146 (11.86%) Security Cleared
3 108 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 96 (7.80%) Azure Certification
5 84 (6.82%) SC Cleared
6 51 (4.14%) CISSP
6 51 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (3.82%) DV Cleared
8 39 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.52%) CompTIA Security+
9 31 (2.52%) CREST Certified
10 26 (2.11%) CCNA
10 26 (2.11%) OSCP
11 24 (1.95%) GIAC
12 22 (1.79%) AWS Certification
13 21 (1.71%) CEH
14 19 (1.54%) DBS Check
15 18 (1.46%) CompTIA CySA+
16 14 (1.14%) CCNP
17 13 (1.06%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (12.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 141 (11.45%) NIST
3 65 (5.28%) GDPR
4 55 (4.47%) NCSC
5 42 (3.41%) SLA
6 30 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.11%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.62%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.54%) ISO 22301
10 17 (1.38%) QA
11 16 (1.30%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.14%) PCI DSS
13 13 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.49%) DICOM
16 5 (0.41%) GRC
17 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.16%) COBIT
19 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 453 (36.80%) Active Directory
2 164 (13.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (10.89%) Docker
4 105 (8.53%) Hyper-V
5 49 (3.98%) vSphere
6 33 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.62%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.46%) BitLocker
9 18 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.22%) Firmware
11 10 (0.81%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.41%) Squid
12 5 (0.41%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.32%) iptables
13 4 (0.32%) KVM
13 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 274 (22.26%) Terraform
2 197 (16.00%) Kubernetes
3 184 (14.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 151 (12.27%) Ansible
5 57 (4.63%) Grafana
6 47 (3.82%) SCCM
6 47 (3.82%) Single Sign-On
7 35 (2.84%) Prometheus
8 25 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
9 22 (1.79%) vCenter Server
10 21 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (1.14%) Nessus
11 14 (1.14%) VxRail
12 12 (0.97%) Packer
12 12 (0.97%) QRadar
13 11 (0.89%) Puppet
14 9 (0.73%) WSUS
15 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.65%) logstash
15 8 (0.65%) Nagios
Vendors
1 686 (55.73%) Microsoft
2 215 (17.47%) VMware
3 102 (8.29%) Cisco
4 67 (5.44%) Splunk
5 57 (4.63%) Red Hat
6 54 (4.39%) ServiceNow
7 42 (3.41%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.76%) Veeam
9 32 (2.60%) Google
10 30 (2.44%) Dell
11 29 (2.36%) Citrix
12 28 (2.27%) Commvault
12 28 (2.27%) Meraki
13 27 (2.19%) Palo Alto
14 26 (2.11%) Fortinet
15 25 (2.03%) Apple
16 24 (1.95%) Oracle
17 23 (1.87%) CyberArk
18 21 (1.71%) Tenable
19 20 (1.62%) SolarWinds