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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 94 98
Rank change year-on-year -42 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,240 1,287 2,460
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.50% 3.15% 2.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.37% 9.45% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 918 1,057 2,117
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
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 £75,750 £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 14,811 13,624 31,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.87% 33.33% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,236 10,241 24,982
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +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 £56,691 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.07% +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 9 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 9 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 -49 1,099 £58,000 -3.33% 384
UK excluding London -56 689 £52,500 - 315
London -12 506 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -19 393 £60,000 +2.56% 176
South East -56 188 £57,750 +0.43% 97
North of England -74 132 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -61 98 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -18 96 £55,000 +15.79% 60
Scotland +49 94 £71,500 +19.17% 14
East of England -38 67 £40,000 -27.27% 34
North West -42 66 £55,000 +17.02% 35
East Midlands -34 56 £55,000 +15.79% 16
Yorkshire -47 54 £47,500 -11.63% 16
West Midlands -64 41 £48,000 -4.00% 29
Wales -19 14 £65,000 +28.58% 10
North East -35 12 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 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
1 183 (14.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 140 (11.29%) 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 (0.081%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.081%) Site Server
8 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 52 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) 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
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
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 (0.081%) Actimize
4 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 806 (65.00%) Azure
2 418 (33.71%) Microsoft 365
3 328 (26.45%) Entra ID
4 212 (17.10%) AWS
5 130 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
6 101 (8.15%) Power Platform
7 97 (7.82%) GitHub
8 75 (6.05%) Google Workspace
9 74 (5.97%) GCP
10 73 (5.89%) GitHub Actions
11 70 (5.65%) SaaS
12 65 (5.24%) OneDrive
13 60 (4.84%) IaaS
13 60 (4.84%) PaaS
14 46 (3.71%) Azure Monitor
15 42 (3.39%) Power Automate
16 41 (3.31%) Azure Logic Apps
17 39 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
18 38 (3.06%) Azure Key Vault
19 37 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 232 (18.71%) DNS
2 221 (17.82%) Firewall
3 177 (14.27%) DHCP
4 133 (10.73%) VPN
5 104 (8.39%) TCP/IP
6 70 (5.65%) WAN
7 63 (5.08%) Broadband
8 62 (5.00%) LAN
9 58 (4.68%) Network Security
10 51 (4.11%) VLAN
11 45 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.23%) VoIP
13 33 (2.66%) Wireless
14 32 (2.58%) SAN
15 29 (2.34%) SD-WAN
16 20 (1.61%) BGP
17 19 (1.53%) MPLS
18 14 (1.13%) VSAN
19 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
20 11 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (11.05%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.94%) Power BI
3 34 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
5 25 (2.02%) MySQL
5 25 (2.02%) Oracle Database
5 25 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.85%) Oracle Database 10g
8 20 (1.61%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.45%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.13%) Tableau
12 10 (0.81%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.56%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.48%) Metadata
16 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 89 (7.18%) Git
2 75 (6.05%) Jenkins
3 72 (5.81%) JIRA
4 45 (3.63%) GitLab
5 27 (2.18%) Bitbucket
6 19 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.05%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.89%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.65%) TestRail
11 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.32%) MLflow
13 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.24%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 415 (33.47%) Social Skills
2 262 (21.13%) Finance
3 161 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.61%) Organisational Skills
5 66 (5.32%) Law
6 44 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.23%) Legal
7 40 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.06%) Retail
9 37 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.66%) Games
11 31 (2.50%) Banking
12 24 (1.94%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.37%) Front Office
15 14 (1.13%) Advertising
16 12 (0.97%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.65%) Military
18 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
19 5 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 213 (17.18%) Senior
2 153 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 148 (11.94%) Support Engineer
4 128 (10.32%) Azure Engineer
5 113 (9.11%) Analyst
6 110 (8.87%) IT Support
7 87 (7.02%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.69%) Cloud Engineer
9 81 (6.53%) Security Engineer
10 71 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
11 65 (5.24%) IT Support Engineer
12 63 (5.08%) Lead
13 61 (4.92%) Developer
14 59 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
15 50 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support
15 50 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 46 (3.71%) Architect
17 45 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
18 40 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
19 37 (2.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (7.66%) OAuth
2 89 (7.18%) REST
3 79 (6.37%) SAML
4 78 (6.29%) OpenID
5 70 (5.65%) GraphQL
6 68 (5.48%) .NET
7 66 (5.32%) LDAP
8 65 (5.24%) SOAP
9 34 (2.74%) YAML
10 31 (2.50%) .NET Core
11 29 (2.34%) JSON
12 26 (2.10%) ARM Templates
13 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
14 20 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.53%) CSS
16 18 (1.45%) SPFx
17 17 (1.37%) HTML
17 17 (1.37%) React
18 16 (1.29%) Node.js
19 13 (1.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.34%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.89%) Cyber Threat
3 70 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 65 (5.24%) Cyberattack
5 58 (4.68%) Security Posture
6 52 (4.19%) Management Information System
7 44 (3.55%) Cloud Native
8 42 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (3.23%) Driving Licence
10 38 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
11 36 (2.90%) Data Centre
12 31 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
13 30 (2.42%) Public Cloud
14 28 (2.26%) PKI
15 25 (2.02%) CMDB
16 22 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
17 19 (1.53%) Replication
18 18 (1.45%) Private Cloud
19 17 (1.37%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 570 (45.97%) Windows
2 286 (23.06%) Windows Server
3 259 (20.89%) Linux
4 70 (5.65%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.44%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.39%) Unix
7 40 (3.23%) Apple iOS
8 39 (3.15%) Android
9 38 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 30 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 29 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (2.02%) CentOS
13 22 (1.77%) Solaris
13 22 (1.77%) VMS
14 19 (1.53%) HPUX
14 19 (1.53%) Ubuntu
14 19 (1.53%) Windows 7
14 19 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
15 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (28.31%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (21.85%) DevOps
3 257 (20.73%) CI/CD
4 247 (19.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 246 (19.84%) Cybersecurity
6 234 (18.87%) ITIL
7 216 (17.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 202 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 191 (15.40%) Mentoring
10 160 (12.90%) Agile
11 150 (12.10%) Disaster Recovery
12 147 (11.85%) Incident Response
13 139 (11.21%) Roadmaps
14 128 (10.32%) Root Cause Analysis
15 112 (9.03%) Task Automation
16 109 (8.79%) SIEM
17 107 (8.63%) Containerisation
18 105 (8.47%) Cloud Security
18 105 (8.47%) Identity Access Management
19 94 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 453 (36.53%) Python
2 308 (24.84%) Bash
3 265 (21.37%) SQL
4 83 (6.69%) T-SQL
5 80 (6.45%) C#
6 69 (5.56%) JavaScript
7 68 (5.48%) Bicep
8 30 (2.42%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.10%) Perl
10 21 (1.69%) Java
11 13 (1.05%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.89%) Go
13 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.73%) C++
15 8 (0.65%) VB
16 7 (0.56%) C
16 7 (0.56%) PHP
17 6 (0.48%) Delphi
17 6 (0.48%) Ruby
18 5 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 167 (13.47%) Degree
2 158 (12.74%) Security Cleared
3 102 (8.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (7.82%) SC Cleared
5 92 (7.42%) Azure Certification
6 70 (5.65%) DV Cleared
7 60 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (4.19%) CISSP
9 38 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.74%) CREST Certified
11 25 (2.02%) AWS Certification
11 25 (2.02%) GIAC
12 24 (1.94%) CEH
12 24 (1.94%) OSCP
13 23 (1.85%) CCNA
13 23 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
14 20 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.37%) DBS Check
16 16 (1.29%) SANS
17 14 (1.13%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (13.23%) NIST
2 160 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (5.40%) NCSC
4 66 (5.32%) GDPR
5 61 (4.92%) SLA
6 32 (2.58%) Accessibility
7 27 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (1.61%) ISO 22301
9 18 (1.45%) Data Quality
10 17 (1.37%) QA
11 15 (1.21%) PCI DSS
12 14 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (0.97%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.48%) DICOM
16 5 (0.40%) GRC
17 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.16%) COBIT
19 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 471 (37.98%) Active Directory
2 155 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 126 (10.16%) Docker
4 109 (8.79%) Hyper-V
5 48 (3.87%) vSphere
6 35 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (1.37%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.29%) Firmware
10 11 (0.89%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
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
1 265 (21.37%) Terraform
2 182 (14.68%) Kubernetes
3 179 (14.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 153 (12.34%) Ansible
5 56 (4.52%) Grafana
6 44 (3.55%) SCCM
7 41 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
8 34 (2.74%) Prometheus
9 22 (1.77%) 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 9 (0.73%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.73%) QRadar
16 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
17 7 (0.56%) logstash
17 7 (0.56%) WSUS
18 6 (0.48%) SCOM
Vendors
1 674 (54.35%) Microsoft
2 243 (19.60%) VMware
3 114 (9.19%) Cisco
4 66 (5.32%) Splunk
5 56 (4.52%) ServiceNow
6 51 (4.11%) Red Hat
7 46 (3.71%) Oracle
8 45 (3.63%) Veeam
9 36 (2.90%) Google
10 34 (2.74%) Commvault
10 34 (2.74%) CrowdStrike
10 34 (2.74%) Palo Alto
11 28 (2.26%) Citrix
11 28 (2.26%) Fortinet
12 27 (2.18%) CyberArk
12 27 (2.18%) Dell
13 26 (2.10%) Meraki
14 22 (1.77%) Apple
15 20 (1.61%) Dynatrace
16 19 (1.53%) Atlassian