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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 100 112
Rank change year-on-year -44 +12 -14
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,244 1,369 2,319
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.37% 3.15% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.83% 9.78% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 910 1,042 1,960
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,300 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £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 £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 15,896 13,992 32,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.54% 32.15% 33.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,864 10,014 24,981
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £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 9 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 9 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 1,110 £60,000 - 379
UK excluding London -52 692 £52,500 +5.00% 304
London -13 514 £70,000 -9.68% 128
Work from Home -17 398 £57,500 - 158
South East -91 157 £55,812 -2.94% 124
North of England -45 149 £47,500 -5.00% 67
Midlands -55 120 £52,500 +5.00% 34
South West -37 85 £55,000 +15.79% 29
Scotland +36 84 £50,000 -3.69% 17
East of England -24 73 £57,500 +17.95% 28
North West -27 73 £51,500 +11.96% 40
East Midlands -9 70 £55,000 +41.94% 17
Yorkshire -33 57 £47,500 -14.41% 17
West Midlands -75 49 £48,000 -4.00% 17
Wales -15 21 £55,000 +10.00% 8
North East -40 19 £47,472 -17.44% 10
Northern Ireland -31 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
1 170 (13.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (12.86%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.22%) IIS
4 18 (1.45%) 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 (0.080%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.080%) CMS
7 1 (0.080%) Site Server
7 1 (0.080%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.080%) CATIA
4 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.080%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.080%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.080%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.40%) 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
4 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.080%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 807 (64.87%) Azure
2 440 (35.37%) Microsoft 365
3 336 (27.01%) Entra ID
4 218 (17.52%) AWS
5 124 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.44%) Power Platform
7 92 (7.40%) GitHub
8 82 (6.59%) OneDrive
9 80 (6.43%) SaaS
10 71 (5.71%) GCP
10 71 (5.71%) Google Workspace
11 69 (5.55%) GitHub Actions
12 67 (5.39%) IaaS
13 54 (4.34%) Azure Sentinel
14 52 (4.18%) Power Automate
15 47 (3.78%) Azure Data Factory
15 47 (3.78%) PaaS
16 46 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
17 45 (3.62%) Azure AKS
17 45 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 235 (18.89%) DNS
1 235 (18.89%) Firewall
2 148 (11.90%) DHCP
3 144 (11.58%) VPN
4 103 (8.28%) TCP/IP
5 71 (5.71%) WAN
6 65 (5.23%) LAN
7 62 (4.98%) Network Security
8 59 (4.74%) Broadband
9 48 (3.86%) VLAN
10 42 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (3.22%) VoIP
12 34 (2.73%) SAN
13 24 (1.93%) Wireless
14 21 (1.69%) BGP
15 18 (1.45%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.21%) MPLS
16 15 (1.21%) VSAN
17 13 (1.05%) Internet
17 13 (1.05%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.58%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.75%) Power BI
3 51 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (2.01%) MySQL
7 23 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.37%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.29%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.05%) Tableau
12 12 (0.96%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.88%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.88%) InfluxDB
14 7 (0.56%) Metadata
15 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.24%) Power Query
17 3 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 94 (7.56%) Git
2 68 (5.47%) Jenkins
3 67 (5.39%) JIRA
4 52 (4.18%) GitLab
5 29 (2.33%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 12 (0.96%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.88%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.72%) TestRail
10 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.32%) MLflow
12 4 (0.32%) Selenium
12 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 405 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 237 (19.05%) Finance
3 173 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
5 72 (5.79%) Law
6 51 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.54%) Legal
7 44 (3.54%) Retail
8 42 (3.38%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.33%) Games
9 29 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 26 (2.09%) Banking
11 20 (1.61%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.37%) Advertising
13 16 (1.29%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.21%) Front Office
15 7 (0.56%) Electronics
16 6 (0.48%) Military
16 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 232 (18.65%) Senior
2 153 (12.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (11.01%) Analyst
4 132 (10.61%) Azure Engineer
5 127 (10.21%) Support Engineer
6 106 (8.52%) IT Support
7 87 (6.99%) Cloud Engineer
8 86 (6.91%) IT Engineer
8 86 (6.91%) Security Engineer
9 80 (6.43%) DevOps Engineer
10 64 (5.14%) Developer
11 59 (4.74%) Lead
12 58 (4.66%) IT Support Engineer
13 55 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support
14 51 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
15 46 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.46%) Architect
17 42 (3.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 41 (3.30%) Support Analyst
19 39 (3.14%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.72%) OAuth
2 85 (6.83%) REST
2 85 (6.83%) SAML
3 84 (6.75%) OpenID
4 82 (6.59%) .NET
5 71 (5.71%) LDAP
6 62 (4.98%) GraphQL
6 62 (4.98%) SOAP
7 39 (3.14%) .NET Core
8 36 (2.89%) Microsoft Graph
9 35 (2.81%) JSON
10 32 (2.57%) ARM Templates
10 32 (2.57%) CSS
11 31 (2.49%) YAML
12 30 (2.41%) HTML
13 28 (2.25%) SPFx
14 20 (1.61%) React
15 19 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
16 16 (1.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.56%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.79%) Cyber Threat
2 72 (5.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (5.06%) Cyberattack
4 57 (4.58%) Management Information System
5 54 (4.34%) Cloud Native
6 52 (4.18%) Security Posture
7 43 (3.46%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.46%) Security Operations Centre
8 38 (3.05%) Data Centre
8 38 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (2.97%) Driving Licence
10 30 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 30 (2.41%) Public Cloud
11 27 (2.17%) PKI
12 25 (2.01%) CMDB
13 19 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.53%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.37%) Low-Code
14 17 (1.37%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 572 (45.98%) Windows
2 274 (22.03%) Windows Server
3 270 (21.70%) Linux
4 78 (6.27%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.02%) Mac OS
6 49 (3.94%) Apple iOS
7 47 (3.78%) Android
8 35 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.41%) VMS
10 29 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 26 (2.09%) CentOS
12 24 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
13 19 (1.53%) Ubuntu
14 18 (1.45%) Unix
15 10 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.40%) Debian
17 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.24%) AIX
18 3 (0.24%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (21.78%) Infrastructure as Code
3 265 (21.30%) Cybersecurity
4 264 (21.22%) CI/CD
5 258 (20.74%) DevOps
6 224 (18.01%) ITIL
7 212 (17.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 210 (16.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 187 (15.03%) Mentoring
10 162 (13.02%) Agile
11 157 (12.62%) Incident Response
12 141 (11.33%) Root Cause Analysis
13 138 (11.09%) Disaster Recovery
13 138 (11.09%) Roadmaps
14 126 (10.13%) SIEM
15 125 (10.05%) Containerisation
16 113 (9.08%) Cloud Security
17 107 (8.60%) Task Automation
18 102 (8.20%) Security Operations
19 100 (8.04%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 482 (38.75%) Python
2 319 (25.64%) Bash
3 274 (22.03%) SQL
4 94 (7.56%) C#
5 78 (6.27%) T-SQL
6 76 (6.11%) JavaScript
7 69 (5.55%) Bicep
8 31 (2.49%) Kusto Query Language
9 24 (1.93%) Java
10 23 (1.85%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.05%) C++
12 11 (0.88%) Perl
12 11 (0.88%) VB
12 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.80%) Go
13 10 (0.80%) VBA
14 8 (0.64%) PHP
15 7 (0.56%) C
15 7 (0.56%) VBScript
16 6 (0.48%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 164 (13.18%) Degree
2 147 (11.82%) Security Cleared
3 108 (8.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 100 (8.04%) Azure Certification
5 85 (6.83%) SC Cleared
6 51 (4.10%) CISSP
6 51 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (3.78%) DV Cleared
8 39 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (2.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 32 (2.57%) CREST Certified
10 26 (2.09%) CCNA
10 26 (2.09%) OSCP
11 24 (1.93%) GIAC
12 22 (1.77%) AWS Certification
12 22 (1.77%) CEH
13 20 (1.61%) DBS Check
14 18 (1.45%) CompTIA CySA+
15 14 (1.13%) CCNP
16 13 (1.05%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (11.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 142 (11.41%) NIST
3 65 (5.23%) GDPR
4 55 (4.42%) NCSC
5 42 (3.38%) SLA
6 30 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.09%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.53%) ISO 22301
10 17 (1.37%) QA
11 16 (1.29%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.13%) PCI DSS
13 13 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.80%) 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%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 458 (36.82%) Active Directory
2 167 (13.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (10.77%) Docker
4 107 (8.60%) Hyper-V
5 50 (4.02%) vSphere
6 33 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.61%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.45%) BitLocker
9 18 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.21%) Firmware
11 10 (0.80%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.40%) KVM
12 5 (0.40%) Squid
12 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.32%) iptables
13 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 276 (22.19%) Terraform
2 202 (16.24%) Kubernetes
3 186 (14.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 151 (12.14%) Ansible
5 57 (4.58%) Grafana
6 49 (3.94%) SCCM
7 48 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
8 35 (2.81%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
10 22 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 22 (1.77%) vCenter Server
11 14 (1.13%) Nessus
11 14 (1.13%) QRadar
11 14 (1.13%) VxRail
12 12 (0.96%) Packer
13 11 (0.88%) Puppet
14 9 (0.72%) WSUS
14 9 (0.72%) ZABBIX
15 8 (0.64%) logstash
15 8 (0.64%) Nagios
Vendors
1 695 (55.87%) Microsoft
2 219 (17.60%) VMware
3 103 (8.28%) Cisco
4 68 (5.47%) Splunk
5 57 (4.58%) Red Hat
6 56 (4.50%) ServiceNow
7 42 (3.38%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (2.89%) Veeam
9 32 (2.57%) Google
10 30 (2.41%) Dell
11 29 (2.33%) Citrix
11 29 (2.33%) Commvault
11 29 (2.33%) Meraki
12 27 (2.17%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.09%) Fortinet
14 25 (2.01%) Apple
14 25 (2.01%) Oracle
15 23 (1.85%) CyberArk
16 21 (1.69%) Tenable
17 20 (1.61%) Sophos