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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 91 110
Rank change year-on-year -51 +19 -35
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,469 1,652 1,831
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.34% 3.30% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.92% 12.09% 7.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,033 1,105 1,292
10th Percentile £32,100 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £59,125
Median % change year-on-year - -2.75% -1.46%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £95,000
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 18,547 13,660 24,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.87% 27.26% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,191 8,941 16,585
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -68 1,296 £59,000 +2.61% 522
UK excluding London -66 963 £52,500 +5.00% 384
Work from Home -40 505 £62,500 +8.70% 217
London -30 471 £70,000 -3.45% 202
South East -30 246 £52,500 -8.70% 116
North of England -87 228 £50,000 +3.63% 86
Midlands -35 160 £52,500 +5.00% 67
North West -75 133 £50,000 +8.70% 60
East of England -29 101 £57,500 +21.05% 58
South West -78 84 £55,000 +19.57% 46
East Midlands -12 81 £42,500 +21.43% 26
West Midlands -58 79 £55,000 - 41
Northern Ireland -24 69 £46,000 - 6
Yorkshire -45 59 £42,500 -19.05% 18
Scotland +4 44 £50,000 +25.00% 12
North East -33 36 £50,000 -6.98% 9
Wales -50 31 £53,000 -3.64% 6

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
1 242 (16.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 238 (16.20%) SharePoint
3 57 (3.88%) IIS
4 36 (2.45%) Confluence
5 14 (0.95%) nginx
6 8 (0.54%) Apache
7 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 72 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (1.70%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.068%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 896 (60.99%) Azure
2 548 (37.30%) Microsoft 365
3 426 (29.00%) Entra ID
4 260 (17.70%) AWS
5 177 (12.05%) SaaS
6 169 (11.50%) Azure DevOps
7 113 (7.69%) OneDrive
8 111 (7.56%) Power Platform
9 110 (7.49%) GitHub
10 105 (7.15%) IaaS
11 85 (5.79%) Azure Sentinel
12 80 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
13 78 (5.31%) Power Automate
14 74 (5.04%) PaaS
15 71 (4.83%) GCP
16 69 (4.70%) Azure AKS
17 64 (4.36%) Azure Key Vault
18 62 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
19 52 (3.54%) Datadog
20 46 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 322 (21.92%) Firewall
2 313 (21.31%) DNS
3 210 (14.30%) DHCP
4 205 (13.96%) VPN
5 138 (9.39%) TCP/IP
6 98 (6.67%) WAN
7 84 (5.72%) LAN
8 71 (4.83%) VLAN
9 68 (4.63%) Network Security
10 53 (3.61%) Wireless
11 43 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.52%) SAN
13 30 (2.04%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.50%) NAS
14 22 (1.50%) SSL
15 21 (1.43%) VoIP
16 19 (1.29%) Internet
17 18 (1.23%) HTTP
18 17 (1.16%) BGP
18 17 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (10.01%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (4.15%) Power BI
4 27 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.50%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.09%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (0.88%) MySQL
10 13 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.54%) InfluxDB
13 7 (0.48%) Redis
14 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.41%) Power Query
15 5 (0.34%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.34%) Metadata
15 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.27%) Db2
Development Applications
1 105 (7.15%) Git
2 100 (6.81%) JIRA
3 69 (4.70%) GitLab
4 62 (4.22%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.91%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 11 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.68%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.54%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.54%) TestRail
11 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.41%) Selenium
11 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.34%) Postman
13 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
14 3 (0.20%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
14 3 (0.20%) JMeter
14 3 (0.20%) MSI
General
1 541 (36.83%) Social Skills
2 240 (16.34%) Finance
3 189 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (8.65%) Law
5 120 (8.17%) Legal
6 62 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.00%) Retail
9 43 (2.93%) Public Sector
10 40 (2.72%) Banking
11 36 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (2.25%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.84%) Aerospace
14 16 (1.09%) Advertising
15 15 (1.02%) Legal Technology
16 11 (0.75%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.61%) Front Office
17 9 (0.61%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.54%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 289 (19.67%) Senior
2 199 (13.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (10.89%) Analyst
4 140 (9.53%) Support Engineer
5 136 (9.26%) IT Engineer
6 134 (9.12%) Azure Engineer
7 131 (8.92%) Cloud Engineer
8 124 (8.44%) IT Support
9 105 (7.15%) DevOps Engineer
10 74 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
11 70 (4.77%) IT Support Engineer
12 69 (4.70%) Security Engineer
13 67 (4.56%) Lead
14 65 (4.42%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (4.08%) Developer
16 59 (4.02%) Consultant
16 59 (4.02%) Support Analyst
17 58 (3.95%) Testing Manager
18 56 (3.81%) Administrator
19 55 (3.74%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (24.64%) Terraform
2 83 (5.65%) .NET
3 52 (3.54%) ARM Templates
4 51 (3.47%) REST
5 47 (3.20%) YAML
6 44 (3.00%) SAML
7 43 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
8 40 (2.72%) HTML
8 40 (2.72%) OAuth
9 39 (2.65%) LDAP
9 39 (2.65%) OpenID
10 32 (2.18%) JSON
11 31 (2.11%) CSS
12 30 (2.04%) .NET Core
13 27 (1.84%) SPFx
14 20 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
16 16 (1.09%) SOAP
17 15 (1.02%) ASP.NET
17 15 (1.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 120 (8.17%) Onboarding
2 88 (5.99%) Cloud Native
3 72 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (4.83%) Management Information System
5 70 (4.77%) Security Posture
6 67 (4.56%) Driving Licence
7 60 (4.08%) Virtual Team
8 51 (3.47%) Data Centre
9 46 (3.13%) Public Cloud
10 45 (3.06%) PKI
11 43 (2.93%) Replication
12 42 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
12 42 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
13 36 (2.45%) Clustering
13 36 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
14 29 (1.97%) Private Cloud
15 25 (1.70%) CMDB
15 25 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
16 22 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
17 18 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 695 (47.31%) Windows
2 341 (23.21%) Linux
3 330 (22.46%) Windows Server
4 82 (5.58%) Windows 10
5 56 (3.81%) Apple iOS
6 45 (3.06%) Mac OS
7 44 (3.00%) Android
8 39 (2.65%) Ubuntu
8 39 (2.65%) VMS
9 35 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 31 (2.11%) CentOS
11 30 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 26 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
13 16 (1.09%) Unix
14 10 (0.68%) Rocky
15 8 (0.54%) Debian
16 6 (0.41%) Solaris
17 5 (0.34%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
18 4 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (26.75%) Problem-Solving
2 374 (25.46%) DevOps
3 360 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 341 (23.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 328 (22.33%) CI/CD
6 304 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 294 (20.01%) ITIL
8 246 (16.75%) Cybersecurity
9 223 (15.18%) Mentoring
10 196 (13.34%) Disaster Recovery
11 170 (11.57%) High Availability
12 168 (11.44%) Root Cause Analysis
13 160 (10.89%) Agile
14 157 (10.69%) AI
15 154 (10.48%) Incident Response
16 141 (9.60%) Project Delivery
17 134 (9.12%) Platform Engineering
18 133 (9.05%) Cloud Security
19 132 (8.99%) Containerisation
20 131 (8.92%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 578 (39.35%) Python
2 305 (20.76%) Bash
3 287 (19.54%) SQL
4 143 (9.73%) C#
5 140 (9.53%) JavaScript
6 112 (7.62%) Bicep
7 87 (5.92%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 38 (2.59%) Java
10 37 (2.52%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.57%) VBScript
12 19 (1.29%) C++
13 18 (1.23%) Perl
14 13 (0.88%) PHP
15 11 (0.75%) Ruby
16 10 (0.68%) VB
16 10 (0.68%) VBA
17 9 (0.61%) Go
18 7 (0.48%) C
19 6 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 197 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 170 (11.57%) Degree
3 160 (10.89%) Azure Certification
4 152 (10.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 137 (9.33%) SC Cleared
6 67 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 61 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
8 56 (3.81%) DV Cleared
9 54 (3.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 52 (3.54%) CISSP
11 44 (3.00%) CCNA
12 28 (1.91%) CEH
13 24 (1.63%) DBS Check
14 23 (1.57%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.57%) OSCP
15 20 (1.36%) GIAC
16 19 (1.29%) CCNP
16 19 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 18 (1.23%) CISM
18 15 (1.02%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (5.45%) QA
3 71 (4.83%) NIST
4 68 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 50 (3.40%) GDPR
6 45 (3.06%) SLA
7 19 (1.29%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.09%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.48%) NCSC
10 7 (0.48%) PMO
11 6 (0.41%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.14%) EMIR
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 532 (36.22%) Active Directory
2 244 (16.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 166 (11.30%) Hyper-V
4 139 (9.46%) Docker
5 80 (5.45%) vSphere
6 63 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 28 (1.91%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.57%) BitLocker
10 17 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.54%) KVM
12 8 (0.54%) Squid
13 7 (0.48%) Firmware
14 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
17 1 (0.068%) Samba
Systems Management
1 258 (17.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 228 (15.52%) Kubernetes
3 178 (12.12%) Ansible
4 80 (5.45%) Grafana
5 79 (5.38%) SCCM
6 52 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
7 43 (2.93%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.70%) vCenter Server
8 25 (1.70%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.43%) Argo
9 21 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
9 21 (1.43%) QRadar
10 20 (1.36%) Packer
10 20 (1.36%) Proxmox
11 19 (1.29%) Puppet
12 15 (1.02%) Graylog
13 14 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 13 (0.88%) FortiGate
14 13 (0.88%) VxRail
15 10 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 909 (61.88%) Microsoft
2 279 (18.99%) VMware
3 123 (8.37%) Cisco
4 107 (7.28%) ServiceNow
5 89 (6.06%) Splunk
6 61 (4.15%) Veeam
7 54 (3.68%) Red Hat
8 47 (3.20%) Meraki
8 47 (3.20%) Oracle
9 42 (2.86%) Citrix
10 35 (2.38%) Dynatrace
11 34 (2.31%) Sophos
12 31 (2.11%) Dell
13 30 (2.04%) Tenable
14 29 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
15 27 (1.84%) CyberArk
16 24 (1.63%) Apple
16 24 (1.63%) Fortinet
17 23 (1.57%) Sage
18 22 (1.50%) SolarWinds