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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 85 113
Rank change year-on-year -53 +28 -31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,403 1,677 2,304
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 3.41% 2.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.95% 11.64% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 1,101 1,845
10th Percentile £31,550 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,560 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.12% - -2.91%

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 17,645 14,413 31,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.86% 29.33% 31.62%
Number of salaries quoted 12,558 9,591 23,808
10th Percentile £37,500 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -56 1,277 £57,500 - 415
UK excluding London -56 885 £51,560 +3.12% 378
Work from Home -36 493 £60,000 +6.19% 294
London -20 487 £70,000 -5.88% 109
South East -26 244 £55,000 -4.35% 128
North of England -85 208 £48,445 -3.11% 80
Midlands -43 142 £50,000 - 51
North West -87 111 £50,000 +6.38% 47
East of England -32 96 £54,500 +9.00% 37
South West -66 86 £55,000 +15.79% 45
East Midlands -9 76 £45,000 +20.00% 24
West Midlands -69 65 £52,500 -4.55% 27
Yorkshire -37 59 £47,500 -7.99% 19
Scotland +35 44 £52,500 +31.25% 28
Northern Ireland -24 38 £46,000 +6.75% 14
North East -31 38 £47,972 -20.05% 15
Wales -33 27 £53,000 -3.64% 12

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
1 221 (15.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 197 (14.04%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.56%) IIS
4 26 (1.85%) Confluence
5 5 (0.36%) nginx
6 4 (0.29%) SAS
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.21%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.071%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.071%) Site Server
9 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.21%) Alphatax
6 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.071%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 888 (63.29%) Azure
2 499 (35.57%) Microsoft 365
3 372 (26.51%) Entra ID
4 244 (17.39%) AWS
5 152 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
6 131 (9.34%) SaaS
7 121 (8.62%) Power Platform
8 115 (8.20%) GitHub
9 102 (7.27%) IaaS
10 90 (6.41%) OneDrive
11 85 (6.06%) Azure Monitor
12 77 (5.49%) PaaS
13 75 (5.35%) GitHub Actions
14 66 (4.70%) Azure AKS
15 65 (4.63%) Azure Sentinel
15 65 (4.63%) Power Automate
16 58 (4.13%) Azure Key Vault
16 58 (4.13%) GCP
17 51 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
18 50 (3.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 304 (21.67%) Firewall
2 291 (20.74%) DNS
3 203 (14.47%) VPN
4 198 (14.11%) DHCP
5 126 (8.98%) TCP/IP
6 92 (6.56%) WAN
7 85 (6.06%) LAN
8 75 (5.35%) Network Security
9 71 (5.06%) VLAN
10 50 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (2.85%) Wireless
12 37 (2.64%) VoIP
13 34 (2.42%) Broadband
14 33 (2.35%) SAN
15 31 (2.21%) Kerberos
16 22 (1.57%) BGP
17 16 (1.14%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.14%) SSL
18 15 (1.07%) Internet
18 15 (1.07%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (11.40%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.84%) Power BI
3 81 (5.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (1.78%) MySQL
6 24 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (1.57%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.07%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.00%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.71%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.43%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.43%) Tableau
14 5 (0.36%) Metadata
14 5 (0.36%) Redis
15 4 (0.29%) Big Data
15 4 (0.29%) Power Query
15 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 107 (7.63%) Git
2 78 (5.56%) JIRA
3 70 (4.99%) Jenkins
4 69 (4.92%) GitLab
5 32 (2.28%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.86%) Metasploit
7 12 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.71%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (0.64%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.57%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.57%) TestRail
12 7 (0.50%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.50%) Selenium
13 5 (0.36%) Postman
13 5 (0.36%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.29%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.29%) JMeter
General
1 458 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 219 (15.61%) Finance
3 169 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (8.84%) Law
5 86 (6.13%) Legal
6 63 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
7 56 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
9 40 (2.85%) Retail
10 39 (2.78%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.85%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.78%) Banking
13 22 (1.57%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.21%) Advertising
15 16 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 13 (0.93%) Games
17 10 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (0.64%) Financial Institution
19 7 (0.50%) Front Office
19 7 (0.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 278 (19.81%) Senior
2 180 (12.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (11.40%) Analyst
4 153 (10.91%) Support Engineer
5 141 (10.05%) IT Engineer
5 141 (10.05%) IT Support
6 133 (9.48%) Azure Engineer
7 116 (8.27%) Cloud Engineer
8 102 (7.27%) DevOps Engineer
9 85 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
9 85 (6.06%) Security Engineer
10 69 (4.92%) Platform Engineer
11 63 (4.49%) Developer
12 62 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support
13 61 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
14 59 (4.21%) Lead
15 52 (3.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 47 (3.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 46 (3.28%) Support Analyst
18 43 (3.06%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.27%) .NET
2 75 (5.35%) SAML
3 73 (5.20%) OAuth
4 67 (4.78%) REST
5 66 (4.70%) OpenID
6 60 (4.28%) LDAP
7 54 (3.85%) ARM Templates
8 45 (3.21%) YAML
9 42 (2.99%) HTML
9 42 (2.99%) JSON
10 39 (2.78%) Microsoft Graph
10 39 (2.78%) SOAP
11 37 (2.64%) .NET Core
12 32 (2.28%) CSS
13 29 (2.07%) GraphQL
14 24 (1.71%) SPFx
15 23 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (1.21%) XML
18 16 (1.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 110 (7.84%) Onboarding
2 84 (5.99%) Cloud Native
3 77 (5.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 72 (5.13%) Security Posture
5 65 (4.63%) Driving Licence
6 60 (4.28%) Management Information System
7 51 (3.64%) Data Centre
8 48 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
9 44 (3.14%) PKI
9 44 (3.14%) Public Cloud
9 44 (3.14%) Security Operations Centre
10 43 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
11 42 (2.99%) Virtual Team
12 37 (2.64%) Cyber Defence
12 37 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
13 35 (2.49%) Cyberattack
14 24 (1.71%) Private Cloud
15 22 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.57%) Replication
16 21 (1.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 651 (46.40%) Windows
2 315 (22.45%) Windows Server
3 314 (22.38%) Linux
4 77 (5.49%) Windows 10
5 54 (3.85%) Apple iOS
6 49 (3.49%) VMS
7 46 (3.28%) Mac OS
8 40 (2.85%) Android
8 40 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 34 (2.42%) CentOS
10 32 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
12 24 (1.71%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.07%) Unix
14 8 (0.57%) Debian
15 6 (0.43%) Kali Linux
15 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.29%) AIX
16 4 (0.29%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (25.73%) Problem-Solving
2 337 (24.02%) DevOps
3 322 (22.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 321 (22.88%) CI/CD
5 289 (20.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 268 (19.10%) Cybersecurity
7 263 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 236 (16.82%) ITIL
9 214 (15.25%) Mentoring
10 175 (12.47%) Agile
11 164 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
11 164 (11.69%) Root Cause Analysis
12 163 (11.62%) Incident Response
13 149 (10.62%) High Availability
14 142 (10.12%) Containerisation
15 136 (9.69%) SIEM
16 134 (9.55%) Roadmaps
17 132 (9.41%) Cloud Security
18 123 (8.77%) AI
19 120 (8.55%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 568 (40.48%) Python
2 347 (24.73%) Bash
3 281 (20.03%) SQL
4 134 (9.55%) C#
5 115 (8.20%) JavaScript
6 105 (7.48%) Bicep
7 65 (4.63%) TypeScript
8 63 (4.49%) T-SQL
9 48 (3.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 34 (2.42%) Java
11 19 (1.35%) C++
12 18 (1.28%) VBScript
13 17 (1.21%) PHP
14 12 (0.86%) Perl
15 11 (0.78%) Go
15 11 (0.78%) VB
16 10 (0.71%) VBA
17 9 (0.64%) Ruby
18 8 (0.57%) C
19 6 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 171 (12.19%) Security Cleared
2 167 (11.90%) Degree
3 152 (10.83%) Azure Certification
4 130 (9.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 112 (7.98%) SC Cleared
6 62 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
7 58 (4.13%) CISSP
8 55 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.21%) CompTIA Security+
10 44 (3.14%) DV Cleared
11 43 (3.06%) CCNA
12 28 (2.00%) CREST Certified
13 27 (1.92%) DBS Check
13 27 (1.92%) OSCP
14 25 (1.78%) CEH
15 24 (1.71%) AWS Certification
15 24 (1.71%) GIAC
16 21 (1.50%) CCNP
17 17 (1.21%) CISM
18 15 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (9.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 112 (7.98%) NIST
3 64 (4.56%) GDPR
4 60 (4.28%) QA
5 58 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 42 (2.99%) SLA
7 27 (1.92%) NCSC
8 20 (1.43%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.28%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.93%) Accessibility
10 13 (0.93%) ISO 22301
11 9 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.43%) PMO
14 5 (0.36%) DICOM
15 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.14%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 518 (36.92%) Active Directory
2 229 (16.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 154 (10.98%) Hyper-V
4 144 (10.26%) Docker
5 80 (5.70%) vSphere
6 52 (3.71%) Virtual Machines
7 42 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.78%) BitLocker
9 23 (1.64%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.71%) KVM
12 8 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.57%) Squid
13 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.21%) iptables
14 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.14%) Firmware
15 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 332 (23.66%) Terraform
2 234 (16.68%) Kubernetes
3 214 (15.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 164 (11.69%) Ansible
5 78 (5.56%) Grafana
6 57 (4.06%) SCCM
6 57 (4.06%) Single Sign-On
7 52 (3.71%) Prometheus
8 27 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
9 26 (1.85%) vCenter Server
10 24 (1.71%) ZABBIX
11 21 (1.50%) Argo
12 20 (1.43%) Packer
13 19 (1.35%) QRadar
14 17 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 16 (1.14%) Proxmox
16 14 (1.00%) Graylog
16 14 (1.00%) Nessus
17 12 (0.86%) VxRail
18 11 (0.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 816 (58.16%) Microsoft
2 276 (19.67%) VMware
3 110 (7.84%) Cisco
4 95 (6.77%) Splunk
5 80 (5.70%) ServiceNow
6 59 (4.21%) Red Hat
7 51 (3.64%) Veeam
8 42 (2.99%) Oracle
9 40 (2.85%) Meraki
10 32 (2.28%) Tenable
11 30 (2.14%) Apple
11 30 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
12 29 (2.07%) Citrix
13 28 (2.00%) Sophos
14 27 (1.92%) Dell
14 27 (1.92%) Palo Alto
15 25 (1.78%) Fortinet
16 24 (1.71%) CyberArk
17 23 (1.64%) Dynatrace
17 23 (1.64%) SolarWinds