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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 82 115
Rank change year-on-year -68 +33 -20
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,244 1,609 2,278
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.35% 3.65% 2.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.73% 11.57% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 917 1,022 1,911
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £35,000
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 £74,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £92,500 £90,000
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 16,102 13,908 32,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.49% 31.56% 33.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,092 9,668 24,889
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 £110,000 £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 19 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 19 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 -66 1,121 £60,000 - 408
UK excluding London -82 703 £52,500 +5.00% 330
London -16 509 £70,000 -6.67% 139
Work from Home -46 402 £57,500 - 171
South East -80 166 £56,750 -1.30% 130
North of England -107 159 £47,500 -5.00% 80
Midlands -50 121 £52,500 +5.00% 33
South West -47 81 £55,000 +15.79% 42
North West -104 81 £50,000 +8.70% 50
Scotland +44 77 £50,000 -0.41% 20
East of England -29 75 £57,500 +21.05% 24
East Midlands -22 71 £55,000 +42.86% 19
Yorkshire -33 58 £45,000 -23.73% 16
West Midlands -67 49 £48,000 -4.00% 14
Wales -17 21 £54,085 +6.05% 7
North East -32 20 £48,445 -15.75% 14
Northern Ireland - 3 £46,000 - 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
1 173 (13.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (12.86%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.14%) IIS
4 20 (1.61%) Confluence
5 3 (0.24%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.080%) Site Server
Applications
1 67 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
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 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 814 (65.43%) Azure
2 447 (35.93%) Microsoft 365
3 341 (27.41%) Entra ID
4 212 (17.04%) AWS
5 124 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
6 104 (8.36%) Power Platform
7 90 (7.23%) GitHub
8 84 (6.75%) SaaS
9 80 (6.43%) OneDrive
10 75 (6.03%) IaaS
11 69 (5.55%) Google Workspace
12 66 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
13 63 (5.06%) GCP
14 56 (4.50%) Azure Sentinel
15 53 (4.26%) Power Automate
16 52 (4.18%) Azure AKS
17 51 (4.10%) Azure Monitor
18 50 (4.02%) Azure Key Vault
18 50 (4.02%) PaaS
19 45 (3.62%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 244 (19.61%) Firewall
2 243 (19.53%) DNS
3 150 (12.06%) DHCP
4 146 (11.74%) VPN
5 104 (8.36%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.19%) WAN
7 71 (5.71%) LAN
8 66 (5.31%) Network Security
9 58 (4.66%) Broadband
10 47 (3.78%) VLAN
11 43 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.22%) VoIP
13 34 (2.73%) SAN
14 21 (1.69%) Wireless
15 20 (1.61%) BGP
16 18 (1.45%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.29%) Kerberos
17 16 (1.29%) VSAN
18 14 (1.13%) Internet
18 14 (1.13%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (11.41%) SQL Server
2 79 (6.35%) Power BI
3 52 (4.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.01%) MySQL
7 22 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (1.53%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.45%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.05%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.96%) Tableau
13 10 (0.80%) InfluxDB
14 9 (0.72%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.48%) Metadata
16 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 3 (0.24%) DynamoDB
19 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 93 (7.48%) Git
2 64 (5.14%) JIRA
3 60 (4.82%) Jenkins
4 52 (4.18%) GitLab
5 27 (2.17%) 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 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
9 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.64%) TestRail
11 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.32%) MLflow
11 4 (0.32%) Selenium
12 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 392 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 228 (18.33%) Finance
3 177 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
5 75 (6.03%) Law
6 53 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.54%) Legal
8 43 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.46%) Retail
9 40 (3.22%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.33%) Games
11 25 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.93%) Aerospace
12 24 (1.93%) Banking
13 19 (1.53%) Advertising
14 15 (1.21%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.05%) Front Office
16 6 (0.48%) Electronics
16 6 (0.48%) Police
17 5 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 237 (19.05%) Senior
2 157 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 145 (11.66%) Analyst
4 133 (10.69%) Azure Engineer
5 129 (10.37%) Support Engineer
6 113 (9.08%) IT Support
7 95 (7.64%) IT Engineer
8 90 (7.23%) Cloud Engineer
9 81 (6.51%) DevOps Engineer
9 81 (6.51%) Security Engineer
10 65 (5.23%) IT Support Engineer
11 58 (4.66%) Developer
12 57 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
13 56 (4.50%) Lead
14 54 (4.34%) Systems Engineer
15 45 (3.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 45 (3.62%) Architect
15 45 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.46%) Security Analyst
17 42 (3.38%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.80%) OAuth
2 88 (7.07%) SAML
3 85 (6.83%) OpenID
4 84 (6.75%) .NET
5 83 (6.67%) REST
6 76 (6.11%) LDAP
7 61 (4.90%) SOAP
8 59 (4.74%) GraphQL
9 39 (3.14%) .NET Core
10 38 (3.05%) Microsoft Graph
11 36 (2.89%) JSON
12 35 (2.81%) YAML
13 34 (2.73%) ARM Templates
14 31 (2.49%) CSS
14 31 (2.49%) HTML
15 26 (2.09%) SPFx
16 19 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
16 19 (1.53%) React
17 18 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
18 16 (1.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.40%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
3 68 (5.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (5.06%) Cyberattack
5 58 (4.66%) Management Information System
6 57 (4.58%) Cloud Native
7 54 (4.34%) Security Posture
8 45 (3.62%) Cyber Defence
8 45 (3.62%) Security Operations Centre
9 41 (3.30%) Driving Licence
10 39 (3.14%) Data Centre
11 36 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (2.41%) PKI
13 28 (2.25%) Public Cloud
14 25 (2.01%) CMDB
15 19 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (1.45%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.45%) Replication
17 17 (1.37%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 578 (46.46%) Windows
2 275 (22.11%) Windows Server
3 272 (21.86%) Linux
4 77 (6.19%) Windows 10
5 49 (3.94%) Apple iOS
5 49 (3.94%) Mac OS
6 48 (3.86%) Android
7 34 (2.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (2.57%) VMS
9 29 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 28 (2.25%) CentOS
11 26 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
12 21 (1.69%) Ubuntu
13 18 (1.45%) Unix
14 8 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.40%) Debian
16 4 (0.32%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
17 3 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
2 275 (22.11%) Cybersecurity
3 270 (21.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 264 (21.22%) CI/CD
5 252 (20.26%) DevOps
6 224 (18.01%) ITIL
7 216 (17.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 206 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 184 (14.79%) Mentoring
10 161 (12.94%) Agile
11 158 (12.70%) Incident Response
12 147 (11.82%) Root Cause Analysis
13 139 (11.17%) Roadmaps
14 137 (11.01%) Disaster Recovery
15 129 (10.37%) SIEM
16 124 (9.97%) Containerisation
17 112 (9.00%) Cloud Security
18 108 (8.68%) High Availability
19 106 (8.52%) Task Automation
20 104 (8.36%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 484 (38.91%) Python
2 318 (25.56%) Bash
3 268 (21.54%) SQL
4 96 (7.72%) C#
5 75 (6.03%) T-SQL
6 73 (5.87%) JavaScript
7 70 (5.63%) Bicep
8 31 (2.49%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.01%) Java
10 22 (1.77%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.29%) C++
12 14 (1.13%) Perl
13 11 (0.88%) VB
13 11 (0.88%) VB.NET
14 10 (0.80%) Go
15 9 (0.72%) PHP
15 9 (0.72%) VBA
15 9 (0.72%) VBScript
16 7 (0.56%) C
17 6 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 161 (12.94%) Degree
2 148 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 114 (9.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 110 (8.84%) Azure Certification
5 87 (6.99%) SC Cleared
6 50 (4.02%) CISSP
7 49 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
8 42 (3.38%) DV Cleared
9 35 (2.81%) CompTIA Security+
10 29 (2.33%) CCNA
10 29 (2.33%) CREST Certified
11 27 (2.17%) OSCP
12 26 (2.09%) GIAC
13 23 (1.85%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.85%) CEH
14 22 (1.77%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.29%) CompTIA CySA+
16 14 (1.13%) CCNP
17 12 (0.96%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (11.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 140 (11.25%) NIST
3 66 (5.31%) GDPR
4 53 (4.26%) NCSC
5 44 (3.54%) SLA
6 33 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.37%) ISO 22301
10 15 (1.21%) PCI DSS
10 15 (1.21%) QA
10 15 (1.21%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.48%) DICOM
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
15 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.24%) PMO
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 468 (37.62%) Active Directory
2 172 (13.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 131 (10.53%) Docker
4 112 (9.00%) Hyper-V
5 53 (4.26%) vSphere
6 34 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.69%) BitLocker
8 21 (1.69%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.21%) Firmware
11 10 (0.80%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.64%) KVM
13 6 (0.48%) Squid
14 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.32%) iptables
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 274 (22.03%) Terraform
2 202 (16.24%) Kubernetes
3 192 (15.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 146 (11.74%) Ansible
5 57 (4.58%) Grafana
6 54 (4.34%) Single Sign-On
7 50 (4.02%) SCCM
8 36 (2.89%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 23 (1.85%) vCenter Server
11 15 (1.21%) Nessus
11 15 (1.21%) QRadar
11 15 (1.21%) VxRail
12 14 (1.13%) ZABBIX
13 13 (1.05%) Packer
14 10 (0.80%) Graylog
14 10 (0.80%) WSUS
15 9 (0.72%) Nagios
16 8 (0.64%) logstash
Vendors
1 712 (57.23%) Microsoft
2 220 (17.68%) VMware
3 101 (8.12%) Cisco
4 71 (5.71%) Splunk
5 56 (4.50%) Red Hat
6 54 (4.34%) ServiceNow
7 42 (3.38%) Veeam
8 41 (3.30%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.57%) Meraki
10 30 (2.41%) Dell
11 29 (2.33%) Citrix
11 29 (2.33%) Google
12 27 (2.17%) Commvault
13 26 (2.09%) Apple
13 26 (2.09%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.09%) Palo Alto
14 25 (2.01%) Oracle
15 23 (1.85%) CyberArk
15 23 (1.85%) Tenable
16 20 (1.61%) Databricks