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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 85 114
Rank change year-on-year -52 +29 -32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,401 1,676 2,244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 3.41% 2.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.96% 11.62% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 1,100 1,791
10th Percentile £32,000 £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 £75,625
90th Percentile £86,600 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,560 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.12% - -3.85%

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 17,604 14,419 30,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.79% 29.35% 31.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,591 9,580 22,957
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £35,195
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 £79,500
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 17 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 17 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 -54 1,274 £57,500 - 283
UK excluding London -53 882 £51,560 +3.12% 229
Work from Home -38 492 £60,000 +6.19% 139
London -29 486 £70,000 -5.88% 85
South East -31 245 £54,000 -6.09% 88
North of England -88 207 £48,445 -1.13% 49
Midlands -42 143 £50,000 - 36
North West -88 110 £50,051 +7.64% 29
East of England -20 96 £54,500 +8.46% 25
South West -60 82 £55,000 +15.79% 26
East Midlands -2 74 £42,500 +13.33% 16
West Midlands -63 68 £52,500 -4.55% 20
Yorkshire -40 58 £47,500 -6.40% 11
Scotland +23 43 £52,500 +31.25% 13
North East -30 39 £48,445 -19.26% 10
Northern Ireland -25 38 £46,000 +6.75% 1
Wales -31 28 £53,000 -3.64% 4

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 (15.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 196 (13.99%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.57%) IIS
4 27 (1.93%) Confluence
5 6 (0.43%) nginx
6 4 (0.29%) SAS
7 3 (0.21%) Apache
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.21%) Skype for Business
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 (5.71%) 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 (0.79%) 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
5 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.071%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 888 (63.38%) Azure
2 503 (35.90%) Microsoft 365
3 377 (26.91%) Entra ID
4 245 (17.49%) AWS
5 150 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
6 133 (9.49%) SaaS
7 122 (8.71%) Power Platform
8 112 (7.99%) GitHub
9 103 (7.35%) IaaS
10 90 (6.42%) OneDrive
11 85 (6.07%) Azure Monitor
12 77 (5.50%) PaaS
13 72 (5.14%) GitHub Actions
14 66 (4.71%) Azure Sentinel
15 65 (4.64%) Azure AKS
15 65 (4.64%) Power Automate
16 60 (4.28%) GCP
17 58 (4.14%) Azure Key Vault
18 52 (3.71%) Azure Logic Apps
19 50 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 312 (22.27%) Firewall
2 292 (20.84%) DNS
3 203 (14.49%) VPN
4 197 (14.06%) DHCP
5 125 (8.92%) TCP/IP
6 95 (6.78%) WAN
7 87 (6.21%) LAN
8 74 (5.28%) Network Security
9 70 (5.00%) VLAN
10 49 (3.50%) Wi-Fi
11 41 (2.93%) Wireless
12 37 (2.64%) VoIP
13 34 (2.43%) Broadband
13 34 (2.43%) SAN
14 32 (2.28%) Kerberos
15 22 (1.57%) BGP
16 16 (1.14%) Internet
16 16 (1.14%) NAS
16 16 (1.14%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (11.28%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.85%) Power BI
3 81 (5.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
5 24 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (1.64%) MySQL
7 21 (1.50%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (1.00%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.00%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.64%) InfluxDB
11 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.43%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.43%) Tableau
13 5 (0.36%) Metadata
13 5 (0.36%) Redis
14 4 (0.29%) Big Data
14 4 (0.29%) Power Query
14 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 105 (7.49%) Git
2 81 (5.78%) JIRA
3 67 (4.78%) GitLab
4 65 (4.64%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.14%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.79%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.71%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (0.50%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.50%) Robot Framework
11 7 (0.50%) TestRail
12 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.43%) Selenium
13 5 (0.36%) Postman
14 4 (0.29%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.29%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.21%) Terragrunt
General
1 461 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 212 (15.13%) Finance
3 172 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (8.92%) Law
5 85 (6.07%) Legal
6 63 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
7 56 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
9 40 (2.86%) Retail
10 39 (2.78%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.86%) Banking
12 25 (1.78%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.50%) 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
1 274 (19.56%) Senior
2 176 (12.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 159 (11.35%) Analyst
4 153 (10.92%) Support Engineer
5 143 (10.21%) IT Engineer
6 141 (10.06%) IT Support
7 133 (9.49%) Azure Engineer
8 116 (8.28%) Cloud Engineer
9 99 (7.07%) DevOps Engineer
10 85 (6.07%) IT Support Engineer
11 84 (6.00%) Security Engineer
12 69 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
13 64 (4.57%) Developer
14 63 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support
15 62 (4.43%) Systems Engineer
16 59 (4.21%) Lead
17 51 (3.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 47 (3.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 47 (3.35%) Support Analyst
19 45 (3.21%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.28%) .NET
2 74 (5.28%) SAML
3 72 (5.14%) OAuth
4 67 (4.78%) REST
5 65 (4.64%) OpenID
6 61 (4.35%) LDAP
7 54 (3.85%) ARM Templates
8 44 (3.14%) YAML
9 43 (3.07%) HTML
10 42 (3.00%) JSON
11 39 (2.78%) Microsoft Graph
11 39 (2.78%) SOAP
12 37 (2.64%) .NET Core
13 32 (2.28%) CSS
14 29 (2.07%) GraphQL
15 24 (1.71%) SPFx
16 21 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.36%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.21%) XML
19 16 (1.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.78%) Onboarding
2 83 (5.92%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (5.07%) Security Posture
5 64 (4.57%) Driving Licence
6 61 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 53 (3.78%) Data Centre
8 49 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
9 45 (3.21%) Security Operations Centre
10 44 (3.14%) PKI
10 44 (3.14%) Public Cloud
11 43 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
12 42 (3.00%) Virtual Team
13 36 (2.57%) Cyberattack
13 36 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
14 35 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
15 24 (1.71%) Private Cloud
16 23 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
17 22 (1.57%) Replication
18 21 (1.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 652 (46.54%) Windows
2 316 (22.56%) Windows Server
3 314 (22.41%) Linux
4 79 (5.64%) Windows 10
5 56 (4.00%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.57%) VMS
7 46 (3.28%) Mac OS
8 42 (3.00%) Android
9 40 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 33 (2.36%) CentOS
11 32 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 28 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
13 25 (1.78%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.07%) Unix
15 8 (0.57%) Debian
16 7 (0.50%) Kali Linux
17 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
18 4 (0.29%) AIX
18 4 (0.29%) CoreOS
19 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
2 332 (23.70%) DevOps
3 317 (22.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 315 (22.48%) CI/CD
5 288 (20.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 269 (19.20%) Cybersecurity
7 261 (18.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 238 (16.99%) ITIL
9 213 (15.20%) Mentoring
10 171 (12.21%) Agile
11 167 (11.92%) Disaster Recovery
12 164 (11.71%) Incident Response
12 164 (11.71%) Root Cause Analysis
13 150 (10.71%) High Availability
14 139 (9.92%) Containerisation
14 139 (9.92%) SIEM
15 133 (9.49%) Roadmaps
16 131 (9.35%) Cloud Security
17 125 (8.92%) AI
18 118 (8.42%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 563 (40.19%) Python
2 340 (24.27%) Bash
3 278 (19.84%) SQL
4 134 (9.56%) C#
5 115 (8.21%) JavaScript
6 102 (7.28%) Bicep
7 65 (4.64%) TypeScript
8 63 (4.50%) T-SQL
9 49 (3.50%) Kusto Query Language
10 34 (2.43%) Java
11 19 (1.36%) C++
12 18 (1.28%) VBScript
13 17 (1.21%) PHP
14 12 (0.86%) Perl
15 11 (0.79%) Go
15 11 (0.79%) VB
16 10 (0.71%) VBA
17 9 (0.64%) Ruby
18 8 (0.57%) C
19 6 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 169 (12.06%) Security Cleared
2 167 (11.92%) Degree
3 153 (10.92%) Azure Certification
4 128 (9.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 114 (8.14%) SC Cleared
6 63 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
7 57 (4.07%) CISSP
8 56 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 45 (3.21%) CCNA
11 43 (3.07%) DV Cleared
12 27 (1.93%) DBS Check
13 26 (1.86%) CEH
13 26 (1.86%) OSCP
14 25 (1.78%) CREST Certified
14 25 (1.78%) GIAC
15 24 (1.71%) AWS Certification
16 22 (1.57%) CCNP
17 17 (1.21%) CISM
18 16 (1.14%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (9.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 111 (7.92%) NIST
3 63 (4.50%) GDPR
4 60 (4.28%) QA
5 59 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 43 (3.07%) SLA
7 27 (1.93%) NCSC
8 21 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 21 (1.50%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.28%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.86%) ISO 22301
11 10 (0.71%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.43%) PMO
15 5 (0.36%) DICOM
16 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.14%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 520 (37.12%) Active Directory
2 230 (16.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 154 (10.99%) Hyper-V
4 140 (9.99%) Docker
5 81 (5.78%) vSphere
6 52 (3.71%) Virtual Machines
7 42 (3.00%) 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
14 3 (0.21%) iptables
14 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.14%) Firmware
15 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 327 (23.34%) Terraform
2 230 (16.42%) Kubernetes
3 217 (15.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 162 (11.56%) Ansible
5 77 (5.50%) Grafana
6 57 (4.07%) SCCM
7 56 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
8 52 (3.71%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.78%) vCenter Server
11 24 (1.71%) ZABBIX
12 21 (1.50%) Argo
13 20 (1.43%) Packer
13 20 (1.43%) QRadar
14 17 (1.21%) Proxmox
15 16 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 14 (1.00%) Graylog
17 12 (0.86%) Nessus
17 12 (0.86%) VxRail
18 11 (0.79%) Nagios
Vendors
1 819 (58.46%) Microsoft
2 276 (19.70%) VMware
3 115 (8.21%) Cisco
4 95 (6.78%) Splunk
5 84 (6.00%) ServiceNow
6 58 (4.14%) Red Hat
7 51 (3.64%) Veeam
8 41 (2.93%) Meraki
9 40 (2.86%) Oracle
10 32 (2.28%) Tenable
11 31 (2.21%) Sophos
12 30 (2.14%) Apple
12 30 (2.14%) Citrix
13 29 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
14 27 (1.93%) Fortinet
14 27 (1.93%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.86%) Dell
16 24 (1.71%) Dynatrace
17 23 (1.64%) CyberArk
17 23 (1.64%) SolarWinds