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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 102 113
Rank change year-on-year -40 +11 -15
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,246 1,380 2,311
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.37% 3.15% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.80% 9.82% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 914 1,050 1,955
10th Percentile £31,625 £33,700 £35,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,188 £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 15,973 14,053 32,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.58% 32.12% 33.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,946 10,079 24,967
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 £85,253 £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 10 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 10 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 -53 1,112 £60,000 - 379
UK excluding London -53 694 £52,500 +5.00% 297
London -15 514 £70,000 -8.50% 136
Work from Home -11 398 £57,500 - 163
South East -92 158 £56,623 -1.53% 120
North of England -34 150 £47,500 -5.00% 64
Midlands -39 120 £52,500 +5.00% 34
Scotland +41 84 £50,000 -3.69% 17
South West -44 84 £55,000 +15.79% 30
North West -5 74 £51,500 +11.96% 39
East of England -19 74 £57,500 +17.95% 27
East Midlands -14 70 £55,000 +41.94% 17
Yorkshire -43 56 £47,500 -14.41% 15
West Midlands -72 49 £48,000 -4.00% 17
Wales -12 21 £55,000 +10.00% 8
North East -36 20 £48,445 -15.75% 10
Northern Ireland -33 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 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (12.84%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.21%) IIS
4 19 (1.52%) 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 60 (4.82%) 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
1 810 (65.01%) Azure
2 442 (35.47%) Microsoft 365
3 336 (26.97%) Entra ID
4 218 (17.50%) AWS
5 125 (10.03%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.43%) Power Platform
7 93 (7.46%) GitHub
8 82 (6.58%) OneDrive
9 80 (6.42%) SaaS
10 72 (5.78%) GCP
11 71 (5.70%) Google Workspace
12 69 (5.54%) GitHub Actions
13 68 (5.46%) IaaS
14 55 (4.41%) Azure Sentinel
15 52 (4.17%) Power Automate
16 47 (3.77%) Azure AKS
16 47 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
16 47 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
16 47 (3.77%) PaaS
17 45 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 237 (19.02%) Firewall
2 236 (18.94%) DNS
3 148 (11.88%) DHCP
4 145 (11.64%) VPN
5 103 (8.27%) TCP/IP
6 71 (5.70%) WAN
7 65 (5.22%) LAN
8 63 (5.06%) Network Security
9 59 (4.74%) Broadband
10 48 (3.85%) VLAN
11 42 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.21%) VoIP
13 34 (2.73%) SAN
14 24 (1.93%) Wireless
15 21 (1.69%) BGP
16 18 (1.44%) SD-WAN
17 15 (1.20%) MPLS
17 15 (1.20%) VSAN
18 13 (1.04%) Internet
18 13 (1.04%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (11.64%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.74%) Power BI
3 51 (4.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.93%) MySQL
8 23 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.36%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.28%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.04%) Tableau
13 11 (0.88%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.88%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.80%) InfluxDB
15 7 (0.56%) Metadata
16 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 3 (0.24%) Power Query
18 3 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 94 (7.54%) Git
2 68 (5.46%) JIRA
3 66 (5.30%) Jenkins
4 52 (4.17%) GitLab
5 29 (2.33%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.04%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
8 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
8 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.64%) TestRail
10 5 (0.40%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.32%) MLflow
11 4 (0.32%) Selenium
11 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 405 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 239 (19.18%) Finance
3 173 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
5 73 (5.86%) Law
6 51 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.53%) Legal
7 44 (3.53%) Retail
8 42 (3.37%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.33%) Games
9 29 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 26 (2.09%) Banking
11 20 (1.61%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.36%) Advertising
13 16 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.20%) Front Office
15 7 (0.56%) Electronics
16 6 (0.48%) Military
16 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 232 (18.62%) Senior
2 154 (12.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 138 (11.08%) Analyst
4 134 (10.75%) Azure Engineer
5 127 (10.19%) Support Engineer
6 106 (8.51%) IT Support
7 88 (7.06%) Cloud Engineer
8 87 (6.98%) Security Engineer
9 86 (6.90%) IT Engineer
10 80 (6.42%) DevOps Engineer
11 63 (5.06%) Developer
12 60 (4.82%) Lead
13 58 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
14 55 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
15 51 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
16 47 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
17 43 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 43 (3.45%) Architect
18 41 (3.29%) Support Analyst
19 40 (3.21%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.70%) OAuth
2 85 (6.82%) REST
2 85 (6.82%) SAML
3 84 (6.74%) OpenID
4 82 (6.58%) .NET
5 71 (5.70%) LDAP
6 62 (4.98%) GraphQL
6 62 (4.98%) SOAP
7 39 (3.13%) .NET Core
8 37 (2.97%) 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 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
16 18 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
17 16 (1.28%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.54%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.78%) Cyber Threat
2 72 (5.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (5.06%) Cyberattack
4 57 (4.57%) Management Information System
5 54 (4.33%) Cloud Native
6 52 (4.17%) Security Posture
7 43 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.45%) 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 28 (2.25%) PKI
12 25 (2.01%) CMDB
13 19 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.52%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.36%) Low-Code
14 17 (1.36%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 573 (45.99%) Windows
2 274 (21.99%) Windows Server
3 270 (21.67%) Linux
4 78 (6.26%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.01%) Mac OS
6 49 (3.93%) Apple iOS
7 47 (3.77%) Android
8 35 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.41%) VMS
10 29 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.01%) CentOS
12 24 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
13 19 (1.52%) Ubuntu
14 18 (1.44%) 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
1 320 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (21.75%) Infrastructure as Code
3 266 (21.35%) Cybersecurity
4 265 (21.27%) CI/CD
5 259 (20.79%) DevOps
6 224 (17.98%) ITIL
7 210 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 210 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 188 (15.09%) Mentoring
9 161 (12.92%) Agile
10 158 (12.68%) Incident Response
11 143 (11.48%) Root Cause Analysis
12 139 (11.16%) Disaster Recovery
13 138 (11.08%) Roadmaps
14 127 (10.19%) SIEM
15 125 (10.03%) Containerisation
16 113 (9.07%) Cloud Security
17 107 (8.59%) Task Automation
18 102 (8.19%) Security Operations
19 101 (8.11%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 485 (38.92%) Python
2 319 (25.60%) Bash
3 275 (22.07%) SQL
4 95 (7.62%) C#
5 78 (6.26%) T-SQL
6 75 (6.02%) JavaScript
7 70 (5.62%) Bicep
8 31 (2.49%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.01%) Java
10 23 (1.85%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.04%) 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 (13.16%) Degree
2 145 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 108 (8.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 101 (8.11%) Azure Certification
5 85 (6.82%) SC Cleared
6 51 (4.09%) CISSP
6 51 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (3.61%) DV Cleared
8 39 (3.13%) 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 (1.44%) CompTIA CySA+
15 14 (1.12%) CCNP
16 13 (1.04%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (12.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 143 (11.48%) NIST
3 65 (5.22%) GDPR
4 55 (4.41%) NCSC
5 42 (3.37%) SLA
6 30 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.09%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.52%) ISO 22301
10 17 (1.36%) QA
11 16 (1.28%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.12%) PCI DSS
13 13 (1.04%) 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
1 459 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 168 (13.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (10.75%) Docker
4 108 (8.67%) Hyper-V
5 51 (4.09%) vSphere
6 33 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.61%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.44%) BitLocker
9 18 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.20%) Firmware
11 10 (0.80%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (0.48%) KVM
13 5 (0.40%) Squid
13 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
13 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 277 (22.23%) Terraform
2 202 (16.21%) Kubernetes
3 187 (15.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 151 (12.12%) Ansible
5 57 (4.57%) Grafana
6 49 (3.93%) SCCM
7 48 (3.85%) 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 (1.12%) Nessus
11 14 (1.12%) QRadar
11 14 (1.12%) VxRail
12 12 (0.96%) Packer
13 11 (0.88%) Puppet
14 10 (0.80%) ZABBIX
15 9 (0.72%) WSUS
16 8 (0.64%) logstash
16 8 (0.64%) Nagios
Vendors
1 699 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 221 (17.74%) VMware
3 103 (8.27%) Cisco
4 66 (5.30%) Splunk
5 56 (4.49%) Red Hat
5 56 (4.49%) ServiceNow
6 42 (3.37%) CrowdStrike
7 37 (2.97%) Veeam
8 32 (2.57%) Google
9 30 (2.41%) Dell
10 29 (2.33%) Citrix
10 29 (2.33%) Commvault
10 29 (2.33%) Meraki
11 27 (2.17%) Palo Alto
12 26 (2.09%) Fortinet
13 25 (2.01%) Apple
14 24 (1.93%) Oracle
15 23 (1.85%) CyberArk
16 21 (1.69%) Tenable
17 20 (1.61%) Sophos