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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 92 110
Rank change year-on-year -58 +18 -12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,227 1,356 2,365
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.37% 3.20% 2.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.86% 9.85% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 897 1,052 2,009
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,950
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,914 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.13% +3.83% -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 15,609 13,769 32,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.40% 32.51% 33.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,631 10,111 24,929
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £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 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,810
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.21% -2.16%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -62 1,089 £57,500 -4.17% 311
UK excluding London -61 683 £52,500 +1.13% 271
London -15 509 £70,000 -9.68% 95
Work from Home -26 401 £60,000 +4.35% 147
South East -86 162 £55,000 -4.35% 100
North of England -43 140 £48,445 +0.29% 56
Midlands -61 110 £50,000 - 29
Scotland +33 90 £51,875 -5.68% 14
South West -39 85 £55,000 +15.79% 34
East of England -33 73 £52,500 +2.44% 28
North West -46 70 £55,000 +19.57% 34
East Midlands -39 64 £55,000 +37.50% 16
Yorkshire -40 56 £47,500 -13.64% 11
West Midlands -73 45 £47,138 -5.73% 13
Wales -15 20 £58,248 +15.22% 8
North East -39 14 £45,000 -21.74% 11
Northern Ireland -35 3 £46,000 - 13

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
1 172 (14.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 159 (12.96%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.18%) IIS
4 16 (1.30%) Confluence
5 5 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.081%) CMS
7 1 (0.081%) Site Server
7 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.081%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) CATIA
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.16%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.16%) Windchill
4 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.081%) Actimize
6 1 (0.081%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 790 (64.38%) Azure
2 430 (35.04%) Microsoft 365
3 338 (27.55%) Entra ID
4 208 (16.95%) AWS
5 123 (10.02%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (8.64%) Power Platform
7 93 (7.58%) GitHub
8 79 (6.44%) OneDrive
9 78 (6.36%) SaaS
10 74 (6.03%) Google Workspace
11 71 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
12 67 (5.46%) GCP
13 57 (4.65%) IaaS
14 52 (4.24%) Power Automate
15 48 (3.91%) Azure Data Factory
15 48 (3.91%) Azure Logic Apps
16 47 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
16 47 (3.83%) PaaS
17 43 (3.50%) Azure Monitor
18 40 (3.26%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 224 (18.26%) DNS
2 223 (18.17%) Firewall
3 147 (11.98%) DHCP
4 135 (11.00%) VPN
5 101 (8.23%) TCP/IP
6 70 (5.70%) WAN
7 66 (5.38%) LAN
8 63 (5.13%) Broadband
9 60 (4.89%) Network Security
10 47 (3.83%) VLAN
11 43 (3.50%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.26%) VoIP
13 35 (2.85%) SAN
14 27 (2.20%) Wireless
15 21 (1.71%) SD-WAN
16 20 (1.63%) BGP
17 17 (1.39%) MPLS
18 14 (1.14%) VSAN
19 12 (0.98%) Internet
19 12 (0.98%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (11.41%) SQL Server
2 88 (7.17%) Power BI
3 46 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (2.04%) MySQL
7 23 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.39%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.30%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.14%) Tableau
12 11 (0.90%) InfluxDB
13 9 (0.73%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.73%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.57%) Metadata
15 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.41%) Oracle Database
16 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 94 (7.66%) Git
2 69 (5.62%) Jenkins
2 69 (5.62%) JIRA
3 46 (3.75%) GitLab
4 28 (2.28%) Bitbucket
5 16 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
6 13 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 11 (0.90%) Robot Framework
7 11 (0.90%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
8 9 (0.73%) TestRail
8 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.33%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.33%) MLflow
11 4 (0.33%) Selenium
12 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
General
1 415 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 242 (19.72%) Finance
3 171 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.68%) Organisational Skills
5 64 (5.22%) Law
6 47 (3.83%) Retail
7 45 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.50%) Legal
9 40 (3.26%) Public Sector
10 33 (2.69%) Games
11 29 (2.36%) Banking
12 28 (2.28%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.47%) Front Office
13 18 (1.47%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.39%) Advertising
14 17 (1.39%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.57%) Electronics
15 7 (0.57%) Military
16 6 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 228 (18.58%) Senior
2 146 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (11.17%) Analyst
4 133 (10.84%) Support Engineer
5 126 (10.27%) Azure Engineer
6 106 (8.64%) IT Support
7 83 (6.76%) IT Engineer
8 82 (6.68%) Cloud Engineer
9 80 (6.52%) Security Engineer
10 72 (5.87%) Developer
10 72 (5.87%) DevOps Engineer
11 64 (5.22%) Lead
12 57 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
13 54 (4.40%) 2nd Line Support
14 45 (3.67%) Platform Engineer
14 45 (3.67%) Systems Engineer
15 44 (3.59%) Support Analyst
16 43 (3.50%) Architect
17 41 (3.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.26%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (8.07%) OAuth
2 91 (7.42%) REST
3 86 (7.01%) SAML
4 85 (6.93%) OpenID
5 80 (6.52%) .NET
6 71 (5.79%) LDAP
7 67 (5.46%) GraphQL
7 67 (5.46%) SOAP
8 39 (3.18%) .NET Core
9 35 (2.85%) JSON
10 33 (2.69%) Microsoft Graph
11 32 (2.61%) CSS
12 31 (2.53%) YAML
13 30 (2.44%) ARM Templates
13 30 (2.44%) HTML
14 28 (2.28%) SPFx
15 19 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
15 19 (1.55%) React
16 18 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
17 16 (1.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.74%) Onboarding
2 76 (6.19%) Cyber Threat
3 72 (5.87%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.46%) Cyberattack
5 61 (4.97%) Management Information System
6 54 (4.40%) Security Posture
7 49 (3.99%) Cloud Native
8 43 (3.50%) Cyber Defence
9 42 (3.42%) Security Operations Centre
10 40 (3.26%) Driving Licence
11 38 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (2.77%) Data Centre
13 32 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 29 (2.36%) Public Cloud
15 24 (1.96%) CMDB
15 24 (1.96%) PKI
16 18 (1.47%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
18 16 (1.30%) Private Cloud
18 16 (1.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 555 (45.23%) Windows
2 276 (22.49%) Windows Server
3 260 (21.19%) Linux
4 77 (6.28%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.24%) Mac OS
6 48 (3.91%) Apple iOS
7 47 (3.83%) Android
8 37 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 24 (1.96%) CentOS
11 24 (1.96%) VMS
12 21 (1.71%) Unix
13 18 (1.47%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
15 6 (0.49%) Solaris
16 5 (0.41%) Debian
17 4 (0.33%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.24%) CoreOS
19 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
2 260 (21.19%) Cybersecurity
3 253 (20.62%) CI/CD
3 253 (20.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 252 (20.54%) DevOps
5 224 (18.26%) ITIL
6 212 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 203 (16.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 194 (15.81%) Mentoring
9 156 (12.71%) Agile
10 154 (12.55%) Incident Response
11 138 (11.25%) Disaster Recovery
12 133 (10.84%) Roadmaps
13 131 (10.68%) Root Cause Analysis
14 119 (9.70%) SIEM
15 117 (9.54%) Containerisation
16 109 (8.88%) Cloud Security
17 103 (8.39%) Task Automation
18 101 (8.23%) Identity Access Management
18 101 (8.23%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 471 (38.39%) Python
2 308 (25.10%) Bash
3 272 (22.17%) SQL
4 93 (7.58%) C#
5 83 (6.76%) T-SQL
6 80 (6.52%) JavaScript
7 68 (5.54%) Bicep
8 33 (2.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (1.87%) Java
10 22 (1.79%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.98%) Go
12 11 (0.90%) C++
12 11 (0.90%) Perl
12 11 (0.90%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.73%) VB
13 9 (0.73%) VBA
14 8 (0.65%) VBScript
15 7 (0.57%) C
15 7 (0.57%) PHP
16 6 (0.49%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 161 (13.12%) Degree
2 141 (11.49%) Security Cleared
3 105 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 89 (7.25%) Azure Certification
5 83 (6.76%) SC Cleared
6 52 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (4.07%) CISSP
8 48 (3.91%) DV Cleared
9 37 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 32 (2.61%) CREST Certified
11 25 (2.04%) CCNA
11 25 (2.04%) OSCP
12 23 (1.87%) GIAC
13 22 (1.79%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.79%) CEH
13 22 (1.79%) CompTIA CySA+
14 17 (1.39%) DBS Check
15 14 (1.14%) CCNP
16 13 (1.06%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (12.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 150 (12.22%) NIST
3 66 (5.38%) GDPR
4 62 (5.05%) NCSC
5 44 (3.59%) SLA
6 29 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (2.20%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.63%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.63%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.22%) QA
10 14 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (1.06%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.06%) SOC 2
12 11 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.49%) DICOM
14 5 (0.41%) GRC
15 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 456 (37.16%) Active Directory
2 154 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (10.59%) Docker
4 100 (8.15%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.67%) vSphere
6 35 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.55%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.22%) Firmware
11 14 (1.14%) BitLocker
12 10 (0.81%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 6 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.41%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.33%) iptables
15 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.33%) Squid
15 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 259 (21.11%) Terraform
2 187 (15.24%) Kubernetes
3 176 (14.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 145 (11.82%) Ansible
5 54 (4.40%) Grafana
6 46 (3.75%) SCCM
7 44 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
8 33 (2.69%) Prometheus
9 24 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 21 (1.71%) vCenter Server
11 13 (1.06%) Nessus
11 13 (1.06%) VxRail
12 11 (0.90%) Puppet
13 10 (0.81%) FortiGate
13 10 (0.81%) Packer
13 10 (0.81%) QRadar
14 8 (0.65%) logstash
14 8 (0.65%) WSUS
15 7 (0.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 688 (56.07%) Microsoft
2 212 (17.28%) VMware
3 104 (8.48%) Cisco
4 65 (5.30%) Splunk
5 56 (4.56%) Red Hat
6 55 (4.48%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.34%) CrowdStrike
8 37 (3.02%) Veeam
9 33 (2.69%) Google
10 31 (2.53%) Commvault
11 29 (2.36%) Dell
12 28 (2.28%) Oracle
12 28 (2.28%) Palo Alto
13 27 (2.20%) Meraki
14 26 (2.12%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.96%) Apple
15 24 (1.96%) Citrix
15 24 (1.96%) CyberArk
16 19 (1.55%) Adobe
16 19 (1.55%) Dynatrace