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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 90 107
Rank change year-on-year -59 +17 -7
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,235 1,365 2,371
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.38% 3.24% 2.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.92% 9.86% 7.32%
Number of salaries quoted 905 1,058 2,014
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,075
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 £94,144 £88,750
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 15,589 13,847 32,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.46% 32.87% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,598 10,169 25,009
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,440 £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 £53,635
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.54% -2.48%

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 27 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 27 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 1,093 £57,500 -4.17% 328
UK excluding London -63 688 £52,500 +1.13% 296
London -15 510 £70,000 -9.68% 92
Work from Home -22 396 £57,500 - 172
South East -78 170 £55,000 -4.35% 111
North of England -50 138 £48,445 +0.29% 56
Midlands -75 108 £52,500 +5.00% 38
Scotland +40 94 £53,750 -2.27% 15
South West -43 86 £55,000 +15.79% 37
East of England -54 69 £48,750 -11.36% 28
North West -41 68 £55,000 +19.57% 34
East Midlands -42 62 £55,000 +37.50% 18
Yorkshire -35 56 £47,500 -13.64% 11
West Midlands -70 45 £47,750 -4.50% 20
Wales -14 20 £58,248 +15.22% 11
North East -43 14 £45,000 -21.74% 11
Northern Ireland -38 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
1 174 (14.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 153 (12.39%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.16%) IIS
4 16 (1.30%) Confluence
5 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) CMS
6 2 (0.16%) WordPress
7 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.081%) Site Server
7 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 52 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) CATIA
3 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.24%) Windchill
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.081%) Actimize
6 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 796 (64.45%) Azure
2 428 (34.66%) Microsoft 365
3 339 (27.45%) Entra ID
4 207 (16.76%) AWS
5 127 (10.28%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.26%) Power Platform
7 95 (7.69%) GitHub
8 76 (6.15%) OneDrive
9 75 (6.07%) SaaS
10 74 (5.99%) Google Workspace
11 73 (5.91%) GitHub Actions
12 70 (5.67%) GCP
13 57 (4.62%) IaaS
14 50 (4.05%) PaaS
15 49 (3.97%) Power Automate
16 48 (3.89%) Azure Sentinel
17 47 (3.81%) Azure Logic Apps
18 45 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
18 45 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
19 39 (3.16%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 229 (18.54%) DNS
2 224 (18.14%) Firewall
3 154 (12.47%) DHCP
4 135 (10.93%) VPN
5 103 (8.34%) TCP/IP
6 73 (5.91%) WAN
7 67 (5.43%) LAN
8 63 (5.10%) Broadband
9 60 (4.86%) Network Security
10 49 (3.97%) VLAN
11 44 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.16%) VoIP
13 34 (2.75%) SAN
14 29 (2.35%) Wireless
15 23 (1.86%) SD-WAN
16 21 (1.70%) BGP
17 18 (1.46%) MPLS
18 13 (1.05%) VSAN
19 12 (0.97%) Internet
19 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (10.93%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.88%) Power BI
3 43 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (1.94%) MySQL
7 23 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.38%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.21%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.13%) Tableau
12 11 (0.89%) InfluxDB
13 9 (0.73%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.73%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.73%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.57%) Metadata
14 7 (0.57%) Oracle Database 10g
15 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 95 (7.69%) Git
2 71 (5.75%) Jenkins
2 71 (5.75%) JIRA
3 47 (3.81%) GitLab
4 28 (2.27%) Bitbucket
5 17 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.89%) Robot Framework
8 11 (0.89%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.73%) TestRail
9 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.32%) MLflow
12 4 (0.32%) Selenium
13 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
General
1 413 (33.44%) Social Skills
2 247 (20.00%) Finance
3 171 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
5 65 (5.26%) Law
6 45 (3.64%) Retail
7 44 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 41 (3.32%) Legal
9 41 (3.32%) Public Sector
10 33 (2.67%) Games
11 29 (2.35%) Banking
12 27 (2.19%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.46%) Front Office
13 18 (1.46%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.38%) Aerospace
15 16 (1.30%) Advertising
16 7 (0.57%) Military
17 6 (0.49%) Electronics
17 6 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 221 (17.89%) Senior
2 146 (11.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 135 (10.93%) Analyst
4 134 (10.85%) Support Engineer
5 128 (10.36%) Azure Engineer
6 105 (8.50%) IT Support
7 84 (6.80%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.72%) Security Engineer
9 80 (6.48%) Cloud Engineer
10 70 (5.67%) DevOps Engineer
11 69 (5.59%) Developer
12 65 (5.26%) Lead
13 58 (4.70%) IT Support Engineer
14 51 (4.13%) 2nd Line Support
15 45 (3.64%) Architect
15 45 (3.64%) Platform Engineer
16 44 (3.56%) Systems Engineer
17 43 (3.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 42 (3.40%) 3rd Line Support
18 42 (3.40%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (7.94%) OAuth
2 90 (7.29%) REST
3 84 (6.80%) SAML
4 83 (6.72%) OpenID
5 76 (6.15%) .NET
6 70 (5.67%) LDAP
7 68 (5.51%) GraphQL
8 67 (5.43%) SOAP
9 37 (3.00%) .NET Core
10 33 (2.67%) JSON
10 33 (2.67%) YAML
11 30 (2.43%) ARM Templates
12 29 (2.35%) Microsoft Graph
13 28 (2.27%) CSS
14 26 (2.11%) HTML
15 25 (2.02%) SPFx
16 18 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
16 18 (1.46%) React
17 16 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
17 16 (1.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.77%) Onboarding
2 76 (6.15%) Cyber Threat
3 71 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.43%) Cyberattack
5 60 (4.86%) Management Information System
6 56 (4.53%) Security Posture
7 48 (3.89%) Cloud Native
8 42 (3.40%) Cyber Defence
9 41 (3.32%) Security Operations Centre
10 40 (3.24%) Driving Licence
11 38 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (2.75%) Data Centre
13 32 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (2.43%) Public Cloud
15 24 (1.94%) CMDB
15 24 (1.94%) PKI
16 18 (1.46%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
18 16 (1.30%) Product Ownership
18 16 (1.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 559 (45.26%) Windows
2 276 (22.35%) Windows Server
3 258 (20.89%) Linux
4 76 (6.15%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.13%) Mac OS
6 49 (3.97%) Apple iOS
7 48 (3.89%) Android
8 38 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 28 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (2.02%) Unix
12 24 (1.94%) CentOS
12 24 (1.94%) VMS
13 18 (1.46%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.81%) Solaris
14 10 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
15 6 (0.49%) HPUX
15 6 (0.49%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (27.29%) Problem-Solving
2 261 (21.13%) Cybersecurity
3 260 (21.05%) DevOps
4 257 (20.81%) CI/CD
5 251 (20.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 226 (18.30%) ITIL
7 211 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 202 (16.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 194 (15.71%) Mentoring
10 162 (13.12%) Agile
11 153 (12.39%) Incident Response
12 139 (11.26%) Disaster Recovery
13 138 (11.17%) Roadmaps
14 128 (10.36%) Root Cause Analysis
15 120 (9.72%) SIEM
16 114 (9.23%) Containerisation
17 109 (8.83%) Cloud Security
18 104 (8.42%) Task Automation
19 101 (8.18%) Identity Access Management
20 100 (8.10%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 477 (38.62%) Python
2 313 (25.34%) Bash
3 269 (21.78%) SQL
4 90 (7.29%) C#
5 84 (6.80%) T-SQL
6 77 (6.23%) JavaScript
7 69 (5.59%) Bicep
8 33 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (1.86%) Java
10 20 (1.62%) TypeScript
11 15 (1.21%) Perl
12 12 (0.97%) Go
13 11 (0.89%) C++
14 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
15 9 (0.73%) VB
16 8 (0.65%) VBA
17 7 (0.57%) C
17 7 (0.57%) PHP
17 7 (0.57%) VBScript
18 6 (0.49%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 163 (13.20%) Degree
2 144 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 104 (8.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 90 (7.29%) Azure Certification
5 87 (7.04%) SC Cleared
6 53 (4.29%) CISSP
7 52 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (4.21%) DV Cleared
8 39 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (2.75%) CREST Certified
10 33 (2.67%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (2.02%) CCNA
12 24 (1.94%) OSCP
13 23 (1.86%) GIAC
14 22 (1.78%) CEH
14 22 (1.78%) CompTIA CySA+
15 21 (1.70%) AWS Certification
16 17 (1.38%) DBS Check
17 15 (1.21%) CCNP
18 14 (1.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (12.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 156 (12.63%) NIST
3 67 (5.43%) GDPR
4 64 (5.18%) NCSC
5 48 (3.89%) SLA
6 29 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (2.27%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.62%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.62%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.21%) QA
10 14 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (1.05%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.05%) SOC 2
12 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.49%) DICOM
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
15 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 457 (37.00%) Active Directory
2 155 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 128 (10.36%) Docker
4 102 (8.26%) Hyper-V
5 43 (3.48%) vSphere
6 35 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.46%) VMware NSX
9 15 (1.21%) Firmware
10 14 (1.13%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 7 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.24%) Squid
16 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 260 (21.05%) Terraform
2 183 (14.82%) Kubernetes
3 182 (14.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 147 (11.90%) Ansible
5 55 (4.45%) Grafana
6 46 (3.72%) SCCM
7 43 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
8 34 (2.75%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.70%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (1.05%) Nessus
12 13 (1.05%) VxRail
13 12 (0.97%) Puppet
14 10 (0.81%) FortiGate
14 10 (0.81%) QRadar
15 9 (0.73%) Packer
16 8 (0.65%) logstash
16 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 689 (55.79%) Microsoft
2 218 (17.65%) VMware
3 107 (8.66%) Cisco
4 64 (5.18%) Splunk
5 55 (4.45%) Red Hat
5 55 (4.45%) ServiceNow
6 41 (3.32%) Veeam
7 40 (3.24%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.75%) Google
9 32 (2.59%) Oracle
10 31 (2.51%) Commvault
11 30 (2.43%) Palo Alto
12 29 (2.35%) Dell
13 28 (2.27%) Meraki
14 27 (2.19%) Fortinet
15 26 (2.11%) CyberArk
16 24 (1.94%) Apple
16 24 (1.94%) Citrix
17 19 (1.54%) Atlassian
17 19 (1.54%) Sophos