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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 95 100
Rank change year-on-year -43 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,245 1,285 2,443
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.50% 3.14% 2.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.41% 9.42% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 926 1,053 2,108
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,175
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 14,806 13,642 31,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.88% 33.36% 34.80%
Number of salaries quoted 10,246 10,233 24,769
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,939 £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 £77,715
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 8 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 8 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 -49 1,106 £58,000 -3.33% 384
UK excluding London -52 694 £52,500 - 315
London -6 507 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -24 390 £60,000 - 176
South East -49 193 £57,500 -2.13% 97
North of England -55 134 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -61 97 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -29 96 £55,000 +15.79% 60
Scotland +40 94 £71,500 +19.17% 14
North West -45 67 £55,000 +17.02% 35
East of England -46 67 £40,000 -27.27% 34
East Midlands -36 55 £55,000 +15.79% 16
Yorkshire -39 55 £47,500 -9.52% 16
West Midlands -48 41 £48,000 -4.00% 29
Wales -18 13 £65,000 +28.58% 10
North East -29 12 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Northern Ireland -36 1 - - 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
1 186 (14.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (11.33%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.89%) IIS
4 20 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.12%) Confluence
6 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) WordPress
8 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.080%) Site Server
Applications
1 54 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) CATIA
4 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.24%) Windchill
5 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.080%) Actimize
4 1 (0.080%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 810 (65.06%) Azure
2 422 (33.90%) Microsoft 365
3 330 (26.51%) Entra ID
4 213 (17.11%) AWS
5 131 (10.52%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.19%) Power Platform
7 99 (7.95%) GitHub
8 75 (6.02%) GCP
8 75 (6.02%) Google Workspace
9 74 (5.94%) GitHub Actions
10 70 (5.62%) SaaS
11 65 (5.22%) OneDrive
12 60 (4.82%) PaaS
13 59 (4.74%) IaaS
14 47 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
15 43 (3.45%) Power Automate
16 41 (3.29%) Azure Logic Apps
17 40 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
18 38 (3.05%) Azure Key Vault
19 37 (2.97%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 234 (18.80%) DNS
2 220 (17.67%) Firewall
3 179 (14.38%) DHCP
4 132 (10.60%) VPN
5 108 (8.67%) TCP/IP
6 68 (5.46%) WAN
7 63 (5.06%) Broadband
8 62 (4.98%) LAN
9 58 (4.66%) Network Security
10 51 (4.10%) VLAN
11 46 (3.69%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.13%) VoIP
13 33 (2.65%) SAN
14 32 (2.57%) Wireless
15 28 (2.25%) SD-WAN
16 19 (1.53%) BGP
17 18 (1.45%) MPLS
18 14 (1.12%) VSAN
19 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
20 11 (0.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (11.16%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.99%) Power BI
3 34 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.09%) MySQL
5 26 (2.09%) Oracle Database
6 25 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.93%) Oracle Database 10g
8 21 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.45%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.12%) Tableau
12 10 (0.80%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.64%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.56%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.48%) Metadata
16 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 88 (7.07%) Git
2 75 (6.02%) Jenkins
3 72 (5.78%) JIRA
4 45 (3.61%) GitLab
5 27 (2.17%) Bitbucket
6 20 (1.61%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.04%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.88%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.64%) TestRail
11 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.32%) MLflow
13 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.24%) Cypress.io
General
1 419 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 261 (20.96%) Finance
3 160 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
5 69 (5.54%) Law
6 43 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.21%) Legal
7 40 (3.21%) Retail
8 39 (3.13%) Public Sector
9 35 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.65%) Games
11 31 (2.49%) Banking
12 24 (1.93%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.29%) Front Office
15 14 (1.12%) Advertising
16 11 (0.88%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 212 (17.03%) Senior
2 153 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 148 (11.89%) Support Engineer
4 127 (10.20%) Azure Engineer
5 113 (9.08%) Analyst
6 111 (8.92%) IT Support
7 85 (6.83%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 83 (6.67%) Security Engineer
9 71 (5.70%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (5.22%) IT Support Engineer
11 63 (5.06%) Lead
12 61 (4.90%) 3rd Line Support
12 61 (4.90%) Developer
13 53 (4.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 51 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support
15 47 (3.78%) Architect
16 44 (3.53%) Platform Engineer
17 38 (3.05%) Systems Engineer
18 36 (2.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (7.63%) OAuth
2 89 (7.15%) REST
3 79 (6.35%) SAML
4 78 (6.27%) OpenID
5 70 (5.62%) GraphQL
6 69 (5.54%) .NET
7 66 (5.30%) LDAP
8 65 (5.22%) SOAP
9 34 (2.73%) YAML
10 31 (2.49%) .NET Core
11 29 (2.33%) JSON
12 26 (2.09%) ARM Templates
13 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
14 19 (1.53%) CSS
14 19 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
15 18 (1.45%) SPFx
16 17 (1.37%) HTML
16 17 (1.37%) Node.js
16 17 (1.37%) React
17 13 (1.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.47%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.86%) Cyber Threat
3 71 (5.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 64 (5.14%) Cyberattack
5 59 (4.74%) Security Posture
6 51 (4.10%) Management Information System
7 44 (3.53%) Cloud Native
7 44 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
8 42 (3.37%) Driving Licence
9 38 (3.05%) Cyber Defence
10 36 (2.89%) Data Centre
11 31 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (2.49%) Security Operations Centre
12 30 (2.41%) Public Cloud
13 27 (2.17%) PKI
14 25 (2.01%) CMDB
15 24 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.53%) Replication
17 18 (1.45%) Private Cloud
17 18 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 574 (46.10%) Windows
2 293 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 260 (20.88%) Linux
4 72 (5.78%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.42%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.37%) Unix
7 39 (3.13%) Apple iOS
8 38 (3.05%) Android
8 38 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 29 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.01%) CentOS
12 23 (1.85%) Solaris
13 22 (1.77%) VMS
14 20 (1.61%) HPUX
14 20 (1.61%) Windows 7
14 20 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
14 20 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
15 19 (1.53%) Ubuntu
16 12 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
2 274 (22.01%) DevOps
3 258 (20.72%) CI/CD
4 248 (19.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 245 (19.68%) Cybersecurity
6 235 (18.88%) ITIL
7 218 (17.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 202 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 191 (15.34%) Mentoring
10 162 (13.01%) Agile
11 153 (12.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 147 (11.81%) Incident Response
13 141 (11.33%) Roadmaps
14 130 (10.44%) Root Cause Analysis
15 111 (8.92%) Task Automation
16 109 (8.76%) SIEM
17 107 (8.59%) Containerisation
18 105 (8.43%) Cloud Security
18 105 (8.43%) Identity Access Management
19 95 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 452 (36.31%) Python
2 309 (24.82%) Bash
3 265 (21.29%) SQL
4 83 (6.67%) T-SQL
5 81 (6.51%) C#
6 68 (5.46%) Bicep
6 68 (5.46%) JavaScript
7 30 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
8 27 (2.17%) Perl
9 21 (1.69%) Java
10 13 (1.04%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.88%) Go
12 10 (0.80%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.72%) C++
14 8 (0.64%) VB
15 7 (0.56%) C
15 7 (0.56%) PHP
16 6 (0.48%) Delphi
16 6 (0.48%) Ruby
17 5 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 165 (13.25%) Degree
2 159 (12.77%) Security Cleared
3 102 (8.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (7.79%) SC Cleared
5 93 (7.47%) Azure Certification
6 69 (5.54%) DV Cleared
7 59 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (4.18%) CISSP
9 38 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.73%) CREST Certified
11 26 (2.09%) AWS Certification
12 25 (2.01%) GIAC
13 24 (1.93%) CEH
13 24 (1.93%) OSCP
14 23 (1.85%) CCNA
14 23 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
15 20 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
16 16 (1.29%) SANS
17 15 (1.20%) DBS Check
18 14 (1.12%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (13.33%) NIST
2 161 (12.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (5.46%) NCSC
4 63 (5.06%) GDPR
5 62 (4.98%) SLA
6 31 (2.49%) Accessibility
7 27 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (1.61%) ISO 22301
9 18 (1.45%) Data Quality
10 16 (1.29%) QA
11 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
12 14 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.88%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.48%) DICOM
15 5 (0.40%) GRC
16 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
18 2 (0.16%) COBIT
18 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 474 (38.07%) Active Directory
2 156 (12.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 126 (10.12%) Docker
4 112 (9.00%) Hyper-V
5 50 (4.02%) vSphere
6 34 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.29%) Firmware
9 16 (1.29%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.88%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.40%) XenApp
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) vCloud
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 266 (21.37%) Terraform
2 182 (14.62%) Kubernetes
3 180 (14.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 152 (12.21%) Ansible
5 56 (4.50%) Grafana
6 42 (3.37%) SCCM
7 41 (3.29%) Single Sign-On
8 34 (2.73%) Prometheus
9 22 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.69%) vCenter Server
11 19 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (1.20%) Puppet
13 13 (1.04%) Nessus
14 12 (0.96%) VxRail
15 9 (0.72%) QRadar
16 8 (0.64%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
17 7 (0.56%) logstash
17 7 (0.56%) WSUS
18 6 (0.48%) Nagios
Vendors
1 676 (54.30%) Microsoft
2 247 (19.84%) VMware
3 115 (9.24%) Cisco
4 65 (5.22%) Splunk
5 56 (4.50%) ServiceNow
6 51 (4.10%) Red Hat
7 47 (3.78%) Oracle
8 45 (3.61%) Veeam
9 36 (2.89%) Google
10 34 (2.73%) Commvault
10 34 (2.73%) Palo Alto
11 33 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (2.25%) Citrix
12 28 (2.25%) Dell
13 27 (2.17%) CyberArk
13 27 (2.17%) Fortinet
13 27 (2.17%) Meraki
14 22 (1.77%) Apple
15 21 (1.69%) Dynatrace
16 19 (1.53%) Atlassian