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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 86 115
Rank change year-on-year -55 +29 -37
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,442 1,683 1,895
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.38% 3.39% 2.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.84% 11.89% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 1,109 1,466
10th Percentile £31,625 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
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 18,401 14,152 25,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.59% 28.54% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,097 9,306 18,067
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -65 1,283 £57,500 - 560
UK excluding London -58 930 £52,500 +5.00% 376
Work from Home -46 499 £60,000 +4.35% 249
London -27 477 £70,000 -6.67% 239
South East -40 247 £53,000 -7.83% 132
North of England -86 215 £50,000 +5.26% 101
Midlands -36 153 £52,500 +5.00% 40
North West -81 118 £52,500 +14.13% 72
East of England -37 96 £57,500 +9.52% 40
South West -73 84 £55,000 +15.79% 45
East Midlands -1 80 £42,500 +21.43% 16
West Midlands -61 73 £54,344 -1.19% 24
Northern Ireland -17 63 £46,000 +2.12% 7
Yorkshire -34 60 £42,500 -16.26% 22
Scotland +41 42 £50,000 +25.00% 19
North East -25 37 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Wales -33 30 £46,500 -15.45% 7

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
1 234 (16.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 217 (15.05%) SharePoint
3 53 (3.68%) IIS
4 32 (2.22%) Confluence
5 9 (0.62%) nginx
6 6 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.35%) Apache
8 4 (0.28%) SAS
9 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.069%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.069%) Site Server
10 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
Applications
1 76 (5.27%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.069%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.069%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 892 (61.86%) Azure
2 526 (36.48%) Microsoft 365
3 394 (27.32%) Entra ID
4 259 (17.96%) AWS
5 167 (11.58%) SaaS
6 161 (11.17%) Azure DevOps
7 115 (7.98%) GitHub
8 112 (7.77%) Power Platform
9 108 (7.49%) IaaS
10 102 (7.07%) OneDrive
11 82 (5.69%) Azure Monitor
12 76 (5.27%) PaaS
13 75 (5.20%) Azure Sentinel
14 69 (4.79%) Azure AKS
15 67 (4.65%) GCP
15 67 (4.65%) Power Automate
16 66 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
17 62 (4.30%) Azure Key Vault
18 51 (3.54%) Datadog
19 47 (3.26%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 315 (21.84%) Firewall
2 308 (21.36%) DNS
3 206 (14.29%) DHCP
4 201 (13.94%) VPN
5 138 (9.57%) TCP/IP
6 98 (6.80%) WAN
7 88 (6.10%) LAN
8 70 (4.85%) Network Security
8 70 (4.85%) VLAN
9 47 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (2.84%) Wireless
11 39 (2.70%) SAN
12 35 (2.43%) Kerberos
13 30 (2.08%) VoIP
14 22 (1.53%) SSL
15 20 (1.39%) NAS
16 18 (1.25%) BGP
17 16 (1.11%) HTTP
17 16 (1.11%) Internet
17 16 (1.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (11.03%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 70 (4.85%) Power BI
4 35 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 21 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.25%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.18%) MySQL
9 13 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.55%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.42%) Power Query
12 6 (0.42%) Redis
13 5 (0.35%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.35%) Metadata
13 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 110 (7.63%) Git
2 90 (6.24%) JIRA
3 69 (4.79%) GitLab
4 62 (4.30%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.08%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.49%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.49%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (0.49%) TestRail
10 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.42%) Selenium
11 5 (0.35%) Postman
12 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.21%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 495 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 226 (15.67%) Finance
3 186 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.88%) Law
5 111 (7.70%) Legal
6 61 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.12%) Retail
9 39 (2.70%) Public Sector
10 37 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (2.29%) Banking
12 31 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.73%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.18%) Advertising
15 13 (0.90%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.76%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.76%) Legal Technology
18 8 (0.55%) Front Office
18 8 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 281 (19.49%) Senior
2 191 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 151 (10.47%) Analyst
4 145 (10.06%) Support Engineer
5 136 (9.43%) IT Engineer
6 134 (9.29%) IT Support
7 133 (9.22%) Azure Engineer
8 125 (8.67%) Cloud Engineer
9 104 (7.21%) DevOps Engineer
10 79 (5.48%) IT Support Engineer
11 76 (5.27%) Security Engineer
12 70 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
13 68 (4.72%) Lead
14 62 (4.30%) Developer
15 59 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
16 58 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
17 55 (3.81%) Testing Manager
18 53 (3.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 52 (3.61%) Administrator
19 52 (3.61%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.96%) .NET
2 56 (3.88%) SAML
3 55 (3.81%) ARM Templates
4 54 (3.74%) REST
5 52 (3.61%) OAuth
6 46 (3.19%) OpenID
6 46 (3.19%) YAML
7 45 (3.12%) LDAP
8 43 (2.98%) HTML
9 42 (2.91%) Microsoft Graph
10 34 (2.36%) JSON
11 33 (2.29%) .NET Core
12 32 (2.22%) CSS
13 25 (1.73%) SPFx
14 21 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
15 19 (1.32%) SOAP
16 16 (1.11%) RESTful
17 15 (1.04%) Middleware
18 14 (0.97%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 108 (7.49%) Onboarding
2 87 (6.03%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 69 (4.79%) Security Posture
5 68 (4.72%) Management Information System
6 60 (4.16%) Driving Licence
7 57 (3.95%) Virtual Team
8 51 (3.54%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.12%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
11 40 (2.77%) PKI
12 39 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (2.57%) Replication
13 37 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
14 33 (2.29%) Clustering
15 29 (2.01%) Cyber Defence
15 29 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
16 26 (1.80%) Private Cloud
17 22 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
18 21 (1.46%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 680 (47.16%) Windows
2 340 (23.58%) Linux
3 326 (22.61%) Windows Server
4 82 (5.69%) Windows 10
5 54 (3.74%) Apple iOS
6 49 (3.40%) Mac OS
7 44 (3.05%) VMS
8 43 (2.98%) Android
9 37 (2.57%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 35 (2.43%) CentOS
12 33 (2.29%) Ubuntu
13 26 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
14 15 (1.04%) Unix
15 7 (0.49%) Debian
15 7 (0.49%) Kali Linux
16 5 (0.35%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.28%) AIX
17 4 (0.28%) Rocky
17 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (25.52%) DevOps
2 364 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
3 331 (22.95%) CI/CD
4 329 (22.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 323 (22.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 281 (19.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 262 (18.17%) ITIL
8 245 (16.99%) Cybersecurity
9 212 (14.70%) Mentoring
10 179 (12.41%) Disaster Recovery
11 169 (11.72%) Root Cause Analysis
12 166 (11.51%) High Availability
13 164 (11.37%) Agile
14 161 (11.17%) Incident Response
15 138 (9.57%) Containerisation
16 135 (9.36%) AI
17 134 (9.29%) SIEM
18 131 (9.08%) Cloud Security
18 131 (9.08%) Observability
18 131 (9.08%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 582 (40.36%) Python
2 315 (21.84%) Bash
3 283 (19.63%) SQL
4 146 (10.12%) C#
5 132 (9.15%) JavaScript
6 108 (7.49%) Bicep
7 82 (5.69%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 41 (2.84%) T-SQL
10 39 (2.70%) Java
11 21 (1.46%) VBScript
12 18 (1.25%) C++
13 16 (1.11%) PHP
14 15 (1.04%) Perl
15 10 (0.69%) VBA
16 9 (0.62%) Go
16 9 (0.62%) Ruby
16 9 (0.62%) VB
17 8 (0.55%) C
18 6 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 190 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 175 (12.14%) Degree
3 160 (11.10%) Azure Certification
4 143 (9.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 130 (9.02%) SC Cleared
6 62 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 61 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
8 56 (3.88%) CISSP
9 53 (3.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 52 (3.61%) DV Cleared
11 43 (2.98%) CCNA
12 26 (1.80%) CEH
13 25 (1.73%) AWS Certification
14 24 (1.66%) DBS Check
15 22 (1.53%) GIAC
15 22 (1.53%) OSCP
16 20 (1.39%) CCNP
17 18 (1.25%) CISM
18 17 (1.18%) CREST Certified
19 14 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (5.55%) NIST
3 77 (5.34%) QA
4 66 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (4.02%) GDPR
6 45 (3.12%) SLA
7 20 (1.39%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.25%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.18%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.69%) NCSC
11 9 (0.62%) ISO 22301
12 7 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.42%) PMO
14 5 (0.35%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.21%) DICOM
15 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.14%) EMIR
16 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 516 (35.78%) Active Directory
2 239 (16.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 162 (11.23%) Hyper-V
4 144 (9.99%) Docker
5 80 (5.55%) vSphere
6 58 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
7 45 (3.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.87%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.60%) BitLocker
10 19 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 9 (0.62%) KVM
12 8 (0.55%) Squid
13 5 (0.35%) Firmware
14 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.14%) iptables
16 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 357 (24.76%) Terraform
2 242 (16.78%) Kubernetes
3 239 (16.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 182 (12.62%) Ansible
5 83 (5.76%) Grafana
6 68 (4.72%) SCCM
7 52 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
8 51 (3.54%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.73%) vCenter Server
10 25 (1.73%) ZABBIX
11 21 (1.46%) Argo
12 20 (1.39%) Packer
12 20 (1.39%) QRadar
13 19 (1.32%) Proxmox
14 15 (1.04%) Puppet
15 14 (0.97%) Graylog
16 13 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 13 (0.90%) Nagios
17 12 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 874 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 281 (19.49%) VMware
3 125 (8.67%) Cisco
4 105 (7.28%) ServiceNow
5 94 (6.52%) Splunk
6 62 (4.30%) Red Hat
7 59 (4.09%) Veeam
8 48 (3.33%) Meraki
8 48 (3.33%) Oracle
9 34 (2.36%) Citrix
9 34 (2.36%) Dynatrace
10 31 (2.15%) Apple
10 31 (2.15%) Sophos
11 30 (2.08%) Dell
11 30 (2.08%) Tenable
12 27 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
13 26 (1.80%) Fortinet
14 24 (1.66%) CyberArk
15 22 (1.53%) Palo Alto
16 20 (1.39%) Okta