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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 80 115
Rank change year-on-year -66 +35 -19
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,224 1,612 2,289
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 3.71% 2.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.70% 11.47% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 900 1,024 1,936
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £35,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +8.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £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 15,895 14,052 32,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.68% 32.36% 33.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,880 9,820 24,889
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,195
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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 13 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 13 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 -71 1,094 £60,000 - 384
UK excluding London -90 684 £52,500 +5.00% 319
London -14 504 £70,000 -7.89% 122
Work from Home -50 397 £57,500 - 176
South East -86 157 £55,875 -2.83% 124
North of England -109 150 £47,500 -5.00% 72
Midlands -56 120 £51,250 +2.50% 39
Scotland +50 80 £50,000 -3.69% 17
South West -44 79 £55,000 +15.79% 37
North West -110 76 £51,500 +11.96% 43
East of England -26 73 £57,500 +17.95% 24
East Midlands -17 70 £55,000 +40.13% 20
Yorkshire -44 56 £47,500 -24.00% 17
West Midlands -73 49 £48,000 -4.00% 19
Wales -15 22 £55,000 +7.84% 9
North East -34 18 £48,445 -15.75% 12
Northern Ireland - 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 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 155 (12.66%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.27%) IIS
4 18 (1.47%) Confluence
5 3 (0.25%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.082%) Site Server
Applications
1 60 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.25%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.082%) Actimize
5 1 (0.082%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 797 (65.11%) Azure
2 434 (35.46%) Microsoft 365
3 331 (27.04%) Entra ID
4 210 (17.16%) AWS
5 125 (10.21%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.58%) Power Platform
7 92 (7.52%) GitHub
8 82 (6.70%) SaaS
9 80 (6.54%) OneDrive
10 71 (5.80%) IaaS
11 70 (5.72%) Google Workspace
12 69 (5.64%) GitHub Actions
13 65 (5.31%) GCP
14 54 (4.41%) Azure Sentinel
15 50 (4.08%) Power Automate
16 49 (4.00%) PaaS
17 48 (3.92%) Azure AKS
18 47 (3.84%) Azure Data Factory
18 47 (3.84%) Azure Key Vault
19 45 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 238 (19.44%) DNS
2 235 (19.20%) Firewall
3 147 (12.01%) DHCP
4 143 (11.68%) VPN
5 101 (8.25%) TCP/IP
6 72 (5.88%) WAN
7 66 (5.39%) LAN
8 62 (5.07%) Network Security
9 58 (4.74%) Broadband
10 47 (3.84%) VLAN
11 42 (3.43%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.27%) VoIP
13 34 (2.78%) SAN
14 21 (1.72%) Wireless
15 20 (1.63%) BGP
16 18 (1.47%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.14%) MPLS
17 14 (1.14%) VSAN
18 13 (1.06%) Internet
18 13 (1.06%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 81 (6.62%) Power BI
3 52 (4.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (1.96%) MySQL
7 23 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (1.47%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.39%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.06%) MongoDB
11 13 (1.06%) Tableau
12 10 (0.82%) Data Lake
12 10 (0.82%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.49%) Metadata
14 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 3 (0.25%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.25%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 92 (7.52%) Git
2 66 (5.39%) JIRA
3 62 (5.07%) Jenkins
4 51 (4.17%) GitLab
5 28 (2.29%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.39%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.06%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.74%) Burp Suite
8 9 (0.74%) Robot Framework
8 9 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.65%) TestRail
10 5 (0.41%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.33%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.33%) MLflow
11 4 (0.33%) Selenium
11 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 393 (32.11%) Social Skills
2 233 (19.04%) Finance
3 174 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
5 73 (5.96%) Law
6 51 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.59%) Legal
8 42 (3.43%) Retail
9 41 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
9 41 (3.35%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.37%) Games
11 26 (2.12%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.04%) Banking
13 21 (1.72%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.47%) Advertising
15 15 (1.23%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.14%) Front Office
17 6 (0.49%) Electronics
17 6 (0.49%) Police
18 5 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 238 (19.44%) Senior
2 151 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 141 (11.52%) Analyst
4 130 (10.62%) Azure Engineer
5 127 (10.38%) Support Engineer
6 107 (8.74%) IT Support
7 89 (7.27%) IT Engineer
8 87 (7.11%) Cloud Engineer
9 81 (6.62%) Security Engineer
10 79 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
11 60 (4.90%) IT Support Engineer
12 59 (4.82%) Developer
13 57 (4.66%) Lead
14 56 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
15 52 (4.25%) Systems Engineer
16 46 (3.76%) Platform Engineer
17 44 (3.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 42 (3.43%) Architect
19 41 (3.35%) Security Analyst
19 41 (3.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (7.76%) OAuth
2 84 (6.86%) REST
2 84 (6.86%) SAML
3 83 (6.78%) .NET
4 82 (6.70%) OpenID
5 71 (5.80%) LDAP
6 62 (5.07%) SOAP
7 61 (4.98%) GraphQL
8 39 (3.19%) .NET Core
9 36 (2.94%) JSON
10 35 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
11 33 (2.70%) YAML
12 31 (2.53%) CSS
13 30 (2.45%) HTML
14 29 (2.37%) ARM Templates
15 26 (2.12%) SPFx
16 19 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
16 19 (1.55%) React
17 18 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
18 16 (1.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.60%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
3 68 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (5.15%) Cyberattack
5 58 (4.74%) Management Information System
6 54 (4.41%) Cloud Native
7 52 (4.25%) Security Posture
8 45 (3.68%) Cyber Defence
8 45 (3.68%) Security Operations Centre
9 39 (3.19%) Data Centre
10 38 (3.10%) Driving Licence
11 35 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
12 29 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
13 28 (2.29%) PKI
13 28 (2.29%) Public Cloud
14 25 (2.04%) CMDB
15 19 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (1.47%) Low-Code
16 18 (1.47%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 566 (46.24%) Windows
2 269 (21.98%) Windows Server
3 267 (21.81%) Linux
4 75 (6.13%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.00%) Mac OS
6 47 (3.84%) Apple iOS
7 46 (3.76%) Android
8 33 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.45%) VMS
10 28 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.04%) CentOS
12 24 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
13 19 (1.55%) Ubuntu
14 18 (1.47%) Unix
15 9 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.41%) Debian
17 4 (0.33%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.25%) AIX
18 3 (0.25%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
2 269 (21.98%) Cybersecurity
3 267 (21.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 260 (21.24%) CI/CD
5 253 (20.67%) DevOps
6 218 (17.81%) ITIL
7 206 (16.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 204 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 187 (15.28%) Mentoring
10 162 (13.24%) Agile
11 156 (12.75%) Incident Response
12 143 (11.68%) Root Cause Analysis
13 137 (11.19%) Disaster Recovery
14 135 (11.03%) Roadmaps
15 127 (10.38%) SIEM
16 123 (10.05%) Containerisation
17 110 (8.99%) Cloud Security
18 105 (8.58%) Security Operations
18 105 (8.58%) Task Automation
19 101 (8.25%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 482 (39.38%) Python
2 312 (25.49%) Bash
3 269 (21.98%) SQL
4 96 (7.84%) C#
5 75 (6.13%) T-SQL
6 73 (5.96%) JavaScript
7 68 (5.56%) Bicep
8 30 (2.45%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.04%) Java
10 22 (1.80%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.14%) C++
12 12 (0.98%) Perl
13 11 (0.90%) VB
13 11 (0.90%) VB.NET
14 10 (0.82%) Go
15 9 (0.74%) VBA
16 8 (0.65%) PHP
17 7 (0.57%) C
17 7 (0.57%) VBScript
18 6 (0.49%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 160 (13.07%) Degree
2 144 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 109 (8.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 104 (8.50%) Azure Certification
5 86 (7.03%) SC Cleared
6 50 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (3.92%) CISSP
8 43 (3.51%) DV Cleared
9 40 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
11 31 (2.53%) CREST Certified
12 27 (2.21%) CCNA
13 26 (2.12%) OSCP
14 25 (2.04%) GIAC
15 22 (1.80%) AWS Certification
15 22 (1.80%) CEH
16 20 (1.63%) DBS Check
17 17 (1.39%) CompTIA CySA+
18 14 (1.14%) CCNP
19 12 (0.98%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (11.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 140 (11.44%) NIST
3 64 (5.23%) GDPR
4 54 (4.41%) NCSC
5 43 (3.51%) SLA
6 31 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (1.96%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.55%) Data Quality
9 18 (1.47%) ISO 22301
10 16 (1.31%) SOC 2
11 15 (1.23%) QA
12 14 (1.14%) PCI DSS
13 13 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.49%) DICOM
16 5 (0.41%) GRC
17 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.16%) COBIT
19 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 454 (37.09%) Active Directory
2 167 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 131 (10.70%) Docker
4 107 (8.74%) Hyper-V
5 51 (4.17%) vSphere
6 33 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.63%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.47%) BitLocker
9 18 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.23%) Firmware
11 10 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (0.49%) KVM
13 5 (0.41%) Squid
13 5 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.33%) iptables
14 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.33%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 268 (21.90%) Terraform
2 199 (16.26%) Kubernetes
3 187 (15.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 143 (11.68%) Ansible
5 58 (4.74%) Grafana
6 48 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
7 47 (3.84%) SCCM
8 36 (2.94%) Prometheus
9 24 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
10 22 (1.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 22 (1.80%) vCenter Server
11 15 (1.23%) QRadar
11 15 (1.23%) VxRail
12 14 (1.14%) Nessus
13 12 (0.98%) Packer
14 11 (0.90%) ZABBIX
15 10 (0.82%) WSUS
16 9 (0.74%) Puppet
17 8 (0.65%) logstash
17 8 (0.65%) Nagios
Vendors
1 694 (56.70%) Microsoft
2 218 (17.81%) VMware
3 101 (8.25%) Cisco
4 66 (5.39%) Splunk
5 54 (4.41%) Red Hat
6 50 (4.08%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.35%) CrowdStrike
8 38 (3.10%) Veeam
9 31 (2.53%) Google
9 31 (2.53%) Meraki
10 30 (2.45%) Dell
11 28 (2.29%) Citrix
11 28 (2.29%) Commvault
12 26 (2.12%) Fortinet
12 26 (2.12%) Palo Alto
13 25 (2.04%) Apple
14 24 (1.96%) Oracle
15 23 (1.88%) CyberArk
16 22 (1.80%) Tenable
17 20 (1.63%) Databricks