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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 89 111
Rank change year-on-year -57 +22 -36
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,480 1,651 1,821
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.35% 3.30% 2.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.95% 12.08% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,046 1,104 1,293
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,063 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £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 18,606 13,666 24,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.92% 27.29% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 13,249 8,945 16,651
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,625 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 30 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 30 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 -63 1,307 £57,500 - 461
UK excluding London -58 971 £52,500 +5.00% 367
Work from Home -40 505 £62,500 +8.70% 181
London -29 475 £70,000 -3.45% 157
South East -31 249 £52,500 -8.70% 114
North of England -83 227 £50,000 +3.63% 87
Midlands -37 163 £52,500 +5.00% 65
North West -75 132 £50,000 +8.70% 62
East of England -32 103 £57,500 +21.05% 53
South West -80 85 £55,000 +19.57% 47
East Midlands -10 84 £42,500 +21.43% 28
West Midlands -57 79 £55,000 - 37
Northern Ireland -23 69 £46,000 - 4
Yorkshire -43 59 £42,500 -19.05% 18
Scotland +7 44 £50,000 +25.00% 6
North East -34 36 £50,000 -6.98% 9
Wales -50 31 £53,000 -3.64% 5

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
1 244 (16.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 240 (16.22%) SharePoint
3 57 (3.85%) IIS
4 36 (2.43%) Confluence
5 14 (0.95%) nginx
6 8 (0.54%) Apache
7 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 75 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 25 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.068%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 901 (60.88%) Azure
2 549 (37.09%) Microsoft 365
3 426 (28.78%) Entra ID
4 260 (17.57%) AWS
5 177 (11.96%) SaaS
6 170 (11.49%) Azure DevOps
7 114 (7.70%) OneDrive
8 111 (7.50%) GitHub
8 111 (7.50%) Power Platform
9 108 (7.30%) IaaS
10 83 (5.61%) Azure Sentinel
11 80 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
12 78 (5.27%) Power Automate
13 74 (5.00%) PaaS
14 72 (4.86%) Azure AKS
15 71 (4.80%) GCP
16 67 (4.53%) Azure Key Vault
17 63 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
18 53 (3.58%) Datadog
19 49 (3.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 323 (21.82%) Firewall
2 318 (21.49%) DNS
3 212 (14.32%) DHCP
4 208 (14.05%) VPN
5 140 (9.46%) TCP/IP
6 98 (6.62%) WAN
7 84 (5.68%) LAN
8 72 (4.86%) VLAN
9 69 (4.66%) Network Security
10 53 (3.58%) Wireless
11 44 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.50%) SAN
13 30 (2.03%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.49%) NAS
14 22 (1.49%) SSL
14 22 (1.49%) VoIP
15 19 (1.28%) Internet
16 18 (1.22%) HTTP
17 17 (1.15%) BGP
17 17 (1.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (4.12%) Power BI
4 27 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.49%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (0.88%) MySQL
10 13 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.54%) InfluxDB
13 7 (0.47%) Redis
14 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.41%) Power Query
15 5 (0.34%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.34%) Metadata
15 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.27%) Db2
Development Applications
1 107 (7.23%) Git
2 100 (6.76%) JIRA
3 70 (4.73%) GitLab
4 62 (4.19%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 11 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.68%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.54%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.54%) TestRail
11 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.41%) Selenium
11 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.34%) Postman
13 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
14 3 (0.20%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.20%) JMeter
14 3 (0.20%) MSI
14 3 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 545 (36.82%) Social Skills
2 241 (16.28%) Finance
3 191 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (8.78%) Law
5 121 (8.18%) Legal
6 63 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (2.97%) Retail
9 43 (2.91%) Public Sector
10 40 (2.70%) Banking
11 37 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (2.23%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.82%) Aerospace
14 16 (1.08%) Advertising
15 15 (1.01%) Legal Technology
16 11 (0.74%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.61%) Front Office
17 9 (0.61%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.54%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 288 (19.46%) Senior
2 199 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (10.81%) Analyst
4 140 (9.46%) Support Engineer
5 137 (9.26%) Azure Engineer
5 137 (9.26%) IT Engineer
6 134 (9.05%) Cloud Engineer
7 125 (8.45%) IT Support
8 106 (7.16%) DevOps Engineer
9 74 (5.00%) Platform Engineer
10 70 (4.73%) IT Support Engineer
11 69 (4.66%) Security Engineer
12 67 (4.53%) Lead
13 65 (4.39%) Systems Engineer
14 61 (4.12%) Developer
15 59 (3.99%) Consultant
15 59 (3.99%) Support Analyst
16 58 (3.92%) Testing Manager
17 57 (3.85%) Administrator
18 55 (3.72%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 364 (24.59%) Terraform
2 83 (5.61%) .NET
3 52 (3.51%) ARM Templates
3 52 (3.51%) REST
4 47 (3.18%) YAML
5 45 (3.04%) SAML
6 43 (2.91%) Microsoft Graph
7 41 (2.77%) HTML
7 41 (2.77%) OAuth
8 39 (2.64%) LDAP
8 39 (2.64%) OpenID
9 32 (2.16%) JSON
10 31 (2.09%) CSS
11 30 (2.03%) .NET Core
12 27 (1.82%) SPFx
13 20 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.28%) HTML5 Canvas
15 17 (1.15%) SOAP
16 15 (1.01%) ASP.NET
16 15 (1.01%) React
Miscellaneous
1 124 (8.38%) Onboarding
2 88 (5.95%) Cloud Native
3 72 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (4.73%) Management Information System
4 70 (4.73%) Security Posture
5 67 (4.53%) Driving Licence
6 60 (4.05%) Virtual Team
7 51 (3.45%) Data Centre
8 46 (3.11%) Public Cloud
9 45 (3.04%) PKI
10 43 (2.91%) Replication
11 42 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
11 42 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
12 36 (2.43%) Clustering
12 36 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (1.96%) Private Cloud
14 26 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
15 25 (1.69%) CMDB
16 22 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
17 19 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 700 (47.30%) Windows
2 343 (23.18%) Linux
3 332 (22.43%) Windows Server
4 83 (5.61%) Windows 10
5 56 (3.78%) Apple iOS
6 47 (3.18%) Mac OS
7 44 (2.97%) Android
8 40 (2.70%) Ubuntu
9 39 (2.64%) VMS
10 35 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
11 31 (2.09%) CentOS
12 30 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 26 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
14 16 (1.08%) Unix
15 10 (0.68%) Rocky
16 8 (0.54%) Debian
17 6 (0.41%) Solaris
18 5 (0.34%) CoreOS
19 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
19 4 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (26.89%) Problem-Solving
2 376 (25.41%) DevOps
3 361 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 343 (23.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 330 (22.30%) CI/CD
6 303 (20.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 296 (20.00%) ITIL
8 245 (16.55%) Cybersecurity
9 222 (15.00%) Mentoring
10 197 (13.31%) Disaster Recovery
11 173 (11.69%) High Availability
12 171 (11.55%) Root Cause Analysis
13 164 (11.08%) Agile
14 156 (10.54%) AI
14 156 (10.54%) Incident Response
15 141 (9.53%) Project Delivery
16 138 (9.32%) Containerisation
17 135 (9.12%) Platform Engineering
18 132 (8.92%) Observability
19 131 (8.85%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 580 (39.19%) Python
2 308 (20.81%) Bash
3 290 (19.59%) SQL
4 143 (9.66%) C#
4 143 (9.66%) JavaScript
5 112 (7.57%) Bicep
6 87 (5.88%) TypeScript
7 50 (3.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 39 (2.64%) Java
9 37 (2.50%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.49%) VBScript
11 19 (1.28%) C++
12 18 (1.22%) Perl
13 13 (0.88%) PHP
14 11 (0.74%) Ruby
15 10 (0.68%) VB
15 10 (0.68%) VBA
16 9 (0.61%) Go
17 7 (0.47%) C
18 6 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 198 (13.38%) Security Cleared
2 171 (11.55%) Degree
3 163 (11.01%) Azure Certification
4 151 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 138 (9.32%) SC Cleared
6 66 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (4.19%) Cisco Certification
8 56 (3.78%) DV Cleared
9 54 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 52 (3.51%) CISSP
11 45 (3.04%) CCNA
12 28 (1.89%) CEH
13 24 (1.62%) DBS Check
14 23 (1.55%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.55%) OSCP
15 20 (1.35%) CCNP
15 20 (1.35%) GIAC
16 19 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 18 (1.22%) CISM
18 15 (1.01%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (7.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (5.41%) QA
3 72 (4.86%) NIST
4 69 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 51 (3.45%) GDPR
6 46 (3.11%) SLA
7 19 (1.28%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.08%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.47%) NCSC
10 7 (0.47%) PMO
11 6 (0.41%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.14%) EMIR
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 535 (36.15%) Active Directory
2 244 (16.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 166 (11.22%) Hyper-V
4 142 (9.59%) Docker
5 80 (5.41%) vSphere
6 63 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 28 (1.89%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.55%) BitLocker
10 17 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.54%) KVM
12 8 (0.54%) Squid
13 7 (0.47%) Firmware
14 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
17 1 (0.068%) Samba
Systems Management
1 259 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 233 (15.74%) Kubernetes
3 179 (12.09%) Ansible
4 81 (5.47%) Grafana
5 78 (5.27%) SCCM
6 52 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
7 44 (2.97%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.69%) vCenter Server
8 25 (1.69%) ZABBIX
9 23 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.42%) Argo
10 21 (1.42%) QRadar
11 20 (1.35%) Packer
11 20 (1.35%) Proxmox
12 19 (1.28%) Puppet
13 15 (1.01%) Graylog
14 14 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 13 (0.88%) FortiGate
15 13 (0.88%) VxRail
16 10 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 914 (61.76%) Microsoft
2 279 (18.85%) VMware
3 124 (8.38%) Cisco
4 108 (7.30%) ServiceNow
5 92 (6.22%) Splunk
6 61 (4.12%) Veeam
7 55 (3.72%) Red Hat
8 48 (3.24%) Oracle
9 47 (3.18%) Meraki
10 42 (2.84%) Citrix
11 36 (2.43%) Dynatrace
12 35 (2.36%) Sophos
13 31 (2.09%) Dell
14 30 (2.03%) Tenable
15 29 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
16 27 (1.82%) CyberArk
17 26 (1.76%) Apple
18 25 (1.69%) Fortinet
19 23 (1.55%) Sage
20 22 (1.49%) SolarWinds