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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 100 110
Rank change year-on-year -43 +10 -13
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,240 1,351 2,345
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 3.09% 2.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.84% 9.65% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,042 1,985
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,775 £35,600
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,967 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +1.50% -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 15,816 13,995 32,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.30% 32.04% 33.84%
Number of salaries quoted 10,773 10,057 25,057
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,000 £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 £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 7 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 7 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 -54 1,103 £59,000 -1.67% 446
UK excluding London -46 687 £52,500 +3.45% 391
London -12 515 £70,000 -9.68% 132
Work from Home -10 403 £57,500 - 196
South East -92 158 £55,000 -4.35% 148
North of England -37 146 £48,445 -3.11% 73
Midlands -50 116 £51,250 +2.50% 44
Scotland +42 87 £50,000 -6.47% 31
South West -44 85 £55,000 +15.79% 46
North West -24 72 £52,500 +14.13% 38
East of England -28 71 £57,500 +17.95% 40
East Midlands -21 68 £55,000 +37.50% 25
Yorkshire -33 58 £47,500 -14.41% 21
West Midlands -63 47 £48,000 -4.00% 19
Wales -11 21 £55,000 +10.00% 14
North East -25 16 £45,750 -20.43% 14
Northern Ireland -35 3 £46,000 - 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
1 170 (13.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 162 (13.06%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.15%) IIS
4 16 (1.29%) Confluence
5 4 (0.32%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.081%) CMS
7 1 (0.081%) Site Server
7 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.081%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.081%) CATIA
4 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.081%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.081%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.081%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.081%) Actimize
6 1 (0.081%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.081%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 803 (64.76%) Azure
2 440 (35.48%) Microsoft 365
3 335 (27.02%) Entra ID
4 213 (17.18%) AWS
5 125 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (8.55%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.58%) GitHub
8 81 (6.53%) OneDrive
9 80 (6.45%) SaaS
10 71 (5.73%) Google Workspace
11 70 (5.65%) GitHub Actions
12 69 (5.56%) GCP
13 63 (5.08%) IaaS
14 53 (4.27%) Power Automate
15 52 (4.19%) Azure Sentinel
16 48 (3.87%) Azure Data Factory
17 47 (3.79%) PaaS
18 45 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
18 45 (3.63%) Azure Monitor
19 44 (3.55%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 234 (18.87%) Firewall
2 229 (18.47%) DNS
3 146 (11.77%) DHCP
4 137 (11.05%) VPN
5 100 (8.06%) TCP/IP
6 67 (5.40%) WAN
7 63 (5.08%) LAN
8 60 (4.84%) Network Security
9 59 (4.76%) Broadband
10 46 (3.71%) VLAN
11 42 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.23%) VoIP
13 34 (2.74%) SAN
14 25 (2.02%) Wireless
15 20 (1.61%) BGP
16 17 (1.37%) SD-WAN
17 15 (1.21%) MPLS
18 14 (1.13%) VSAN
19 13 (1.05%) Kerberos
20 12 (0.97%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (11.53%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.94%) Power BI
3 51 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (2.02%) MySQL
8 23 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.29%) Relational Database
12 14 (1.13%) Tableau
13 12 (0.97%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.89%) InfluxDB
15 10 (0.81%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.56%) Metadata
17 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
18 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 3 (0.24%) Power Query
19 3 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 92 (7.42%) Git
2 69 (5.56%) JIRA
3 67 (5.40%) Jenkins
4 49 (3.95%) GitLab
5 27 (2.18%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 4 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.32%) MLflow
11 4 (0.32%) Selenium
12 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 410 (33.06%) Social Skills
2 240 (19.35%) Finance
3 171 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
5 68 (5.48%) Law
6 50 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.55%) Legal
9 43 (3.47%) Retail
10 41 (3.31%) Public Sector
11 29 (2.34%) Games
11 29 (2.34%) Manufacturing
12 26 (2.10%) Banking
13 17 (1.37%) Advertising
13 17 (1.37%) Aerospace
14 16 (1.29%) Front Office
14 16 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.56%) Electronics
15 7 (0.56%) Military
16 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 236 (19.03%) Senior
2 150 (12.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 138 (11.13%) Analyst
4 132 (10.65%) Azure Engineer
5 127 (10.24%) Support Engineer
6 104 (8.39%) IT Support
7 85 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 85 (6.85%) IT Engineer
7 85 (6.85%) Security Engineer
8 78 (6.29%) DevOps Engineer
9 67 (5.40%) Developer
10 60 (4.84%) Lead
11 57 (4.60%) IT Support Engineer
12 54 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
13 49 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
14 48 (3.87%) Platform Engineer
15 44 (3.55%) Architect
16 41 (3.31%) Security Analyst
16 41 (3.31%) Support Analyst
17 40 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.82%) OAuth
2 85 (6.85%) REST
2 85 (6.85%) SAML
3 84 (6.77%) OpenID
4 81 (6.53%) .NET
5 69 (5.56%) LDAP
6 63 (5.08%) GraphQL
7 62 (5.00%) SOAP
8 39 (3.15%) .NET Core
9 36 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
10 34 (2.74%) JSON
11 32 (2.58%) ARM Templates
11 32 (2.58%) CSS
12 31 (2.50%) YAML
13 30 (2.42%) HTML
14 29 (2.34%) SPFx
15 20 (1.61%) React
16 19 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
17 18 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
18 16 (1.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.58%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.81%) Cyber Threat
2 72 (5.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 63 (5.08%) Cyberattack
4 58 (4.68%) Management Information System
5 53 (4.27%) Security Posture
6 52 (4.19%) Cloud Native
7 44 (3.55%) Cyber Defence
7 44 (3.55%) Security Operations Centre
8 38 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (2.98%) Data Centre
9 37 (2.98%) Driving Licence
10 31 (2.50%) Public Cloud
11 30 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (2.10%) PKI
13 25 (2.02%) CMDB
14 19 (1.53%) Private Cloud
15 18 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
16 17 (1.37%) Low-Code
16 17 (1.37%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 563 (45.40%) Windows
2 273 (22.02%) Windows Server
3 267 (21.53%) Linux
4 76 (6.13%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.11%) Mac OS
6 49 (3.95%) Apple iOS
7 47 (3.79%) Android
8 36 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 29 (2.34%) VMS
10 26 (2.10%) CentOS
11 25 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
12 19 (1.53%) Ubuntu
13 17 (1.37%) Unix
14 9 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.40%) Debian
16 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.24%) CoreOS
17 3 (0.24%) Solaris
18 2 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (26.29%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (21.77%) Infrastructure as Code
3 263 (21.21%) CI/CD
3 263 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
4 261 (21.05%) DevOps
5 223 (17.98%) ITIL
6 216 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 207 (16.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 188 (15.16%) Mentoring
9 161 (12.98%) Agile
10 159 (12.82%) Incident Response
11 139 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
12 138 (11.13%) Roadmaps
13 136 (10.97%) Root Cause Analysis
14 125 (10.08%) SIEM
15 120 (9.68%) Containerisation
16 114 (9.19%) Cloud Security
17 105 (8.47%) Task Automation
18 103 (8.31%) Security Operations
19 96 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 481 (38.79%) Python
2 316 (25.48%) Bash
3 276 (22.26%) SQL
4 94 (7.58%) C#
5 78 (6.29%) T-SQL
6 77 (6.21%) JavaScript
7 70 (5.65%) Bicep
8 33 (2.66%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (1.85%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.77%) Java
11 11 (0.89%) C++
11 11 (0.89%) Go
11 11 (0.89%) VB.NET
12 10 (0.81%) VB
12 10 (0.81%) VBA
13 9 (0.73%) Perl
14 8 (0.65%) PHP
15 7 (0.56%) C
16 6 (0.48%) Delphi
16 6 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 166 (13.39%) Degree
2 145 (11.69%) Security Cleared
3 107 (8.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (7.82%) Azure Certification
5 83 (6.69%) SC Cleared
6 51 (4.11%) CISSP
6 51 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (3.79%) DV Cleared
8 37 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (2.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (2.50%) CREST Certified
11 25 (2.02%) CCNA
11 25 (2.02%) OSCP
12 23 (1.85%) GIAC
13 22 (1.77%) CEH
13 22 (1.77%) CompTIA CySA+
14 21 (1.69%) AWS Certification
15 18 (1.45%) DBS Check
16 14 (1.13%) CISA
17 13 (1.05%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (12.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 145 (11.69%) NIST
3 65 (5.24%) GDPR
4 55 (4.44%) NCSC
5 41 (3.31%) SLA
6 29 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (2.18%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.53%) ISO 22301
10 17 (1.37%) QA
11 16 (1.29%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (1.05%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.48%) DICOM
16 5 (0.40%) GRC
17 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.16%) COBIT
19 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 451 (36.37%) Active Directory
2 162 (13.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (10.65%) Docker
4 105 (8.47%) Hyper-V
5 47 (3.79%) vSphere
6 33 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.53%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
10 16 (1.29%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.21%) Firmware
12 10 (0.81%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
13 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) KVM
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) Squid
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 275 (22.18%) Terraform
2 194 (15.65%) Kubernetes
3 184 (14.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 149 (12.02%) Ansible
5 57 (4.60%) Grafana
6 47 (3.79%) Single Sign-On
7 46 (3.71%) SCCM
8 36 (2.90%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.02%) Jamf Pro
10 22 (1.77%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 14 (1.13%) Nessus
12 14 (1.13%) VxRail
13 11 (0.89%) Packer
13 11 (0.89%) Puppet
14 10 (0.81%) QRadar
15 9 (0.73%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.73%) WSUS
16 8 (0.65%) logstash
16 8 (0.65%) Nagios
Vendors
1 687 (55.40%) Microsoft
2 214 (17.26%) VMware
3 101 (8.15%) Cisco
4 66 (5.32%) Splunk
5 56 (4.52%) ServiceNow
6 55 (4.44%) Red Hat
7 43 (3.47%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.74%) Veeam
9 33 (2.66%) Google
10 29 (2.34%) Commvault
10 29 (2.34%) Dell
11 28 (2.26%) Meraki
12 27 (2.18%) Citrix
12 27 (2.18%) Fortinet
12 27 (2.18%) Palo Alto
13 25 (2.02%) Apple
14 23 (1.85%) CyberArk
14 23 (1.85%) Oracle
15 20 (1.61%) SolarWinds
15 20 (1.61%) Tenable