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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 88 115
Rank change year-on-year -56 +27 -41
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,462 1,676 1,842
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 3.34% 2.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.85% 12.05% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,119 1,390
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 18,614 13,908 25,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.38% 27.72% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 13,179 9,133 17,577
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 17 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 17 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 -64 1,299 £60,000 +4.35% 618
UK excluding London -59 944 £52,500 +5.00% 406
Work from Home -41 499 £62,500 +8.23% 256
London -32 484 £70,000 -6.51% 291
South East -33 248 £53,000 -7.83% 145
North of England -90 221 £50,000 +5.26% 94
Midlands -36 157 £51,250 +2.50% 51
North West -86 124 £52,000 +13.04% 59
East of England -35 96 £57,500 +13.86% 39
South West -81 84 £55,000 +17.65% 59
East Midlands -4 82 £42,500 +21.43% 20
West Midlands -51 75 £54,344 -1.19% 31
Northern Ireland -16 68 £46,000 - 7
Yorkshire -35 62 £42,500 -17.68% 22
Scotland +14 41 £50,000 +25.00% 21
North East -38 35 £50,810 -15.32% 15
Wales -46 29 £53,000 -3.64% 9

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
1 239 (16.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 224 (15.32%) SharePoint
3 54 (3.69%) IIS
4 32 (2.19%) Confluence
5 11 (0.75%) nginx
6 6 (0.41%) Apache
6 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.27%) SAS
8 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.27%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.27%) 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 17 (1.16%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.068%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.068%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.068%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 898 (61.42%) Azure
2 533 (36.46%) Microsoft 365
3 403 (27.56%) Entra ID
4 258 (17.65%) AWS
5 176 (12.04%) SaaS
6 166 (11.35%) Azure DevOps
7 111 (7.59%) GitHub
8 110 (7.52%) IaaS
9 108 (7.39%) Power Platform
10 106 (7.25%) OneDrive
11 79 (5.40%) Azure Monitor
12 77 (5.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 77 (5.27%) PaaS
13 69 (4.72%) Azure AKS
13 69 (4.72%) Power Automate
14 68 (4.65%) GCP
15 65 (4.45%) Azure Key Vault
16 63 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
17 51 (3.49%) Datadog
18 47 (3.21%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 319 (21.82%) Firewall
2 306 (20.93%) DNS
3 205 (14.02%) DHCP
4 202 (13.82%) VPN
5 140 (9.58%) TCP/IP
6 99 (6.77%) WAN
7 87 (5.95%) LAN
8 70 (4.79%) Network Security
9 67 (4.58%) VLAN
10 45 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.01%) Wireless
12 40 (2.74%) SAN
13 32 (2.19%) Kerberos
14 25 (1.71%) VoIP
15 22 (1.50%) NAS
16 21 (1.44%) SSL
17 18 (1.23%) HTTP
18 17 (1.16%) BGP
18 17 (1.16%) Internet
18 17 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (10.60%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 63 (4.31%) Power BI
4 31 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.57%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.03%) MySQL
9 15 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (0.89%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.48%) InfluxDB
12 7 (0.48%) Redis
13 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.41%) Power Query
14 5 (0.34%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.34%) Metadata
14 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.27%) Db2
Development Applications
1 108 (7.39%) Git
2 91 (6.22%) JIRA
3 67 (4.58%) GitLab
4 59 (4.04%) Jenkins
5 29 (1.98%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.75%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.48%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.48%) TestRail
9 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.41%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.41%) Selenium
10 5 (0.34%) Postman
11 4 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.21%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.21%) Terragrunt
General
1 518 (35.43%) Social Skills
2 235 (16.07%) Finance
3 186 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.76%) Law
5 119 (8.14%) Legal
6 66 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.15%) Retail
9 42 (2.87%) Public Sector
10 37 (2.53%) Banking
11 33 (2.26%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (1.78%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.09%) Advertising
14 13 (0.89%) Legal Technology
15 11 (0.75%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.75%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.55%) Front Office
16 8 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 287 (19.63%) Senior
2 197 (13.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 157 (10.74%) Analyst
4 138 (9.44%) Support Engineer
5 136 (9.30%) Azure Engineer
6 133 (9.10%) IT Engineer
7 130 (8.89%) Cloud Engineer
8 129 (8.82%) IT Support
9 105 (7.18%) DevOps Engineer
10 71 (4.86%) IT Support Engineer
10 71 (4.86%) Platform Engineer
10 71 (4.86%) Security Engineer
11 69 (4.72%) Lead
12 62 (4.24%) Developer
12 62 (4.24%) Systems Engineer
13 58 (3.97%) Testing Manager
14 56 (3.83%) 2nd Line Support
15 55 (3.76%) Senior Manager
16 53 (3.63%) Administrator
16 53 (3.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.88%) .NET
2 53 (3.63%) ARM Templates
3 50 (3.42%) REST
4 48 (3.28%) SAML
5 47 (3.21%) YAML
6 44 (3.01%) OAuth
7 42 (2.87%) HTML
7 42 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
8 40 (2.74%) LDAP
8 40 (2.74%) OpenID
9 33 (2.26%) .NET Core
10 32 (2.19%) CSS
10 32 (2.19%) JSON
11 25 (1.71%) SPFx
12 20 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
14 16 (1.09%) SOAP
15 15 (1.03%) ASP.NET
15 15 (1.03%) React
15 15 (1.03%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 118 (8.07%) Onboarding
2 88 (6.02%) Cloud Native
3 74 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 69 (4.72%) Security Posture
5 68 (4.65%) Management Information System
6 62 (4.24%) Driving Licence
7 60 (4.10%) Virtual Team
8 50 (3.42%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.08%) Public Cloud
10 43 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
11 40 (2.74%) PKI
11 40 (2.74%) Replication
12 39 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
14 35 (2.39%) Clustering
15 28 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
16 26 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
16 26 (1.78%) Private Cloud
17 25 (1.71%) CMDB
18 21 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 686 (46.92%) Windows
2 341 (23.32%) Linux
3 322 (22.02%) Windows Server
4 78 (5.34%) Windows 10
5 54 (3.69%) Apple iOS
6 47 (3.21%) Mac OS
7 44 (3.01%) Android
8 43 (2.94%) VMS
9 37 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.46%) Ubuntu
11 35 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 34 (2.33%) CentOS
13 24 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
14 17 (1.16%) Unix
15 7 (0.48%) Rocky
16 6 (0.41%) Debian
16 6 (0.41%) Kali Linux
16 6 (0.41%) Solaris
17 5 (0.34%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.27%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
2 373 (25.51%) DevOps
3 341 (23.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 336 (22.98%) Infrastructure as Code
5 334 (22.85%) CI/CD
6 296 (20.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 282 (19.29%) ITIL
8 242 (16.55%) Cybersecurity
9 212 (14.50%) Mentoring
10 188 (12.86%) Disaster Recovery
11 173 (11.83%) High Availability
12 170 (11.63%) Root Cause Analysis
13 168 (11.49%) Incident Response
14 159 (10.88%) Agile
15 142 (9.71%) AI
16 135 (9.23%) Containerisation
17 134 (9.17%) SIEM
18 131 (8.96%) Platform Engineering
19 129 (8.82%) Cloud Security
19 129 (8.82%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 583 (39.88%) Python
2 311 (21.27%) Bash
3 286 (19.56%) SQL
4 147 (10.05%) C#
5 141 (9.64%) JavaScript
6 110 (7.52%) Bicep
7 85 (5.81%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.49%) Kusto Query Language
9 40 (2.74%) Java
10 36 (2.46%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.44%) VBScript
12 19 (1.30%) C++
13 18 (1.23%) Perl
14 15 (1.03%) PHP
15 11 (0.75%) Ruby
16 10 (0.68%) VBA
17 9 (0.62%) Go
18 8 (0.55%) C
18 8 (0.55%) VB
19 6 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 196 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 176 (12.04%) Degree
3 159 (10.88%) Azure Certification
4 145 (9.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 140 (9.58%) SC Cleared
6 66 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
8 55 (3.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 53 (3.63%) CISSP
10 52 (3.56%) DV Cleared
11 45 (3.08%) CCNA
12 27 (1.85%) CEH
13 24 (1.64%) OSCP
14 23 (1.57%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.57%) DBS Check
15 22 (1.50%) GIAC
16 21 (1.44%) CCNP
17 18 (1.23%) CISM
18 16 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 15 (1.03%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.54%) QA
3 73 (4.99%) NIST
4 67 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 55 (3.76%) GDPR
6 45 (3.08%) SLA
7 19 (1.30%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.16%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.48%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.48%) PMO
12 6 (0.41%) NCSC
13 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.21%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.14%) EMIR
16 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 521 (35.64%) Active Directory
2 238 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 160 (10.94%) Hyper-V
4 142 (9.71%) Docker
5 82 (5.61%) vSphere
6 56 (3.83%) Virtual Machines
7 47 (3.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.85%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.57%) BitLocker
10 18 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.75%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.55%) KVM
12 8 (0.55%) Squid
13 7 (0.48%) Firmware
14 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.14%) Samba
18 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 361 (24.69%) Terraform
2 247 (16.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 240 (16.42%) Kubernetes
4 182 (12.45%) Ansible
5 80 (5.47%) Grafana
6 72 (4.92%) SCCM
7 53 (3.63%) Single Sign-On
8 47 (3.21%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.78%) vCenter Server
10 25 (1.71%) ZABBIX
11 24 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
12 21 (1.44%) Argo
12 21 (1.44%) QRadar
13 20 (1.37%) Packer
13 20 (1.37%) Proxmox
14 17 (1.16%) Puppet
15 14 (0.96%) Graylog
16 13 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 13 (0.89%) VxRail
17 11 (0.75%) Nagios
Vendors
1 894 (61.15%) Microsoft
2 280 (19.15%) VMware
3 128 (8.76%) Cisco
4 109 (7.46%) ServiceNow
5 94 (6.43%) Splunk
6 63 (4.31%) Red Hat
7 58 (3.97%) Veeam
8 50 (3.42%) Oracle
9 49 (3.35%) Meraki
10 38 (2.60%) Citrix
11 35 (2.39%) Dynatrace
12 33 (2.26%) Sophos
13 32 (2.19%) Dell
14 30 (2.05%) Tenable
15 29 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
16 26 (1.78%) Apple
17 25 (1.71%) Fortinet
18 24 (1.64%) CyberArk
19 23 (1.57%) Okta
20 21 (1.44%) Palo Alto