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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 88 115
Rank change year-on-year -56 +27 -38
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,446 1,694 1,871
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.37% 3.39% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.79% 11.99% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,033 1,122 1,440
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £45,000
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 18,557 14,128 25,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.53% 28.30% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,141 9,283 17,846
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,800 £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 £84,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,565 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% - -

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 10 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 10 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 -66 1,289 £59,000 +2.61% 551
UK excluding London -64 936 £52,500 +5.00% 358
Work from Home -44 497 £61,500 +6.96% 240
London -34 477 £70,000 -6.51% 246
South East -33 245 £55,000 -4.35% 127
North of England -84 219 £50,000 +5.26% 87
Midlands -33 157 £50,000 - 45
North West -83 121 £52,500 +14.13% 60
East of England -46 96 £57,500 +9.52% 39
South West -72 85 £55,000 +15.79% 47
East Midlands -8 82 £42,500 +21.43% 19
West Midlands -60 75 £54,344 -1.19% 26
Northern Ireland -14 63 £46,000 +2.12% 4
Yorkshire -48 62 £42,500 -17.68% 20
Scotland +24 41 £50,000 +25.00% 17
North East -31 36 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Wales -33 30 £53,000 -3.64% 8

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
1 238 (16.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 221 (15.28%) SharePoint
3 54 (3.73%) IIS
4 33 (2.28%) Confluence
5 10 (0.69%) nginx
6 6 (0.41%) 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%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.52%) 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 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.069%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 895 (61.89%) Azure
2 530 (36.65%) Microsoft 365
3 397 (27.46%) Entra ID
4 256 (17.70%) AWS
5 170 (11.76%) SaaS
6 162 (11.20%) Azure DevOps
7 112 (7.75%) Power Platform
8 111 (7.68%) GitHub
9 108 (7.47%) IaaS
10 103 (7.12%) OneDrive
11 82 (5.67%) Azure Monitor
12 76 (5.26%) PaaS
13 75 (5.19%) Azure Sentinel
14 68 (4.70%) Azure AKS
14 68 (4.70%) Power Automate
15 67 (4.63%) GCP
16 63 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
17 62 (4.29%) Azure Key Vault
18 48 (3.32%) Datadog
19 47 (3.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 318 (21.99%) Firewall
2 308 (21.30%) DNS
3 206 (14.25%) DHCP
4 201 (13.90%) VPN
5 139 (9.61%) TCP/IP
6 96 (6.64%) WAN
7 85 (5.88%) LAN
8 72 (4.98%) Network Security
9 69 (4.77%) VLAN
10 45 (3.11%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.04%) Wireless
12 38 (2.63%) SAN
13 35 (2.42%) Kerberos
14 28 (1.94%) VoIP
15 23 (1.59%) SSL
16 19 (1.31%) NAS
17 18 (1.24%) HTTP
18 17 (1.18%) BGP
18 17 (1.18%) Internet
18 17 (1.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (11.07%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 68 (4.70%) Power BI
4 33 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.59%) MongoDB
6 22 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.11%) MySQL
10 14 (0.97%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.55%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.41%) Power Query
13 6 (0.41%) Redis
14 5 (0.35%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.35%) Metadata
14 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 111 (7.68%) Git
2 91 (6.29%) JIRA
3 67 (4.63%) GitLab
4 61 (4.22%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.14%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.48%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.48%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.48%) TestRail
9 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.41%) Selenium
9 6 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.35%) Postman
11 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.21%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 499 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 231 (15.98%) Finance
3 185 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.85%) Law
5 114 (7.88%) Legal
6 62 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.25%) Retail
9 42 (2.90%) Public Sector
10 36 (2.49%) Banking
11 35 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (2.28%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.73%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.18%) Advertising
15 12 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.83%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.76%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.76%) Legal Technology
17 8 (0.55%) Front Office
17 8 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 280 (19.36%) Senior
2 192 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 151 (10.44%) Analyst
4 143 (9.89%) Support Engineer
5 134 (9.27%) IT Engineer
6 133 (9.20%) Azure Engineer
7 131 (9.06%) IT Support
8 129 (8.92%) Cloud Engineer
9 104 (7.19%) DevOps Engineer
10 76 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
10 76 (5.26%) Security Engineer
11 70 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
12 68 (4.70%) Lead
13 61 (4.22%) Developer
14 60 (4.15%) Systems Engineer
15 56 (3.87%) 2nd Line Support
16 55 (3.80%) Testing Manager
17 52 (3.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 52 (3.60%) Senior Manager
18 51 (3.53%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.02%) .NET
2 54 (3.73%) ARM Templates
3 53 (3.67%) REST
3 53 (3.67%) SAML
4 49 (3.39%) OAuth
5 47 (3.25%) YAML
6 44 (3.04%) OpenID
7 43 (2.97%) LDAP
8 42 (2.90%) HTML
8 42 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
9 34 (2.35%) .NET Core
10 33 (2.28%) JSON
11 32 (2.21%) CSS
12 25 (1.73%) SPFx
13 21 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
15 17 (1.18%) SOAP
16 16 (1.11%) RESTful
17 15 (1.04%) ASP.NET
17 15 (1.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 112 (7.75%) Onboarding
2 88 (6.09%) Cloud Native
3 74 (5.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 70 (4.84%) Security Posture
5 61 (4.22%) Driving Licence
6 57 (3.94%) Virtual Team
7 51 (3.53%) Data Centre
8 45 (3.11%) Public Cloud
9 42 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
10 40 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (2.70%) PKI
12 37 (2.56%) Replication
12 37 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
13 34 (2.35%) Clustering
14 29 (2.01%) Cyber Defence
15 27 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
16 26 (1.80%) Private Cloud
17 24 (1.66%) CMDB
18 21 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 684 (47.30%) Windows
2 339 (23.44%) Linux
3 327 (22.61%) Windows Server
4 80 (5.53%) Windows 10
5 55 (3.80%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.46%) Mac OS
7 45 (3.11%) VMS
8 43 (2.97%) Android
9 37 (2.56%) CentOS
9 37 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 35 (2.42%) Ubuntu
12 27 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
13 17 (1.18%) Unix
14 7 (0.48%) Kali Linux
15 6 (0.41%) Debian
15 6 (0.41%) Rocky
15 6 (0.41%) Solaris
16 5 (0.35%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (25.31%) DevOps
2 362 (25.03%) Problem-Solving
3 329 (22.75%) CI/CD
4 327 (22.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 327 (22.61%) Infrastructure as Code
5 281 (19.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 275 (19.02%) ITIL
7 244 (16.87%) Cybersecurity
8 211 (14.59%) Mentoring
9 183 (12.66%) Disaster Recovery
10 169 (11.69%) Root Cause Analysis
11 167 (11.55%) High Availability
12 165 (11.41%) Agile
12 165 (11.41%) Incident Response
13 139 (9.61%) AI
14 138 (9.54%) Containerisation
15 133 (9.20%) SIEM
16 131 (9.06%) Observability
17 130 (8.99%) Platform Engineering
18 127 (8.78%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 580 (40.11%) Python
2 312 (21.58%) Bash
3 281 (19.43%) SQL
4 147 (10.17%) C#
5 134 (9.27%) JavaScript
6 109 (7.54%) Bicep
7 82 (5.67%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 40 (2.77%) Java
10 38 (2.63%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.45%) VBScript
12 18 (1.24%) C++
13 17 (1.18%) Perl
14 15 (1.04%) PHP
15 11 (0.76%) Ruby
16 10 (0.69%) VB
16 10 (0.69%) VBA
17 9 (0.62%) Go
18 8 (0.55%) C
19 6 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 194 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 173 (11.96%) Degree
3 159 (11.00%) Azure Certification
4 145 (10.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 135 (9.34%) SC Cleared
6 62 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 60 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
8 56 (3.87%) CISSP
9 53 (3.67%) CompTIA Security+
10 51 (3.53%) DV Cleared
11 43 (2.97%) CCNA
12 26 (1.80%) CEH
13 25 (1.73%) DBS Check
14 24 (1.66%) AWS Certification
15 22 (1.52%) GIAC
15 22 (1.52%) OSCP
16 19 (1.31%) CCNP
17 18 (1.24%) CISM
18 17 (1.18%) CREST Certified
19 16 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 78 (5.39%) NIST
3 77 (5.33%) QA
4 66 (4.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (4.01%) GDPR
6 44 (3.04%) SLA
7 19 (1.31%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.18%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.62%) ISO 22301
11 8 (0.55%) NCSC
12 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.48%) PMO
13 5 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.14%) DICOM
15 2 (0.14%) EMIR
15 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 519 (35.89%) Active Directory
2 237 (16.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 161 (11.13%) Hyper-V
4 145 (10.03%) Docker
5 80 (5.53%) vSphere
6 58 (4.01%) Virtual Machines
7 46 (3.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.87%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.59%) BitLocker
10 18 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 9 (0.62%) KVM
13 8 (0.55%) Squid
14 7 (0.48%) Firmware
15 5 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
16 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
18 2 (0.14%) iptables
18 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 355 (24.55%) Terraform
2 245 (16.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 242 (16.74%) Kubernetes
4 180 (12.45%) Ansible
5 81 (5.60%) Grafana
6 70 (4.84%) SCCM
7 54 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
8 49 (3.39%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.73%) vCenter Server
10 25 (1.73%) ZABBIX
11 21 (1.45%) Argo
12 20 (1.38%) Packer
12 20 (1.38%) QRadar
13 19 (1.31%) Proxmox
14 16 (1.11%) Puppet
15 14 (0.97%) Graylog
16 13 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 13 (0.90%) Nagios
16 13 (0.90%) VxRail
Vendors
1 878 (60.72%) Microsoft
2 279 (19.29%) VMware
3 126 (8.71%) Cisco
4 109 (7.54%) ServiceNow
5 95 (6.57%) Splunk
6 64 (4.43%) Red Hat
7 59 (4.08%) Veeam
8 49 (3.39%) Oracle
9 48 (3.32%) Meraki
10 36 (2.49%) Citrix
11 34 (2.35%) Dynatrace
12 32 (2.21%) Apple
12 32 (2.21%) Sophos
13 31 (2.14%) Dell
14 30 (2.07%) Tenable
15 28 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
16 25 (1.73%) Fortinet
17 24 (1.66%) CyberArk
18 22 (1.52%) Okta
19 21 (1.45%) Palo Alto