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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 90 101
Rank change year-on-year -64 +11 -36
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,493 1,609 1,812
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 3.25% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.98% 12.54% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 999 1,066 1,163
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £47,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 18,701 12,833 23,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.86% 25.94% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 13,269 8,249 14,060
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,625
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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -61 1,291 £59,000 +2.61% 1,024
UK excluding London -66 965 £52,500 - 644
Work from Home -37 518 £60,000 - 481
London -30 475 £70,000 - 412
North of England -87 239 £50,000 - 170
South East -45 236 £52,500 -8.70% 157
Midlands -49 160 £52,500 +5.00% 99
North West -72 146 £50,000 +5.26% 95
East of England -43 94 £57,500 +21.05% 59
South West -75 83 £57,500 +21.05% 83
West Midlands -72 81 £55,000 - 55
East Midlands -21 79 £42,500 +21.43% 44
Northern Ireland -26 70 £46,000 - 17
Yorkshire -37 57 £48,445 -7.72% 49
Scotland +6 47 £52,500 +10.53% 41
North East -39 36 £51,500 -14.17% 27
Wales -53 36 £38,500 -30.00% 31

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
1 254 (17.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 243 (16.28%) SharePoint
3 56 (3.75%) IIS
4 44 (2.95%) Confluence
5 15 (1.00%) nginx
6 8 (0.54%) Apache
7 6 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.067%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.41%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.33%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.067%) Actimize
7 1 (0.067%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 889 (59.54%) Azure
2 566 (37.91%) Microsoft 365
3 483 (32.35%) Entra ID
4 264 (17.68%) AWS
5 186 (12.46%) Azure DevOps
6 184 (12.32%) SaaS
7 124 (8.31%) Power Platform
8 120 (8.04%) GitHub
9 116 (7.77%) OneDrive
10 106 (7.10%) IaaS
11 92 (6.16%) Azure Monitor
12 90 (6.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 81 (5.43%) PaaS
13 81 (5.43%) Power Automate
14 72 (4.82%) Azure AKS
14 72 (4.82%) GCP
15 70 (4.69%) Azure Key Vault
16 66 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
17 63 (4.22%) Microsoft Purview
18 55 (3.68%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 326 (21.84%) Firewall
2 325 (21.77%) DNS
3 226 (15.14%) VPN
4 224 (15.00%) DHCP
5 151 (10.11%) TCP/IP
6 101 (6.76%) WAN
7 88 (5.89%) LAN
8 78 (5.22%) VLAN
9 61 (4.09%) Network Security
10 58 (3.88%) Wireless
11 49 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.41%) SAN
13 33 (2.21%) Kerberos
14 28 (1.88%) SSL
15 24 (1.61%) HTTP
16 21 (1.41%) NAS
17 16 (1.07%) Internet
17 16 (1.07%) VSAN
18 15 (1.00%) VoIP
19 13 (0.87%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (9.98%) SQL Server
2 86 (5.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 64 (4.29%) Power BI
4 26 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.41%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.87%) MySQL
9 12 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.74%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.67%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.54%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.54%) Power Query
12 8 (0.54%) Redis
12 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.40%) Metadata
14 5 (0.33%) Db2
14 5 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 104 (6.97%) JIRA
2 97 (6.50%) Git
3 80 (5.36%) GitLab
4 68 (4.55%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.88%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
8 10 (0.67%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.54%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.54%) TestRail
10 7 (0.47%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.40%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
11 6 (0.40%) Selenium
11 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.33%) MSI
12 5 (0.33%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.27%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 572 (38.31%) Social Skills
2 251 (16.81%) Finance
3 194 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (7.57%) Legal
5 107 (7.17%) Law
6 77 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
8 50 (3.35%) Retail
9 46 (3.08%) Banking
10 43 (2.88%) Public Sector
11 39 (2.61%) Aerospace
12 37 (2.48%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (0.94%) Legal Technology
15 13 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.80%) Financial Institution
17 10 (0.67%) Investment Banking
18 9 (0.60%) Aviation
18 9 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 291 (19.49%) Senior
2 211 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 173 (11.59%) Analyst
4 135 (9.04%) Azure Engineer
5 132 (8.84%) Support Engineer
6 130 (8.71%) Cloud Engineer
6 130 (8.71%) IT Engineer
7 116 (7.77%) DevOps Engineer
8 106 (7.10%) IT Support
9 85 (5.69%) Platform Engineer
10 77 (5.16%) Consultant
10 77 (5.16%) Lead
11 70 (4.69%) Support Analyst
12 66 (4.42%) IT Support Engineer
13 63 (4.22%) Security Engineer
14 61 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
15 56 (3.75%) Testing Manager
16 55 (3.68%) Senior Manager
17 54 (3.62%) Administrator
17 54 (3.62%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 384 (25.72%) Terraform
2 71 (4.76%) .NET
3 60 (4.02%) REST
4 57 (3.82%) ARM Templates
5 49 (3.28%) SAML
6 47 (3.15%) LDAP
7 45 (3.01%) Microsoft Graph
7 45 (3.01%) YAML
8 44 (2.95%) OAuth
8 44 (2.95%) OpenID
9 34 (2.28%) HTML
10 29 (1.94%) JSON
11 25 (1.67%) CSS
12 24 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
12 24 (1.61%) SPFx
13 19 (1.27%) .NET Core
14 17 (1.14%) SOAP
15 15 (1.00%) Kafka
16 14 (0.94%) ASP.NET
17 13 (0.87%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 132 (8.84%) Onboarding
2 93 (6.23%) Cloud Native
3 82 (5.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 78 (5.22%) Driving Licence
5 77 (5.16%) Management Information System
6 75 (5.02%) Security Posture
7 60 (4.02%) Virtual Team
8 53 (3.55%) PKI
9 52 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
10 50 (3.35%) Replication
11 48 (3.22%) Data Centre
12 45 (3.01%) Security Operations Centre
13 40 (2.68%) Public Cloud
14 36 (2.41%) Clustering
15 30 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
16 28 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
17 23 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
18 22 (1.47%) Private Cloud
19 20 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
20 18 (1.21%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 710 (47.56%) Windows
2 346 (23.17%) Linux
3 336 (22.51%) Windows Server
4 98 (6.56%) Windows 10
5 53 (3.55%) Apple iOS
6 45 (3.01%) Ubuntu
7 42 (2.81%) Android
8 40 (2.68%) Mac OS
9 38 (2.55%) VMS
10 33 (2.21%) CentOS
10 33 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
11 30 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 28 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
13 24 (1.61%) Unix
14 17 (1.14%) Rocky
15 8 (0.54%) Debian
15 8 (0.54%) Solaris
16 6 (0.40%) Kali Linux
17 5 (0.33%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (28.33%) Problem-Solving
2 401 (26.86%) DevOps
3 381 (25.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 361 (24.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 335 (22.44%) CI/CD
6 326 (21.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 266 (17.82%) ITIL
8 264 (17.68%) Cybersecurity
9 230 (15.41%) Mentoring
10 210 (14.07%) Disaster Recovery
11 179 (11.99%) AI
12 175 (11.72%) Agile
13 163 (10.92%) Root Cause Analysis
14 157 (10.52%) High Availability
15 156 (10.45%) Project Delivery
16 155 (10.38%) Platform Engineering
17 148 (9.91%) Cloud Security
18 147 (9.85%) Migration
19 143 (9.58%) Incident Response
20 135 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 588 (39.38%) Python
2 314 (21.03%) Bash
3 305 (20.43%) SQL
4 140 (9.38%) JavaScript
5 129 (8.64%) Bicep
5 129 (8.64%) C#
6 82 (5.49%) TypeScript
7 51 (3.42%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (2.48%) Java
8 37 (2.48%) T-SQL
9 23 (1.54%) VBScript
10 21 (1.41%) C++
11 19 (1.27%) Perl
12 13 (0.87%) PHP
13 12 (0.80%) Ruby
14 11 (0.74%) VBA
15 10 (0.67%) VB
16 8 (0.54%) Go
17 7 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 6 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 214 (14.33%) Security Cleared
2 167 (11.19%) Degree
3 160 (10.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 156 (10.45%) Azure Certification
5 142 (9.51%) SC Cleared
6 61 (4.09%) CISSP
6 61 (4.09%) DV Cleared
7 57 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (3.62%) CompTIA Security+
9 52 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
10 42 (2.81%) CCNA
11 28 (1.88%) CEH
12 27 (1.81%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.54%) DBS Check
14 22 (1.47%) CISM
15 20 (1.34%) OSCP
16 18 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 16 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
17 16 (1.07%) CREST Certified
17 16 (1.07%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.43%) QA
3 74 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 62 (4.15%) NIST
5 48 (3.22%) GDPR
6 47 (3.15%) SLA
7 20 (1.34%) PCI DSS
8 19 (1.27%) Data Quality
9 14 (0.94%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.60%) NCSC
11 8 (0.54%) PMO
11 8 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.13%) EMIR
15 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 551 (36.91%) Active Directory
2 240 (16.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (10.52%) Hyper-V
4 146 (9.78%) Docker
5 81 (5.43%) vSphere
6 77 (5.16%) Virtual Machines
7 61 (4.09%) Virtual Desktop
8 26 (1.74%) VMware NSX
9 22 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
10 17 (1.14%) BitLocker
11 14 (0.94%) Firmware
12 8 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.54%) KVM
12 8 (0.54%) Squid
13 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
16 2 (0.13%) Snort
16 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 266 (17.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 230 (15.41%) Kubernetes
3 170 (11.39%) Ansible
4 82 (5.49%) Grafana
5 75 (5.02%) SCCM
6 59 (3.95%) Single Sign-On
7 46 (3.08%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.67%) Puppet
8 25 (1.67%) vCenter Server
8 25 (1.67%) ZABBIX
9 24 (1.61%) Argo
10 21 (1.41%) QRadar
11 20 (1.34%) Proxmox
12 17 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
13 16 (1.07%) Packer
14 15 (1.00%) FortiGate
14 15 (1.00%) Graylog
15 12 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 12 (0.80%) Progress Chef
16 11 (0.74%) VxRail
Vendors
1 946 (63.36%) Microsoft
2 280 (18.75%) VMware
3 104 (6.97%) Cisco
4 99 (6.63%) ServiceNow
5 91 (6.10%) Splunk
6 68 (4.55%) Veeam
7 50 (3.35%) Oracle
8 49 (3.28%) Red Hat
9 43 (2.88%) Citrix
10 37 (2.48%) Meraki
11 34 (2.28%) Sage
12 33 (2.21%) Dell
13 31 (2.08%) Dynatrace
14 30 (2.01%) Sophos
15 29 (1.94%) SAP
16 28 (1.88%) CyberArk
16 28 (1.88%) Google
17 27 (1.81%) Fortinet
18 26 (1.74%) Apple
18 26 (1.74%) SolarWinds