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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 84 114
Rank change year-on-year -61 +30 -21
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,269 1,557 2,324
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.37% 3.63% 2.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.83% 11.67% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 935 975 1,911
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% +8.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £91,700 £90,000
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 16,197 13,343 32,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.46% 31.13% 33.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11,223 8,996 24,966
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 25 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 25 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 -66 1,149 £60,000 - 331
UK excluding London -69 722 £52,500 +5.00% 276
London -12 515 £70,000 -6.67% 95
Work from Home -42 414 £60,000 +7.14% 129
South East -69 172 £56,750 -1.30% 87
North of England -104 167 £47,500 -6.40% 76
Midlands -54 125 £50,000 +2.56% 32
North West -100 87 £50,750 +10.33% 49
South West -43 82 £55,000 +15.79% 44
East of England -25 78 £57,500 +17.95% 26
East Midlands -12 74 £51,250 +41.38% 18
Scotland +43 73 £50,000 +6.95% 16
Yorkshire -30 57 £45,000 -28.00% 17
West Midlands -73 50 £48,000 -4.00% 14
North East -32 23 £45,750 -20.43% 10
Wales -15 22 £53,171 +6.34% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £46,000 - 1

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
1 178 (14.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 164 (12.92%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.39%) IIS
4 22 (1.73%) Confluence
5 3 (0.24%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.079%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.079%) Site Server
Applications
1 70 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.55%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.079%) Actimize
6 1 (0.079%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 824 (64.93%) Azure
2 458 (36.09%) Microsoft 365
3 346 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 218 (17.18%) AWS
5 129 (10.17%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (8.59%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.41%) GitHub
8 87 (6.86%) SaaS
9 82 (6.46%) OneDrive
10 77 (6.07%) IaaS
11 69 (5.44%) Google Workspace
12 68 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
13 57 (4.49%) Azure Sentinel
13 57 (4.49%) GCP
14 53 (4.18%) Power Automate
15 52 (4.10%) Azure AKS
15 52 (4.10%) Azure Monitor
16 51 (4.02%) Azure Key Vault
16 51 (4.02%) PaaS
17 44 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 251 (19.78%) Firewall
2 247 (19.46%) DNS
3 153 (12.06%) VPN
4 152 (11.98%) DHCP
5 106 (8.35%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.07%) WAN
7 71 (5.59%) LAN
8 67 (5.28%) Network Security
9 58 (4.57%) Broadband
10 48 (3.78%) VLAN
11 44 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.15%) VoIP
13 35 (2.76%) SAN
14 20 (1.58%) BGP
14 20 (1.58%) Wireless
15 17 (1.34%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.26%) Kerberos
16 16 (1.26%) VSAN
17 13 (1.02%) HTTP
17 13 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (11.66%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.46%) Power BI
3 56 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.05%) MySQL
7 22 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
10 19 (1.50%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.34%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.02%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.95%) Tableau
14 10 (0.79%) InfluxDB
15 9 (0.71%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.47%) Metadata
17 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
18 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 3 (0.24%) DynamoDB
20 2 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 95 (7.49%) Git
2 68 (5.36%) JIRA
3 65 (5.12%) Jenkins
4 58 (4.57%) GitLab
5 29 (2.29%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.02%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.02%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.71%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.71%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.63%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.63%) TestRail
11 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.32%) MLflow
11 4 (0.32%) Selenium
12 3 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 393 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 232 (18.28%) Finance
3 178 (14.03%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.15%) Law
4 78 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
5 53 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (3.70%) Legal
7 43 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.39%) Retail
8 40 (3.15%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.29%) Games
10 26 (2.05%) Aerospace
10 26 (2.05%) Manufacturing
11 25 (1.97%) Banking
12 19 (1.50%) Advertising
13 14 (1.10%) Telecoms
14 11 (0.87%) Front Office
15 6 (0.47%) Electronics
15 6 (0.47%) Police
16 5 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 240 (18.91%) Senior
2 160 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 144 (11.35%) Analyst
4 133 (10.48%) Azure Engineer
5 132 (10.40%) Support Engineer
6 118 (9.30%) IT Support
7 102 (8.04%) IT Engineer
8 99 (7.80%) Cloud Engineer
9 87 (6.86%) DevOps Engineer
10 81 (6.38%) Security Engineer
11 68 (5.36%) IT Support Engineer
12 62 (4.89%) Developer
13 58 (4.57%) 2nd Line Support
14 56 (4.41%) Systems Engineer
15 54 (4.26%) Lead
16 49 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
17 44 (3.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 44 (3.47%) Architect
18 42 (3.31%) Security Analyst
18 42 (3.31%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.57%) OAuth
2 89 (7.01%) SAML
3 86 (6.78%) .NET
4 85 (6.70%) REST
5 84 (6.62%) OpenID
6 77 (6.07%) LDAP
7 62 (4.89%) SOAP
8 58 (4.57%) GraphQL
9 39 (3.07%) .NET Core
9 39 (3.07%) Microsoft Graph
9 39 (3.07%) YAML
10 36 (2.84%) JSON
11 35 (2.76%) ARM Templates
12 34 (2.68%) CSS
12 34 (2.68%) HTML
13 26 (2.05%) SPFx
14 19 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
14 19 (1.50%) React
15 18 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
16 15 (1.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.25%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.67%) Cyber Threat
3 69 (5.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (4.96%) Cyberattack
5 62 (4.89%) Cloud Native
6 60 (4.73%) Management Information System
7 53 (4.18%) Security Posture
8 45 (3.55%) Cyber Defence
8 45 (3.55%) Security Operations Centre
9 42 (3.31%) Driving Licence
10 41 (3.23%) Data Centre
11 35 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (2.68%) PKI
13 29 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
14 28 (2.21%) Public Cloud
15 25 (1.97%) CMDB
16 19 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.50%) Private Cloud
17 18 (1.42%) Low-Code
17 18 (1.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 596 (46.97%) Windows
2 287 (22.62%) Windows Server
3 279 (21.99%) Linux
4 78 (6.15%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.10%) Mac OS
6 51 (4.02%) Apple iOS
7 50 (3.94%) Android
8 36 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 34 (2.68%) VMS
10 30 (2.36%) CentOS
10 30 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 26 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
12 22 (1.73%) Ubuntu
13 17 (1.34%) Unix
14 8 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.39%) Debian
16 4 (0.32%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
17 3 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
2 280 (22.06%) Infrastructure as Code
3 277 (21.83%) CI/CD
3 277 (21.83%) Cybersecurity
4 260 (20.49%) DevOps
5 224 (17.65%) ITIL
6 221 (17.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 208 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 186 (14.66%) Mentoring
9 168 (13.24%) Agile
10 157 (12.37%) Incident Response
11 146 (11.51%) Root Cause Analysis
12 141 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
13 136 (10.72%) Roadmaps
14 131 (10.32%) SIEM
15 130 (10.24%) Containerisation
16 111 (8.75%) Cloud Security
16 111 (8.75%) High Availability
17 109 (8.59%) Task Automation
18 104 (8.20%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 496 (39.09%) Python
2 328 (25.85%) Bash
3 276 (21.75%) SQL
4 95 (7.49%) C#
5 77 (6.07%) T-SQL
6 73 (5.75%) JavaScript
7 71 (5.59%) Bicep
8 29 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
9 28 (2.21%) Java
10 23 (1.81%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.34%) C++
12 15 (1.18%) Perl
13 12 (0.95%) VBScript
14 11 (0.87%) VB
14 11 (0.87%) VB.NET
14 11 (0.87%) VBA
15 10 (0.79%) PHP
16 9 (0.71%) Go
17 7 (0.55%) C
18 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 161 (12.69%) Degree
2 155 (12.21%) Security Cleared
3 117 (9.22%) Azure Certification
4 114 (8.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 95 (7.49%) SC Cleared
6 50 (3.94%) CISSP
7 49 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
8 42 (3.31%) DV Cleared
9 36 (2.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 30 (2.36%) CREST Certified
11 29 (2.29%) CCNA
12 28 (2.21%) OSCP
13 25 (1.97%) AWS Certification
13 25 (1.97%) CEH
13 25 (1.97%) GIAC
14 23 (1.81%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.26%) CompTIA CySA+
16 14 (1.10%) CCNP
17 12 (0.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (11.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 139 (10.95%) NIST
3 61 (4.81%) GDPR
4 53 (4.18%) NCSC
5 44 (3.47%) SLA
6 36 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.58%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.58%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.34%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.18%) PCI DSS
9 15 (1.18%) QA
9 15 (1.18%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.47%) DICOM
13 5 (0.39%) GRC
14 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.24%) PMO
16 2 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 478 (37.67%) Active Directory
2 179 (14.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 140 (11.03%) Docker
4 118 (9.30%) Hyper-V
5 55 (4.33%) vSphere
6 36 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (1.73%) BitLocker
8 22 (1.73%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
10 14 (1.10%) Firmware
11 10 (0.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 10 (0.79%) KVM
12 7 (0.55%) Squid
13 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 283 (22.30%) Terraform
2 209 (16.47%) Kubernetes
3 193 (15.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 147 (11.58%) Ansible
5 63 (4.96%) Grafana
6 57 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
7 50 (3.94%) SCCM
8 42 (3.31%) Prometheus
9 25 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
10 24 (1.89%) vCenter Server
11 23 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (1.34%) ZABBIX
13 16 (1.26%) Nessus
13 16 (1.26%) QRadar
14 15 (1.18%) Packer
14 15 (1.18%) VxRail
15 13 (1.02%) Graylog
16 11 (0.87%) Proxmox
17 10 (0.79%) Nagios
17 10 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 728 (57.37%) Microsoft
2 229 (18.05%) VMware
3 101 (7.96%) Cisco
4 76 (5.99%) Splunk
5 58 (4.57%) Red Hat
6 55 (4.33%) ServiceNow
7 45 (3.55%) Veeam
8 39 (3.07%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.52%) Meraki
10 30 (2.36%) Citrix
10 30 (2.36%) Dell
11 29 (2.29%) Google
11 29 (2.29%) Oracle
12 27 (2.13%) Commvault
13 26 (2.05%) Apple
13 26 (2.05%) Fortinet
14 25 (1.97%) Palo Alto
15 23 (1.81%) Tenable
16 21 (1.65%) CyberArk
16 21 (1.65%) Sophos