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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 90 114
Rank change year-on-year -54 +24 -38
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,469 1,658 1,842
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.37% 3.32% 2.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.90% 12.01% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 1,111 1,389
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 £74,125 £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 18,593 13,805 25,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.31% 27.63% 30.34%
Number of salaries quoted 13,204 9,058 17,573
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,747 £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 18 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 18 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 -57 1,304 £60,000 +4.35% 342
UK excluding London -63 952 £52,500 +5.00% 292
Work from Home -33 502 £62,500 +8.70% 151
London -27 486 £70,000 -6.35% 112
South East -28 249 £53,000 -7.83% 116
North of England -78 223 £50,000 +5.26% 62
Midlands -33 156 £52,500 +5.00% 37
North West -77 125 £51,500 +11.96% 43
East of England -40 99 £57,500 +13.86% 33
South West -75 85 £55,000 +19.57% 38
East Midlands -6 82 £42,500 +21.43% 14
West Midlands -56 74 £55,000 - 23
Northern Ireland -20 70 £46,000 - 10
Yorkshire -33 62 £42,500 -16.26% 12
Scotland +11 41 £50,000 +25.00% 7
North East -34 36 £50,000 -16.67% 8
Wales -45 29 £53,000 -3.64% 6

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
1 241 (16.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 226 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 54 (3.68%) IIS
4 32 (2.18%) 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 (0.20%) 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 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.16%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.20%) 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
1 908 (61.81%) Azure
2 538 (36.62%) Microsoft 365
3 408 (27.77%) Entra ID
4 261 (17.77%) AWS
5 178 (12.12%) SaaS
6 166 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
7 113 (7.69%) GitHub
8 110 (7.49%) IaaS
9 109 (7.42%) Power Platform
10 108 (7.35%) OneDrive
11 81 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
12 78 (5.31%) Azure Sentinel
13 77 (5.24%) PaaS
14 70 (4.77%) Power Automate
15 69 (4.70%) Azure AKS
15 69 (4.70%) GCP
16 65 (4.42%) Azure Key Vault
17 63 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
18 51 (3.47%) Datadog
19 48 (3.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 322 (21.92%) Firewall
2 310 (21.10%) DNS
3 208 (14.16%) DHCP
4 205 (13.96%) VPN
5 143 (9.73%) TCP/IP
6 99 (6.74%) WAN
7 87 (5.92%) LAN
8 71 (4.83%) Network Security
9 68 (4.63%) VLAN
10 46 (3.13%) Wireless
11 44 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (2.72%) SAN
13 32 (2.18%) Kerberos
14 26 (1.77%) VoIP
15 22 (1.50%) NAS
15 22 (1.50%) SSL
16 18 (1.23%) HTTP
16 18 (1.23%) Internet
17 17 (1.16%) BGP
17 17 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (10.69%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 63 (4.29%) Power BI
4 30 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.57%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.16%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.02%) MySQL
9 15 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.61%) 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 (7.35%) Git
2 92 (6.26%) JIRA
3 68 (4.63%) GitLab
4 60 (4.08%) Jenkins
5 29 (1.97%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.88%) 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
10 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.20%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 521 (35.47%) Social Skills
2 239 (16.27%) Finance
3 188 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.71%) Law
5 121 (8.24%) Legal
6 66 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.06%) Retail
9 43 (2.93%) Public Sector
10 38 (2.59%) Banking
11 33 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.84%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.09%) Advertising
14 15 (1.02%) Legal Technology
15 12 (0.82%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.75%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.61%) Front Office
17 9 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 286 (19.47%) Senior
2 197 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 157 (10.69%) Analyst
4 138 (9.39%) Azure Engineer
4 138 (9.39%) Support Engineer
5 133 (9.05%) IT Engineer
6 130 (8.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 129 (8.78%) IT Support
8 106 (7.22%) DevOps Engineer
9 72 (4.90%) Platform Engineer
9 72 (4.90%) Security Engineer
10 71 (4.83%) IT Support Engineer
11 68 (4.63%) Lead
12 62 (4.22%) Developer
12 62 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
13 58 (3.95%) Testing Manager
14 56 (3.81%) 2nd Line Support
15 55 (3.74%) Administrator
15 55 (3.74%) Senior Manager
16 52 (3.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.85%) .NET
2 53 (3.61%) ARM Templates
3 50 (3.40%) REST
4 47 (3.20%) SAML
4 47 (3.20%) YAML
5 43 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
5 43 (2.93%) OAuth
6 42 (2.86%) HTML
7 40 (2.72%) LDAP
8 39 (2.65%) OpenID
9 33 (2.25%) .NET Core
10 32 (2.18%) CSS
10 32 (2.18%) JSON
11 25 (1.70%) SPFx
12 20 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
14 16 (1.09%) SOAP
15 15 (1.02%) ASP.NET
15 15 (1.02%) React
15 15 (1.02%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.10%) Onboarding
2 88 (5.99%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 69 (4.70%) Management Information System
4 69 (4.70%) Security Posture
5 62 (4.22%) Driving Licence
6 60 (4.08%) Virtual Team
7 50 (3.40%) Data Centre
8 45 (3.06%) Public Cloud
9 44 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
10 42 (2.86%) Replication
11 41 (2.79%) PKI
12 40 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (2.52%) Clustering
13 37 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
14 29 (1.97%) Cyber Defence
15 27 (1.84%) Private Cloud
16 26 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
17 25 (1.70%) CMDB
18 21 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 692 (47.11%) Windows
2 346 (23.55%) Linux
3 327 (22.26%) Windows Server
4 78 (5.31%) Windows 10
5 53 (3.61%) Apple iOS
6 47 (3.20%) Mac OS
7 43 (2.93%) Android
8 42 (2.86%) VMS
9 37 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.45%) Ubuntu
11 35 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 34 (2.31%) CentOS
13 24 (1.63%) 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
1 379 (25.80%) Problem-Solving
2 376 (25.60%) DevOps
3 345 (23.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 340 (23.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 335 (22.80%) CI/CD
6 299 (20.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 285 (19.40%) ITIL
8 245 (16.68%) Cybersecurity
9 216 (14.70%) Mentoring
10 191 (13.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 177 (12.05%) High Availability
12 170 (11.57%) Root Cause Analysis
13 168 (11.44%) Incident Response
14 161 (10.96%) Agile
15 143 (9.73%) AI
16 137 (9.33%) Containerisation
16 137 (9.33%) SIEM
17 132 (8.99%) Cloud Security
17 132 (8.99%) Platform Engineering
18 129 (8.78%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 587 (39.96%) Python
2 313 (21.31%) Bash
3 287 (19.54%) SQL
4 147 (10.01%) C#
5 141 (9.60%) JavaScript
6 112 (7.62%) Bicep
7 86 (5.85%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.47%) Kusto Query Language
9 40 (2.72%) Java
10 36 (2.45%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.43%) VBScript
12 19 (1.29%) C++
13 18 (1.23%) Perl
14 14 (0.95%) PHP
15 11 (0.75%) Ruby
16 10 (0.68%) VBA
17 9 (0.61%) Go
18 8 (0.54%) C
18 8 (0.54%) VB
19 6 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 198 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 177 (12.05%) Degree
3 161 (10.96%) Azure Certification
4 147 (10.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 141 (9.60%) SC Cleared
6 66 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (4.22%) Cisco Certification
8 55 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 54 (3.68%) CISSP
10 53 (3.61%) DV Cleared
11 45 (3.06%) CCNA
12 28 (1.91%) CEH
13 24 (1.63%) OSCP
14 23 (1.57%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.57%) DBS Check
14 23 (1.57%) GIAC
15 21 (1.43%) CCNP
16 19 (1.29%) CISM
17 18 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 15 (1.02%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (7.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.51%) QA
3 74 (5.04%) NIST
4 68 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 54 (3.68%) GDPR
6 45 (3.06%) SLA
7 19 (1.29%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.16%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.54%) 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%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.14%) EMIR
16 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 528 (35.94%) Active Directory
2 240 (16.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 163 (11.10%) Hyper-V
4 144 (9.80%) Docker
5 83 (5.65%) vSphere
6 58 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
7 50 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.84%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.57%) BitLocker
10 18 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.75%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.54%) KVM
12 8 (0.54%) 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 (0.20%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.14%) Samba
18 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 364 (24.78%) Terraform
2 251 (17.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 243 (16.54%) Kubernetes
4 184 (12.53%) Ansible
5 80 (5.45%) Grafana
6 74 (5.04%) SCCM
7 52 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
8 47 (3.20%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.77%) vCenter Server
10 25 (1.70%) ZABBIX
11 23 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
12 21 (1.43%) Argo
12 21 (1.43%) QRadar
13 20 (1.36%) Packer
13 20 (1.36%) Proxmox
14 18 (1.23%) Puppet
15 15 (1.02%) Graylog
16 13 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 13 (0.88%) VxRail
17 11 (0.75%) Nagios
Vendors
1 901 (61.33%) Microsoft
2 282 (19.20%) VMware
3 128 (8.71%) Cisco
4 109 (7.42%) ServiceNow
5 95 (6.47%) Splunk
6 63 (4.29%) Red Hat
7 57 (3.88%) Veeam
8 50 (3.40%) Oracle
9 49 (3.34%) Meraki
10 39 (2.65%) Citrix
11 35 (2.38%) Dynatrace
12 33 (2.25%) Sophos
13 32 (2.18%) Dell
14 30 (2.04%) Tenable
15 29 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
16 26 (1.77%) Apple
17 25 (1.70%) Fortinet
18 24 (1.63%) CyberArk
19 22 (1.50%) Okta
20 21 (1.43%) Palo Alto