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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 82 115
Rank change year-on-year -59 +33 -27
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,292 1,562 2,342
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.39% 3.59% 2.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.89% 11.46% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 949 973 1,905
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £43,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 16,370 13,633 33,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.57% 31.32% 32.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,391 9,132 25,284
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
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 3 June 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 3 June 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 1,183 £57,500 -4.17% 430
UK excluding London -75 750 £50,000 - 330
London -13 515 £70,000 -6.67% 146
Work from Home -40 422 £60,000 +7.14% 173
North of England -97 187 £47,500 -5.71% 66
South East -60 182 £55,000 -4.35% 119
Midlands -52 124 £48,000 -4.00% 40
North West -95 95 £50,051 +8.81% 40
South West -44 84 £55,000 +15.79% 51
East of England -29 81 £57,500 +21.05% 34
East Midlands -4 73 £47,500 +35.71% 18
Scotland +38 66 £50,000 +11.11% 17
Yorkshire -26 64 £45,000 -21.74% 16
West Midlands -89 50 £48,000 -5.37% 22
North East -33 28 £45,000 -23.40% 10
Wales -22 23 £54,085 +8.17% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £46,000 - 10

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
1 187 (14.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 171 (13.24%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.02%) IIS
4 22 (1.70%) Confluence
5 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.077%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.077%) Site Server
Applications
1 74 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.077%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.46%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.23%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.077%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.077%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 840 (65.02%) Azure
2 473 (36.61%) Microsoft 365
3 348 (26.93%) Entra ID
4 214 (16.56%) AWS
5 135 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
6 113 (8.75%) Power Platform
7 95 (7.35%) GitHub
8 89 (6.89%) SaaS
9 84 (6.50%) IaaS
10 82 (6.35%) OneDrive
11 69 (5.34%) Google Workspace
12 65 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
13 63 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
14 58 (4.49%) GCP
15 56 (4.33%) Azure AKS
16 55 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
16 55 (4.26%) Power Automate
17 54 (4.18%) Azure Key Vault
17 54 (4.18%) PaaS
18 43 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 260 (20.12%) Firewall
2 256 (19.81%) DNS
3 157 (12.15%) DHCP
4 156 (12.07%) VPN
5 110 (8.51%) TCP/IP
6 80 (6.19%) WAN
7 75 (5.80%) LAN
8 66 (5.11%) Network Security
9 57 (4.41%) Broadband
10 49 (3.79%) VLAN
11 44 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.02%) VoIP
13 34 (2.63%) SAN
14 21 (1.63%) BGP
14 21 (1.63%) Wireless
15 16 (1.24%) Kerberos
15 16 (1.24%) SD-WAN
15 16 (1.24%) VSAN
16 14 (1.08%) MPLS
17 13 (1.01%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (11.22%) SQL Server
2 83 (6.42%) Power BI
3 61 (4.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 37 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.01%) MySQL
7 23 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (1.32%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (1.16%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.08%) MongoDB
13 12 (0.93%) Tableau
14 9 (0.70%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.70%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.46%) Metadata
16 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.23%) RDBMS
17 3 (0.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 94 (7.28%) Git
2 69 (5.34%) JIRA
3 64 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 59 (4.57%) GitLab
5 32 (2.48%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.24%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.08%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.01%) Metasploit
9 12 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.70%) Burp Suite
12 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
13 7 (0.54%) TestRail
14 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
15 5 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
16 4 (0.31%) MLflow
16 4 (0.31%) Selenium
17 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
17 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 393 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 227 (17.57%) Finance
3 178 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (6.50%) Law
5 77 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.64%) Legal
8 45 (3.48%) Retail
9 44 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (3.02%) Public Sector
11 28 (2.17%) Games
12 26 (2.01%) Aerospace
12 26 (2.01%) Banking
12 26 (2.01%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.55%) Advertising
14 13 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 8 (0.62%) Front Office
16 7 (0.54%) Aviation
16 7 (0.54%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 236 (18.27%) Senior
2 160 (12.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 144 (11.15%) Analyst
3 144 (11.15%) Support Engineer
4 136 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
5 129 (9.98%) IT Support
6 112 (8.67%) IT Engineer
7 100 (7.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 93 (7.20%) DevOps Engineer
9 82 (6.35%) Security Engineer
10 77 (5.96%) IT Support Engineer
11 62 (4.80%) Developer
12 58 (4.49%) 2nd Line Support
13 57 (4.41%) Systems Engineer
14 55 (4.26%) Lead
15 54 (4.18%) Platform Engineer
16 44 (3.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 42 (3.25%) Architect
17 42 (3.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 41 (3.17%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (7.20%) OAuth
2 90 (6.97%) SAML
3 88 (6.81%) .NET
4 87 (6.73%) REST
5 83 (6.42%) OpenID
6 77 (5.96%) LDAP
7 61 (4.72%) SOAP
8 55 (4.26%) GraphQL
9 42 (3.25%) YAML
10 40 (3.10%) ARM Templates
11 39 (3.02%) JSON
12 38 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
13 37 (2.86%) .NET Core
14 36 (2.79%) HTML
15 34 (2.63%) CSS
16 25 (1.93%) SPFx
17 19 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
18 18 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
18 18 (1.39%) React
19 14 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.28%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.50%) Cyber Threat
3 70 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (4.88%) Cloud Native
5 62 (4.80%) Cyberattack
6 60 (4.64%) Management Information System
7 56 (4.33%) Security Posture
8 46 (3.56%) Driving Licence
9 43 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
10 42 (3.25%) Data Centre
10 42 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
11 36 (2.79%) PKI
12 35 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
13 31 (2.40%) Public Cloud
14 29 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
15 25 (1.93%) CMDB
16 20 (1.55%) Replication
17 19 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
17 19 (1.47%) Private Cloud
18 18 (1.39%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 608 (47.06%) Windows
2 295 (22.83%) Windows Server
3 285 (22.06%) Linux
4 80 (6.19%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.02%) Mac OS
6 50 (3.87%) Apple iOS
7 47 (3.64%) Android
8 41 (3.17%) VMS
9 39 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
10 31 (2.40%) CentOS
10 31 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
11 29 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (1.93%) Ubuntu
13 17 (1.32%) Unix
14 7 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.39%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.23%) AIX
17 3 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
2 287 (22.21%) Infrastructure as Code
3 286 (22.14%) CI/CD
4 281 (21.75%) Cybersecurity
5 267 (20.67%) DevOps
6 227 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 221 (17.11%) ITIL
8 214 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 189 (14.63%) Mentoring
10 164 (12.69%) Agile
11 158 (12.23%) Incident Response
12 149 (11.53%) Root Cause Analysis
13 148 (11.46%) Disaster Recovery
14 137 (10.60%) Roadmaps
15 130 (10.06%) Containerisation
16 127 (9.83%) SIEM
17 125 (9.67%) High Availability
18 110 (8.51%) Cloud Security
19 108 (8.36%) Task Automation
20 106 (8.20%) AI
Programming Languages
1 502 (38.85%) Python
2 337 (26.08%) Bash
3 274 (21.21%) SQL
4 95 (7.35%) C#
5 79 (6.11%) T-SQL
6 77 (5.96%) Bicep
7 75 (5.80%) JavaScript
8 31 (2.40%) Kusto Query Language
9 29 (2.24%) Java
10 24 (1.86%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.32%) C++
12 14 (1.08%) Perl
13 13 (1.01%) VBScript
14 11 (0.85%) PHP
14 11 (0.85%) VB
14 11 (0.85%) VBA
15 9 (0.70%) Go
15 9 (0.70%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.54%) C
17 6 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 159 (12.31%) Degree
2 158 (12.23%) Security Cleared
3 125 (9.67%) Azure Certification
4 120 (9.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 99 (7.66%) SC Cleared
6 53 (4.10%) CISSP
7 51 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
9 45 (3.48%) DV Cleared
10 36 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
11 33 (2.55%) CCNA
12 30 (2.32%) CREST Certified
13 29 (2.24%) OSCP
14 25 (1.93%) AWS Certification
14 25 (1.93%) DBS Check
15 24 (1.86%) CEH
15 24 (1.86%) GIAC
16 16 (1.24%) CCNP
16 16 (1.24%) CompTIA CySA+
17 13 (1.01%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (11.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 136 (10.53%) NIST
3 58 (4.49%) GDPR
4 53 (4.10%) NCSC
5 43 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 41 (3.17%) SLA
7 19 (1.47%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.32%) Accessibility
9 16 (1.24%) ISO 22301
10 14 (1.08%) PCI DSS
10 14 (1.08%) SOC 2
11 13 (1.01%) QA
12 12 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.46%) DICOM
15 5 (0.39%) PMO
16 4 (0.31%) GRC
17 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
17 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 498 (38.54%) Active Directory
2 188 (14.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (10.53%) Docker
4 127 (9.83%) Hyper-V
5 61 (4.72%) vSphere
6 38 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
8 24 (1.86%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.78%) BitLocker
10 15 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.85%) Firmware
12 10 (0.77%) KVM
13 8 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 8 (0.62%) Squid
14 6 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.31%) iptables
16 4 (0.31%) Terminal Services
17 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
18 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 293 (22.68%) Terraform
2 210 (16.25%) Kubernetes
3 198 (15.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 148 (11.46%) Ansible
5 60 (4.64%) Grafana
5 60 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
6 47 (3.64%) SCCM
7 43 (3.33%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.93%) Jamf Pro
9 24 (1.86%) vCenter Server
10 23 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 19 (1.47%) ZABBIX
12 18 (1.39%) Packer
13 17 (1.32%) Nessus
14 16 (1.24%) QRadar
15 15 (1.16%) VxRail
16 13 (1.01%) Graylog
16 13 (1.01%) Proxmox
17 12 (0.93%) Argo
17 12 (0.93%) Nagios
Vendors
1 744 (57.59%) Microsoft
2 241 (18.65%) VMware
3 104 (8.05%) Cisco
4 80 (6.19%) Splunk
5 58 (4.49%) Red Hat
5 58 (4.49%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.79%) Veeam
7 35 (2.71%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.63%) Meraki
8 34 (2.63%) Oracle
9 30 (2.32%) Google
10 29 (2.24%) Dell
11 28 (2.17%) Apple
12 27 (2.09%) Citrix
12 27 (2.09%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.01%) Commvault
14 24 (1.86%) Tenable
15 23 (1.78%) Palo Alto
15 23 (1.78%) Sophos
16 21 (1.63%) SolarWinds