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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 91 97
Rank change year-on-year -62 +6 -35
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,479 1,614 1,820
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 3.26% 2.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.97% 12.66% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 992 1,057 1,175
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £47,500
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 £88,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -5.66%

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 18,549 12,744 22,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.68% 25.72% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 13,095 8,148 13,719
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,750 £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 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
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 6 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 6 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 -70 1,276 £59,000 +2.61% 1,325
UK excluding London -72 958 £52,500 - 860
Work from Home -37 514 £60,750 +1.25% 628
London -29 466 £70,000 -0.71% 571
South East -40 237 £52,500 -8.70% 255
North of England -94 230 £50,000 - 197
Midlands -55 162 £52,500 +2.24% 106
North West -77 138 £50,000 +2.56% 102
East of England -47 93 £57,500 +21.05% 84
South West -79 84 £57,500 +18.56% 118
East Midlands -16 82 £42,500 +21.43% 47
West Midlands -64 80 £55,000 - 59
Northern Ireland -29 70 £46,000 - 19
Yorkshire -47 56 £45,472 -11.92% 65
Scotland -15 47 £52,500 +23.53% 63
North East -38 36 £51,500 -14.17% 31
Wales -48 35 £36,750 -33.18% 32

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
1 257 (17.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 241 (16.29%) SharePoint
3 54 (3.65%) IIS
4 43 (2.91%) Confluence
5 15 (1.01%) nginx
6 8 (0.54%) Apache
7 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.43%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.34%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.068%) Actimize
7 1 (0.068%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 878 (59.36%) Azure
2 568 (38.40%) Microsoft 365
3 482 (32.59%) Entra ID
4 261 (17.65%) AWS
5 183 (12.37%) SaaS
6 182 (12.31%) Azure DevOps
7 125 (8.45%) Power Platform
8 118 (7.98%) GitHub
9 112 (7.57%) OneDrive
10 108 (7.30%) IaaS
11 94 (6.36%) Azure Monitor
12 88 (5.95%) Azure Sentinel
13 82 (5.54%) PaaS
14 79 (5.34%) Power Automate
15 72 (4.87%) Azure AKS
16 71 (4.80%) GCP
17 70 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
18 64 (4.33%) Microsoft Purview
19 63 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
20 57 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 331 (22.38%) DNS
2 326 (22.04%) Firewall
3 233 (15.75%) VPN
4 230 (15.55%) DHCP
5 154 (10.41%) TCP/IP
6 102 (6.90%) WAN
7 88 (5.95%) LAN
8 81 (5.48%) VLAN
9 60 (4.06%) Network Security
10 59 (3.99%) Wireless
11 50 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.50%) SAN
13 31 (2.10%) Kerberos
14 28 (1.89%) SSL
15 25 (1.69%) HTTP
16 21 (1.42%) NAS
17 16 (1.08%) Internet
17 16 (1.08%) VoIP
17 16 (1.08%) VSAN
18 14 (0.95%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (10.41%) SQL Server
2 86 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 66 (4.46%) Power BI
4 26 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.42%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 14 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (0.95%) MySQL
8 12 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.68%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.54%) Power Query
11 8 (0.54%) Redis
11 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.47%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.41%) Metadata
14 5 (0.34%) Db2
14 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 102 (6.90%) JIRA
2 94 (6.36%) Git
3 78 (5.27%) GitLab
4 65 (4.39%) Jenkins
5 27 (1.83%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.47%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.47%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.47%) TestRail
9 6 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.41%) Postman
10 5 (0.34%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.34%) MSI
10 5 (0.34%) Selenium
10 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 574 (38.81%) Social Skills
2 254 (17.17%) Finance
3 193 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.57%) Legal
5 103 (6.96%) Law
6 76 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.18%) Retail
9 45 (3.04%) Banking
10 40 (2.70%) Public Sector
11 39 (2.64%) Aerospace
12 36 (2.43%) Manufacturing
12 36 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (0.95%) Legal Technology
14 12 (0.81%) Financial Institution
14 12 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (0.68%) Investment Banking
16 9 (0.61%) Aviation
16 9 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 288 (19.47%) Senior
2 207 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 176 (11.90%) Analyst
4 134 (9.06%) Azure Engineer
5 131 (8.86%) IT Engineer
6 130 (8.79%) Cloud Engineer
7 129 (8.72%) Support Engineer
8 116 (7.84%) DevOps Engineer
9 105 (7.10%) IT Support
10 83 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
11 77 (5.21%) Consultant
12 76 (5.14%) Lead
13 69 (4.67%) Support Analyst
14 66 (4.46%) IT Support Engineer
15 61 (4.12%) Systems Engineer
16 60 (4.06%) Security Engineer
17 55 (3.72%) Senior Manager
17 55 (3.72%) Testing Manager
18 54 (3.65%) Administrator
19 52 (3.52%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 374 (25.29%) Terraform
2 69 (4.67%) .NET
3 57 (3.85%) ARM Templates
3 57 (3.85%) REST
4 48 (3.25%) SAML
5 46 (3.11%) LDAP
6 44 (2.97%) Microsoft Graph
6 44 (2.97%) YAML
7 41 (2.77%) OAuth
7 41 (2.77%) OpenID
8 34 (2.30%) HTML
9 29 (1.96%) JSON
10 25 (1.69%) CSS
11 23 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
11 23 (1.56%) SPFx
12 18 (1.22%) .NET Core
13 16 (1.08%) SOAP
14 15 (1.01%) Kafka
15 14 (0.95%) ASP.NET
16 13 (0.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.59%) Onboarding
2 92 (6.22%) Cloud Native
3 82 (5.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 79 (5.34%) Driving Licence
5 75 (5.07%) Security Posture
6 70 (4.73%) Management Information System
7 60 (4.06%) Virtual Team
8 55 (3.72%) PKI
9 52 (3.52%) Replication
10 50 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
11 46 (3.11%) Data Centre
12 41 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
13 40 (2.70%) Public Cloud
14 37 (2.50%) Clustering
15 30 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
16 28 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
17 23 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
18 21 (1.42%) Private Cloud
19 19 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
20 18 (1.22%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 707 (47.80%) Windows
2 344 (23.26%) Linux
3 338 (22.85%) Windows Server
4 98 (6.63%) Windows 10
5 51 (3.45%) Apple iOS
6 44 (2.97%) Ubuntu
7 41 (2.77%) Android
8 40 (2.70%) Mac OS
9 38 (2.57%) VMS
10 33 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 32 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
12 31 (2.10%) CentOS
13 30 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 24 (1.62%) Unix
15 17 (1.15%) Rocky
16 8 (0.54%) Debian
16 8 (0.54%) Solaris
17 7 (0.47%) Kali Linux
18 5 (0.34%) CoreOS
19 4 (0.27%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (28.53%) Problem-Solving
2 398 (26.91%) DevOps
3 386 (26.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 355 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 327 (22.11%) CI/CD
6 322 (21.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 269 (18.19%) ITIL
8 257 (17.38%) Cybersecurity
9 228 (15.42%) Mentoring
10 219 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 181 (12.24%) AI
12 172 (11.63%) Agile
13 162 (10.95%) Root Cause Analysis
14 161 (10.89%) High Availability
15 160 (10.82%) Project Delivery
16 152 (10.28%) Platform Engineering
17 150 (10.14%) Cloud Security
18 146 (9.87%) Migration
19 142 (9.60%) Incident Response
20 134 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 582 (39.35%) Python
2 308 (20.82%) Bash
3 305 (20.62%) SQL
4 137 (9.26%) JavaScript
5 129 (8.72%) Bicep
6 125 (8.45%) C#
7 81 (5.48%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 37 (2.50%) T-SQL
10 34 (2.30%) Java
11 23 (1.56%) VBScript
12 20 (1.35%) C++
13 19 (1.28%) Perl
14 13 (0.88%) PHP
15 11 (0.74%) Ruby
15 11 (0.74%) VBA
16 10 (0.68%) VB
17 7 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.47%) Go
18 6 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 210 (14.20%) Security Cleared
2 168 (11.36%) Degree
3 159 (10.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 156 (10.55%) Azure Certification
5 139 (9.40%) SC Cleared
6 63 (4.26%) DV Cleared
7 60 (4.06%) CISSP
8 59 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 57 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 51 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
11 41 (2.77%) CCNA
12 28 (1.89%) CEH
13 25 (1.69%) AWS Certification
13 25 (1.69%) DBS Check
14 22 (1.49%) CISM
15 19 (1.28%) OSCP
16 18 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (1.15%) CompTIA CySA+
17 17 (1.15%) GIAC
18 15 (1.01%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.48%) QA
3 77 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 66 (4.46%) NIST
5 47 (3.18%) GDPR
5 47 (3.18%) SLA
6 22 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 20 (1.35%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.88%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.68%) NCSC
11 8 (0.54%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.54%) PMO
11 8 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
14 2 (0.14%) EMIR
14 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 549 (37.12%) Active Directory
2 237 (16.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (10.62%) Hyper-V
4 141 (9.53%) Docker
5 81 (5.48%) vSphere
6 80 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
7 61 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
8 25 (1.69%) VMware NSX
9 17 (1.15%) BitLocker
10 15 (1.01%) Firmware
11 8 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.54%) KVM
12 7 (0.47%) Squid
13 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
16 2 (0.14%) Snort
16 2 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 264 (17.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 226 (15.28%) Kubernetes
3 169 (11.43%) Ansible
4 78 (5.27%) Grafana
5 76 (5.14%) SCCM
6 57 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
7 43 (2.91%) Prometheus
8 27 (1.83%) Puppet
9 24 (1.62%) Argo
9 24 (1.62%) ZABBIX
10 23 (1.56%) vCenter Server
11 22 (1.49%) QRadar
12 20 (1.35%) Proxmox
13 17 (1.15%) FortiGate
14 16 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
15 15 (1.01%) Graylog
15 15 (1.01%) Packer
16 14 (0.95%) Progress Chef
17 11 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 10 (0.68%) VxRail
Vendors
1 945 (63.89%) Microsoft
2 277 (18.73%) VMware
3 105 (7.10%) Cisco
4 97 (6.56%) ServiceNow
5 89 (6.02%) Splunk
6 69 (4.67%) Veeam
7 49 (3.31%) Oracle
8 46 (3.11%) Red Hat
9 43 (2.91%) Citrix
10 37 (2.50%) Meraki
11 34 (2.30%) Sage
12 33 (2.23%) Dell
13 31 (2.10%) Dynatrace
14 30 (2.03%) Sophos
15 29 (1.96%) CyberArk
15 29 (1.96%) SAP
16 28 (1.89%) SolarWinds
17 27 (1.83%) Apple
17 27 (1.83%) Fortinet
17 27 (1.83%) Google