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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 86 114
Rank change year-on-year -54 +28 -35
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,430 1,679 1,954
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.39% 3.40% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.86% 11.78% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 1,103 1,539
10th Percentile £31,625 £34,200 £36,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.60% -7.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
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 18,204 14,253 26,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.69% 28.84% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 12,982 9,428 19,180
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -67 1,279 £57,500 - 431
UK excluding London -57 916 £52,500 +5.00% 320
Work from Home -37 502 £60,000 +4.35% 189
London -31 477 £70,000 -6.67% 161
South East -30 247 £55,000 -4.35% 113
North of England -89 214 £50,000 +5.26% 73
Midlands -45 151 £50,000 - 43
North West -79 116 £52,500 +14.13% 45
East of England -33 91 £57,500 +9.52% 34
South West -71 85 £55,000 +15.79% 46
East Midlands -7 77 £42,500 +17.24% 22
West Midlands -56 74 £53,094 -3.47% 21
Yorkshire -40 60 £42,500 -15.00% 19
Northern Ireland -20 53 £46,000 +2.12% 4
Scotland +28 45 £52,500 +31.25% 13
North East -21 38 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Wales -37 30 £46,500 -15.45% 9

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
1 229 (16.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 212 (14.83%) SharePoint
3 51 (3.57%) IIS
4 32 (2.24%) Confluence
5 9 (0.63%) nginx
6 6 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.35%) Apache
8 4 (0.28%) SAS
9 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.070%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.070%) Site Server
10 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.77%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.42%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.21%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.070%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.070%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 891 (62.31%) Azure
2 520 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 392 (27.41%) Entra ID
4 253 (17.69%) AWS
5 159 (11.12%) Azure DevOps
5 159 (11.12%) SaaS
6 118 (8.25%) Power Platform
7 112 (7.83%) GitHub
8 106 (7.41%) IaaS
9 100 (6.99%) OneDrive
10 82 (5.73%) Azure Monitor
11 77 (5.38%) PaaS
12 72 (5.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 69 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
14 68 (4.76%) Azure AKS
14 68 (4.76%) Power Automate
15 64 (4.48%) GCP
16 62 (4.34%) Azure Key Vault
17 50 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
18 47 (3.29%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 315 (22.03%) Firewall
2 301 (21.05%) DNS
3 203 (14.20%) DHCP
3 203 (14.20%) VPN
4 134 (9.37%) TCP/IP
5 94 (6.57%) WAN
6 85 (5.94%) LAN
7 73 (5.10%) Network Security
8 71 (4.97%) VLAN
9 47 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
10 42 (2.94%) Wireless
11 38 (2.66%) SAN
12 35 (2.45%) Kerberos
13 31 (2.17%) VoIP
14 23 (1.61%) Broadband
15 20 (1.40%) BGP
15 20 (1.40%) SSL
16 19 (1.33%) NAS
17 16 (1.12%) Internet
17 16 (1.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (10.91%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 76 (5.31%) Power BI
4 39 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.68%) MongoDB
6 22 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
7 20 (1.40%) MySQL
7 20 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (1.12%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.98%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.63%) InfluxDB
11 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.42%) Redis
13 5 (0.35%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.35%) Metadata
13 5 (0.35%) Power Query
13 5 (0.35%) Tableau
14 4 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 108 (7.55%) Git
2 89 (6.22%) JIRA
3 69 (4.83%) GitLab
4 63 (4.41%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.10%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.77%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (0.63%) Metasploit
10 7 (0.49%) Robot Framework
10 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.49%) TestRail
11 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.42%) Selenium
12 5 (0.35%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.35%) Postman
13 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 485 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 221 (15.45%) Finance
3 183 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.95%) Law
5 104 (7.27%) Legal
6 60 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
9 44 (3.08%) Retail
10 38 (2.66%) Public Sector
11 33 (2.31%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.10%) Banking
13 23 (1.61%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.19%) Advertising
15 13 (0.91%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.77%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.56%) Front Office
18 8 (0.56%) Games
18 8 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 280 (19.58%) Senior
2 179 (12.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 155 (10.84%) Analyst
4 146 (10.21%) Support Engineer
5 137 (9.58%) IT Support
6 134 (9.37%) IT Engineer
7 133 (9.30%) Azure Engineer
8 123 (8.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 104 (7.27%) DevOps Engineer
10 79 (5.52%) IT Support Engineer
11 77 (5.38%) Security Engineer
12 69 (4.83%) Platform Engineer
13 65 (4.55%) Lead
14 64 (4.48%) Developer
15 60 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
15 60 (4.20%) Systems Engineer
16 52 (3.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 52 (3.64%) Testing Manager
17 49 (3.43%) Senior Manager
18 48 (3.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.15%) .NET
2 63 (4.41%) SAML
3 61 (4.27%) REST
4 60 (4.20%) OAuth
5 56 (3.92%) ARM Templates
6 53 (3.71%) OpenID
7 52 (3.64%) LDAP
8 45 (3.15%) YAML
9 43 (3.01%) HTML
10 41 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
11 38 (2.66%) JSON
12 34 (2.38%) .NET Core
13 32 (2.24%) CSS
14 27 (1.89%) SOAP
15 25 (1.75%) SPFx
16 21 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.33%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.19%) GraphQL
19 16 (1.12%) RESTful
20 15 (1.05%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.48%) Onboarding
2 85 (5.94%) Cloud Native
3 74 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (4.97%) Security Posture
5 69 (4.83%) Management Information System
6 60 (4.20%) Driving Licence
7 54 (3.78%) Virtual Team
8 53 (3.71%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.15%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
11 40 (2.80%) PKI
12 39 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
14 35 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
15 31 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
16 28 (1.96%) Clustering
16 28 (1.96%) Replication
17 26 (1.82%) Private Cloud
18 22 (1.54%) CMDB
18 22 (1.54%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 670 (46.85%) Windows
2 326 (22.80%) Linux
3 322 (22.52%) Windows Server
4 80 (5.59%) Windows 10
5 56 (3.92%) Apple iOS
6 46 (3.22%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.22%) VMS
7 42 (2.94%) Android
8 38 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 36 (2.52%) CentOS
9 36 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 31 (2.17%) Ubuntu
11 27 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
12 15 (1.05%) Unix
13 7 (0.49%) Kali Linux
14 6 (0.42%) Debian
14 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.35%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.28%) AIX
16 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (25.03%) DevOps
2 357 (24.97%) Problem-Solving
3 326 (22.80%) CI/CD
4 317 (22.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 310 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 262 (18.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 255 (17.83%) ITIL
8 251 (17.55%) Cybersecurity
9 216 (15.10%) Mentoring
10 176 (12.31%) Disaster Recovery
11 172 (12.03%) Agile
12 166 (11.61%) Root Cause Analysis
13 161 (11.26%) Incident Response
14 158 (11.05%) High Availability
15 138 (9.65%) Containerisation
16 135 (9.44%) AI
17 134 (9.37%) SIEM
18 130 (9.09%) Cloud Security
19 128 (8.95%) Platform Engineering
20 126 (8.81%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 576 (40.28%) Python
2 321 (22.45%) Bash
3 280 (19.58%) SQL
4 145 (10.14%) C#
5 131 (9.16%) JavaScript
6 107 (7.48%) Bicep
7 79 (5.52%) TypeScript
8 49 (3.43%) T-SQL
9 48 (3.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 36 (2.52%) Java
11 21 (1.47%) VBScript
12 18 (1.26%) C++
13 17 (1.19%) PHP
14 14 (0.98%) Perl
15 10 (0.70%) Go
15 10 (0.70%) VB
15 10 (0.70%) VBA
16 9 (0.63%) Ruby
17 8 (0.56%) C
18 6 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 182 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 173 (12.10%) Degree
3 157 (10.98%) Azure Certification
4 139 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 127 (8.88%) SC Cleared
6 63 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
7 59 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 57 (3.99%) CISSP
9 48 (3.36%) CompTIA Security+
10 46 (3.22%) DV Cleared
11 44 (3.08%) CCNA
12 25 (1.75%) DBS Check
13 24 (1.68%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.61%) CEH
14 23 (1.61%) OSCP
15 22 (1.54%) CCNP
15 22 (1.54%) GIAC
16 21 (1.47%) CREST Certified
17 18 (1.26%) CISM
18 14 (0.98%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (8.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (6.36%) NIST
3 74 (5.17%) QA
4 65 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 59 (4.13%) GDPR
6 42 (2.94%) SLA
7 21 (1.47%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.33%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.26%) SOC 2
10 17 (1.19%) NCSC
11 9 (0.63%) ISO 22301
12 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.49%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.42%) PMO
15 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.28%) DICOM
17 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
18 2 (0.14%) EMIR
18 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 520 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 237 (16.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 159 (11.12%) Hyper-V
4 141 (9.86%) Docker
5 82 (5.73%) vSphere
6 58 (4.06%) Virtual Machines
7 44 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 27 (1.89%) BitLocker
9 23 (1.61%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.70%) KVM
12 9 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 8 (0.56%) Squid
14 5 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 5 (0.35%) Firmware
15 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.14%) iptables
17 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 344 (24.06%) Terraform
2 238 (16.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 233 (16.29%) Kubernetes
4 172 (12.03%) Ansible
5 80 (5.59%) Grafana
6 66 (4.62%) SCCM
7 51 (3.57%) Prometheus
7 51 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
9 25 (1.75%) ZABBIX
10 23 (1.61%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.47%) Argo
12 20 (1.40%) Packer
13 19 (1.33%) Proxmox
13 19 (1.33%) QRadar
14 14 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (0.98%) Graylog
15 13 (0.91%) Nagios
15 13 (0.91%) VxRail
16 12 (0.84%) Nessus
Vendors
1 853 (59.65%) Microsoft
2 278 (19.44%) VMware
3 124 (8.67%) Cisco
4 101 (7.06%) ServiceNow
5 92 (6.43%) Splunk
6 63 (4.41%) Red Hat
7 56 (3.92%) Veeam
8 46 (3.22%) Oracle
9 45 (3.15%) Meraki
10 33 (2.31%) Citrix
11 32 (2.24%) Apple
11 32 (2.24%) Sophos
12 31 (2.17%) Dynatrace
13 30 (2.10%) Tenable
14 29 (2.03%) Dell
15 28 (1.96%) Fortinet
16 27 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
17 24 (1.68%) CyberArk
17 24 (1.68%) Palo Alto
18 21 (1.47%) SolarWinds