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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 87 113
Rank change year-on-year -53 +26 -27
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,302 1,576 2,390
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.40% 3.54% 2.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.83% 11.29% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 958 991 1,912
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,875 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £75,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,560 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.12% - -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 16,632 13,955 34,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 31.31% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11,725 9,194 25,745
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 16 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 16 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 -55 1,207 £59,000 +1.55% 412
UK excluding London -64 771 £51,560 +3.12% 338
London -9 506 £70,000 -6.35% 131
Work from Home -44 418 £60,000 +9.09% 170
South East -45 195 £56,750 -1.30% 136
North of England -91 192 £47,500 -5.00% 81
Midlands -33 134 £50,000 - 40
North West -83 100 £51,500 +11.35% 58
East of England -24 85 £55,000 +15.79% 27
South West -37 85 £55,000 +15.79% 37
East Midlands -11 76 £45,000 +24.14% 21
Yorkshire -24 60 £45,000 -14.29% 16
West Midlands -71 57 £50,000 -6.87% 19
Scotland +30 54 £50,000 +6.95% 17
North East -27 32 £47,500 -19.15% 8
Wales -25 23 £54,085 +3.02% 4
Northern Ireland -30 3 £46,000 +6.75% 11

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
1 202 (15.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 182 (13.98%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.23%) IIS
4 23 (1.77%) Confluence
5 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.077%) nginx
7 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.077%) SAS
7 1 (0.077%) Site Server
Applications
1 74 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.92%) 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 5 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.38%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.23%) Alphatax
2 3 (0.23%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.077%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.077%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.077%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 854 (65.59%) Azure
2 482 (37.02%) Microsoft 365
3 361 (27.73%) Entra ID
4 221 (16.97%) AWS
5 139 (10.68%) Azure DevOps
6 113 (8.68%) Power Platform
7 103 (7.91%) GitHub
8 94 (7.22%) SaaS
9 90 (6.91%) IaaS
10 87 (6.68%) OneDrive
11 74 (5.68%) Azure Monitor
12 69 (5.30%) GitHub Actions
13 68 (5.22%) Google Workspace
14 61 (4.69%) PaaS
15 59 (4.53%) Azure AKS
15 59 (4.53%) Azure Sentinel
15 59 (4.53%) Power Automate
16 55 (4.22%) GCP
17 54 (4.15%) Azure Key Vault
18 46 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 265 (20.35%) Firewall
2 264 (20.28%) DNS
3 170 (13.06%) DHCP
3 170 (13.06%) VPN
4 115 (8.83%) TCP/IP
5 84 (6.45%) WAN
6 79 (6.07%) LAN
7 71 (5.45%) Network Security
8 57 (4.38%) VLAN
9 55 (4.22%) Broadband
10 45 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.92%) VoIP
12 34 (2.61%) SAN
13 25 (1.92%) Wireless
14 23 (1.77%) BGP
15 18 (1.38%) Kerberos
15 18 (1.38%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.23%) VSAN
17 15 (1.15%) MPLS
17 15 (1.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 80 (6.14%) Power BI
3 67 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.00%) MySQL
7 22 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.15%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.69%) InfluxDB
12 9 (0.69%) Tableau
13 7 (0.54%) Metadata
14 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.38%) Redis
14 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 97 (7.45%) Git
2 68 (5.22%) JIRA
3 66 (5.07%) Jenkins
4 61 (4.69%) GitLab
5 31 (2.38%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.15%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.00%) Metasploit
9 12 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.69%) Burp Suite
12 8 (0.61%) Robot Framework
13 7 (0.54%) TestRail
14 5 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (0.38%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.38%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.38%) Selenium
15 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
16 3 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 395 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 214 (16.44%) Finance
3 166 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (6.76%) Law
5 79 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.46%) Legal
9 44 (3.38%) Retail
10 38 (2.92%) Public Sector
11 26 (2.00%) Aerospace
12 25 (1.92%) Games
13 24 (1.84%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.77%) Banking
15 18 (1.38%) Advertising
16 15 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.69%) Aviation
18 7 (0.54%) Front Office
19 6 (0.46%) Investment Banking
19 6 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 240 (18.43%) Senior
2 165 (12.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 147 (11.29%) Analyst
4 146 (11.21%) Support Engineer
5 133 (10.22%) Azure Engineer
6 132 (10.14%) IT Support
7 121 (9.29%) IT Engineer
8 105 (8.06%) Cloud Engineer
9 95 (7.30%) DevOps Engineer
10 83 (6.37%) Security Engineer
11 80 (6.14%) IT Support Engineer
12 63 (4.84%) Developer
12 63 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
13 59 (4.53%) 2nd Line Support
13 59 (4.53%) Systems Engineer
14 56 (4.30%) Lead
15 45 (3.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 43 (3.30%) Security Analyst
17 42 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 42 (3.23%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (6.99%) SAML
2 90 (6.91%) OAuth
3 88 (6.76%) REST
4 86 (6.61%) .NET
5 82 (6.30%) OpenID
6 78 (5.99%) LDAP
7 61 (4.69%) SOAP
8 53 (4.07%) GraphQL
9 44 (3.38%) YAML
10 41 (3.15%) ARM Templates
10 41 (3.15%) JSON
11 38 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
12 37 (2.84%) HTML
13 35 (2.69%) .NET Core
14 33 (2.53%) CSS
15 26 (2.00%) SPFx
16 22 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.31%) React
19 15 (1.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (7.83%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.61%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (5.38%) Cloud Native
4 69 (5.30%) Cyber Threat
5 62 (4.76%) Security Posture
6 60 (4.61%) Management Information System
7 58 (4.45%) Cyberattack
8 54 (4.15%) Driving Licence
9 45 (3.46%) Cyber Defence
9 45 (3.46%) Security Operations Centre
10 44 (3.38%) Data Centre
11 36 (2.76%) PKI
12 35 (2.69%) Public Cloud
13 34 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
14 23 (1.77%) CMDB
15 21 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
16 20 (1.54%) Private Cloud
16 20 (1.54%) Replication
17 19 (1.46%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 613 (47.08%) Windows
2 295 (22.66%) Linux
2 295 (22.66%) Windows Server
3 79 (6.07%) Windows 10
4 52 (3.99%) Apple iOS
5 51 (3.92%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.53%) Android
7 44 (3.38%) VMS
8 39 (3.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (2.38%) CentOS
10 30 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 29 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 26 (2.00%) Ubuntu
13 17 (1.31%) Unix
14 7 (0.54%) Debian
15 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.31%) AIX
16 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
2 294 (22.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 292 (22.43%) CI/CD
4 287 (22.04%) Cybersecurity
5 272 (20.89%) DevOps
6 234 (17.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 219 (16.82%) ITIL
8 217 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 189 (14.52%) Mentoring
10 164 (12.60%) Agile
11 159 (12.21%) Incident Response
12 153 (11.75%) Root Cause Analysis
13 151 (11.60%) Disaster Recovery
14 139 (10.68%) Roadmaps
15 133 (10.22%) Containerisation
15 133 (10.22%) High Availability
16 129 (9.91%) SIEM
17 120 (9.22%) Cloud Security
18 112 (8.60%) Task Automation
19 110 (8.45%) AI
Programming Languages
1 506 (38.86%) Python
2 351 (26.96%) Bash
3 274 (21.04%) SQL
4 95 (7.30%) C#
5 84 (6.45%) Bicep
6 80 (6.14%) T-SQL
7 74 (5.68%) JavaScript
8 37 (2.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (2.38%) Java
10 25 (1.92%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.31%) C++
12 15 (1.15%) VBScript
13 14 (1.08%) Perl
14 13 (1.00%) PHP
15 11 (0.84%) VB
16 10 (0.77%) VBA
17 9 (0.69%) Go
18 8 (0.61%) Ruby
19 7 (0.54%) C
19 7 (0.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 162 (12.44%) Degree
1 162 (12.44%) Security Cleared
2 134 (10.29%) Azure Certification
3 121 (9.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 107 (8.22%) SC Cleared
5 55 (4.22%) CISSP
6 53 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
8 42 (3.23%) DV Cleared
9 39 (3.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 34 (2.61%) CCNA
11 29 (2.23%) CREST Certified
11 29 (2.23%) OSCP
12 26 (2.00%) AWS Certification
12 26 (2.00%) DBS Check
13 24 (1.84%) GIAC
14 23 (1.77%) CEH
15 17 (1.31%) CCNP
15 17 (1.31%) CompTIA CySA+
16 14 (1.08%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (11.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 130 (9.98%) NIST
3 55 (4.22%) GDPR
4 50 (3.84%) NCSC
5 49 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 40 (3.07%) SLA
7 20 (1.54%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 15 (1.15%) Accessibility
10 14 (1.08%) QA
10 14 (1.08%) SOC 2
11 13 (1.00%) ISO 22301
12 11 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.46%) DICOM
14 6 (0.46%) PMO
15 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.23%) GRC
16 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.15%) EMIR
System Software
1 507 (38.94%) Active Directory
2 203 (15.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (10.83%) Docker
4 133 (10.22%) Hyper-V
5 68 (5.22%) vSphere
6 40 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
7 32 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.92%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.84%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.77%) KVM
12 8 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.61%) Squid
13 7 (0.54%) Firmware
14 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.31%) iptables
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 304 (23.35%) Terraform
2 214 (16.44%) Kubernetes
3 204 (15.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 153 (11.75%) Ansible
5 67 (5.15%) Grafana
6 60 (4.61%) Single Sign-On
7 49 (3.76%) Prometheus
7 49 (3.76%) SCCM
8 27 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
9 25 (1.92%) vCenter Server
10 23 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 20 (1.54%) Packer
12 19 (1.46%) Argo
12 19 (1.46%) ZABBIX
13 17 (1.31%) Nessus
13 17 (1.31%) QRadar
14 15 (1.15%) VxRail
15 14 (1.08%) Graylog
15 14 (1.08%) Proxmox
16 12 (0.92%) Nagios
Vendors
1 762 (58.53%) Microsoft
2 254 (19.51%) VMware
3 105 (8.06%) Cisco
4 84 (6.45%) Splunk
5 66 (5.07%) ServiceNow
6 58 (4.45%) Red Hat
7 47 (3.61%) Veeam
8 37 (2.84%) Meraki
8 37 (2.84%) Oracle
9 31 (2.38%) Apple
9 31 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
9 31 (2.38%) Google
10 28 (2.15%) Dell
11 27 (2.07%) Citrix
12 26 (2.00%) Tenable
13 24 (1.84%) Commvault
13 24 (1.84%) Fortinet
13 24 (1.84%) Sophos
14 23 (1.77%) Palo Alto
15 21 (1.61%) Logitech