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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 85 111
Rank change year-on-year -49 +26 -31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,405 1,681 2,066
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.40% 3.42% 2.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.86% 11.71% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 1,106 1,644
10th Percentile £31,550 £35,000 £35,325
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £43,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +4.55% -8.33%
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% - -3.85%

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 17,870 14,359 28,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.78% 29.25% 30.99%
Number of salaries quoted 12,751 9,529 20,688
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -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 24 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 24 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 -58 1,262 £57,500 - 395
UK excluding London -54 900 £52,500 +5.00% 297
Work from Home -37 502 £60,000 +4.35% 189
London -28 472 £70,000 -6.67% 134
South East -35 245 £53,000 -7.83% 96
North of England -94 210 £48,445 +0.29% 78
Midlands -41 148 £50,000 - 37
North West -89 112 £51,500 +10.75% 48
East of England -27 92 £55,000 +6.80% 29
South West -69 82 £55,000 +15.79% 47
East Midlands -11 77 £42,500 +21.43% 14
West Midlands -70 71 £52,500 -4.55% 23
Yorkshire -42 58 £47,500 -5.71% 18
Northern Ireland -22 53 £46,000 +6.75% 4
Scotland +30 41 £51,250 +28.13% 12
North East -17 40 £48,445 -19.26% 14
Wales -35 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
1 224 (15.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 203 (14.45%) SharePoint
3 52 (3.70%) IIS
4 26 (1.85%) Confluence
5 7 (0.50%) nginx
6 5 (0.36%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.28%) Apache
7 4 (0.28%) SAS
8 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.071%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.071%) Site Server
9 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.78%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.21%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.071%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 879 (62.56%) Azure
2 509 (36.23%) Microsoft 365
3 379 (26.98%) Entra ID
4 242 (17.22%) AWS
5 155 (11.03%) Azure DevOps
6 153 (10.89%) SaaS
7 119 (8.47%) Power Platform
8 113 (8.04%) GitHub
9 104 (7.40%) IaaS
10 95 (6.76%) OneDrive
11 84 (5.98%) Azure Monitor
12 77 (5.48%) PaaS
13 70 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
14 68 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
15 66 (4.70%) Azure AKS
15 66 (4.70%) Power Automate
16 61 (4.34%) Azure Key Vault
17 58 (4.13%) GCP
18 52 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
19 49 (3.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 309 (21.99%) Firewall
2 295 (21.00%) DNS
3 203 (14.45%) VPN
4 198 (14.09%) DHCP
5 129 (9.18%) TCP/IP
6 91 (6.48%) WAN
7 83 (5.91%) LAN
8 72 (5.12%) Network Security
9 70 (4.98%) VLAN
10 48 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
11 42 (2.99%) Wireless
12 36 (2.56%) SAN
13 35 (2.49%) VoIP
14 32 (2.28%) Kerberos
15 28 (1.99%) Broadband
16 21 (1.49%) BGP
17 18 (1.28%) NAS
17 18 (1.28%) SSL
18 16 (1.14%) Internet
19 15 (1.07%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (11.03%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 78 (5.55%) Power BI
4 42 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
5 23 (1.64%) MySQL
6 22 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.64%) InfluxDB
10 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.43%) Redis
11 6 (0.43%) Tableau
12 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.36%) Metadata
12 5 (0.36%) Power Query
13 4 (0.28%) Big Data
13 4 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 104 (7.40%) Git
2 81 (5.77%) JIRA
3 68 (4.84%) GitLab
4 63 (4.48%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.14%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.78%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.71%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.50%) Robot Framework
10 7 (0.50%) TestRail
11 6 (0.43%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.43%) Selenium
12 5 (0.36%) Postman
13 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.21%) Terragrunt
General
1 473 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 214 (15.23%) Finance
3 172 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (8.97%) Law
5 102 (7.26%) Legal
6 58 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 52 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 49 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
9 40 (2.85%) Retail
10 36 (2.56%) Public Sector
11 28 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.85%) Banking
13 21 (1.49%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.21%) Advertising
15 13 (0.93%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.64%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.64%) Games
18 7 (0.50%) Front Office
18 7 (0.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 283 (20.14%) Senior
2 171 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (11.39%) Analyst
4 149 (10.60%) Support Engineer
5 138 (9.82%) IT Support
6 136 (9.68%) IT Engineer
7 132 (9.40%) Azure Engineer
8 120 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
9 103 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
10 82 (5.84%) IT Support Engineer
11 78 (5.55%) Security Engineer
12 69 (4.91%) Platform Engineer
13 63 (4.48%) Developer
14 62 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
15 60 (4.27%) Lead
15 60 (4.27%) Systems Engineer
16 52 (3.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 52 (3.70%) Testing Manager
17 49 (3.49%) Senior Manager
18 48 (3.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.26%) .NET
2 66 (4.70%) SAML
3 63 (4.48%) OAuth
3 63 (4.48%) REST
4 56 (3.99%) OpenID
5 55 (3.91%) ARM Templates
6 53 (3.77%) LDAP
7 45 (3.20%) YAML
8 44 (3.13%) HTML
9 42 (2.99%) JSON
10 41 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
11 36 (2.56%) .NET Core
12 33 (2.35%) CSS
13 32 (2.28%) SOAP
14 25 (1.78%) SPFx
15 23 (1.64%) GraphQL
16 21 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.21%) RESTful
18 17 (1.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.76%) Onboarding
2 85 (6.05%) Cloud Native
3 73 (5.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (4.98%) Security Posture
5 65 (4.63%) Management Information System
6 61 (4.34%) Driving Licence
7 54 (3.84%) Virtual Team
8 52 (3.70%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.20%) Public Cloud
10 44 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
11 41 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
11 41 (2.92%) PKI
12 38 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
13 36 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
14 33 (2.35%) Cyber Defence
15 28 (1.99%) Cyberattack
16 25 (1.78%) Private Cloud
16 25 (1.78%) Replication
17 24 (1.71%) Clustering
18 21 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 655 (46.62%) Windows
2 316 (22.49%) Linux
3 315 (22.42%) Windows Server
4 79 (5.62%) Windows 10
5 55 (3.91%) Apple iOS
6 47 (3.35%) VMS
7 45 (3.20%) Mac OS
8 41 (2.92%) Android
9 36 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 32 (2.28%) CentOS
11 30 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (1.92%) Ubuntu
13 25 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
14 14 (1.00%) Unix
15 7 (0.50%) Debian
15 7 (0.50%) Kali Linux
16 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
17 4 (0.28%) AIX
18 3 (0.21%) Windows 7
19 2 (0.14%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (25.12%) DevOps
2 350 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
3 322 (22.92%) CI/CD
4 316 (22.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 298 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 257 (18.29%) Cybersecurity
6 257 (18.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 240 (17.08%) ITIL
8 216 (15.37%) Mentoring
9 170 (12.10%) Agile
10 169 (12.03%) Disaster Recovery
11 160 (11.39%) Root Cause Analysis
12 159 (11.32%) Incident Response
13 151 (10.75%) High Availability
14 138 (9.82%) Containerisation
15 136 (9.68%) SIEM
16 130 (9.25%) Cloud Security
17 128 (9.11%) AI
18 126 (8.97%) Roadmaps
19 120 (8.54%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 564 (40.14%) Python
2 325 (23.13%) Bash
3 278 (19.79%) SQL
4 145 (10.32%) C#
5 127 (9.04%) JavaScript
6 105 (7.47%) Bicep
7 78 (5.55%) TypeScript
8 54 (3.84%) T-SQL
9 49 (3.49%) Kusto Query Language
10 34 (2.42%) Java
11 19 (1.35%) VBScript
12 18 (1.28%) C++
13 17 (1.21%) PHP
14 12 (0.85%) Perl
15 10 (0.71%) Go
15 10 (0.71%) VB
15 10 (0.71%) VBA
16 8 (0.57%) C
16 8 (0.57%) Ruby
17 6 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 173 (12.31%) Security Cleared
2 169 (12.03%) Degree
3 156 (11.10%) Azure Certification
4 134 (9.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 119 (8.47%) SC Cleared
6 62 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
7 56 (3.99%) CISSP
7 56 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (3.42%) CompTIA Security+
9 44 (3.13%) CCNA
9 44 (3.13%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.78%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.71%) CEH
11 24 (1.71%) GIAC
11 24 (1.71%) OSCP
12 23 (1.64%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.57%) CCNP
13 22 (1.57%) CREST Certified
14 17 (1.21%) CISM
15 15 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (9.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 99 (7.05%) NIST
3 73 (5.20%) QA
4 61 (4.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 60 (4.27%) GDPR
6 44 (3.13%) SLA
7 22 (1.57%) NCSC
8 21 (1.49%) Data Quality
9 20 (1.42%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.28%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.78%) ISO 22301
12 8 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.50%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.43%) PMO
15 4 (0.28%) DICOM
15 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.14%) EMIR
17 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 517 (36.80%) Active Directory
2 231 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 154 (10.96%) Hyper-V
4 140 (9.96%) Docker
5 79 (5.62%) vSphere
6 53 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
7 43 (3.06%) Virtual Desktop
8 26 (1.85%) BitLocker
9 22 (1.57%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.71%) KVM
12 8 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.57%) Squid
13 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.21%) Firmware
14 3 (0.21%) iptables
14 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 335 (23.84%) Terraform
2 232 (16.51%) Kubernetes
3 224 (15.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 165 (11.74%) Ansible
5 78 (5.55%) Grafana
6 61 (4.34%) SCCM
7 52 (3.70%) Prometheus
8 51 (3.63%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.78%) ZABBIX
11 24 (1.71%) vCenter Server
12 21 (1.49%) Argo
13 20 (1.42%) Packer
14 19 (1.35%) QRadar
15 17 (1.21%) Proxmox
16 15 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 14 (1.00%) Graylog
18 12 (0.85%) Nessus
18 12 (0.85%) VxRail
19 11 (0.78%) Nagios
Vendors
1 834 (59.36%) Microsoft
2 276 (19.64%) VMware
3 117 (8.33%) Cisco
4 93 (6.62%) ServiceNow
5 90 (6.41%) Splunk
6 56 (3.99%) Red Hat
7 51 (3.63%) Veeam
8 42 (2.99%) Meraki
9 39 (2.78%) Oracle
10 31 (2.21%) Apple
10 31 (2.21%) Citrix
10 31 (2.21%) Sophos
11 29 (2.06%) Tenable
12 28 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (1.99%) Fortinet
13 27 (1.92%) Dell
14 26 (1.85%) Dynatrace
15 24 (1.71%) Palo Alto
16 21 (1.49%) CyberArk
16 21 (1.49%) SolarWinds