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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 93 106
Rank change year-on-year -45 +13 -8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,248 1,352 2,421
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.44% 3.25% 2.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.15% 9.77% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 913 1,050 2,075
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,225 £36,100
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 15,307 13,838 32,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.66% 33.25% 34.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10,418 10,227 25,122
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,266 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.60% +2.78% -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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -52 1,104 £58,000 -3.33% 363
UK excluding London -58 694 £52,500 - 313
London -10 512 £70,000 -9.68% 110
Work from Home -25 403 £60,000 +2.56% 148
South East -72 177 £56,750 -1.30% 99
North of England -52 140 £48,445 -3.11% 61
Midlands -61 103 £52,500 +5.00% 41
Scotland +38 96 £56,250 -2.17% 22
South West -36 91 £55,000 +15.79% 42
North West -35 71 £55,000 +18.28% 33
East of England -50 68 £43,000 -21.82% 40
East Midlands -43 58 £55,000 +22.22% 23
Yorkshire -47 56 £47,500 -13.64% 16
West Midlands -66 44 £48,000 -4.00% 18
Wales -14 17 £61,496 +21.65% 15
North East -33 13 £45,000 -21.74% 12
Northern Ireland -39 2 £46,000 - 5

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
1 184 (14.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 148 (11.86%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.13%) IIS
4 16 (1.28%) Confluence
5 15 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) WordPress
8 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.080%) Site Server
8 1 (0.080%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 51 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) CATIA
4 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.24%) Windchill
5 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Markit EDM
2 6 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 801 (64.18%) Azure
2 431 (34.54%) Microsoft 365
3 337 (27.00%) Entra ID
4 211 (16.91%) AWS
5 129 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.17%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.53%) GitHub
8 75 (6.01%) Google Workspace
9 72 (5.77%) GitHub Actions
9 72 (5.77%) SaaS
10 71 (5.69%) GCP
11 70 (5.61%) OneDrive
12 59 (4.73%) IaaS
13 57 (4.57%) PaaS
14 46 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
15 44 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (3.53%) Power Automate
16 42 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
17 40 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
18 38 (3.04%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 234 (18.75%) DNS
2 231 (18.51%) Firewall
3 173 (13.86%) DHCP
4 138 (11.06%) VPN
5 106 (8.49%) TCP/IP
6 76 (6.09%) WAN
7 67 (5.37%) LAN
8 63 (5.05%) Broadband
9 61 (4.89%) Network Security
10 52 (4.17%) VLAN
11 46 (3.69%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.21%) VoIP
13 34 (2.72%) SAN
14 32 (2.56%) Wireless
15 27 (2.16%) SD-WAN
16 21 (1.68%) BGP
17 18 (1.44%) MPLS
18 14 (1.12%) VSAN
19 13 (1.04%) Internet
20 12 (0.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.89%) Power BI
3 36 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
5 26 (2.08%) MySQL
6 25 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.52%) Oracle Database
8 19 (1.52%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.36%) Oracle Database 10g
9 17 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.12%) Tableau
12 12 (0.96%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.64%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.56%) Metadata
15 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 94 (7.53%) Git
2 75 (6.01%) Jenkins
3 74 (5.93%) JIRA
4 47 (3.77%) GitLab
5 29 (2.32%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.04%) Robot Framework
9 11 (0.88%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.80%) TestRail
11 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
13 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.32%) Balsamiq
14 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.32%) MLflow
14 4 (0.32%) Selenium
14 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 414 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 256 (20.51%) Finance
3 166 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
5 65 (5.21%) Law
6 46 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.45%) Retail
8 41 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (3.29%) Legal
9 39 (3.13%) Public Sector
10 33 (2.64%) Games
11 30 (2.40%) Banking
12 25 (2.00%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.60%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.44%) Front Office
15 16 (1.28%) Aerospace
16 15 (1.20%) Advertising
17 8 (0.64%) Military
18 6 (0.48%) Electronics
18 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 217 (17.39%) Senior
2 152 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 141 (11.30%) Support Engineer
4 130 (10.42%) Azure Engineer
5 127 (10.18%) Analyst
6 108 (8.65%) IT Support
7 85 (6.81%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.65%) Cloud Engineer
8 83 (6.65%) Security Engineer
9 69 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
10 67 (5.37%) Lead
11 65 (5.21%) Developer
12 61 (4.89%) IT Support Engineer
13 54 (4.33%) 3rd Line Support
14 51 (4.09%) 2nd Line Support
15 45 (3.61%) Architect
16 44 (3.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 43 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
18 42 (3.37%) Systems Engineer
19 40 (3.21%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (7.93%) OAuth
2 91 (7.29%) REST
3 83 (6.65%) SAML
4 82 (6.57%) OpenID
5 70 (5.61%) .NET
5 70 (5.61%) GraphQL
6 69 (5.53%) LDAP
7 66 (5.29%) SOAP
8 34 (2.72%) YAML
9 33 (2.64%) .NET Core
10 30 (2.40%) JSON
11 28 (2.24%) ARM Templates
12 25 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
13 22 (1.76%) CSS
14 21 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
14 21 (1.68%) SPFx
15 20 (1.60%) HTML
16 18 (1.44%) React
17 15 (1.20%) Node.js
18 14 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.85%) Cyber Threat
3 72 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.37%) Cyberattack
5 60 (4.81%) Security Posture
6 55 (4.41%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.69%) Cloud Native
8 44 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (3.29%) Driving Licence
10 38 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
11 37 (2.96%) Data Centre
12 36 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
13 31 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (2.40%) Public Cloud
15 26 (2.08%) PKI
16 24 (1.92%) CMDB
17 19 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
17 19 (1.52%) Low-Code
18 17 (1.36%) Replication
18 17 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 573 (45.91%) Windows
2 284 (22.76%) Windows Server
3 259 (20.75%) Linux
4 74 (5.93%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.33%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.69%) Apple iOS
7 45 (3.61%) Android
8 39 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 36 (2.88%) Unix
10 30 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 29 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 26 (2.08%) CentOS
13 22 (1.76%) VMS
14 19 (1.52%) Solaris
14 19 (1.52%) Ubuntu
15 15 (1.20%) HPUX
15 15 (1.20%) Windows 7
15 15 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
15 15 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
2 266 (21.31%) DevOps
3 261 (20.91%) CI/CD
4 258 (20.67%) Cybersecurity
5 252 (20.19%) Infrastructure as Code
6 234 (18.75%) ITIL
7 212 (16.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 207 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 197 (15.79%) Mentoring
10 168 (13.46%) Agile
11 150 (12.02%) Incident Response
12 146 (11.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 139 (11.14%) Roadmaps
14 128 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
15 117 (9.38%) SIEM
16 111 (8.89%) Containerisation
17 108 (8.65%) Cloud Security
18 107 (8.57%) Task Automation
19 105 (8.41%) Identity Access Management
20 95 (7.61%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 466 (37.34%) Python
2 315 (25.24%) Bash
3 267 (21.39%) SQL
4 86 (6.89%) C#
5 83 (6.65%) T-SQL
6 74 (5.93%) JavaScript
7 67 (5.37%) Bicep
8 31 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (1.84%) Java
9 23 (1.84%) Perl
10 16 (1.28%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.88%) Go
12 10 (0.80%) C++
12 10 (0.80%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.72%) VB
14 7 (0.56%) C
14 7 (0.56%) PHP
15 6 (0.48%) Ruby
15 6 (0.48%) VBA
15 6 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 167 (13.38%) Degree
2 154 (12.34%) Security Cleared
3 106 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 93 (7.45%) SC Cleared
5 88 (7.05%) Azure Certification
6 64 (5.13%) DV Cleared
7 58 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (4.33%) CISSP
9 41 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.64%) CREST Certified
11 27 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (2.16%) OSCP
12 25 (2.00%) CCNA
12 25 (2.00%) GIAC
13 24 (1.92%) CEH
14 22 (1.76%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.36%) DBS Check
16 15 (1.20%) CCNP
17 14 (1.12%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (12.98%) NIST
2 159 (12.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (5.29%) GDPR
3 66 (5.29%) NCSC
4 58 (4.65%) SLA
5 29 (2.32%) Accessibility
5 29 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (1.52%) Data Quality
6 19 (1.52%) ISO 22301
7 16 (1.28%) QA
8 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.04%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.48%) DICOM
13 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.16%) COBIT
16 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 470 (37.66%) Active Directory
2 157 (12.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 131 (10.50%) Docker
4 110 (8.81%) Hyper-V
5 45 (3.61%) vSphere
6 36 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.44%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.28%) Firmware
10 13 (1.04%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.32%) iptables
13 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.24%) Squid
14 3 (0.24%) vCloud
14 3 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 265 (21.23%) Terraform
2 185 (14.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 183 (14.66%) Kubernetes
4 150 (12.02%) Ansible
5 57 (4.57%) Grafana
6 48 (3.85%) SCCM
7 44 (3.53%) Single Sign-On
8 34 (2.72%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.68%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 14 (1.12%) Puppet
13 13 (1.04%) Nessus
13 13 (1.04%) VxRail
14 12 (0.96%) QRadar
15 11 (0.88%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.64%) logstash
16 8 (0.64%) Packer
16 8 (0.64%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 694 (55.61%) Microsoft
2 236 (18.91%) VMware
3 109 (8.73%) Cisco
4 69 (5.53%) Splunk
5 59 (4.73%) ServiceNow
6 57 (4.57%) Red Hat
7 44 (3.53%) Oracle
8 42 (3.37%) Veeam
9 39 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
10 35 (2.80%) Google
11 34 (2.72%) Commvault
12 32 (2.56%) Palo Alto
13 29 (2.32%) Dell
13 29 (2.32%) Fortinet
14 28 (2.24%) Meraki
15 27 (2.16%) CyberArk
16 25 (2.00%) Citrix
17 23 (1.84%) Apple
18 20 (1.60%) Atlassian
18 20 (1.60%) Dynatrace