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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 89 114
Rank change year-on-year -49 +25 -30
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,346 1,598 2,376
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 3.53% 2.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.90% 11.41% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 988 1,015 1,907
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £85,925 £90,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%

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 17,046 14,003 34,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 30.96% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,082 9,257 25,783
10th Percentile £37,025 £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 £98,474
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 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 24 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 1,253 £57,500 -1.71% 317
UK excluding London -58 817 £50,000 - 279
London -14 501 £70,000 -4.44% 98
Work from Home -42 441 £60,000 +7.14% 146
South East -40 215 £55,000 -4.35% 124
North of England -84 202 £47,500 -6.40% 63
Midlands -44 140 £50,000 - 30
North West -81 106 £50,000 +6.38% 41
South West -44 92 £55,000 +15.79% 25
East of England -23 91 £54,000 +13.68% 28
East Midlands -12 78 £45,000 +24.14% 16
Yorkshire -32 62 £45,000 -14.29% 14
West Midlands -62 61 £51,250 -4.54% 14
Scotland +33 49 £50,000 +3.09% 9
North East -23 34 £47,500 -19.15% 11
Wales -25 25 £53,171 +1.28% 9
Northern Ireland -32 3 £46,000 +6.75% 8

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
1 212 (15.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 195 (14.49%) SharePoint
3 45 (3.34%) IIS
4 23 (1.71%) Confluence
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
6 2 (0.15%) SAS
7 1 (0.074%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.074%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.074%) Site Server
Applications
1 77 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.074%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.59%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.22%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.074%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 879 (65.30%) Azure
2 495 (36.78%) Microsoft 365
3 370 (27.49%) Entra ID
4 223 (16.57%) AWS
5 149 (11.07%) Azure DevOps
6 123 (9.14%) Power Platform
7 112 (8.32%) GitHub
8 100 (7.43%) IaaS
9 97 (7.21%) SaaS
10 91 (6.76%) OneDrive
11 82 (6.09%) Azure Monitor
12 71 (5.27%) GitHub Actions
12 71 (5.27%) PaaS
13 66 (4.90%) Power Automate
14 64 (4.75%) Google Workspace
15 62 (4.61%) Azure AKS
16 61 (4.53%) Azure Sentinel
17 58 (4.31%) Azure Key Vault
18 57 (4.23%) GCP
19 50 (3.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 279 (20.73%) Firewall
2 276 (20.51%) DNS
3 189 (14.04%) VPN
4 183 (13.60%) DHCP
5 118 (8.77%) TCP/IP
6 85 (6.32%) WAN
7 82 (6.09%) LAN
8 76 (5.65%) Network Security
9 64 (4.75%) VLAN
10 55 (4.09%) Broadband
11 50 (3.71%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (2.82%) VoIP
13 32 (2.38%) SAN
14 30 (2.23%) Wireless
15 23 (1.71%) BGP
16 20 (1.49%) Kerberos
17 17 (1.26%) SD-WAN
18 16 (1.19%) SSL
19 15 (1.11%) MPLS
20 14 (1.04%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (11.22%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.24%) Power BI
3 75 (5.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.86%) MySQL
7 24 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (1.49%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.11%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.11%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.74%) InfluxDB
11 10 (0.74%) Tableau
12 9 (0.67%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.52%) Metadata
14 5 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.37%) Redis
14 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 107 (7.95%) Git
2 73 (5.42%) JIRA
3 67 (4.98%) Jenkins
4 63 (4.68%) GitLab
5 33 (2.45%) Bitbucket
6 15 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.04%) Metasploit
7 14 (1.04%) TeamCity
8 13 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.74%) Burp Suite
9 10 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.67%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.59%) TestRail
12 7 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.45%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.45%) Selenium
14 5 (0.37%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.30%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
16 3 (0.22%) Terragrunt
General
1 413 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 211 (15.68%) Finance
3 164 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (7.06%) Law
5 81 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
6 60 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.64%) Legal
9 45 (3.34%) Retail
10 38 (2.82%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.86%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.78%) Games
14 23 (1.71%) Banking
15 18 (1.34%) Advertising
16 17 (1.26%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.67%) Aviation
18 7 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (0.45%) Investment Banking
19 6 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 248 (18.42%) Senior
2 172 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 154 (11.44%) Analyst
4 151 (11.22%) Support Engineer
5 139 (10.33%) IT Support
6 132 (9.81%) Azure Engineer
7 130 (9.66%) IT Engineer
8 110 (8.17%) Cloud Engineer
9 99 (7.36%) DevOps Engineer
10 87 (6.46%) Security Engineer
11 85 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
12 68 (5.05%) Platform Engineer
13 67 (4.98%) Developer
14 64 (4.75%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (4.46%) 2nd Line Support
16 53 (3.94%) Lead
17 50 (3.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 44 (3.27%) Security Analyst
19 43 (3.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 42 (3.12%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (6.69%) SAML
2 88 (6.54%) OAuth
3 87 (6.46%) .NET
3 87 (6.46%) REST
4 81 (6.02%) OpenID
5 78 (5.79%) LDAP
6 60 (4.46%) SOAP
7 51 (3.79%) GraphQL
8 44 (3.27%) YAML
9 43 (3.19%) ARM Templates
10 42 (3.12%) JSON
11 40 (2.97%) HTML
12 39 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
13 37 (2.75%) .NET Core
14 34 (2.53%) CSS
15 26 (1.93%) SPFx
16 23 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.26%) React
18 17 (1.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.80%) Onboarding
2 76 (5.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 75 (5.57%) Cloud Native
4 73 (5.42%) Security Posture
5 69 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
6 63 (4.68%) Driving Licence
7 62 (4.61%) Management Information System
8 57 (4.23%) Cyberattack
9 45 (3.34%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.34%) Security Operations Centre
10 44 (3.27%) Cyber Defence
11 43 (3.19%) Public Cloud
12 41 (3.05%) PKI
13 35 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
14 29 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.63%) Replication
16 21 (1.56%) Private Cloud
17 20 (1.49%) Clustering
18 18 (1.34%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 637 (47.33%) Windows
2 307 (22.81%) Linux
3 305 (22.66%) Windows Server
4 78 (5.79%) Windows 10
5 52 (3.86%) Apple iOS
5 52 (3.86%) Mac OS
6 50 (3.71%) VMS
7 41 (3.05%) Android
8 38 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.38%) CentOS
10 29 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.86%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.11%) Unix
14 8 (0.59%) Debian
15 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.37%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.30%) AIX
17 4 (0.30%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
2 308 (22.88%) Infrastructure as Code
3 305 (22.66%) CI/CD
4 295 (21.92%) Cybersecurity
5 287 (21.32%) DevOps
6 246 (18.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 236 (17.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 226 (16.79%) ITIL
9 192 (14.26%) Mentoring
10 178 (13.22%) Agile
11 164 (12.18%) Incident Response
12 163 (12.11%) Root Cause Analysis
13 160 (11.89%) Disaster Recovery
14 144 (10.70%) Roadmaps
15 139 (10.33%) High Availability
16 138 (10.25%) Containerisation
17 133 (9.88%) Cloud Security
18 129 (9.58%) SIEM
19 122 (9.06%) AI
20 118 (8.77%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 520 (38.63%) Python
2 364 (27.04%) Bash
3 286 (21.25%) SQL
4 97 (7.21%) C#
5 93 (6.91%) Bicep
6 84 (6.24%) T-SQL
7 78 (5.79%) JavaScript
8 42 (3.12%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (2.30%) Java
10 26 (1.93%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.34%) C++
12 17 (1.26%) VBScript
13 14 (1.04%) PHP
14 13 (0.97%) Perl
15 11 (0.82%) VB
16 10 (0.74%) Go
16 10 (0.74%) VBA
17 9 (0.67%) Ruby
18 8 (0.59%) C
19 6 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 170 (12.63%) Security Cleared
2 165 (12.26%) Degree
3 144 (10.70%) Azure Certification
4 129 (9.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 111 (8.25%) SC Cleared
6 57 (4.23%) CISSP
7 55 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (4.01%) Cisco Certification
9 43 (3.19%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.05%) CompTIA Security+
11 37 (2.75%) CCNA
12 30 (2.23%) CREST Certified
13 29 (2.15%) DBS Check
13 29 (2.15%) OSCP
14 27 (2.01%) AWS Certification
15 24 (1.78%) GIAC
16 23 (1.71%) CEH
17 19 (1.41%) CCNP
18 17 (1.26%) CompTIA CySA+
19 14 (1.04%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (11.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (9.88%) NIST
3 61 (4.53%) GDPR
4 54 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 49 (3.64%) NCSC
6 40 (2.97%) SLA
7 22 (1.63%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.34%) QA
9 17 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.26%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.97%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.89%) ISO 22301
12 11 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.45%) DICOM
14 6 (0.45%) PMO
15 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.15%) EMIR
16 2 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 525 (39.00%) Active Directory
2 219 (16.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (10.70%) Hyper-V
4 143 (10.62%) Docker
5 78 (5.79%) vSphere
6 46 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.86%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.78%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.74%) KVM
12 8 (0.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.59%) Squid
13 5 (0.37%) Firmware
13 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.30%) iptables
15 3 (0.22%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 317 (23.55%) Terraform
2 223 (16.57%) Kubernetes
3 207 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 158 (11.74%) Ansible
5 72 (5.35%) Grafana
6 59 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
7 50 (3.71%) Prometheus
7 50 (3.71%) SCCM
8 27 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
9 25 (1.86%) vCenter Server
10 21 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 21 (1.56%) Argo
10 21 (1.56%) ZABBIX
11 20 (1.49%) Packer
12 17 (1.26%) Nessus
12 17 (1.26%) QRadar
13 15 (1.11%) Proxmox
14 14 (1.04%) Graylog
14 14 (1.04%) VxRail
15 12 (0.89%) Nagios
Vendors
1 794 (58.99%) Microsoft
2 268 (19.91%) VMware
3 106 (7.88%) Cisco
4 88 (6.54%) Splunk
5 68 (5.05%) ServiceNow
6 57 (4.23%) Red Hat
7 49 (3.64%) Veeam
8 41 (3.05%) Meraki
9 38 (2.82%) Oracle
10 30 (2.23%) Apple
10 30 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
11 29 (2.15%) Google
12 28 (2.08%) Dell
12 28 (2.08%) Tenable
13 26 (1.93%) Citrix
13 26 (1.93%) Palo Alto
14 25 (1.86%) Fortinet
14 25 (1.86%) Sophos
15 22 (1.63%) Commvault
15 22 (1.63%) SolarWinds