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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 85 112
Rank change year-on-year -49 +27 -28
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,406 1,669 2,353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.44% 3.42% 2.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.98% 11.56% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 1,090 1,889
10th Percentile £31,400 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,875 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -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 17,618 14,438 32,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.03% 29.63% 31.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,514 9,618 24,412
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,784
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.39% -0.39%

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 9 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 9 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 -54 1,288 £57,500 - 400
UK excluding London -56 875 £51,500 +3.00% 344
London -17 499 £70,000 -3.45% 128
Work from Home -41 483 £60,000 +7.14% 193
South East -30 242 £55,000 -4.35% 104
North of England -89 204 £47,500 -5.00% 72
Midlands -42 140 £50,000 - 33
North West -90 110 £50,051 +3.61% 46
East of England -23 98 £54,500 +9.00% 28
South West -55 92 £55,000 +15.79% 78
East Midlands -11 76 £45,000 +28.57% 14
West Midlands -68 63 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Yorkshire -36 58 £47,500 -9.52% 12
Scotland +29 47 £51,250 +28.13% 26
North East -21 36 £47,500 -20.83% 16
Wales -30 26 £53,085 -3.48% 7
Northern Ireland -36 26 £46,000 +6.75% 10

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
1 223 (15.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 199 (14.15%) SharePoint
3 49 (3.49%) IIS
4 25 (1.78%) Confluence
5 4 (0.28%) nginx
5 4 (0.28%) SAS
6 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.21%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.14%) Apache
7 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.071%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.071%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.071%) Site Server
8 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 79 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.35%) 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 10 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.21%) Alphatax
6 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.071%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.071%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 897 (63.80%) Azure
2 502 (35.70%) Microsoft 365
3 375 (26.67%) Entra ID
4 242 (17.21%) AWS
5 152 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
6 123 (8.75%) Power Platform
7 120 (8.53%) SaaS
8 118 (8.39%) GitHub
9 104 (7.40%) IaaS
10 91 (6.47%) OneDrive
11 84 (5.97%) Azure Monitor
12 79 (5.62%) PaaS
13 77 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
14 65 (4.62%) Azure AKS
14 65 (4.62%) Power Automate
15 64 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
16 58 (4.13%) Azure Key Vault
16 58 (4.13%) GCP
17 51 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
17 51 (3.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 308 (21.91%) Firewall
2 290 (20.63%) DNS
3 206 (14.65%) VPN
4 195 (13.87%) DHCP
5 125 (8.89%) TCP/IP
6 93 (6.61%) WAN
7 88 (6.26%) LAN
8 77 (5.48%) Network Security
9 71 (5.05%) VLAN
10 51 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.13%) Broadband
12 40 (2.84%) Wireless
13 38 (2.70%) VoIP
14 34 (2.42%) SAN
15 26 (1.85%) Kerberos
16 23 (1.64%) BGP
17 17 (1.21%) SD-WAN
18 16 (1.14%) SSL
19 15 (1.07%) MPLS
19 15 (1.07%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (11.10%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.90%) Power BI
3 79 (5.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.78%) MySQL
6 25 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.78%) InfluxDB
11 10 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.50%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.50%) Tableau
13 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.36%) Metadata
13 5 (0.36%) Redis
13 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.28%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 110 (7.82%) Git
2 77 (5.48%) JIRA
3 73 (5.19%) Jenkins
4 69 (4.91%) GitLab
5 34 (2.42%) Bitbucket
6 15 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (0.92%) Metasploit
7 13 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.78%) TeamCity
8 11 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.71%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.64%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.64%) TestRail
11 8 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (0.50%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.50%) Selenium
13 5 (0.36%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.36%) Postman
13 5 (0.36%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.28%) Artifactory
General
1 452 (32.15%) Social Skills
2 225 (16.00%) Finance
3 170 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (8.82%) Law
5 73 (5.19%) Legal
6 71 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
7 58 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 54 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
9 42 (2.99%) Retail
10 37 (2.63%) Public Sector
11 25 (1.78%) Banking
11 25 (1.78%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.64%) Aerospace
13 18 (1.28%) Games
14 17 (1.21%) Advertising
14 17 (1.21%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.64%) Financial Institution
15 9 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.57%) Aviation
17 7 (0.50%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 271 (19.27%) Senior
2 174 (12.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (11.38%) Analyst
4 154 (10.95%) Support Engineer
5 142 (10.10%) IT Engineer
6 141 (10.03%) IT Support
7 134 (9.53%) Azure Engineer
8 115 (8.18%) Cloud Engineer
9 103 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
10 86 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
11 85 (6.05%) Security Engineer
12 70 (4.98%) Platform Engineer
13 66 (4.69%) Developer
14 64 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (4.27%) 2nd Line Support
16 56 (3.98%) Lead
17 51 (3.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 46 (3.27%) Architect
19 45 (3.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 45 (3.20%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.26%) .NET
2 82 (5.83%) SAML
3 80 (5.69%) OAuth
4 76 (5.41%) REST
5 73 (5.19%) OpenID
6 69 (4.91%) LDAP
7 52 (3.70%) ARM Templates
8 49 (3.49%) SOAP
9 44 (3.13%) YAML
10 42 (2.99%) HTML
10 42 (2.99%) JSON
11 39 (2.77%) GraphQL
11 39 (2.77%) Microsoft Graph
12 37 (2.63%) .NET Core
13 32 (2.28%) CSS
14 24 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
14 24 (1.71%) SPFx
15 19 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (1.21%) XML
17 15 (1.07%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.61%) Onboarding
2 83 (5.90%) Cloud Native
3 78 (5.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 74 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 65 (4.62%) Driving Licence
6 61 (4.34%) Management Information System
7 59 (4.20%) Cyber Threat
8 50 (3.56%) Data Centre
9 45 (3.20%) Cyberattack
9 45 (3.20%) Security Operations Centre
10 44 (3.13%) Public Cloud
11 42 (2.99%) PKI
12 41 (2.92%) Cyber Defence
13 39 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
14 37 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
15 30 (2.13%) Virtual Team
16 24 (1.71%) Private Cloud
17 23 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
18 22 (1.56%) Replication
19 21 (1.49%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 660 (46.94%) Windows
2 320 (22.76%) Windows Server
3 317 (22.55%) Linux
4 78 (5.55%) Windows 10
5 54 (3.84%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.56%) VMS
7 48 (3.41%) Mac OS
8 40 (2.84%) Android
8 40 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 35 (2.49%) CentOS
10 32 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 27 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.78%) Ubuntu
13 14 (1.00%) Unix
14 8 (0.57%) Debian
15 6 (0.43%) Kali Linux
15 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.28%) AIX
16 4 (0.28%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (25.82%) Problem-Solving
2 328 (23.33%) DevOps
3 326 (23.19%) Infrastructure as Code
4 325 (23.12%) CI/CD
5 279 (19.84%) Cybersecurity
6 275 (19.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 255 (18.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 235 (16.71%) ITIL
9 210 (14.94%) Mentoring
10 182 (12.94%) Agile
11 166 (11.81%) Root Cause Analysis
12 165 (11.74%) Disaster Recovery
13 164 (11.66%) Incident Response
14 147 (10.46%) Containerisation
14 147 (10.46%) High Availability
15 141 (10.03%) Roadmaps
16 135 (9.60%) SIEM
17 134 (9.53%) Cloud Security
18 124 (8.82%) Task Automation
19 121 (8.61%) AI
Programming Languages
1 564 (40.11%) Python
2 358 (25.46%) Bash
3 284 (20.20%) SQL
4 121 (8.61%) C#
5 103 (7.33%) Bicep
5 103 (7.33%) JavaScript
6 72 (5.12%) T-SQL
7 53 (3.77%) TypeScript
8 46 (3.27%) Kusto Query Language
9 35 (2.49%) Java
10 19 (1.35%) C++
11 17 (1.21%) PHP
11 17 (1.21%) VBScript
12 12 (0.85%) Perl
13 11 (0.78%) Go
13 11 (0.78%) VB
14 10 (0.71%) VBA
15 9 (0.64%) Ruby
16 8 (0.57%) C
17 6 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 175 (12.45%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.09%) Degree
3 154 (10.95%) Azure Certification
4 136 (9.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 114 (8.11%) SC Cleared
6 61 (4.34%) Cisco Certification
7 60 (4.27%) CISSP
8 57 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (3.27%) DV Cleared
10 44 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 43 (3.06%) CCNA
12 29 (2.06%) CREST Certified
13 28 (1.99%) DBS Check
13 28 (1.99%) OSCP
14 27 (1.92%) AWS Certification
15 25 (1.78%) CEH
15 25 (1.78%) GIAC
16 21 (1.49%) CCNP
17 16 (1.14%) CISM
17 16 (1.14%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (10.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 123 (8.75%) NIST
3 65 (4.62%) GDPR
4 57 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 48 (3.41%) QA
6 42 (2.99%) SLA
7 37 (2.63%) NCSC
8 20 (1.42%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.42%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.28%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.92%) Accessibility
10 13 (0.92%) ISO 22301
11 9 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.43%) DICOM
13 6 (0.43%) PMO
14 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.14%) EMIR
15 2 (0.14%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 527 (37.48%) Active Directory
2 230 (16.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 154 (10.95%) Hyper-V
4 149 (10.60%) Docker
5 81 (5.76%) vSphere
6 50 (3.56%) Virtual Machines
7 42 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.78%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.71%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.71%) KVM
12 8 (0.57%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.57%) Squid
13 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.28%) iptables
13 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.21%) Firmware
14 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 336 (23.90%) Terraform
2 237 (16.86%) Kubernetes
3 213 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 172 (12.23%) Ansible
5 78 (5.55%) Grafana
6 60 (4.27%) Single Sign-On
7 57 (4.05%) SCCM
8 52 (3.70%) Prometheus
9 27 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
9 27 (1.92%) vCenter Server
10 23 (1.64%) ZABBIX
11 21 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 21 (1.49%) Argo
12 20 (1.42%) Packer
13 19 (1.35%) QRadar
14 16 (1.14%) Proxmox
15 15 (1.07%) Nessus
16 14 (1.00%) Graylog
17 12 (0.85%) Nagios
17 12 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 818 (58.18%) Microsoft
2 277 (19.70%) VMware
3 110 (7.82%) Cisco
4 94 (6.69%) Splunk
5 76 (5.41%) ServiceNow
6 59 (4.20%) Red Hat
7 52 (3.70%) Veeam
8 41 (2.92%) Meraki
8 41 (2.92%) Oracle
9 31 (2.20%) Tenable
10 30 (2.13%) Apple
11 29 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (1.99%) Citrix
12 28 (1.99%) Sophos
13 27 (1.92%) Dell
14 26 (1.85%) Fortinet
14 26 (1.85%) Palo Alto
15 25 (1.78%) Google
16 24 (1.71%) SolarWinds
17 23 (1.64%) Dynatrace