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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 82 114
Rank change year-on-year -54 +32 -34
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,411 1,670 2,121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 3.39% 2.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.96% 11.62% 7.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 1,096 1,687
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £76,250
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% - -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 17,736 14,375 29,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.73% 29.22% 31.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,715 9,537 21,441
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,309 £35,500
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 £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 21 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 21 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 -56 1,275 £57,500 - 355
UK excluding London -54 898 £52,500 +5.00% 257
Work from Home -35 504 £60,000 +6.19% 174
London -16 480 £70,000 -6.35% 128
South East -34 247 £53,000 -7.83% 101
North of England -85 209 £48,445 +0.29% 62
Midlands -45 146 £50,000 - 33
North West -88 110 £50,801 +10.44% 36
East of England -22 95 £55,000 +9.45% 25
South West -64 83 £55,000 +15.79% 31
East Midlands -10 75 £42,500 +17.24% 15
West Midlands -59 70 £52,500 -4.55% 18
Yorkshire -42 59 £47,500 -5.71% 16
Northern Ireland -25 45 £46,000 +6.75% 2
Scotland +32 44 £52,500 +31.25% 13
North East -19 40 £48,445 -19.26% 11
Wales -35 29 £53,000 -3.64% 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
1 225 (15.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 202 (14.32%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.54%) IIS
4 26 (1.84%) Confluence
5 6 (0.43%) nginx
6 4 (0.28%) SAS
7 3 (0.21%) Apache
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.21%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.071%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.071%) Site Server
8 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 79 (5.60%) 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
2 10 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.21%) Alphatax
5 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.071%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 892 (63.22%) Azure
2 511 (36.22%) Microsoft 365
3 384 (27.21%) Entra ID
4 246 (17.43%) AWS
5 151 (10.70%) Azure DevOps
6 142 (10.06%) SaaS
7 119 (8.43%) Power Platform
8 112 (7.94%) GitHub
9 104 (7.37%) IaaS
10 92 (6.52%) OneDrive
11 84 (5.95%) Azure Monitor
12 77 (5.46%) PaaS
13 72 (5.10%) GitHub Actions
14 70 (4.96%) Azure Sentinel
15 65 (4.61%) Azure AKS
15 65 (4.61%) Power Automate
16 60 (4.25%) GCP
17 59 (4.18%) Azure Key Vault
18 51 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
19 49 (3.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 314 (22.25%) Firewall
2 295 (20.91%) DNS
3 206 (14.60%) VPN
4 200 (14.17%) DHCP
5 126 (8.93%) TCP/IP
6 92 (6.52%) WAN
7 84 (5.95%) LAN
8 73 (5.17%) Network Security
8 73 (5.17%) VLAN
9 50 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (2.91%) Wireless
11 37 (2.62%) VoIP
12 35 (2.48%) SAN
13 32 (2.27%) Kerberos
14 31 (2.20%) Broadband
15 22 (1.56%) BGP
16 17 (1.20%) NAS
16 17 (1.20%) SSL
17 16 (1.13%) Internet
17 16 (1.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (10.99%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 80 (5.67%) Power BI
4 42 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
5 24 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (1.63%) MySQL
7 21 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.06%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.99%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.64%) InfluxDB
11 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.43%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.43%) Tableau
13 5 (0.35%) Metadata
13 5 (0.35%) Redis
14 4 (0.28%) Big Data
14 4 (0.28%) Power Query
14 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 101 (7.16%) Git
2 81 (5.74%) JIRA
3 69 (4.89%) GitLab
4 65 (4.61%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.13%) Bitbucket
6 14 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 11 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.71%) Metasploit
8 10 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
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 (0.35%) Postman
13 4 (0.28%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
General
1 468 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 210 (14.88%) Finance
3 171 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (8.93%) Law
5 92 (6.52%) Legal
6 57 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
7 52 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
8 40 (2.83%) Public Sector
8 40 (2.83%) Retail
9 27 (1.91%) Manufacturing
10 24 (1.70%) Banking
11 21 (1.49%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.20%) Advertising
13 14 (0.99%) Telecoms
14 12 (0.85%) Games
15 10 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.64%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.50%) Front Office
17 7 (0.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 281 (19.91%) Senior
2 178 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 159 (11.27%) Analyst
4 153 (10.84%) Support Engineer
5 142 (10.06%) IT Engineer
6 141 (9.99%) IT Support
7 134 (9.50%) Azure Engineer
8 120 (8.50%) Cloud Engineer
9 101 (7.16%) DevOps Engineer
10 84 (5.95%) IT Support Engineer
11 82 (5.81%) Security Engineer
12 70 (4.96%) Platform Engineer
13 64 (4.54%) 2nd Line Support
14 62 (4.39%) Developer
14 62 (4.39%) Systems Engineer
15 61 (4.32%) Lead
16 53 (3.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 48 (3.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 47 (3.33%) Support Analyst
18 47 (3.33%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.17%) .NET
2 71 (5.03%) SAML
3 68 (4.82%) OAuth
4 65 (4.61%) REST
5 61 (4.32%) OpenID
6 58 (4.11%) LDAP
7 55 (3.90%) ARM Templates
8 45 (3.19%) YAML
9 43 (3.05%) HTML
9 43 (3.05%) JSON
10 39 (2.76%) Microsoft Graph
11 36 (2.55%) .NET Core
12 35 (2.48%) SOAP
13 32 (2.27%) CSS
14 26 (1.84%) GraphQL
15 24 (1.70%) SPFx
16 21 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
18 18 (1.28%) XML
19 17 (1.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.01%) Onboarding
2 84 (5.95%) Cloud Native
3 77 (5.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (4.96%) Security Posture
5 63 (4.46%) Driving Licence
6 61 (4.32%) Management Information System
7 54 (3.83%) Data Centre
8 49 (3.47%) Virtual Team
9 46 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
10 45 (3.19%) Security Operations Centre
11 44 (3.12%) PKI
11 44 (3.12%) Public Cloud
12 43 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
13 36 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
14 33 (2.34%) Cyber Defence
14 33 (2.34%) Cyberattack
15 24 (1.70%) Private Cloud
16 22 (1.56%) Replication
17 21 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
17 21 (1.49%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 656 (46.49%) Windows
2 317 (22.47%) Linux
2 317 (22.47%) Windows Server
3 78 (5.53%) Windows 10
4 56 (3.97%) Apple iOS
5 49 (3.47%) VMS
6 46 (3.26%) Mac OS
7 42 (2.98%) Android
8 37 (2.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (2.20%) CentOS
10 29 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 26 (1.84%) Ubuntu
12 24 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
13 15 (1.06%) Unix
14 8 (0.57%) Debian
15 7 (0.50%) Kali Linux
16 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
17 4 (0.28%) AIX
18 2 (0.14%) Rocky
18 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (25.30%) Problem-Solving
2 343 (24.31%) DevOps
3 320 (22.68%) Infrastructure as Code
4 318 (22.54%) CI/CD
5 294 (20.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 267 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 265 (18.78%) Cybersecurity
8 237 (16.80%) ITIL
9 218 (15.45%) Mentoring
10 171 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
11 170 (12.05%) Agile
12 163 (11.55%) Incident Response
13 160 (11.34%) Root Cause Analysis
14 152 (10.77%) High Availability
15 139 (9.85%) Containerisation
15 139 (9.85%) SIEM
16 133 (9.43%) Cloud Security
17 129 (9.14%) Roadmaps
18 125 (8.86%) AI
19 120 (8.50%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 572 (40.54%) Python
2 336 (23.81%) Bash
3 277 (19.63%) SQL
4 141 (9.99%) C#
5 122 (8.65%) JavaScript
6 106 (7.51%) Bicep
7 72 (5.10%) TypeScript
8 60 (4.25%) T-SQL
9 49 (3.47%) Kusto Query Language
10 35 (2.48%) Java
11 19 (1.35%) C++
12 18 (1.28%) VBScript
13 17 (1.20%) PHP
14 12 (0.85%) Perl
15 11 (0.78%) Go
16 10 (0.71%) VBA
17 9 (0.64%) Ruby
17 9 (0.64%) VB
18 8 (0.57%) C
19 6 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 171 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.05%) Degree
3 157 (11.13%) Azure Certification
4 131 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 116 (8.22%) SC Cleared
6 64 (4.54%) Cisco Certification
7 58 (4.11%) CISSP
8 56 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 48 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
10 46 (3.26%) CCNA
11 45 (3.19%) DV Cleared
12 27 (1.91%) CEH
13 25 (1.77%) GIAC
13 25 (1.77%) OSCP
14 24 (1.70%) AWS Certification
14 24 (1.70%) CREST Certified
14 24 (1.70%) DBS Check
15 22 (1.56%) CCNP
16 17 (1.20%) CISM
16 17 (1.20%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (9.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 107 (7.58%) NIST
3 67 (4.75%) QA
4 63 (4.46%) GDPR
5 61 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 42 (2.98%) SLA
7 25 (1.77%) NCSC
8 23 (1.63%) Data Quality
9 21 (1.49%) PCI DSS
10 19 (1.35%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.85%) ISO 22301
12 10 (0.71%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.43%) PMO
16 5 (0.35%) DICOM
17 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.14%) EMIR
18 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
18 2 (0.14%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 526 (37.28%) Active Directory
2 232 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 155 (10.99%) Hyper-V
4 140 (9.92%) Docker
5 81 (5.74%) vSphere
6 53 (3.76%) Virtual Machines
7 42 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.77%) BitLocker
9 23 (1.63%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.20%) 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%) iptables
14 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.14%) Firmware
15 2 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 334 (23.67%) Terraform
2 231 (16.37%) Kubernetes
3 223 (15.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 164 (11.62%) Ansible
5 77 (5.46%) Grafana
6 59 (4.18%) SCCM
7 56 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
8 52 (3.69%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.77%) vCenter Server
11 24 (1.70%) ZABBIX
12 21 (1.49%) Argo
13 20 (1.42%) Packer
13 20 (1.42%) QRadar
14 17 (1.20%) Proxmox
15 16 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 14 (0.99%) Graylog
17 12 (0.85%) VxRail
18 11 (0.78%) Nessus
18 11 (0.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 829 (58.75%) Microsoft
2 279 (19.77%) VMware
3 118 (8.36%) Cisco
4 94 (6.66%) Splunk
5 86 (6.09%) ServiceNow
6 55 (3.90%) Red Hat
7 51 (3.61%) Veeam
8 42 (2.98%) Meraki
9 40 (2.83%) Oracle
10 31 (2.20%) Sophos
10 31 (2.20%) Tenable
11 30 (2.13%) Citrix
12 29 (2.06%) Apple
12 29 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (1.98%) Fortinet
14 27 (1.91%) Dell
15 26 (1.84%) Palo Alto
16 25 (1.77%) CyberArk
17 24 (1.70%) Dynatrace
18 23 (1.63%) SolarWinds