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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 80 115
Rank change year-on-year -67 +35 -19
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,232 1,612 2,289
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 3.71% 2.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.70% 11.47% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 905 1,024 1,936
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £35,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +8.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 16,000 14,052 32,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.64% 32.36% 33.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,955 9,820 24,889
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,195
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 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -69 1,102 £60,000 - 389
UK excluding London -85 689 £52,500 +5.00% 317
London -18 507 £70,000 -7.89% 124
Work from Home -54 400 £57,500 - 157
South East -85 161 £56,750 -1.30% 124
North of England -107 150 £47,500 -5.00% 74
Midlands -60 120 £51,250 +2.50% 28
Scotland +45 80 £50,000 -3.69% 21
South West -40 79 £55,000 +15.79% 41
North West -109 76 £51,500 +11.96% 47
East of England -28 74 £57,500 +17.95% 27
East Midlands -22 70 £55,000 +40.13% 17
Yorkshire -46 56 £47,500 -24.00% 14
West Midlands -73 49 £48,000 -4.00% 11
Wales -12 22 £55,000 +7.84% 7
North East -31 18 £48,445 -15.75% 13
Northern Ireland - 3 £46,000 - 2

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
1 170 (13.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 156 (12.66%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.25%) IIS
4 20 (1.62%) Confluence
5 3 (0.24%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.081%) Site Server
Applications
1 61 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.081%) Actimize
5 1 (0.081%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 804 (65.26%) Azure
2 436 (35.39%) Microsoft 365
3 334 (27.11%) Entra ID
4 210 (17.05%) AWS
5 126 (10.23%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.52%) Power Platform
7 92 (7.47%) GitHub
8 84 (6.82%) SaaS
9 80 (6.49%) OneDrive
10 72 (5.84%) IaaS
11 70 (5.68%) Google Workspace
12 69 (5.60%) GitHub Actions
13 65 (5.28%) GCP
14 54 (4.38%) Azure Sentinel
15 51 (4.14%) PaaS
15 51 (4.14%) Power Automate
16 49 (3.98%) Azure AKS
17 47 (3.81%) Azure Data Factory
17 47 (3.81%) Azure Key Vault
17 47 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 239 (19.40%) DNS
2 236 (19.16%) Firewall
3 148 (12.01%) DHCP
4 143 (11.61%) VPN
5 102 (8.28%) TCP/IP
6 72 (5.84%) WAN
7 66 (5.36%) LAN
8 64 (5.19%) Network Security
9 58 (4.71%) Broadband
10 47 (3.81%) VLAN
11 42 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.25%) VoIP
13 34 (2.76%) SAN
14 21 (1.70%) Wireless
15 20 (1.62%) BGP
16 18 (1.46%) SD-WAN
17 15 (1.22%) Kerberos
18 14 (1.14%) MPLS
18 14 (1.14%) VSAN
19 13 (1.06%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.69%) SQL Server
2 81 (6.57%) Power BI
3 52 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (1.95%) MySQL
7 23 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (1.46%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.38%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.06%) MongoDB
11 13 (1.06%) Tableau
12 10 (0.81%) Data Lake
12 10 (0.81%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.49%) Metadata
14 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 3 (0.24%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 93 (7.55%) Git
2 68 (5.52%) JIRA
3 62 (5.03%) Jenkins
4 52 (4.22%) GitLab
5 28 (2.27%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.06%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.06%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
8 9 (0.73%) Robot Framework
8 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.65%) TestRail
10 5 (0.41%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.32%) MLflow
11 4 (0.32%) Selenium
11 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 394 (31.98%) Social Skills
2 234 (18.99%) Finance
3 175 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
5 73 (5.93%) Law
6 52 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.57%) Legal
8 42 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
8 42 (3.41%) Retail
9 41 (3.33%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.35%) Games
11 26 (2.11%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.03%) Banking
13 21 (1.70%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.46%) Advertising
15 15 (1.22%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.14%) Front Office
17 6 (0.49%) Electronics
17 6 (0.49%) Police
18 5 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 238 (19.32%) Senior
2 152 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 141 (11.44%) Analyst
4 130 (10.55%) Azure Engineer
5 128 (10.39%) Support Engineer
6 108 (8.77%) IT Support
7 90 (7.31%) IT Engineer
8 87 (7.06%) Cloud Engineer
9 82 (6.66%) Security Engineer
10 80 (6.49%) DevOps Engineer
11 61 (4.95%) IT Support Engineer
12 59 (4.79%) Developer
13 57 (4.63%) Lead
14 56 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
15 52 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
16 46 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
17 44 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 44 (3.57%) Architect
18 41 (3.33%) Security Analyst
18 41 (3.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.87%) OAuth
2 86 (6.98%) SAML
3 85 (6.90%) REST
4 84 (6.82%) OpenID
5 83 (6.74%) .NET
6 73 (5.93%) LDAP
7 62 (5.03%) SOAP
8 61 (4.95%) GraphQL
9 39 (3.17%) .NET Core
10 36 (2.92%) JSON
11 35 (2.84%) Microsoft Graph
12 34 (2.76%) YAML
13 31 (2.52%) CSS
14 30 (2.44%) ARM Templates
14 30 (2.44%) HTML
15 26 (2.11%) SPFx
16 19 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.54%) HTML5 Canvas
16 19 (1.54%) React
17 16 (1.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.55%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.76%) Cyber Threat
3 68 (5.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (5.11%) Cyberattack
5 58 (4.71%) Management Information System
6 55 (4.46%) Cloud Native
7 53 (4.30%) Security Posture
8 45 (3.65%) Cyber Defence
8 45 (3.65%) Security Operations Centre
9 39 (3.17%) Data Centre
9 39 (3.17%) Driving Licence
10 36 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 28 (2.27%) PKI
12 28 (2.27%) Public Cloud
13 25 (2.03%) CMDB
14 19 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (1.46%) Low-Code
15 18 (1.46%) Private Cloud
15 18 (1.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 569 (46.19%) Windows
2 271 (22.00%) Windows Server
3 270 (21.92%) Linux
4 75 (6.09%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.06%) Mac OS
6 48 (3.90%) Apple iOS
7 47 (3.81%) Android
8 34 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.44%) VMS
10 29 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 27 (2.19%) CentOS
12 25 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
13 21 (1.70%) Ubuntu
14 18 (1.46%) Unix
15 9 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.41%) Debian
17 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.24%) AIX
18 3 (0.24%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (22.00%) Cybersecurity
3 270 (21.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 263 (21.35%) CI/CD
5 255 (20.70%) DevOps
6 219 (17.78%) ITIL
7 207 (16.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 204 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 187 (15.18%) Mentoring
10 164 (13.31%) Agile
11 158 (12.82%) Incident Response
12 144 (11.69%) Root Cause Analysis
13 137 (11.12%) Disaster Recovery
13 137 (11.12%) Roadmaps
14 127 (10.31%) SIEM
15 123 (9.98%) Containerisation
16 111 (9.01%) Cloud Security
17 105 (8.52%) Security Operations
17 105 (8.52%) Task Automation
18 101 (8.20%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 486 (39.45%) Python
2 315 (25.57%) Bash
3 270 (21.92%) SQL
4 96 (7.79%) C#
5 75 (6.09%) T-SQL
6 73 (5.93%) JavaScript
7 68 (5.52%) Bicep
8 30 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.03%) Java
10 22 (1.79%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.14%) C++
12 12 (0.97%) Perl
13 11 (0.89%) VB
13 11 (0.89%) VB.NET
14 10 (0.81%) Go
15 9 (0.73%) PHP
15 9 (0.73%) VBA
16 7 (0.57%) C
16 7 (0.57%) VBScript
17 6 (0.49%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 160 (12.99%) Degree
2 147 (11.93%) Security Cleared
3 110 (8.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 104 (8.44%) Azure Certification
5 88 (7.14%) SC Cleared
6 50 (4.06%) CISSP
6 50 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (3.49%) DV Cleared
8 40 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (2.76%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (2.52%) CREST Certified
11 27 (2.19%) CCNA
12 26 (2.11%) OSCP
13 25 (2.03%) GIAC
14 22 (1.79%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.79%) CEH
15 20 (1.62%) DBS Check
16 17 (1.38%) CompTIA CySA+
17 14 (1.14%) CCNP
18 12 (0.97%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (11.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 140 (11.36%) NIST
3 64 (5.19%) GDPR
4 54 (4.38%) NCSC
5 43 (3.49%) SLA
6 31 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (1.95%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.54%) Data Quality
9 18 (1.46%) ISO 22301
10 16 (1.30%) SOC 2
11 15 (1.22%) QA
12 14 (1.14%) PCI DSS
13 13 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.49%) DICOM
16 5 (0.41%) GRC
17 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.16%) COBIT
19 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 456 (37.01%) Active Directory
2 168 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (10.71%) Docker
4 107 (8.69%) Hyper-V
5 52 (4.22%) vSphere
6 33 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.62%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.46%) BitLocker
9 18 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.22%) Firmware
11 10 (0.81%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (0.49%) KVM
13 5 (0.41%) Squid
13 5 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 272 (22.08%) Terraform
2 202 (16.40%) Kubernetes
3 188 (15.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 146 (11.85%) Ansible
5 58 (4.71%) Grafana
6 51 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
7 47 (3.81%) SCCM
8 36 (2.92%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.87%) vCenter Server
11 22 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (1.22%) Nessus
12 15 (1.22%) QRadar
12 15 (1.22%) VxRail
13 12 (0.97%) Packer
14 11 (0.89%) ZABBIX
15 10 (0.81%) WSUS
16 9 (0.73%) Nagios
16 9 (0.73%) Puppet
17 8 (0.65%) Graylog
Vendors
1 699 (56.74%) Microsoft
2 219 (17.78%) VMware
3 101 (8.20%) Cisco
4 68 (5.52%) Splunk
5 55 (4.46%) Red Hat
6 51 (4.14%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
8 38 (3.08%) Veeam
9 31 (2.52%) Google
9 31 (2.52%) Meraki
10 30 (2.44%) Dell
11 28 (2.27%) Citrix
11 28 (2.27%) Commvault
12 26 (2.11%) Apple
12 26 (2.11%) Fortinet
12 26 (2.11%) Palo Alto
13 24 (1.95%) Oracle
14 23 (1.87%) CyberArk
15 22 (1.79%) Tenable
16 20 (1.62%) Databricks