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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 87 110
Rank change year-on-year -58 +23 -36
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,468 1,642 1,832
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.34% 3.28% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.94% 12.08% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 1,100 1,292
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £59,125
Median % change year-on-year - -2.75% -1.46%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £95,000
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 18,498 13,590 24,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.84% 27.18% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13,184 8,888 16,590
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -66 1,294 £59,000 +2.61% 824
UK excluding London -61 962 £52,500 +5.00% 529
Work from Home -35 505 £62,500 +8.70% 362
London -27 470 £70,000 -3.45% 391
South East -32 245 £52,500 -8.70% 154
North of England -81 229 £50,000 +3.63% 115
Midlands -44 157 £52,500 +5.00% 79
North West -77 133 £50,000 +8.70% 72
East of England -30 101 £57,500 +21.05% 69
South West -80 85 £55,000 +19.57% 65
East Midlands -10 79 £42,500 +21.43% 30
West Midlands -55 78 £55,000 - 49
Northern Ireland -21 69 £46,000 - 26
Yorkshire -43 60 £42,500 -17.68% 28
Scotland +1 44 £50,000 +5.26% 28
North East -33 36 £50,000 -6.98% 16
Wales -48 32 £45,750 -16.82% 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
1 241 (16.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 239 (16.28%) SharePoint
3 56 (3.81%) IIS
4 36 (2.45%) Confluence
5 14 (0.95%) nginx
6 7 (0.48%) Apache
7 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (1.84%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.20%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.068%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 895 (60.97%) Azure
2 546 (37.19%) Microsoft 365
3 426 (29.02%) Entra ID
4 261 (17.78%) AWS
5 179 (12.19%) SaaS
6 171 (11.65%) Azure DevOps
7 114 (7.77%) OneDrive
8 111 (7.56%) GitHub
8 111 (7.56%) Power Platform
9 105 (7.15%) IaaS
10 87 (5.93%) Azure Sentinel
11 81 (5.52%) Azure Monitor
12 78 (5.31%) Power Automate
13 74 (5.04%) PaaS
14 71 (4.84%) Azure AKS
14 71 (4.84%) GCP
15 65 (4.43%) Azure Key Vault
16 63 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
17 52 (3.54%) Datadog
18 47 (3.20%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 320 (21.80%) Firewall
2 313 (21.32%) DNS
3 209 (14.24%) DHCP
4 206 (14.03%) VPN
5 139 (9.47%) TCP/IP
6 97 (6.61%) WAN
7 83 (5.65%) LAN
8 72 (4.90%) VLAN
9 66 (4.50%) Network Security
10 53 (3.61%) Wireless
11 43 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.45%) SAN
13 29 (1.98%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.50%) NAS
14 22 (1.50%) SSL
15 21 (1.43%) VoIP
16 19 (1.29%) Internet
17 18 (1.23%) HTTP
18 17 (1.16%) BGP
18 17 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (9.95%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (4.16%) Power BI
4 26 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.50%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.09%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (0.82%) MySQL
10 12 (0.82%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.61%) InfluxDB
11 9 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.48%) Redis
13 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.41%) Power Query
14 5 (0.34%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.34%) Metadata
14 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.27%) Db2
Development Applications
1 104 (7.08%) Git
2 100 (6.81%) JIRA
3 71 (4.84%) GitLab
4 63 (4.29%) Jenkins
5 29 (1.98%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 11 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.68%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.61%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.61%) TestRail
11 7 (0.48%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.48%) Selenium
12 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.34%) Postman
14 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
15 3 (0.20%) Artifactory
15 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
15 3 (0.20%) JMeter
15 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 544 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 241 (16.42%) Finance
3 189 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (8.58%) Law
5 120 (8.17%) Legal
6 62 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.00%) Public Sector
8 44 (3.00%) Retail
9 40 (2.72%) Banking
10 35 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (2.25%) Manufacturing
12 27 (1.84%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.09%) Advertising
14 15 (1.02%) Legal Technology
15 11 (0.75%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.61%) Front Office
16 9 (0.61%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.54%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 289 (19.69%) Senior
2 201 (13.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (10.90%) Analyst
4 139 (9.47%) Support Engineer
5 135 (9.20%) Azure Engineer
5 135 (9.20%) IT Engineer
6 131 (8.92%) Cloud Engineer
7 122 (8.31%) IT Support
8 105 (7.15%) DevOps Engineer
9 76 (5.18%) Platform Engineer
10 69 (4.70%) IT Support Engineer
10 69 (4.70%) Security Engineer
11 68 (4.63%) Lead
12 64 (4.36%) Systems Engineer
13 60 (4.09%) Consultant
13 60 (4.09%) Developer
14 59 (4.02%) Support Analyst
15 58 (3.95%) Testing Manager
16 56 (3.81%) Administrator
17 55 (3.75%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 364 (24.80%) Terraform
2 81 (5.52%) .NET
3 52 (3.54%) ARM Templates
4 50 (3.41%) REST
5 46 (3.13%) YAML
6 43 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
6 43 (2.93%) SAML
7 40 (2.72%) HTML
8 39 (2.66%) OAuth
9 38 (2.59%) LDAP
9 38 (2.59%) OpenID
10 32 (2.18%) JSON
11 31 (2.11%) CSS
12 29 (1.98%) .NET Core
13 27 (1.84%) SPFx
14 21 (1.43%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
16 16 (1.09%) SOAP
17 15 (1.02%) ASP.NET
18 14 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.11%) Onboarding
2 89 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 72 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (4.77%) Management Information System
4 70 (4.77%) Security Posture
5 67 (4.56%) Driving Licence
6 60 (4.09%) Virtual Team
7 51 (3.47%) Data Centre
8 47 (3.20%) Public Cloud
9 45 (3.07%) PKI
10 44 (3.00%) Replication
11 42 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
11 42 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
12 36 (2.45%) Clustering
12 36 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (1.98%) Private Cloud
14 25 (1.70%) CMDB
14 25 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
15 22 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
16 18 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 693 (47.21%) Windows
2 340 (23.16%) Linux
3 328 (22.34%) Windows Server
4 82 (5.59%) Windows 10
5 56 (3.81%) Apple iOS
6 45 (3.07%) Mac OS
7 44 (3.00%) Android
8 40 (2.72%) Ubuntu
9 39 (2.66%) VMS
10 35 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
11 31 (2.11%) CentOS
12 28 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 26 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
14 16 (1.09%) Unix
15 11 (0.75%) Rocky
16 8 (0.54%) Debian
17 6 (0.41%) Solaris
18 5 (0.34%) CoreOS
19 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
19 4 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (27.04%) Problem-Solving
2 375 (25.54%) DevOps
3 359 (24.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 344 (23.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 329 (22.41%) CI/CD
6 306 (20.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 291 (19.82%) ITIL
8 245 (16.69%) Cybersecurity
9 225 (15.33%) Mentoring
10 196 (13.35%) Disaster Recovery
11 169 (11.51%) High Availability
12 167 (11.38%) Root Cause Analysis
13 161 (10.97%) Agile
14 156 (10.63%) AI
15 154 (10.49%) Incident Response
16 143 (9.74%) Project Delivery
17 136 (9.26%) Platform Engineering
18 135 (9.20%) Containerisation
19 134 (9.13%) Cloud Security
20 132 (8.99%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 580 (39.51%) Python
2 305 (20.78%) Bash
3 290 (19.75%) SQL
4 143 (9.74%) JavaScript
5 142 (9.67%) C#
6 113 (7.70%) Bicep
7 87 (5.93%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 38 (2.59%) Java
10 37 (2.52%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.57%) VBScript
12 20 (1.36%) C++
13 18 (1.23%) Perl
14 13 (0.89%) PHP
15 11 (0.75%) Ruby
16 10 (0.68%) VB
16 10 (0.68%) VBA
17 9 (0.61%) Go
18 6 (0.41%) C
18 6 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 197 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 168 (11.44%) Degree
3 159 (10.83%) Azure Certification
4 151 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 137 (9.33%) SC Cleared
6 65 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 61 (4.16%) Cisco Certification
8 56 (3.81%) DV Cleared
9 54 (3.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 51 (3.47%) CISSP
11 44 (3.00%) CCNA
12 28 (1.91%) CEH
13 24 (1.63%) DBS Check
14 23 (1.57%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.57%) OSCP
15 20 (1.36%) GIAC
16 19 (1.29%) CCNP
16 19 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 18 (1.23%) CISM
18 15 (1.02%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (5.45%) QA
3 71 (4.84%) NIST
4 68 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 50 (3.41%) GDPR
6 42 (2.86%) SLA
7 19 (1.29%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.09%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.48%) NCSC
10 7 (0.48%) PMO
11 6 (0.41%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.14%) EMIR
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 529 (36.04%) Active Directory
2 245 (16.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 163 (11.10%) Hyper-V
4 140 (9.54%) Docker
5 79 (5.38%) vSphere
6 64 (4.36%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 28 (1.91%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.57%) BitLocker
10 17 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.54%) KVM
11 8 (0.54%) Squid
12 7 (0.48%) Firmware
13 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.068%) Ceph
16 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 259 (17.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 228 (15.53%) Kubernetes
3 178 (12.13%) Ansible
4 81 (5.52%) Grafana
5 79 (5.38%) SCCM
6 52 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
7 43 (2.93%) Prometheus
8 26 (1.77%) vCenter Server
9 25 (1.70%) ZABBIX
10 21 (1.43%) Argo
10 21 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.43%) QRadar
11 20 (1.36%) Packer
11 20 (1.36%) Proxmox
12 19 (1.29%) Puppet
13 15 (1.02%) Graylog
14 14 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 13 (0.89%) FortiGate
15 13 (0.89%) VxRail
16 10 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 908 (61.85%) Microsoft
2 281 (19.14%) VMware
3 122 (8.31%) Cisco
4 107 (7.29%) ServiceNow
5 90 (6.13%) Splunk
6 62 (4.22%) Veeam
7 53 (3.61%) Red Hat
8 47 (3.20%) Oracle
9 46 (3.13%) Meraki
10 42 (2.86%) Citrix
11 35 (2.38%) Dynatrace
12 34 (2.32%) Sophos
13 31 (2.11%) Dell
14 30 (2.04%) Tenable
15 28 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
16 27 (1.84%) CyberArk
17 25 (1.70%) Sage
18 24 (1.63%) Apple
18 24 (1.63%) Fortinet
19 22 (1.50%) Google