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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 93 110
Rank change year-on-year -51 +17 -13
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,218 1,354 2,339
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.35% 3.15% 2.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.80% 9.79% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 887 1,044 1,978
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,825 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,905 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -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 15,607 13,824 32,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.28% 32.18% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10,617 10,076 24,946
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £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 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 4 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 4 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 -57 1,082 £59,500 -0.83% 390
UK excluding London -56 673 £52,500 +3.96% 337
London -10 508 £70,000 -9.68% 123
Work from Home -18 393 £58,750 +2.17% 148
South East -94 155 £55,000 -4.35% 122
North of England -47 142 £48,445 -3.11% 64
Midlands -57 113 £50,000 - 41
Scotland +35 87 £50,000 -6.47% 30
South West -40 83 £55,000 +15.79% 43
East of England -33 70 £57,500 +17.95% 32
North West -42 69 £53,750 +16.85% 35
East Midlands -31 67 £55,000 +37.50% 20
Yorkshire -35 58 £47,500 -14.41% 16
West Midlands -60 45 £47,500 -5.00% 21
Wales -15 20 £58,248 +15.22% 12
North East -36 15 £45,000 -21.74% 13
Northern Ireland -36 3 £46,000 - 4

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 (13.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 159 (13.05%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.28%) IIS
4 16 (1.31%) Confluence
5 5 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.082%) CMS
7 1 (0.082%) Site Server
7 1 (0.082%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.082%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.082%) CATIA
4 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.082%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.082%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.082%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.25%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.082%) Actimize
6 1 (0.082%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.082%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.082%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.082%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 788 (64.70%) Azure
2 432 (35.47%) Microsoft 365
3 333 (27.34%) Entra ID
4 212 (17.41%) AWS
5 123 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (8.70%) Power Platform
7 91 (7.47%) GitHub
8 81 (6.65%) OneDrive
9 79 (6.49%) SaaS
10 71 (5.83%) Google Workspace
11 69 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
12 67 (5.50%) GCP
13 59 (4.84%) IaaS
14 52 (4.27%) Azure Sentinel
14 52 (4.27%) Power Automate
15 48 (3.94%) Azure Data Factory
16 46 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
17 45 (3.69%) PaaS
18 43 (3.53%) Azure Key Vault
18 43 (3.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 228 (18.72%) DNS
2 224 (18.39%) Firewall
3 145 (11.90%) DHCP
4 135 (11.08%) VPN
5 100 (8.21%) TCP/IP
6 66 (5.42%) WAN
7 62 (5.09%) LAN
8 60 (4.93%) Network Security
9 59 (4.84%) Broadband
10 46 (3.78%) VLAN
11 41 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.28%) VoIP
13 35 (2.87%) SAN
14 25 (2.05%) Wireless
15 20 (1.64%) BGP
16 18 (1.48%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.31%) MPLS
18 14 (1.15%) VSAN
19 13 (1.07%) Kerberos
20 12 (0.99%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (11.49%) SQL Server
2 87 (7.14%) Power BI
3 48 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (2.05%) MySQL
8 23 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.31%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.31%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.15%) Tableau
12 11 (0.90%) InfluxDB
12 11 (0.90%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.82%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.57%) Metadata
15 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.25%) Power Query
17 3 (0.25%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 92 (7.55%) Git
2 69 (5.67%) JIRA
3 68 (5.58%) Jenkins
4 48 (3.94%) GitLab
5 28 (2.30%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.07%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.90%) Robot Framework
8 11 (0.90%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.74%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.74%) TestRail
10 8 (0.66%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.33%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.33%) MLflow
12 4 (0.33%) Selenium
13 3 (0.25%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 402 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 239 (19.62%) Finance
3 167 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (6.24%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (5.50%) Law
6 48 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.61%) Retail
8 43 (3.53%) Legal
9 42 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
10 40 (3.28%) Public Sector
11 29 (2.38%) Games
12 28 (2.30%) Manufacturing
13 26 (2.13%) Banking
14 17 (1.40%) Advertising
14 17 (1.40%) Aerospace
15 16 (1.31%) Front Office
15 16 (1.31%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.57%) Electronics
17 6 (0.49%) Military
17 6 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 228 (18.72%) Senior
2 146 (11.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (11.25%) Analyst
4 126 (10.34%) Support Engineer
5 125 (10.26%) Azure Engineer
6 103 (8.46%) IT Support
7 85 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
7 85 (6.98%) Security Engineer
8 84 (6.90%) IT Engineer
9 72 (5.91%) DevOps Engineer
10 68 (5.58%) Developer
11 62 (5.09%) Lead
12 56 (4.60%) IT Support Engineer
13 54 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support
14 47 (3.86%) Systems Engineer
15 45 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
16 44 (3.61%) Architect
17 41 (3.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 41 (3.37%) Support Analyst
18 40 (3.28%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (7.96%) OAuth
2 85 (6.98%) REST
2 85 (6.98%) SAML
3 84 (6.90%) OpenID
4 80 (6.57%) .NET
5 69 (5.67%) LDAP
6 63 (5.17%) GraphQL
7 62 (5.09%) SOAP
8 39 (3.20%) .NET Core
9 34 (2.79%) JSON
9 34 (2.79%) Microsoft Graph
10 32 (2.63%) CSS
11 30 (2.46%) HTML
12 29 (2.38%) ARM Templates
12 29 (2.38%) SPFx
12 29 (2.38%) YAML
13 20 (1.64%) React
14 19 (1.56%) HTML5 Canvas
15 17 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
16 16 (1.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.64%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.91%) Cyber Threat
3 71 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (5.17%) Cyberattack
5 58 (4.76%) Management Information System
6 53 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 53 (4.35%) Security Posture
7 43 (3.53%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.53%) Security Operations Centre
8 38 (3.12%) Driving Licence
8 38 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (2.87%) Data Centre
10 30 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (2.30%) Public Cloud
12 26 (2.13%) PKI
13 24 (1.97%) CMDB
14 18 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.40%) Low-Code
16 16 (1.31%) Replication
17 15 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 549 (45.07%) Windows
2 270 (22.17%) Windows Server
3 259 (21.26%) Linux
4 76 (6.24%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.19%) Mac OS
6 48 (3.94%) Apple iOS
7 46 (3.78%) Android
8 36 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 27 (2.22%) VMS
11 25 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
12 24 (1.97%) CentOS
13 17 (1.40%) Ubuntu
13 17 (1.40%) Unix
14 10 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.41%) Debian
16 4 (0.33%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.25%) CoreOS
17 3 (0.25%) Solaris
18 2 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (26.35%) Problem-Solving
2 259 (21.26%) Cybersecurity
3 256 (21.02%) Infrastructure as Code
4 254 (20.85%) CI/CD
4 254 (20.85%) DevOps
5 223 (18.31%) ITIL
6 209 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 200 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 186 (15.27%) Mentoring
9 159 (13.05%) Agile
10 155 (12.73%) Incident Response
11 135 (11.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 135 (11.08%) Root Cause Analysis
12 134 (11.00%) Roadmaps
13 125 (10.26%) SIEM
14 119 (9.77%) Containerisation
15 114 (9.36%) Cloud Security
16 103 (8.46%) Task Automation
17 101 (8.29%) Security Operations
18 97 (7.96%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 473 (38.83%) Python
2 310 (25.45%) Bash
3 269 (22.09%) SQL
4 92 (7.55%) C#
5 78 (6.40%) JavaScript
5 78 (6.40%) T-SQL
6 68 (5.58%) Bicep
7 33 (2.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 23 (1.89%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.81%) Java
10 11 (0.90%) C++
10 11 (0.90%) Go
10 11 (0.90%) VB.NET
11 9 (0.74%) Perl
11 9 (0.74%) VB
11 9 (0.74%) VBA
12 7 (0.57%) C
12 7 (0.57%) PHP
13 6 (0.49%) Delphi
13 6 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 164 (13.46%) Degree
2 138 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 105 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 92 (7.55%) Azure Certification
5 80 (6.57%) SC Cleared
6 51 (4.19%) CISSP
7 50 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (3.69%) DV Cleared
9 36 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.71%) CompTIA Security+
11 31 (2.55%) CREST Certified
12 25 (2.05%) OSCP
13 24 (1.97%) CCNA
14 23 (1.89%) GIAC
15 22 (1.81%) CEH
15 22 (1.81%) CompTIA CySA+
16 21 (1.72%) AWS Certification
17 18 (1.48%) DBS Check
18 14 (1.15%) CISA
19 13 (1.07%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (12.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 143 (11.74%) NIST
3 65 (5.34%) GDPR
4 56 (4.60%) NCSC
5 41 (3.37%) SLA
6 28 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (2.22%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.64%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.56%) ISO 22301
10 16 (1.31%) QA
11 15 (1.23%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (1.07%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.49%) DICOM
16 5 (0.41%) GRC
17 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.16%) COBIT
19 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 447 (36.70%) Active Directory
2 159 (13.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (10.59%) Docker
4 102 (8.37%) Hyper-V
5 46 (3.78%) vSphere
6 32 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.56%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
10 16 (1.31%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.23%) Firmware
12 10 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.41%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.33%) iptables
14 4 (0.33%) KVM
14 4 (0.33%) Squid
14 4 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 263 (21.59%) Terraform
2 189 (15.52%) Kubernetes
3 177 (14.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 143 (11.74%) Ansible
5 55 (4.52%) Grafana
6 46 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
7 45 (3.69%) SCCM
8 34 (2.79%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.05%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 21 (1.72%) vCenter Server
11 14 (1.15%) VxRail
12 13 (1.07%) Nessus
13 11 (0.90%) Puppet
14 10 (0.82%) Packer
14 10 (0.82%) QRadar
15 9 (0.74%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.74%) WSUS
16 8 (0.66%) logstash
17 7 (0.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 676 (55.50%) Microsoft
2 211 (17.32%) VMware
3 102 (8.37%) Cisco
4 64 (5.25%) Splunk
5 57 (4.68%) ServiceNow
6 55 (4.52%) Red Hat
7 43 (3.53%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (2.96%) Veeam
9 33 (2.71%) Google
10 31 (2.55%) Dell
11 30 (2.46%) Commvault
12 27 (2.22%) Meraki
13 26 (2.13%) Citrix
13 26 (2.13%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.13%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.97%) Apple
14 24 (1.97%) Oracle
15 23 (1.89%) CyberArk
16 20 (1.64%) Tenable
17 19 (1.56%) Sophos