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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 81 114
Rank change year-on-year -65 +33 -20
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,290 1,543 2,324
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.39% 3.63% 2.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.89% 11.69% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 948 963 1,911
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £90,000
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 16,346 13,195 32,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.58% 31.04% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 8,880 25,013
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,635
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.54% -2.48%

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 27 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 27 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 -68 1,168 £60,000 - 335
UK excluding London -70 739 £52,500 +5.00% 273
London -12 520 £70,000 -6.67% 102
Work from Home -36 424 £60,000 +7.14% 132
South East -61 177 £55,875 -2.83% 97
North of England -95 172 £47,500 -6.40% 74
Midlands -51 126 £50,000 - 29
North West -97 90 £50,101 +8.92% 47
South West -42 83 £55,000 +15.79% 38
East of England -34 80 £57,500 +21.05% 25
Scotland +45 75 £50,000 +11.11% 15
East Midlands -20 75 £52,500 +44.83% 16
Yorkshire -22 58 £45,000 -28.00% 16
West Midlands -84 50 £48,000 -4.00% 13
North East -28 24 £46,500 -19.13% 11
Wales -19 23 £54,085 +8.17% 1
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
1 180 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 169 (13.10%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.26%) IIS
4 22 (1.71%) Confluence
5 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.078%) Site Server
7 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 72 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.078%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.54%) Markit EDM
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.23%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.078%) Actimize
5 1 (0.078%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 841 (65.19%) Azure
2 463 (35.89%) Microsoft 365
3 352 (27.29%) Entra ID
4 220 (17.05%) AWS
5 136 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
6 111 (8.60%) Power Platform
7 97 (7.52%) GitHub
8 89 (6.90%) SaaS
9 82 (6.36%) IaaS
9 82 (6.36%) OneDrive
10 69 (5.35%) GitHub Actions
10 69 (5.35%) Google Workspace
11 60 (4.65%) GCP
12 57 (4.42%) Azure Sentinel
13 56 (4.34%) Azure AKS
13 56 (4.34%) Azure Monitor
14 55 (4.26%) Power Automate
15 54 (4.19%) PaaS
16 53 (4.11%) Azure Key Vault
17 44 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 253 (19.61%) Firewall
2 251 (19.46%) DNS
3 153 (11.86%) DHCP
4 152 (11.78%) VPN
5 107 (8.29%) TCP/IP
6 77 (5.97%) WAN
7 72 (5.58%) LAN
8 66 (5.12%) Network Security
9 58 (4.50%) Broadband
10 47 (3.64%) VLAN
11 46 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.10%) VoIP
13 34 (2.64%) SAN
14 20 (1.55%) BGP
14 20 (1.55%) Wireless
15 16 (1.24%) Kerberos
15 16 (1.24%) SD-WAN
15 16 (1.24%) VSAN
16 14 (1.09%) Internet
17 13 (1.01%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (11.63%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.36%) Power BI
3 56 (4.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 35 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.02%) MySQL
7 23 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (1.55%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.32%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.01%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.93%) Tableau
13 10 (0.78%) InfluxDB
14 9 (0.70%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.47%) Metadata
16 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.23%) RDBMS
17 3 (0.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 96 (7.44%) Git
2 71 (5.50%) JIRA
3 65 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 57 (4.42%) GitLab
5 28 (2.17%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.09%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.01%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.70%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.70%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.62%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.62%) TestRail
12 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.31%) MLflow
12 4 (0.31%) Selenium
13 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 400 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 235 (18.22%) Finance
3 178 (13.80%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.12%) Law
5 78 (6.05%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.64%) Legal
8 46 (3.57%) Retail
9 45 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
10 40 (3.10%) Public Sector
11 29 (2.25%) Banking
11 29 (2.25%) Games
12 27 (2.09%) Manufacturing
13 26 (2.02%) Aerospace
14 19 (1.47%) Advertising
15 14 (1.09%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.85%) Front Office
17 7 (0.54%) Aviation
17 7 (0.54%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 243 (18.84%) Senior
2 159 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 145 (11.24%) Analyst
4 138 (10.70%) Azure Engineer
5 137 (10.62%) Support Engineer
6 123 (9.53%) IT Support
7 106 (8.22%) IT Engineer
8 102 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
9 91 (7.05%) DevOps Engineer
10 82 (6.36%) Security Engineer
11 72 (5.58%) IT Support Engineer
12 62 (4.81%) Developer
13 58 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support
14 56 (4.34%) Lead
14 56 (4.34%) Systems Engineer
15 50 (3.88%) Platform Engineer
16 45 (3.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 43 (3.33%) Architect
17 43 (3.33%) Support Analyst
18 42 (3.26%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (7.44%) OAuth
2 90 (6.98%) SAML
3 89 (6.90%) .NET
4 88 (6.82%) REST
5 84 (6.51%) OpenID
6 77 (5.97%) LDAP
7 62 (4.81%) SOAP
8 58 (4.50%) GraphQL
9 42 (3.26%) YAML
10 39 (3.02%) Microsoft Graph
11 38 (2.95%) .NET Core
12 37 (2.87%) ARM Templates
13 36 (2.79%) JSON
14 34 (2.64%) CSS
14 34 (2.64%) HTML
15 26 (2.02%) SPFx
16 20 (1.55%) React
17 19 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
18 18 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
19 15 (1.16%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 94 (7.29%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.58%) Cyber Threat
3 70 (5.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (4.88%) Cyberattack
5 61 (4.73%) Cloud Native
6 60 (4.65%) Management Information System
7 54 (4.19%) Security Posture
8 45 (3.49%) Cyber Defence
8 45 (3.49%) Security Operations Centre
9 42 (3.26%) Driving Licence
10 41 (3.18%) Data Centre
11 35 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (2.64%) PKI
13 29 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
13 29 (2.25%) Public Cloud
14 26 (2.02%) CMDB
15 20 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
15 20 (1.55%) Replication
16 19 (1.47%) Private Cloud
17 18 (1.40%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 601 (46.59%) Windows
2 289 (22.40%) Windows Server
3 285 (22.09%) Linux
4 79 (6.12%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.11%) Mac OS
6 50 (3.88%) Apple iOS
7 49 (3.80%) Android
8 36 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 35 (2.71%) VMS
10 30 (2.33%) CentOS
11 29 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 26 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
13 23 (1.78%) Ubuntu
14 17 (1.32%) Unix
15 7 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.39%) Debian
17 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.23%) AIX
18 3 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
2 289 (22.40%) Infrastructure as Code
3 284 (22.02%) CI/CD
4 280 (21.71%) Cybersecurity
5 269 (20.85%) DevOps
6 225 (17.44%) ITIL
7 222 (17.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 214 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 188 (14.57%) Mentoring
10 169 (13.10%) Agile
11 161 (12.48%) Incident Response
12 150 (11.63%) Root Cause Analysis
13 144 (11.16%) Disaster Recovery
14 137 (10.62%) Roadmaps
15 132 (10.23%) Containerisation
16 131 (10.16%) SIEM
17 119 (9.22%) High Availability
18 114 (8.84%) Cloud Security
19 111 (8.60%) Task Automation
20 105 (8.14%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 507 (39.30%) Python
2 334 (25.89%) Bash
3 279 (21.63%) SQL
4 95 (7.36%) C#
5 79 (6.12%) T-SQL
6 77 (5.97%) JavaScript
7 74 (5.74%) Bicep
8 29 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
9 28 (2.17%) Java
10 24 (1.86%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.32%) C++
12 14 (1.09%) Perl
13 12 (0.93%) VBScript
14 11 (0.85%) VB
14 11 (0.85%) VB.NET
14 11 (0.85%) VBA
15 10 (0.78%) PHP
16 9 (0.70%) Go
17 7 (0.54%) C
18 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 159 (12.33%) Degree
2 157 (12.17%) Security Cleared
3 118 (9.15%) Azure Certification
3 118 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (7.52%) SC Cleared
5 51 (3.95%) CISSP
6 49 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
8 42 (3.26%) DV Cleared
9 36 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (2.40%) CCNA
11 30 (2.33%) CREST Certified
12 28 (2.17%) OSCP
13 25 (1.94%) AWS Certification
13 25 (1.94%) GIAC
14 24 (1.86%) CEH
15 23 (1.78%) DBS Check
16 16 (1.24%) CCNP
16 16 (1.24%) CompTIA CySA+
17 12 (0.93%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (11.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 141 (10.93%) NIST
3 61 (4.73%) GDPR
4 53 (4.11%) NCSC
5 44 (3.41%) SLA
6 38 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.55%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.55%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.24%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.16%) SOC 2
10 14 (1.09%) PCI DSS
10 14 (1.09%) QA
11 12 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.47%) DICOM
14 5 (0.39%) GRC
15 4 (0.31%) PMO
16 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 487 (37.75%) Active Directory
2 182 (14.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (10.93%) Docker
4 120 (9.30%) Hyper-V
5 55 (4.26%) vSphere
6 37 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (1.71%) BitLocker
9 21 (1.63%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
11 14 (1.09%) Firmware
12 10 (0.78%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 10 (0.78%) KVM
13 7 (0.54%) Squid
14 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.31%) iptables
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.31%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.31%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 296 (22.95%) Terraform
2 212 (16.43%) Kubernetes
3 195 (15.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 148 (11.47%) Ansible
5 62 (4.81%) Grafana
6 58 (4.50%) Single Sign-On
7 50 (3.88%) SCCM
8 42 (3.26%) Prometheus
9 25 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
10 24 (1.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 23 (1.78%) vCenter Server
12 17 (1.32%) ZABBIX
13 16 (1.24%) Nessus
13 16 (1.24%) Packer
13 16 (1.24%) QRadar
14 15 (1.16%) VxRail
15 13 (1.01%) Graylog
16 11 (0.85%) Proxmox
17 10 (0.78%) Nagios
17 10 (0.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 742 (57.52%) Microsoft
2 231 (17.91%) VMware
3 103 (7.98%) Cisco
4 77 (5.97%) Splunk
5 57 (4.42%) Red Hat
5 57 (4.42%) ServiceNow
6 46 (3.57%) Veeam
7 39 (3.02%) CrowdStrike
8 33 (2.56%) Oracle
9 32 (2.48%) Meraki
10 30 (2.33%) Google
11 29 (2.25%) Citrix
11 29 (2.25%) Dell
12 27 (2.09%) Apple
12 27 (2.09%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.02%) Commvault
14 25 (1.94%) Palo Alto
15 24 (1.86%) Tenable
16 22 (1.71%) Sophos
17 20 (1.55%) Databricks