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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 89 115
Rank change year-on-year -48 +26 -30
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,344 1,604 2,386
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 3.54% 2.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.88% 11.43% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 987 1,020 1,920
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,225
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,938 £43,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,250 £77,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 17,050 14,031 34,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.95% 30.96% 31.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12,090 9,275 25,736
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,750
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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -53 1,255 £57,500 -1.71% 312
UK excluding London -61 813 £50,000 - 275
London -16 503 £70,000 -3.45% 95
Work from Home -45 439 £60,000 +5.26% 145
South East -43 216 £55,000 -4.35% 122
North of England -88 200 £47,500 -9.52% 64
Midlands -38 141 £50,000 - 30
North West -84 105 £50,000 +5.26% 41
South West -42 92 £55,000 +15.79% 24
East of England -20 91 £54,000 +13.68% 28
East Midlands -15 79 £45,000 +28.57% 15
Yorkshire -23 61 £45,000 -21.74% 15
West Midlands -66 61 £51,250 -4.54% 15
Scotland +27 45 £50,000 +3.09% 9
North East -27 34 £47,500 -19.15% 11
Wales -25 25 £53,171 +1.28% 9
Northern Ireland -33 3 £46,000 +6.75% 6

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
1 211 (15.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 193 (14.36%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.42%) IIS
4 24 (1.79%) Confluence
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
6 2 (0.15%) SAS
7 1 (0.074%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.074%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.074%) Site Server
7 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
Applications
1 77 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.074%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.22%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.074%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.074%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 878 (65.33%) Azure
2 494 (36.76%) Microsoft 365
3 365 (27.16%) Entra ID
4 228 (16.96%) AWS
5 150 (11.16%) Azure DevOps
6 123 (9.15%) Power Platform
7 112 (8.33%) GitHub
8 101 (7.51%) IaaS
9 97 (7.22%) SaaS
10 89 (6.62%) OneDrive
11 82 (6.10%) Azure Monitor
12 72 (5.36%) PaaS
13 71 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
14 65 (4.84%) Power Automate
15 62 (4.61%) Azure AKS
16 61 (4.54%) Azure Sentinel
17 60 (4.46%) Google Workspace
18 58 (4.32%) Azure Key Vault
19 57 (4.24%) GCP
20 51 (3.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 282 (20.98%) Firewall
2 278 (20.68%) DNS
3 192 (14.29%) VPN
4 185 (13.76%) DHCP
5 120 (8.93%) TCP/IP
6 87 (6.47%) WAN
7 84 (6.25%) LAN
8 76 (5.65%) Network Security
9 65 (4.84%) VLAN
10 51 (3.79%) Broadband
11 50 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (2.83%) VoIP
13 32 (2.38%) SAN
14 30 (2.23%) Wireless
15 23 (1.71%) BGP
16 21 (1.56%) Kerberos
17 17 (1.26%) SD-WAN
18 16 (1.19%) SSL
19 15 (1.12%) MPLS
20 14 (1.04%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (11.46%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.25%) Power BI
3 76 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.86%) MySQL
6 25 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.56%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.19%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.12%) NoSQL
10 13 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.74%) InfluxDB
12 9 (0.67%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.67%) Tableau
13 7 (0.52%) Metadata
14 5 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.37%) Redis
14 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 109 (8.11%) Git
2 74 (5.51%) JIRA
3 68 (5.06%) Jenkins
4 64 (4.76%) GitLab
5 33 (2.46%) Bitbucket
6 15 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.04%) Metasploit
7 14 (1.04%) TeamCity
8 13 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 11 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
10 10 (0.74%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.67%) Robot Framework
12 8 (0.60%) TestRail
13 7 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.45%) Selenium
15 5 (0.37%) CircleCI
16 4 (0.30%) Artifactory
16 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
17 3 (0.22%) Terragrunt
General
1 409 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 212 (15.77%) Finance
3 164 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (7.07%) Law
5 76 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
6 60 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
8 48 (3.57%) Legal
9 45 (3.35%) Retail
10 38 (2.83%) Public Sector
11 26 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.86%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.71%) Banking
14 20 (1.49%) Games
15 18 (1.34%) Advertising
16 17 (1.26%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.67%) Aviation
18 8 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
19 6 (0.45%) Investment Banking
19 6 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 248 (18.45%) Senior
2 171 (12.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 154 (11.46%) Analyst
4 152 (11.31%) Support Engineer
5 139 (10.34%) IT Support
6 132 (9.82%) Azure Engineer
6 132 (9.82%) IT Engineer
7 110 (8.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 99 (7.37%) DevOps Engineer
9 85 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 85 (6.32%) Security Engineer
10 69 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
11 67 (4.99%) Developer
12 62 (4.61%) Systems Engineer
13 60 (4.46%) 2nd Line Support
14 54 (4.02%) Lead
15 50 (3.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 44 (3.27%) Security Analyst
17 43 (3.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 42 (3.13%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.55%) .NET
2 86 (6.40%) SAML
3 85 (6.32%) REST
4 84 (6.25%) OAuth
5 77 (5.73%) OpenID
6 75 (5.58%) LDAP
7 57 (4.24%) SOAP
8 47 (3.50%) GraphQL
9 44 (3.27%) ARM Templates
9 44 (3.27%) YAML
10 42 (3.13%) JSON
11 40 (2.98%) HTML
12 39 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
13 37 (2.75%) .NET Core
14 34 (2.53%) CSS
15 26 (1.93%) SPFx
16 23 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.26%) React
18 17 (1.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.74%) Onboarding
2 77 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 76 (5.65%) Cloud Native
4 74 (5.51%) Security Posture
5 65 (4.84%) Cyber Threat
6 63 (4.69%) Driving Licence
7 61 (4.54%) Management Information System
8 53 (3.94%) Cyberattack
9 46 (3.42%) Data Centre
10 45 (3.35%) Security Operations Centre
11 44 (3.27%) Cyber Defence
11 44 (3.27%) Public Cloud
12 41 (3.05%) PKI
13 36 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
14 29 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.64%) Private Cloud
16 21 (1.56%) Replication
17 20 (1.49%) Clustering
18 18 (1.34%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 640 (47.62%) Windows
2 308 (22.92%) Linux
2 308 (22.92%) Windows Server
3 79 (5.88%) Windows 10
4 53 (3.94%) Apple iOS
5 51 (3.79%) Mac OS
6 50 (3.72%) VMS
7 42 (3.13%) Android
8 38 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.38%) CentOS
10 30 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.86%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.12%) Unix
14 8 (0.60%) Debian
15 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.37%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.30%) AIX
17 4 (0.30%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
2 311 (23.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 307 (22.84%) CI/CD
4 289 (21.50%) DevOps
5 288 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
6 245 (18.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 237 (17.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 227 (16.89%) ITIL
9 189 (14.06%) Mentoring
10 179 (13.32%) Agile
11 164 (12.20%) Incident Response
12 163 (12.13%) Root Cause Analysis
13 160 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
14 142 (10.57%) High Availability
15 141 (10.49%) Roadmaps
16 138 (10.27%) Containerisation
17 132 (9.82%) Cloud Security
18 129 (9.60%) SIEM
19 123 (9.15%) AI
20 119 (8.85%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 521 (38.76%) Python
2 359 (26.71%) Bash
3 285 (21.21%) SQL
4 96 (7.14%) C#
5 95 (7.07%) Bicep
6 79 (5.88%) T-SQL
7 78 (5.80%) JavaScript
8 42 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
9 33 (2.46%) Java
10 27 (2.01%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.41%) C++
12 17 (1.26%) VBScript
13 14 (1.04%) PHP
14 13 (0.97%) Perl
15 11 (0.82%) VB
16 10 (0.74%) Go
16 10 (0.74%) VBA
17 9 (0.67%) Ruby
18 8 (0.60%) C
19 6 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 169 (12.57%) Security Cleared
2 165 (12.28%) Degree
3 145 (10.79%) Azure Certification
4 129 (9.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 111 (8.26%) SC Cleared
6 57 (4.24%) CISSP
7 56 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
8 55 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (3.20%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.05%) CompTIA Security+
11 38 (2.83%) CCNA
12 30 (2.23%) CREST Certified
13 29 (2.16%) DBS Check
13 29 (2.16%) OSCP
14 27 (2.01%) AWS Certification
15 24 (1.79%) GIAC
16 23 (1.71%) CEH
17 20 (1.49%) CCNP
18 16 (1.19%) CompTIA CySA+
19 15 (1.12%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (11.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 129 (9.60%) NIST
3 63 (4.69%) GDPR
4 54 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 45 (3.35%) NCSC
6 40 (2.98%) SLA
7 21 (1.56%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.41%) QA
9 17 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.26%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.97%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.89%) ISO 22301
12 11 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.45%) DICOM
14 6 (0.45%) PMO
15 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 520 (38.69%) Active Directory
2 221 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (10.79%) Hyper-V
4 144 (10.71%) Docker
5 78 (5.80%) vSphere
6 46 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.86%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.79%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.74%) KVM
12 8 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.60%) Squid
13 5 (0.37%) Firmware
13 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.30%) iptables
15 3 (0.22%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 320 (23.81%) Terraform
2 224 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 205 (15.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 158 (11.76%) Ansible
5 72 (5.36%) Grafana
6 59 (4.39%) Single Sign-On
7 50 (3.72%) Prometheus
7 50 (3.72%) SCCM
8 27 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
9 25 (1.86%) vCenter Server
10 21 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 21 (1.56%) Argo
10 21 (1.56%) ZABBIX
11 20 (1.49%) Packer
12 17 (1.26%) Nessus
12 17 (1.26%) QRadar
13 15 (1.12%) Proxmox
14 14 (1.04%) Graylog
14 14 (1.04%) VxRail
15 12 (0.89%) Nagios
Vendors
1 795 (59.15%) Microsoft
2 268 (19.94%) VMware
3 106 (7.89%) Cisco
4 89 (6.62%) Splunk
5 69 (5.13%) ServiceNow
6 58 (4.32%) Red Hat
7 49 (3.65%) Veeam
8 41 (3.05%) Meraki
9 40 (2.98%) Oracle
10 30 (2.23%) Apple
10 30 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
11 29 (2.16%) Tenable
12 28 (2.08%) Dell
12 28 (2.08%) Google
13 26 (1.93%) Citrix
13 26 (1.93%) Palo Alto
13 26 (1.93%) Sophos
14 25 (1.86%) Fortinet
15 23 (1.71%) SolarWinds
16 22 (1.64%) Commvault