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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 91 98
Rank change year-on-year -63 +7 -35
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,480 1,615 1,835
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 3.25% 2.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.98% 12.62% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 991 1,058 1,187
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -5.66%

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 18,536 12,797 22,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.70% 25.77% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 13,096 8,193 13,930
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -65 1,277 £59,000 +2.61% 1,230
UK excluding London -69 957 £52,500 - 824
Work from Home -40 514 £60,750 +1.25% 648
London -29 468 £70,000 -1.41% 519
South East -43 237 £52,500 -8.70% 230
North of England -88 230 £50,000 - 201
Midlands -50 163 £52,500 +2.24% 103
North West -77 138 £50,000 +5.26% 107
East of England -50 93 £57,500 +21.05% 75
East Midlands -21 83 £42,500 +21.43% 45
South West -79 82 £57,500 +18.56% 105
West Midlands -66 80 £55,000 - 58
Northern Ireland -24 70 £46,000 - 19
Yorkshire -55 56 £45,472 -11.92% 62
Scotland -13 47 £52,500 +23.53% 73
North East -35 36 £51,500 -14.17% 34
Wales -47 35 £36,750 -33.18% 34

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
1 257 (17.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 240 (16.22%) SharePoint
3 54 (3.65%) IIS
4 44 (2.97%) Confluence
5 15 (1.01%) nginx
6 8 (0.54%) Apache
7 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 63 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.43%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.34%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.068%) Actimize
7 1 (0.068%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 879 (59.39%) Azure
2 568 (38.38%) Microsoft 365
3 482 (32.57%) Entra ID
4 261 (17.64%) AWS
5 183 (12.36%) Azure DevOps
5 183 (12.36%) SaaS
6 125 (8.45%) Power Platform
7 119 (8.04%) GitHub
8 112 (7.57%) OneDrive
9 108 (7.30%) IaaS
10 94 (6.35%) Azure Monitor
11 88 (5.95%) Azure Sentinel
12 82 (5.54%) PaaS
13 79 (5.34%) Power Automate
14 72 (4.86%) Azure AKS
15 71 (4.80%) GCP
16 70 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
17 64 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
17 64 (4.32%) Microsoft Purview
18 57 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 330 (22.30%) DNS
2 326 (22.03%) Firewall
3 232 (15.68%) VPN
4 229 (15.47%) DHCP
5 154 (10.41%) TCP/IP
6 103 (6.96%) WAN
7 89 (6.01%) LAN
8 80 (5.41%) VLAN
9 60 (4.05%) Network Security
10 58 (3.92%) Wireless
11 50 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.50%) SAN
13 31 (2.09%) Kerberos
14 28 (1.89%) SSL
15 25 (1.69%) HTTP
16 21 (1.42%) NAS
17 16 (1.08%) Internet
17 16 (1.08%) VSAN
18 15 (1.01%) VoIP
19 14 (0.95%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (10.41%) SQL Server
2 86 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 66 (4.46%) Power BI
4 26 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.42%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 14 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (0.95%) MySQL
8 12 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.68%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.54%) Power Query
11 8 (0.54%) Redis
11 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.47%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.41%) Metadata
14 5 (0.34%) Db2
14 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 103 (6.96%) JIRA
2 95 (6.42%) Git
3 79 (5.34%) GitLab
4 65 (4.39%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.47%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.47%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.47%) TestRail
9 6 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.41%) Postman
10 5 (0.34%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.34%) MSI
10 5 (0.34%) Selenium
10 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 573 (38.72%) Social Skills
2 254 (17.16%) Finance
3 193 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.57%) Legal
5 103 (6.96%) Law
6 76 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.18%) Retail
9 45 (3.04%) Banking
10 41 (2.77%) Public Sector
11 40 (2.70%) Aerospace
12 37 (2.50%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (0.95%) Legal Technology
15 12 (0.81%) Financial Institution
15 12 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.68%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.61%) Aviation
17 9 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 288 (19.46%) Senior
2 207 (13.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 176 (11.89%) Analyst
4 134 (9.05%) Azure Engineer
5 131 (8.85%) Cloud Engineer
5 131 (8.85%) IT Engineer
6 129 (8.72%) Support Engineer
7 116 (7.84%) DevOps Engineer
8 105 (7.09%) IT Support
9 84 (5.68%) Platform Engineer
10 77 (5.20%) Consultant
11 76 (5.14%) Lead
12 69 (4.66%) Support Analyst
13 66 (4.46%) IT Support Engineer
14 61 (4.12%) Systems Engineer
15 60 (4.05%) Security Engineer
16 55 (3.72%) Senior Manager
16 55 (3.72%) Testing Manager
17 54 (3.65%) Administrator
18 52 (3.51%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 375 (25.34%) Terraform
2 69 (4.66%) .NET
3 57 (3.85%) ARM Templates
3 57 (3.85%) REST
4 48 (3.24%) SAML
5 46 (3.11%) LDAP
6 44 (2.97%) Microsoft Graph
6 44 (2.97%) YAML
7 41 (2.77%) OAuth
7 41 (2.77%) OpenID
8 34 (2.30%) HTML
9 29 (1.96%) JSON
10 25 (1.69%) CSS
11 23 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
11 23 (1.55%) SPFx
12 18 (1.22%) .NET Core
13 16 (1.08%) SOAP
14 15 (1.01%) Kafka
15 14 (0.95%) ASP.NET
16 13 (0.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.58%) Onboarding
2 92 (6.22%) Cloud Native
3 82 (5.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 78 (5.27%) Driving Licence
5 75 (5.07%) Security Posture
6 70 (4.73%) Management Information System
7 60 (4.05%) Virtual Team
8 55 (3.72%) PKI
9 52 (3.51%) Replication
10 50 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
11 46 (3.11%) Data Centre
12 41 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
13 40 (2.70%) Public Cloud
14 37 (2.50%) Clustering
15 30 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
16 28 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
17 23 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
18 21 (1.42%) Private Cloud
19 19 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
20 18 (1.22%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 707 (47.77%) Windows
2 344 (23.24%) Linux
3 339 (22.91%) Windows Server
4 99 (6.69%) Windows 10
5 52 (3.51%) Apple iOS
6 44 (2.97%) Ubuntu
7 42 (2.84%) Android
8 40 (2.70%) Mac OS
9 38 (2.57%) VMS
10 33 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 32 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
12 31 (2.09%) CentOS
13 30 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 24 (1.62%) Unix
15 17 (1.15%) Rocky
16 8 (0.54%) Debian
16 8 (0.54%) Solaris
17 7 (0.47%) Kali Linux
18 5 (0.34%) CoreOS
19 4 (0.27%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (28.51%) Problem-Solving
2 399 (26.96%) DevOps
3 385 (26.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 356 (24.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 328 (22.16%) CI/CD
6 322 (21.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 269 (18.18%) ITIL
8 257 (17.36%) Cybersecurity
9 228 (15.41%) Mentoring
10 219 (14.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 181 (12.23%) AI
12 172 (11.62%) Agile
13 163 (11.01%) Root Cause Analysis
14 161 (10.88%) High Availability
15 160 (10.81%) Project Delivery
16 153 (10.34%) Platform Engineering
17 151 (10.20%) Cloud Security
18 147 (9.93%) Migration
19 142 (9.59%) Incident Response
20 134 (9.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 583 (39.39%) Python
2 309 (20.88%) Bash
3 305 (20.61%) SQL
4 137 (9.26%) JavaScript
5 129 (8.72%) Bicep
6 125 (8.45%) C#
7 81 (5.47%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
9 37 (2.50%) T-SQL
10 35 (2.36%) Java
11 23 (1.55%) VBScript
12 20 (1.35%) C++
13 19 (1.28%) Perl
14 13 (0.88%) PHP
15 11 (0.74%) Ruby
15 11 (0.74%) VBA
16 10 (0.68%) VB
17 7 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.47%) Go
18 6 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 210 (14.19%) Security Cleared
2 168 (11.35%) Degree
3 159 (10.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 156 (10.54%) Azure Certification
5 139 (9.39%) SC Cleared
6 62 (4.19%) DV Cleared
7 60 (4.05%) CISSP
8 59 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 57 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 52 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
11 42 (2.84%) CCNA
12 28 (1.89%) CEH
13 26 (1.76%) AWS Certification
14 25 (1.69%) DBS Check
15 22 (1.49%) CISM
16 20 (1.35%) OSCP
17 18 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 17 (1.15%) CompTIA CySA+
18 17 (1.15%) GIAC
19 15 (1.01%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.47%) QA
3 76 (5.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 66 (4.46%) NIST
5 47 (3.18%) GDPR
5 47 (3.18%) SLA
6 22 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 20 (1.35%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.88%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.68%) NCSC
11 8 (0.54%) PMO
11 8 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.47%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.27%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.20%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.14%) EMIR
15 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 549 (37.09%) Active Directory
2 237 (16.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (10.61%) Hyper-V
4 142 (9.59%) Docker
5 82 (5.54%) vSphere
6 80 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
7 61 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 26 (1.76%) VMware NSX
9 25 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
10 17 (1.15%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.01%) Firmware
12 8 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.54%) KVM
12 8 (0.54%) Squid
13 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
16 2 (0.14%) Snort
16 2 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 264 (17.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 227 (15.34%) Kubernetes
3 169 (11.42%) Ansible
4 78 (5.27%) Grafana
5 75 (5.07%) SCCM
6 57 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
7 43 (2.91%) Prometheus
8 27 (1.82%) Puppet
9 25 (1.69%) ZABBIX
10 24 (1.62%) Argo
11 23 (1.55%) vCenter Server
12 22 (1.49%) QRadar
13 20 (1.35%) Proxmox
14 17 (1.15%) FortiGate
15 16 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
15 16 (1.08%) Packer
16 15 (1.01%) Graylog
17 14 (0.95%) Progress Chef
18 11 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
19 10 (0.68%) VxRail
Vendors
1 946 (63.92%) Microsoft
2 277 (18.72%) VMware
3 105 (7.09%) Cisco
4 97 (6.55%) ServiceNow
5 90 (6.08%) Splunk
6 69 (4.66%) Veeam
7 50 (3.38%) Oracle
8 47 (3.18%) Red Hat
9 43 (2.91%) Citrix
10 37 (2.50%) Meraki
11 34 (2.30%) Sage
12 33 (2.23%) Dell
13 31 (2.09%) Dynatrace
13 31 (2.09%) Sophos
14 29 (1.96%) CyberArk
14 29 (1.96%) SAP
15 28 (1.89%) SolarWinds
16 27 (1.82%) Fortinet
16 27 (1.82%) Google
17 26 (1.76%) Apple