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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 84 113
Rank change year-on-year -53 +29 -26
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,297 1,561 2,361
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.40% 3.53% 2.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.83% 11.19% 6.97%
Number of salaries quoted 957 977 1,910
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,101 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.20% - -4.31%

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 16,554 13,954 33,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.88% 31.52% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,645 9,172 25,600
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,364 £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 £111,125 £98,750
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 12 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 12 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 -56 1,196 £58,250 +0.34% 385
UK excluding London -69 760 £50,101 +0.20% 324
London -8 510 £70,000 -6.51% 116
Work from Home -45 418 £60,000 +9.09% 170
South East -48 190 £55,000 -4.35% 134
North of England -94 186 £47,500 -6.40% 65
Midlands -40 133 £50,000 - 33
North West -81 96 £51,500 +11.96% 45
South West -45 84 £55,000 +15.79% 50
East of England -27 83 £57,500 +21.05% 32
East Midlands -14 76 £47,500 +31.03% 18
Yorkshire -22 60 £45,000 -21.74% 13
Scotland +42 58 £50,000 +6.95% 16
West Midlands -77 56 £51,250 -3.47% 15
North East -24 30 £46,500 -20.85% 8
Wales -21 23 £54,085 +3.02% 6
Northern Ireland -31 3 £46,000 +6.75% 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
1 196 (15.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 179 (13.80%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.16%) IIS
4 23 (1.77%) Confluence
5 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.077%) Site Server
Applications
1 74 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.077%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.39%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.31%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.23%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.077%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.077%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.077%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 848 (65.38%) Azure
2 475 (36.62%) Microsoft 365
3 354 (27.29%) Entra ID
4 219 (16.89%) AWS
5 139 (10.72%) Azure DevOps
6 114 (8.79%) Power Platform
7 99 (7.63%) GitHub
8 93 (7.17%) SaaS
9 88 (6.78%) IaaS
10 84 (6.48%) OneDrive
11 69 (5.32%) Azure Monitor
11 69 (5.32%) Google Workspace
12 67 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
13 60 (4.63%) Power Automate
14 59 (4.55%) PaaS
15 57 (4.39%) GCP
16 56 (4.32%) Azure AKS
17 55 (4.24%) Azure Sentinel
18 54 (4.16%) Azure Key Vault
19 44 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 264 (20.35%) Firewall
2 261 (20.12%) DNS
3 167 (12.88%) VPN
4 166 (12.80%) DHCP
5 110 (8.48%) TCP/IP
6 85 (6.55%) WAN
7 80 (6.17%) LAN
8 68 (5.24%) Network Security
9 55 (4.24%) Broadband
10 54 (4.16%) VLAN
11 46 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (2.93%) VoIP
13 34 (2.62%) SAN
14 25 (1.93%) Wireless
15 23 (1.77%) BGP
16 18 (1.39%) SD-WAN
17 17 (1.31%) Kerberos
18 16 (1.23%) VSAN
19 15 (1.16%) MPLS
19 15 (1.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (11.26%) SQL Server
2 81 (6.25%) Power BI
3 64 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 39 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.00%) MySQL
7 22 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.16%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.16%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.77%) InfluxDB
11 10 (0.77%) Tableau
12 9 (0.69%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.54%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.31%) Redis
16 3 (0.23%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 95 (7.32%) Git
2 68 (5.24%) JIRA
3 66 (5.09%) Jenkins
4 60 (4.63%) GitLab
5 31 (2.39%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
6 16 (1.23%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.00%) Metasploit
8 12 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.69%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.69%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.62%) TestRail
12 5 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.39%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.39%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.39%) Selenium
13 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 390 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 223 (17.19%) Finance
3 173 (13.34%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (6.63%) Law
5 80 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (3.62%) Legal
8 44 (3.39%) Retail
9 38 (2.93%) Public Sector
10 26 (2.00%) Aerospace
10 26 (2.00%) Games
11 23 (1.77%) Banking
11 23 (1.77%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.46%) Advertising
13 15 (1.16%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.62%) Aviation
14 8 (0.62%) Front Office
15 6 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 239 (18.43%) Senior
2 162 (12.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 147 (11.33%) Analyst
3 147 (11.33%) Support Engineer
4 133 (10.25%) Azure Engineer
5 131 (10.10%) IT Support
6 122 (9.41%) IT Engineer
7 101 (7.79%) Cloud Engineer
8 92 (7.09%) DevOps Engineer
9 83 (6.40%) Security Engineer
10 81 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
11 63 (4.86%) Developer
11 63 (4.86%) Platform Engineer
12 60 (4.63%) 2nd Line Support
13 58 (4.47%) Systems Engineer
14 56 (4.32%) Lead
15 43 (3.32%) Security Analyst
16 42 (3.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 42 (3.24%) Architect
16 42 (3.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (7.17%) OAuth
1 93 (7.17%) SAML
2 89 (6.86%) REST
3 85 (6.55%) .NET
4 84 (6.48%) OpenID
5 79 (6.09%) LDAP
6 62 (4.78%) SOAP
7 55 (4.24%) GraphQL
8 43 (3.32%) YAML
9 41 (3.16%) JSON
10 39 (3.01%) ARM Templates
11 38 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
12 36 (2.78%) .NET Core
12 36 (2.78%) HTML
13 33 (2.54%) CSS
14 26 (2.00%) SPFx
15 21 (1.62%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
17 18 (1.39%) React
18 15 (1.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (7.79%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 70 (5.40%) Cyber Threat
4 67 (5.17%) Cloud Native
5 61 (4.70%) Security Posture
6 60 (4.63%) Management Information System
7 59 (4.55%) Cyberattack
8 51 (3.93%) Driving Licence
9 45 (3.47%) Cyber Defence
10 43 (3.32%) Security Operations Centre
11 42 (3.24%) Data Centre
12 35 (2.70%) PKI
13 34 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
14 33 (2.54%) Public Cloud
15 26 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 23 (1.77%) CMDB
17 20 (1.54%) Private Cloud
17 20 (1.54%) Replication
18 19 (1.46%) Clustering
18 19 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 609 (46.95%) Windows
2 292 (22.51%) Linux
3 291 (22.44%) Windows Server
4 83 (6.40%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.09%) Mac OS
6 51 (3.93%) Apple iOS
7 45 (3.47%) Android
8 42 (3.24%) VMS
9 38 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
10 32 (2.47%) CentOS
11 31 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
12 30 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 25 (1.93%) Ubuntu
14 17 (1.31%) Unix
15 6 (0.46%) Debian
15 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.31%) AIX
16 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
2 293 (22.59%) CI/CD
3 292 (22.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 284 (21.90%) Cybersecurity
5 270 (20.82%) DevOps
6 232 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 219 (16.89%) ITIL
8 215 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 187 (14.42%) Mentoring
10 163 (12.57%) Agile
11 159 (12.26%) Incident Response
12 150 (11.57%) Root Cause Analysis
13 149 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
14 139 (10.72%) Roadmaps
15 131 (10.10%) Containerisation
15 131 (10.10%) High Availability
16 128 (9.87%) SIEM
17 114 (8.79%) Cloud Security
18 108 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
18 108 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 505 (38.94%) Python
2 346 (26.68%) Bash
3 274 (21.13%) SQL
4 94 (7.25%) C#
5 81 (6.25%) Bicep
5 81 (6.25%) T-SQL
6 74 (5.71%) JavaScript
7 34 (2.62%) Kusto Query Language
8 31 (2.39%) Java
9 25 (1.93%) TypeScript
10 17 (1.31%) C++
11 15 (1.16%) VBScript
12 14 (1.08%) Perl
13 12 (0.93%) PHP
14 11 (0.85%) VB
15 10 (0.77%) VBA
16 9 (0.69%) Go
17 7 (0.54%) C
17 7 (0.54%) Ruby
17 7 (0.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 161 (12.41%) Degree
2 159 (12.26%) Security Cleared
3 130 (10.02%) Azure Certification
4 116 (8.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 102 (7.86%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.24%) CISSP
7 52 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 50 (3.86%) Cisco Certification
9 43 (3.32%) DV Cleared
10 38 (2.93%) CompTIA Security+
11 33 (2.54%) CCNA
12 29 (2.24%) CREST Certified
12 29 (2.24%) OSCP
13 28 (2.16%) DBS Check
14 26 (2.00%) AWS Certification
15 23 (1.77%) CEH
16 22 (1.70%) GIAC
17 17 (1.31%) CCNP
18 16 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
19 14 (1.08%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (11.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (10.25%) NIST
3 55 (4.24%) GDPR
4 51 (3.93%) NCSC
5 47 (3.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 39 (3.01%) SLA
7 20 (1.54%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 16 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.08%) ISO 22301
9 14 (1.08%) QA
10 13 (1.00%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.46%) DICOM
13 6 (0.46%) PMO
14 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.23%) GRC
15 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 502 (38.70%) Active Directory
2 197 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 140 (10.79%) Docker
4 129 (9.95%) Hyper-V
5 66 (5.09%) vSphere
6 37 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
7 27 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.93%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.85%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.77%) KVM
12 8 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.62%) Squid
13 7 (0.54%) Firmware
14 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.31%) iptables
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 303 (23.36%) Terraform
2 211 (16.27%) Kubernetes
3 199 (15.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 153 (11.80%) Ansible
5 64 (4.93%) Grafana
6 61 (4.70%) Single Sign-On
7 47 (3.62%) SCCM
8 46 (3.55%) Prometheus
9 27 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.93%) vCenter Server
11 23 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 20 (1.54%) Packer
13 19 (1.46%) ZABBIX
14 17 (1.31%) Nessus
14 17 (1.31%) QRadar
15 16 (1.23%) Argo
16 15 (1.16%) VxRail
17 14 (1.08%) Graylog
17 14 (1.08%) Proxmox
18 12 (0.93%) Nagios
Vendors
1 753 (58.06%) Microsoft
2 249 (19.20%) VMware
3 102 (7.86%) Cisco
4 85 (6.55%) Splunk
5 66 (5.09%) ServiceNow
6 59 (4.55%) Red Hat
7 46 (3.55%) Veeam
8 37 (2.85%) Oracle
9 36 (2.78%) Meraki
10 32 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
10 32 (2.47%) Google
11 30 (2.31%) Apple
12 28 (2.16%) Dell
13 27 (2.08%) Citrix
14 25 (1.93%) Commvault
14 25 (1.93%) Tenable
15 24 (1.85%) Sophos
16 23 (1.77%) Fortinet
17 22 (1.70%) Palo Alto
18 21 (1.62%) Logitech