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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 98 101
Rank change year-on-year -41 +3 -8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,237 1,291 2,442
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.50% 3.15% 2.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.38% 9.43% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 920 1,056 2,108
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,175
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £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 £76,063 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 14,767 13,695 31,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 33.38% 34.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,228 10,263 24,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,750 £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 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £55,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +2.31% -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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -47 1,097 £57,750 -3.75% 384
UK excluding London -59 689 £52,500 - 315
London -14 503 £70,000 -12.50% 123
Work from Home -26 386 £60,000 +2.56% 176
South East -58 190 £57,500 -4.17% 97
North of England -57 134 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -57 98 £52,500 +5.00% 45
Scotland +38 94 £71,500 +19.17% 14
South West -33 94 £55,000 +15.79% 60
East of England -38 66 £40,000 -27.27% 34
North West -42 64 £55,000 +17.02% 35
Yorkshire -40 58 £47,500 -11.63% 16
East Midlands -27 55 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -53 42 £48,000 -4.00% 29
Wales -17 13 £65,000 +28.58% 10
North East -29 12 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Northern Ireland -35 1 - - 1

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
1 184 (14.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (11.24%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.91%) IIS
4 20 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.13%) Confluence
6 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) WordPress
8 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.081%) Site Server
Applications
1 54 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) CATIA
4 3 (0.24%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.24%) Windchill
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.24%) Alphatax
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.24%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.081%) Actimize
4 1 (0.081%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.081%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 804 (65.00%) Azure
2 419 (33.87%) Microsoft 365
3 328 (26.52%) Entra ID
4 208 (16.81%) AWS
5 130 (10.51%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (8.08%) Power Platform
7 97 (7.84%) GitHub
8 75 (6.06%) Google Workspace
9 73 (5.90%) GCP
10 72 (5.82%) GitHub Actions
11 70 (5.66%) SaaS
12 64 (5.17%) OneDrive
13 61 (4.93%) PaaS
14 59 (4.77%) IaaS
15 47 (3.80%) Azure Monitor
16 41 (3.31%) Power Automate
17 39 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
17 39 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
18 37 (2.99%) Azure Key Vault
19 36 (2.91%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 233 (18.84%) DNS
2 218 (17.62%) Firewall
3 179 (14.47%) DHCP
4 133 (10.75%) VPN
5 107 (8.65%) TCP/IP
6 69 (5.58%) WAN
7 63 (5.09%) Broadband
7 63 (5.09%) LAN
8 57 (4.61%) Network Security
9 51 (4.12%) VLAN
10 46 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (3.15%) VoIP
12 32 (2.59%) SAN
12 32 (2.59%) Wireless
13 29 (2.34%) SD-WAN
14 19 (1.54%) MPLS
15 18 (1.46%) BGP
16 14 (1.13%) VSAN
17 12 (0.97%) WinSCP
18 11 (0.89%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.95%) Power BI
3 33 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.10%) Oracle Database
6 25 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (1.94%) MySQL
7 24 (1.94%) Oracle Database 10g
8 21 (1.70%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.46%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.13%) Tableau
12 10 (0.81%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.65%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.57%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.40%) Metadata
16 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 87 (7.03%) Git
2 74 (5.98%) Jenkins
2 74 (5.98%) JIRA
3 45 (3.64%) GitLab
4 26 (2.10%) Bitbucket
5 20 (1.62%) Octopus Deploy
6 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.05%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.05%) TeamCity
8 11 (0.89%) Robot Framework
9 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
10 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.65%) TestRail
10 8 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.32%) MLflow
12 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.24%) Balsamiq
13 3 (0.24%) Cypress.io
General
1 418 (33.79%) Social Skills
2 260 (21.02%) Finance
3 158 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (6.47%) Organisational Skills
5 69 (5.58%) Law
6 43 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.23%) Legal
7 40 (3.23%) Retail
8 39 (3.15%) Public Sector
9 35 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.67%) Games
11 31 (2.51%) Banking
12 24 (1.94%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.29%) Front Office
15 14 (1.13%) Advertising
16 10 (0.81%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.49%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 210 (16.98%) Senior
2 154 (12.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 147 (11.88%) Support Engineer
4 127 (10.27%) Azure Engineer
5 112 (9.05%) Analyst
6 111 (8.97%) IT Support
7 85 (6.87%) IT Engineer
8 83 (6.71%) Cloud Engineer
8 83 (6.71%) Security Engineer
9 71 (5.74%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (5.25%) IT Support Engineer
11 61 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support
11 61 (4.93%) Developer
12 59 (4.77%) Lead
13 53 (4.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 51 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support
15 46 (3.72%) Architect
16 43 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
17 37 (2.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 37 (2.99%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (7.52%) OAuth
2 88 (7.11%) REST
3 78 (6.31%) SAML
4 76 (6.14%) OpenID
5 70 (5.66%) GraphQL
6 66 (5.34%) .NET
6 66 (5.34%) LDAP
7 64 (5.17%) SOAP
8 34 (2.75%) YAML
9 30 (2.43%) .NET Core
10 28 (2.26%) JSON
11 25 (2.02%) ARM Templates
12 21 (1.70%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
14 18 (1.46%) CSS
15 17 (1.37%) Node.js
16 16 (1.29%) HTML
16 16 (1.29%) React
16 16 (1.29%) SPFx
17 13 (1.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.44%) Onboarding
2 73 (5.90%) Cyber Threat
3 69 (5.58%) Hybrid Cloud
4 64 (5.17%) Cyberattack
5 59 (4.77%) Security Posture
6 50 (4.04%) Management Information System
7 43 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
8 42 (3.40%) Cloud Native
8 42 (3.40%) Driving Licence
9 38 (3.07%) Cyber Defence
10 35 (2.83%) Data Centre
11 31 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (2.51%) Security Operations Centre
12 28 (2.26%) Public Cloud
13 26 (2.10%) PKI
14 25 (2.02%) CMDB
15 24 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.54%) Replication
17 18 (1.46%) Private Cloud
18 17 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 572 (46.24%) Windows
2 292 (23.61%) Windows Server
3 255 (20.61%) Linux
4 72 (5.82%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.45%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.40%) Unix
7 39 (3.15%) Apple iOS
7 39 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 38 (3.07%) Android
9 31 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.02%) CentOS
12 23 (1.86%) Solaris
12 23 (1.86%) VMS
13 20 (1.62%) HPUX
13 20 (1.62%) Windows 7
13 20 (1.62%) Windows Server 2003
13 20 (1.62%) Windows Server 2008
14 19 (1.54%) Ubuntu
15 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (28.54%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (21.91%) DevOps
3 252 (20.37%) CI/CD
4 243 (19.64%) Cybersecurity
4 243 (19.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 235 (19.00%) ITIL
6 217 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 202 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 189 (15.28%) Mentoring
9 157 (12.69%) Agile
10 154 (12.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 146 (11.80%) Incident Response
12 140 (11.32%) Roadmaps
13 130 (10.51%) Root Cause Analysis
14 111 (8.97%) Task Automation
15 108 (8.73%) SIEM
16 105 (8.49%) Containerisation
17 104 (8.41%) Cloud Security
18 103 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
19 94 (7.60%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 446 (36.05%) Python
2 305 (24.66%) Bash
3 263 (21.26%) SQL
4 83 (6.71%) T-SQL
5 79 (6.39%) C#
6 68 (5.50%) JavaScript
7 66 (5.34%) Bicep
8 29 (2.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.18%) Perl
10 20 (1.62%) Java
11 12 (0.97%) Go
12 11 (0.89%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.81%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.73%) C++
15 8 (0.65%) VB
16 7 (0.57%) C
16 7 (0.57%) PHP
17 6 (0.49%) Delphi
17 6 (0.49%) Ruby
18 5 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 167 (13.50%) Degree
2 158 (12.77%) Security Cleared
3 103 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (7.84%) SC Cleared
5 93 (7.52%) Azure Certification
6 68 (5.50%) DV Cleared
7 59 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (4.20%) CISSP
9 38 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.75%) CREST Certified
11 26 (2.10%) AWS Certification
12 25 (2.02%) GIAC
13 24 (1.94%) CEH
13 24 (1.94%) OSCP
14 23 (1.86%) CCNA
15 22 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
16 20 (1.62%) CompTIA CySA+
17 16 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 16 (1.29%) SANS
18 15 (1.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (13.42%) NIST
2 160 (12.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (5.50%) NCSC
4 62 (5.01%) GDPR
4 62 (5.01%) SLA
5 32 (2.59%) Accessibility
6 27 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.62%) ISO 22301
8 18 (1.46%) Data Quality
9 16 (1.29%) QA
10 15 (1.21%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.81%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.49%) DICOM
15 5 (0.40%) GRC
16 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) COBIT
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 470 (38.00%) Active Directory
2 155 (12.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 123 (9.94%) Docker
4 112 (9.05%) Hyper-V
5 50 (4.04%) vSphere
6 33 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.29%) Firmware
9 16 (1.29%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.89%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.49%) XenApp
13 5 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.32%) vCloud
14 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 261 (21.10%) Terraform
2 179 (14.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 177 (14.31%) Kubernetes
4 149 (12.05%) Ansible
5 55 (4.45%) Grafana
6 41 (3.31%) SCCM
7 39 (3.15%) Single Sign-On
8 33 (2.67%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.70%) Jamf Pro
9 21 (1.70%) vCenter Server
10 19 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.21%) Puppet
12 13 (1.05%) Nessus
13 12 (0.97%) VxRail
14 9 (0.73%) QRadar
15 8 (0.65%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.57%) logstash
16 7 (0.57%) WSUS
17 6 (0.49%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 669 (54.08%) Microsoft
2 246 (19.89%) VMware
3 116 (9.38%) Cisco
4 64 (5.17%) Splunk
5 56 (4.53%) ServiceNow
6 48 (3.88%) Red Hat
7 47 (3.80%) Oracle
7 47 (3.80%) Veeam
8 35 (2.83%) Google
9 33 (2.67%) Commvault
9 33 (2.67%) Palo Alto
10 32 (2.59%) CrowdStrike
11 28 (2.26%) Citrix
11 28 (2.26%) Meraki
12 27 (2.18%) Dell
12 27 (2.18%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.10%) CyberArk
14 22 (1.78%) Apple
14 22 (1.78%) Atlassian
15 20 (1.62%) Dynatrace