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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 86 117
Rank change year-on-year -52 +31 -32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,331 1,591 2,389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 3.54% 2.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.88% 11.37% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,008 1,917
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,750
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 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%

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 16,891 13,994 34,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.91% 31.12% 31.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11,961 9,238 26,001
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 £97,500
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 21 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 21 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 -51 1,240 £57,500 -1.71% 313
UK excluding London -68 800 £50,000 - 288
London -15 504 £70,000 -5.88% 91
Work from Home -40 434 £60,000 +9.09% 144
South East -44 210 £55,000 -4.35% 124
North of England -86 201 £47,500 -6.40% 65
Midlands -39 140 £50,000 - 28
North West -81 105 £50,000 +5.26% 49
East of England -22 89 £54,000 +13.68% 25
South West -46 85 £55,000 +15.79% 28
East Midlands -13 78 £45,000 +24.14% 15
Yorkshire -23 62 £45,000 -21.74% 13
West Midlands -73 61 £51,250 -4.54% 13
Scotland +25 48 £50,000 +3.09% 8
North East -28 34 £47,500 -19.15% 4
Wales -30 24 £54,085 +3.02% 7
Northern Ireland -27 3 £46,000 +6.75% 20

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
1 207 (15.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 193 (14.50%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.23%) IIS
4 23 (1.73%) Confluence
5 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.075%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.075%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.075%) SAS
7 1 (0.075%) Site Server
Applications
1 77 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.075%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.075%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.23%) Alphatax
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.075%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.075%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.075%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 870 (65.36%) Azure
2 494 (37.11%) Microsoft 365
3 367 (27.57%) Entra ID
4 219 (16.45%) AWS
5 144 (10.82%) Azure DevOps
6 125 (9.39%) Power Platform
7 107 (8.04%) GitHub
8 97 (7.29%) SaaS
9 95 (7.14%) IaaS
10 90 (6.76%) OneDrive
11 78 (5.86%) Azure Monitor
12 70 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
13 68 (5.11%) Power Automate
14 66 (4.96%) PaaS
15 64 (4.81%) Google Workspace
16 61 (4.58%) Azure AKS
17 60 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
18 57 (4.28%) GCP
19 54 (4.06%) Azure Key Vault
20 47 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 272 (20.44%) Firewall
2 269 (20.21%) DNS
3 180 (13.52%) VPN
4 175 (13.15%) DHCP
5 115 (8.64%) TCP/IP
6 85 (6.39%) WAN
7 82 (6.16%) LAN
8 75 (5.63%) Network Security
9 60 (4.51%) VLAN
10 54 (4.06%) Broadband
11 46 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.78%) VoIP
13 32 (2.40%) SAN
14 28 (2.10%) Wireless
15 23 (1.73%) BGP
16 19 (1.43%) Kerberos
17 17 (1.28%) SD-WAN
18 16 (1.20%) SSL
19 15 (1.13%) MPLS
20 14 (1.05%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.39%) Power BI
3 71 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.88%) MySQL
7 23 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.43%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.13%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.75%) Tableau
13 9 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.68%) InfluxDB
14 8 (0.60%) Metadata
15 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.38%) Redis
15 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 101 (7.59%) Git
2 72 (5.41%) JIRA
3 67 (5.03%) Jenkins
4 63 (4.73%) GitLab
5 33 (2.48%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.13%) TeamCity
8 14 (1.05%) Metasploit
9 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (0.75%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.60%) Robot Framework
12 7 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (0.53%) TestRail
13 5 (0.38%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.38%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.38%) Selenium
14 4 (0.30%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 407 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 212 (15.93%) Finance
3 164 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.99%) Law
5 81 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (3.68%) Legal
8 45 (3.38%) Retail
9 37 (2.78%) Public Sector
10 26 (1.95%) Manufacturing
11 25 (1.88%) Aerospace
12 24 (1.80%) Games
13 23 (1.73%) Banking
14 18 (1.35%) Advertising
15 16 (1.20%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.68%) Aviation
17 7 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.45%) Front Office
18 6 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 243 (18.26%) Senior
2 169 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 150 (11.27%) Analyst
3 150 (11.27%) Support Engineer
4 137 (10.29%) IT Support
5 132 (9.92%) Azure Engineer
6 127 (9.54%) IT Engineer
7 110 (8.26%) Cloud Engineer
8 99 (7.44%) DevOps Engineer
9 86 (6.46%) Security Engineer
10 84 (6.31%) IT Support Engineer
11 68 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
12 65 (4.88%) Developer
13 63 (4.73%) Systems Engineer
14 59 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support
15 53 (3.98%) Lead
16 48 (3.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 44 (3.31%) Security Analyst
18 43 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 41 (3.08%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (6.76%) SAML
2 88 (6.61%) OAuth
3 87 (6.54%) .NET
3 87 (6.54%) REST
4 81 (6.09%) OpenID
5 78 (5.86%) LDAP
6 60 (4.51%) SOAP
7 51 (3.83%) GraphQL
8 44 (3.31%) YAML
9 43 (3.23%) ARM Templates
10 41 (3.08%) JSON
11 39 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
12 38 (2.85%) HTML
13 36 (2.70%) .NET Core
14 33 (2.48%) CSS
15 27 (2.03%) SPFx
16 22 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
17 19 (1.43%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (1.28%) React
19 16 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.81%) Onboarding
2 76 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 74 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 69 (5.18%) Cyber Threat
4 69 (5.18%) Security Posture
5 61 (4.58%) Driving Licence
5 61 (4.58%) Management Information System
6 57 (4.28%) Cyberattack
7 45 (3.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 44 (3.31%) Cyber Defence
8 44 (3.31%) Data Centre
9 40 (3.01%) PKI
10 38 (2.85%) Public Cloud
11 35 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
12 24 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.65%) Replication
14 21 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
15 20 (1.50%) Clustering
15 20 (1.50%) Private Cloud
16 19 (1.43%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 626 (47.03%) Windows
2 306 (22.99%) Linux
3 300 (22.54%) Windows Server
4 79 (5.94%) Windows 10
5 52 (3.91%) Apple iOS
5 52 (3.91%) Mac OS
6 46 (3.46%) VMS
7 41 (3.08%) Android
8 37 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (2.33%) CentOS
10 29 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.88%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.13%) Unix
14 8 (0.60%) Debian
15 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.38%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.30%) AIX
17 4 (0.30%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
2 300 (22.54%) Infrastructure as Code
3 299 (22.46%) CI/CD
4 295 (22.16%) Cybersecurity
5 283 (21.26%) DevOps
6 243 (18.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 232 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 225 (16.90%) ITIL
9 187 (14.05%) Mentoring
10 170 (12.77%) Agile
11 164 (12.32%) Incident Response
12 158 (11.87%) Root Cause Analysis
13 157 (11.80%) Disaster Recovery
14 140 (10.52%) Roadmaps
15 139 (10.44%) High Availability
16 137 (10.29%) Containerisation
17 130 (9.77%) SIEM
18 126 (9.47%) Cloud Security
19 120 (9.02%) AI
20 114 (8.56%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 516 (38.77%) Python
2 357 (26.82%) Bash
3 278 (20.89%) SQL
4 96 (7.21%) C#
5 89 (6.69%) Bicep
6 81 (6.09%) T-SQL
7 77 (5.79%) JavaScript
8 38 (2.85%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (2.33%) Java
10 26 (1.95%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.35%) C++
12 16 (1.20%) VBScript
13 14 (1.05%) PHP
14 13 (0.98%) Perl
15 11 (0.83%) VB
16 10 (0.75%) VBA
17 9 (0.68%) Go
17 9 (0.68%) Ruby
18 8 (0.60%) C
19 6 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 165 (12.40%) Degree
1 165 (12.40%) Security Cleared
2 139 (10.44%) Azure Certification
3 124 (9.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 109 (8.19%) SC Cleared
5 57 (4.28%) CISSP
6 55 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 53 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
8 43 (3.23%) DV Cleared
9 41 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
10 36 (2.70%) CCNA
11 30 (2.25%) CREST Certified
12 29 (2.18%) DBS Check
12 29 (2.18%) OSCP
13 27 (2.03%) AWS Certification
14 24 (1.80%) CEH
14 24 (1.80%) GIAC
15 19 (1.43%) CCNP
16 17 (1.28%) CompTIA CySA+
17 14 (1.05%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (9.99%) NIST
3 59 (4.43%) GDPR
4 54 (4.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 49 (3.68%) NCSC
6 39 (2.93%) SLA
7 21 (1.58%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.28%) QA
9 16 (1.20%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.98%) Accessibility
10 13 (0.98%) ISO 22301
11 12 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.45%) DICOM
13 6 (0.45%) PMO
14 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.15%) EMIR
15 2 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 516 (38.77%) Active Directory
2 210 (15.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (10.74%) Docker
4 137 (10.29%) Hyper-V
5 73 (5.48%) vSphere
6 44 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
7 35 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.88%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.80%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.75%) KVM
12 8 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.60%) Squid
13 5 (0.38%) Firmware
13 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.30%) iptables
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 312 (23.44%) Terraform
2 222 (16.68%) Kubernetes
3 207 (15.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 157 (11.80%) Ansible
5 71 (5.33%) Grafana
6 59 (4.43%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (3.83%) Prometheus
8 49 (3.68%) SCCM
9 27 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
10 24 (1.80%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 21 (1.58%) Argo
12 20 (1.50%) Packer
12 20 (1.50%) ZABBIX
13 17 (1.28%) Nessus
13 17 (1.28%) QRadar
14 14 (1.05%) Graylog
14 14 (1.05%) Proxmox
14 14 (1.05%) VxRail
15 12 (0.90%) Nagios
Vendors
1 783 (58.83%) Microsoft
2 259 (19.46%) VMware
3 105 (7.89%) Cisco
4 87 (6.54%) Splunk
5 68 (5.11%) ServiceNow
6 56 (4.21%) Red Hat
7 48 (3.61%) Veeam
8 40 (3.01%) Meraki
9 38 (2.85%) Oracle
10 31 (2.33%) Apple
11 30 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (2.10%) Dell
12 28 (2.10%) Google
13 27 (2.03%) Citrix
13 27 (2.03%) Tenable
14 25 (1.88%) Fortinet
14 25 (1.88%) Sophos
15 24 (1.80%) Palo Alto
16 23 (1.73%) Commvault
17 22 (1.65%) Dynatrace