Windows PowerShell
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PowerShell skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PowerShell over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 93 105
Rank change year-on-year -21 +12 -26
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 2,349 3,588 5,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.35% 3.61% 3.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.07% 8.33% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,900 2,455 3,567
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,125 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

All Programming Languages
UK

PowerShell is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,218 43,078 87,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 24,863 27,599 43,697
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell.

Salary trend for PowerShell in the UK

PowerShell
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

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 20 May 2024. 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 -14 2,209 £55,000 -8.33% 629
UK excluding London -34 1,499 £50,000 -4.76% 419
Work from Home -36 831 £58,000 -3.33% 270
London -15 763 £73,750 +5.36% 250
South East -26 420 £52,500 -4.55% 147
North of England -45 336 £50,000 - 106
South West +7 287 £50,000 -4.76% 54
Midlands -17 229 £46,500 -12.68% 57
North West -53 169 £52,500 +10.53% 54
West Midlands -10 153 £47,500 -12.04% 37
East of England +16 147 £47,500 -17.39% 37
Yorkshire -23 125 £47,500 -5.00% 44
East Midlands -15 74 £45,000 -14.29% 20
Scotland -112 58 £60,000 +9.09% 17
North East +11 42 £47,500 -17.39% 8
Wales -52 17 £44,000 +14.29% 3
Northern Ireland -3 8 £35,000 -39.13% 5

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 331 (14.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 278 (11.83%) SharePoint
3 82 (3.49%) IIS
4 25 (1.06%) Confluence
5 14 (0.60%) WordPress
6 13 (0.55%) CMS
7 9 (0.38%) Apache
8 7 (0.30%) Skype for Business
8 7 (0.30%) Tomcat
9 6 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (0.21%) IBM Notes
10 5 (0.21%) SAS
10 5 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.13%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.085%) Liferay
12 2 (0.085%) Magnolia
12 2 (0.085%) nginx
12 2 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 169 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.34%) InfoPath
6 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.043%) 1Password
7 1 (0.043%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.043%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.043%) Simulink
7 1 (0.043%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.043%) Weka
Business Applications
1 18 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.68%) Fidessa
3 9 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.21%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.17%) BusinessWorks
6 4 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.043%) Eikon
7 1 (0.043%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.043%) Endur
7 1 (0.043%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.043%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.043%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,430 (60.88%) Azure
2 771 (32.82%) Microsoft 365
3 434 (18.48%) AWS
4 380 (16.18%) Entra ID
5 291 (12.39%) Azure DevOps
6 218 (9.28%) Power Platform
7 178 (7.58%) SaaS
8 153 (6.51%) PaaS
9 135 (5.75%) IaaS
10 104 (4.43%) GitHub
11 98 (4.17%) OneDrive
12 83 (3.53%) GCP
13 80 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
14 75 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
14 75 (3.19%) Power Automate
15 73 (3.11%) PowerApps
16 68 (2.89%) Serverless
17 62 (2.64%) Azure Sentinel
18 49 (2.09%) Azure AKS
19 46 (1.96%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 448 (19.07%) DNS
2 446 (18.99%) Firewall
3 330 (14.05%) DHCP
4 243 (10.34%) TCP/IP
5 193 (8.22%) VPN
6 191 (8.13%) WAN
7 183 (7.79%) SAN
8 175 (7.45%) LAN
9 97 (4.13%) VLAN
10 93 (3.96%) Wireless
11 86 (3.66%) Network Security
12 70 (2.98%) Internet
13 69 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
14 64 (2.72%) HTTP
15 42 (1.79%) VoIP
16 40 (1.70%) SNMP
17 39 (1.66%) SD-WAN
18 37 (1.58%) NAS
19 33 (1.40%) SSL
20 29 (1.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 344 (14.64%) SQL Server
2 106 (4.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 100 (4.26%) Power BI
4 94 (4.00%) MySQL
5 87 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 77 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 63 (2.68%) MongoDB
8 49 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
8 49 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 26 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
11 25 (1.06%) Oracle Database
11 25 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 18 (0.77%) NoSQL
12 18 (0.77%) Redis
13 15 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (0.64%) MariaDB
14 12 (0.51%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.43%) InfluxDB
16 9 (0.38%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 181 (7.71%) Git
2 167 (7.11%) Jenkins
3 108 (4.60%) JIRA
4 50 (2.13%) GitLab
5 48 (2.04%) Visual Studio
6 43 (1.83%) TeamCity
7 28 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 25 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
9 21 (0.89%) Bitbucket
10 19 (0.81%) Eclipse
11 18 (0.77%) MSI
12 15 (0.64%) Moq
12 15 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
13 13 (0.55%) NUnit
14 12 (0.51%) gulp
15 10 (0.43%) Trac
15 10 (0.43%) Yeoman
16 9 (0.38%) Robot Framework
16 9 (0.38%) SonarQube
16 9 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 606 (25.80%) Social Skills
2 480 (20.43%) Finance
3 217 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (5.79%) Banking
5 90 (3.83%) Law
6 83 (3.53%) Aerospace
7 76 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 71 (3.02%) Public Sector
9 70 (2.98%) Legal
10 51 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 48 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 47 (2.00%) Retail
13 42 (1.79%) Marketing
13 42 (1.79%) Telecoms
14 37 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
15 35 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (1.11%) Games
17 19 (0.81%) Advertising
17 19 (0.81%) Electronics
18 16 (0.68%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 409 (17.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 407 (17.33%) Senior
3 185 (7.88%) Analyst
4 176 (7.49%) Support Engineer
5 172 (7.32%) Developer
6 166 (7.07%) Azure Engineer
7 163 (6.94%) Administrator
8 158 (6.73%) DevOps Engineer
9 153 (6.51%) IT Engineer
10 129 (5.49%) Cloud Engineer
11 117 (4.98%) Lead
12 108 (4.60%) IT Support
13 105 (4.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 90 (3.83%) Architect
15 87 (3.70%) Security Engineer
16 81 (3.45%) DBA
17 80 (3.41%) Systems Engineer
18 75 (3.19%) Platform Engineer
19 73 (3.11%) Consultant
20 66 (2.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (9.20%) .NET
2 106 (4.51%) HTML
3 94 (4.00%) ARM Templates
4 84 (3.58%) JSON
5 76 (3.24%) REST
6 70 (2.98%) XML
7 64 (2.72%) CSS
7 64 (2.72%) YAML
8 60 (2.55%) .NET Framework
9 56 (2.38%) Web Services
10 47 (2.00%) ASP.NET
11 46 (1.96%) React
12 39 (1.66%) AngularJS
13 36 (1.53%) .NET Core
14 34 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
15 29 (1.23%) SOAP
16 28 (1.19%) RESTful
17 27 (1.15%) Node.js
18 26 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
19 25 (1.06%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 145 (6.17%) Data Centre
2 120 (5.11%) Management Information System
3 109 (4.64%) Clustering
4 99 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (3.32%) Public Cloud
6 75 (3.19%) Replication
7 71 (3.02%) PKI
8 66 (2.81%) Onboarding
9 52 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 51 (2.17%) Driving Licence
11 45 (1.92%) Cloud Native
12 36 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
13 31 (1.32%) Private Cloud
14 25 (1.06%) Client/Server
14 25 (1.06%) Product Ownership
15 20 (0.85%) CCTV
16 19 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.81%) Security Posture
17 17 (0.72%) Cyberattack
18 16 (0.68%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1,256 (53.47%) Windows
2 649 (27.63%) Windows Server
3 586 (24.95%) Linux
4 211 (8.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 204 (8.68%) Windows 10
6 191 (8.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 161 (6.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 102 (4.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 102 (4.34%) Unix
9 80 (3.41%) CentOS
10 63 (2.68%) Mac OS
10 63 (2.68%) Ubuntu
11 48 (2.04%) Apple iOS
12 46 (1.96%) Windows 7
13 38 (1.62%) Windows Server 2008
14 36 (1.53%) Android
15 32 (1.36%) VMS
16 21 (0.89%) Solaris
17 16 (0.68%) Windows XP
18 15 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 634 (26.99%) DevOps
2 517 (22.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 475 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
4 373 (15.88%) ITIL
5 365 (15.54%) Agile
6 324 (13.79%) CI/CD
7 299 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
8 296 (12.60%) Infrastructure as Code
9 202 (8.60%) Mentoring
10 194 (8.26%) Roadmaps
11 193 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 177 (7.54%) Migration
13 162 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
14 160 (6.81%) Project Management
15 153 (6.51%) Task Automation
16 149 (6.34%) Information Security
17 147 (6.26%) Customer Service
18 145 (6.17%) Change Management
19 141 (6.00%) Computer Science
19 141 (6.00%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 651 (27.71%) Python
2 486 (20.69%) Bash
3 482 (20.52%) SQL
4 306 (13.03%) C#
5 161 (6.85%) JavaScript
6 140 (5.96%) Java
7 112 (4.77%) T-SQL
8 87 (3.70%) Perl
9 78 (3.32%) Ruby
10 70 (2.98%) Bicep
11 58 (2.47%) VB
12 45 (1.92%) VBScript
13 44 (1.87%) TypeScript
14 41 (1.75%) C++
14 41 (1.75%) Go
15 33 (1.40%) C
16 28 (1.19%) Shell Script
17 26 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
18 20 (0.85%) VB.NET
19 16 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 451 (19.20%) Security Cleared
2 397 (16.90%) Degree
3 295 (12.56%) SC Cleared
4 221 (9.41%) DV Cleared
5 119 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 109 (4.64%) Azure Certification
7 99 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
8 79 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (2.94%) CCNA
10 51 (2.17%) CISSP
11 41 (1.75%) AWS Certification
11 41 (1.75%) MCSA
12 40 (1.70%) MCSE
13 30 (1.28%) DBS Check
14 28 (1.19%) CCNP
15 26 (1.11%) CEH
16 24 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 24 (1.02%) MCP
16 24 (1.02%) SANS
17 23 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (2.89%) SLA
3 33 (1.40%) NIST
4 30 (1.28%) GDPR
4 30 (1.28%) PCI DSS
5 23 (0.98%) QA
6 16 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (0.43%) GRC
9 8 (0.34%) PMO
10 6 (0.26%) NCSC
11 5 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.17%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.13%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.085%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.085%) EMIR
14 2 (0.085%) ISO 9000
14 2 (0.085%) MiFID
14 2 (0.085%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.043%) GxP
System Software
1 910 (38.74%) Active Directory
2 431 (18.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 304 (12.94%) Hyper-V
4 218 (9.28%) Docker
5 125 (5.32%) vSphere
6 121 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
7 114 (4.85%) Virtual Machines
8 77 (3.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 42 (1.79%) XenApp
10 28 (1.19%) RACF
11 20 (0.85%) XenDesktop
12 17 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
13 16 (0.68%) NFS
13 16 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
14 11 (0.47%) OpenSSH
14 11 (0.47%) vCloud
15 10 (0.43%) pfSense
16 9 (0.38%) Terminal Services
17 8 (0.34%) DFS Replication
17 8 (0.34%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 362 (15.41%) Terraform
2 332 (14.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 308 (13.11%) Kubernetes
4 294 (12.52%) Ansible
5 250 (10.64%) SCCM
6 114 (4.85%) Puppet
7 101 (4.30%) vCenter Server
8 72 (3.07%) WSUS
9 61 (2.60%) SCOM
10 57 (2.43%) Grafana
11 54 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 47 (2.00%) Progress Chef
13 45 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
14 39 (1.66%) Microsoft Clustering
15 31 (1.32%) Prometheus
16 28 (1.19%) Nagios
17 23 (0.98%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 20 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
19 19 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
19 19 (0.81%) WMI
Vendors
1 1,236 (52.62%) Microsoft
2 646 (27.50%) VMware
3 187 (7.96%) Cisco
4 177 (7.54%) Citrix
5 160 (6.81%) Oracle
6 158 (6.73%) Red Hat
7 149 (6.34%) Veeam
8 82 (3.49%) Splunk
9 66 (2.81%) ServiceNow
10 61 (2.60%) Google
11 59 (2.51%) Dell
11 59 (2.51%) HP
12 56 (2.38%) Palo Alto
13 52 (2.21%) Commvault
14 44 (1.87%) Juniper
15 41 (1.75%) CyberArk
15 41 (1.75%) Fortinet
16 39 (1.66%) Apple
16 39 (1.66%) NetApp
17 38 (1.62%) Bloomberg