PowerShell Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Windows PowerShell
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 110 98
Rank change year-on-year -12 -12 +4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 739 852 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.56% 2.60% 2.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.23% 8.25% 8.26%
Number of salaries quoted 539 582 1,220
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% -6.75%
75th Percentile £65,625 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £83,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 7,227 10,326 17,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.25% 31.55% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,273 5,721 14,058
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £43,750 £41,828
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,443 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +4.44% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
South East -34 188 £57,500 -4.17% 134
Scotland +55 143 £71,500 +24.35% 22
North of England -19 138 £48,445 -7.72% 83
South West +1 103 £55,000 +1.85% 38
Midlands -40 91 £52,500 +5.00% 49
East of England 0 65 £40,000 -23.81% 30
Yorkshire -25 62 £47,500 -9.52% 23
North West -21 60 £50,000 -4.76% 48
West Midlands -42 46 £47,500 -5.00% 26
East Midlands -17 44 £55,000 +8.91% 24
North East +1 16 £47,500 -17.39% 12
Wales -1 10 £55,000 +5.77% 10
Northern Ireland -20 2 £46,000 - 2
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 135 (18.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (13.26%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.98%) Exchange Server 2003
3 22 (2.98%) IIS
4 8 (1.08%) Skype for Business
5 5 (0.68%) Confluence
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) CICS
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 42 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.81%) Siemens NX
3 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.41%) CATIA
4 3 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.41%) Windchill
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) Workday HCM
2 7 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.81%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.68%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.54%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.27%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 479 (64.82%) Azure
2 267 (36.13%) Microsoft 365
3 209 (28.28%) Entra ID
4 122 (16.51%) AWS
5 106 (14.34%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (7.98%) GitHub
7 56 (7.58%) Power Platform
8 48 (6.50%) GitHub Actions
9 47 (6.36%) Google Workspace
10 38 (5.14%) SaaS
11 37 (5.01%) Azure Monitor
11 37 (5.01%) GCP
12 36 (4.87%) OneDrive
13 33 (4.47%) Snowflake
14 32 (4.33%) Azure Key Vault
15 31 (4.19%) PaaS
16 30 (4.06%) dbt
17 26 (3.52%) IaaS
18 25 (3.38%) Power Automate
19 24 (3.25%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 145 (19.62%) DNS
2 122 (16.51%) DHCP
3 116 (15.70%) Firewall
4 69 (9.34%) TCP/IP
5 68 (9.20%) VPN
6 47 (6.36%) WAN
7 45 (6.09%) Broadband
8 44 (5.95%) LAN
9 41 (5.55%) VLAN
10 28 (3.79%) Wireless
11 22 (2.98%) VoIP
11 22 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (2.17%) SAN
12 16 (2.17%) SD-WAN
13 15 (2.03%) Network Security
14 13 (1.76%) MPLS
15 11 (1.49%) BGP
16 10 (1.35%) VSAN
17 9 (1.22%) Telnet
18 8 (1.08%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (10.55%) SQL Server
2 38 (5.14%) Power BI
3 29 (3.92%) Oracle Database
4 26 (3.52%) Oracle Database 10g
5 20 (2.71%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.30%) MySQL
6 17 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.95%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.68%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.54%) DTS
13 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database 11g
13 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
13 4 (0.54%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 59 (7.98%) JIRA
2 54 (7.31%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.47%) Git
4 16 (2.17%) GitLab
5 14 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (1.08%) CircleCI
6 8 (1.08%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.95%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.54%) Toad
9 3 (0.41%) Balsamiq
9 3 (0.41%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.41%) TestRail
10 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.27%) git-flow
10 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.14%) Postman
11 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 244 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 190 (25.71%) Finance
3 73 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.44%) Organisational Skills
5 44 (5.95%) Retail
6 35 (4.74%) Games
7 27 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.84%) Public Sector
9 16 (2.17%) Law
9 16 (2.17%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.35%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.22%) Legal
13 8 (1.08%) Front Office
14 7 (0.95%) Local Government
15 6 (0.81%) Advertising
15 6 (0.81%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.41%) Billing
16 3 (0.41%) Marketing
16 3 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 125 (16.91%) Senior
2 88 (11.91%) Support Engineer
3 85 (11.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 70 (9.47%) Developer
5 62 (8.39%) IT Support
6 56 (7.58%) Azure Engineer
7 50 (6.77%) IT Engineer
8 49 (6.63%) Security Engineer
9 43 (5.82%) Applications Engineer
10 42 (5.68%) 3rd Line Support
10 42 (5.68%) DevOps Engineer
11 40 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
12 38 (5.14%) Analyst
12 38 (5.14%) IT Support Engineer
13 31 (4.19%) Applications Support
14 29 (3.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 29 (3.92%) Lead
15 25 (3.38%) Systems Support
16 24 (3.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 23 (3.11%) JIRA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (11.64%) REST
2 63 (8.53%) SOAP
3 62 (8.39%) OAuth
4 57 (7.71%) SAML
5 55 (7.44%) GraphQL
6 50 (6.77%) OpenID
7 43 (5.82%) LDAP
8 33 (4.47%) .NET
9 26 (3.52%) JSON
10 24 (3.25%) ARM Templates
11 22 (2.98%) YAML
12 20 (2.71%) Web Services
13 18 (2.44%) React
14 13 (1.76%) AngularJS
15 11 (1.49%) OpenAPI
15 11 (1.49%) Swagger
16 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
16 10 (1.35%) OAuth2
16 10 (1.35%) Razor View Engine
17 9 (1.22%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.66%) Onboarding
2 49 (6.63%) Product Ownership
3 43 (5.82%) Cyber Threat
3 43 (5.82%) Cyberattack
4 29 (3.92%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.52%) Driving Licence
6 22 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.84%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.76%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.76%) Replication
10 11 (1.49%) PKI
11 10 (1.35%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.08%) Clustering
12 8 (1.08%) CMDB
12 8 (1.08%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 314 (42.49%) Windows
2 179 (24.22%) Windows Server
3 95 (12.86%) Linux
4 46 (6.22%) Windows 10
5 32 (4.33%) Mac OS
6 30 (4.06%) Unix
7 26 (3.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 22 (2.98%) HPUX
8 22 (2.98%) Solaris
8 22 (2.98%) Windows 7
8 22 (2.98%) Windows Server 2003
8 22 (2.98%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (2.44%) Apple iOS
10 17 (2.30%) Android
10 17 (2.30%) VMS
10 17 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (1.62%) CentOS
12 8 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.81%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (25.58%) DevOps
3 182 (24.63%) ITIL
4 174 (23.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 133 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 133 (18.00%) Mentoring
6 127 (17.19%) CI/CD
7 126 (17.05%) Agile
8 125 (16.91%) Cybersecurity
9 122 (16.51%) Roadmaps
10 110 (14.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 108 (14.61%) Asset Management
12 97 (13.13%) Coaching
13 81 (10.96%) Disaster Recovery
14 72 (9.74%) Root Cause Analysis
15 71 (9.61%) ITSM
16 69 (9.34%) Incident Management
17 62 (8.39%) Identity Access Management
17 62 (8.39%) Task Automation
18 60 (8.12%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 221 (29.91%) Python
2 192 (25.98%) Bash
3 158 (21.38%) SQL
4 59 (7.98%) C#
5 53 (7.17%) T-SQL
6 46 (6.22%) JavaScript
7 42 (5.68%) Bicep
8 22 (2.98%) Perl
9 12 (1.62%) VB
10 10 (1.35%) VBScript
11 8 (1.08%) Java
11 8 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (1.08%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.54%) Go
12 4 (0.54%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.41%) Tcl
14 2 (0.27%) C++
14 2 (0.27%) Delphi
14 2 (0.27%) VB6
14 2 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 96 (12.99%) Degree
1 96 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 63 (8.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 55 (7.44%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.82%) DV Cleared
5 41 (5.55%) Azure Certification
6 31 (4.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 25 (3.38%) CISSP
8 24 (3.25%) CREST Certified
9 21 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (2.71%) AWS Certification
10 20 (2.71%) SANS
11 19 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (2.17%) CCNA
13 13 (1.76%) DBS Check
14 11 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
15 10 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (1.22%) CEH
16 9 (1.22%) MCSA
16 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.20%) NIST
2 58 (7.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (6.36%) NCSC
4 44 (5.95%) GDPR
5 35 (4.74%) Accessibility
5 35 (4.74%) SLA
6 17 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.22%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.68%) DICOM
9 5 (0.68%) ISO 22301
9 5 (0.68%) QA
10 3 (0.41%) HL7
11 2 (0.27%) COBIT
11 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 304 (41.14%) Active Directory
2 69 (9.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (8.66%) Hyper-V
4 56 (7.58%) Docker
5 32 (4.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 31 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (2.57%) vSphere
8 9 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.95%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.54%) XenApp
11 3 (0.41%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.41%) Firmware
11 3 (0.41%) iptables
12 2 (0.27%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 1 (0.14%) KVM
13 1 (0.14%) RACF
13 1 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 145 (19.62%) Terraform
2 109 (14.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 61 (8.25%) Kubernetes
4 49 (6.63%) Ansible
5 29 (3.92%) Grafana
6 27 (3.65%) SCCM
7 23 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.89%) Prometheus
9 13 (1.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (1.35%) WSUS
11 9 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (1.22%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.95%) SCVMM
13 6 (0.81%) McAfee ePO
13 6 (0.81%) Nagios
13 6 (0.81%) SCOM
14 5 (0.68%) ZABBIX
15 4 (0.54%) Puppet
15 4 (0.54%) QRadar
15 4 (0.54%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 394 (53.32%) Microsoft
2 114 (15.43%) VMware
3 43 (5.82%) Cisco
3 43 (5.82%) Oracle
4 42 (5.68%) Veeam
5 35 (4.74%) ServiceNow
6 28 (3.79%) Atlassian
7 27 (3.65%) Splunk
8 22 (2.98%) SolarWinds
9 19 (2.57%) Red Hat
10 16 (2.17%) Citrix
11 15 (2.03%) Google
11 15 (2.03%) SAP
12 14 (1.89%) Apple
12 14 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
12 14 (1.89%) Dynatrace
13 12 (1.62%) IBM
14 11 (1.49%) Fortinet
14 11 (1.49%) HP
14 11 (1.49%) MuleSoft