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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 85 136
Rank change year-on-year -65 +51 -41
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 785 1,055 1,497
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.16% 3.51% 1.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.41% 12.74% 6.42%
Number of salaries quoted 623 575 1,152
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,875 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,101 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £60,006
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,550 £74,889
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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 10,594 8,280 23,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.68% 27.57% 29.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,585 5,249 17,231
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 19 June 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 19 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
South East -44 203 £55,000 -4.35% 126
North of England -88 196 £47,500 -6.40% 66
Midlands -42 137 £50,000 - 27
North West -79 102 £51,500 +10.75% 50
East of England -26 86 £54,500 +14.74% 25
South West -44 84 £55,000 +15.79% 41
East Midlands -11 77 £45,000 +24.14% 14
Yorkshire -26 61 £45,000 -21.74% 13
West Midlands -69 59 £51,250 -4.54% 13
Scotland +37 52 £50,000 +3.09% 10
North East -24 33 £47,500 -19.15% 4
Wales -26 24 £54,085 +3.02% 9
Northern Ireland -28 3 £46,000 +6.75% 11
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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
1 145 (18.47%) SharePoint
2 142 (18.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (4.33%) IIS
4 16 (2.04%) Confluence
5 2 (0.25%) Apache
5 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 41 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.25%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.13%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 511 (65.10%) Azure
2 333 (42.42%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (24.97%) Entra ID
4 128 (16.31%) AWS
5 90 (11.46%) Azure DevOps
6 72 (9.17%) IaaS
7 67 (8.54%) Power Platform
8 61 (7.77%) GitHub
9 58 (7.39%) OneDrive
10 45 (5.73%) Azure AKS
11 44 (5.61%) SaaS
12 43 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
13 42 (5.35%) Azure Key Vault
14 40 (5.10%) PaaS
15 39 (4.97%) Google Workspace
15 39 (4.97%) Power Automate
16 38 (4.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 34 (4.33%) Azure Monitor
17 34 (4.33%) Azure Sentinel
18 30 (3.82%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 219 (27.90%) DNS
2 193 (24.59%) Firewall
3 140 (17.83%) DHCP
4 132 (16.82%) VPN
5 86 (10.96%) TCP/IP
6 70 (8.92%) WAN
7 65 (8.28%) LAN
8 50 (6.37%) VLAN
9 36 (4.59%) Broadband
10 35 (4.46%) VoIP
11 31 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (3.31%) SAN
13 25 (3.18%) Network Security
14 18 (2.29%) BGP
15 17 (2.17%) Wireless
16 16 (2.04%) SD-WAN
17 13 (1.66%) HTTP
17 13 (1.66%) SSL
18 12 (1.53%) MPLS
19 10 (1.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (10.45%) SQL Server
2 42 (5.35%) Power BI
3 41 (5.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 33 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (2.68%) MySQL
7 10 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.15%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.02%) InfluxDB
9 8 (1.02%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.64%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.64%) Metadata
11 4 (0.51%) Redis
11 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.25%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (7.52%) Git
2 49 (6.24%) JIRA
3 40 (5.10%) Jenkins
4 37 (4.71%) GitLab
5 14 (1.78%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.40%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.76%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.76%) TestRail
8 5 (0.64%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.64%) Selenium
9 4 (0.51%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.38%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.38%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.25%) MSI
12 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
General
1 233 (29.68%) Social Skills
2 97 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
3 78 (9.94%) Finance
4 63 (8.03%) Law
5 52 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (5.48%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (4.59%) Retail
9 29 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 24 (3.06%) Games
11 20 (2.55%) Legal
12 18 (2.29%) Aerospace
13 17 (2.17%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.78%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.02%) Advertising
16 6 (0.76%) Police
17 5 (0.64%) Aviation
17 5 (0.64%) Local Government
18 4 (0.51%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 161 (20.51%) Senior
2 137 (17.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 107 (13.63%) Support Engineer
4 106 (13.50%) IT Support
5 95 (12.10%) IT Engineer
6 81 (10.32%) Cloud Engineer
7 71 (9.04%) Analyst
8 67 (8.54%) Azure Engineer
9 66 (8.41%) IT Support Engineer
10 62 (7.90%) DevOps Engineer
11 51 (6.50%) Security Engineer
12 49 (6.24%) 2nd Line Support
13 46 (5.86%) Developer
14 38 (4.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 33 (4.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 33 (4.20%) Systems Engineer
16 30 (3.82%) Administrator
17 26 (3.31%) Lead
18 24 (3.06%) Consultant
18 24 (3.06%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (7.26%) .NET
2 47 (5.99%) OAuth
3 45 (5.73%) SAML
4 40 (5.10%) LDAP
5 39 (4.97%) OpenID
6 38 (4.84%) Microsoft Graph
6 38 (4.84%) REST
7 35 (4.46%) JSON
7 35 (4.46%) SOAP
8 33 (4.20%) GraphQL
9 30 (3.82%) YAML
10 29 (3.69%) ARM Templates
11 26 (3.31%) HTML
12 24 (3.06%) SPFx
13 23 (2.93%) .NET Core
14 21 (2.68%) CSS
15 19 (2.42%) HTML5 Canvas
16 16 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
17 15 (1.91%) React
18 12 (1.53%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.39%) Onboarding
2 49 (6.24%) Driving Licence
3 40 (5.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 39 (4.97%) Cyberattack
5 37 (4.71%) Cyber Threat
6 36 (4.59%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.31%) PKI
7 26 (3.31%) Security Operations Centre
8 24 (3.06%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.06%) Security Posture
9 21 (2.68%) Data Centre
10 19 (2.42%) Public Cloud
11 17 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.91%) Clustering
13 14 (1.78%) Replication
14 13 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.66%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.40%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 380 (48.41%) Windows
2 205 (26.11%) Windows Server
3 172 (21.91%) Linux
4 51 (6.50%) Windows 10
5 34 (4.33%) Apple iOS
6 33 (4.20%) Mac OS
7 29 (3.69%) CentOS
8 28 (3.57%) Android
9 27 (3.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 24 (3.06%) Windows Server 2019
11 21 (2.68%) Ubuntu
11 21 (2.68%) VMS
12 20 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (0.89%) Debian
14 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.51%) AIX
15 4 (0.51%) Unix
16 3 (0.38%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
18 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
2 170 (21.66%) Infrastructure as Code
2 170 (21.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 163 (20.76%) Cybersecurity
4 160 (20.38%) DevOps
5 154 (19.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 150 (19.11%) CI/CD
7 137 (17.45%) ITIL
8 121 (15.41%) Agile
9 104 (13.25%) Containerisation
10 103 (13.12%) Mentoring
11 96 (12.23%) Root Cause Analysis
12 90 (11.46%) Disaster Recovery
13 88 (11.21%) High Availability
14 80 (10.19%) Task Automation
15 79 (10.06%) Roadmaps
16 78 (9.94%) Observability
17 76 (9.68%) Cloud Security
18 69 (8.79%) SIEM
19 64 (8.15%) AI
Programming Languages
1 253 (32.23%) Python
2 231 (29.43%) Bash
3 136 (17.32%) SQL
4 61 (7.77%) C#
5 59 (7.52%) Bicep
6 47 (5.99%) T-SQL
7 40 (5.10%) JavaScript
8 26 (3.31%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (1.40%) C++
11 10 (1.27%) VB
12 9 (1.15%) Java
13 8 (1.02%) Perl
13 8 (1.02%) VBScript
14 7 (0.89%) PHP
15 6 (0.76%) Korn
16 4 (0.51%) C
16 4 (0.51%) Go
16 4 (0.51%) Ruby
17 2 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 117 (14.90%) Security Cleared
2 93 (11.85%) Azure Certification
3 89 (11.34%) Degree
4 81 (10.32%) SC Cleared
5 70 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (4.59%) DV Cleared
7 28 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (3.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 26 (3.31%) DBS Check
10 25 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (2.55%) CCNA
12 17 (2.17%) CISSP
12 17 (2.17%) CREST Certified
13 16 (2.04%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.91%) CEH
15 8 (1.02%) SANS
16 7 (0.89%) CISM
16 7 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (0.76%) GIAC
17 6 (0.76%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (7.52%) NIST
3 43 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (4.97%) GDPR
5 32 (4.08%) NCSC
6 27 (3.44%) SLA
7 13 (1.66%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.66%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.53%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.02%) QA
10 8 (1.02%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.76%) DICOM
11 6 (0.76%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.25%) ISAE 3402
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) COBIT
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 319 (40.64%) Active Directory
2 149 (18.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (14.52%) Hyper-V
4 101 (12.87%) Docker
5 44 (5.61%) vSphere
6 31 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (3.06%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (2.55%) VMware NSX
9 11 (1.40%) BitLocker
10 10 (1.27%) KVM
10 10 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (1.02%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.51%) iptables
13 4 (0.51%) Squid
14 2 (0.25%) Samba
15 1 (0.13%) Firmware
15 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 175 (22.29%) Terraform
2 142 (18.09%) Kubernetes
3 115 (14.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 86 (10.96%) Ansible
5 54 (6.88%) Grafana
6 35 (4.46%) Prometheus
7 24 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (2.68%) vCenter Server
9 20 (2.55%) SCCM
10 19 (2.42%) Jamf Pro
11 16 (2.04%) ZABBIX
12 15 (1.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 14 (1.78%) Graylog
13 14 (1.78%) Proxmox
14 12 (1.53%) Nagios
15 11 (1.40%) QRadar
15 11 (1.40%) WSUS
16 10 (1.27%) Argo
17 8 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
17 8 (1.02%) Nessus
Vendors
1 481 (61.27%) Microsoft
2 175 (22.29%) VMware
3 63 (8.03%) Cisco
4 46 (5.86%) Splunk
5 43 (5.48%) Veeam
6 42 (5.35%) Red Hat
7 36 (4.59%) Meraki
8 21 (2.68%) Apple
9 19 (2.42%) Adobe
9 19 (2.42%) Dell
9 19 (2.42%) SolarWinds
10 18 (2.29%) Logitech
10 18 (2.29%) ServiceNow
11 17 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
12 16 (2.04%) Oracle
13 14 (1.78%) Dynatrace
14 12 (1.53%) Google
14 12 (1.53%) HP
14 12 (1.53%) Sophos
15 11 (1.40%) Zerto