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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 87 128
Rank change year-on-year -65 +41 -52
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 978 1,125 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.16% 3.27% 1.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.95% 14.47% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 676 663 617
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,313 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 12,303 7,776 15,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.56% 22.61% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 9,029 4,841 9,058
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -29 240 £52,500 -8.70% 196
North of England -87 240 £50,000 - 183
Midlands -55 159 £52,500 +5.00% 94
North West -62 144 £50,000 +5.26% 102
East of England -42 99 £57,500 +21.05% 64
South West -83 86 £55,000 +15.79% 81
West Midlands -71 81 £55,000 +1.21% 51
East Midlands -31 78 £42,500 +21.43% 43
Northern Ireland -19 70 £46,000 - 15
Yorkshire -46 60 £45,000 -12.83% 54
Scotland -1 46 £51,250 +3.10% 53
Wales -48 38 £38,500 -30.00% 23
North East -43 36 £51,500 -6.36% 29
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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
1 196 (20.04%) SharePoint
2 187 (19.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (4.81%) IIS
4 22 (2.25%) Confluence
5 15 (1.53%) nginx
6 8 (0.82%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (3.17%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 572 (58.49%) Azure
2 404 (41.31%) Microsoft 365
3 290 (29.65%) Entra ID
4 152 (15.54%) AWS
5 148 (15.13%) SaaS
6 107 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (8.38%) IaaS
8 79 (8.08%) Power Platform
9 75 (7.67%) OneDrive
10 67 (6.85%) GitHub
11 63 (6.44%) Power Automate
12 50 (5.11%) Azure Sentinel
12 50 (5.11%) PaaS
13 48 (4.91%) Azure Monitor
14 46 (4.70%) Azure AKS
14 46 (4.70%) Azure Key Vault
15 40 (4.09%) Microsoft Purview
16 39 (3.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 39 (3.99%) Microsoft Copilot
17 33 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 275 (28.12%) DNS
2 250 (25.56%) Firewall
3 182 (18.61%) DHCP
4 174 (17.79%) VPN
5 113 (11.55%) TCP/IP
6 92 (9.41%) WAN
7 80 (8.18%) LAN
8 62 (6.34%) VLAN
9 45 (4.60%) Wireless
10 41 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (2.97%) SAN
12 22 (2.25%) Network Security
13 20 (2.04%) SSL
14 18 (1.84%) HTTP
15 16 (1.64%) VSAN
16 15 (1.53%) VoIP
17 14 (1.43%) Internet
18 12 (1.23%) NAS
19 11 (1.12%) SD-WAN
20 10 (1.02%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.59%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 40 (4.09%) Power BI
4 22 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.12%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.92%) MySQL
9 8 (0.82%) InfluxDB
10 7 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.51%) Metadata
12 5 (0.51%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.41%) Power Query
13 4 (0.41%) Redis
13 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.20%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 67 (6.85%) Git
1 67 (6.85%) JIRA
2 48 (4.91%) GitLab
3 39 (3.99%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.04%) Bitbucket
5 12 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (0.82%) Robot Framework
6 8 (0.82%) TestRail
7 6 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.61%) Selenium
7 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.31%) Postman
9 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Ivy
10 2 (0.20%) git-flow
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 394 (40.29%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.25%) Finance
3 106 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (9.20%) Legal
5 89 (9.10%) Law
6 49 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (4.60%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (3.99%) Retail
9 35 (3.58%) Public Sector
10 32 (3.27%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.56%) Aerospace
11 25 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.33%) Legal Technology
13 8 (0.82%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.61%) Advertising
14 6 (0.61%) Police
15 5 (0.51%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.51%) Local Government
15 5 (0.51%) Military
16 4 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 211 (21.57%) Senior
2 164 (16.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 125 (12.78%) Support Engineer
4 118 (12.07%) IT Engineer
5 109 (11.15%) Analyst
6 101 (10.33%) IT Support
7 93 (9.51%) Cloud Engineer
8 73 (7.46%) Azure Engineer
9 68 (6.95%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (6.65%) IT Support Engineer
11 55 (5.62%) Senior Manager
11 55 (5.62%) Testing Manager
12 51 (5.21%) Administrator
13 46 (4.70%) Consultant
14 44 (4.50%) Lead
15 40 (4.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 40 (4.09%) Support Analyst
15 40 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
16 38 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support
17 35 (3.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (20.86%) Terraform
2 59 (6.03%) .NET
3 42 (4.29%) ARM Templates
4 37 (3.78%) Microsoft Graph
5 30 (3.07%) YAML
6 27 (2.76%) HTML
7 25 (2.56%) JSON
8 20 (2.04%) SPFx
9 19 (1.94%) .NET Core
10 18 (1.84%) CSS
10 18 (1.84%) Elastic Stack
11 17 (1.74%) REST
12 15 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
13 14 (1.43%) LDAP
14 12 (1.23%) ASP.NET
14 12 (1.23%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (1.23%) Middleware
14 12 (1.23%) OpenID
15 11 (1.12%) OAuth
15 11 (1.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.49%) Onboarding
2 63 (6.44%) Driving Licence
3 60 (6.13%) Virtual Team
4 48 (4.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 47 (4.81%) Cloud Native
6 40 (4.09%) Management Information System
7 36 (3.68%) Replication
8 35 (3.58%) Clustering
8 35 (3.58%) PKI
8 35 (3.58%) Security Operations Centre
9 32 (3.27%) Security Posture
10 28 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.56%) Data Centre
12 22 (2.25%) Public Cloud
13 20 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.53%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (1.33%) Private Cloud
16 12 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
16 12 (1.23%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 487 (49.80%) Windows
2 257 (26.28%) Windows Server
3 237 (24.23%) Linux
4 61 (6.24%) Windows 10
5 39 (3.99%) Apple iOS
6 35 (3.58%) Ubuntu
7 32 (3.27%) Android
8 28 (2.86%) CentOS
9 27 (2.76%) Mac OS
10 25 (2.56%) VMS
11 24 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 23 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
14 9 (0.92%) Rocky
15 8 (0.82%) Debian
15 8 (0.82%) Unix
16 5 (0.51%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.41%) AIX
17 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (30.16%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (28.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 255 (26.07%) DevOps
4 243 (24.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 194 (19.84%) Infrastructure as Code
6 188 (19.22%) ITIL
7 176 (18.00%) CI/CD
8 164 (16.77%) Mentoring
9 155 (15.85%) Cybersecurity
10 143 (14.62%) Disaster Recovery
11 138 (14.11%) Project Delivery
12 126 (12.88%) Agile
13 114 (11.66%) High Availability
14 111 (11.35%) Root Cause Analysis
15 101 (10.33%) AI
16 97 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 93 (9.51%) Containerisation
18 90 (9.20%) Test Automation
19 87 (8.90%) Cloud Security
20 84 (8.59%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 330 (33.74%) Python
2 202 (20.65%) SQL
3 197 (20.14%) Bash
4 115 (11.76%) C#
5 112 (11.45%) JavaScript
6 89 (9.10%) Bicep
7 83 (8.49%) TypeScript
8 29 (2.97%) Kusto Query Language
9 16 (1.64%) Java
9 16 (1.64%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.53%) VBScript
11 14 (1.43%) C++
12 12 (1.23%) PHP
13 10 (1.02%) Perl
14 9 (0.92%) VB
15 6 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.51%) Go
16 5 (0.51%) Korn
16 5 (0.51%) Ruby
17 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 157 (16.05%) Security Cleared
2 113 (11.55%) Azure Certification
2 113 (11.55%) SC Cleared
3 107 (10.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 102 (10.43%) Degree
5 52 (5.32%) DV Cleared
6 40 (4.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 36 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (3.17%) CCNA
10 22 (2.25%) DBS Check
11 20 (2.04%) CEH
12 17 (1.74%) CISSP
13 12 (1.23%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.23%) GIAC
13 12 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 11 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.12%) CISM
15 10 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 10 (1.02%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.36%) QA
2 61 (6.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 61 (6.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.78%) NIST
4 31 (3.17%) GDPR
5 30 (3.07%) SLA
6 13 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.02%) Data Quality
8 9 (0.92%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.82%) NCSC
10 7 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.41%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.10%) DICOM
14 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 350 (35.79%) Active Directory
2 197 (20.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (14.21%) Hyper-V
4 92 (9.41%) Docker
5 61 (6.24%) vSphere
6 58 (5.93%) Virtual Machines
7 43 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.25%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.92%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.82%) Firmware
11 8 (0.82%) KVM
12 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.41%) Squid
12 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.10%) Ceph
13 1 (0.10%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 178 (18.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (15.24%) Kubernetes
3 98 (10.02%) Ansible
4 47 (4.81%) SCCM
5 44 (4.50%) Grafana
6 27 (2.76%) Prometheus
7 24 (2.45%) vCenter Server
8 22 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.64%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.64%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.53%) Graylog
11 13 (1.33%) Argo
11 13 (1.33%) QRadar
12 12 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
12 12 (1.23%) Puppet
13 10 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (1.02%) Kibana
14 9 (0.92%) VxRail
15 8 (0.82%) Nessus
16 7 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 632 (64.62%) Microsoft
2 221 (22.60%) VMware
3 81 (8.28%) Cisco
4 55 (5.62%) Veeam
5 51 (5.21%) Splunk
6 43 (4.40%) ServiceNow
7 35 (3.58%) Meraki
8 34 (3.48%) Sage
9 33 (3.37%) Red Hat
10 26 (2.66%) Dell
11 25 (2.56%) SAP
12 23 (2.35%) Citrix
13 20 (2.04%) Oracle
14 19 (1.94%) Apple
14 19 (1.94%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.94%) Sophos
15 18 (1.84%) Google
15 18 (1.84%) Logitech
15 18 (1.84%) TOWER Software
16 15 (1.53%) Adobe