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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 87 134
Rank change year-on-year -74 +47 -29
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 719 1,004 1,454
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.07% 3.54% 2.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.12% 12.80% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 565 537 1,165
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £73,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.52% +8.18% -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 10,099 7,842 21,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.06% 27.67% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 5,012 16,340
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -67 172 £56,750 -1.30% 100
North of England -115 164 £47,500 -6.40% 87
Midlands -50 125 £50,000 +2.56% 37
North West -98 85 £50,750 +10.33% 55
South West -43 81 £55,000 +15.79% 43
East of England -21 78 £57,500 +15.00% 27
Scotland +51 74 £50,000 +6.95% 16
East Midlands -20 73 £52,500 +44.83% 21
Yorkshire -24 57 £45,000 -28.00% 19
West Midlands -78 51 £48,250 -3.50% 16
Wales -16 22 £53,171 +6.34% 2
North East -33 22 £46,500 -19.13% 13
Northern Ireland - 3 £46,000 - 5
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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
1 124 (17.25%) SharePoint
2 123 (17.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (4.03%) IIS
4 13 (1.81%) Confluence
5 2 (0.28%) Apache
5 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 38 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.56%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.28%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 469 (65.23%) Azure
2 300 (41.72%) Microsoft 365
3 176 (24.48%) Entra ID
4 119 (16.55%) AWS
5 79 (10.99%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (8.21%) IaaS
7 56 (7.79%) Power Platform
8 55 (7.65%) OneDrive
9 49 (6.82%) GitHub
10 43 (5.98%) Azure Key Vault
11 42 (5.84%) Google Workspace
12 41 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
13 40 (5.56%) Azure AKS
14 38 (5.29%) SaaS
15 32 (4.45%) Azure Data Factory
16 31 (4.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 31 (4.31%) Datadog
17 30 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
17 30 (4.17%) Power Automate
18 29 (4.03%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 195 (27.12%) DNS
2 170 (23.64%) Firewall
3 119 (16.55%) DHCP
4 107 (14.88%) VPN
5 73 (10.15%) TCP/IP
6 62 (8.62%) WAN
7 55 (7.65%) LAN
8 42 (5.84%) VLAN
9 40 (5.56%) Broadband
10 38 (5.29%) VoIP
11 30 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (3.89%) SAN
13 19 (2.64%) Network Security
14 17 (2.36%) BGP
15 16 (2.23%) SD-WAN
16 13 (1.81%) MPLS
17 12 (1.67%) HTTP
18 11 (1.53%) Wireless
19 10 (1.39%) NAS
19 10 (1.39%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (10.29%) SQL Server
2 40 (5.56%) Power BI
3 34 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (3.34%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (3.06%) MySQL
7 12 (1.67%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.97%) InfluxDB
11 5 (0.70%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (0.70%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.56%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.42%) Metadata
13 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.28%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.28%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.14%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 49 (6.82%) Git
2 46 (6.40%) JIRA
3 39 (5.42%) Jenkins
4 32 (4.45%) GitLab
5 11 (1.53%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.97%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.70%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.70%) TestRail
9 4 (0.56%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.56%) Selenium
10 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.28%) MSI
10 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.28%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.14%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.14%) DBeaver
11 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 214 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 102 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (12.93%) Finance
4 54 (7.51%) Organisational Skills
5 49 (6.82%) Law
6 36 (5.01%) Retail
7 34 (4.73%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (4.03%) Games
9 29 (4.03%) Public Sector
10 16 (2.23%) Aerospace
10 16 (2.23%) Legal
10 16 (2.23%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.53%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.25%) Advertising
13 6 (0.83%) Police
14 5 (0.70%) Front Office
15 4 (0.56%) Military
16 3 (0.42%) Local Government
16 3 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 162 (22.53%) Senior
2 125 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 91 (12.66%) IT Support
4 90 (12.52%) Support Engineer
5 76 (10.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 74 (10.29%) IT Engineer
7 68 (9.46%) Azure Engineer
8 54 (7.51%) Analyst
9 52 (7.23%) IT Support Engineer
10 51 (7.09%) DevOps Engineer
11 48 (6.68%) Security Engineer
12 46 (6.40%) 2nd Line Support
13 45 (6.26%) Developer
14 33 (4.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 32 (4.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 29 (4.03%) Systems Engineer
17 24 (3.34%) Senior Developer
18 22 (3.06%) Consultant
18 22 (3.06%) Senior DevOps
18 22 (3.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.79%) OAuth
2 50 (6.95%) SAML
3 47 (6.54%) .NET
4 44 (6.12%) OpenID
5 42 (5.84%) LDAP
5 42 (5.84%) REST
6 41 (5.70%) GraphQL
7 39 (5.42%) SOAP
8 37 (5.15%) Microsoft Graph
9 33 (4.59%) JSON
10 30 (4.17%) YAML
11 24 (3.34%) .NET Core
12 23 (3.20%) ARM Templates
12 23 (3.20%) SPFx
13 22 (3.06%) HTML
14 20 (2.78%) CSS
15 19 (2.64%) HTML5 Canvas
16 15 (2.09%) React
17 12 (1.67%) Node.js
18 11 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.95%) Onboarding
2 45 (6.26%) Cyberattack
3 40 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (4.73%) Cloud Native
5 33 (4.59%) Driving Licence
6 28 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (3.48%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.20%) Data Centre
8 23 (3.20%) Security Operations Centre
9 21 (2.92%) PKI
10 16 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.95%) Clustering
12 14 (1.95%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.67%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.67%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.53%) Low-Code
14 11 (1.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 327 (45.48%) Windows
2 182 (25.31%) Windows Server
3 146 (20.31%) Linux
4 46 (6.40%) Windows 10
5 31 (4.31%) Apple iOS
6 30 (4.17%) Mac OS
7 26 (3.62%) Android
7 26 (3.62%) CentOS
8 24 (3.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (2.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (2.50%) Ubuntu
10 18 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 13 (1.81%) VMS
12 6 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.70%) Debian
14 4 (0.56%) Unix
15 3 (0.42%) AIX
15 3 (0.42%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (22.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 150 (20.86%) Cybersecurity
4 147 (20.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 146 (20.31%) DevOps
6 137 (19.05%) CI/CD
6 137 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 127 (17.66%) ITIL
8 115 (15.99%) Agile
9 101 (14.05%) Mentoring
10 96 (13.35%) Containerisation
11 81 (11.27%) Root Cause Analysis
12 79 (10.99%) Roadmaps
13 73 (10.15%) High Availability
14 72 (10.01%) Disaster Recovery
15 66 (9.18%) SIEM
16 65 (9.04%) Task Automation
17 63 (8.76%) Cloud Security
18 54 (7.51%) Incident Response
19 52 (7.23%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 232 (32.27%) Python
2 211 (29.35%) Bash
3 130 (18.08%) SQL
4 55 (7.65%) C#
5 46 (6.40%) Bicep
5 46 (6.40%) T-SQL
6 38 (5.29%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.39%) VB
9 8 (1.11%) C++
10 7 (0.97%) Java
10 7 (0.97%) Perl
11 6 (0.83%) Korn
12 5 (0.70%) VBScript
13 4 (0.56%) Go
13 4 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.56%) PHP
14 2 (0.28%) C
14 2 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 104 (14.46%) Security Cleared
2 88 (12.24%) Degree
3 71 (9.87%) Azure Certification
4 67 (9.32%) SC Cleared
5 58 (8.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 33 (4.59%) DV Cleared
7 28 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
10 19 (2.64%) DBS Check
11 18 (2.50%) CCNA
12 17 (2.36%) CREST Certified
13 16 (2.23%) AWS Certification
14 13 (1.81%) CEH
15 12 (1.67%) CISSP
16 9 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (1.11%) SANS
18 7 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
19 5 (0.70%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (8.48%) NIST
3 40 (5.56%) GDPR
4 36 (5.01%) NCSC
5 27 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (3.34%) SLA
7 19 (2.64%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.67%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.53%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.25%) SOC 2
11 8 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.97%) ISO 22301
13 6 (0.83%) DICOM
13 6 (0.83%) QA
14 2 (0.28%) COBIT
14 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.14%) HL7
System Software
1 286 (39.78%) Active Directory
2 114 (15.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (13.07%) Docker
4 92 (12.80%) Hyper-V
5 28 (3.89%) Virtual Machines
5 28 (3.89%) vSphere
6 18 (2.50%) VMware NSX
7 14 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.11%) BitLocker
9 8 (1.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 8 (1.11%) KVM
10 5 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.56%) iptables
11 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.42%) Squid
13 2 (0.28%) Firmware
13 2 (0.28%) Samba
14 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 161 (22.39%) Terraform
2 125 (17.39%) Kubernetes
3 103 (14.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 82 (11.40%) Ansible
5 47 (6.54%) Grafana
6 27 (3.76%) Prometheus
7 23 (3.20%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (2.92%) vCenter Server
9 19 (2.64%) Jamf Pro
10 17 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.23%) SCCM
12 11 (1.53%) Graylog
12 11 (1.53%) ZABBIX
13 10 (1.39%) Nagios
13 10 (1.39%) WSUS
14 9 (1.25%) Proxmox
14 9 (1.25%) QRadar
15 8 (1.11%) VxRail
16 7 (0.97%) Nessus
17 6 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 421 (58.55%) Microsoft
2 139 (19.33%) VMware
3 55 (7.65%) Cisco
4 42 (5.84%) Veeam
5 41 (5.70%) Splunk
6 40 (5.56%) Red Hat
7 30 (4.17%) Meraki
8 22 (3.06%) Dell
9 21 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
10 20 (2.78%) Apple
11 19 (2.64%) Adobe
12 16 (2.23%) Logitech
12 16 (2.23%) SolarWinds
13 15 (2.09%) Dynatrace
14 13 (1.81%) HP
14 13 (1.81%) ServiceNow
15 12 (1.67%) Oracle
16 11 (1.53%) Citrix
16 11 (1.53%) Yealink
17 10 (1.39%) Zerto