PowerShell Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 113 134
Rank change year-on-year -59 +21 -25
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 677 772 1,470
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.03% 2.77% 2.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.00% 9.66% 6.73%
Number of salaries quoted 523 581 1,216
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £73,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 9,672 7,995 21,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.66% 28.72% 32.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6,545 5,731 16,348
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £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 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 5 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 5 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 -94 157 £55,812 -2.94% 134
North of England -49 142 £48,445 -3.11% 61
Midlands -54 113 £50,000 - 40
Scotland +39 87 £50,000 -6.47% 30
South West -38 85 £55,000 +15.79% 45
East of England -29 70 £57,500 +17.95% 34
North West -35 69 £53,750 +16.85% 32
East Midlands -30 67 £55,000 +37.50% 20
Yorkshire -39 58 £47,500 -14.41% 14
West Midlands -71 45 £47,500 -5.00% 20
Wales -14 20 £58,248 +15.22% 11
North East -31 15 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Northern Ireland -36 3 £46,000 - 4
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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
1 117 (17.28%) SharePoint
2 113 (16.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (3.69%) IIS
4 6 (0.89%) Confluence
5 2 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) CATIA
3 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.59%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.30%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 443 (65.44%) Azure
2 272 (40.18%) Microsoft 365
3 166 (24.52%) Entra ID
4 115 (16.99%) AWS
5 78 (11.52%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (8.12%) OneDrive
7 52 (7.68%) GitHub
8 51 (7.53%) Power Platform
9 47 (6.94%) IaaS
10 45 (6.65%) GitHub Actions
11 42 (6.20%) Google Workspace
12 41 (6.06%) Azure Key Vault
13 36 (5.32%) SaaS
14 35 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
15 32 (4.73%) Power Automate
16 30 (4.43%) Azure AKS
16 30 (4.43%) Azure Logic Apps
17 29 (4.28%) Azure Sentinel
18 28 (4.14%) Datadog
18 28 (4.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 167 (24.67%) DNS
2 141 (20.83%) Firewall
3 107 (15.81%) DHCP
4 92 (13.59%) VPN
5 62 (9.16%) TCP/IP
6 52 (7.68%) WAN
7 46 (6.79%) LAN
8 40 (5.91%) Broadband
8 40 (5.91%) VLAN
9 38 (5.61%) VoIP
10 27 (3.99%) SAN
10 27 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (2.66%) BGP
12 17 (2.51%) Network Security
13 16 (2.36%) MPLS
13 16 (2.36%) SD-WAN
13 16 (2.36%) Wireless
14 9 (1.33%) SSL
15 8 (1.18%) iSCSI
15 8 (1.18%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.49%) SQL Server
2 41 (6.06%) Power BI
3 33 (4.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 23 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (3.10%) MySQL
7 14 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.77%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.18%) InfluxDB
9 8 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.89%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.59%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.44%) Metadata
13 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.30%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
15 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (6.94%) JIRA
2 46 (6.79%) Git
3 40 (5.91%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.55%) GitLab
5 8 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (1.03%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.03%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.89%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.89%) TestRail
8 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.59%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.59%) Selenium
10 2 (0.30%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.15%) git-flow
11 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 216 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 100 (14.77%) Finance
3 93 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (7.68%) Organisational Skills
5 40 (5.91%) Retail
6 39 (5.76%) Law
7 32 (4.73%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (4.28%) Games
8 29 (4.28%) Public Sector
9 28 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.51%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.07%) Legal
12 11 (1.62%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.18%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.18%) Front Office
14 7 (1.03%) Advertising
15 6 (0.89%) Police
16 5 (0.74%) Military
17 3 (0.44%) Banking
17 3 (0.44%) Billing
Job Titles
1 158 (23.34%) Senior
2 106 (15.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 80 (11.82%) IT Support
4 76 (11.23%) Support Engineer
5 66 (9.75%) Azure Engineer
6 62 (9.16%) Cloud Engineer
7 60 (8.86%) IT Engineer
8 52 (7.68%) Developer
9 49 (7.24%) Security Engineer
10 46 (6.79%) Analyst
11 42 (6.20%) 2nd Line Support
11 42 (6.20%) DevOps Engineer
12 41 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
13 27 (3.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (3.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 26 (3.84%) Systems Engineer
15 25 (3.69%) Lead
16 24 (3.55%) Senior Developer
17 23 (3.40%) Applications Engineer
18 19 (2.81%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (8.71%) OAuth
2 49 (7.24%) SAML
3 45 (6.65%) GraphQL
4 44 (6.50%) OpenID
5 43 (6.35%) REST
6 42 (6.20%) .NET
7 38 (5.61%) SOAP
8 37 (5.47%) LDAP
9 33 (4.87%) Microsoft Graph
10 31 (4.58%) JSON
11 25 (3.69%) SPFx
11 25 (3.69%) YAML
12 24 (3.55%) .NET Core
13 23 (3.40%) ARM Templates
14 19 (2.81%) CSS
14 19 (2.81%) HTML
14 19 (2.81%) HTML5 Canvas
15 15 (2.22%) React
16 12 (1.77%) Node.js
17 10 (1.48%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.83%) Onboarding
2 45 (6.65%) Cyberattack
3 39 (5.76%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (4.73%) Cloud Native
5 29 (4.28%) Driving Licence
6 24 (3.55%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
9 19 (2.81%) Data Centre
10 16 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (2.36%) PKI
11 15 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.22%) Security Posture
12 14 (2.07%) Product Ownership
12 14 (2.07%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.62%) Replication
13 11 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.48%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 281 (41.51%) Windows
2 161 (23.78%) Windows Server
3 121 (17.87%) Linux
4 39 (5.76%) Windows 10
5 30 (4.43%) Mac OS
6 29 (4.28%) Apple iOS
7 24 (3.55%) Android
8 22 (3.25%) CentOS
9 21 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 14 (2.07%) Ubuntu
12 12 (1.77%) VMS
12 12 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.74%) Debian
13 5 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.59%) Unix
15 2 (0.30%) AIX
15 2 (0.30%) CoreOS
16 1 (0.15%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (29.25%) Problem-Solving
2 151 (22.30%) Infrastructure as Code
3 146 (21.57%) DevOps
4 138 (20.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 133 (19.65%) CI/CD
6 128 (18.91%) Cybersecurity
6 128 (18.91%) ITIL
7 123 (18.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 104 (15.36%) Agile
9 102 (15.07%) Mentoring
10 87 (12.85%) Containerisation
11 82 (12.11%) Roadmaps
12 71 (10.49%) Root Cause Analysis
13 63 (9.31%) Cloud Security
13 63 (9.31%) Disaster Recovery
14 62 (9.16%) SIEM
15 60 (8.86%) High Availability
16 58 (8.57%) Task Automation
17 56 (8.27%) Asset Management
18 55 (8.12%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 218 (32.20%) Python
2 194 (28.66%) Bash
3 132 (19.50%) SQL
4 52 (7.68%) C#
5 49 (7.24%) T-SQL
6 46 (6.79%) Bicep
7 44 (6.50%) JavaScript
8 22 (3.25%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.18%) VB
10 7 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.89%) Korn
12 5 (0.74%) Go
13 3 (0.44%) C++
14 2 (0.30%) C
14 2 (0.30%) Delphi
14 2 (0.30%) Java
14 2 (0.30%) Perl
14 2 (0.30%) PHP
14 2 (0.30%) VB6
14 2 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 88 (13.00%) Degree
2 86 (12.70%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.98%) Azure Certification
3 54 (7.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 54 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.73%) DV Cleared
5 28 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.81%) CompTIA Security+
7 17 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.51%) CREST Certified
8 15 (2.22%) DBS Check
9 14 (2.07%) CISSP
10 13 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 12 (1.77%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.77%) CCNA
11 12 (1.77%) SANS
12 9 (1.33%) CEH
12 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 7 (1.03%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (8.12%) NIST
3 43 (6.35%) GDPR
4 36 (5.32%) NCSC
5 26 (3.84%) Accessibility
6 21 (3.10%) SLA
7 20 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (1.62%) Data Quality
9 9 (1.33%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.18%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.03%) ISO 22301
12 6 (0.89%) DICOM
12 6 (0.89%) QA
13 2 (0.30%) COBIT
13 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.15%) HL7
System Software
1 259 (38.26%) Active Directory
2 94 (13.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (12.56%) Docker
4 77 (11.37%) Hyper-V
5 25 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (2.95%) vSphere
7 15 (2.22%) VMware NSX
8 11 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 4 (0.59%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.59%) iptables
10 4 (0.59%) KVM
10 4 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.30%) Firmware
12 2 (0.30%) Samba
12 2 (0.30%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 151 (22.30%) Terraform
2 103 (15.21%) Kubernetes
3 87 (12.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 74 (10.93%) Ansible
5 44 (6.50%) Grafana
6 24 (3.55%) Prometheus
7 19 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
7 19 (2.81%) vCenter Server
8 16 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (1.48%) SCCM
11 9 (1.33%) WSUS
12 8 (1.18%) Nagios
13 7 (1.03%) VxRail
14 5 (0.74%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.74%) Graylog
14 5 (0.74%) Kibana
14 5 (0.74%) Nessus
15 4 (0.59%) Puppet
15 4 (0.59%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 380 (56.13%) Microsoft
2 115 (16.99%) VMware
3 55 (8.12%) Cisco
4 36 (5.32%) Red Hat
5 35 (5.17%) Splunk
5 35 (5.17%) Veeam
6 26 (3.84%) Meraki
7 24 (3.55%) CrowdStrike
8 20 (2.95%) Dell
9 19 (2.81%) Adobe
10 18 (2.66%) Apple
11 17 (2.51%) Dynatrace
12 16 (2.36%) SolarWinds
13 15 (2.22%) Logitech
13 15 (2.22%) ServiceNow
14 13 (1.92%) Atlassian
15 12 (1.77%) HP
16 11 (1.62%) Yealink
17 10 (1.48%) Citrix
17 10 (1.48%) Fortinet