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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 86 135
Rank change year-on-year -56 +49 -54
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 954 1,134 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.22% 3.27% 1.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.86% 13.79% 6.73%
Number of salaries quoted 686 672 782
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £34,775
25th Percentile £38,297 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% 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 12,133 8,226 16,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.51% 23.70% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8,845 5,214 11,018
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £74,750 £69,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 August 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 August 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 -26 247 £52,750 -8.26% 153
North of England -88 222 £50,000 +5.26% 86
Midlands -35 159 £52,500 +5.00% 55
North West -86 125 £51,500 +11.96% 53
East of England -37 100 £57,500 +13.86% 37
East Midlands -5 84 £42,500 +21.43% 22
South West -70 84 £55,000 +19.57% 53
West Midlands -60 75 £55,000 - 33
Northern Ireland -24 70 £46,000 - 6
Yorkshire -29 61 £42,500 -16.26% 22
Scotland +10 42 £50,000 +25.00% 22
North East -30 36 £50,000 -16.67% 12
Wales -40 30 £53,000 -3.64% 8
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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
1 187 (19.60%) SharePoint
2 180 (18.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (4.82%) IIS
4 19 (1.99%) Confluence
5 12 (1.26%) nginx
6 7 (0.73%) Apache
7 4 (0.42%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.26%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.63%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 584 (61.22%) Azure
2 396 (41.51%) Microsoft 365
3 256 (26.83%) Entra ID
4 151 (15.83%) AWS
5 132 (13.84%) SaaS
6 108 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
7 87 (9.12%) IaaS
8 75 (7.86%) Power Platform
9 73 (7.65%) OneDrive
10 67 (7.02%) GitHub
11 58 (6.08%) Power Automate
12 51 (5.35%) Azure Sentinel
13 49 (5.14%) Azure AKS
13 49 (5.14%) PaaS
14 47 (4.93%) Azure Key Vault
15 45 (4.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 39 (4.09%) Azure Monitor
17 35 (3.67%) PowerApps
18 33 (3.46%) Azure Storage
18 33 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 270 (28.30%) DNS
2 245 (25.68%) Firewall
3 179 (18.76%) DHCP
4 162 (16.98%) VPN
5 115 (12.05%) TCP/IP
6 89 (9.33%) WAN
7 77 (8.07%) LAN
8 59 (6.18%) VLAN
9 38 (3.98%) Wireless
10 33 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (3.35%) SAN
12 24 (2.52%) Network Security
13 21 (2.20%) VoIP
14 20 (2.10%) SSL
15 18 (1.89%) HTTP
16 15 (1.57%) VSAN
17 14 (1.47%) Internet
18 13 (1.36%) NAS
19 12 (1.26%) BGP
19 12 (1.26%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.22%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 40 (4.19%) Power BI
4 25 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.15%) MySQL
8 8 (0.84%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.73%) InfluxDB
10 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.52%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.52%) Metadata
11 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.42%) Power Query
12 4 (0.42%) Redis
12 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.21%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 72 (7.55%) Git
2 66 (6.92%) JIRA
3 47 (4.93%) GitLab
4 36 (3.77%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.57%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.73%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.73%) TestRail
8 6 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.63%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.63%) Selenium
8 6 (0.63%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.21%) git-flow
11 2 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 351 (36.79%) Social Skills
2 104 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (10.69%) Finance
3 102 (10.69%) Law
4 93 (9.75%) Legal
5 49 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (3.88%) Public Sector
7 37 (3.88%) Retail
8 27 (2.83%) Manufacturing
9 24 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (2.31%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.36%) Legal Technology
12 10 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.63%) Advertising
13 6 (0.63%) Military
13 6 (0.63%) Police
14 5 (0.52%) Aviation
14 5 (0.52%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 212 (22.22%) Senior
2 157 (16.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 115 (12.05%) Support Engineer
4 114 (11.95%) IT Engineer
5 112 (11.74%) IT Support
6 101 (10.59%) Analyst
7 92 (9.64%) Cloud Engineer
8 77 (8.07%) Azure Engineer
9 73 (7.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 64 (6.71%) IT Support Engineer
11 55 (5.77%) Senior Manager
11 55 (5.77%) Testing Manager
12 51 (5.35%) Administrator
13 49 (5.14%) 2nd Line Support
14 41 (4.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 41 (4.30%) Developer
15 39 (4.09%) Lead
15 39 (4.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
16 35 (3.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.92%) .NET
2 41 (4.30%) Microsoft Graph
3 39 (4.09%) ARM Templates
4 33 (3.46%) YAML
5 31 (3.25%) HTML
6 28 (2.94%) JSON
7 25 (2.62%) .NET Core
8 24 (2.52%) SPFx
9 22 (2.31%) CSS
10 19 (1.99%) HTML5 Canvas
11 16 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
12 15 (1.57%) OAuth
12 15 (1.57%) SAML
13 13 (1.36%) ASP.NET
13 13 (1.36%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (1.36%) REST
14 12 (1.26%) LDAP
14 12 (1.26%) Middleware
14 12 (1.26%) React
15 11 (1.15%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.44%) Onboarding
2 60 (6.29%) Virtual Team
3 55 (5.77%) Driving Licence
4 47 (4.93%) Cloud Native
5 43 (4.51%) Hybrid Cloud
6 38 (3.98%) Management Information System
7 34 (3.56%) Clustering
8 33 (3.46%) Replication
8 33 (3.46%) Security Operations Centre
9 30 (3.14%) PKI
9 30 (3.14%) Security Posture
10 29 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.62%) Data Centre
12 23 (2.41%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.57%) Product Ownership
14 14 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (1.36%) CMDB
15 13 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (1.36%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 466 (48.85%) Windows
2 244 (25.58%) Windows Server
3 225 (23.58%) Linux
4 54 (5.66%) Windows 10
5 34 (3.56%) Apple iOS
6 31 (3.25%) Mac OS
7 30 (3.14%) Ubuntu
8 29 (3.04%) Android
8 29 (3.04%) CentOS
9 24 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (2.52%) VMS
9 24 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 23 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.63%) Debian
12 5 (0.52%) CoreOS
12 5 (0.52%) Unix
13 4 (0.42%) AIX
13 4 (0.42%) Rocky
13 4 (0.42%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (27.46%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (26.52%) DevOps
3 252 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 227 (23.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 191 (20.02%) Infrastructure as Code
6 184 (19.29%) ITIL
7 179 (18.76%) CI/CD
8 153 (16.04%) Mentoring
9 143 (14.99%) Cybersecurity
10 128 (13.42%) Disaster Recovery
11 126 (13.21%) Agile
11 126 (13.21%) High Availability
12 115 (12.05%) Project Delivery
13 109 (11.43%) Containerisation
13 109 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
14 93 (9.75%) AI
15 90 (9.43%) Test Automation
16 87 (9.12%) Observability
17 86 (9.01%) Incident Response
18 85 (8.91%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 327 (34.28%) Python
2 204 (21.38%) Bash
3 174 (18.24%) SQL
4 122 (12.79%) C#
5 102 (10.69%) JavaScript
6 86 (9.01%) TypeScript
7 83 (8.70%) Bicep
8 28 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
9 16 (1.68%) Java
9 16 (1.68%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.47%) C++
11 13 (1.36%) VBScript
12 12 (1.26%) PHP
13 10 (1.05%) Perl
14 8 (0.84%) VB
15 6 (0.63%) Korn
16 5 (0.52%) C
16 5 (0.52%) Go
16 5 (0.52%) Ruby
17 4 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 152 (15.93%) Security Cleared
2 111 (11.64%) Azure Certification
3 110 (11.53%) SC Cleared
4 106 (11.11%) Degree
5 100 (10.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 49 (5.14%) DV Cleared
7 40 (4.19%) CompTIA Security+
8 38 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (3.35%) CCNA
11 24 (2.52%) DBS Check
12 20 (2.10%) CEH
13 15 (1.57%) CISSP
14 12 (1.26%) GIAC
14 12 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.15%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.05%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (0.94%) CISM
17 9 (0.94%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.55%) QA
2 64 (6.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (6.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 36 (3.77%) NIST
5 34 (3.56%) GDPR
6 33 (3.46%) SLA
7 12 (1.26%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.15%) Data Quality
9 8 (0.84%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.63%) NCSC
12 4 (0.42%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
14 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.10%) DICOM
System Software
1 340 (35.64%) Active Directory
2 189 (19.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 147 (15.41%) Hyper-V
4 106 (11.11%) Docker
5 57 (5.97%) vSphere
6 49 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
7 38 (3.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.31%) VMware NSX
9 13 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (1.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 10 (1.05%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.84%) KVM
13 7 (0.73%) Firmware
14 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.42%) Squid
14 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.21%) Samba
16 1 (0.10%) Ceph
16 1 (0.10%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 209 (21.91%) Terraform
2 167 (17.51%) Kubernetes
2 167 (17.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 103 (10.80%) Ansible
4 50 (5.24%) Grafana
5 42 (4.40%) SCCM
6 33 (3.46%) Prometheus
7 24 (2.52%) vCenter Server
8 19 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.68%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.68%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.57%) Graylog
11 14 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
12 13 (1.36%) Puppet
12 13 (1.36%) QRadar
13 12 (1.26%) Argo
14 9 (0.94%) Nagios
14 9 (0.94%) Nessus
15 8 (0.84%) Kibana
15 8 (0.84%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 610 (63.94%) Microsoft
2 211 (22.12%) VMware
3 93 (9.75%) Cisco
4 50 (5.24%) Splunk
4 50 (5.24%) Veeam
5 43 (4.51%) Meraki
6 42 (4.40%) Red Hat
6 42 (4.40%) ServiceNow
7 26 (2.73%) Dell
8 20 (2.10%) Citrix
9 19 (1.99%) Adobe
9 19 (1.99%) Apple
9 19 (1.99%) Oracle
9 19 (1.99%) Sophos
10 17 (1.78%) Logitech
11 16 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
11 16 (1.68%) Fortinet
12 15 (1.57%) Sage
12 15 (1.57%) SolarWinds
13 14 (1.47%) TOWER Software