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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 86 136
Rank change year-on-year -64 +50 -47
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 821 1,080 1,482
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.19% 3.45% 1.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.51% 12.92% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 650 612 1,154
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,297 £38,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,524 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +3.05% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £73,750
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 10,939 8,362 22,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.90% 26.70% 29.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,887 5,340 16,730
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,439 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 28 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 28 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 -36 222 £54,000 -6.09% 107
North of England -91 203 £47,500 -7.99% 60
Midlands -50 139 £50,000 - 31
North West -84 106 £50,000 +4.38% 38
East of England -15 92 £54,000 +8.00% 27
South West -52 92 £55,000 +15.79% 27
East Midlands -3 77 £45,000 +28.57% 15
Yorkshire -30 63 £45,000 -18.18% 14
West Midlands -69 61 £51,250 -5.69% 16
Scotland +39 45 £50,000 +12.99% 11
North East -25 34 £47,500 -20.83% 11
Wales -20 25 £53,171 -3.33% 7
Northern Ireland -30 3 £46,000 +6.75% 6
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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
1 155 (18.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 154 (18.76%) SharePoint
3 38 (4.63%) IIS
4 17 (2.07%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) nginx
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 42 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.49%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.49%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.24%) Alphatax
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 531 (64.68%) Azure
2 346 (42.14%) Microsoft 365
3 204 (24.85%) Entra ID
4 136 (16.57%) AWS
5 100 (12.18%) Azure DevOps
6 81 (9.87%) IaaS
7 72 (8.77%) Power Platform
8 68 (8.28%) GitHub
9 58 (7.06%) OneDrive
10 48 (5.85%) Azure AKS
10 48 (5.85%) PaaS
11 46 (5.60%) SaaS
12 45 (5.48%) Azure Key Vault
12 45 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
13 43 (5.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 43 (5.24%) Power Automate
14 41 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
15 35 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
16 33 (4.02%) Google Workspace
17 30 (3.65%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 235 (28.62%) DNS
2 212 (25.82%) Firewall
3 157 (19.12%) DHCP
4 152 (18.51%) VPN
5 94 (11.45%) TCP/IP
6 76 (9.26%) WAN
7 71 (8.65%) LAN
8 61 (7.43%) VLAN
9 35 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (4.14%) VoIP
11 31 (3.78%) Broadband
12 27 (3.29%) SAN
13 25 (3.05%) Network Security
13 25 (3.05%) Wireless
14 18 (2.19%) BGP
15 16 (1.95%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.71%) HTTP
16 14 (1.71%) SSL
17 12 (1.46%) MPLS
18 10 (1.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (10.96%) SQL Server
2 48 (5.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 44 (5.36%) Power BI
4 36 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (2.56%) MySQL
7 12 (1.46%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.10%) InfluxDB
8 9 (1.10%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.73%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.61%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.61%) Metadata
11 4 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.49%) Redis
12 3 (0.37%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.24%) Power Query
13 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (8.40%) Git
2 51 (6.21%) JIRA
3 43 (5.24%) Jenkins
4 42 (5.12%) GitLab
5 16 (1.95%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.58%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.85%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.85%) TestRail
8 6 (0.73%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.73%) Selenium
9 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.49%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.37%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.37%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.24%) MSI
11 2 (0.24%) Postman
11 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 252 (30.69%) Social Skills
2 96 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (9.74%) Finance
4 69 (8.40%) Law
5 49 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (5.48%) Documentation Skills
6 45 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (4.38%) Retail
8 31 (3.78%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.68%) Legal
10 20 (2.44%) Games
11 18 (2.19%) Aerospace
11 18 (2.19%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.73%) Advertising
13 6 (0.73%) Police
14 5 (0.61%) Aviation
14 5 (0.61%) Local Government
15 4 (0.49%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 162 (19.73%) Senior
2 140 (17.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 113 (13.76%) IT Support
3 113 (13.76%) Support Engineer
4 108 (13.15%) IT Engineer
5 85 (10.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 80 (9.74%) Analyst
7 71 (8.65%) IT Support Engineer
8 69 (8.40%) Azure Engineer
8 69 (8.40%) DevOps Engineer
9 51 (6.21%) Security Engineer
10 50 (6.09%) 2nd Line Support
11 46 (5.60%) Developer
12 40 (4.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (4.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 35 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
14 31 (3.78%) Administrator
15 26 (3.17%) Lead
16 25 (3.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 24 (2.92%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (7.67%) .NET
2 41 (4.99%) OAuth
3 40 (4.87%) SAML
4 38 (4.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 37 (4.51%) JSON
6 34 (4.14%) LDAP
6 34 (4.14%) OpenID
6 34 (4.14%) REST
7 33 (4.02%) ARM Templates
8 30 (3.65%) SOAP
8 30 (3.65%) YAML
9 28 (3.41%) HTML
10 26 (3.17%) GraphQL
11 24 (2.92%) .NET Core
11 24 (2.92%) SPFx
12 22 (2.68%) CSS
13 19 (2.31%) HTML5 Canvas
14 17 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
15 15 (1.83%) React
16 14 (1.71%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.43%) Onboarding
2 55 (6.70%) Driving Licence
3 42 (5.12%) Cloud Native
4 40 (4.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 33 (4.02%) Cyberattack
6 31 (3.78%) Cyber Threat
7 29 (3.53%) PKI
8 28 (3.41%) Security Posture
9 26 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
10 25 (3.05%) Management Information System
10 25 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (2.92%) Public Cloud
12 23 (2.80%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.95%) Clustering
14 15 (1.83%) Product Ownership
15 14 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.71%) Replication
16 13 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
17 12 (1.46%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 408 (49.70%) Windows
2 217 (26.43%) Windows Server
3 185 (22.53%) Linux
4 51 (6.21%) Windows 10
5 33 (4.02%) Apple iOS
6 32 (3.90%) Mac OS
7 30 (3.65%) CentOS
8 27 (3.29%) Android
8 27 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (3.17%) VMS
10 24 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (2.68%) Ubuntu
12 20 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (0.97%) Debian
14 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.49%) AIX
15 4 (0.49%) Unix
16 3 (0.37%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
18 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (28.14%) Problem-Solving
2 182 (22.17%) Infrastructure as Code
3 180 (21.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 176 (21.44%) DevOps
5 164 (19.98%) CI/CD
5 164 (19.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 158 (19.24%) Cybersecurity
7 146 (17.78%) ITIL
8 131 (15.96%) Agile
9 109 (13.28%) Containerisation
10 105 (12.79%) Mentoring
11 101 (12.30%) Root Cause Analysis
12 97 (11.81%) Disaster Recovery
13 91 (11.08%) High Availability
14 89 (10.84%) Task Automation
15 87 (10.60%) Observability
16 81 (9.87%) Cloud Security
17 76 (9.26%) Roadmaps
18 74 (9.01%) AI
19 70 (8.53%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 269 (32.76%) Python
2 238 (28.99%) Bash
3 146 (17.78%) SQL
4 70 (8.53%) Bicep
5 64 (7.80%) C#
6 44 (5.36%) T-SQL
7 42 (5.12%) JavaScript
8 27 (3.29%) TypeScript
9 18 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
10 12 (1.46%) C++
11 11 (1.34%) Java
12 10 (1.22%) VB
12 10 (1.22%) VBScript
13 9 (1.10%) PHP
14 8 (0.97%) Perl
15 6 (0.73%) Go
15 6 (0.73%) Korn
16 5 (0.61%) Ruby
17 4 (0.49%) C
18 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 125 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 103 (12.55%) Azure Certification
3 95 (11.57%) Degree
4 84 (10.23%) SC Cleared
5 82 (9.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (4.63%) DV Cleared
7 30 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (3.41%) CompTIA Security+
10 27 (3.29%) DBS Check
11 25 (3.05%) CCNA
12 17 (2.07%) CISSP
12 17 (2.07%) CREST Certified
13 16 (1.95%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.83%) CEH
15 8 (0.97%) SANS
16 7 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.85%) CCNP
16 7 (0.85%) CISM
16 7 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (6.70%) NIST
3 46 (5.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 44 (5.36%) GDPR
5 28 (3.41%) SLA
6 26 (3.17%) NCSC
7 15 (1.83%) Data Quality
8 13 (1.58%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.46%) Accessibility
9 12 (1.46%) QA
10 9 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (1.10%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.73%) DICOM
11 6 (0.73%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.24%) ISAE 3402
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.12%) COBIT
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 332 (40.44%) Active Directory
2 167 (20.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 126 (15.35%) Hyper-V
4 106 (12.91%) Docker
5 56 (6.82%) vSphere
6 38 (4.63%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (3.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (2.44%) VMware NSX
9 11 (1.34%) BitLocker
9 11 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (1.22%) KVM
11 8 (0.97%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.49%) iptables
13 4 (0.49%) Squid
14 2 (0.24%) Samba
15 1 (0.12%) Firmware
15 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 186 (22.66%) Terraform
2 152 (18.51%) Kubernetes
3 119 (14.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 90 (10.96%) Ansible
5 57 (6.94%) Grafana
6 37 (4.51%) Prometheus
7 25 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
8 22 (2.68%) vCenter Server
9 21 (2.56%) SCCM
10 19 (2.31%) Jamf Pro
11 16 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (1.95%) ZABBIX
12 15 (1.83%) Proxmox
13 14 (1.71%) Graylog
14 12 (1.46%) Argo
14 12 (1.46%) Nagios
15 11 (1.34%) QRadar
15 11 (1.34%) WSUS
16 8 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
16 8 (0.97%) Nessus
Vendors
1 516 (62.85%) Microsoft
2 190 (23.14%) VMware
3 67 (8.16%) Cisco
4 47 (5.72%) Splunk
5 45 (5.48%) Veeam
6 43 (5.24%) Red Hat
7 36 (4.38%) Meraki
8 21 (2.56%) Apple
9 20 (2.44%) Dell
10 19 (2.31%) Adobe
10 19 (2.31%) Logitech
10 19 (2.31%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.31%) SolarWinds
11 17 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
11 17 (2.07%) Oracle
12 14 (1.71%) Dynatrace
13 13 (1.58%) Google
13 13 (1.58%) Sophos
14 12 (1.46%) HP
14 12 (1.46%) ScienceLogic