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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 86 133
Rank change year-on-year -62 +47 -51
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 929 1,137 1,112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.20% 3.27% 1.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.72% 13.64% 6.74%
Number of salaries quoted 674 667 806
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,297 £37,625 £41,217
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 12,029 8,337 16,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.59% 24.00% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 8,736 5,283 11,179
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 £73,750 £69,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 13 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 13 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 -31 242 £53,000 -7.83% 132
North of England -87 218 £50,000 +5.26% 89
Midlands -40 155 £52,500 +5.00% 40
North West -82 121 £52,500 +14.13% 58
East of England -35 97 £57,500 +11.65% 35
South West -69 82 £55,000 +15.79% 44
East Midlands -10 81 £42,500 +21.43% 19
West Midlands -59 74 £55,000 - 21
Northern Ireland -15 64 £46,000 +2.12% 9
Yorkshire -32 61 £42,500 -17.68% 22
Scotland +32 41 £50,000 +25.00% 16
North East -30 36 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Wales -41 30 £53,000 -3.64% 9
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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
1 182 (19.59%) SharePoint
2 177 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (4.95%) IIS
4 19 (2.05%) Confluence
5 11 (1.18%) nginx
6 6 (0.65%) Apache
7 4 (0.43%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.65%) NetSuite
1 6 (0.65%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.32%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 574 (61.79%) Azure
2 389 (41.87%) Microsoft 365
3 244 (26.26%) Entra ID
4 149 (16.04%) AWS
5 119 (12.81%) SaaS
6 109 (11.73%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (9.47%) IaaS
8 73 (7.86%) Power Platform
9 70 (7.53%) OneDrive
10 63 (6.78%) GitHub
11 56 (6.03%) Power Automate
12 50 (5.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 49 (5.27%) Azure AKS
13 49 (5.27%) PaaS
14 47 (5.06%) Azure Key Vault
15 43 (4.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 38 (4.09%) Azure Monitor
17 35 (3.77%) PowerApps
18 33 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
19 31 (3.34%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 264 (28.42%) DNS
2 239 (25.73%) Firewall
3 174 (18.73%) DHCP
4 160 (17.22%) VPN
5 111 (11.95%) TCP/IP
6 88 (9.47%) WAN
7 77 (8.29%) LAN
8 60 (6.46%) VLAN
9 37 (3.98%) Wireless
10 33 (3.55%) SAN
10 33 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (2.58%) VoIP
12 23 (2.48%) Network Security
13 20 (2.15%) SSL
14 18 (1.94%) HTTP
15 14 (1.51%) NAS
15 14 (1.51%) VSAN
16 13 (1.40%) Internet
17 12 (1.29%) BGP
17 12 (1.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 39 (4.20%) Power BI
4 25 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (1.29%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.18%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.18%) MySQL
8 8 (0.86%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.75%) InfluxDB
10 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.54%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.54%) Metadata
11 5 (0.54%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.43%) Power Query
12 4 (0.43%) Redis
12 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.22%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.22%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 73 (7.86%) Git
2 61 (6.57%) JIRA
3 43 (4.63%) GitLab
4 33 (3.55%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.51%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.40%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.75%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.75%) TestRail
8 6 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.65%) Selenium
9 4 (0.43%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.32%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.32%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.22%) git-flow
11 2 (0.22%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 332 (35.74%) Social Skills
2 100 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (10.66%) Law
4 96 (10.33%) Finance
5 86 (9.26%) Legal
6 50 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (4.09%) Retail
9 36 (3.88%) Public Sector
10 27 (2.91%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.15%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.18%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.97%) Legal Technology
15 6 (0.65%) Advertising
15 6 (0.65%) Military
15 6 (0.65%) Police
16 5 (0.54%) Aviation
16 5 (0.54%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 207 (22.28%) Senior
2 156 (16.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 114 (12.27%) Support Engineer
4 113 (12.16%) IT Engineer
5 109 (11.73%) IT Support
6 96 (10.33%) Analyst
7 93 (10.01%) Cloud Engineer
8 74 (7.97%) Azure Engineer
9 71 (7.64%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (7.00%) IT Support Engineer
11 52 (5.60%) Senior Manager
11 52 (5.60%) Testing Manager
12 50 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
13 47 (5.06%) Administrator
14 42 (4.52%) Developer
15 41 (4.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 41 (4.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 39 (4.20%) Lead
17 38 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
18 37 (3.98%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (7.10%) .NET
2 40 (4.31%) Microsoft Graph
3 39 (4.20%) ARM Templates
4 33 (3.55%) YAML
5 31 (3.34%) HTML
6 28 (3.01%) JSON
7 25 (2.69%) .NET Core
8 24 (2.58%) SPFx
9 22 (2.37%) CSS
10 19 (2.05%) HTML5 Canvas
11 16 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
11 16 (1.72%) OAuth
11 16 (1.72%) SAML
12 13 (1.40%) ASP.NET
12 13 (1.40%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (1.40%) REST
13 12 (1.29%) Middleware
13 12 (1.29%) React
14 11 (1.18%) LDAP
14 11 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.21%) Onboarding
2 57 (6.14%) Virtual Team
3 51 (5.49%) Driving Licence
4 47 (5.06%) Cloud Native
5 41 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 35 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 31 (3.34%) Security Operations Centre
7 31 (3.34%) Security Posture
8 29 (3.12%) Clustering
8 29 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (3.01%) Replication
10 27 (2.91%) PKI
11 24 (2.58%) Data Centre
11 24 (2.58%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.61%) Product Ownership
13 14 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.29%) Enterprise Storage
15 12 (1.29%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 456 (49.09%) Windows
2 242 (26.05%) Windows Server
3 218 (23.47%) Linux
4 54 (5.81%) Windows 10
5 33 (3.55%) Apple iOS
6 32 (3.44%) CentOS
6 32 (3.44%) Mac OS
7 29 (3.12%) Ubuntu
8 28 (3.01%) Android
9 25 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (2.58%) VMS
10 24 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 22 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.75%) Debian
13 5 (0.54%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.54%) Unix
14 4 (0.43%) AIX
14 4 (0.43%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.32%) Rocky
15 3 (0.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (26.80%) Problem-Solving
2 241 (25.94%) DevOps
3 236 (25.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 219 (23.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 184 (19.81%) Infrastructure as Code
6 173 (18.62%) CI/CD
6 173 (18.62%) ITIL
7 145 (15.61%) Mentoring
8 142 (15.29%) Cybersecurity
9 124 (13.35%) Agile
10 123 (13.24%) Disaster Recovery
11 119 (12.81%) High Availability
12 108 (11.63%) Root Cause Analysis
13 107 (11.52%) Containerisation
14 102 (10.98%) Project Delivery
15 91 (9.80%) AI
16 89 (9.58%) Observability
17 86 (9.26%) Incident Response
18 85 (9.15%) Test Automation
19 84 (9.04%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 318 (34.23%) Python
2 206 (22.17%) Bash
3 164 (17.65%) SQL
4 119 (12.81%) C#
5 93 (10.01%) JavaScript
6 81 (8.72%) Bicep
6 81 (8.72%) TypeScript
7 28 (3.01%) Kusto Query Language
8 16 (1.72%) Java
8 16 (1.72%) T-SQL
9 13 (1.40%) C++
9 13 (1.40%) VBScript
10 11 (1.18%) PHP
11 9 (0.97%) Perl
12 8 (0.86%) VB
13 6 (0.65%) Korn
14 5 (0.54%) C
14 5 (0.54%) Go
14 5 (0.54%) Ruby
15 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 149 (16.04%) Security Cleared
2 110 (11.84%) Azure Certification
3 108 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 102 (10.98%) Degree
5 95 (10.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (4.84%) DV Cleared
7 38 (4.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 38 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (3.23%) CCNA
10 24 (2.58%) DBS Check
11 19 (2.05%) CEH
12 15 (1.61%) CISSP
13 11 (1.18%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.18%) GIAC
14 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (0.97%) CISM
15 9 (0.97%) CompTIA CySA+
15 9 (0.97%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.43%) QA
2 63 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (6.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 38 (4.09%) GDPR
5 35 (3.77%) NIST
6 32 (3.44%) SLA
7 13 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.08%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.97%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.65%) NCSC
12 3 (0.32%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.32%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.11%) DICOM
14 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 335 (36.06%) Active Directory
2 186 (20.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (15.72%) Hyper-V
4 105 (11.30%) Docker
5 54 (5.81%) vSphere
6 45 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
7 35 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.37%) VMware NSX
9 12 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (1.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 10 (1.08%) BitLocker
12 9 (0.97%) KVM
13 6 (0.65%) Firmware
14 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.43%) Squid
14 4 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.22%) Samba
16 1 (0.11%) Ceph
16 1 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 203 (21.85%) Terraform
2 165 (17.76%) Kubernetes
3 162 (17.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 99 (10.66%) Ansible
5 51 (5.49%) Grafana
6 41 (4.41%) SCCM
7 34 (3.66%) Prometheus
8 23 (2.48%) vCenter Server
9 19 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (1.83%) Proxmox
11 16 (1.72%) ZABBIX
12 15 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
13 14 (1.51%) Graylog
14 12 (1.29%) Argo
14 12 (1.29%) QRadar
15 10 (1.08%) Nagios
15 10 (1.08%) Nessus
15 10 (1.08%) Puppet
16 8 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 8 (0.86%) Kibana
Vendors
1 596 (64.16%) Microsoft
2 206 (22.17%) VMware
3 92 (9.90%) Cisco
4 51 (5.49%) Veeam
5 49 (5.27%) Splunk
6 45 (4.84%) Red Hat
7 43 (4.63%) Meraki
8 40 (4.31%) ServiceNow
9 25 (2.69%) Dell
10 20 (2.15%) Apple
11 19 (2.05%) Adobe
11 19 (2.05%) Citrix
11 19 (2.05%) Oracle
12 18 (1.94%) Sophos
13 17 (1.83%) Logitech
14 16 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
14 16 (1.72%) Fortinet
15 14 (1.51%) SolarWinds
16 13 (1.40%) Atlassian
16 13 (1.40%) TOWER Software