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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 106 61
Rank change year-on-year -2 -45 +47
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 825 1,045 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.26% 2.21% 4.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.34% 7.76% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 670 629 1,079
10th Percentile £32,450 £35,000 £36,200
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 6,687 13,467 11,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.35% 28.53% 38.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5,043 7,348 9,229
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £35,224
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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 -11 233 £58,000 +3.11% 189
North of England -13 155 £50,000 -2.91% 80
Midlands +18 123 £52,500 +10.53% 77
South West +23 110 £50,000 -4.76% 68
East of England +27 103 £47,500 -9.52% 47
West Midlands +24 92 £55,000 +22.22% 43
Scotland 0 84 £67,000 +27.01% 72
Yorkshire -11 74 £47,500 -12.04% 22
North West -11 69 £52,500 +5.00% 46
East Midlands +9 31 £45,000 -5.26% 34
Wales +17 16 £55,000 +12.01% 16
North East -4 12 £60,000 +35.52% 12
Northern Ireland -1 4 £46,000 +15.00% 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
1 174 (21.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (15.15%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.58%) Confluence
4 44 (5.33%) IIS
5 22 (2.67%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (2.06%) Skype for Business
7 12 (1.45%) nginx
8 6 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.48%) Apache
10 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.24%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 42 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.85%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.73%) Siemens NX
5 5 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.36%) CATIA
7 3 (0.36%) Windchill
8 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.97%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.73%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.61%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 524 (63.52%) Azure
2 310 (37.58%) Microsoft 365
3 168 (20.36%) Entra ID
4 164 (19.88%) AWS
5 114 (13.82%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (8.48%) Power Platform
7 54 (6.55%) SaaS
8 48 (5.82%) Azure Monitor
9 44 (5.33%) GCP
10 43 (5.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 43 (5.21%) GitHub
10 43 (5.21%) Power Automate
11 41 (4.97%) PaaS
12 40 (4.85%) Amazon EC2
13 38 (4.61%) Amazon S3
13 38 (4.61%) IaaS
13 38 (4.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 35 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
15 32 (3.88%) Amazon ELB
15 32 (3.88%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 191 (23.15%) DNS
2 185 (22.42%) Firewall
3 148 (17.94%) DHCP
4 80 (9.70%) TCP/IP
5 60 (7.27%) VPN
6 54 (6.55%) WAN
7 44 (5.33%) LAN
8 43 (5.21%) VLAN
9 41 (4.97%) Wireless
10 32 (3.88%) Internet
10 32 (3.88%) SAN
11 26 (3.15%) SMTP
12 23 (2.79%) HTTP
13 20 (2.42%) FTP
13 20 (2.42%) SSH
14 17 (2.06%) Kerberos
14 17 (2.06%) Skype
15 15 (1.82%) IP Telephony
15 15 (1.82%) Network Security
16 14 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 56 (6.79%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (3.88%) Power BI
4 29 (3.52%) Oracle Database
5 26 (3.15%) Oracle Database 10g
6 23 (2.79%) Relational Database
7 18 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.09%) DTS
10 9 (1.09%) MySQL
11 8 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.48%) MS Access
13 4 (0.48%) Oracle Database 11g
13 4 (0.48%) Oracle Database 12c
13 4 (0.48%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 99 (12.00%) JIRA
2 75 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 65 (7.88%) Git
4 31 (3.76%) Vagrant
5 27 (3.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (2.18%) TeamCity
7 17 (2.06%) GitLab
8 14 (1.70%) MSI
9 6 (0.73%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.48%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.48%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.48%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.48%) Toad
12 3 (0.36%) Balsamiq
13 2 (0.24%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.24%) TestRail
14 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
General
1 276 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 161 (19.52%) Finance
3 52 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (5.33%) Law
4 44 (5.33%) Public Sector
5 36 (4.36%) Retail
6 27 (3.27%) Manufacturing
7 23 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (1.70%) Automotive
9 14 (1.70%) Legal
9 14 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 13 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.45%) Marketing
12 11 (1.33%) Games
13 9 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.97%) Local Government
14 8 (0.97%) Military
15 7 (0.85%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 144 (17.45%) Support Engineer
2 113 (13.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 104 (12.61%) Senior
4 75 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
5 72 (8.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 67 (8.12%) Azure Engineer
7 63 (7.64%) IT Engineer
8 61 (7.39%) IT Support
9 58 (7.03%) Developer
10 57 (6.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 56 (6.79%) Analyst
12 43 (5.21%) Applications Engineer
12 43 (5.21%) Infrastructure Support
13 42 (5.09%) IT Support Engineer
14 41 (4.97%) Lead
15 39 (4.73%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 38 (4.61%) Applications Support
16 38 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
16 38 (4.61%) Security Engineer
17 37 (4.48%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.27%) REST
2 48 (5.82%) .NET
3 36 (4.36%) SOAP
4 33 (4.00%) ARM Templates
4 33 (4.00%) LDAP
5 17 (2.06%) JSON
5 17 (2.06%) SAML
5 17 (2.06%) Web Services
6 16 (1.94%) YAML
7 14 (1.70%) OAuth
8 12 (1.45%) AngularJS
8 12 (1.45%) GraphQL
9 11 (1.33%) React
10 10 (1.21%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Graph
11 9 (1.09%) OpenID
12 7 (0.85%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (0.73%) XML
14 5 (0.61%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.94%) Onboarding
2 51 (6.18%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.12%) Security Posture
4 30 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 30 (3.64%) Replication
5 28 (3.39%) PKI
6 22 (2.67%) Data Centre
7 20 (2.42%) Cloud Native
8 19 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 19 (2.30%) Driving Licence
9 17 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.70%) IoT
10 14 (1.70%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.33%) Clustering
12 10 (1.21%) CMDB
12 10 (1.21%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 400 (48.48%) Windows
2 235 (28.48%) Windows Server
3 144 (17.45%) Linux
4 55 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 50 (6.06%) VMS
6 49 (5.94%) Windows 10
7 36 (4.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 35 (4.24%) Mac OS
9 32 (3.88%) Unix
10 31 (3.76%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (2.67%) HPUX
11 22 (2.67%) Solaris
11 22 (2.67%) Windows 7
11 22 (2.67%) Windows Server 2003
12 20 (2.42%) Amazon Linux
13 19 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 14 (1.70%) Ubuntu
15 11 (1.33%) Android
16 8 (0.97%) CentOS
17 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (29.21%) Problem-Solving
2 221 (26.79%) DevOps
3 186 (22.55%) ITIL
4 153 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 145 (17.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 130 (15.76%) CI/CD
7 121 (14.67%) Agile
8 111 (13.45%) Mentoring
9 106 (12.85%) Infrastructure as Code
10 90 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
11 85 (10.30%) Task Automation
12 79 (9.58%) Coaching
13 76 (9.21%) Change Management
13 76 (9.21%) Roadmaps
14 73 (8.85%) Asset Management
15 72 (8.73%) Incident Management
16 70 (8.48%) Cloud Security
17 68 (8.24%) Migration
18 67 (8.12%) Disaster Recovery
19 64 (7.76%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 242 (29.33%) Python
2 167 (20.24%) SQL
3 138 (16.73%) Bash
4 70 (8.48%) C#
5 47 (5.70%) Bicep
6 37 (4.48%) Java
6 37 (4.48%) JavaScript
7 35 (4.24%) Perl
8 31 (3.76%) Groovy
9 23 (2.79%) VB
10 14 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (1.33%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.21%) VBScript
13 9 (1.09%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.48%) Go
16 3 (0.36%) Tcl
17 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 2 (0.24%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 162 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 110 (13.33%) Degree
3 109 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 62 (7.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 59 (7.15%) DV Cleared
6 55 (6.67%) Azure Certification
7 36 (4.36%) AWS Certification
8 35 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (3.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 28 (3.39%) CCNA
11 22 (2.67%) CISSP
12 21 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (1.82%) CREST Certified
14 14 (1.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.33%) CEH
16 11 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
16 11 (1.33%) OSCP
17 10 (1.21%) DBS Check
17 10 (1.21%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.18%) SLA
2 49 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (4.97%) NIST
4 36 (4.36%) GDPR
5 16 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.70%) NCSC
8 7 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.73%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.73%) QA
10 2 (0.24%) HL7
11 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 322 (39.03%) Active Directory
2 133 (16.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (12.85%) Hyper-V
4 81 (9.82%) Docker
5 35 (4.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 35 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (2.67%) DFS Replication
6 22 (2.67%) vSphere
7 16 (1.94%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.09%) Squid
8 9 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.97%) Dovecot
9 8 (0.97%) Postfix
10 7 (0.85%) Terminal Services
11 6 (0.73%) Firmware
11 6 (0.73%) XenApp
12 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 1 (0.12%) RACF
13 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 174 (21.09%) Terraform
2 153 (18.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 72 (8.73%) Kubernetes
4 62 (7.52%) Ansible
5 55 (6.67%) SCCM
6 54 (6.55%) Grafana
7 52 (6.30%) Prometheus
8 33 (4.00%) WSUS
9 17 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (1.82%) SCOM
10 15 (1.82%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.82%) WMI
11 14 (1.70%) Backup Exec
12 10 (1.21%) Autotask
12 10 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (1.21%) ZABBIX
13 9 (1.09%) Nagios
13 9 (1.09%) Proxmox
14 8 (0.97%) Nessus
14 8 (0.97%) QRadar
Vendors
1 510 (61.82%) Microsoft
2 177 (21.45%) VMware
3 66 (8.00%) Cisco
3 66 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 55 (6.67%) Oracle
5 47 (5.70%) Veeam
6 38 (4.61%) Atlassian
7 32 (3.88%) Red Hat
8 26 (3.15%) SolarWinds
8 26 (3.15%) Splunk
9 25 (3.03%) Citrix
10 21 (2.55%) Google
11 19 (2.30%) Apple
11 19 (2.30%) Sophos
12 18 (2.18%) SAP
13 16 (1.94%) Datto
14 15 (1.82%) HP
15 13 (1.58%) Juniper
16 12 (1.45%) Meraki
16 12 (1.45%) Trend Micro