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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 87 128
Rank change year-on-year -70 +41 -55
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 981 1,124 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.14% 3.27% 1.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.97% 14.52% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 669 660 604
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,349 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% +2.70% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £74,666
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% 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 12,302 7,743 15,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.33% 22.49% 27.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,040 4,817 8,683
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 25 September 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 25 September 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
North of England -79 242 £50,000 - 182
South East -43 239 £52,500 -8.70% 189
Midlands -50 160 £52,500 +5.00% 108
North West -73 148 £50,000 +8.11% 106
East of England -35 98 £57,500 +21.05% 57
South West -71 89 £55,000 +15.79% 77
West Midlands -70 81 £55,000 +2.44% 61
East Midlands -22 79 £42,500 +21.43% 47
Northern Ireland -33 70 £46,000 - 26
Yorkshire -37 58 £45,472 -11.92% 55
Scotland 0 46 £51,250 +7.89% 50
Wales -49 37 £38,500 -30.00% 20
North East -44 36 £51,500 -6.36% 24
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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
1 193 (19.67%) SharePoint
2 185 (18.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (4.89%) IIS
4 23 (2.34%) Confluence
5 15 (1.53%) nginx
6 8 (0.82%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (3.16%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 570 (58.10%) Azure
2 402 (40.98%) Microsoft 365
3 295 (30.07%) Entra ID
4 153 (15.60%) AWS
5 151 (15.39%) SaaS
6 107 (10.91%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (8.15%) IaaS
8 79 (8.05%) Power Platform
9 75 (7.65%) OneDrive
10 69 (7.03%) GitHub
11 63 (6.42%) Power Automate
12 51 (5.20%) Azure Sentinel
12 51 (5.20%) PaaS
13 48 (4.89%) Azure Monitor
14 44 (4.49%) Azure Key Vault
15 43 (4.38%) Azure AKS
16 42 (4.28%) Microsoft Purview
17 40 (4.08%) Microsoft Copilot
18 36 (3.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 34 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 266 (27.12%) DNS
2 245 (24.97%) Firewall
3 179 (18.25%) DHCP
4 171 (17.43%) VPN
5 113 (11.52%) TCP/IP
6 91 (9.28%) WAN
7 79 (8.05%) LAN
8 63 (6.42%) VLAN
9 45 (4.59%) Wireless
10 38 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (2.96%) SAN
12 22 (2.24%) Network Security
13 20 (2.04%) SSL
14 19 (1.94%) HTTP
15 16 (1.63%) VSAN
16 13 (1.33%) Internet
16 13 (1.33%) VoIP
17 12 (1.22%) NAS
18 10 (1.02%) SD-WAN
18 10 (1.02%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.46%) SQL Server
2 46 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 39 (3.98%) Power BI
4 22 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.12%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.92%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.92%) MySQL
9 8 (0.82%) InfluxDB
10 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.51%) Metadata
11 5 (0.51%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.51%) Power Query
11 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.41%) Redis
12 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.20%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 67 (6.83%) Git
1 67 (6.83%) JIRA
2 50 (5.10%) GitLab
3 41 (4.18%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.04%) Bitbucket
5 11 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (0.82%) Robot Framework
6 8 (0.82%) TestRail
7 6 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.61%) Selenium
7 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.41%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.31%) MSI
9 3 (0.31%) Postman
9 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.20%) git-flow
10 2 (0.20%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (0.20%) Maven
General
1 395 (40.27%) Social Skills
2 108 (11.01%) Finance
3 107 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (9.07%) Legal
5 85 (8.66%) Law
6 50 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
8 41 (4.18%) Retail
9 33 (3.36%) Public Sector
10 31 (3.16%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.65%) Aerospace
12 25 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.33%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.61%) Advertising
15 6 (0.61%) Police
16 5 (0.51%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.51%) Local Government
16 5 (0.51%) Military
17 4 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 208 (21.20%) Senior
2 165 (16.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 122 (12.44%) Support Engineer
4 116 (11.82%) Analyst
4 116 (11.82%) IT Engineer
5 97 (9.89%) IT Support
6 89 (9.07%) Cloud Engineer
7 69 (7.03%) Azure Engineer
8 68 (6.93%) DevOps Engineer
9 63 (6.42%) IT Support Engineer
10 55 (5.61%) Senior Manager
10 55 (5.61%) Testing Manager
11 50 (5.10%) Administrator
12 47 (4.79%) Consultant
13 46 (4.69%) Lead
14 40 (4.08%) Support Analyst
14 40 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
15 38 (3.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 34 (3.47%) 2nd Line Support
17 33 (3.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (20.90%) Terraform
2 59 (6.01%) .NET
3 43 (4.38%) ARM Templates
4 35 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
5 29 (2.96%) YAML
6 25 (2.55%) HTML
7 24 (2.45%) JSON
8 19 (1.94%) Elastic Stack
9 18 (1.83%) SPFx
10 17 (1.73%) .NET Core
10 17 (1.73%) REST
11 16 (1.63%) CSS
12 15 (1.53%) LDAP
13 13 (1.33%) HTML5 Canvas
14 12 (1.22%) ASP.NET
14 12 (1.22%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (1.22%) Middleware
14 12 (1.22%) OAuth
14 12 (1.22%) OpenID
15 11 (1.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 62 (6.32%) Driving Licence
3 59 (6.01%) Virtual Team
4 49 (4.99%) Cloud Native
5 47 (4.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (4.28%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
8 36 (3.67%) Replication
9 35 (3.57%) Clustering
9 35 (3.57%) PKI
10 32 (3.26%) Security Posture
11 25 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (2.45%) Data Centre
13 23 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (2.04%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (1.53%) Product Ownership
16 12 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
16 12 (1.22%) IoT
16 12 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 495 (50.46%) Windows
2 256 (26.10%) Windows Server
3 240 (24.46%) Linux
4 63 (6.42%) Windows 10
5 39 (3.98%) Apple iOS
6 35 (3.57%) Ubuntu
7 32 (3.26%) Android
8 28 (2.85%) CentOS
9 27 (2.75%) Mac OS
10 25 (2.55%) VMS
11 24 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 23 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
14 9 (0.92%) Rocky
15 8 (0.82%) Debian
15 8 (0.82%) Unix
16 5 (0.51%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.41%) AIX
17 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (30.58%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (28.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (26.20%) DevOps
4 247 (25.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 195 (19.88%) Infrastructure as Code
6 184 (18.76%) ITIL
7 177 (18.04%) CI/CD
8 164 (16.72%) Mentoring
9 160 (16.31%) Cybersecurity
10 144 (14.68%) Disaster Recovery
11 139 (14.17%) Project Delivery
12 124 (12.64%) Agile
13 111 (11.31%) Root Cause Analysis
14 109 (11.11%) High Availability
15 104 (10.60%) AI
16 98 (9.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 92 (9.38%) Containerisation
18 89 (9.07%) Cloud Security
18 89 (9.07%) Test Automation
19 85 (8.66%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 338 (34.45%) Python
2 202 (20.59%) SQL
3 198 (20.18%) Bash
4 114 (11.62%) C#
5 111 (11.31%) JavaScript
6 90 (9.17%) Bicep
7 81 (8.26%) TypeScript
8 31 (3.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 18 (1.83%) Java
10 16 (1.63%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.53%) VBScript
12 14 (1.43%) C++
13 13 (1.33%) PHP
14 10 (1.02%) Perl
15 9 (0.92%) VB
16 6 (0.61%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.51%) Go
17 5 (0.51%) Korn
17 5 (0.51%) Ruby
18 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 159 (16.21%) Security Cleared
2 111 (11.31%) Azure Certification
2 111 (11.31%) SC Cleared
3 107 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 102 (10.40%) Degree
5 52 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 40 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
7 33 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (3.16%) CCNA
9 22 (2.24%) DBS Check
10 21 (2.14%) CEH
11 19 (1.94%) CISSP
12 12 (1.22%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.22%) CISM
12 12 (1.22%) GIAC
12 12 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 10 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 10 (1.02%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.44%) QA
2 64 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 61 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (3.87%) NIST
5 31 (3.16%) GDPR
6 29 (2.96%) SLA
7 14 (1.43%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.02%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.92%) NCSC
10 8 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.82%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.41%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.10%) DICOM
14 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 351 (35.78%) Active Directory
2 194 (19.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (13.86%) Hyper-V
4 91 (9.28%) Docker
5 60 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
5 60 (6.12%) vSphere
6 45 (4.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (2.24%) VMware NSX
8 17 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.92%) BitLocker
10 8 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 8 (0.82%) Firmware
10 8 (0.82%) KVM
11 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.41%) Squid
11 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.10%) Ceph
12 1 (0.10%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 179 (18.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (15.19%) Kubernetes
3 96 (9.79%) Ansible
4 50 (5.10%) SCCM
5 43 (4.38%) Grafana
6 26 (2.65%) Prometheus
7 25 (2.55%) vCenter Server
8 23 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.63%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.63%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.53%) Graylog
11 14 (1.43%) Puppet
12 13 (1.33%) Argo
12 13 (1.33%) QRadar
13 12 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
14 10 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (1.02%) Kibana
15 9 (0.92%) Nessus
15 9 (0.92%) VxRail
16 7 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 636 (64.83%) Microsoft
2 219 (22.32%) VMware
3 80 (8.15%) Cisco
4 55 (5.61%) Veeam
5 51 (5.20%) Splunk
6 43 (4.38%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.47%) Meraki
7 34 (3.47%) Sage
8 33 (3.36%) Red Hat
9 26 (2.65%) Dell
10 25 (2.55%) SAP
11 23 (2.34%) Citrix
12 20 (2.04%) Google
12 20 (2.04%) Oracle
12 20 (2.04%) Sophos
13 19 (1.94%) Apple
13 19 (1.94%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.94%) Logitech
13 19 (1.94%) TOWER Software
14 16 (1.63%) CrowdStrike