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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 86 118
Rank change year-on-year -66 +32 -50
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 962 1,136 1,033
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.11% 3.27% 1.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.02% 14.92% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 651 654 591
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,400 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,750 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £64,750 £64,688 £63,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
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 12,002 7,612 14,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.88% 21.91% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 8,918 4,704 8,037
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £39,250 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -36 236 £52,500 -8.70% 228
North of England -85 233 £50,000 - 175
Midlands -44 162 £52,500 +2.24% 89
North West -73 140 £50,000 - 94
East of England -48 94 £57,500 +21.05% 63
South West -74 86 £57,500 +18.56% 95
East Midlands -17 82 £42,500 +15.65% 37
West Midlands -71 80 £55,000 - 52
Northern Ireland -25 70 £46,000 - 16
Yorkshire -45 56 £45,472 -11.92% 56
Scotland -8 47 £52,500 +23.53% 47
North East -41 37 £51,500 -14.17% 26
Wales -49 34 £35,000 -36.36% 22
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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
1 188 (19.54%) SharePoint
2 184 (19.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (4.89%) IIS
4 23 (2.39%) Confluence
5 15 (1.56%) nginx
6 8 (0.83%) 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 39 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 31 (3.22%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.62%) 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%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 555 (57.69%) Azure
2 400 (41.58%) Microsoft 365
3 299 (31.08%) Entra ID
4 151 (15.70%) SaaS
5 150 (15.59%) AWS
6 102 (10.60%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (8.32%) IaaS
7 80 (8.32%) Power Platform
8 76 (7.90%) OneDrive
9 66 (6.86%) GitHub
10 61 (6.34%) Power Automate
11 51 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
12 50 (5.20%) PaaS
13 48 (4.99%) Azure Sentinel
14 43 (4.47%) Azure Key Vault
14 43 (4.47%) Microsoft Purview
15 40 (4.16%) Azure AKS
15 40 (4.16%) Microsoft Copilot
16 34 (3.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 32 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 260 (27.03%) DNS
2 239 (24.84%) Firewall
3 177 (18.40%) DHCP
4 173 (17.98%) VPN
5 112 (11.64%) TCP/IP
6 88 (9.15%) WAN
7 77 (8.00%) LAN
8 65 (6.76%) VLAN
9 46 (4.78%) Wireless
10 37 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (2.81%) SAN
12 22 (2.29%) Network Security
13 21 (2.18%) SSL
14 20 (2.08%) HTTP
15 16 (1.66%) VSAN
16 13 (1.35%) VoIP
17 12 (1.25%) Internet
18 11 (1.14%) NAS
19 10 (1.04%) FTP
19 10 (1.04%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.73%) SQL Server
2 44 (4.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 38 (3.95%) Power BI
4 21 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 12 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.14%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.94%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.94%) MySQL
9 7 (0.73%) InfluxDB
10 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.52%) Metadata
11 5 (0.52%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.52%) Power Query
11 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.42%) Redis
12 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 66 (6.86%) Git
2 65 (6.76%) JIRA
3 50 (5.20%) GitLab
4 39 (4.05%) Jenkins
5 20 (2.08%) Bitbucket
6 10 (1.04%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.73%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.73%) TestRail
8 6 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.52%) Selenium
10 4 (0.42%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.31%) MSI
11 3 (0.31%) Postman
11 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.21%) git-flow
12 2 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 392 (40.75%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.43%) Finance
3 105 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (9.25%) Legal
5 77 (8.00%) Law
6 47 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
8 37 (3.85%) Retail
9 31 (3.22%) Manufacturing
10 30 (3.12%) Public Sector
11 26 (2.70%) Aerospace
12 25 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.35%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.52%) Advertising
15 5 (0.52%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.52%) Local Government
15 5 (0.52%) Military
16 4 (0.42%) Aviation
17 3 (0.31%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 201 (20.89%) Senior
2 161 (16.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 120 (12.47%) Analyst
4 116 (12.06%) IT Engineer
4 116 (12.06%) Support Engineer
5 94 (9.77%) IT Support
6 90 (9.36%) Cloud Engineer
7 70 (7.28%) Azure Engineer
8 69 (7.17%) DevOps Engineer
9 63 (6.55%) IT Support Engineer
10 55 (5.72%) Senior Manager
10 55 (5.72%) Testing Manager
11 47 (4.89%) Administrator
12 46 (4.78%) Consultant
12 46 (4.78%) Lead
13 40 (4.16%) Systems Engineer
14 38 (3.95%) Support Analyst
15 32 (3.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 31 (3.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 30 (3.12%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (20.69%) Terraform
2 56 (5.82%) .NET
3 43 (4.47%) ARM Templates
4 32 (3.33%) Microsoft Graph
5 28 (2.91%) YAML
6 23 (2.39%) HTML
6 23 (2.39%) JSON
7 18 (1.87%) Elastic Stack
7 18 (1.87%) REST
8 17 (1.77%) LDAP
9 16 (1.66%) SPFx
10 15 (1.56%) .NET Core
11 14 (1.46%) CSS
11 14 (1.46%) SAML
12 12 (1.25%) ASP.NET
12 12 (1.25%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (1.25%) Middleware
12 12 (1.25%) OAuth
12 12 (1.25%) OpenID
13 11 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.32%) Onboarding
2 64 (6.65%) Driving Licence
3 59 (6.13%) Virtual Team
4 51 (5.30%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 39 (4.05%) Management Information System
7 38 (3.95%) Replication
8 36 (3.74%) Clustering
9 35 (3.64%) Security Posture
10 34 (3.53%) Security Operations Centre
11 33 (3.43%) PKI
12 24 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (2.39%) Data Centre
13 23 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
14 17 (1.77%) Public Cloud
15 12 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
15 12 (1.25%) IoT
15 12 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 497 (51.66%) Windows
2 249 (25.88%) Windows Server
3 242 (25.16%) Linux
4 63 (6.55%) Windows 10
5 39 (4.05%) Apple iOS
6 34 (3.53%) Ubuntu
7 31 (3.22%) Android
8 27 (2.81%) Mac OS
8 27 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 25 (2.60%) CentOS
10 23 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (2.39%) VMS
11 22 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
12 10 (1.04%) Rocky
13 8 (0.83%) Debian
14 6 (0.62%) Unix
15 5 (0.52%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.42%) AIX
16 4 (0.42%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (31.50%) Problem-Solving
2 280 (29.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 254 (26.40%) DevOps
4 246 (25.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 192 (19.96%) Infrastructure as Code
6 182 (18.92%) ITIL
7 174 (18.09%) CI/CD
8 163 (16.94%) Mentoring
9 157 (16.32%) Cybersecurity
10 152 (15.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 140 (14.55%) Project Delivery
12 121 (12.58%) Agile
13 109 (11.33%) Root Cause Analysis
14 108 (11.23%) High Availability
15 106 (11.02%) AI
16 98 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 94 (9.77%) Cloud Security
18 89 (9.25%) Containerisation
19 88 (9.15%) Technical Leadership
20 87 (9.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 331 (34.41%) Python
2 197 (20.48%) SQL
3 196 (20.37%) Bash
4 112 (11.64%) C#
5 108 (11.23%) JavaScript
6 88 (9.15%) Bicep
7 80 (8.32%) TypeScript
8 32 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 21 (2.18%) Java
10 16 (1.66%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.56%) VBScript
12 14 (1.46%) C++
13 13 (1.35%) PHP
14 10 (1.04%) Perl
15 9 (0.94%) VB
16 6 (0.62%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.52%) Go
17 5 (0.52%) Korn
17 5 (0.52%) Ruby
18 4 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 150 (15.59%) Security Cleared
2 111 (11.54%) Azure Certification
3 106 (11.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 100 (10.40%) Degree
4 100 (10.40%) SC Cleared
5 50 (5.20%) DV Cleared
6 40 (4.16%) CompTIA Security+
7 31 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (3.12%) CCNA
8 30 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (2.49%) DBS Check
10 21 (2.18%) CEH
11 19 (1.98%) CISSP
12 13 (1.35%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.25%) CISM
13 12 (1.25%) GIAC
13 12 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 10 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
15 9 (0.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.59%) QA
2 65 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 60 (6.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (4.16%) NIST
5 29 (3.01%) GDPR
5 29 (3.01%) SLA
6 16 (1.66%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.04%) Data Quality
8 9 (0.94%) NCSC
9 8 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.73%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.73%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
12 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.10%) GRC
13 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 353 (36.69%) Active Directory
2 187 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 135 (14.03%) Hyper-V
4 89 (9.25%) Docker
5 62 (6.44%) Virtual Machines
6 56 (5.82%) vSphere
7 47 (4.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.29%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.94%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.83%) Firmware
11 8 (0.83%) KVM
12 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.42%) Squid
12 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.21%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.21%) NFS
13 2 (0.21%) Snort
13 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 177 (18.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 150 (15.59%) Kubernetes
3 91 (9.46%) Ansible
4 52 (5.41%) SCCM
5 39 (4.05%) Grafana
6 24 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (2.39%) Prometheus
7 23 (2.39%) vCenter Server
8 18 (1.87%) Puppet
9 16 (1.66%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.66%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.56%) Graylog
11 13 (1.35%) Argo
11 13 (1.35%) QRadar
12 11 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.94%) FortiGate
13 9 (0.94%) Kibana
14 8 (0.83%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 631 (65.59%) Microsoft
2 214 (22.25%) VMware
3 77 (8.00%) Cisco
4 54 (5.61%) Veeam
5 50 (5.20%) Splunk
6 43 (4.47%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.53%) Sage
8 31 (3.22%) Meraki
9 30 (3.12%) Red Hat
10 26 (2.70%) Dell
11 25 (2.60%) SAP
12 23 (2.39%) Citrix
13 22 (2.29%) Google
14 21 (2.18%) Fortinet
15 20 (2.08%) Apple
15 20 (2.08%) Sophos
16 19 (1.98%) Logitech
16 19 (1.98%) Oracle
16 19 (1.98%) TOWER Software
17 18 (1.87%) SolarWinds