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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 91 136
Rank change year-on-year -53 +45 -48
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 882 1,122 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 3.32% 1.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.73% 13.06% 6.73%
Number of salaries quoted 672 651 1,075
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,560 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.12% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,250
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 11,409 8,591 20,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.93% 25.41% 29.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,295 5,516 15,069
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -31 245 £54,000 -6.09% 96
North of England -88 207 £48,445 -1.13% 54
Midlands -42 143 £50,000 - 37
North West -88 110 £50,051 +7.64% 34
East of England -20 96 £54,500 +8.46% 25
South West -60 82 £55,000 +15.79% 30
East Midlands -2 74 £42,500 +13.33% 17
West Midlands -63 68 £52,500 -4.55% 20
Yorkshire -40 58 £47,500 -6.40% 11
Scotland +23 43 £52,500 +31.25% 14
North East -30 39 £48,445 -19.26% 10
Northern Ireland -25 38 £46,000 +6.75% 9
Wales -31 28 £53,000 -3.64% 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
1 163 (18.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 156 (17.69%) SharePoint
3 41 (4.65%) IIS
4 17 (1.93%) Confluence
5 6 (0.68%) nginx
6 3 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (4.54%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) NetSuite
1 6 (0.68%) Raiser’s Edge
1 6 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.34%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.23%) Alphatax
4 2 (0.23%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 548 (62.13%) Azure
2 358 (40.59%) Microsoft 365
3 220 (24.94%) Entra ID
4 151 (17.12%) AWS
5 101 (11.45%) Azure DevOps
6 83 (9.41%) IaaS
7 82 (9.30%) SaaS
8 76 (8.62%) Power Platform
9 65 (7.37%) GitHub
10 56 (6.35%) OneDrive
11 49 (5.56%) Azure AKS
11 49 (5.56%) PaaS
12 47 (5.33%) Power Automate
13 45 (5.10%) Azure Key Vault
14 43 (4.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 43 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
15 41 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
16 40 (4.54%) Azure Sentinel
17 30 (3.40%) Azure Logic Apps
17 30 (3.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 245 (27.78%) DNS
2 228 (25.85%) Firewall
3 164 (18.59%) DHCP
4 159 (18.03%) VPN
5 98 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 83 (9.41%) WAN
7 75 (8.50%) LAN
8 62 (7.03%) VLAN
9 35 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.85%) VoIP
11 33 (3.74%) Wireless
12 30 (3.40%) SAN
13 23 (2.61%) Broadband
14 22 (2.49%) Network Security
15 17 (1.93%) BGP
16 15 (1.70%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.59%) HTTP
17 14 (1.59%) SSL
18 11 (1.25%) Internet
18 11 (1.25%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 50 (5.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 46 (5.22%) Power BI
4 33 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (2.15%) MySQL
7 12 (1.36%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.02%) InfluxDB
9 8 (0.91%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.68%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.57%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.57%) Metadata
12 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.45%) Redis
13 3 (0.34%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.23%) KNIME
14 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (7.60%) Git
2 54 (6.12%) JIRA
3 44 (4.99%) GitLab
4 40 (4.54%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.59%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.59%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (0.79%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.79%) TestRail
7 6 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.68%) Selenium
8 4 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.45%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.34%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.34%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.34%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.23%) MSI
10 2 (0.23%) Postman
10 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 299 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 98 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (10.77%) Law
4 84 (9.52%) Finance
5 58 (6.58%) Legal
6 45 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.85%) Retail
10 33 (3.74%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.70%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.70%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.47%) Games
14 6 (0.68%) Advertising
14 6 (0.68%) Police
15 5 (0.57%) Aviation
15 5 (0.57%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.57%) Local Government
16 4 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 193 (21.88%) Senior
2 143 (16.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 116 (13.15%) IT Engineer
3 116 (13.15%) Support Engineer
4 114 (12.93%) IT Support
5 95 (10.77%) Analyst
6 83 (9.41%) Cloud Engineer
7 71 (8.05%) Azure Engineer
7 71 (8.05%) DevOps Engineer
7 71 (8.05%) IT Support Engineer
8 54 (6.12%) 2nd Line Support
9 48 (5.44%) Security Engineer
10 43 (4.88%) Developer
11 40 (4.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 37 (4.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 37 (4.20%) Senior Manager
12 37 (4.20%) Systems Engineer
12 37 (4.20%) Testing Manager
13 31 (3.51%) Administrator
13 31 (3.51%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (7.48%) .NET
2 40 (4.54%) ARM Templates
3 38 (4.31%) Microsoft Graph
4 37 (4.20%) JSON
5 33 (3.74%) OAuth
6 32 (3.63%) SAML
7 31 (3.51%) HTML
8 30 (3.40%) YAML
9 26 (2.95%) OpenID
10 25 (2.83%) LDAP
11 24 (2.72%) .NET Core
11 24 (2.72%) REST
11 24 (2.72%) SPFx
12 22 (2.49%) CSS
13 21 (2.38%) SOAP
14 19 (2.15%) HTML5 Canvas
15 17 (1.93%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (1.93%) GraphQL
16 14 (1.59%) React
17 13 (1.47%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.37%) Onboarding
2 53 (6.01%) Driving Licence
3 43 (4.88%) Cloud Native
4 42 (4.76%) Virtual Team
5 39 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 33 (3.74%) PKI
7 29 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
8 28 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
8 28 (3.17%) Security Posture
9 27 (3.06%) Management Information System
10 26 (2.95%) Data Centre
11 24 (2.72%) Cyberattack
11 24 (2.72%) Public Cloud
12 23 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
13 18 (2.04%) Clustering
13 18 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.70%) Product Ownership
14 15 (1.70%) Replication
15 14 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
16 13 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 419 (47.51%) Windows
2 228 (25.85%) Windows Server
3 191 (21.66%) Linux
4 53 (6.01%) Windows 10
5 36 (4.08%) Apple iOS
6 32 (3.63%) CentOS
7 30 (3.40%) Mac OS
8 29 (3.29%) Android
9 26 (2.95%) VMS
9 26 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 24 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 22 (2.49%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.91%) Debian
13 5 (0.57%) Unix
13 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.45%) AIX
15 3 (0.34%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.23%) Rocky
16 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (27.44%) Problem-Solving
2 214 (24.26%) DevOps
3 201 (22.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 191 (21.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 180 (20.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 166 (18.82%) CI/CD
7 153 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
8 150 (17.01%) ITIL
9 137 (15.53%) Mentoring
10 131 (14.85%) Agile
11 110 (12.47%) Containerisation
12 103 (11.68%) Root Cause Analysis
13 101 (11.45%) Disaster Recovery
14 98 (11.11%) High Availability
15 89 (10.09%) Task Automation
16 87 (9.86%) Observability
17 83 (9.41%) Cloud Security
18 81 (9.18%) AI
19 79 (8.96%) Project Delivery
20 78 (8.84%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 312 (35.37%) Python
2 229 (25.96%) Bash
3 151 (17.12%) SQL
4 104 (11.79%) C#
5 79 (8.96%) JavaScript
6 74 (8.39%) Bicep
7 65 (7.37%) TypeScript
8 35 (3.97%) T-SQL
9 23 (2.61%) Kusto Query Language
10 13 (1.47%) C++
11 11 (1.25%) Java
11 11 (1.25%) PHP
11 11 (1.25%) VBScript
12 10 (1.13%) VB
13 8 (0.91%) Perl
14 6 (0.68%) Go
14 6 (0.68%) Korn
15 5 (0.57%) C
15 5 (0.57%) Ruby
16 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 127 (14.40%) Security Cleared
2 105 (11.90%) Azure Certification
3 100 (11.34%) Degree
4 89 (10.09%) SC Cleared
5 83 (9.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (4.31%) DV Cleared
7 34 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
8 33 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (3.29%) CCNA
10 26 (2.95%) DBS Check
11 18 (2.04%) CEH
11 18 (2.04%) CISSP
12 15 (1.70%) CREST Certified
13 14 (1.59%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.02%) GIAC
15 8 (0.91%) CISM
16 7 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.79%) CCNP
16 7 (0.79%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (5.78%) QA
3 50 (5.67%) NIST
4 49 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 41 (4.65%) GDPR
6 29 (3.29%) SLA
7 17 (1.93%) NCSC
8 15 (1.70%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.70%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.02%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.02%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.57%) DICOM
12 4 (0.45%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.11%) COBIT
14 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 335 (37.98%) Active Directory
2 178 (20.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 137 (15.53%) Hyper-V
4 106 (12.02%) Docker
5 58 (6.58%) vSphere
6 41 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (2.15%) VMware NSX
9 11 (1.25%) BitLocker
9 11 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (1.13%) KVM
11 8 (0.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.45%) Squid
13 3 (0.34%) iptables
13 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.23%) Samba
15 1 (0.11%) Firmware
15 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 187 (21.20%) Terraform
2 158 (17.91%) Kubernetes
3 131 (14.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 90 (10.20%) Ansible
5 59 (6.69%) Grafana
6 38 (4.31%) Prometheus
7 30 (3.40%) SCCM
8 22 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
8 22 (2.49%) vCenter Server
9 18 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.81%) Proxmox
10 16 (1.81%) ZABBIX
11 14 (1.59%) Graylog
12 12 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 12 (1.36%) Argo
12 12 (1.36%) QRadar
13 11 (1.25%) Nagios
13 11 (1.25%) WSUS
14 8 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
14 8 (0.91%) Nessus
Vendors
1 539 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 200 (22.68%) VMware
3 77 (8.73%) Cisco
4 51 (5.78%) Splunk
5 46 (5.22%) Veeam
6 43 (4.88%) Red Hat
7 37 (4.20%) Meraki
8 24 (2.72%) ServiceNow
9 22 (2.49%) Apple
10 20 (2.27%) Dell
11 19 (2.15%) Adobe
11 19 (2.15%) SolarWinds
12 18 (2.04%) Logitech
13 17 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
14 15 (1.70%) Fortinet
14 15 (1.70%) Sophos
15 14 (1.59%) Dynatrace
15 14 (1.59%) Oracle
16 13 (1.47%) Citrix
17 12 (1.36%) Zerto