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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 106 81
Rank change year-on-year -16 -25 +18
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 711 892 1,327
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.63% 2.52% 3.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.58% 8.18% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 524 598 1,105
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £64,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £62,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.83% +3.75% -

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 6,723 10,903 14,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.45% 30.74% 35.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,004 5,864 11,465
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -38 177 £58,000 -3.33% 187
North of England -24 131 £50,000 - 119
Scotland +42 125 £57,500 +4.55% 44
South West +26 107 £52,500 -2.78% 91
Midlands -26 88 £52,500 +10.53% 74
East of England +9 69 £43,085 -17.93% 71
North West -16 61 £50,500 +1.00% 65
Yorkshire -22 59 £47,500 -9.52% 43
West Midlands -28 47 £52,500 +23.53% 24
East Midlands -10 41 £55,000 +12.24% 49
Wales +8 12 £55,000 +5.77% 22
North East +6 11 £62,500 +10.62% 12
Northern Ireland -9 3 £46,500 - 6
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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
1 129 (18.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (13.92%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.94%) IIS
4 22 (3.09%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.97%) Confluence
5 14 (1.97%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.70%) nginx
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.28%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) CICS
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.84%) Siemens NX
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.56%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.42%) CATIA
5 3 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.42%) Windchill
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.13%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.84%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.70%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.56%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 463 (65.12%) Azure
2 255 (35.86%) Microsoft 365
3 175 (24.61%) Entra ID
4 119 (16.74%) AWS
5 109 (15.33%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (7.03%) GitHub
6 50 (7.03%) Power Platform
7 40 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
8 35 (4.92%) Azure Key Vault
8 35 (4.92%) Azure Monitor
8 35 (4.92%) GCP
9 33 (4.64%) OneDrive
9 33 (4.64%) Snowflake
10 32 (4.50%) SaaS
11 30 (4.22%) dbt
11 30 (4.22%) Google Workspace
12 29 (4.08%) PaaS
12 29 (4.08%) Power Automate
13 24 (3.38%) IaaS
14 23 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 142 (19.97%) DNS
2 124 (17.44%) Firewall
3 111 (15.61%) DHCP
4 69 (9.70%) TCP/IP
5 55 (7.74%) VPN
6 49 (6.89%) WAN
7 42 (5.91%) LAN
8 32 (4.50%) VLAN
9 28 (3.94%) Wireless
10 27 (3.80%) Broadband
11 18 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (2.39%) SAN
13 14 (1.97%) Internet
13 14 (1.97%) SD-WAN
13 14 (1.97%) Skype
14 13 (1.83%) Network Security
15 12 (1.69%) VoIP
15 12 (1.69%) VSAN
16 10 (1.41%) MPLS
17 9 (1.27%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.70%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.08%) Oracle Database
3 28 (3.94%) Power BI
4 26 (3.66%) Oracle Database 10g
5 22 (3.09%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.41%) MySQL
11 8 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (0.98%) DTS
13 6 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.56%) MS Access
14 4 (0.56%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
14 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 12c
14 4 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
15 3 (0.42%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 69 (9.70%) JIRA
2 54 (7.59%) Jenkins
3 40 (5.63%) Git
4 18 (2.53%) GitLab
5 16 (2.25%) Octopus Deploy
6 11 (1.55%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.98%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.84%) Vagrant
9 5 (0.70%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.56%) Toad
11 3 (0.42%) Balsamiq
11 3 (0.42%) MSI
11 3 (0.42%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.42%) TestRail
12 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.28%) git-flow
12 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
13 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.14%) Postman
General
1 241 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 189 (26.58%) Finance
3 63 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (5.77%) Retail
5 39 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (3.66%) Games
7 25 (3.52%) Public Sector
8 24 (3.38%) Law
9 22 (3.09%) Manufacturing
10 20 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.41%) Legal
13 8 (1.13%) Front Office
14 7 (0.98%) Advertising
14 7 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.98%) Local Government
14 7 (0.98%) Marketing
15 6 (0.84%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.70%) Automotive
16 5 (0.70%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 123 (17.30%) Senior
2 92 (12.94%) Support Engineer
3 78 (10.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 67 (9.42%) Developer
5 53 (7.45%) Azure Engineer
6 50 (7.03%) IT Support
7 47 (6.61%) Applications Engineer
7 47 (6.61%) DevOps Engineer
8 45 (6.33%) 3rd Line Support
9 40 (5.63%) Cloud Engineer
9 40 (5.63%) IT Engineer
10 39 (5.49%) Security Engineer
11 35 (4.92%) Applications Support
12 33 (4.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 33 (4.64%) Analyst
12 33 (4.64%) Lead
13 31 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
13 31 (4.36%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 28 (3.94%) Applications Support Engineer
15 26 (3.66%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (10.69%) REST
2 54 (7.59%) SOAP
3 46 (6.47%) OAuth
4 41 (5.77%) SAML
5 40 (5.63%) GraphQL
6 39 (5.49%) LDAP
7 35 (4.92%) OpenID
8 33 (4.64%) .NET
9 24 (3.38%) ARM Templates
10 20 (2.81%) YAML
11 17 (2.39%) Web Services
12 16 (2.25%) JSON
13 15 (2.11%) React
14 12 (1.69%) AngularJS
15 11 (1.55%) OpenAPI
15 11 (1.55%) Swagger
16 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
16 10 (1.41%) OAuth2
16 10 (1.41%) Razor View Engine
17 8 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.58%) Onboarding
2 49 (6.89%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
3 28 (3.94%) Cyberattack
4 27 (3.80%) Security Posture
5 21 (2.95%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.53%) Driving Licence
6 18 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.25%) Replication
9 15 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.83%) PKI
11 12 (1.69%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.41%) CMDB
12 10 (1.41%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 309 (43.46%) Windows
2 175 (24.61%) Windows Server
3 96 (13.50%) Linux
4 45 (6.33%) Windows 10
5 31 (4.36%) Mac OS
6 30 (4.22%) Unix
7 29 (4.08%) Windows Server 2008
8 24 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (3.09%) HPUX
9 22 (3.09%) Solaris
9 22 (3.09%) Windows 7
9 22 (3.09%) Windows Server 2003
10 21 (2.95%) VMS
11 20 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 16 (2.25%) Android
13 12 (1.69%) Apple iOS
14 10 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 9 (1.27%) CentOS
15 9 (1.27%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.84%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (36.15%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (27.43%) DevOps
3 180 (25.32%) ITIL
4 171 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 133 (18.71%) CI/CD
6 123 (17.30%) Infrastructure as Code
7 116 (16.32%) Mentoring
8 115 (16.17%) Agile
9 105 (14.77%) Asset Management
10 104 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 101 (14.21%) Cybersecurity
12 100 (14.06%) Roadmaps
13 93 (13.08%) Coaching
14 75 (10.55%) Disaster Recovery
15 71 (9.99%) Incident Management
16 70 (9.85%) Root Cause Analysis
17 68 (9.56%) ITSM
18 63 (8.86%) Change Management
19 61 (8.58%) Task Automation
20 54 (7.59%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 203 (28.55%) Python
2 160 (22.50%) SQL
3 155 (21.80%) Bash
4 61 (8.58%) C#
5 42 (5.91%) Bicep
5 42 (5.91%) JavaScript
6 32 (4.50%) T-SQL
7 24 (3.38%) Perl
8 15 (2.11%) VB
9 13 (1.83%) Java
10 10 (1.41%) VBScript
11 9 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.13%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.98%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.84%) Groovy
15 4 (0.56%) Go
16 3 (0.42%) Tcl
17 2 (0.28%) Delphi
17 2 (0.28%) VB6
17 2 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 109 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 89 (12.52%) Degree
3 66 (9.28%) SC Cleared
4 58 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (6.05%) DV Cleared
6 39 (5.49%) Azure Certification
7 32 (4.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 24 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (3.09%) AWS Certification
10 20 (2.81%) CISSP
11 18 (2.53%) CCNA
11 18 (2.53%) CREST Certified
12 17 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (1.97%) SANS
14 12 (1.69%) DBS Check
15 10 (1.41%) MCP
16 9 (1.27%) MCSA
17 8 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
18 7 (0.98%) CEH
19 6 (0.84%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.89%) NIST
2 47 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (5.77%) SLA
4 39 (5.49%) GDPR
5 32 (4.50%) NCSC
6 29 (4.08%) Accessibility
7 16 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.13%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.56%) QA
11 3 (0.42%) HL7
11 3 (0.42%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) DICOM
13 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 268 (37.69%) Active Directory
2 70 (9.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (8.30%) Docker
4 58 (8.16%) Hyper-V
5 34 (4.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 27 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (2.39%) vSphere
8 9 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.84%) Firmware
11 5 (0.70%) Squid
12 4 (0.56%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.56%) Dovecot
12 4 (0.56%) Postfix
12 4 (0.56%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.56%) XenApp
13 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.28%) iptables
14 2 (0.28%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 147 (20.68%) Terraform
2 120 (16.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (9.00%) Kubernetes
4 47 (6.61%) Ansible
5 36 (5.06%) SCCM
6 25 (3.52%) Grafana
7 20 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (2.53%) Prometheus
9 15 (2.11%) WSUS
10 9 (1.27%) SCOM
10 9 (1.27%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.13%) Nagios
11 8 (1.13%) ZABBIX
12 7 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.98%) SCVMM
13 6 (0.84%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
14 4 (0.56%) Nessus
14 4 (0.56%) WMI
Vendors
1 410 (57.67%) Microsoft
2 115 (16.17%) VMware
3 46 (6.47%) Cisco
4 44 (6.19%) Oracle
5 41 (5.77%) ServiceNow
6 38 (5.34%) Veeam
7 31 (4.36%) Atlassian
8 22 (3.09%) Red Hat
9 20 (2.81%) SolarWinds
9 20 (2.81%) Splunk
10 19 (2.67%) Citrix
11 18 (2.53%) SAP
12 17 (2.39%) Google
13 12 (1.69%) Apple
13 12 (1.69%) IBM
14 11 (1.55%) CrowdStrike
14 11 (1.55%) HP
14 11 (1.55%) MuleSoft
15 10 (1.41%) Dynatrace
15 10 (1.41%) Trend Micro