PowerShell Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 111 64
Rank change year-on-year +30 -47 +43
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,098 1,026 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.14% 2.15% 4.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.40% 7.66% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 675 604 1,077
10th Percentile £31,925 £34,050 £35,525
25th Percentile £41,254 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,750 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -4.17% +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 7,130 13,396 11,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.41% 28.05% 38.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,869 7,365 9,353
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.77%

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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 4 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 4 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
North of England +53 398 £50,000 - 81
North West +79 317 £51,000 +2.00% 55
South East -7 242 £58,000 +3.11% 222
Midlands +29 148 £52,500 +10.53% 50
East of England +48 109 £47,500 -9.52% 40
West Midlands +39 108 £57,500 +35.29% 32
South West +20 107 £49,250 -2.48% 96
Scotland -9 76 £57,500 +12.20% 83
Yorkshire -17 72 £48,250 -11.47% 18
East Midlands +21 40 £38,500 -18.95% 18
Wales +16 17 £55,000 +10.55% 27
North East -5 9 £60,000 +35.52% 8
Northern Ireland -1 4 £46,000 +15.00% 3
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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
1 183 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (11.38%) SharePoint
3 55 (5.01%) Confluence
4 48 (4.37%) IIS
5 22 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (1.55%) Skype for Business
7 13 (1.18%) nginx
8 6 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.36%) Apache
10 3 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.18%) CICS
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.091%) CMS
12 1 (0.091%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.73%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 5 (0.46%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.18%) CATIA
7 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.18%) Windchill
8 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.091%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.73%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.46%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.46%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.091%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 530 (48.27%) Azure
2 315 (28.69%) Microsoft 365
3 185 (16.85%) AWS
4 181 (16.48%) Entra ID
5 125 (11.38%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (7.47%) Power Platform
7 69 (6.28%) SaaS
8 59 (5.37%) Azure Monitor
9 57 (5.19%) Power Automate
10 55 (5.01%) PaaS
11 51 (4.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 51 (4.64%) IaaS
12 50 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
13 49 (4.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 48 (4.37%) Amazon S3
15 41 (3.73%) Amazon ELB
15 41 (3.73%) AWS KMS
16 39 (3.55%) GCP
16 39 (3.55%) GitHub
17 33 (3.01%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 336 (30.60%) VPN
2 269 (24.50%) Cisco IOS
3 215 (19.58%) DNS
4 210 (19.13%) Firewall
5 154 (14.03%) DHCP
6 81 (7.38%) TCP/IP
7 67 (6.10%) WAN
8 44 (4.01%) VLAN
9 43 (3.92%) LAN
10 37 (3.37%) Wireless
11 35 (3.19%) SAN
12 33 (3.01%) SMTP
13 32 (2.91%) Internet
14 28 (2.55%) HTTP
15 26 (2.37%) SD-WAN
16 25 (2.28%) FTP
16 25 (2.28%) SSH
17 19 (1.73%) IP Telephony
18 17 (1.55%) Kerberos
18 17 (1.55%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (8.83%) SQL Server
2 72 (6.56%) Amazon RDS
3 44 (4.01%) Power BI
4 29 (2.64%) Oracle Database
5 26 (2.37%) Oracle Database 10g
6 23 (2.09%) MySQL
6 23 (2.09%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (1.28%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (0.82%) DTS
11 8 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database 11g
14 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database 12c
14 4 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 100 (9.11%) JIRA
2 86 (7.83%) Git
3 81 (7.38%) Jenkins
4 40 (3.64%) Vagrant
5 25 (2.28%) Octopus Deploy
6 19 (1.73%) MSI
7 17 (1.55%) GitLab
7 17 (1.55%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.46%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.36%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.36%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.36%) Toad
11 3 (0.27%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.27%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.18%) Balsamiq
13 1 (0.091%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.091%) Maven
13 1 (0.091%) MSBuild
General
1 308 (28.05%) Analytical Skills
2 276 (25.14%) Social Skills
3 275 (25.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (13.57%) Finance
5 53 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.01%) Law
7 34 (3.10%) Retail
8 25 (2.28%) Manufacturing
9 22 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.28%) Automotive
12 14 (1.28%) Legal
13 13 (1.18%) Marketing
14 11 (1.00%) Games
15 10 (0.91%) Advertising
15 10 (0.91%) Local Government
16 9 (0.82%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 382 (34.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 155 (14.12%) Support Engineer
3 98 (8.93%) Senior
4 76 (6.92%) 3rd Line Support
4 76 (6.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 70 (6.38%) IT Support
6 68 (6.19%) IT Engineer
7 61 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
8 59 (5.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 55 (5.01%) Analyst
10 52 (4.74%) Developer
11 50 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support
12 47 (4.28%) IT Support Engineer
13 46 (4.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 41 (3.73%) Lead
15 40 (3.64%) Applications Engineer
15 40 (3.64%) Applications Support
16 36 (3.28%) Architect
16 36 (3.28%) Cloud Engineer
16 36 (3.28%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (24.13%) Elastic Stack
2 61 (5.56%) REST
3 50 (4.55%) .NET
4 39 (3.55%) SOAP
5 35 (3.19%) LDAP
6 28 (2.55%) ARM Templates
7 20 (1.82%) JSON
8 17 (1.55%) SAML
9 16 (1.46%) Web Services
10 15 (1.37%) YAML
11 12 (1.09%) AngularJS
11 12 (1.09%) OAuth
12 11 (1.00%) React
13 10 (0.91%) GraphQL
13 10 (0.91%) Razor View Engine
14 9 (0.82%) OpenID
14 9 (0.82%) XML
15 8 (0.73%) .NET Framework
16 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
17 5 (0.46%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 267 (24.32%) Cyberattack
2 85 (7.74%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.37%) Data Centre
5 36 (3.28%) Replication
6 32 (2.91%) Security Posture
7 31 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 29 (2.64%) PKI
9 20 (1.82%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (1.73%) Driving Licence
11 18 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.28%) IoT
14 14 (1.28%) NHS
15 13 (1.18%) Clustering
16 12 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
18 10 (0.91%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 683 (62.20%) Windows
2 422 (38.43%) Linux
3 270 (24.59%) Android
4 236 (21.49%) Windows Server
5 61 (5.56%) VMS
6 58 (5.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 49 (4.46%) Windows 10
8 39 (3.55%) Mac OS
9 37 (3.37%) Unix
10 35 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 31 (2.82%) Windows Server 2008
12 26 (2.37%) Amazon Linux
13 22 (2.00%) HPUX
13 22 (2.00%) Solaris
13 22 (2.00%) Windows 7
13 22 (2.00%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 15 (1.37%) Ubuntu
16 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
16 7 (0.64%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (45.26%) DevOps
2 485 (44.17%) Problem-Solving
3 409 (37.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 346 (31.51%) Task Automation
5 309 (28.14%) Platform Engineering
6 277 (25.23%) Storage Management
7 271 (24.68%) Risk Management
8 262 (23.86%) Mathematics
9 261 (23.77%) Line Management
10 188 (17.12%) ITIL
11 140 (12.75%) CI/CD
12 138 (12.57%) Agile
12 138 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 111 (10.11%) Mentoring
14 110 (10.02%) Infrastructure as Code
15 90 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
16 88 (8.01%) Roadmaps
17 81 (7.38%) Migration
18 80 (7.29%) AI
19 79 (7.19%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 502 (45.72%) Python
2 394 (35.88%) Bash
3 177 (16.12%) SQL
4 67 (6.10%) C#
5 54 (4.92%) Bicep
6 46 (4.19%) Java
7 40 (3.64%) Groovy
7 40 (3.64%) Perl
8 35 (3.19%) JavaScript
9 24 (2.19%) VB
10 12 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (0.82%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.82%) VBScript
12 8 (0.73%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.73%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.36%) VBA
14 3 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.27%) Go
14 3 (0.27%) Tcl
15 2 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 181 (16.48%) Security Cleared
2 123 (11.20%) SC Cleared
3 109 (9.93%) Degree
4 70 (6.38%) Azure Certification
5 65 (5.92%) DV Cleared
6 64 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (3.64%) AWS Certification
8 37 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (2.73%) CCNA
10 26 (2.37%) DBS Check
11 25 (2.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 24 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.91%) CISSP
14 16 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (1.09%) CREST Certified
16 11 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
16 11 (1.00%) OSCP
17 9 (0.82%) CEH
17 9 (0.82%) HND
17 9 (0.82%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.74%) SLA
2 49 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (3.64%) NIST
4 35 (3.19%) GDPR
5 15 (1.37%) NCSC
6 13 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.09%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.55%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.46%) QA
11 2 (0.18%) HL7
12 1 (0.091%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 373 (33.97%) Hyper-V
2 349 (31.79%) Docker
3 338 (30.78%) Active Directory
4 286 (26.05%) vSphere
5 261 (23.77%) VMware NSX
6 149 (13.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 50 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
8 34 (3.10%) Virtual Desktop
9 29 (2.64%) DFS Replication
10 18 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.91%) Squid
12 9 (0.82%) Dovecot
12 9 (0.82%) Postfix
12 9 (0.82%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.64%) XenApp
14 6 (0.55%) Firmware
15 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.18%) RACF
17 1 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 437 (39.80%) Terraform
2 329 (29.96%) Ansible
3 166 (15.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 73 (6.65%) Kubernetes
5 60 (5.46%) Grafana
5 60 (5.46%) Prometheus
6 54 (4.92%) SCCM
7 34 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
7 34 (3.10%) WSUS
8 20 (1.82%) WMI
9 18 (1.64%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.37%) Backup Exec
10 15 (1.37%) SCOM
11 11 (1.00%) Autotask
12 10 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (0.91%) Nagios
12 10 (0.91%) Proxmox
12 10 (0.91%) ZABBIX
13 9 (0.82%) Nessus
14 8 (0.73%) QRadar
Vendors
1 516 (46.99%) Microsoft
2 328 (29.87%) Cisco
3 282 (25.68%) Splunk
4 276 (25.14%) Juniper
5 260 (23.68%) 3PAR
6 191 (17.40%) VMware
7 71 (6.47%) ServiceNow
8 57 (5.19%) Oracle
9 49 (4.46%) Veeam
10 33 (3.01%) Atlassian
11 30 (2.73%) Red Hat
12 27 (2.46%) Citrix
12 27 (2.46%) Meraki
13 23 (2.09%) Apple
13 23 (2.09%) SolarWinds
14 22 (2.00%) Google
15 20 (1.82%) Sophos
16 19 (1.73%) HP
16 19 (1.73%) SAP
17 17 (1.55%) Datto