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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 99 110
Rank change year-on-year -44 +11 -8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 698 766 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.27% 2.84% 2.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.61% 9.20% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 527 605 1,315
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,375 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 8,105 8,330 20,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.78% 30.83% 33.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,742 5,816 15,762
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,794 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +3.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -49 192 £56,750 -5.42% 102
North of England -56 138 £47,500 -9.52% 56
Scotland +40 107 £71,500 +24.35% 15
South West -14 96 £55,000 +11.00% 49
Midlands -58 95 £52,500 +5.00% 45
Yorkshire -21 68 £47,500 -9.52% 18
East of England -31 60 £40,000 -27.27% 37
North West -47 56 £53,000 +9.72% 25
East Midlands -25 52 £55,000 +15.79% 18
West Midlands -46 42 £48,000 -4.00% 27
North East -27 14 £45,000 -25.00% 14
Wales -19 9 £55,000 +8.80% 5
Northern Ireland -37 2 - - 2
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UK

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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
1 135 (19.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (13.90%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.15%) Exchange Server 2003
4 20 (2.87%) IIS
5 3 (0.43%) Confluence
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 36 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.72%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.43%) CATIA
4 3 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.43%) Windchill
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.72%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.29%) Alphatax
4 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 437 (62.61%) Azure
2 262 (37.54%) Microsoft 365
3 183 (26.22%) Entra ID
4 114 (16.33%) AWS
5 80 (11.46%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (7.74%) GitHub
7 47 (6.73%) GitHub Actions
7 47 (6.73%) Google Workspace
8 43 (6.16%) OneDrive
9 42 (6.02%) Power Platform
10 36 (5.16%) Azure Key Vault
10 36 (5.16%) IaaS
11 34 (4.87%) GCP
12 30 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
12 30 (4.30%) PaaS
13 28 (4.01%) dbt
13 28 (4.01%) Snowflake
14 27 (3.87%) SaaS
15 24 (3.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 23 (3.30%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 158 (22.64%) DNS
2 131 (18.77%) DHCP
3 115 (16.48%) Firewall
4 82 (11.75%) VPN
5 71 (10.17%) TCP/IP
6 47 (6.73%) WAN
7 45 (6.45%) Broadband
7 45 (6.45%) VLAN
8 44 (6.30%) LAN
9 37 (5.30%) VoIP
10 23 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (3.30%) Wireless
11 20 (2.87%) SAN
12 18 (2.58%) SD-WAN
13 17 (2.44%) Network Security
14 15 (2.15%) MPLS
15 14 (2.01%) BGP
16 9 (1.29%) Telnet
17 8 (1.15%) VSAN
18 7 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (10.03%) SQL Server
2 37 (5.30%) Power BI
3 26 (3.72%) Oracle Database
3 26 (3.72%) Oracle Database 10g
4 21 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.72%) MySQL
6 16 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.43%) NoSQL
10 9 (1.29%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.86%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database 11g
14 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database 12c
14 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 3 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
15 3 (0.43%) Data Mining
16 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 60 (8.60%) JIRA
2 44 (6.30%) Jenkins
3 39 (5.59%) Git
4 22 (3.15%) GitLab
5 10 (1.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (1.15%) CircleCI
7 7 (1.00%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.57%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.57%) TestRail
10 3 (0.43%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.29%) Selenium
11 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
12 1 (0.14%) git-flow
12 1 (0.14%) MSI
12 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 230 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 139 (19.91%) Finance
3 84 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.17%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (4.87%) Games
5 34 (4.87%) Retail
6 31 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (3.87%) Law
8 21 (3.01%) Public Sector
9 15 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.86%) Legal
10 13 (1.86%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.15%) Front Office
12 6 (0.86%) Advertising
13 4 (0.57%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.57%) Military
14 3 (0.43%) Billing
14 3 (0.43%) Marketing
15 2 (0.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 125 (17.91%) Senior
2 95 (13.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 82 (11.75%) Support Engineer
4 79 (11.32%) IT Support
5 62 (8.88%) Azure Engineer
5 62 (8.88%) Developer
6 55 (7.88%) IT Engineer
7 52 (7.45%) Security Engineer
8 49 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
9 45 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
10 44 (6.30%) IT Support Engineer
11 39 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
12 37 (5.30%) Analyst
13 35 (5.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 32 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
15 28 (4.01%) Applications Engineer
16 24 (3.44%) Systems Support
17 23 (3.30%) JIRA Developer
17 23 (3.30%) Lead
18 22 (3.15%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (9.46%) OAuth
2 57 (8.17%) REST
3 55 (7.88%) SAML
4 53 (7.59%) GraphQL
5 47 (6.73%) OpenID
6 46 (6.59%) SOAP
7 40 (5.73%) LDAP
8 25 (3.58%) YAML
9 22 (3.15%) JSON
10 20 (2.87%) .NET
10 20 (2.87%) ARM Templates
11 18 (2.58%) Microsoft Graph
12 12 (1.72%) React
13 11 (1.58%) Node.js
13 11 (1.58%) OpenAPI
13 11 (1.58%) Swagger
14 10 (1.43%) .NET Core
14 10 (1.43%) Web Services
15 8 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
15 8 (1.15%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.59%) Onboarding
2 42 (6.02%) Cyberattack
3 41 (5.87%) Cyber Threat
4 35 (5.01%) Driving Licence
5 24 (3.44%) Security Posture
6 23 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (3.15%) Cloud Native
8 17 (2.44%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.44%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (2.01%) Management Information System
10 14 (2.01%) Replication
11 12 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.58%) PKI
13 8 (1.15%) Clustering
13 8 (1.15%) CMDB
13 8 (1.15%) Equities
13 8 (1.15%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 303 (43.41%) Windows
2 175 (25.07%) Windows Server
3 105 (15.04%) Linux
4 44 (6.30%) Windows 10
5 34 (4.87%) Mac OS
6 24 (3.44%) Unix
7 23 (3.30%) Windows Server 2008
8 22 (3.15%) Apple iOS
8 22 (3.15%) HPUX
8 22 (3.15%) Solaris
8 22 (3.15%) Windows 7
8 22 (3.15%) Windows Server 2003
8 22 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (2.58%) Android
9 18 (2.58%) CentOS
10 15 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (1.72%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (1.00%) VMS
14 5 (0.72%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (33.38%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (23.21%) ITIL
3 155 (22.21%) DevOps
4 152 (21.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 132 (18.91%) Infrastructure as Code
6 121 (17.34%) CI/CD
7 120 (17.19%) Cybersecurity
8 118 (16.91%) Mentoring
9 116 (16.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 100 (14.33%) Agile
11 96 (13.75%) Roadmaps
12 83 (11.89%) Asset Management
13 73 (10.46%) Disaster Recovery
14 69 (9.89%) Incident Management
15 68 (9.74%) Containerisation
16 62 (8.88%) ITSM
17 61 (8.74%) Cloud Security
17 61 (8.74%) Root Cause Analysis
18 60 (8.60%) Coaching
19 57 (8.17%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 199 (28.51%) Python
2 190 (27.22%) Bash
3 123 (17.62%) SQL
4 53 (7.59%) T-SQL
5 46 (6.59%) JavaScript
6 37 (5.30%) Bicep
7 35 (5.01%) C#
8 22 (3.15%) Perl
9 7 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (1.00%) VB
10 6 (0.86%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.57%) Go
11 4 (0.57%) Java
11 4 (0.57%) VBScript
12 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.29%) C
13 2 (0.29%) Delphi
13 2 (0.29%) Tcl
13 2 (0.29%) VB6
13 2 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 103 (14.76%) Degree
2 90 (12.89%) Security Cleared
3 57 (8.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 56 (8.02%) SC Cleared
5 52 (7.45%) Azure Certification
6 48 (6.88%) DV Cleared
7 31 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 26 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (3.44%) CISSP
10 22 (3.15%) CREST Certified
11 21 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (2.58%) AWS Certification
12 18 (2.58%) SANS
13 14 (2.01%) CCNA
14 13 (1.86%) DBS Check
15 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 10 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
17 8 (1.15%) CEH
18 7 (1.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.89%) NIST
2 62 (8.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (6.59%) NCSC
3 46 (6.59%) SLA
4 45 (6.45%) GDPR
5 31 (4.44%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.43%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.29%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.86%) QA
11 5 (0.72%) DICOM
11 5 (0.72%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.29%) COBIT
13 2 (0.29%) HL7
13 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 299 (42.84%) Active Directory
2 80 (11.46%) Hyper-V
3 79 (11.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (9.31%) Docker
5 24 (3.44%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (2.87%) vSphere
7 14 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.58%) VMware NSX
9 9 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.57%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.57%) iptables
11 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.57%) XenApp
12 3 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.29%) Firmware
13 2 (0.29%) KVM
13 2 (0.29%) Samba
13 2 (0.29%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 136 (19.48%) Terraform
2 91 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 75 (10.74%) Kubernetes
4 56 (8.02%) Ansible
5 37 (5.30%) Grafana
6 20 (2.87%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (2.01%) SCCM
8 14 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (1.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.72%) vCenter Server
11 7 (1.00%) Nagios
12 6 (0.86%) WSUS
13 5 (0.72%) SCVMM
14 4 (0.57%) Kibana
14 4 (0.57%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.57%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.57%) Puppet
14 4 (0.57%) SolarWinds Orion
14 4 (0.57%) VxRail
Vendors
1 377 (54.01%) Microsoft
2 125 (17.91%) VMware
3 53 (7.59%) Cisco
4 44 (6.30%) Veeam
5 36 (5.16%) Oracle
6 31 (4.44%) Splunk
7 27 (3.87%) Red Hat
8 26 (3.72%) Atlassian
9 21 (3.01%) Dynatrace
9 21 (3.01%) Meraki
10 19 (2.72%) ServiceNow
11 17 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
12 16 (2.29%) Apple
13 15 (2.15%) SolarWinds
14 14 (2.01%) Citrix
15 12 (1.72%) Google
16 11 (1.58%) Fortinet
16 11 (1.58%) HP
16 11 (1.58%) SAP
17 10 (1.43%) Dell