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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 84 121
Rank change year-on-year -75 +37 -55
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 970 1,070 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.12% 3.12% 2.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.10% 14.54% 7.34%
Number of salaries quoted 645 652 592
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.96% -6.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £64,563
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,850 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.13% -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 11,978 7,359 13,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.83% 21.43% 27.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,912 4,648 7,730
10th Percentile £36,500 £30,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £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 £81,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £64,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.10% -0.77%

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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 13 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 13 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 -20 237 £52,500 -8.70% 164
North of England -96 233 £50,000 - 153
Midlands -40 161 £52,500 +1.94% 79
North West -82 139 £50,000 - 78
East of England -36 99 £56,250 +18.42% 56
South West -72 93 £55,000 +13.40% 82
East Midlands -1 83 £42,500 +15.65% 29
West Midlands -68 78 £55,000 - 50
Northern Ireland -22 70 £46,000 - 25
Yorkshire -48 57 £48,445 -3.11% 52
Scotland -10 46 £52,500 +23.53% 45
North East -41 37 £51,500 -14.17% 24
Wales -58 31 £35,000 -36.36% 18
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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
1 189 (19.48%) Microsoft Exchange
1 189 (19.48%) SharePoint
2 45 (4.64%) IIS
3 24 (2.47%) Confluence
4 15 (1.55%) nginx
5 8 (0.82%) Apache
6 4 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.10%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 31 (3.20%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.62%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 567 (58.45%) Azure
2 415 (42.78%) Microsoft 365
3 316 (32.58%) Entra ID
4 153 (15.77%) SaaS
5 150 (15.46%) AWS
6 101 (10.41%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (8.45%) Power Platform
8 80 (8.25%) IaaS
9 78 (8.04%) OneDrive
10 63 (6.49%) GitHub
11 61 (6.29%) Power Automate
12 53 (5.46%) Azure Sentinel
13 52 (5.36%) Azure Monitor
14 48 (4.95%) Microsoft Purview
14 48 (4.95%) PaaS
15 44 (4.54%) Microsoft Copilot
16 43 (4.43%) Azure Key Vault
17 39 (4.02%) Azure AKS
18 34 (3.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 30 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 267 (27.53%) DNS
2 240 (24.74%) Firewall
3 186 (19.18%) DHCP
4 177 (18.25%) VPN
5 118 (12.16%) TCP/IP
6 85 (8.76%) WAN
7 76 (7.84%) LAN
8 69 (7.11%) VLAN
9 46 (4.74%) Wireless
10 35 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (2.68%) SAN
12 23 (2.37%) Network Security
12 23 (2.37%) SSL
13 19 (1.96%) HTTP
14 16 (1.65%) VSAN
15 14 (1.44%) NAS
16 12 (1.24%) VoIP
17 11 (1.13%) Internet
18 10 (1.03%) FTP
18 10 (1.03%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (8.45%) SQL Server
2 42 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 36 (3.71%) Power BI
4 18 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (1.13%) MongoDB
7 9 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.82%) InfluxDB
9 7 (0.72%) MySQL
10 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.62%) Metadata
11 5 (0.52%) Power Query
11 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.41%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.41%) Redis
12 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.21%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 64 (6.60%) Git
2 63 (6.49%) JIRA
3 53 (5.46%) GitLab
4 40 (4.12%) Jenkins
5 20 (2.06%) Bitbucket
6 10 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (0.82%) Robot Framework
7 8 (0.82%) TestRail
8 6 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.62%) Selenium
8 6 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.41%) Postman
9 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.31%) MSI
10 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.21%) Ant
11 2 (0.21%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 393 (40.52%) Social Skills
2 113 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
3 107 (11.03%) Finance
4 94 (9.69%) Legal
5 76 (7.84%) Law
6 49 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (3.71%) Retail
9 33 (3.40%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.20%) Public Sector
11 26 (2.68%) Aerospace
12 25 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.34%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.52%) Advertising
15 5 (0.52%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.52%) Local Government
16 4 (0.41%) Aviation
16 4 (0.41%) Military
17 3 (0.31%) Games
Job Titles
1 200 (20.62%) Senior
2 175 (18.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 126 (12.99%) Analyst
4 117 (12.06%) IT Engineer
5 115 (11.86%) Support Engineer
6 95 (9.79%) IT Support
7 88 (9.07%) Cloud Engineer
8 71 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
9 69 (7.11%) DevOps Engineer
10 64 (6.60%) IT Support Engineer
11 55 (5.67%) Senior Manager
11 55 (5.67%) Testing Manager
12 47 (4.85%) Administrator
13 46 (4.74%) Consultant
14 41 (4.23%) Lead
14 41 (4.23%) Support Analyst
15 37 (3.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 37 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
16 32 (3.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 30 (3.09%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (20.41%) Terraform
2 54 (5.57%) .NET
3 41 (4.23%) ARM Templates
4 32 (3.30%) Microsoft Graph
5 26 (2.68%) YAML
6 22 (2.27%) JSON
7 21 (2.16%) HTML
8 20 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
8 20 (2.06%) REST
9 17 (1.75%) LDAP
9 17 (1.75%) SAML
10 15 (1.55%) SPFx
11 13 (1.34%) .NET Core
12 12 (1.24%) ASP.NET
12 12 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (1.24%) CSS
12 12 (1.24%) Middleware
12 12 (1.24%) OAuth
12 12 (1.24%) OpenID
13 11 (1.13%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 70 (7.22%) Driving Licence
3 59 (6.08%) Virtual Team
4 48 (4.95%) Cloud Native
5 44 (4.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 44 (4.54%) Replication
6 37 (3.81%) Clustering
6 37 (3.81%) Management Information System
7 34 (3.51%) Security Posture
8 32 (3.30%) PKI
8 32 (3.30%) Security Operations Centre
9 28 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (2.37%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
12 15 (1.55%) Product Ownership
12 15 (1.55%) Public Cloud
13 14 (1.44%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
14 13 (1.34%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 507 (52.27%) Windows
2 258 (26.60%) Windows Server
3 245 (25.26%) Linux
4 64 (6.60%) Windows 10
5 39 (4.02%) Apple iOS
6 35 (3.61%) Ubuntu
7 32 (3.30%) Android
8 29 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 28 (2.89%) macOS
10 26 (2.68%) CentOS
11 23 (2.37%) VMS
11 23 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
12 19 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 11 (1.13%) Rocky
14 8 (0.82%) Debian
15 5 (0.52%) CoreOS
15 5 (0.52%) Unix
16 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.31%) AIX
17 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (32.06%) Problem-Solving
2 284 (29.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 260 (26.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 250 (25.77%) DevOps
5 190 (19.59%) Infrastructure as Code
6 181 (18.66%) ITIL
7 171 (17.63%) CI/CD
8 168 (17.32%) Mentoring
9 159 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
9 159 (16.39%) Disaster Recovery
10 146 (15.05%) Project Delivery
11 119 (12.27%) Agile
12 115 (11.86%) Root Cause Analysis
13 109 (11.24%) AI
14 105 (10.82%) High Availability
15 103 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 96 (9.90%) Technical Leadership
17 93 (9.59%) Cloud Security
18 89 (9.18%) Containerisation
19 87 (8.97%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 324 (33.40%) Python
2 195 (20.10%) Bash
3 192 (19.79%) SQL
4 110 (11.34%) C#
5 107 (11.03%) JavaScript
6 88 (9.07%) Bicep
7 80 (8.25%) TypeScript
8 36 (3.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.68%) Java
10 16 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.55%) C++
11 15 (1.55%) VBScript
12 13 (1.34%) PHP
13 10 (1.03%) Perl
14 8 (0.82%) VB
15 6 (0.62%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.52%) Ruby
17 4 (0.41%) C
17 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 157 (16.19%) Security Cleared
2 117 (12.06%) Azure Certification
3 111 (11.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 102 (10.52%) SC Cleared
5 98 (10.10%) Degree
6 51 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 40 (4.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 30 (3.09%) CCNA
8 30 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (2.47%) DBS Check
11 22 (2.27%) CISSP
12 21 (2.16%) CEH
13 14 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.34%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.24%) CISM
15 12 (1.24%) GIAC
15 12 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 12 (1.24%) MCSA
16 10 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (7.73%) QA
2 68 (7.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 60 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (4.33%) NIST
5 29 (2.99%) SLA
6 27 (2.78%) GDPR
7 16 (1.65%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.03%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.93%) NCSC
10 7 (0.72%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.62%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.21%) GRC
13 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.10%) GxP
System Software
1 359 (37.01%) Active Directory
2 190 (19.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (14.54%) Hyper-V
4 84 (8.66%) Docker
5 60 (6.19%) Virtual Machines
6 56 (5.77%) vSphere
7 48 (4.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (2.37%) VMware NSX
9 21 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.93%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.82%) Firmware
11 8 (0.82%) KVM
12 5 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.41%) Squid
13 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.31%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.21%) NFS
15 2 (0.21%) Snort
15 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 186 (19.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 148 (15.26%) Kubernetes
3 90 (9.28%) Ansible
4 54 (5.57%) SCCM
5 41 (4.23%) Grafana
6 28 (2.89%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (2.68%) vCenter Server
8 24 (2.47%) Prometheus
9 21 (2.16%) Puppet
10 16 (1.65%) Proxmox
10 16 (1.65%) ZABBIX
11 15 (1.55%) Graylog
12 14 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 13 (1.34%) Argo
13 13 (1.34%) QRadar
14 11 (1.13%) FortiGate
14 11 (1.13%) Kibana
15 10 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
16 8 (0.82%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.82%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 639 (65.88%) Microsoft
2 218 (22.47%) VMware
3 79 (8.14%) Cisco
4 55 (5.67%) Veeam
5 52 (5.36%) Splunk
6 43 (4.43%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.51%) Sage
8 30 (3.09%) Meraki
9 26 (2.68%) Red Hat
10 25 (2.58%) SAP
11 24 (2.47%) Dell
12 23 (2.37%) Citrix
13 22 (2.27%) Google
14 21 (2.16%) Fortinet
14 21 (2.16%) SolarWinds
15 20 (2.06%) Sophos
16 19 (1.96%) Apple
16 19 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
16 19 (1.96%) Oracle
16 19 (1.96%) TOWER Software