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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 84 137
Rank change year-on-year -57 +53 -53
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 921 1,142 1,121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 3.32% 1.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.70% 13.47% 6.78%
Number of salaries quoted 676 665 827
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,100
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 11,966 8,480 16,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.93% 24.64% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 8,671 5,402 11,382
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £68,324
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -36 244 £53,000 -7.83% 119
North of England -96 215 £49,222 +3.63% 91
Midlands -48 152 £52,500 +5.00% 44
North West -88 117 £52,500 +14.13% 63
East of England -39 94 £57,500 +11.65% 35
South West -71 83 £55,000 +15.79% 56
East Midlands -2 79 £42,500 +21.43% 22
West Midlands -64 73 £53,688 -2.39% 22
Northern Ireland -17 63 £46,000 +2.12% 8
Yorkshire -41 60 £42,500 -15.63% 19
Scotland +21 40 £52,500 +31.25% 13
North East -24 38 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Wales -31 30 £46,500 -15.45% 7
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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
1 172 (18.68%) SharePoint
2 171 (18.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 43 (4.67%) IIS
4 19 (2.06%) Confluence
5 9 (0.98%) nginx
6 5 (0.54%) Apache
7 4 (0.43%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.65%) NetSuite
1 6 (0.65%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.33%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 564 (61.24%) Azure
2 376 (40.83%) Microsoft 365
3 236 (25.62%) Entra ID
4 151 (16.40%) AWS
5 117 (12.70%) SaaS
6 107 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
7 85 (9.23%) IaaS
8 74 (8.03%) Power Platform
9 69 (7.49%) GitHub
10 66 (7.17%) OneDrive
11 53 (5.75%) Power Automate
12 50 (5.43%) Azure AKS
13 49 (5.32%) Azure Sentinel
13 49 (5.32%) PaaS
14 47 (5.10%) Azure Key Vault
15 43 (4.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 40 (4.34%) Azure Monitor
17 38 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
18 33 (3.58%) PowerApps
19 31 (3.37%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 256 (27.80%) DNS
2 231 (25.08%) Firewall
3 169 (18.35%) DHCP
4 157 (17.05%) VPN
5 108 (11.73%) TCP/IP
6 88 (9.55%) WAN
7 78 (8.47%) LAN
8 60 (6.51%) VLAN
9 35 (3.80%) Wireless
10 34 (3.69%) SAN
11 33 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (2.93%) VoIP
13 21 (2.28%) Network Security
14 19 (2.06%) SSL
15 16 (1.74%) HTTP
16 14 (1.52%) NAS
16 14 (1.52%) VSAN
17 13 (1.41%) BGP
17 13 (1.41%) SD-WAN
18 12 (1.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (9.99%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 42 (4.56%) Power BI
4 28 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (1.52%) MySQL
7 12 (1.30%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.19%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.98%) InfluxDB
10 7 (0.76%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.54%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.54%) Metadata
12 5 (0.54%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.43%) Redis
14 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.33%) Power Query
15 2 (0.22%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.22%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 72 (7.82%) Git
2 60 (6.51%) JIRA
3 46 (4.99%) GitLab
4 36 (3.91%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.52%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (0.76%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.76%) TestRail
7 6 (0.65%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.65%) Selenium
8 5 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.43%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.33%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.33%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.22%) MSI
11 2 (0.22%) Postman
11 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 324 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 101 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (10.75%) Law
4 94 (10.21%) Finance
5 84 (9.12%) Legal
6 46 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (3.91%) Retail
9 34 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 27 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.50%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.17%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.30%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.98%) Legal Technology
15 6 (0.65%) Advertising
15 6 (0.65%) Military
15 6 (0.65%) Police
16 5 (0.54%) Aviation
16 5 (0.54%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 205 (22.26%) Senior
2 146 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 112 (12.16%) Support Engineer
4 109 (11.83%) IT Engineer
5 108 (11.73%) IT Support
6 97 (10.53%) Analyst
7 88 (9.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 73 (7.93%) Azure Engineer
9 72 (7.82%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (7.06%) IT Support Engineer
11 52 (5.65%) Senior Manager
11 52 (5.65%) Testing Manager
12 51 (5.54%) 2nd Line Support
13 46 (4.99%) Administrator
14 42 (4.56%) Developer
15 41 (4.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 40 (4.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 39 (4.23%) Lead
17 39 (4.23%) Security Engineer
18 34 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.06%) .NET
2 41 (4.45%) ARM Templates
3 40 (4.34%) Microsoft Graph
4 32 (3.47%) YAML
5 31 (3.37%) HTML
5 31 (3.37%) JSON
6 24 (2.61%) .NET Core
6 24 (2.61%) SPFx
7 22 (2.39%) CSS
8 19 (2.06%) HTML5 Canvas
8 19 (2.06%) OAuth
8 19 (2.06%) SAML
9 17 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
10 15 (1.63%) REST
11 13 (1.41%) LDAP
12 12 (1.30%) ASP.NET
12 12 (1.30%) Middleware
12 12 (1.30%) OpenID
12 12 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
12 12 (1.30%) React
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.95%) Onboarding
2 57 (6.19%) Virtual Team
3 49 (5.32%) Driving Licence
4 45 (4.89%) Cloud Native
5 44 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 33 (3.58%) Management Information System
7 30 (3.26%) Clustering
7 30 (3.26%) PKI
7 30 (3.26%) Security Operations Centre
8 29 (3.15%) Security Posture
8 29 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (2.93%) Replication
10 24 (2.61%) Public Cloud
11 23 (2.50%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.63%) Product Ownership
13 14 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
15 12 (1.30%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 441 (47.88%) Windows
2 238 (25.84%) Windows Server
3 209 (22.69%) Linux
4 55 (5.97%) Windows 10
5 34 (3.69%) CentOS
6 33 (3.58%) Apple iOS
7 31 (3.37%) Mac OS
8 29 (3.15%) Android
9 26 (2.82%) Ubuntu
10 25 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (2.61%) VMS
11 24 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
12 23 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
13 6 (0.65%) Debian
14 5 (0.54%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.54%) Unix
15 4 (0.43%) AIX
15 4 (0.43%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
17 2 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (26.71%) DevOps
2 245 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
3 226 (24.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 203 (22.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 181 (19.65%) Infrastructure as Code
6 175 (19.00%) CI/CD
7 165 (17.92%) ITIL
8 147 (15.96%) Mentoring
9 141 (15.31%) Cybersecurity
10 128 (13.90%) Agile
11 116 (12.60%) High Availability
12 114 (12.38%) Disaster Recovery
13 109 (11.83%) Containerisation
14 104 (11.29%) Root Cause Analysis
15 98 (10.64%) Project Delivery
16 92 (9.99%) Observability
17 86 (9.34%) AI
18 85 (9.23%) Cloud Security
18 85 (9.23%) Task Automation
18 85 (9.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 322 (34.96%) Python
2 212 (23.02%) Bash
3 167 (18.13%) SQL
4 119 (12.92%) C#
5 95 (10.31%) JavaScript
6 81 (8.79%) Bicep
6 81 (8.79%) TypeScript
7 27 (2.93%) Kusto Query Language
8 21 (2.28%) T-SQL
9 13 (1.41%) C++
9 13 (1.41%) VBScript
10 12 (1.30%) Java
10 12 (1.30%) PHP
11 9 (0.98%) Perl
12 8 (0.87%) VB
13 6 (0.65%) Korn
14 5 (0.54%) C
14 5 (0.54%) Go
14 5 (0.54%) Ruby
15 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 140 (15.20%) Security Cleared
2 110 (11.94%) Azure Certification
3 102 (11.07%) Degree
4 100 (10.86%) SC Cleared
5 91 (9.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (4.78%) DV Cleared
7 37 (4.02%) CompTIA Security+
7 37 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (3.15%) CCNA
10 24 (2.61%) DBS Check
11 17 (1.85%) CEH
12 15 (1.63%) CISSP
13 13 (1.41%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.19%) CREST Certified
15 9 (0.98%) GIAC
16 8 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.87%) CISM
16 8 (0.87%) CompTIA CySA+
16 8 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.38%) QA
2 65 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (5.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (4.23%) GDPR
5 37 (4.02%) NIST
6 31 (3.37%) SLA
7 13 (1.41%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.41%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.98%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.87%) NCSC
10 6 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.54%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.33%) DICOM
12 3 (0.33%) ISAE 3402
12 3 (0.33%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 329 (35.72%) Active Directory
2 183 (19.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (15.64%) Hyper-V
4 105 (11.40%) Docker
5 54 (5.86%) vSphere
6 46 (4.99%) Virtual Machines
7 34 (3.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (2.06%) VMware NSX
9 10 (1.09%) BitLocker
10 9 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 9 (0.98%) KVM
10 9 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.43%) Firmware
11 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.43%) Squid
11 4 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.22%) iptables
12 2 (0.22%) Samba
13 1 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 201 (21.82%) Terraform
2 161 (17.48%) Kubernetes
3 149 (16.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 96 (10.42%) Ansible
5 57 (6.19%) Grafana
6 39 (4.23%) SCCM
7 37 (4.02%) Prometheus
8 19 (2.06%) vCenter Server
9 18 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
10 17 (1.85%) Proxmox
11 16 (1.74%) ZABBIX
12 14 (1.52%) Graylog
13 12 (1.30%) Argo
13 12 (1.30%) QRadar
14 11 (1.19%) Nagios
15 10 (1.09%) Nessus
16 8 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
16 8 (0.87%) Kibana
16 8 (0.87%) WSUS
Vendors
1 578 (62.76%) Microsoft
2 203 (22.04%) VMware
3 88 (9.55%) Cisco
4 51 (5.54%) Veeam
5 49 (5.32%) Splunk
6 45 (4.89%) Red Hat
7 43 (4.67%) Meraki
8 37 (4.02%) ServiceNow
9 23 (2.50%) Dell
10 21 (2.28%) Apple
11 19 (2.06%) Adobe
11 19 (2.06%) Oracle
12 18 (1.95%) Logitech
13 17 (1.85%) Sophos
14 15 (1.63%) Citrix
14 15 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
14 15 (1.63%) Dynatrace
14 15 (1.63%) Fortinet
14 15 (1.63%) SolarWinds
15 13 (1.41%) Zerto