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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 97 128
Rank change year-on-year -62 +31 -17
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 696 768 1,520
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.09% 2.89% 2.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.28% 9.57% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 536 582 1,268
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,875 £72,875
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 9,560 8,022 21,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.02% 30.15% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,447 5,821 16,401
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 April 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 April 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 -79 175 £56,750 -1.30% 103
North of England -57 139 £48,445 -3.11% 63
Midlands -57 105 £52,500 +5.00% 41
Scotland +42 97 £55,000 -4.35% 21
South West -43 90 £55,000 +15.79% 43
East of England -49 70 £44,500 -19.09% 40
North West -46 69 £55,000 +19.57% 33
East Midlands -52 59 £55,000 +25.71% 22
Yorkshire -39 56 £47,500 -13.64% 17
West Midlands -66 45 £47,750 -4.50% 19
Wales -16 18 £58,248 +15.22% 12
North East -39 14 £45,000 -21.74% 13
Northern Ireland -41 2 £46,000 - 13
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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
1 125 (17.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (15.66%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.30%) IIS
4 13 (1.87%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (0.43%) Confluence
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 28 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.43%) CATIA
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.43%) Siemens NX
2 3 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (0.43%) Windchill
3 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.57%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.43%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.29%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 443 (63.65%) Azure
2 268 (38.51%) Microsoft 365
3 176 (25.29%) Entra ID
4 113 (16.24%) AWS
5 81 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (7.90%) GitHub
7 49 (7.04%) OneDrive
8 48 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
9 46 (6.61%) Google Workspace
10 44 (6.32%) Power Platform
11 41 (5.89%) IaaS
12 36 (5.17%) Azure Key Vault
13 31 (4.45%) Azure Logic Apps
13 31 (4.45%) SaaS
14 30 (4.31%) Azure Data Factory
15 28 (4.02%) GCP
16 27 (3.88%) Datadog
17 26 (3.74%) dbt
17 26 (3.74%) Mimecast
17 26 (3.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 165 (23.71%) DNS
2 136 (19.54%) Firewall
3 124 (17.82%) DHCP
4 92 (13.22%) VPN
5 66 (9.48%) TCP/IP
6 58 (8.33%) WAN
7 51 (7.33%) LAN
8 44 (6.32%) Broadband
9 43 (6.18%) VLAN
10 38 (5.46%) VoIP
11 29 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (3.59%) SAN
13 22 (3.16%) Wireless
14 19 (2.73%) BGP
14 19 (2.73%) SD-WAN
15 18 (2.59%) MPLS
16 17 (2.44%) Network Security
17 11 (1.58%) Remote Desktop
18 9 (1.29%) Telnet
19 8 (1.15%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.77%) SQL Server
2 37 (5.32%) Power BI
3 26 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (3.02%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (2.87%) MySQL
7 15 (2.16%) Oracle Database
7 15 (2.16%) Oracle Database 10g
8 14 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (1.58%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.15%) InfluxDB
10 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.43%) Metadata
12 3 (0.43%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.29%) Big Data
13 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 48 (6.90%) JIRA
2 46 (6.61%) Git
3 42 (6.03%) Jenkins
4 22 (3.16%) GitLab
5 8 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (1.01%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.01%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.86%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.86%) TestRail
8 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.57%) Balsamiq
9 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.57%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.14%) git-flow
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 223 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 114 (16.38%) Finance
3 94 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.48%) Organisational Skills
5 41 (5.89%) Retail
6 33 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
6 33 (4.74%) Games
6 33 (4.74%) Law
7 28 (4.02%) Public Sector
8 24 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.01%) Legal
11 12 (1.72%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.15%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.15%) Front Office
13 7 (1.01%) Military
14 6 (0.86%) Advertising
14 6 (0.86%) Police
15 3 (0.43%) Banking
15 3 (0.43%) Billing
Job Titles
1 151 (21.70%) Senior
2 104 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 85 (12.21%) IT Support
4 82 (11.78%) Support Engineer
5 64 (9.20%) Azure Engineer
6 61 (8.76%) IT Engineer
7 54 (7.76%) Cloud Engineer
8 51 (7.33%) Developer
9 49 (7.04%) Security Engineer
10 44 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
11 41 (5.89%) 2nd Line Support
11 41 (5.89%) Analyst
12 38 (5.46%) DevOps Engineer
13 34 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
14 27 (3.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (3.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 25 (3.59%) Applications Engineer
16 24 (3.45%) Lead
16 24 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
17 23 (3.30%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (9.20%) OAuth
2 52 (7.47%) GraphQL
3 50 (7.18%) SAML
4 48 (6.90%) REST
5 45 (6.47%) OpenID
6 42 (6.03%) SOAP
7 39 (5.60%) LDAP
8 33 (4.74%) .NET
9 26 (3.74%) JSON
10 25 (3.59%) Microsoft Graph
11 24 (3.45%) YAML
12 23 (3.30%) ARM Templates
13 19 (2.73%) .NET Core
13 19 (2.73%) SPFx
14 14 (2.01%) CSS
14 14 (2.01%) HTML
14 14 (2.01%) HTML5 Canvas
15 13 (1.87%) React
16 11 (1.58%) OpenAPI
16 11 (1.58%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.19%) Onboarding
2 49 (7.04%) Cyberattack
3 40 (5.75%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (4.60%) Driving Licence
5 28 (4.02%) Cloud Native
6 25 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (2.59%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.59%) Security Posture
10 16 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
11 15 (2.16%) Product Ownership
12 14 (2.01%) PKI
12 14 (2.01%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.87%) Replication
13 13 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.44%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.29%) Clustering
15 9 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 296 (42.53%) Windows
2 170 (24.43%) Windows Server
3 114 (16.38%) Linux
4 40 (5.75%) Windows 10
5 33 (4.74%) Mac OS
6 29 (4.17%) Apple iOS
7 25 (3.59%) Android
8 23 (3.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (3.02%) CentOS
10 17 (2.44%) Unix
11 16 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 14 (2.01%) Solaris
13 13 (1.87%) HPUX
13 13 (1.87%) Windows 7
13 13 (1.87%) Windows Server 2003
13 13 (1.87%) Windows Server 2008
13 13 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
14 12 (1.72%) Ubuntu
15 8 (1.15%) VMS
16 5 (0.72%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 150 (21.55%) Infrastructure as Code
3 149 (21.41%) DevOps
4 139 (19.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 137 (19.68%) ITIL
6 133 (19.11%) CI/CD
7 131 (18.82%) Cybersecurity
8 126 (18.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 114 (16.38%) Mentoring
10 102 (14.66%) Agile
11 87 (12.50%) Roadmaps
12 78 (11.21%) Containerisation
13 69 (9.91%) Disaster Recovery
14 65 (9.34%) Root Cause Analysis
15 60 (8.62%) Asset Management
15 60 (8.62%) Identity Access Management
16 58 (8.33%) Cloud Security
16 58 (8.33%) Task Automation
17 57 (8.19%) SIEM
18 52 (7.47%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 221 (31.75%) Python
2 199 (28.59%) Bash
3 131 (18.82%) SQL
4 53 (7.61%) T-SQL
5 47 (6.75%) C#
6 44 (6.32%) Bicep
7 40 (5.75%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.30%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.01%) Perl
10 8 (1.15%) VB
11 6 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.72%) Go
12 5 (0.72%) Korn
13 4 (0.57%) VBScript
14 3 (0.43%) Java
15 2 (0.29%) C++
15 2 (0.29%) Delphi
15 2 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.29%) VB6
15 2 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 95 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 91 (13.07%) Degree
3 62 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 53 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 49 (7.04%) Azure Certification
6 46 (6.61%) DV Cleared
7 29 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (2.87%) CISSP
10 19 (2.73%) CREST Certified
11 14 (2.01%) CCNA
11 14 (2.01%) DBS Check
11 14 (2.01%) SANS
12 13 (1.87%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (1.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 11 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (1.44%) CEH
14 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (9.20%) NIST
2 59 (8.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (6.47%) GDPR
4 40 (5.75%) NCSC
5 36 (5.17%) SLA
6 27 (3.88%) Accessibility
7 20 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (1.58%) Data Quality
9 9 (1.29%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.86%) DICOM
11 6 (0.86%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.72%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.72%) QA
13 2 (0.29%) COBIT
13 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.14%) HL7
System Software
1 282 (40.52%) Active Directory
2 93 (13.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (11.78%) Hyper-V
4 80 (11.49%) Docker
5 30 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (2.73%) vSphere
7 15 (2.16%) VMware NSX
8 11 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (1.01%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 7 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.57%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.57%) iptables
10 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.29%) Firmware
11 2 (0.29%) KVM
11 2 (0.29%) Samba
11 2 (0.29%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.29%) XenApp
12 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 150 (21.55%) Terraform
2 91 (13.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 90 (12.93%) Kubernetes
4 75 (10.78%) Ansible
5 44 (6.32%) Grafana
6 24 (3.45%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.59%) vCenter Server
8 16 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
9 14 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (1.87%) SCCM
10 13 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (1.15%) WSUS
12 6 (0.86%) Nagios
12 6 (0.86%) QRadar
12 6 (0.86%) VxRail
13 5 (0.72%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.72%) Kibana
13 5 (0.72%) SCVMM
14 4 (0.57%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.57%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 395 (56.75%) Microsoft
2 128 (18.39%) VMware
3 54 (7.76%) Cisco
4 39 (5.60%) Veeam
5 36 (5.17%) Splunk
6 35 (5.03%) Red Hat
7 26 (3.74%) Oracle
8 25 (3.59%) Meraki
9 23 (3.30%) CrowdStrike
10 20 (2.87%) Dynatrace
11 19 (2.73%) ServiceNow
12 17 (2.44%) Apple
13 16 (2.30%) Dell
14 15 (2.16%) Adobe
14 15 (2.16%) SolarWinds
15 14 (2.01%) Logitech
16 12 (1.72%) Atlassian
17 11 (1.58%) HP
18 10 (1.44%) Citrix
18 10 (1.44%) SAP