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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 87 123
Rank change year-on-year -70 +36 -52
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 966 1,127 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.12% 3.26% 1.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.94% 14.76% 7.13%
Number of salaries quoted 652 656 596
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,438 £41,674
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% 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 12,168 7,634 14,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.07% 22.06% 27.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,996 4,728 8,352
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £40,000 £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 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 2 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 2 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
North of England -79 240 £50,000 - 191
South East -42 238 £52,500 -8.70% 223
Midlands -55 159 £52,500 +5.00% 102
North West -67 147 £50,000 +5.26% 107
East of England -53 93 £57,500 +21.05% 67
South West -70 83 £57,500 +21.05% 95
West Midlands -71 80 £55,000 - 56
East Midlands -25 79 £42,500 +21.43% 46
Northern Ireland -26 70 £46,000 - 19
Yorkshire -41 57 £48,445 -6.16% 56
Scotland -4 47 £52,500 +40.00% 47
North East -35 36 £51,500 -14.17% 29
Wales -56 36 £38,500 -30.00% 28
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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 (19.57%) SharePoint
2 184 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (5.07%) IIS
4 23 (2.38%) Confluence
5 15 (1.55%) nginx
6 8 (0.83%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (3.21%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.62%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 560 (57.97%) Azure
2 397 (41.10%) Microsoft 365
3 298 (30.85%) Entra ID
4 152 (15.73%) AWS
5 151 (15.63%) SaaS
6 105 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
7 81 (8.39%) IaaS
8 78 (8.07%) Power Platform
9 76 (7.87%) OneDrive
10 68 (7.04%) GitHub
11 61 (6.31%) Power Automate
12 52 (5.38%) PaaS
13 50 (5.18%) Azure Sentinel
14 49 (5.07%) Azure Monitor
15 43 (4.45%) Azure Key Vault
16 42 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
17 40 (4.14%) Azure AKS
18 39 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (3.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
20 33 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 261 (27.02%) DNS
2 239 (24.74%) Firewall
3 178 (18.43%) DHCP
4 174 (18.01%) VPN
5 113 (11.70%) TCP/IP
6 91 (9.42%) WAN
7 79 (8.18%) LAN
8 65 (6.73%) VLAN
9 45 (4.66%) Wireless
10 37 (3.83%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (2.90%) SAN
12 22 (2.28%) Network Security
13 21 (2.17%) SSL
14 20 (2.07%) HTTP
15 16 (1.66%) VSAN
16 12 (1.24%) Internet
16 12 (1.24%) VoIP
17 11 (1.14%) NAS
18 10 (1.04%) FTP
18 10 (1.04%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.59%) SQL Server
2 44 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 37 (3.83%) Power BI
4 21 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.14%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.93%) MySQL
9 8 (0.83%) InfluxDB
10 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.52%) Metadata
11 5 (0.52%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.52%) Power Query
11 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
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 68 (7.04%) Git
2 65 (6.73%) JIRA
3 50 (5.18%) GitLab
4 40 (4.14%) Jenkins
5 20 (2.07%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (0.83%) Robot Framework
7 8 (0.83%) 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%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.31%) MSI
10 3 (0.31%) Postman
10 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.21%) Ant
11 2 (0.21%) Maven
11 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 391 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 110 (11.39%) Finance
3 105 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (9.32%) Legal
5 80 (8.28%) Law
6 49 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
8 40 (4.14%) Retail
9 33 (3.42%) Public Sector
10 31 (3.21%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.69%) Aerospace
12 24 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.35%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.52%) Advertising
15 5 (0.52%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.52%) Local Government
15 5 (0.52%) Military
15 5 (0.52%) Police
16 4 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 206 (21.33%) Senior
2 163 (16.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 119 (12.32%) Support Engineer
4 118 (12.22%) Analyst
5 115 (11.90%) IT Engineer
6 94 (9.73%) IT Support
7 90 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
8 69 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
8 69 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
9 63 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 55 (5.69%) Senior Manager
10 55 (5.69%) Testing Manager
11 47 (4.87%) Administrator
11 47 (4.87%) Lead
12 46 (4.76%) Consultant
13 38 (3.93%) Support Analyst
13 38 (3.93%) Systems Engineer
14 35 (3.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (3.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 32 (3.31%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (20.91%) Terraform
2 57 (5.90%) .NET
3 45 (4.66%) ARM Templates
4 33 (3.42%) Microsoft Graph
5 29 (3.00%) YAML
6 23 (2.38%) HTML
6 23 (2.38%) JSON
7 19 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
8 18 (1.86%) REST
9 17 (1.76%) LDAP
10 16 (1.66%) SPFx
11 15 (1.55%) .NET Core
12 14 (1.45%) CSS
13 13 (1.35%) OAuth
13 13 (1.35%) OpenID
13 13 (1.35%) SAML
14 12 (1.24%) ASP.NET
14 12 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (1.24%) Middleware
15 11 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.59%) Onboarding
2 62 (6.42%) Driving Licence
3 59 (6.11%) Virtual Team
4 52 (5.38%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 43 (4.45%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 36 (3.73%) Replication
9 35 (3.62%) Clustering
10 33 (3.42%) PKI
10 33 (3.42%) Security Posture
11 23 (2.38%) Data Centre
11 23 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
12 17 (1.76%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.35%) Product Ownership
14 12 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
14 12 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 495 (51.24%) Windows
2 251 (25.98%) Windows Server
3 239 (24.74%) Linux
4 63 (6.52%) Windows 10
5 38 (3.93%) Apple iOS
6 35 (3.62%) Ubuntu
7 31 (3.21%) Android
8 27 (2.80%) CentOS
8 27 (2.80%) Mac OS
9 26 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 23 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (2.38%) VMS
10 23 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (1.04%) Rocky
12 8 (0.83%) Debian
13 7 (0.72%) Unix
14 5 (0.52%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.41%) AIX
15 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (31.26%) Problem-Solving
2 279 (28.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (26.60%) DevOps
4 247 (25.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 194 (20.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 178 (18.43%) CI/CD
6 178 (18.43%) ITIL
7 164 (16.98%) Mentoring
8 163 (16.87%) Cybersecurity
9 149 (15.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 137 (14.18%) Project Delivery
11 121 (12.53%) Agile
12 111 (11.49%) Root Cause Analysis
13 108 (11.18%) High Availability
14 106 (10.97%) AI
15 98 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 93 (9.63%) Cloud Security
17 92 (9.52%) Containerisation
18 89 (9.21%) Test Automation
19 85 (8.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 335 (34.68%) Python
2 198 (20.50%) SQL
3 197 (20.39%) Bash
4 112 (11.59%) C#
5 109 (11.28%) JavaScript
6 89 (9.21%) Bicep
7 79 (8.18%) TypeScript
8 31 (3.21%) Kusto Query Language
9 18 (1.86%) Java
10 16 (1.66%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.55%) VBScript
12 14 (1.45%) C++
13 13 (1.35%) PHP
14 10 (1.04%) Perl
15 9 (0.93%) VB
16 6 (0.62%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.52%) Go
17 5 (0.52%) Korn
17 5 (0.52%) Ruby
18 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 152 (15.73%) Security Cleared
2 108 (11.18%) Azure Certification
3 105 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 105 (10.87%) SC Cleared
4 101 (10.46%) Degree
5 47 (4.87%) DV Cleared
6 40 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 32 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (3.11%) CCNA
10 23 (2.38%) DBS Check
11 21 (2.17%) CEH
12 19 (1.97%) CISSP
13 13 (1.35%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.24%) CISM
14 12 (1.24%) GIAC
14 12 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 10 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.56%) QA
2 64 (6.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 61 (6.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (4.14%) NIST
5 31 (3.21%) GDPR
6 29 (3.00%) SLA
7 16 (1.66%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.04%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.93%) NCSC
10 8 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.83%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.41%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 353 (36.54%) Active Directory
2 188 (19.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (13.87%) Hyper-V
4 92 (9.52%) Docker
5 62 (6.42%) Virtual Machines
6 58 (6.00%) vSphere
7 46 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (2.07%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.93%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.83%) Firmware
11 8 (0.83%) KVM
12 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.41%) Squid
12 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.21%) NFS
13 2 (0.21%) Snort
13 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 176 (18.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (15.42%) Kubernetes
3 91 (9.42%) Ansible
4 50 (5.18%) SCCM
5 42 (4.35%) Grafana
6 25 (2.59%) Prometheus
7 24 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (2.38%) vCenter Server
9 16 (1.66%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.66%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.55%) Graylog
10 15 (1.55%) Puppet
11 13 (1.35%) Argo
11 13 (1.35%) QRadar
12 12 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (1.04%) Kibana
14 9 (0.93%) VxRail
15 8 (0.83%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.83%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 633 (65.53%) Microsoft
2 216 (22.36%) VMware
3 77 (7.97%) Cisco
4 55 (5.69%) Veeam
5 51 (5.28%) Splunk
6 43 (4.45%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.52%) Sage
8 32 (3.31%) Meraki
8 32 (3.31%) Red Hat
9 27 (2.80%) Dell
10 25 (2.59%) SAP
11 23 (2.38%) Citrix
12 22 (2.28%) Google
13 20 (2.07%) Fortinet
13 20 (2.07%) Sophos
14 19 (1.97%) Apple
14 19 (1.97%) Logitech
14 19 (1.97%) Oracle
14 19 (1.97%) TOWER Software
15 17 (1.76%) CrowdStrike