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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 106 75
Rank change year-on-year -13 -31 +27
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 713 919 1,209
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.70% 2.50% 3.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.85% 8.13% 10.24%
Number of salaries quoted 539 611 989
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -2.78% +1.41%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,550 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 6,573 11,301 11,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.72% 30.79% 36.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,935 6,128 9,172
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,646 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,219 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.28% +4.00% -3.85%

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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 4 January 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 January 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 -38 181 £58,000 -1.90% 301
North of England -22 127 £50,000 - 109
Scotland +33 119 £57,500 +4.55% 80
South West +22 107 £52,500 -4.55% 80
Midlands -28 88 £52,500 +13.51% 75
East of England +24 74 £43,085 -17.93% 71
North West -9 62 £50,000 - 46
Yorkshire -22 55 £47,500 -9.52% 32
West Midlands -19 49 £52,500 +31.25% 31
East Midlands -2 39 £54,000 +6.93% 43
Wales +12 15 £55,000 +5.77% 15
North East +3 10 £50,000 - 32
Northern Ireland -9 3 £46,500 +16.25% 4
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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
1 137 (19.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 105 (14.73%) SharePoint
3 30 (4.21%) IIS
4 22 (3.09%) Exchange Server 2003
5 17 (2.38%) Skype for Business
6 16 (2.24%) Confluence
7 5 (0.70%) nginx
7 5 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.28%) CMS
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 34 (4.77%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.84%) Siemens NX
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.56%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.42%) CATIA
5 3 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.42%) Windchill
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.12%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.84%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.70%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.56%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 473 (66.34%) Azure
2 265 (37.17%) Microsoft 365
3 170 (23.84%) Entra ID
4 125 (17.53%) AWS
5 110 (15.43%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (7.43%) Power Platform
7 47 (6.59%) GitHub
8 39 (5.47%) GCP
9 38 (5.33%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (5.33%) SaaS
10 35 (4.91%) Azure Key Vault
11 34 (4.77%) Azure Monitor
12 33 (4.63%) Snowflake
13 31 (4.35%) OneDrive
14 30 (4.21%) Power Automate
15 29 (4.07%) dbt
16 27 (3.79%) PaaS
17 24 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
18 23 (3.23%) IaaS
19 22 (3.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 149 (20.90%) DNS
2 132 (18.51%) Firewall
3 117 (16.41%) DHCP
4 68 (9.54%) TCP/IP
5 52 (7.29%) VPN
6 49 (6.87%) WAN
7 38 (5.33%) LAN
8 34 (4.77%) VLAN
9 31 (4.35%) Wireless
10 19 (2.66%) Broadband
10 19 (2.66%) Internet
11 18 (2.52%) SAN
12 17 (2.38%) Skype
13 16 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (2.10%) SD-WAN
15 12 (1.68%) Network Security
16 11 (1.54%) Kerberos
16 11 (1.54%) VoIP
17 10 (1.40%) HTTP
17 10 (1.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.07%) Oracle Database
3 28 (3.93%) Power BI
4 26 (3.65%) Oracle Database 10g
5 22 (3.09%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (1.26%) DTS
11 8 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (1.12%) MySQL
12 6 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.56%) MS Access
13 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
13 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 12c
13 4 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
14 3 (0.42%) Data Mining
14 3 (0.42%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 69 (9.68%) JIRA
2 51 (7.15%) Jenkins
3 36 (5.05%) Git
4 17 (2.38%) Octopus Deploy
5 15 (2.10%) GitLab
6 13 (1.82%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.98%) Vagrant
8 5 (0.70%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.70%) MSI
9 4 (0.56%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.56%) Toad
10 3 (0.42%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.28%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.28%) git-flow
11 2 (0.28%) Metasploit
11 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.28%) TestRail
12 1 (0.14%) Postman
General
1 244 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 186 (26.09%) Finance
3 62 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (5.33%) Retail
5 30 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (4.07%) Law
7 25 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.37%) Public Sector
9 22 (3.09%) Games
10 20 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.40%) Legal
13 9 (1.26%) Advertising
13 9 (1.26%) Marketing
14 8 (1.12%) Front Office
15 7 (0.98%) Automotive
15 7 (0.98%) Local Government
16 6 (0.84%) Electronics
16 6 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 120 (16.83%) Senior
2 99 (13.88%) Support Engineer
3 79 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 62 (8.70%) Developer
5 52 (7.29%) Azure Engineer
6 49 (6.87%) 3rd Line Support
6 49 (6.87%) DevOps Engineer
7 48 (6.73%) Applications Engineer
7 48 (6.73%) IT Support
8 41 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
8 41 (5.75%) IT Engineer
9 38 (5.33%) Analyst
10 37 (5.19%) Applications Support
11 35 (4.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 35 (4.91%) Lead
12 34 (4.77%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 34 (4.77%) Security Engineer
13 31 (4.35%) Applications Support Engineer
14 29 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
15 28 (3.93%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (9.54%) REST
2 47 (6.59%) SOAP
3 35 (4.91%) OAuth
4 34 (4.77%) LDAP
5 33 (4.63%) .NET
6 32 (4.49%) GraphQL
7 31 (4.35%) SAML
8 26 (3.65%) ARM Templates
9 24 (3.37%) OpenID
10 19 (2.66%) YAML
11 16 (2.24%) JSON
11 16 (2.24%) Web Services
12 14 (1.96%) React
13 12 (1.68%) AngularJS
14 11 (1.54%) OpenAPI
14 11 (1.54%) Swagger
15 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
15 10 (1.40%) Razor View Engine
16 8 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
17 7 (0.98%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.40%) Onboarding
2 50 (7.01%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.93%) Security Posture
4 25 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 20 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
5 20 (2.81%) Cyberattack
6 19 (2.66%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.52%) Data Centre
7 18 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.24%) PKI
9 14 (1.96%) Replication
10 13 (1.82%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.68%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (1.54%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.40%) Clustering
13 10 (1.40%) CMDB
13 10 (1.40%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 310 (43.48%) Windows
2 185 (25.95%) Windows Server
3 94 (13.18%) Linux
4 46 (6.45%) Windows 10
5 31 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
6 30 (4.21%) Mac OS
6 30 (4.21%) Unix
7 24 (3.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (3.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (3.09%) HPUX
8 22 (3.09%) Solaris
8 22 (3.09%) Windows 7
8 22 (3.09%) Windows Server 2003
9 21 (2.95%) VMS
10 17 (2.38%) Android
11 12 (1.68%) Apple iOS
12 9 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (1.12%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.98%) Amazon Linux
15 6 (0.84%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (35.20%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (26.79%) DevOps
3 175 (24.54%) ITIL
4 166 (23.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 128 (17.95%) CI/CD
6 117 (16.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 113 (15.85%) Agile
8 107 (15.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 107 (15.01%) Mentoring
9 105 (14.73%) Asset Management
10 98 (13.74%) Cybersecurity
11 94 (13.18%) Coaching
12 92 (12.90%) Roadmaps
13 73 (10.24%) Disaster Recovery
13 73 (10.24%) Incident Management
14 72 (10.10%) Root Cause Analysis
15 66 (9.26%) ITSM
16 64 (8.98%) Change Management
17 63 (8.84%) Task Automation
18 54 (7.57%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 195 (27.35%) Python
2 162 (22.72%) SQL
3 139 (19.50%) Bash
4 62 (8.70%) C#
5 42 (5.89%) Bicep
6 40 (5.61%) JavaScript
7 25 (3.51%) Perl
8 24 (3.37%) T-SQL
9 16 (2.24%) VB
10 14 (1.96%) Java
11 10 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 10 (1.40%) VBScript
12 8 (1.12%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.98%) Groovy
13 7 (0.98%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.56%) Go
15 3 (0.42%) Tcl
16 2 (0.28%) VBA
17 1 (0.14%) C++
17 1 (0.14%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 112 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 86 (12.06%) Degree
3 69 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 58 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (6.17%) DV Cleared
6 37 (5.19%) Azure Certification
7 33 (4.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 27 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (2.95%) CCNA
10 20 (2.81%) AWS Certification
11 18 (2.52%) CISSP
12 17 (2.38%) CREST Certified
13 16 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.68%) SANS
15 10 (1.40%) DBS Check
15 10 (1.40%) MCP
16 9 (1.26%) MCSA
17 8 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
18 7 (0.98%) CEH
18 7 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 45 (6.31%) SLA
2 43 (6.03%) NIST
3 34 (4.77%) GDPR
4 26 (3.65%) Accessibility
5 24 (3.37%) NCSC
6 15 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.42%) HL7
9 3 (0.42%) QA
10 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 267 (37.45%) Active Directory
2 81 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (8.70%) Hyper-V
4 55 (7.71%) Docker
5 36 (5.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 28 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (2.10%) vSphere
8 9 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.98%) Firmware
10 6 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.70%) Squid
12 4 (0.56%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.56%) Dovecot
12 4 (0.56%) Postfix
12 4 (0.56%) XenApp
13 3 (0.42%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.28%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 1 (0.14%) RACF
15 1 (0.14%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 148 (20.76%) Terraform
2 130 (18.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 59 (8.27%) Kubernetes
4 43 (6.03%) Ansible
5 41 (5.75%) SCCM
6 23 (3.23%) Grafana
7 19 (2.66%) WSUS
8 18 (2.52%) Prometheus
9 16 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.40%) SCOM
10 10 (1.40%) vCenter Server
10 10 (1.40%) ZABBIX
11 9 (1.26%) Nagios
12 6 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.84%) WMI
13 5 (0.70%) MaaS360
13 5 (0.70%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.70%) SCVMM
14 4 (0.56%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 423 (59.33%) Microsoft
2 125 (17.53%) VMware
3 50 (7.01%) Cisco
4 42 (5.89%) Oracle
4 42 (5.89%) ServiceNow
5 35 (4.91%) Veeam
6 32 (4.49%) Atlassian
7 26 (3.65%) SolarWinds
8 23 (3.23%) Citrix
8 23 (3.23%) Red Hat
9 18 (2.52%) SAP
9 18 (2.52%) Splunk
10 16 (2.24%) Google
11 14 (1.96%) Sophos
12 12 (1.68%) Apple
12 12 (1.68%) IBM
12 12 (1.68%) Trend Micro
13 11 (1.54%) HP
13 11 (1.54%) MuleSoft
14 10 (1.40%) Dynatrace