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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 87 140
Rank change year-on-year -78 +53 -37
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 707 1,007 1,442
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.06% 3.53% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.04% 12.71% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 554 541 1,166
10th Percentile £30,725 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £79,550 £78,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,750 £59,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.35% +8.64% -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 10,045 7,921 21,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.03% 27.78% 31.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,918 5,097 16,326
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -78 167 £56,750 -1.30% 102
North of England -107 161 £47,500 -6.40% 90
Midlands -53 124 £50,000 - 35
North West -99 84 £50,000 +8.70% 57
South West -49 80 £55,000 +15.79% 43
East of England -25 77 £57,500 +15.00% 27
Scotland +40 74 £50,000 +6.95% 16
East Midlands -24 72 £52,500 +40.00% 20
Yorkshire -26 57 £45,000 -28.00% 20
West Midlands -64 51 £48,250 -3.50% 15
Wales -19 21 £54,085 +8.17% 2
North East -29 20 £48,445 -15.75% 13
Northern Ireland - 3 £46,000 - 5
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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
1 122 (17.26%) SharePoint
2 120 (16.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (3.82%) IIS
4 11 (1.56%) Confluence
5 2 (0.28%) Apache
5 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 38 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.57%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.28%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 461 (65.21%) Azure
2 294 (41.58%) Microsoft 365
3 173 (24.47%) Entra ID
4 116 (16.41%) AWS
5 77 (10.89%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (8.35%) IaaS
7 55 (7.78%) Power Platform
8 54 (7.64%) OneDrive
9 49 (6.93%) GitHub
10 42 (5.94%) Azure Key Vault
10 42 (5.94%) Google Workspace
11 41 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
12 40 (5.66%) Azure AKS
13 37 (5.23%) SaaS
14 32 (4.53%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (4.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 30 (4.24%) Azure Sentinel
16 30 (4.24%) Datadog
16 30 (4.24%) Power Automate
17 29 (4.10%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 192 (27.16%) DNS
2 168 (23.76%) Firewall
3 117 (16.55%) DHCP
4 105 (14.85%) VPN
5 72 (10.18%) TCP/IP
6 62 (8.77%) WAN
7 55 (7.78%) LAN
8 41 (5.80%) VLAN
9 40 (5.66%) Broadband
10 38 (5.37%) VoIP
11 30 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (3.96%) SAN
13 19 (2.69%) Network Security
14 17 (2.40%) BGP
15 16 (2.26%) SD-WAN
16 13 (1.84%) MPLS
17 12 (1.70%) HTTP
18 11 (1.56%) Wireless
19 10 (1.41%) NAS
19 10 (1.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (10.18%) SQL Server
2 39 (5.52%) Power BI
3 33 (4.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (3.11%) MySQL
7 12 (1.70%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.99%) InfluxDB
11 5 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (0.71%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.57%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.42%) Metadata
13 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.28%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.28%) Star Schema
15 1 (0.14%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 47 (6.65%) Git
2 44 (6.22%) JIRA
3 37 (5.23%) Jenkins
4 29 (4.10%) GitLab
5 10 (1.41%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.99%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.71%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.71%) TestRail
9 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.57%) Selenium
10 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.28%) MSI
10 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.28%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.14%) DBeaver
11 1 (0.14%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 214 (30.27%) Social Skills
2 101 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (13.01%) Finance
4 54 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (6.79%) Law
6 36 (5.09%) Retail
7 33 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (4.10%) Games
9 29 (4.10%) Public Sector
10 16 (2.26%) Legal
10 16 (2.26%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.12%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.27%) Advertising
14 6 (0.85%) Police
15 5 (0.71%) Front Office
16 4 (0.57%) Military
17 3 (0.42%) Local Government
17 3 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 161 (22.77%) Senior
2 122 (17.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 90 (12.73%) IT Support
4 88 (12.45%) Support Engineer
5 74 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 72 (10.18%) IT Engineer
7 67 (9.48%) Azure Engineer
8 54 (7.64%) Analyst
9 51 (7.21%) IT Support Engineer
10 50 (7.07%) DevOps Engineer
11 48 (6.79%) Security Engineer
12 46 (6.51%) 2nd Line Support
13 45 (6.36%) Developer
14 33 (4.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 32 (4.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 29 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
17 24 (3.39%) Senior Developer
18 22 (3.11%) Consultant
18 22 (3.11%) Senior DevOps
18 22 (3.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.92%) OAuth
2 50 (7.07%) SAML
3 46 (6.51%) .NET
4 44 (6.22%) OpenID
5 42 (5.94%) LDAP
5 42 (5.94%) REST
6 41 (5.80%) GraphQL
7 39 (5.52%) SOAP
8 37 (5.23%) Microsoft Graph
9 33 (4.67%) JSON
10 28 (3.96%) YAML
11 24 (3.39%) .NET Core
12 23 (3.25%) SPFx
13 22 (3.11%) ARM Templates
13 22 (3.11%) HTML
14 20 (2.83%) CSS
15 19 (2.69%) HTML5 Canvas
16 15 (2.12%) React
17 12 (1.70%) Node.js
18 10 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.93%) Onboarding
2 45 (6.36%) Cyberattack
3 40 (5.66%) Cyber Threat
4 33 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 33 (4.67%) Driving Licence
5 26 (3.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 25 (3.54%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.11%) Data Centre
7 22 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 20 (2.83%) PKI
9 16 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.98%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.84%) Clustering
13 12 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.70%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.70%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.56%) Low-Code
14 11 (1.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 318 (44.98%) Windows
2 175 (24.75%) Windows Server
3 140 (19.80%) Linux
4 46 (6.51%) Windows 10
5 31 (4.38%) Apple iOS
6 30 (4.24%) Mac OS
7 26 (3.68%) Android
8 24 (3.39%) CentOS
9 23 (3.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
12 16 (2.26%) Ubuntu
13 13 (1.84%) VMS
14 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.71%) Debian
16 4 (0.57%) Unix
17 3 (0.42%) AIX
17 3 (0.42%) CoreOS
18 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
19 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
2 155 (21.92%) Infrastructure as Code
3 149 (21.07%) Cybersecurity
4 142 (20.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 141 (19.94%) DevOps
6 136 (19.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 133 (18.81%) CI/CD
8 125 (17.68%) ITIL
9 111 (15.70%) Agile
10 101 (14.29%) Mentoring
11 93 (13.15%) Containerisation
12 80 (11.32%) Root Cause Analysis
13 79 (11.17%) Roadmaps
14 72 (10.18%) High Availability
15 70 (9.90%) Disaster Recovery
16 65 (9.19%) SIEM
17 63 (8.91%) Cloud Security
17 63 (8.91%) Task Automation
18 52 (7.36%) Identity Access Management
18 52 (7.36%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 226 (31.97%) Python
2 206 (29.14%) Bash
3 130 (18.39%) SQL
4 55 (7.78%) C#
5 46 (6.51%) T-SQL
6 44 (6.22%) Bicep
7 38 (5.37%) JavaScript
8 23 (3.25%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.41%) VB
10 8 (1.13%) C++
11 7 (0.99%) Perl
12 6 (0.85%) Java
12 6 (0.85%) Korn
13 5 (0.71%) VBScript
14 4 (0.57%) Go
14 4 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.42%) PHP
16 2 (0.28%) C
16 2 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
17 1 (0.14%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 100 (14.14%) Security Cleared
2 88 (12.45%) Degree
3 68 (9.62%) Azure Certification
4 64 (9.05%) SC Cleared
5 57 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (4.53%) DV Cleared
7 28 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (3.11%) CompTIA Security+
9 19 (2.69%) DBS Check
10 17 (2.40%) CCNA
10 17 (2.40%) CREST Certified
11 15 (2.12%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.84%) CEH
13 12 (1.70%) CISSP
14 9 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.13%) SANS
16 7 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
17 5 (0.71%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (8.63%) NIST
3 40 (5.66%) GDPR
4 36 (5.09%) NCSC
5 26 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (3.39%) SLA
7 19 (2.69%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.70%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.56%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.27%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.99%) ISO 22301
12 6 (0.85%) DICOM
12 6 (0.85%) QA
13 2 (0.28%) COBIT
13 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.14%) HL7
System Software
1 282 (39.89%) Active Directory
2 111 (15.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (12.87%) Hyper-V
4 89 (12.59%) Docker
5 27 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (3.68%) vSphere
7 17 (2.40%) VMware NSX
8 13 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (1.13%) BitLocker
10 8 (1.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 8 (1.13%) KVM
11 5 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.57%) iptables
12 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.28%) Firmware
13 2 (0.28%) Samba
13 2 (0.28%) Squid
14 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 156 (22.07%) Terraform
2 120 (16.97%) Kubernetes
3 101 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 79 (11.17%) Ansible
5 45 (6.36%) Grafana
6 25 (3.54%) Prometheus
7 21 (2.97%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (2.83%) vCenter Server
9 19 (2.69%) Jamf Pro
10 17 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.26%) SCCM
12 10 (1.41%) Graylog
12 10 (1.41%) WSUS
12 10 (1.41%) ZABBIX
13 9 (1.27%) Nagios
13 9 (1.27%) Proxmox
13 9 (1.27%) QRadar
14 8 (1.13%) VxRail
15 6 (0.85%) Nessus
16 5 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 414 (58.56%) Microsoft
2 136 (19.24%) VMware
3 54 (7.64%) Cisco
4 41 (5.80%) Veeam
5 38 (5.37%) Red Hat
5 38 (5.37%) Splunk
6 30 (4.24%) Meraki
7 22 (3.11%) Dell
8 21 (2.97%) CrowdStrike
9 20 (2.83%) Apple
10 19 (2.69%) Adobe
11 16 (2.26%) Logitech
11 16 (2.26%) SolarWinds
12 15 (2.12%) Dynatrace
13 13 (1.84%) HP
13 13 (1.84%) ServiceNow
14 11 (1.56%) Citrix
14 11 (1.56%) Oracle
14 11 (1.56%) Yealink
15 10 (1.41%) Zerto