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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 87 122
Rank change year-on-year -66 +35 -51
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 968 1,113 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.12% 3.23% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.93% 14.56% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 655 650 605
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,750 £41,732
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,375 £64,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £77,500 £77,000
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 12,204 7,642 14,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.18% 22.21% 27.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,976 4,741 8,495
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,500 £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 £80,450
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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -78 239 £50,000 - 167
South East -50 235 £52,500 -8.70% 139
Midlands -47 161 £52,500 +5.00% 99
North West -78 147 £50,000 +5.26% 95
East of England -38 94 £57,500 +21.05% 48
South West -76 86 £55,000 +15.79% 70
West Midlands -64 81 £55,000 - 56
East Midlands -22 80 £42,500 +21.43% 43
Northern Ireland -27 70 £46,000 - 27
Yorkshire -33 56 £45,472 -13.39% 49
Scotland -5 46 £51,250 +7.89% 42
Wales -40 37 £38,500 -30.00% 20
North East -38 36 £51,500 -14.17% 26
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UK

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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
1 192 (19.83%) SharePoint
2 185 (19.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (4.96%) 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 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (3.20%) 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
1 559 (57.75%) Azure
2 397 (41.01%) Microsoft 365
3 293 (30.27%) Entra ID
4 153 (15.81%) AWS
5 150 (15.50%) SaaS
6 105 (10.85%) Azure DevOps
7 79 (8.16%) Power Platform
8 77 (7.95%) IaaS
9 75 (7.75%) OneDrive
10 68 (7.02%) GitHub
11 62 (6.40%) Power Automate
12 51 (5.27%) Azure Sentinel
13 50 (5.17%) PaaS
14 48 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
15 42 (4.34%) Azure Key Vault
15 42 (4.34%) Microsoft Purview
16 40 (4.13%) Azure AKS
16 40 (4.13%) Microsoft Copilot
17 34 (3.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 33 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 263 (27.17%) DNS
2 242 (25.00%) Firewall
3 179 (18.49%) DHCP
4 172 (17.77%) VPN
5 112 (11.57%) TCP/IP
6 92 (9.50%) WAN
7 80 (8.26%) LAN
8 63 (6.51%) VLAN
9 45 (4.65%) Wireless
10 39 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (2.89%) SAN
12 22 (2.27%) Network Security
13 20 (2.07%) SSL
14 19 (1.96%) HTTP
15 16 (1.65%) VSAN
16 13 (1.34%) Internet
16 13 (1.34%) VoIP
17 11 (1.14%) NAS
18 10 (1.03%) FTP
18 10 (1.03%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.68%) SQL Server
2 46 (4.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 39 (4.03%) Power BI
4 22 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.34%) 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 67 (6.92%) Git
2 66 (6.82%) JIRA
3 50 (5.17%) GitLab
4 40 (4.13%) 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
1 389 (40.19%) Social Skills
2 109 (11.26%) Finance
3 105 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (9.19%) Legal
5 82 (8.47%) Law
6 50 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 42 (4.34%) Retail
9 34 (3.51%) Public Sector
10 31 (3.20%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.69%) Aerospace
12 24 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.34%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.62%) Police
16 5 (0.52%) Advertising
16 5 (0.52%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.52%) Local Government
16 5 (0.52%) Military
17 4 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 208 (21.49%) Senior
2 163 (16.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 120 (12.40%) Support Engineer
4 116 (11.98%) IT Engineer
5 114 (11.78%) Analyst
6 96 (9.92%) IT Support
7 87 (8.99%) Cloud Engineer
8 69 (7.13%) DevOps Engineer
9 66 (6.82%) Azure Engineer
10 63 (6.51%) IT Support Engineer
11 55 (5.68%) Senior Manager
11 55 (5.68%) Testing Manager
12 49 (5.06%) Administrator
13 47 (4.86%) Consultant
14 45 (4.65%) Lead
15 39 (4.03%) Systems Engineer
16 38 (3.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 38 (3.93%) Support Analyst
17 32 (3.31%) 2nd Line Support
18 31 (3.20%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (20.56%) Terraform
2 58 (5.99%) .NET
3 43 (4.44%) ARM Templates
4 34 (3.51%) Microsoft Graph
5 29 (3.00%) YAML
6 24 (2.48%) HTML
7 23 (2.38%) JSON
8 19 (1.96%) Elastic Stack
9 17 (1.76%) REST
9 17 (1.76%) SPFx
10 16 (1.65%) .NET Core
11 15 (1.55%) CSS
11 15 (1.55%) LDAP
12 12 (1.24%) ASP.NET
12 12 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (1.24%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (1.24%) Middleware
12 12 (1.24%) OAuth
12 12 (1.24%) OpenID
13 11 (1.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.68%) Onboarding
2 61 (6.30%) Driving Licence
3 59 (6.10%) Virtual Team
4 49 (5.06%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (4.34%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.82%) Security Operations Centre
8 36 (3.72%) Replication
9 35 (3.62%) Clustering
10 34 (3.51%) PKI
11 32 (3.31%) Security Posture
12 25 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (2.48%) Data Centre
14 23 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (1.86%) Public Cloud
16 15 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
17 14 (1.45%) Product Ownership
18 12 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
18 12 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
18 12 (1.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 492 (50.83%) Windows
2 252 (26.03%) Windows Server
3 237 (24.48%) Linux
4 63 (6.51%) Windows 10
5 39 (4.03%) Apple iOS
6 34 (3.51%) Ubuntu
7 32 (3.31%) Android
8 27 (2.79%) CentOS
8 27 (2.79%) Mac OS
9 24 (2.48%) VMS
9 24 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
10 23 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 21 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 9 (0.93%) Rocky
13 8 (0.83%) Debian
13 8 (0.83%) Unix
14 5 (0.52%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.41%) AIX
15 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (28.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 255 (26.34%) DevOps
4 243 (25.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 192 (19.83%) Infrastructure as Code
6 182 (18.80%) ITIL
7 174 (17.98%) CI/CD
8 164 (16.94%) Mentoring
9 160 (16.53%) Cybersecurity
10 145 (14.98%) Disaster Recovery
11 139 (14.36%) Project Delivery
12 122 (12.60%) Agile
13 109 (11.26%) Root Cause Analysis
14 107 (11.05%) High Availability
15 104 (10.74%) AI
16 98 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 90 (9.30%) Containerisation
17 90 (9.30%) Test Automation
18 89 (9.19%) Cloud Security
19 85 (8.78%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 334 (34.50%) Python
2 200 (20.66%) SQL
3 196 (20.25%) Bash
4 113 (11.67%) C#
5 110 (11.36%) JavaScript
6 87 (8.99%) Bicep
7 80 (8.26%) TypeScript
8 31 (3.20%) Kusto Query Language
9 18 (1.86%) Java
10 16 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.55%) VBScript
12 14 (1.45%) C++
13 13 (1.34%) PHP
14 10 (1.03%) 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
1 157 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 110 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 108 (11.16%) Azure Certification
4 106 (10.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 102 (10.54%) Degree
6 50 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 40 (4.13%) CompTIA Security+
8 33 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
10 30 (3.10%) CCNA
11 22 (2.27%) DBS Check
12 21 (2.17%) CEH
13 19 (1.96%) CISSP
14 13 (1.34%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (1.24%) CISM
15 12 (1.24%) GIAC
15 12 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 10 (1.03%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.54%) QA
2 64 (6.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 61 (6.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (3.93%) NIST
5 31 (3.20%) GDPR
6 28 (2.89%) SLA
7 14 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.03%) 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
1 349 (36.05%) Active Directory
2 192 (19.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (13.84%) Hyper-V
4 90 (9.30%) Docker
5 60 (6.20%) Virtual Machines
6 59 (6.10%) vSphere
7 45 (4.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.27%) VMware NSX
9 17 (1.76%) 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 1 (0.10%) Ceph
13 1 (0.10%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.10%) Snort
Systems Management
1 175 (18.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 147 (15.19%) Kubernetes
3 93 (9.61%) Ansible
4 50 (5.17%) SCCM
5 42 (4.34%) Grafana
6 25 (2.58%) Prometheus
7 24 (2.48%) vCenter Server
8 23 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.65%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.65%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.55%) Graylog
11 14 (1.45%) Puppet
12 13 (1.34%) Argo
12 13 (1.34%) QRadar
13 12 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
14 10 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (1.03%) Kibana
15 9 (0.93%) VxRail
16 8 (0.83%) Nessus
17 7 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 631 (65.19%) Microsoft
2 216 (22.31%) VMware
3 79 (8.16%) Cisco
4 54 (5.58%) Veeam
5 51 (5.27%) Splunk
6 43 (4.44%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.51%) Sage
8 33 (3.41%) Meraki
9 32 (3.31%) Red Hat
10 26 (2.69%) Dell
11 25 (2.58%) SAP
12 23 (2.38%) Citrix
13 20 (2.07%) Google
13 20 (2.07%) Oracle
13 20 (2.07%) Sophos
14 19 (1.96%) Apple
14 19 (1.96%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.96%) Logitech
14 19 (1.96%) TOWER Software
15 16 (1.65%) CrowdStrike