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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 95 119
Rank change year-on-year -71 +24 -9
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 690 764 1,554
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.13% 2.94% 2.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.53% 9.92% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 534 580 1,299
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £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 £82,200 £78,875 £72,750
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 9,160 7,698 21,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.94% 29.59% 32.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,302 5,815 16,388
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 14 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 14 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 -76 185 £57,750 +0.43% 101
North of England -55 135 £47,500 -7.99% 74
Midlands -68 101 £52,500 +5.00% 37
Scotland +48 95 £67,000 +11.67% 25
South West -33 93 £55,000 +15.79% 51
North West -39 68 £55,000 +18.28% 39
East of England -54 64 £40,250 -26.82% 36
East Midlands -45 56 £55,000 +15.79% 17
Yorkshire -46 54 £47,500 -9.52% 23
West Midlands -58 44 £48,000 -4.00% 20
Wales -16 15 £65,000 +28.58% 16
North East -35 13 £45,000 -21.74% 12
Northern Ireland -42 2 £46,000 - 3
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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
1 131 (18.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (14.93%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.33%) IIS
4 19 (2.75%) 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 32 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.43%) CATIA
3 3 (0.43%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.43%) Windchill
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.58%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.58%) 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
1 435 (63.04%) Azure
2 260 (37.68%) Microsoft 365
3 174 (25.22%) Entra ID
4 113 (16.38%) AWS
5 77 (11.16%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (8.12%) GitHub
7 49 (7.10%) GitHub Actions
8 46 (6.67%) Google Workspace
9 43 (6.23%) IaaS
9 43 (6.23%) OneDrive
10 40 (5.80%) Power Platform
11 36 (5.22%) Azure Key Vault
12 30 (4.35%) GCP
13 28 (4.06%) PaaS
13 28 (4.06%) SaaS
14 26 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
14 26 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
14 26 (3.77%) Datadog
14 26 (3.77%) dbt
15 25 (3.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 165 (23.91%) DNS
2 130 (18.84%) DHCP
3 128 (18.55%) Firewall
4 89 (12.90%) VPN
5 64 (9.28%) TCP/IP
6 52 (7.54%) WAN
7 47 (6.81%) LAN
8 44 (6.38%) Broadband
9 43 (6.23%) VLAN
10 39 (5.65%) VoIP
11 28 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (3.48%) SAN
13 23 (3.33%) Wireless
14 19 (2.75%) MPLS
15 18 (2.61%) BGP
15 18 (2.61%) SD-WAN
16 17 (2.46%) Network Security
17 10 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
18 9 (1.30%) Telnet
19 8 (1.16%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.07%) Power BI
3 24 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.19%) Oracle Database
4 22 (3.19%) Oracle Database 10g
5 21 (3.04%) MySQL
6 20 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (1.59%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.01%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.72%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.43%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database 11g
13 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (6.81%) JIRA
2 43 (6.23%) Git
2 43 (6.23%) Jenkins
3 21 (3.04%) GitLab
4 8 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (1.01%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.01%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.72%) Robot Framework
6 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.72%) TestRail
7 4 (0.58%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.43%) Selenium
9 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.14%) git-flow
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 218 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 121 (17.54%) Finance
3 94 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.55%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (5.51%) Retail
6 34 (4.93%) Law
7 33 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (4.78%) Games
8 27 (3.91%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.17%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.03%) Legal
12 13 (1.88%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.16%) Front Office
14 7 (1.01%) Military
15 6 (0.87%) Advertising
15 6 (0.87%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.72%) Police
17 3 (0.43%) Banking
17 3 (0.43%) Billing
Job Titles
1 145 (21.01%) Senior
2 105 (15.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 86 (12.46%) IT Support
4 85 (12.32%) Support Engineer
5 63 (9.13%) Azure Engineer
6 60 (8.70%) IT Engineer
7 51 (7.39%) Cloud Engineer
8 50 (7.25%) Security Engineer
9 49 (7.10%) Developer
10 47 (6.81%) IT Support Engineer
11 41 (5.94%) 2nd Line Support
12 40 (5.80%) 3rd Line Support
13 37 (5.36%) Analyst
14 36 (5.22%) DevOps Engineer
15 29 (4.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 27 (3.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 26 (3.77%) Applications Engineer
18 25 (3.62%) Lead
19 23 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
19 23 (3.33%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (9.28%) OAuth
2 52 (7.54%) GraphQL
3 50 (7.25%) REST
3 50 (7.25%) SAML
4 45 (6.52%) OpenID
5 42 (6.09%) SOAP
6 38 (5.51%) LDAP
7 26 (3.77%) .NET
8 23 (3.33%) ARM Templates
8 23 (3.33%) JSON
8 23 (3.33%) YAML
9 20 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
10 15 (2.17%) .NET Core
11 14 (2.03%) SPFx
12 12 (1.74%) React
13 11 (1.59%) Node.js
13 11 (1.59%) OpenAPI
13 11 (1.59%) Swagger
14 10 (1.45%) CSS
14 10 (1.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.68%) Onboarding
2 48 (6.96%) Cyberattack
3 40 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (4.93%) Driving Licence
5 26 (3.77%) Cloud Native
6 23 (3.33%) Management Information System
7 22 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.61%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.61%) Security Posture
10 17 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (2.03%) PKI
11 14 (2.03%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.03%) Replication
12 13 (1.88%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
13 12 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (1.45%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 302 (43.77%) Windows
2 174 (25.22%) Windows Server
3 115 (16.67%) Linux
4 42 (6.09%) Windows 10
5 32 (4.64%) Mac OS
6 28 (4.06%) Apple iOS
7 24 (3.48%) Android
7 24 (3.48%) Unix
7 24 (3.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (2.90%) CentOS
8 20 (2.90%) Solaris
9 19 (2.75%) HPUX
9 19 (2.75%) Windows 7
9 19 (2.75%) Windows Server 2003
9 19 (2.75%) Windows Server 2008
10 15 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 14 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
12 13 (1.88%) Ubuntu
13 7 (1.01%) VMS
14 5 (0.72%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (31.45%) Problem-Solving
2 147 (21.30%) DevOps
3 145 (21.01%) Infrastructure as Code
4 139 (20.14%) ITIL
5 135 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 128 (18.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 127 (18.41%) CI/CD
8 126 (18.26%) Cybersecurity
9 111 (16.09%) Mentoring
10 97 (14.06%) Agile
11 89 (12.90%) Roadmaps
12 76 (11.01%) Containerisation
13 70 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
14 63 (9.13%) Root Cause Analysis
15 61 (8.84%) Identity Access Management
16 59 (8.55%) Asset Management
16 59 (8.55%) Cloud Security
16 59 (8.55%) Task Automation
17 56 (8.12%) Service Delivery
18 52 (7.54%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 215 (31.16%) Python
2 197 (28.55%) Bash
3 125 (18.12%) SQL
4 53 (7.68%) T-SQL
5 43 (6.23%) Bicep
6 40 (5.80%) C#
7 35 (5.07%) JavaScript
8 19 (2.75%) Perl
9 11 (1.59%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.16%) VB
11 6 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.72%) Go
13 4 (0.58%) Korn
13 4 (0.58%) VBScript
14 3 (0.43%) Java
15 2 (0.29%) C
15 2 (0.29%) Delphi
15 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.29%) VB6
15 2 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 100 (14.49%) Security Cleared
2 91 (13.19%) Degree
3 66 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 52 (7.54%) DV Cleared
4 52 (7.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 49 (7.10%) Azure Certification
6 31 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (3.19%) CISSP
9 20 (2.90%) CREST Certified
10 16 (2.32%) SANS
11 14 (2.03%) AWS Certification
11 14 (2.03%) CCNA
11 14 (2.03%) DBS Check
12 12 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 11 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.16%) CEH
16 6 (0.87%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.42%) NIST
2 60 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (6.52%) GDPR
4 41 (5.94%) NCSC
4 41 (5.94%) SLA
5 29 (4.20%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.30%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.87%) DICOM
10 6 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.72%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.72%) QA
12 2 (0.29%) COBIT
12 2 (0.29%) HL7
12 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 292 (42.32%) Active Directory
2 90 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (11.88%) Hyper-V
4 76 (11.01%) Docker
5 26 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (3.19%) vSphere
7 15 (2.17%) VMware NSX
8 11 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.87%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.58%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.58%) iptables
12 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.43%) XenApp
14 2 (0.29%) Firmware
14 2 (0.29%) KVM
14 2 (0.29%) Samba
14 2 (0.29%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 146 (21.16%) Terraform
2 88 (12.75%) Kubernetes
2 88 (12.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 73 (10.58%) Ansible
4 43 (6.23%) Grafana
5 24 (3.48%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.46%) vCenter Server
7 16 (2.32%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (2.17%) SCCM
9 13 (1.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.01%) WSUS
12 6 (0.87%) Nagios
13 5 (0.72%) SCOM
13 5 (0.72%) SCVMM
13 5 (0.72%) VxRail
14 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.58%) Kibana
14 4 (0.58%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.58%) QRadar
Vendors
1 386 (55.94%) Microsoft
2 132 (19.13%) VMware
3 55 (7.97%) Cisco
4 42 (6.09%) Veeam
5 34 (4.93%) Red Hat
6 33 (4.78%) Splunk
7 32 (4.64%) Oracle
8 24 (3.48%) Meraki
9 21 (3.04%) Dynatrace
10 20 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
11 18 (2.61%) ServiceNow
12 17 (2.46%) Apple
13 14 (2.03%) Dell
13 14 (2.03%) SolarWinds
14 12 (1.74%) Citrix
14 12 (1.74%) Logitech
15 11 (1.59%) Adobe
15 11 (1.59%) Atlassian
15 11 (1.59%) Google
15 11 (1.59%) SAP