PowerShell Jobs in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 137 104
Rank change year-on-year +21 -33 -8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,049 1,493 1,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.68% 2.10% 3.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.83% 6.64% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 580 1,193 1,246
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,025 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £74,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

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 10,670 22,474 24,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.24% 31.65% 39.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,163 16,382 13,566
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +4.21%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

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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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025. 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 +40 386 £49,153 -1.69% 126
North West +64 332 £46,000 -12.38% 60
South East +25 296 £57,500 +9.52% 281
Midlands +17 167 £50,000 +7.53% 97
West Midlands -3 103 £50,000 +5.71% 61
East of England -4 95 £50,000 - 93
South West -10 76 £47,500 -5.00% 78
East Midlands +27 64 £40,000 -11.11% 31
Yorkshire -2 40 £55,500 +16.84% 51
Scotland +98 30 £51,914 -9.71% 39
North East +20 14 £57,500 +21.05% 16
Wales +24 5 £51,000 +7.37% 14
Isle of Man - 2 £34,500 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 150 (14.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (9.63%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.62%) IIS
4 9 (0.86%) Confluence
4 9 (0.86%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.48%) Apache
7 4 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.095%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.095%) CICS
10 1 (0.095%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.095%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.095%) WebSphere
Applications
1 52 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.095%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.095%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.095%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.095%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 396 (37.75%) Azure
2 247 (23.55%) Microsoft 365
3 141 (13.44%) AWS
4 117 (11.15%) Entra ID
5 95 (9.06%) Azure DevOps
6 80 (7.63%) Power Platform
7 77 (7.34%) IaaS
8 62 (5.91%) Power Automate
9 55 (5.24%) PaaS
10 49 (4.67%) SaaS
11 38 (3.62%) GCP
12 32 (3.05%) OneDrive
12 32 (3.05%) PowerApps
13 31 (2.96%) GitHub
14 30 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
15 25 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 24 (2.29%) Azure Key Vault
17 19 (1.81%) Azure Service Bus
18 17 (1.62%) Google Workspace
19 15 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 415 (39.56%) VPN
2 259 (24.69%) Cisco IOS
3 204 (19.45%) Firewall
4 150 (14.30%) DNS
5 123 (11.73%) TCP/IP
6 116 (11.06%) DHCP
7 70 (6.67%) WAN
8 53 (5.05%) VLAN
9 48 (4.58%) Network Security
10 44 (4.19%) SAN
11 43 (4.10%) LAN
12 39 (3.72%) VSAN
13 35 (3.34%) SD-WAN
14 29 (2.76%) VoIP
15 28 (2.67%) NAS
16 25 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
17 22 (2.10%) OSPF
18 21 (2.00%) SMTP
19 20 (1.91%) BGP
20 19 (1.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (9.25%) SQL Server
2 55 (5.24%) Power BI
3 34 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (2.38%) MySQL
5 22 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.91%) Data Lake
7 20 (1.91%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.95%) Big Data
11 8 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (0.57%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.48%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.38%) FileMaker
15 3 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.29%) Metadata
15 3 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 62 (5.91%) Cucumber
1 62 (5.91%) Robot Framework
2 32 (3.05%) Jenkins
3 31 (2.96%) Git
4 15 (1.43%) JIRA
5 12 (1.14%) MSI
6 9 (0.86%) GitLab
6 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.48%) IBM UrbanCode
7 5 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.48%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.48%) Vagrant
8 4 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.19%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.19%) CMake
9 2 (0.19%) Sinon.JS
9 2 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.19%) TestRail
9 2 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 367 (34.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 299 (28.50%) Analytical Skills
3 266 (25.36%) Social Skills
4 78 (7.44%) Finance
5 75 (7.15%) Telecoms
6 31 (2.96%) Retail
7 29 (2.76%) Automotive
8 21 (2.00%) Legal
9 17 (1.62%) Law
10 16 (1.53%) Advertising
10 16 (1.53%) German Language
10 16 (1.53%) Public Sector
11 15 (1.43%) Electronics
12 14 (1.33%) Local Government
13 13 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (0.95%) Banking
17 7 (0.67%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 368 (35.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 84 (8.01%) Support Engineer
3 78 (7.44%) IT Support
4 76 (7.24%) Senior
5 69 (6.58%) Analyst
6 62 (5.91%) Test Automation Engineer
6 62 (5.91%) Test Engineer
7 60 (5.72%) Lead
8 56 (5.34%) IT Engineer
9 53 (5.05%) Cloud Engineer
10 42 (4.00%) Administrator
11 40 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
12 38 (3.62%) Architect
12 38 (3.62%) VMware Specialist
13 36 (3.43%) DevOps Engineer
14 35 (3.34%) 3rd Line Support
15 34 (3.24%) Systems Engineer
16 31 (2.96%) Developer
16 31 (2.96%) Infrastructure Support
17 29 (2.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (25.36%) Elastic Stack
2 23 (2.19%) YAML
3 22 (2.10%) .NET
4 20 (1.91%) JSON
4 20 (1.91%) XML
5 17 (1.62%) HTML
6 16 (1.53%) ARM Templates
6 16 (1.53%) CSS
6 16 (1.53%) REST
6 16 (1.53%) SailPoint
7 12 (1.14%) LDAP
7 12 (1.14%) React
7 12 (1.14%) SOAP
8 9 (0.86%) Pandas
9 8 (0.76%) HTML5
9 8 (0.76%) SPFx
10 7 (0.67%) ASP.NET
10 7 (0.67%) Web Services
11 5 (0.48%) FHIR
12 4 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 258 (24.59%) Cyberattack
2 69 (6.58%) Linux Command Line
3 67 (6.39%) Management Information System
4 50 (4.77%) Data Centre
5 33 (3.15%) Clustering
6 32 (3.05%) Onboarding
7 26 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 26 (2.48%) Security Posture
8 19 (1.81%) Public Cloud
9 17 (1.62%) IoT
9 17 (1.62%) NHS
10 16 (1.53%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.33%) Client/Server
12 14 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.33%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.33%) Replication
12 14 (1.33%) Smartphone
13 13 (1.24%) PKI
14 12 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 708 (67.49%) Windows
2 506 (48.24%) Linux
3 264 (25.17%) Android
4 191 (18.21%) Windows Server
5 52 (4.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 50 (4.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 46 (4.39%) Windows 10
8 33 (3.15%) Unix
9 31 (2.96%) Mac OS
10 30 (2.86%) Ubuntu
11 21 (2.00%) VMS
12 15 (1.43%) Apple iOS
13 14 (1.33%) Mac OS X
13 14 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
14 11 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 9 (0.86%) CentOS
16 6 (0.57%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
18 4 (0.38%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (46.81%) DevOps
1 491 (46.81%) Problem-Solving
2 392 (37.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 309 (29.46%) Task Automation
4 286 (27.26%) Risk Management
5 282 (26.88%) Platform Engineering
6 274 (26.12%) Line Management
7 270 (25.74%) Storage Management
8 261 (24.88%) Mathematics
9 155 (14.78%) Mentoring
10 133 (12.68%) CI/CD
11 126 (12.01%) ITIL
12 111 (10.58%) Agile
13 108 (10.30%) Cybersecurity
14 100 (9.53%) Infrastructure as Code
15 95 (9.06%) Coaching
16 89 (8.48%) Test Automation
17 79 (7.53%) Disaster Recovery
18 77 (7.34%) Computer Science
19 71 (6.77%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 568 (54.15%) Python
2 451 (42.99%) Bash
3 182 (17.35%) SQL
4 102 (9.72%) JavaScript
5 50 (4.77%) C#
6 40 (3.81%) Java
7 36 (3.43%) Bicep
8 21 (2.00%) T-SQL
9 14 (1.33%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.24%) C++
11 12 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.14%) Perl
12 9 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.76%) Go
14 7 (0.67%) VBA
15 6 (0.57%) Groovy
15 6 (0.57%) R
16 5 (0.48%) C
16 5 (0.48%) JCL
16 5 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 231 (22.02%) Degree
2 150 (14.30%) Security Cleared
3 109 (10.39%) DV Cleared
4 83 (7.91%) Azure Certification
5 75 (7.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (6.01%) SC Cleared
7 56 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 25 (2.38%) AWS Certification
10 23 (2.19%) HND
11 22 (2.10%) MCSE
12 19 (1.81%) Network+ Certification
13 18 (1.72%) DBS Check
14 17 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 16 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
16 14 (1.33%) CCNA
16 14 (1.33%) HNC
17 13 (1.24%) Master's Degree
18 12 (1.14%) CISSP
19 11 (1.05%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.48%) QA
2 58 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (4.19%) GDPR
4 28 (2.67%) NIST
5 18 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.43%) NCSC
6 15 (1.43%) SLA
7 14 (1.33%) HIPAA
8 12 (1.14%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.05%) COBIT
10 9 (0.86%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.48%) HL7
11 5 (0.48%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.095%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.095%) GRC
14 1 (0.095%) JTAG
14 1 (0.095%) MISRA
System Software
1 353 (33.65%) Hyper-V
2 333 (31.74%) vSphere
3 320 (30.51%) Docker
4 294 (28.03%) VMware NSX
5 291 (27.74%) Active Directory
6 176 (16.78%) VMware Infrastructure
7 48 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
9 22 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 16 (1.53%) XenApp
11 12 (1.14%) Terminal Services
12 11 (1.05%) BitLocker
13 9 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.38%) DFS Replication
14 4 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.29%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.29%) Firmware
15 3 (0.29%) Postfix
16 1 (0.095%) NDS
16 1 (0.095%) NFS
Systems Management
1 363 (34.60%) Terraform
2 334 (31.84%) Ansible
3 120 (11.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 71 (6.77%) Kubernetes
5 42 (4.00%) SCCM
6 33 (3.15%) Puppet
7 28 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (2.19%) vCenter Server
9 19 (1.81%) Grafana
10 15 (1.43%) Prometheus
11 14 (1.33%) vMotion
11 14 (1.33%) WMI
12 13 (1.24%) SCOM
12 13 (1.24%) vRealize
13 12 (1.14%) WSUS
14 11 (1.05%) QRadar
15 8 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
15 8 (0.76%) PowerCLI
16 7 (0.67%) FortiGate
16 7 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 420 (40.04%) Microsoft
2 324 (30.89%) Cisco
3 273 (26.02%) Splunk
4 261 (24.88%) Juniper
5 258 (24.59%) 3PAR
6 207 (19.73%) VMware
7 51 (4.86%) Citrix
8 44 (4.19%) Meraki
9 34 (3.24%) Apple
10 32 (3.05%) Databricks
11 31 (2.96%) Veeam
12 30 (2.86%) Fortinet
13 29 (2.76%) Google
14 25 (2.38%) Okta
15 22 (2.10%) HP
16 21 (2.00%) Dell
16 21 (2.00%) Oracle
17 20 (1.91%) Red Hat
18 19 (1.81%) SonicWALL
18 19 (1.81%) Ubiquiti