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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 99 109
Rank change year-on-year -40 +10 -6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 696 798 1,543
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.33% 2.83% 2.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.03% 8.98% 7.85%
Number of salaries quoted 519 611 1,300
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 7,709 8,883 19,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.75% 31.55% 33.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,492 5,840 15,494
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,976 £43,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +4.63% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -41 193 £56,562 -5.73% 126
North of England -43 137 £47,500 -9.52% 63
Scotland +44 115 £74,500 +35.45% 22
South West +3 101 £55,000 +4.76% 45
Midlands -51 90 £52,500 +5.00% 36
Yorkshire -26 66 £47,500 -9.52% 23
North West -33 56 £51,000 -0.49% 29
East of England -26 52 £40,000 -27.27% 38
East Midlands -29 47 £55,000 +8.91% 17
West Midlands -53 42 £48,250 -3.50% 19
North East -14 15 £46,250 -22.92% 12
Wales -9 7 £55,000 +5.77% 6
Northern Ireland -27 2 - - 2
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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
1 136 (19.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (13.79%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.16%) Exchange Server 2003
4 19 (2.73%) IIS
5 3 (0.43%) Confluence
5 3 (0.43%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) CICS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.86%) Siemens NX
3 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.43%) CATIA
4 3 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.43%) Windchill
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.86%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.57%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.43%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.29%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 432 (62.07%) Azure
2 262 (37.64%) Microsoft 365
3 189 (27.16%) Entra ID
4 118 (16.95%) AWS
5 81 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (8.05%) GitHub
7 49 (7.04%) GitHub Actions
8 47 (6.75%) Google Workspace
9 41 (5.89%) Power Platform
10 39 (5.60%) OneDrive
11 35 (5.03%) GCP
12 31 (4.45%) Azure Key Vault
12 31 (4.45%) Azure Monitor
13 30 (4.31%) IaaS
13 30 (4.31%) PaaS
13 30 (4.31%) SaaS
13 30 (4.31%) Snowflake
14 29 (4.17%) dbt
15 22 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (3.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 146 (20.98%) DNS
2 127 (18.25%) DHCP
3 114 (16.38%) Firewall
4 79 (11.35%) VPN
5 69 (9.91%) TCP/IP
6 45 (6.47%) Broadband
6 45 (6.47%) WAN
7 44 (6.32%) VLAN
8 43 (6.18%) LAN
9 34 (4.89%) VoIP
10 25 (3.59%) Wireless
11 22 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (2.87%) SAN
13 17 (2.44%) Network Security
14 16 (2.30%) SD-WAN
15 13 (1.87%) MPLS
16 11 (1.58%) BGP
17 9 (1.29%) Telnet
18 8 (1.15%) DKIM
18 8 (1.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (10.06%) SQL Server
2 34 (4.89%) Power BI
3 26 (3.74%) Oracle Database
3 26 (3.74%) Oracle Database 10g
4 20 (2.87%) MySQL
4 20 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.15%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.86%) InfluxDB
10 5 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database 11g
11 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database 12c
12 3 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.43%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.43%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 60 (8.62%) JIRA
2 48 (6.90%) Jenkins
3 39 (5.60%) Git
4 21 (3.02%) GitLab
5 10 (1.44%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (1.15%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.15%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.57%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.57%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.57%) TestRail
9 3 (0.43%) Balsamiq
10 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.29%) Selenium
10 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.14%) git-flow
11 1 (0.14%) Postman
General
1 232 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 151 (21.70%) Finance
3 80 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.19%) Organisational Skills
5 36 (5.17%) Retail
6 34 (4.89%) Games
7 30 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (2.87%) Law
9 19 (2.73%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.58%) Legal
14 8 (1.15%) Front Office
15 6 (0.86%) Advertising
16 4 (0.57%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.57%) Military
17 3 (0.43%) Billing
17 3 (0.43%) Marketing
18 2 (0.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 116 (16.67%) Senior
2 91 (13.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 82 (11.78%) Support Engineer
4 73 (10.49%) IT Support
5 63 (9.05%) Developer
6 54 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
6 54 (7.76%) IT Engineer
7 53 (7.61%) Security Engineer
8 46 (6.61%) 3rd Line Support
9 43 (6.18%) IT Support Engineer
10 41 (5.89%) Cloud Engineer
11 40 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
12 38 (5.46%) Analyst
13 31 (4.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 31 (4.45%) Applications Engineer
14 28 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
15 25 (3.59%) Lead
15 25 (3.59%) Systems Support
16 23 (3.30%) JIRA Developer
17 21 (3.02%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (9.48%) OAuth
2 64 (9.20%) REST
3 56 (8.05%) SAML
4 53 (7.61%) GraphQL
5 48 (6.90%) OpenID
5 48 (6.90%) SOAP
6 40 (5.75%) LDAP
7 21 (3.02%) ARM Templates
7 21 (3.02%) JSON
7 21 (3.02%) YAML
8 19 (2.73%) .NET
9 15 (2.16%) Microsoft Graph
10 13 (1.87%) Web Services
11 12 (1.72%) React
12 11 (1.58%) OpenAPI
12 11 (1.58%) Swagger
13 9 (1.29%) Node.js
13 9 (1.29%) OAuth2
14 8 (1.15%) FIX Protocol
14 8 (1.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 42 (6.03%) Cyberattack
3 41 (5.89%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (4.89%) Driving Licence
5 25 (3.59%) Security Posture
6 23 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 20 (2.87%) Cloud Native
8 17 (2.44%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (2.16%) Management Information System
11 13 (1.87%) Replication
12 12 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.44%) PKI
14 8 (1.15%) Clustering
14 8 (1.15%) Equities
14 8 (1.15%) Fixed Income
14 8 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 307 (44.11%) Windows
2 176 (25.29%) Windows Server
3 104 (14.94%) Linux
4 44 (6.32%) Windows 10
5 34 (4.89%) Mac OS
6 24 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 23 (3.30%) Unix
8 22 (3.16%) HPUX
8 22 (3.16%) Solaris
8 22 (3.16%) Windows 7
8 22 (3.16%) Windows Server 2003
9 21 (3.02%) Apple iOS
10 20 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (2.59%) Android
11 18 (2.59%) CentOS
12 14 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
13 12 (1.72%) Ubuntu
14 11 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (1.15%) VMS
16 5 (0.72%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (23.13%) DevOps
2 161 (23.13%) ITIL
3 151 (21.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 128 (18.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 122 (17.53%) CI/CD
6 120 (17.24%) Mentoring
7 116 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 113 (16.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 103 (14.80%) Roadmaps
10 100 (14.37%) Agile
11 86 (12.36%) Asset Management
12 74 (10.63%) Disaster Recovery
13 68 (9.77%) Incident Management
14 66 (9.48%) Coaching
15 65 (9.34%) ITSM
16 63 (9.05%) Containerisation
17 61 (8.76%) Cloud Security
18 59 (8.48%) Root Cause Analysis
19 57 (8.19%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 204 (29.31%) Python
2 188 (27.01%) Bash
3 127 (18.25%) SQL
4 52 (7.47%) T-SQL
5 45 (6.47%) JavaScript
6 38 (5.46%) C#
7 35 (5.03%) Bicep
8 22 (3.16%) Perl
9 7 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (1.01%) VB
10 5 (0.72%) Java
11 4 (0.57%) Go
11 4 (0.57%) VBScript
12 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.43%) Tcl
12 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.29%) C
13 2 (0.29%) C++
13 2 (0.29%) Delphi
13 2 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (14.22%) Degree
2 87 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 58 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 53 (7.61%) SC Cleared
5 47 (6.75%) Azure Certification
6 44 (6.32%) DV Cleared
7 31 (4.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 25 (3.59%) CISSP
9 24 (3.45%) CREST Certified
10 22 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (2.87%) SANS
12 18 (2.59%) AWS Certification
12 18 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (2.01%) CCNA
14 13 (1.87%) DBS Check
15 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 10 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
16 9 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (1.15%) CEH
18 6 (0.86%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (9.48%) NIST
2 56 (8.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (6.61%) NCSC
4 45 (6.47%) GDPR
5 44 (6.32%) SLA
6 34 (4.89%) Accessibility
7 20 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.44%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.15%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.86%) QA
11 5 (0.72%) DICOM
11 5 (0.72%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.43%) HL7
12 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.29%) COBIT
13 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
System Software
1 301 (43.25%) Active Directory
2 76 (10.92%) Hyper-V
3 74 (10.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 64 (9.20%) Docker
5 26 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (2.87%) vSphere
7 18 (2.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.15%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.57%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.57%) iptables
9 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.57%) XenApp
10 3 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.29%) Firmware
11 2 (0.29%) KVM
11 2 (0.29%) Samba
11 2 (0.29%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.14%) RACF
Systems Management
1 138 (19.83%) Terraform
2 94 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 69 (9.91%) Kubernetes
4 54 (7.76%) Ansible
5 36 (5.17%) Grafana
6 19 (2.73%) Prometheus
7 16 (2.30%) SCCM
8 15 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
10 13 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (1.58%) vCenter Server
12 8 (1.15%) Nagios
13 6 (0.86%) WSUS
14 5 (0.72%) Puppet
14 5 (0.72%) SCVMM
15 4 (0.57%) Kibana
15 4 (0.57%) McAfee ePO
15 4 (0.57%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.57%) SolarWinds Orion
15 4 (0.57%) VxRail
Vendors
1 376 (54.02%) Microsoft
2 119 (17.10%) VMware
3 47 (6.75%) Cisco
4 43 (6.18%) Veeam
5 36 (5.17%) Oracle
6 32 (4.60%) Splunk
7 28 (4.02%) Red Hat
8 27 (3.88%) Atlassian
9 22 (3.16%) ServiceNow
10 20 (2.87%) Dynatrace
11 17 (2.44%) Apple
11 17 (2.44%) Meraki
12 16 (2.30%) SolarWinds
13 15 (2.16%) Citrix
13 15 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
14 14 (2.01%) Google
15 11 (1.58%) Fortinet
15 11 (1.58%) SAP
16 10 (1.44%) HP
16 10 (1.44%) Logitech