PowerShell Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 112 62
Rank change year-on-year +4 -50 +48
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 812 1,022 1,320
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.16% 2.21% 4.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.16% 7.52% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 656 666 1,057
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.88% +2.92% -

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 6,676 13,585 11,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.79% 29.37% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,061 7,544 8,986
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,404 £35,733
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £69,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 29 November 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 29 November 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
South East -15 224 £58,000 +3.11% 138
North of England -4 153 £50,000 - 48
Midlands +16 114 £52,500 +10.53% 67
South West +22 111 £52,500 - 57
East of England +38 96 £47,500 -9.52% 36
Scotland +20 96 £62,250 +17.45% 26
West Midlands +28 84 £55,000 +22.22% 31
Yorkshire -10 72 £47,500 -10.38% 15
North West +8 69 £52,500 +5.00% 28
East Midlands +9 30 £50,000 +5.26% 35
Wales +15 17 £55,000 +8.80% 12
North East +11 12 £60,000 +27.29% 5
Northern Ireland -1 4 £46,000 +15.00% 2
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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
1 164 (20.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 120 (14.78%) SharePoint
3 42 (5.17%) Confluence
4 41 (5.05%) IIS
5 22 (2.71%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (2.09%) Skype for Business
7 11 (1.35%) nginx
8 6 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.25%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.74%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 6 (0.74%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.37%) CATIA
6 3 (0.37%) Windchill
7 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.99%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.74%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.62%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.12%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 525 (64.66%) Azure
2 305 (37.56%) Microsoft 365
3 167 (20.57%) Entra ID
4 160 (19.70%) AWS
5 121 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
6 66 (8.13%) Power Platform
7 54 (6.65%) SaaS
8 49 (6.03%) Azure Monitor
9 47 (5.79%) GitHub
10 45 (5.54%) GCP
11 40 (4.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 39 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
12 39 (4.80%) PaaS
13 38 (4.68%) Power Automate
14 36 (4.43%) IaaS
15 34 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (4.06%) Amazon S3
16 33 (4.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 32 (3.94%) Azure Key Vault
18 28 (3.45%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 184 (22.66%) DNS
2 175 (21.55%) Firewall
3 147 (18.10%) DHCP
4 78 (9.61%) TCP/IP
5 58 (7.14%) VPN
6 55 (6.77%) WAN
7 45 (5.54%) LAN
8 42 (5.17%) VLAN
9 41 (5.05%) Wireless
10 31 (3.82%) Internet
11 29 (3.57%) SAN
12 21 (2.59%) HTTP
13 20 (2.46%) SMTP
14 18 (2.22%) FTP
14 18 (2.22%) SSH
15 17 (2.09%) Kerberos
15 17 (2.09%) Skype
16 14 (1.72%) Network Security
16 14 (1.72%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (10.84%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.79%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (3.57%) Oracle Database
3 29 (3.57%) Power BI
4 26 (3.20%) Oracle Database 10g
5 22 (2.71%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.11%) DTS
8 9 (1.11%) MySQL
9 8 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.49%) MS Access
11 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database 11g
11 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database 12c
11 4 (0.49%) SAP Data Services
11 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 97 (11.95%) JIRA
2 72 (8.87%) Jenkins
3 63 (7.76%) Git
4 27 (3.33%) Vagrant
5 26 (3.20%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (2.22%) TeamCity
7 16 (1.97%) GitLab
8 13 (1.60%) MSI
9 6 (0.74%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.49%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.49%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.49%) Toad
12 3 (0.37%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.25%) git-flow
13 2 (0.25%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 268 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 173 (21.31%) Finance
3 57 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (5.17%) Law
5 40 (4.93%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.68%) Retail
7 27 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 23 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.60%) Automotive
11 13 (1.60%) Legal
12 11 (1.35%) Games
12 11 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.35%) Marketing
12 11 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.99%) Local Government
14 8 (0.99%) Military
15 6 (0.74%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 135 (16.63%) Support Engineer
2 109 (13.42%) Senior
3 102 (12.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 72 (8.87%) 3rd Line Support
5 70 (8.62%) DevOps Engineer
6 68 (8.37%) Azure Engineer
7 58 (7.14%) Developer
8 56 (6.90%) IT Engineer
8 56 (6.90%) IT Support
9 52 (6.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 52 (6.40%) Analyst
10 46 (5.67%) Applications Engineer
11 40 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
11 40 (4.93%) Lead
12 39 (4.80%) Security Engineer
13 38 (4.68%) Applications Support
13 38 (4.68%) IT Support Engineer
13 38 (4.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 35 (4.31%) Infrastructure Support
15 31 (3.82%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (7.14%) REST
2 46 (5.67%) .NET
3 35 (4.31%) ARM Templates
3 35 (4.31%) SOAP
4 31 (3.82%) LDAP
5 18 (2.22%) OAuth
6 17 (2.09%) SAML
6 17 (2.09%) Web Services
7 16 (1.97%) GraphQL
7 16 (1.97%) JSON
8 14 (1.72%) YAML
9 12 (1.48%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.35%) React
11 10 (1.23%) OpenID
11 10 (1.23%) Razor View Engine
12 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Graph
13 8 (0.99%) OpenAPI
13 8 (0.99%) Swagger
14 7 (0.86%) .NET Framework
14 7 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.98%) Onboarding
2 51 (6.28%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (3.82%) Security Posture
4 27 (3.33%) Replication
5 25 (3.08%) PKI
6 22 (2.71%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.59%) Cloud Native
8 18 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.22%) Driving Licence
8 18 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.60%) IoT
11 12 (1.48%) Clustering
11 12 (1.48%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.23%) CMDB
12 10 (1.23%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 387 (47.66%) Windows
2 232 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 137 (16.87%) Linux
4 51 (6.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 48 (5.91%) Windows 10
6 45 (5.54%) VMS
7 35 (4.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 31 (3.82%) Mac OS
8 31 (3.82%) Windows Server 2008
9 30 (3.69%) Unix
10 22 (2.71%) HPUX
10 22 (2.71%) Solaris
10 22 (2.71%) Windows 7
10 22 (2.71%) Windows Server 2003
11 18 (2.22%) Amazon Linux
12 17 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 13 (1.60%) Ubuntu
14 11 (1.35%) Android
15 7 (0.86%) Apple iOS
15 7 (0.86%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (30.54%) Problem-Solving
2 220 (27.09%) DevOps
3 185 (22.78%) ITIL
4 158 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 136 (16.75%) CI/CD
6 135 (16.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 123 (15.15%) Agile
8 116 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 110 (13.55%) Mentoring
10 88 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
11 86 (10.59%) Coaching
12 84 (10.34%) Asset Management
13 80 (9.85%) Task Automation
14 79 (9.73%) Roadmaps
15 76 (9.36%) Change Management
16 74 (9.11%) Incident Management
17 70 (8.62%) Cloud Security
18 68 (8.37%) Disaster Recovery
19 65 (8.00%) Migration
20 63 (7.76%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 240 (29.56%) Python
2 168 (20.69%) SQL
3 136 (16.75%) Bash
4 70 (8.62%) C#
5 49 (6.03%) Bicep
6 37 (4.56%) JavaScript
7 34 (4.19%) Perl
8 31 (3.82%) Java
9 27 (3.33%) Groovy
10 24 (2.96%) VB
11 15 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.35%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.23%) VBScript
14 9 (1.11%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.99%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.49%) Go
17 3 (0.37%) Tcl
18 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 1 (0.12%) C++
19 1 (0.12%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 149 (18.35%) Security Cleared
2 103 (12.68%) Degree
3 100 (12.32%) SC Cleared
4 60 (7.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 54 (6.65%) DV Cleared
6 52 (6.40%) Azure Certification
7 35 (4.31%) AWS Certification
7 35 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 28 (3.45%) CCNA
10 23 (2.83%) CISSP
11 17 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (2.09%) CREST Certified
12 14 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (1.48%) SANS
14 11 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (1.23%) CEH
15 10 (1.23%) DBS Check
15 10 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
15 10 (1.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.28%) SLA
2 45 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (4.68%) GDPR
4 37 (4.56%) NIST
5 21 (2.59%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.48%) NCSC
8 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.62%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.62%) QA
10 2 (0.25%) HL7
11 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 309 (38.05%) Active Directory
2 123 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 97 (11.95%) Hyper-V
4 80 (9.85%) Docker
5 35 (4.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 34 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (2.71%) vSphere
8 19 (2.34%) DFS Replication
9 17 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.86%) Dovecot
11 7 (0.86%) Postfix
11 7 (0.86%) Squid
12 6 (0.74%) Firmware
13 5 (0.62%) Terminal Services
13 5 (0.62%) XenApp
14 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
16 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
16 1 (0.12%) KVM
Systems Management
1 178 (21.92%) Terraform
2 146 (17.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 74 (9.11%) Kubernetes
4 56 (6.90%) Ansible
5 52 (6.40%) SCCM
6 49 (6.03%) Grafana
7 47 (5.79%) Prometheus
8 32 (3.94%) WSUS
9 16 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.97%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.85%) SCOM
11 14 (1.72%) WMI
12 11 (1.35%) Backup Exec
13 10 (1.23%) ZABBIX
14 9 (1.11%) Autotask
14 9 (1.11%) Nagios
15 8 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
16 7 (0.86%) Nessus
16 7 (0.86%) Proxmox
16 7 (0.86%) QRadar
Vendors
1 504 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 163 (20.07%) VMware
3 66 (8.13%) Cisco
4 63 (7.76%) ServiceNow
5 53 (6.53%) Oracle
6 44 (5.42%) Veeam
7 37 (4.56%) Atlassian
8 31 (3.82%) Red Hat
9 26 (3.20%) SolarWinds
9 26 (3.20%) Splunk
10 24 (2.96%) Citrix
11 20 (2.46%) Google
12 19 (2.34%) Sophos
13 17 (2.09%) Apple
13 17 (2.09%) SAP
14 15 (1.85%) Datto
15 14 (1.72%) HP
16 12 (1.48%) Trend Micro
17 11 (1.35%) Juniper
17 11 (1.35%) Meraki