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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 89 139
Rank change year-on-year -76 +50 -41
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 751 1,031 1,488
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.13% 3.48% 1.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.32% 12.53% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 597 556 1,161
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,674 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,100 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.03% +5.64% -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 10,255 8,228 22,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.37% 27.77% 30.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,240 5,247 16,776
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,100 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -100 185 £47,500 -5.71% 59
South East -56 183 £55,000 -4.35% 128
Midlands -54 131 £50,000 - 35
North West -102 95 £50,101 +8.33% 39
South West -39 83 £55,000 +15.79% 50
East of England -30 82 £57,500 +21.05% 31
East Midlands -13 75 £47,500 +35.71% 15
Yorkshire -26 62 £45,000 -14.29% 12
Scotland +38 61 £50,000 +6.95% 18
West Midlands -74 55 £50,000 -4.31% 20
North East -29 28 £45,000 -23.40% 8
Wales -22 23 £54,085 +3.02% 4
Northern Ireland -32 3 £46,000 +6.75% 7
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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
1 133 (17.71%) SharePoint
2 130 (17.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.86%) IIS
4 16 (2.13%) Confluence
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 38 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Alphatax
3 2 (0.27%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 486 (64.71%) Azure
2 324 (43.14%) Microsoft 365
3 184 (24.50%) Entra ID
4 121 (16.11%) AWS
5 80 (10.65%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (8.66%) IaaS
7 61 (8.12%) Power Platform
8 57 (7.59%) OneDrive
9 52 (6.92%) GitHub
10 42 (5.59%) Azure AKS
10 42 (5.59%) Google Workspace
11 41 (5.46%) SaaS
12 40 (5.33%) Azure Key Vault
12 40 (5.33%) GitHub Actions
13 33 (4.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 32 (4.26%) Power Automate
15 31 (4.13%) PaaS
16 30 (3.99%) Azure Sentinel
16 30 (3.99%) Azure Storage
17 29 (3.86%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 209 (27.83%) DNS
2 186 (24.77%) Firewall
3 131 (17.44%) DHCP
4 119 (15.85%) VPN
5 79 (10.52%) TCP/IP
6 68 (9.05%) WAN
7 61 (8.12%) LAN
8 45 (5.99%) VLAN
9 39 (5.19%) Broadband
10 36 (4.79%) VoIP
11 31 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (3.60%) SAN
13 22 (2.93%) Network Security
14 18 (2.40%) BGP
15 16 (2.13%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.86%) Wireless
17 13 (1.73%) HTTP
18 12 (1.60%) MPLS
18 12 (1.60%) SSL
19 10 (1.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (10.39%) SQL Server
2 41 (5.46%) Power BI
3 35 (4.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (2.93%) MySQL
7 10 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.93%) InfluxDB
9 7 (0.93%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.67%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.40%) Metadata
13 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.40%) Redis
14 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 51 (6.79%) Git
2 47 (6.26%) JIRA
3 39 (5.19%) Jenkins
4 35 (4.66%) GitLab
5 14 (1.86%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.67%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.67%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.67%) TestRail
9 4 (0.53%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.53%) Selenium
10 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.27%) MSI
11 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
General
1 221 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 100 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (10.65%) Finance
4 56 (7.46%) Law
5 53 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (4.66%) Retail
8 34 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (3.86%) Public Sector
10 28 (3.73%) Games
11 18 (2.40%) Aerospace
12 17 (2.26%) Legal
12 17 (2.26%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.60%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.20%) Advertising
15 6 (0.80%) Police
16 4 (0.53%) Aviation
16 4 (0.53%) Military
17 3 (0.40%) Local Government
18 2 (0.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 158 (21.04%) Senior
2 132 (17.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 104 (13.85%) IT Support
4 103 (13.72%) Support Engineer
5 89 (11.85%) IT Engineer
6 77 (10.25%) Cloud Engineer
7 65 (8.66%) Azure Engineer
8 64 (8.52%) IT Support Engineer
9 61 (8.12%) Analyst
10 57 (7.59%) DevOps Engineer
11 49 (6.52%) Security Engineer
12 48 (6.39%) 2nd Line Support
13 43 (5.73%) Developer
14 35 (4.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 34 (4.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 30 (3.99%) Systems Engineer
17 25 (3.33%) Administrator
17 25 (3.33%) Senior Developer
18 23 (3.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 23 (3.06%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.92%) .NET
1 52 (6.92%) OAuth
2 49 (6.52%) SAML
3 43 (5.73%) LDAP
3 43 (5.73%) OpenID
4 41 (5.46%) REST
5 38 (5.06%) SOAP
6 37 (4.93%) GraphQL
7 36 (4.79%) Microsoft Graph
8 35 (4.66%) JSON
9 28 (3.73%) YAML
10 26 (3.46%) ARM Templates
11 24 (3.20%) HTML
12 23 (3.06%) .NET Core
13 22 (2.93%) SPFx
14 20 (2.66%) CSS
15 19 (2.53%) HTML5 Canvas
16 14 (1.86%) React
17 12 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
18 10 (1.33%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.19%) Onboarding
2 44 (5.86%) Cyberattack
3 39 (5.19%) Cyber Threat
4 38 (5.06%) Driving Licence
5 35 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 33 (4.39%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.46%) PKI
8 23 (3.06%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.06%) Security Operations Centre
9 22 (2.93%) Data Centre
10 17 (2.26%) Security Posture
11 16 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.86%) Clustering
13 14 (1.86%) Public Cloud
14 13 (1.73%) Replication
14 13 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.46%) Low-Code
16 11 (1.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 360 (47.94%) Windows
2 201 (26.76%) Windows Server
3 156 (20.77%) Linux
4 50 (6.66%) Windows 10
5 32 (4.26%) Apple iOS
6 31 (4.13%) Mac OS
7 28 (3.73%) CentOS
7 28 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (3.60%) Android
9 24 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 20 (2.66%) Ubuntu
11 16 (2.13%) VMS
12 6 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.67%) Debian
14 4 (0.53%) AIX
14 4 (0.53%) Unix
15 3 (0.40%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (21.44%) Infrastructure as Code
3 160 (21.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 154 (20.51%) Cybersecurity
5 148 (19.71%) DevOps
6 142 (18.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 137 (18.24%) CI/CD
8 133 (17.71%) ITIL
9 113 (15.05%) Agile
10 101 (13.45%) Mentoring
11 98 (13.05%) Containerisation
12 89 (11.85%) Root Cause Analysis
13 81 (10.79%) Disaster Recovery
13 81 (10.79%) High Availability
14 80 (10.65%) Roadmaps
15 71 (9.45%) Task Automation
16 65 (8.66%) SIEM
17 63 (8.39%) Cloud Security
17 63 (8.39%) Observability
18 57 (7.59%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 236 (31.42%) Python
2 221 (29.43%) Bash
3 127 (16.91%) SQL
4 56 (7.46%) C#
5 49 (6.52%) Bicep
5 49 (6.52%) T-SQL
6 36 (4.79%) JavaScript
7 24 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.33%) VB
9 9 (1.20%) C++
10 8 (1.07%) Java
10 8 (1.07%) Perl
11 6 (0.80%) Korn
11 6 (0.80%) VBScript
12 5 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.67%) PHP
13 4 (0.53%) Go
14 2 (0.27%) C
14 2 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.13%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 112 (14.91%) Security Cleared
2 85 (11.32%) Degree
3 83 (11.05%) Azure Certification
4 76 (10.12%) SC Cleared
5 66 (8.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.93%) DV Cleared
7 28 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
9 23 (3.06%) DBS Check
10 20 (2.66%) CCNA
11 18 (2.40%) CREST Certified
12 16 (2.13%) AWS Certification
13 14 (1.86%) CISSP
14 13 (1.73%) CEH
15 8 (1.07%) SANS
16 7 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (0.80%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (8.12%) NIST
3 38 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 37 (4.93%) GDPR
5 36 (4.79%) NCSC
6 25 (3.33%) SLA
7 15 (2.00%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.60%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.60%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.07%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.93%) ISO 22301
12 6 (0.80%) DICOM
12 6 (0.80%) QA
13 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.13%) COBIT
14 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.13%) HL7
14 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 309 (41.15%) Active Directory
2 131 (17.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 107 (14.25%) Hyper-V
4 94 (12.52%) Docker
5 34 (4.53%) vSphere
6 29 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (2.66%) VMware NSX
8 17 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.33%) BitLocker
9 10 (1.33%) KVM
9 10 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (1.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 6 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.53%) iptables
13 4 (0.53%) Squid
14 2 (0.27%) Firmware
14 2 (0.27%) Samba
15 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 164 (21.84%) Terraform
2 132 (17.58%) Kubernetes
3 111 (14.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 83 (11.05%) Ansible
5 47 (6.26%) Grafana
6 29 (3.86%) Prometheus
7 25 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (2.80%) vCenter Server
9 19 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
10 17 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 17 (2.26%) SCCM
11 15 (2.00%) ZABBIX
12 13 (1.73%) Graylog
12 13 (1.73%) Proxmox
13 12 (1.60%) Nagios
14 11 (1.46%) WSUS
15 10 (1.33%) QRadar
16 8 (1.07%) Nessus
17 7 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
17 7 (0.93%) VxRail
Vendors
1 449 (59.79%) Microsoft
2 158 (21.04%) VMware
3 59 (7.86%) Cisco
4 46 (6.13%) Veeam
5 43 (5.73%) Splunk
6 42 (5.59%) Red Hat
7 33 (4.39%) Meraki
8 21 (2.80%) Apple
8 21 (2.80%) Dell
9 19 (2.53%) Adobe
9 19 (2.53%) SolarWinds
10 18 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
11 17 (2.26%) Logitech
12 16 (2.13%) Oracle
13 15 (2.00%) ServiceNow
14 14 (1.86%) Dynatrace
15 13 (1.73%) HP
16 11 (1.46%) Sophos
16 11 (1.46%) Yealink
17 10 (1.33%) Zerto