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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 108 78
Rank change year-on-year -11 -30 +27
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 710 899 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.69% 2.49% 3.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.82% 8.09% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 529 599 1,005
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,900 £79,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -

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 6,559 11,106 12,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.63% 30.73% 36.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,927 5,999 9,786
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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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 11 January 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 January 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 -37 175 £58,000 -2.62% 157
North of England -13 131 £50,000 - 94
Scotland +42 122 £57,500 +4.55% 39
South West +18 106 £51,250 -6.82% 70
Midlands -19 89 £52,500 +10.53% 64
East of England +15 72 £43,085 -17.93% 58
North West -6 61 £50,500 +1.00% 46
Yorkshire -26 59 £47,500 -9.52% 35
West Midlands -13 50 £52,500 +23.53% 26
East Midlands -9 39 £54,500 +7.92% 37
Wales +1 13 £55,000 +5.77% 18
North East +3 11 £62,500 +25.00% 14
Northern Ireland -11 3 £46,500 +16.25% 5
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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
1 134 (18.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 103 (14.51%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.94%) IIS
4 22 (3.10%) Exchange Server 2003
5 16 (2.25%) Confluence
5 16 (2.25%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.70%) nginx
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.28%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) CICS
8 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 35 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.85%) Siemens NX
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.56%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.42%) CATIA
5 3 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.42%) Windchill
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.13%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.85%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.70%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.56%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 470 (66.20%) Azure
2 262 (36.90%) Microsoft 365
3 173 (24.37%) Entra ID
4 120 (16.90%) AWS
5 109 (15.35%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (7.46%) Power Platform
7 47 (6.62%) GitHub
8 38 (5.35%) GitHub Actions
8 38 (5.35%) SaaS
9 37 (5.21%) GCP
10 35 (4.93%) Azure Key Vault
10 35 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
11 33 (4.65%) Snowflake
12 32 (4.51%) OneDrive
13 30 (4.23%) Power Automate
14 29 (4.08%) dbt
15 27 (3.80%) PaaS
16 26 (3.66%) Google Workspace
17 23 (3.24%) Azure Sentinel
17 23 (3.24%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 144 (20.28%) DNS
2 128 (18.03%) Firewall
3 113 (15.92%) DHCP
4 66 (9.30%) TCP/IP
5 54 (7.61%) VPN
6 47 (6.62%) WAN
7 38 (5.35%) LAN
8 35 (4.93%) VLAN
9 30 (4.23%) Wireless
10 25 (3.52%) Broadband
11 18 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (2.39%) Internet
13 16 (2.25%) SAN
13 16 (2.25%) Skype
14 14 (1.97%) SD-WAN
15 13 (1.83%) Network Security
16 11 (1.55%) VoIP
17 10 (1.41%) HTTP
17 10 (1.41%) MPLS
17 10 (1.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (9.86%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.08%) Oracle Database
3 28 (3.94%) Power BI
4 26 (3.66%) Oracle Database 10g
5 22 (3.10%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.27%) MySQL
11 8 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (1.13%) DTS
12 6 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.56%) MS Access
13 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
13 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 12c
13 4 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
14 3 (0.42%) Data Mining
14 3 (0.42%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 71 (10.00%) JIRA
2 51 (7.18%) Jenkins
3 36 (5.07%) Git
4 16 (2.25%) Octopus Deploy
5 15 (2.11%) GitLab
6 12 (1.69%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.99%) Vagrant
8 5 (0.70%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.56%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.56%) MSI
9 4 (0.56%) Toad
10 3 (0.42%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.28%) git-flow
11 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.28%) TestRail
12 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
12 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.14%) Postman
General
1 243 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 186 (26.20%) Finance
3 63 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (5.49%) Retail
5 35 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (3.80%) Law
7 25 (3.52%) Games
7 25 (3.52%) Manufacturing
7 25 (3.52%) Public Sector
8 20 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.41%) Legal
11 9 (1.27%) Marketing
12 8 (1.13%) Advertising
12 8 (1.13%) Front Office
13 7 (0.99%) Automotive
13 7 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.99%) Local Government
14 6 (0.85%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.85%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 122 (17.18%) Senior
2 97 (13.66%) Support Engineer
3 75 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 65 (9.15%) Developer
5 52 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
6 50 (7.04%) IT Support
7 48 (6.76%) 3rd Line Support
7 48 (6.76%) DevOps Engineer
8 47 (6.62%) Applications Engineer
9 40 (5.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 39 (5.49%) IT Engineer
11 35 (4.93%) Analyst
11 35 (4.93%) Applications Support
11 35 (4.93%) Lead
11 35 (4.93%) Security Engineer
12 34 (4.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 34 (4.79%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 30 (4.23%) IT Support Engineer
14 29 (4.08%) Applications Support Engineer
15 27 (3.80%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (10.42%) REST
2 52 (7.32%) SOAP
3 41 (5.77%) OAuth
4 38 (5.35%) GraphQL
4 38 (5.35%) LDAP
5 37 (5.21%) SAML
6 32 (4.51%) .NET
7 30 (4.23%) OpenID
8 26 (3.66%) ARM Templates
9 19 (2.68%) YAML
10 16 (2.25%) JSON
10 16 (2.25%) Web Services
11 14 (1.97%) React
12 12 (1.69%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.55%) OpenAPI
13 11 (1.55%) Swagger
14 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
14 10 (1.41%) Razor View Engine
15 8 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
16 7 (0.99%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.15%) Onboarding
2 50 (7.04%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.80%) Security Posture
4 26 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (3.66%) Cyberattack
5 24 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (2.68%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.54%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.11%) Replication
11 14 (1.97%) Driving Licence
12 13 (1.83%) PKI
13 12 (1.69%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.41%) Clustering
14 10 (1.41%) CMDB
14 10 (1.41%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 307 (43.24%) Windows
2 180 (25.35%) Windows Server
3 91 (12.82%) Linux
4 44 (6.20%) Windows 10
5 30 (4.23%) Mac OS
5 30 (4.23%) Unix
5 30 (4.23%) Windows Server 2008
6 22 (3.10%) HPUX
6 22 (3.10%) Solaris
6 22 (3.10%) Windows 7
6 22 (3.10%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (2.96%) VMS
8 20 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (2.25%) Android
10 11 (1.55%) Apple iOS
11 9 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.13%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.99%) Amazon Linux
14 6 (0.85%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (35.49%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (26.90%) DevOps
3 176 (24.79%) ITIL
4 168 (23.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 126 (17.75%) CI/CD
6 116 (16.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 113 (15.92%) Agile
8 111 (15.63%) Mentoring
9 104 (14.65%) Asset Management
10 102 (14.37%) Cybersecurity
10 102 (14.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 97 (13.66%) Roadmaps
12 94 (13.24%) Coaching
13 74 (10.42%) Incident Management
14 73 (10.28%) Disaster Recovery
15 69 (9.72%) Root Cause Analysis
16 66 (9.30%) ITSM
17 62 (8.73%) Change Management
18 61 (8.59%) Task Automation
19 53 (7.46%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 195 (27.46%) Python
2 164 (23.10%) SQL
3 143 (20.14%) Bash
4 61 (8.59%) C#
5 41 (5.77%) Bicep
5 41 (5.77%) JavaScript
6 30 (4.23%) T-SQL
7 25 (3.52%) Perl
8 14 (1.97%) Java
8 14 (1.97%) VB
9 10 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (1.41%) VBScript
10 8 (1.13%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.99%) Groovy
11 7 (0.99%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.56%) Go
13 3 (0.42%) Tcl
14 2 (0.28%) VBA
15 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.14%) VB6
Qualifications
1 109 (15.35%) Security Cleared
2 84 (11.83%) Degree
3 69 (9.72%) SC Cleared
4 55 (7.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (5.92%) DV Cleared
6 36 (5.07%) Azure Certification
7 32 (4.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 26 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (2.82%) AWS Certification
9 20 (2.82%) CCNA
10 18 (2.54%) CISSP
11 17 (2.39%) CREST Certified
12 15 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.69%) SANS
14 10 (1.41%) DBS Check
14 10 (1.41%) MCP
15 9 (1.27%) MCSA
16 8 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
17 7 (0.99%) CEH
18 6 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (6.62%) NIST
3 42 (5.92%) SLA
4 36 (5.07%) GDPR
5 30 (4.23%) NCSC
6 26 (3.66%) Accessibility
7 15 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.56%) QA
11 3 (0.42%) HL7
12 2 (0.28%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 269 (37.89%) Active Directory
2 77 (10.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (8.45%) Hyper-V
4 54 (7.61%) Docker
5 35 (4.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 28 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (2.11%) vSphere
8 9 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.85%) Firmware
11 5 (0.70%) Squid
12 4 (0.56%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.56%) Dovecot
12 4 (0.56%) Postfix
12 4 (0.56%) XenApp
13 3 (0.42%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.28%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.14%) iptables
15 1 (0.14%) RACF
Systems Management
1 146 (20.56%) Terraform
2 126 (17.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 59 (8.31%) Kubernetes
4 42 (5.92%) Ansible
5 39 (5.49%) SCCM
6 23 (3.24%) Grafana
7 18 (2.54%) Prometheus
8 17 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (2.39%) WSUS
9 10 (1.41%) SCOM
10 9 (1.27%) ZABBIX
11 8 (1.13%) Nagios
11 8 (1.13%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.70%) SCVMM
13 5 (0.70%) WMI
14 4 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
14 4 (0.56%) MaaS360
14 4 (0.56%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 417 (58.73%) Microsoft
2 121 (17.04%) VMware
3 50 (7.04%) Cisco
4 44 (6.20%) Oracle
5 42 (5.92%) ServiceNow
6 36 (5.07%) Veeam
7 32 (4.51%) Atlassian
8 25 (3.52%) SolarWinds
9 22 (3.10%) Citrix
10 21 (2.96%) Red Hat
11 20 (2.82%) SAP
12 16 (2.25%) Google
12 16 (2.25%) Splunk
13 13 (1.83%) Sophos
14 12 (1.69%) IBM
15 11 (1.55%) Apple
15 11 (1.55%) HP
15 11 (1.55%) MuleSoft
15 11 (1.55%) Trend Micro
16 10 (1.41%) Dynatrace