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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 89 135
Rank change year-on-year -57 +46 -49
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 892 1,126 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 3.31% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.74% 13.07% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 681 654 1,042
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £39,555
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,625
UK median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.87% +4.55% -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 11,521 8,615 20,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.92% 25.34% 29.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,398 5,544 14,632
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -23 250 £53,000 -7.83% 88
North of England -85 209 £48,445 +0.29% 50
Midlands -45 145 £50,000 -1.43% 34
North West -88 109 £50,101 +8.92% 29
East of England -32 95 £55,000 +8.91% 23
South West -64 83 £55,000 +15.79% 28
East Midlands -8 75 £42,500 +13.33% 15
West Midlands -63 69 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Yorkshire -28 60 £47,500 -5.71% 11
Scotland +31 43 £52,500 +31.25% 13
North East -17 40 £48,445 -19.26% 11
Northern Ireland -27 38 £46,000 +6.75% 1
Wales -33 29 £53,000 -3.64% 4
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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
1 166 (18.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 161 (18.05%) SharePoint
3 41 (4.60%) IIS
4 17 (1.91%) Confluence
5 6 (0.67%) nginx
6 3 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.67%) NetSuite
1 6 (0.67%) Raiser’s Edge
1 6 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.34%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.22%) Alphatax
4 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 557 (62.44%) Azure
2 364 (40.81%) Microsoft 365
3 228 (25.56%) Entra ID
4 151 (16.93%) AWS
5 103 (11.55%) Azure DevOps
6 85 (9.53%) IaaS
7 84 (9.42%) SaaS
8 76 (8.52%) Power Platform
9 65 (7.29%) GitHub
10 58 (6.50%) OneDrive
11 51 (5.72%) PaaS
12 49 (5.49%) Azure AKS
13 48 (5.38%) Power Automate
14 46 (5.16%) Azure Key Vault
15 43 (4.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 43 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
16 41 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
16 41 (4.60%) Azure Sentinel
17 30 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
17 30 (3.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 247 (27.69%) DNS
2 230 (25.78%) Firewall
3 166 (18.61%) DHCP
4 162 (18.16%) VPN
5 98 (10.99%) TCP/IP
6 82 (9.19%) WAN
7 74 (8.30%) LAN
8 63 (7.06%) VLAN
9 36 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.81%) VoIP
11 33 (3.70%) Wireless
12 31 (3.48%) SAN
13 22 (2.47%) Broadband
13 22 (2.47%) Network Security
14 17 (1.91%) BGP
15 15 (1.68%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.68%) SSL
16 14 (1.57%) HTTP
17 12 (1.35%) NAS
18 11 (1.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (10.09%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 46 (5.16%) Power BI
4 33 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (2.13%) MySQL
7 12 (1.35%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.01%) InfluxDB
9 8 (0.90%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.90%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.56%) Metadata
11 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.45%) Redis
12 3 (0.34%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.22%) GIS
13 2 (0.22%) Spotfire
13 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 66 (7.40%) Git
2 55 (6.17%) JIRA
3 46 (5.16%) GitLab
4 40 (4.48%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.57%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.57%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (0.78%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.78%) TestRail
7 6 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.67%) Selenium
8 4 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.45%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.34%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.34%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.34%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.22%) MSI
10 2 (0.22%) Postman
10 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 302 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 98 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (10.76%) Law
4 85 (9.53%) Finance
5 58 (6.50%) Legal
6 45 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
6 45 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.81%) Public Sector
9 33 (3.70%) Retail
10 18 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.68%) Aerospace
11 15 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.35%) Games
13 6 (0.67%) Advertising
13 6 (0.67%) Police
14 5 (0.56%) Aviation
14 5 (0.56%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.56%) Local Government
15 4 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 193 (21.64%) Senior
2 146 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 118 (13.23%) Support Engineer
4 117 (13.12%) IT Engineer
5 116 (13.00%) IT Support
6 98 (10.99%) Analyst
7 86 (9.64%) Cloud Engineer
8 73 (8.18%) Azure Engineer
8 73 (8.18%) DevOps Engineer
9 72 (8.07%) IT Support Engineer
10 56 (6.28%) 2nd Line Support
11 48 (5.38%) Security Engineer
12 43 (4.82%) Developer
13 41 (4.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 38 (4.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 37 (4.15%) Senior Manager
15 37 (4.15%) Systems Engineer
15 37 (4.15%) Testing Manager
16 33 (3.70%) Lead
17 31 (3.48%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (7.51%) .NET
2 42 (4.71%) ARM Templates
3 38 (4.26%) JSON
3 38 (4.26%) Microsoft Graph
4 32 (3.59%) OAuth
5 31 (3.48%) HTML
5 31 (3.48%) SAML
5 31 (3.48%) YAML
6 25 (2.80%) OpenID
7 24 (2.69%) .NET Core
7 24 (2.69%) LDAP
7 24 (2.69%) SPFx
8 23 (2.58%) REST
9 22 (2.47%) CSS
10 20 (2.24%) SOAP
11 19 (2.13%) HTML5 Canvas
12 17 (1.91%) Elastic Stack
13 16 (1.79%) GraphQL
14 14 (1.57%) React
15 13 (1.46%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.51%) Onboarding
2 52 (5.83%) Driving Licence
3 45 (5.04%) Cloud Native
4 42 (4.71%) Virtual Team
5 40 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 33 (3.70%) PKI
7 29 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
8 28 (3.14%) Security Operations Centre
8 28 (3.14%) Security Posture
9 27 (3.03%) Management Information System
10 26 (2.91%) Data Centre
11 24 (2.69%) Public Cloud
12 23 (2.58%) Cyberattack
13 22 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
14 18 (2.02%) Clustering
14 18 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (1.68%) Product Ownership
15 15 (1.68%) Replication
16 14 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
17 13 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 422 (47.31%) Windows
2 230 (25.78%) Windows Server
3 191 (21.41%) Linux
4 53 (5.94%) Windows 10
5 35 (3.92%) Apple iOS
6 31 (3.48%) CentOS
6 31 (3.48%) Mac OS
7 29 (3.25%) Android
8 26 (2.91%) VMS
9 24 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 23 (2.58%) Ubuntu
11 21 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
12 20 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (0.90%) Debian
14 5 (0.56%) Unix
14 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.45%) AIX
16 2 (0.22%) Rocky
16 2 (0.22%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.11%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
2 218 (24.44%) DevOps
3 202 (22.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 198 (22.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 184 (20.63%) Infrastructure as Code
6 170 (19.06%) CI/CD
7 152 (17.04%) Cybersecurity
8 150 (16.82%) ITIL
9 137 (15.36%) Mentoring
10 133 (14.91%) Agile
11 111 (12.44%) Containerisation
12 104 (11.66%) Disaster Recovery
13 102 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
14 100 (11.21%) High Availability
15 91 (10.20%) Task Automation
16 88 (9.87%) Observability
17 86 (9.64%) Cloud Security
18 82 (9.19%) AI
19 81 (9.08%) Project Delivery
20 78 (8.74%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 314 (35.20%) Python
2 228 (25.56%) Bash
3 154 (17.26%) SQL
4 105 (11.77%) C#
5 79 (8.86%) JavaScript
6 77 (8.63%) Bicep
7 65 (7.29%) TypeScript
8 34 (3.81%) T-SQL
9 23 (2.58%) Kusto Query Language
10 13 (1.46%) C++
11 12 (1.35%) Java
12 11 (1.23%) PHP
12 11 (1.23%) VBScript
13 9 (1.01%) VB
14 8 (0.90%) Perl
15 6 (0.67%) Go
15 6 (0.67%) Korn
16 5 (0.56%) C
16 5 (0.56%) Ruby
17 2 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 129 (14.46%) Security Cleared
2 107 (12.00%) Azure Certification
3 104 (11.66%) Degree
4 90 (10.09%) SC Cleared
5 86 (9.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (4.48%) DV Cleared
7 35 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
9 30 (3.36%) CCNA
10 25 (2.80%) DBS Check
11 18 (2.02%) CEH
11 18 (2.02%) CISSP
12 15 (1.68%) CREST Certified
13 14 (1.57%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.01%) GIAC
15 8 (0.90%) CISM
16 7 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.78%) CCNP
16 7 (0.78%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (5.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 51 (5.72%) QA
3 50 (5.61%) NIST
4 41 (4.60%) GDPR
5 29 (3.25%) SLA
6 17 (1.91%) NCSC
7 16 (1.79%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.79%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.12%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.01%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.56%) DICOM
12 4 (0.45%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.22%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.11%) COBIT
14 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 340 (38.12%) Active Directory
2 180 (20.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 137 (15.36%) Hyper-V
4 107 (12.00%) Docker
5 58 (6.50%) vSphere
6 42 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (2.13%) VMware NSX
9 11 (1.23%) BitLocker
9 11 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (1.12%) KVM
11 8 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.45%) Squid
13 3 (0.34%) iptables
13 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.22%) Samba
15 1 (0.11%) Firmware
15 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 192 (21.52%) Terraform
2 160 (17.94%) Kubernetes
3 137 (15.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 92 (10.31%) Ansible
5 59 (6.61%) Grafana
6 38 (4.26%) Prometheus
7 32 (3.59%) SCCM
8 22 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
8 22 (2.47%) vCenter Server
9 18 (2.02%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.79%) Proxmox
10 16 (1.79%) ZABBIX
11 14 (1.57%) Graylog
12 12 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 12 (1.35%) Argo
12 12 (1.35%) QRadar
13 11 (1.23%) Nagios
13 11 (1.23%) WSUS
14 8 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
14 8 (0.90%) Nessus
Vendors
1 550 (61.66%) Microsoft
2 203 (22.76%) VMware
3 79 (8.86%) Cisco
4 51 (5.72%) Splunk
5 46 (5.16%) Veeam
6 41 (4.60%) Red Hat
7 38 (4.26%) Meraki
8 24 (2.69%) ServiceNow
9 21 (2.35%) Apple
9 21 (2.35%) Dell
10 19 (2.13%) Adobe
10 19 (2.13%) SolarWinds
11 18 (2.02%) Logitech
12 17 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
13 15 (1.68%) Fortinet
13 15 (1.68%) Sophos
14 14 (1.57%) Dynatrace
14 14 (1.57%) Oracle
15 13 (1.46%) Citrix
15 13 (1.46%) Zerto