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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 84 136
Rank change year-on-year -62 +52 -46
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 835 1,084 1,477
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.20% 3.43% 1.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.57% 12.92% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 662 616 1,149
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,297 £39,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,099 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +2.20% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £73,777
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 11,027 8,391 22,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.84% 26.55% 29.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,969 5,363 16,673
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 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 1 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 1 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 -40 229 £53,000 -7.83% 117
North of England -82 207 £47,500 -6.40% 74
Midlands -47 139 £50,000 - 35
North West -85 109 £50,000 +3.51% 45
East of England -22 95 £54,000 +10.77% 25
South West -46 92 £55,000 +15.79% 47
East Midlands -12 77 £45,000 +28.57% 14
Yorkshire -31 63 £45,000 -14.29% 16
West Midlands -75 61 £51,250 -6.82% 21
Scotland +36 44 £50,000 +12.99% 12
North East -30 35 £47,972 -20.05% 16
Wales -28 26 £53,085 -3.48% 20
Northern Ireland -28 3 £46,000 +6.75% 8
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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
1 160 (19.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 157 (18.80%) SharePoint
3 39 (4.67%) IIS
4 17 (2.04%) Confluence
5 3 (0.36%) nginx
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 42 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.60%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.48%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.24%) Alphatax
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 540 (64.67%) Azure
2 352 (42.16%) Microsoft 365
3 207 (24.79%) Entra ID
4 140 (16.77%) AWS
5 101 (12.10%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (9.82%) IaaS
7 73 (8.74%) Power Platform
8 69 (8.26%) GitHub
9 59 (7.07%) OneDrive
10 49 (5.87%) PaaS
11 48 (5.75%) Azure AKS
12 46 (5.51%) GitHub Actions
12 46 (5.51%) SaaS
13 45 (5.39%) Azure Key Vault
14 44 (5.27%) Power Automate
15 43 (5.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 41 (4.91%) Azure Monitor
17 35 (4.19%) Azure Sentinel
18 31 (3.71%) Google Workspace
19 30 (3.59%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 240 (28.74%) DNS
2 219 (26.23%) Firewall
3 162 (19.40%) DHCP
4 158 (18.92%) VPN
5 95 (11.38%) TCP/IP
6 79 (9.46%) WAN
7 74 (8.86%) LAN
8 63 (7.54%) VLAN
9 38 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (4.19%) VoIP
11 30 (3.59%) Broadband
12 29 (3.47%) SAN
13 27 (3.23%) Wireless
14 26 (3.11%) Network Security
15 18 (2.16%) BGP
16 16 (1.92%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.68%) HTTP
17 14 (1.68%) SSL
18 12 (1.44%) MPLS
19 10 (1.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (10.90%) SQL Server
2 48 (5.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 44 (5.27%) Power BI
4 36 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (2.63%) MySQL
7 12 (1.44%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.08%) InfluxDB
8 9 (1.08%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.72%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.60%) Metadata
11 4 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.48%) Redis
12 3 (0.36%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.24%) KNIME
13 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (8.26%) Git
2 52 (6.23%) JIRA
3 44 (5.27%) Jenkins
4 43 (5.15%) GitLab
5 16 (1.92%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.56%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.84%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.84%) TestRail
8 6 (0.72%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.72%) Selenium
9 4 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.48%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.48%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.36%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.36%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.24%) MSI
11 2 (0.24%) Postman
11 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 259 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 97 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (10.06%) Finance
4 69 (8.26%) Law
5 47 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
5 47 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (4.31%) Retail
8 32 (3.83%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.63%) Legal
10 18 (2.16%) Aerospace
10 18 (2.16%) Games
10 18 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.72%) Advertising
12 6 (0.72%) Police
13 5 (0.60%) Aviation
13 5 (0.60%) Local Government
14 4 (0.48%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 162 (19.40%) Senior
2 142 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 115 (13.77%) IT Support
3 115 (13.77%) Support Engineer
4 111 (13.29%) IT Engineer
5 85 (10.18%) Cloud Engineer
6 83 (9.94%) Analyst
7 72 (8.62%) IT Support Engineer
8 71 (8.50%) DevOps Engineer
9 69 (8.26%) Azure Engineer
10 51 (6.11%) 2nd Line Support
10 51 (6.11%) Security Engineer
11 45 (5.39%) Developer
12 40 (4.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 36 (4.31%) Systems Engineer
14 35 (4.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 32 (3.83%) Administrator
16 27 (3.23%) Lead
17 26 (3.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 25 (2.99%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (7.54%) .NET
2 39 (4.67%) OAuth
3 38 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
3 38 (4.55%) SAML
4 37 (4.43%) JSON
5 34 (4.07%) ARM Templates
6 32 (3.83%) LDAP
6 32 (3.83%) OpenID
6 32 (3.83%) REST
7 30 (3.59%) YAML
8 29 (3.47%) HTML
9 28 (3.35%) SOAP
10 24 (2.87%) .NET Core
10 24 (2.87%) GraphQL
10 24 (2.87%) SPFx
11 22 (2.63%) CSS
12 19 (2.28%) HTML5 Canvas
13 17 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
14 15 (1.80%) React
15 14 (1.68%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.54%) Onboarding
2 57 (6.83%) Driving Licence
3 43 (5.15%) Cloud Native
4 40 (4.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 31 (3.71%) Cyberattack
6 30 (3.59%) PKI
7 29 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
8 28 (3.35%) Security Posture
8 28 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
10 25 (2.99%) Management Information System
11 24 (2.87%) Data Centre
11 24 (2.87%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.92%) Clustering
12 16 (1.92%) Replication
13 15 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.80%) Product Ownership
14 14 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (1.44%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 414 (49.58%) Windows
2 222 (26.59%) Windows Server
3 186 (22.28%) Linux
4 52 (6.23%) Windows 10
5 33 (3.95%) Apple iOS
6 32 (3.83%) Mac OS
7 31 (3.71%) CentOS
8 27 (3.23%) Android
8 27 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (3.11%) VMS
10 24 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (2.63%) Ubuntu
12 21 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (0.96%) Debian
14 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.48%) AIX
15 4 (0.48%) Unix
16 3 (0.36%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
18 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (22.16%) Infrastructure as Code
3 183 (21.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 180 (21.56%) DevOps
5 167 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 167 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 156 (18.68%) Cybersecurity
7 150 (17.96%) ITIL
8 133 (15.93%) Agile
9 111 (13.29%) Containerisation
10 106 (12.69%) Mentoring
11 103 (12.34%) Root Cause Analysis
12 101 (12.10%) Disaster Recovery
13 93 (11.14%) High Availability
14 91 (10.90%) Task Automation
15 87 (10.42%) Observability
16 82 (9.82%) Cloud Security
17 75 (8.98%) AI
18 74 (8.86%) Roadmaps
19 71 (8.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 275 (32.93%) Python
2 238 (28.50%) Bash
3 150 (17.96%) SQL
4 72 (8.62%) Bicep
5 64 (7.66%) C#
6 42 (5.03%) JavaScript
6 42 (5.03%) T-SQL
7 28 (3.35%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.28%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (1.44%) C++
10 11 (1.32%) Java
11 10 (1.20%) VB
11 10 (1.20%) VBScript
12 9 (1.08%) PHP
13 8 (0.96%) Perl
14 6 (0.72%) Go
14 6 (0.72%) Korn
15 5 (0.60%) Ruby
16 4 (0.48%) C
17 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 127 (15.21%) Security Cleared
2 105 (12.57%) Azure Certification
3 96 (11.50%) Degree
4 86 (10.30%) SC Cleared
5 85 (10.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 32 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (3.47%) CompTIA Security+
10 27 (3.23%) CCNA
10 27 (3.23%) DBS Check
11 17 (2.04%) CISSP
11 17 (2.04%) CREST Certified
12 16 (1.92%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.80%) CEH
14 8 (0.96%) SANS
15 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.84%) CCNP
15 7 (0.84%) CISM
15 7 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (6.47%) NIST
3 48 (5.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 45 (5.39%) GDPR
5 28 (3.35%) SLA
6 24 (2.87%) NCSC
7 15 (1.80%) Data Quality
8 14 (1.68%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.44%) Accessibility
9 12 (1.44%) QA
10 9 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (1.08%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.72%) DICOM
11 6 (0.72%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.24%) ISAE 3402
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.12%) COBIT
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 336 (40.24%) Active Directory
2 172 (20.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (15.57%) Hyper-V
4 108 (12.93%) Docker
5 57 (6.83%) vSphere
6 38 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (2.40%) VMware NSX
9 11 (1.32%) BitLocker
9 11 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (1.20%) KVM
11 8 (0.96%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.48%) iptables
13 4 (0.48%) Squid
14 2 (0.24%) Samba
15 1 (0.12%) Firmware
15 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 189 (22.63%) Terraform
2 154 (18.44%) Kubernetes
3 123 (14.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 92 (11.02%) Ansible
5 58 (6.95%) Grafana
6 37 (4.43%) Prometheus
7 25 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
8 22 (2.63%) SCCM
8 22 (2.63%) vCenter Server
9 19 (2.28%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 16 (1.92%) ZABBIX
11 15 (1.80%) Proxmox
12 14 (1.68%) Graylog
13 12 (1.44%) Argo
13 12 (1.44%) Nagios
14 11 (1.32%) QRadar
14 11 (1.32%) WSUS
15 8 (0.96%) Docker Swarm
15 8 (0.96%) Nessus
Vendors
1 525 (62.87%) Microsoft
2 196 (23.47%) VMware
3 69 (8.26%) Cisco
4 47 (5.63%) Splunk
4 47 (5.63%) Veeam
5 43 (5.15%) Red Hat
6 36 (4.31%) Meraki
7 21 (2.51%) Apple
7 21 (2.51%) Dell
8 20 (2.40%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.28%) Adobe
9 19 (2.28%) Logitech
9 19 (2.28%) SolarWinds
10 17 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
10 17 (2.04%) Oracle
11 14 (1.68%) Dynatrace
12 13 (1.56%) Google
12 13 (1.56%) Sophos
13 12 (1.44%) HP
13 12 (1.44%) ScienceLogic