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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 88 131
Rank change year-on-year -57 +43 -51
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 976 1,109 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.19% 3.22% 1.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.97% 14.25% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 688 654 669
10th Percentile £31,025 £31,644 £34,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,813 £63,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £76,625 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 12,253 7,785 15,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.99% 22.59% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,011 4,853 9,754
10th Percentile £35,250 £30,750 £34,825
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -27 245 £52,500 -8.70% 136
North of England -85 234 £50,000 +5.26% 99
Midlands -28 162 £52,500 +5.00% 70
North West -74 137 £50,000 +8.70% 64
East of England -34 102 £57,500 +21.05% 51
South West -76 85 £55,000 +22.22% 56
East Midlands -14 82 £42,500 +21.43% 24
West Midlands -58 80 £55,000 - 46
Northern Ireland -22 69 £46,000 - 16
Yorkshire -46 61 £42,500 -17.68% 21
Scotland +8 44 £50,000 +25.00% 26
North East -40 36 £50,000 - 15
Wales -43 35 £38,500 -30.00% 9
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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
1 196 (20.08%) SharePoint
2 185 (18.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (5.12%) IIS
4 22 (2.25%) Confluence
5 15 (1.54%) nginx
6 8 (0.82%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (2.97%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 580 (59.43%) Azure
2 403 (41.29%) Microsoft 365
3 279 (28.59%) Entra ID
4 150 (15.37%) AWS
5 148 (15.16%) SaaS
6 107 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (8.50%) IaaS
8 79 (8.09%) Power Platform
9 74 (7.58%) OneDrive
10 66 (6.76%) GitHub
11 64 (6.56%) Power Automate
12 51 (5.23%) Azure Sentinel
13 48 (4.92%) Azure AKS
13 48 (4.92%) Azure Key Vault
13 48 (4.92%) PaaS
14 43 (4.41%) Azure Monitor
15 42 (4.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 35 (3.59%) Microsoft Copilot
16 35 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
16 35 (3.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 278 (28.48%) DNS
2 250 (25.61%) Firewall
3 184 (18.85%) DHCP
4 169 (17.32%) VPN
5 116 (11.89%) TCP/IP
6 91 (9.32%) WAN
7 79 (8.09%) LAN
8 64 (6.56%) VLAN
9 45 (4.61%) Wireless
10 37 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
11 30 (3.07%) SAN
12 21 (2.15%) Network Security
13 20 (2.05%) SSL
14 18 (1.84%) HTTP
14 18 (1.84%) VoIP
15 16 (1.64%) VSAN
16 15 (1.54%) Internet
17 12 (1.23%) BGP
17 12 (1.23%) NAS
17 12 (1.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.61%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 42 (4.30%) Power BI
4 22 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.13%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.92%) InfluxDB
9 8 (0.82%) MySQL
10 7 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.72%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.51%) Metadata
12 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.41%) Power Query
13 4 (0.41%) Redis
13 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
15 2 (0.20%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 70 (7.17%) Git
1 70 (7.17%) JIRA
2 47 (4.82%) GitLab
3 37 (3.79%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.84%) Bitbucket
5 13 (1.33%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (0.92%) Robot Framework
6 9 (0.92%) TestRail
7 7 (0.72%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.72%) Selenium
8 6 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.20%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.20%) Maven
11 2 (0.20%) MSI
11 2 (0.20%) Postman
11 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 388 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 107 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
3 106 (10.86%) Finance
4 96 (9.84%) Law
5 92 (9.43%) Legal
6 49 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (3.69%) Public Sector
8 36 (3.69%) Retail
9 30 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 24 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.25%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.33%) Legal Technology
13 8 (0.82%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.61%) Advertising
14 6 (0.61%) Police
15 5 (0.51%) Aviation
15 5 (0.51%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.51%) Local Government
15 5 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 212 (21.72%) Senior
2 164 (16.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 122 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 117 (11.99%) IT Engineer
5 108 (11.07%) IT Support
6 107 (10.96%) Analyst
7 91 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
8 74 (7.58%) Azure Engineer
9 68 (6.97%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (6.66%) IT Support Engineer
11 55 (5.64%) Senior Manager
11 55 (5.64%) Testing Manager
12 51 (5.23%) Administrator
13 46 (4.71%) Lead
14 44 (4.51%) Consultant
15 42 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
16 40 (4.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 39 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 38 (3.89%) Support Analyst
18 38 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (20.70%) Terraform
2 64 (6.56%) .NET
3 38 (3.89%) ARM Templates
4 37 (3.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 32 (3.28%) YAML
6 30 (3.07%) HTML
7 27 (2.77%) JSON
8 23 (2.36%) .NET Core
8 23 (2.36%) SPFx
9 21 (2.15%) CSS
10 18 (1.84%) Elastic Stack
10 18 (1.84%) HTML5 Canvas
11 15 (1.54%) REST
12 13 (1.33%) ASP.NET
12 13 (1.33%) ASP.NET Core
12 13 (1.33%) LDAP
12 13 (1.33%) OAuth
12 13 (1.33%) SAML
13 12 (1.23%) Middleware
14 11 (1.13%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.09%) Onboarding
2 60 (6.15%) Virtual Team
3 59 (6.05%) Driving Licence
4 47 (4.82%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 38 (3.89%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.89%) Replication
7 35 (3.59%) Clustering
8 33 (3.38%) Security Operations Centre
9 31 (3.18%) PKI
9 31 (3.18%) Security Posture
10 28 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (2.66%) Data Centre
12 22 (2.25%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.64%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.33%) CMDB
15 13 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (1.33%) Private Cloud
16 12 (1.23%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 482 (49.39%) Windows
2 250 (25.61%) Windows Server
3 234 (23.98%) Linux
4 55 (5.64%) Windows 10
5 39 (4.00%) Apple iOS
6 35 (3.59%) Ubuntu
7 32 (3.28%) Android
8 29 (2.97%) CentOS
8 29 (2.97%) Mac OS
9 25 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 24 (2.46%) VMS
10 24 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
11 22 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.92%) Rocky
13 8 (0.82%) Debian
14 5 (0.51%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.51%) Unix
15 4 (0.41%) AIX
15 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
2 275 (28.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 250 (25.61%) DevOps
4 241 (24.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 189 (19.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 189 (19.36%) ITIL
6 174 (17.83%) CI/CD
7 161 (16.50%) Mentoring
8 150 (15.37%) Cybersecurity
9 138 (14.14%) Disaster Recovery
10 137 (14.04%) Project Delivery
11 126 (12.91%) Agile
12 118 (12.09%) High Availability
13 110 (11.27%) Root Cause Analysis
14 102 (10.45%) AI
15 101 (10.35%) Containerisation
16 98 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 93 (9.53%) Test Automation
18 86 (8.81%) Task Automation
19 83 (8.50%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 324 (33.20%) Python
2 199 (20.39%) Bash
3 197 (20.18%) SQL
4 120 (12.30%) C#
5 116 (11.89%) JavaScript
6 85 (8.71%) TypeScript
7 84 (8.61%) Bicep
8 27 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 17 (1.74%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.64%) Java
11 15 (1.54%) VBScript
12 14 (1.43%) C++
13 12 (1.23%) PHP
14 10 (1.02%) Perl
15 9 (0.92%) VB
16 5 (0.51%) Go
16 5 (0.51%) Korn
16 5 (0.51%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.51%) Ruby
17 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 154 (15.78%) Security Cleared
2 110 (11.27%) SC Cleared
3 109 (11.17%) Azure Certification
4 101 (10.35%) Degree
4 101 (10.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 50 (5.12%) DV Cleared
6 40 (4.10%) CompTIA Security+
7 38 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (3.18%) CCNA
10 23 (2.36%) DBS Check
11 20 (2.05%) CEH
12 15 (1.54%) CISSP
13 13 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 12 (1.23%) GIAC
15 11 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.02%) AWS Certification
16 10 (1.02%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (0.92%) CISM
17 9 (0.92%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.38%) QA
2 65 (6.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (6.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 37 (3.79%) NIST
5 31 (3.18%) GDPR
5 31 (3.18%) SLA
6 12 (1.23%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.13%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.82%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.72%) NCSC
10 4 (0.41%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.10%) DICOM
System Software
1 343 (35.14%) Active Directory
2 197 (20.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (14.86%) Hyper-V
4 97 (9.94%) Docker
5 58 (5.94%) vSphere
6 54 (5.53%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (4.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (2.36%) VMware NSX
9 15 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.92%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.82%) KVM
12 7 (0.72%) Firmware
13 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.41%) Squid
13 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.10%) Ceph
14 1 (0.10%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 177 (18.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 155 (15.88%) Kubernetes
3 102 (10.45%) Ansible
4 48 (4.92%) Grafana
5 44 (4.51%) SCCM
6 29 (2.97%) Prometheus
7 25 (2.56%) vCenter Server
8 20 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.64%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.64%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.54%) Graylog
10 15 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (1.33%) QRadar
12 12 (1.23%) Argo
12 12 (1.23%) Puppet
13 9 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.92%) Kibana
13 9 (0.92%) VxRail
14 8 (0.82%) Nessus
15 7 (0.72%) Nagios
Vendors
1 623 (63.83%) Microsoft
2 221 (22.64%) VMware
3 90 (9.22%) Cisco
4 55 (5.64%) Veeam
5 50 (5.12%) Splunk
6 43 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 39 (4.00%) Meraki
8 37 (3.79%) Red Hat
9 32 (3.28%) Sage
10 27 (2.77%) Dell
11 25 (2.56%) SAP
12 23 (2.36%) Citrix
13 19 (1.95%) Apple
13 19 (1.95%) Oracle
13 19 (1.95%) Sophos
14 18 (1.84%) Adobe
14 18 (1.84%) Fortinet
14 18 (1.84%) Logitech
15 17 (1.74%) TOWER Software
16 16 (1.64%) Google