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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 84 128
Rank change year-on-year -70 +44 -53
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 978 1,113 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.15% 3.26% 1.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.95% 14.47% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 668 657 598
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,875 £39,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,447 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% +2.89% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,313 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £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 12,295 7,692 14,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.44% 22.54% 27.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,011 4,785 8,749
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £34,404
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 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 22 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 22 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
North of England -77 241 £50,000 - 183
South East -37 238 £52,500 -8.70% 211
Midlands -56 160 £52,500 +5.00% 103
North West -79 146 £50,000 +5.26% 104
East of England -40 98 £57,500 +21.05% 69
South West -71 88 £55,000 +15.79% 86
West Midlands -70 82 £55,000 +2.44% 55
East Midlands -20 78 £42,500 +21.43% 48
Northern Ireland -26 70 £46,000 - 17
Yorkshire -44 59 £42,500 -17.68% 53
Scotland +1 46 £51,250 +3.10% 57
Wales -53 37 £38,500 -30.00% 27
North East -38 36 £51,500 -6.36% 28
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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
1 194 (19.84%) SharePoint
2 185 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (4.91%) IIS
4 23 (2.35%) Confluence
5 15 (1.53%) 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 38 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (3.17%) 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
1 569 (58.18%) Azure
2 400 (40.90%) Microsoft 365
3 292 (29.86%) Entra ID
4 151 (15.44%) AWS
4 151 (15.44%) SaaS
5 107 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
6 80 (8.18%) IaaS
6 80 (8.18%) Power Platform
7 74 (7.57%) OneDrive
8 69 (7.06%) GitHub
9 63 (6.44%) Power Automate
10 51 (5.21%) PaaS
11 50 (5.11%) Azure Sentinel
12 48 (4.91%) Azure Monitor
13 44 (4.50%) Azure Key Vault
14 43 (4.40%) Azure AKS
15 41 (4.19%) Microsoft Purview
16 39 (3.99%) Microsoft Copilot
17 36 (3.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 34 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 268 (27.40%) DNS
2 247 (25.26%) Firewall
3 180 (18.40%) DHCP
4 171 (17.48%) VPN
5 113 (11.55%) TCP/IP
6 90 (9.20%) WAN
7 78 (7.98%) LAN
8 63 (6.44%) VLAN
9 45 (4.60%) Wireless
10 39 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (2.97%) SAN
12 22 (2.25%) Network Security
13 20 (2.04%) SSL
14 19 (1.94%) HTTP
15 16 (1.64%) VSAN
16 13 (1.33%) Internet
16 13 (1.33%) VoIP
17 12 (1.23%) NAS
18 10 (1.02%) FTP
18 10 (1.02%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.49%) SQL Server
2 47 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 40 (4.09%) Power BI
4 22 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.12%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.92%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.92%) MySQL
9 8 (0.82%) InfluxDB
10 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.51%) Metadata
11 5 (0.51%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.51%) Power Query
11 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.41%) Redis
12 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.20%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 68 (6.95%) JIRA
2 67 (6.85%) Git
3 50 (5.11%) GitLab
4 41 (4.19%) Jenkins
5 20 (2.04%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (0.82%) Robot Framework
7 8 (0.82%) TestRail
8 6 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.61%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.61%) Selenium
8 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.31%) MSI
10 3 (0.31%) Postman
10 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.20%) Ant
11 2 (0.20%) Maven
11 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 394 (40.29%) Social Skills
2 108 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
2 108 (11.04%) Finance
3 89 (9.10%) Legal
4 86 (8.79%) Law
5 50 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
7 41 (4.19%) Retail
8 34 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.27%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.56%) Aerospace
10 25 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.33%) Legal Technology
12 8 (0.82%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.61%) Advertising
13 6 (0.61%) Police
14 5 (0.51%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.51%) Local Government
14 5 (0.51%) Military
15 4 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 210 (21.47%) Senior
2 162 (16.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 124 (12.68%) Support Engineer
4 116 (11.86%) IT Engineer
5 114 (11.66%) Analyst
6 99 (10.12%) IT Support
7 88 (9.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 70 (7.16%) Azure Engineer
9 69 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
10 64 (6.54%) IT Support Engineer
11 55 (5.62%) Senior Manager
11 55 (5.62%) Testing Manager
12 51 (5.21%) Administrator
13 46 (4.70%) Consultant
14 45 (4.60%) Lead
15 40 (4.09%) Support Analyst
15 40 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
16 38 (3.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 36 (3.68%) 2nd Line Support
18 33 (3.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (20.96%) Terraform
2 59 (6.03%) .NET
3 43 (4.40%) ARM Templates
4 35 (3.58%) Microsoft Graph
5 29 (2.97%) YAML
6 26 (2.66%) HTML
7 25 (2.56%) JSON
8 19 (1.94%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (1.94%) SPFx
9 18 (1.84%) .NET Core
10 17 (1.74%) CSS
10 17 (1.74%) REST
11 15 (1.53%) LDAP
12 14 (1.43%) HTML5 Canvas
13 12 (1.23%) ASP.NET
13 12 (1.23%) ASP.NET Core
13 12 (1.23%) Middleware
13 12 (1.23%) OAuth
13 12 (1.23%) OpenID
14 11 (1.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (8.38%) Onboarding
2 62 (6.34%) Driving Licence
3 60 (6.13%) Virtual Team
4 49 (5.01%) Cloud Native
5 47 (4.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 41 (4.19%) Management Information System
7 36 (3.68%) Replication
7 36 (3.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 35 (3.58%) Clustering
9 34 (3.48%) PKI
10 32 (3.27%) Security Posture
11 26 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (2.45%) Data Centre
13 23 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (2.15%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (1.53%) Product Ownership
16 13 (1.33%) Private Cloud
17 12 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
17 12 (1.23%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 491 (50.20%) Windows
2 256 (26.18%) Windows Server
3 238 (24.34%) Linux
4 61 (6.24%) Windows 10
5 39 (3.99%) Apple iOS
6 35 (3.58%) Ubuntu
7 32 (3.27%) Android
8 28 (2.86%) CentOS
9 27 (2.76%) Mac OS
10 25 (2.56%) VMS
11 24 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 23 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
14 9 (0.92%) Rocky
15 8 (0.82%) Debian
15 8 (0.82%) Unix
16 5 (0.51%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.41%) AIX
17 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (30.78%) Problem-Solving
2 276 (28.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (26.28%) DevOps
4 243 (24.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 195 (19.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 184 (18.81%) ITIL
7 178 (18.20%) CI/CD
8 164 (16.77%) Mentoring
9 158 (16.16%) Cybersecurity
10 144 (14.72%) Disaster Recovery
11 138 (14.11%) Project Delivery
12 124 (12.68%) Agile
13 111 (11.35%) Root Cause Analysis
14 109 (11.15%) High Availability
15 104 (10.63%) AI
16 97 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 93 (9.51%) Containerisation
18 90 (9.20%) Test Automation
19 87 (8.90%) Cloud Security
20 85 (8.69%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 334 (34.15%) Python
2 202 (20.65%) SQL
3 197 (20.14%) Bash
4 115 (11.76%) C#
5 111 (11.35%) JavaScript
6 91 (9.30%) Bicep
7 82 (8.38%) TypeScript
8 30 (3.07%) Kusto Query Language
9 16 (1.64%) Java
9 16 (1.64%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.53%) VBScript
11 14 (1.43%) C++
12 13 (1.33%) PHP
13 10 (1.02%) Perl
14 9 (0.92%) VB
15 6 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.51%) Go
16 5 (0.51%) Korn
16 5 (0.51%) Ruby
17 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 158 (16.16%) Security Cleared
2 112 (11.45%) SC Cleared
3 110 (11.25%) Azure Certification
4 106 (10.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 101 (10.33%) Degree
6 51 (5.21%) DV Cleared
7 40 (4.09%) CompTIA Security+
8 34 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (3.17%) CCNA
11 22 (2.25%) DBS Check
12 21 (2.15%) CEH
13 17 (1.74%) CISSP
14 12 (1.23%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.23%) GIAC
14 12 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.12%) CISM
16 10 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 10 (1.02%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (7.57%) QA
2 63 (6.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 60 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (3.68%) NIST
5 31 (3.17%) GDPR
6 29 (2.97%) SLA
7 14 (1.43%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.02%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.92%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.82%) NCSC
11 4 (0.41%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.10%) DICOM
14 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 350 (35.79%) Active Directory
2 194 (19.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 138 (14.11%) Hyper-V
4 92 (9.41%) Docker
5 60 (6.13%) Virtual Machines
5 60 (6.13%) vSphere
6 43 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (2.04%) VMware NSX
8 15 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.92%) BitLocker
10 8 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 8 (0.82%) Firmware
10 8 (0.82%) KVM
11 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.41%) Squid
11 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.10%) Ceph
12 1 (0.10%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.10%) Snort
Systems Management
1 177 (18.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 148 (15.13%) Kubernetes
3 96 (9.82%) Ansible
4 49 (5.01%) SCCM
5 44 (4.50%) Grafana
6 27 (2.76%) Prometheus
7 23 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (2.35%) vCenter Server
8 16 (1.64%) Proxmox
8 16 (1.64%) ZABBIX
9 15 (1.53%) Graylog
10 13 (1.33%) Argo
10 13 (1.33%) QRadar
11 12 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (1.23%) Puppet
12 10 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (1.02%) Kibana
13 9 (0.92%) Nessus
13 9 (0.92%) VxRail
14 7 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 632 (64.62%) Microsoft
2 219 (22.39%) VMware
3 81 (8.28%) Cisco
4 55 (5.62%) Veeam
5 51 (5.21%) Splunk
6 43 (4.40%) ServiceNow
7 35 (3.58%) Meraki
8 34 (3.48%) Sage
9 33 (3.37%) Red Hat
10 26 (2.66%) Dell
11 25 (2.56%) SAP
12 23 (2.35%) Citrix
13 20 (2.04%) Oracle
14 19 (1.94%) Apple
14 19 (1.94%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.94%) Google
14 19 (1.94%) Sophos
15 18 (1.84%) Logitech
15 18 (1.84%) TOWER Software
16 15 (1.53%) CrowdStrike