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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 85 140
Rank change year-on-year -66 +55 -45
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 751 1,037 1,482
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.14% 3.52% 1.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.30% 12.54% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 598 561 1,159
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £37,500 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,060 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,938 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
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 10,291 8,267 22,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.61% 28.07% 29.57%
Number of salaries quoted 7,271 5,227 16,920
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -51 185 £55,000 -4.35% 130
North of England -89 183 £47,500 -6.40% 62
Midlands -40 133 £50,000 - 35
North West -90 95 £50,801 +10.44% 41
South West -40 83 £55,000 +15.79% 43
East of England -25 82 £57,500 +21.05% 30
East Midlands -9 75 £45,000 +24.14% 17
Yorkshire -30 59 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Scotland +46 58 £50,000 +6.95% 15
West Midlands -69 57 £52,500 - 18
North East -26 29 £45,750 -22.13% 6
Wales -23 24 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Northern Ireland -30 3 £46,000 +6.75% 3
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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
1 131 (17.44%) SharePoint
2 130 (17.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (3.99%) IIS
4 16 (2.13%) Confluence
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 38 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Alphatax
3 2 (0.27%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 489 (65.11%) Azure
2 318 (42.34%) Microsoft 365
3 184 (24.50%) Entra ID
4 123 (16.38%) AWS
5 81 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
6 67 (8.92%) IaaS
7 60 (7.99%) Power Platform
8 55 (7.32%) OneDrive
9 54 (7.19%) GitHub
10 42 (5.59%) Azure AKS
10 42 (5.59%) Azure Key Vault
11 41 (5.46%) Google Workspace
11 41 (5.46%) SaaS
12 40 (5.33%) GitHub Actions
13 35 (4.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 34 (4.53%) PaaS
15 31 (4.13%) Power Automate
16 30 (3.99%) Azure Sentinel
16 30 (3.99%) Azure Storage
16 30 (3.99%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 208 (27.70%) DNS
2 188 (25.03%) Firewall
3 131 (17.44%) DHCP
4 122 (16.25%) VPN
5 79 (10.52%) TCP/IP
6 70 (9.32%) WAN
7 64 (8.52%) LAN
8 45 (5.99%) VLAN
9 37 (4.93%) Broadband
10 35 (4.66%) VoIP
11 31 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (3.60%) SAN
13 22 (2.93%) Network Security
14 18 (2.40%) BGP
15 16 (2.13%) SD-WAN
15 16 (2.13%) Wireless
16 13 (1.73%) HTTP
17 12 (1.60%) MPLS
17 12 (1.60%) SSL
18 10 (1.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (10.52%) SQL Server
2 40 (5.33%) Power BI
3 37 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (2.93%) MySQL
7 10 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.93%) InfluxDB
9 7 (0.93%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.67%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.40%) Metadata
11 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.40%) Redis
11 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 52 (6.92%) Git
2 47 (6.26%) JIRA
3 39 (5.19%) Jenkins
4 35 (4.66%) GitLab
5 14 (1.86%) Bitbucket
6 10 (1.33%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.67%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.67%) TestRail
9 4 (0.53%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.53%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.53%) Selenium
10 3 (0.40%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.40%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.40%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.27%) MSI
12 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
General
1 219 (29.16%) Social Skills
2 100 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (10.52%) Finance
4 59 (7.86%) Law
5 53 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (4.66%) Retail
9 29 (3.86%) Public Sector
10 26 (3.46%) Games
11 18 (2.40%) Aerospace
11 18 (2.40%) Legal
12 15 (2.00%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.60%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.20%) Advertising
15 6 (0.80%) Police
16 4 (0.53%) Aviation
16 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.53%) Military
17 3 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 157 (20.91%) Senior
2 132 (17.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 104 (13.85%) Support Engineer
4 102 (13.58%) IT Support
5 92 (12.25%) IT Engineer
6 78 (10.39%) Cloud Engineer
7 67 (8.92%) Azure Engineer
8 65 (8.66%) Analyst
9 64 (8.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 58 (7.72%) DevOps Engineer
11 50 (6.66%) Security Engineer
12 49 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support
13 42 (5.59%) Developer
14 34 (4.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 33 (4.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 31 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
17 25 (3.33%) Administrator
17 25 (3.33%) Senior Developer
18 24 (3.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 23 (3.06%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.92%) .NET
2 51 (6.79%) OAuth
3 48 (6.39%) SAML
4 42 (5.59%) LDAP
4 42 (5.59%) OpenID
5 41 (5.46%) REST
6 37 (4.93%) SOAP
7 36 (4.79%) GraphQL
7 36 (4.79%) JSON
7 36 (4.79%) Microsoft Graph
8 28 (3.73%) YAML
9 26 (3.46%) ARM Templates
10 24 (3.20%) HTML
11 23 (3.06%) .NET Core
12 22 (2.93%) SPFx
13 20 (2.66%) CSS
14 19 (2.53%) HTML5 Canvas
15 14 (1.86%) Elastic Stack
15 14 (1.86%) React
16 11 (1.46%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.06%) Onboarding
2 41 (5.46%) Cyberattack
3 40 (5.33%) Driving Licence
4 37 (4.93%) Cyber Threat
5 36 (4.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 34 (4.53%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.46%) PKI
8 23 (3.06%) Security Operations Centre
9 22 (2.93%) Data Centre
9 22 (2.93%) Management Information System
10 20 (2.66%) Security Posture
11 16 (2.13%) Public Cloud
12 15 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (2.00%) Clustering
13 14 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.73%) Replication
15 12 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.46%) Low-Code
16 11 (1.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 359 (47.80%) Windows
2 197 (26.23%) Windows Server
3 157 (20.91%) Linux
4 52 (6.92%) Windows 10
5 33 (4.39%) Apple iOS
6 31 (4.13%) Mac OS
7 28 (3.73%) CentOS
7 28 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (3.60%) Android
9 24 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 19 (2.53%) Ubuntu
12 18 (2.40%) VMS
13 5 (0.67%) Debian
13 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.53%) AIX
14 4 (0.53%) Unix
15 3 (0.40%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (21.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 162 (21.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 155 (20.64%) Cybersecurity
4 149 (19.84%) DevOps
5 142 (18.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 140 (18.64%) CI/CD
7 129 (17.18%) ITIL
8 114 (15.18%) Agile
9 97 (12.92%) Containerisation
9 97 (12.92%) Mentoring
10 90 (11.98%) Root Cause Analysis
11 83 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery
11 83 (11.05%) High Availability
12 78 (10.39%) Roadmaps
13 74 (9.85%) Task Automation
14 66 (8.79%) Cloud Security
14 66 (8.79%) Observability
14 66 (8.79%) SIEM
15 57 (7.59%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 238 (31.69%) Python
2 221 (29.43%) Bash
3 131 (17.44%) SQL
4 57 (7.59%) C#
5 52 (6.92%) Bicep
6 48 (6.39%) T-SQL
7 35 (4.66%) JavaScript
8 24 (3.20%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.33%) VB
10 9 (1.20%) C++
10 9 (1.20%) Java
11 8 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (1.07%) Perl
11 8 (1.07%) VBScript
12 6 (0.80%) Korn
13 5 (0.67%) PHP
14 4 (0.53%) Go
15 2 (0.27%) C
15 2 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.13%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 110 (14.65%) Security Cleared
2 86 (11.45%) Azure Certification
3 84 (11.19%) Degree
4 75 (9.99%) SC Cleared
5 64 (8.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (4.79%) DV Cleared
7 27 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (3.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (3.06%) DBS Check
11 20 (2.66%) CCNA
12 17 (2.26%) CREST Certified
13 16 (2.13%) AWS Certification
14 14 (1.86%) CISSP
15 13 (1.73%) CEH
16 8 (1.07%) SANS
17 7 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
18 6 (0.80%) CISM
18 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 6 (0.80%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (7.99%) NIST
3 37 (4.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 36 (4.79%) GDPR
5 34 (4.53%) NCSC
6 25 (3.33%) SLA
7 15 (2.00%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.73%) Data Quality
9 12 (1.60%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.07%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.80%) DICOM
11 6 (0.80%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.80%) QA
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) COBIT
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.13%) HL7
13 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 308 (41.01%) Active Directory
2 133 (17.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (14.11%) Hyper-V
4 94 (12.52%) Docker
5 37 (4.93%) vSphere
6 28 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (2.66%) VMware NSX
8 18 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (1.46%) BitLocker
10 10 (1.33%) KVM
10 10 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (1.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.53%) iptables
13 4 (0.53%) Squid
14 2 (0.27%) Samba
15 1 (0.13%) Firmware
15 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 167 (22.24%) Terraform
2 133 (17.71%) Kubernetes
3 109 (14.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 81 (10.79%) Ansible
5 48 (6.39%) Grafana
6 30 (3.99%) Prometheus
7 25 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (2.80%) vCenter Server
9 19 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (2.40%) SCCM
11 17 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (2.00%) ZABBIX
13 14 (1.86%) Proxmox
14 13 (1.73%) Graylog
15 12 (1.60%) Nagios
16 11 (1.46%) QRadar
16 11 (1.46%) WSUS
17 8 (1.07%) Docker Swarm
17 8 (1.07%) Nessus
18 7 (0.93%) VxRail
Vendors
1 453 (60.32%) Microsoft
2 160 (21.30%) VMware
3 57 (7.59%) Cisco
4 44 (5.86%) Splunk
5 43 (5.73%) Veeam
6 42 (5.59%) Red Hat
7 34 (4.53%) Meraki
8 20 (2.66%) Apple
8 20 (2.66%) Dell
9 19 (2.53%) Adobe
9 19 (2.53%) SolarWinds
10 18 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
10 18 (2.40%) Logitech
11 16 (2.13%) Oracle
11 16 (2.13%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.86%) Dynatrace
13 12 (1.60%) Google
13 12 (1.60%) HP
13 12 (1.60%) Sophos
14 11 (1.46%) Yealink