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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 83 132
Rank change year-on-year -66 +49 -51
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 963 1,134 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.20% 3.25% 1.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.91% 13.90% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 688 675 700
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,000 £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 £65,000 £63,750 £60,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £59,125
% change year-on-year - -2.75% -1.46%

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 12,181 8,156 15,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.14% 23.35% 27.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,919 5,165 10,281
10th Percentile £35,250 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £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%

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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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -30 246 £52,500 -8.70% 115
North of England -87 228 £50,000 +3.63% 87
Midlands -35 160 £52,500 +5.00% 65
North West -75 133 £50,000 +8.70% 60
East of England -29 101 £57,500 +21.05% 56
South West -78 84 £55,000 +19.57% 45
East Midlands -12 81 £42,500 +21.43% 26
West Midlands -58 79 £55,000 - 39
Northern Ireland -24 69 £46,000 - 6
Yorkshire -45 59 £42,500 -19.05% 18
Scotland +4 44 £50,000 +25.00% 12
North East -33 36 £50,000 -6.98% 10
Wales -50 31 £53,000 -3.64% 6
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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 (20.15%) SharePoint
2 184 (19.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (5.09%) IIS
4 20 (2.08%) Confluence
5 14 (1.45%) nginx
6 8 (0.83%) Apache
7 4 (0.42%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (2.08%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.62%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 581 (60.33%) Azure
2 400 (41.54%) Microsoft 365
3 269 (27.93%) Entra ID
4 149 (15.47%) AWS
5 139 (14.43%) SaaS
6 106 (11.01%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (8.62%) IaaS
8 78 (8.10%) Power Platform
9 75 (7.79%) OneDrive
10 65 (6.75%) GitHub
11 63 (6.54%) Power Automate
12 52 (5.40%) Azure Sentinel
13 48 (4.98%) PaaS
14 47 (4.88%) Azure AKS
15 45 (4.67%) Azure Key Vault
16 42 (4.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 40 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
18 36 (3.74%) PowerApps
19 33 (3.43%) Microsoft Copilot
20 31 (3.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 272 (28.25%) DNS
2 248 (25.75%) Firewall
3 180 (18.69%) DHCP
4 165 (17.13%) VPN
5 114 (11.84%) TCP/IP
6 90 (9.35%) WAN
7 78 (8.10%) LAN
8 61 (6.33%) VLAN
9 44 (4.57%) Wireless
10 35 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
11 30 (3.12%) SAN
12 25 (2.60%) Network Security
13 20 (2.08%) SSL
14 18 (1.87%) HTTP
14 18 (1.87%) VoIP
15 16 (1.66%) VSAN
16 15 (1.56%) Internet
17 12 (1.25%) BGP
17 12 (1.25%) NAS
17 12 (1.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (8.93%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 43 (4.47%) Power BI
4 23 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.35%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.14%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.93%) MySQL
9 8 (0.83%) InfluxDB
9 8 (0.83%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.52%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.52%) Metadata
11 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.42%) Power Query
12 4 (0.42%) Redis
12 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.21%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 69 (7.17%) Git
2 67 (6.96%) JIRA
3 44 (4.57%) GitLab
4 37 (3.84%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.77%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 8 (0.83%) Robot Framework
7 8 (0.83%) TestRail
8 6 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.62%) Selenium
8 6 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.31%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.21%) git-flow
11 2 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 370 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 105 (10.90%) Finance
3 104 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (10.07%) Law
5 92 (9.55%) Legal
6 47 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
8 37 (3.84%) Public Sector
9 36 (3.74%) Retail
10 28 (2.91%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.28%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.35%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.62%) Advertising
15 6 (0.62%) Police
16 5 (0.52%) Aviation
16 5 (0.52%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.52%) Local Government
16 5 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 210 (21.81%) Senior
2 158 (16.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 121 (12.56%) Support Engineer
4 117 (12.15%) IT Engineer
5 111 (11.53%) IT Support
6 106 (11.01%) Analyst
7 90 (9.35%) Cloud Engineer
8 74 (7.68%) Azure Engineer
9 70 (7.27%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (6.75%) IT Support Engineer
11 55 (5.71%) Senior Manager
11 55 (5.71%) Testing Manager
12 51 (5.30%) Administrator
13 44 (4.57%) 2nd Line Support
14 42 (4.36%) Lead
15 40 (4.15%) Systems Engineer
16 39 (4.05%) Developer
16 39 (4.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 38 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 37 (3.84%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (21.08%) Terraform
2 66 (6.85%) .NET
3 39 (4.05%) Microsoft Graph
4 38 (3.95%) ARM Templates
5 33 (3.43%) YAML
6 31 (3.22%) HTML
7 28 (2.91%) JSON
8 25 (2.60%) .NET Core
9 24 (2.49%) SPFx
10 22 (2.28%) CSS
11 19 (1.97%) HTML5 Canvas
12 17 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
13 15 (1.56%) REST
14 13 (1.35%) ASP.NET
14 13 (1.35%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (1.35%) LDAP
14 13 (1.35%) OAuth
14 13 (1.35%) SAML
15 12 (1.25%) Middleware
15 12 (1.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 75 (7.79%) Onboarding
2 60 (6.23%) Virtual Team
3 57 (5.92%) Driving Licence
4 46 (4.78%) Cloud Native
5 42 (4.36%) Hybrid Cloud
6 38 (3.95%) Management Information System
7 35 (3.63%) Clustering
7 35 (3.63%) Replication
8 33 (3.43%) Security Operations Centre
9 30 (3.12%) PKI
9 30 (3.12%) Security Posture
10 28 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (2.60%) Data Centre
12 22 (2.28%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.56%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.35%) CMDB
15 13 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (1.35%) Private Cloud
16 12 (1.25%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 474 (49.22%) Windows
2 248 (25.75%) Windows Server
3 230 (23.88%) Linux
4 54 (5.61%) Windows 10
5 38 (3.95%) Apple iOS
6 32 (3.32%) Ubuntu
7 31 (3.22%) Android
8 29 (3.01%) Mac OS
9 28 (2.91%) CentOS
10 24 (2.49%) VMS
10 24 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
11 23 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
12 22 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (0.83%) Debian
14 6 (0.62%) Rocky
15 5 (0.52%) CoreOS
15 5 (0.52%) Unix
16 4 (0.42%) AIX
16 4 (0.42%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (28.35%) Problem-Solving
2 261 (27.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 249 (25.86%) DevOps
4 233 (24.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 190 (19.73%) ITIL
6 187 (19.42%) Infrastructure as Code
7 175 (18.17%) CI/CD
8 155 (16.10%) Mentoring
9 147 (15.26%) Cybersecurity
10 135 (14.02%) Disaster Recovery
11 126 (13.08%) Project Delivery
12 123 (12.77%) Agile
13 120 (12.46%) High Availability
14 110 (11.42%) Root Cause Analysis
15 102 (10.59%) Containerisation
16 99 (10.28%) AI
17 92 (9.55%) Test Automation
18 89 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 86 (8.93%) Task Automation
20 84 (8.72%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 325 (33.75%) Python
2 200 (20.77%) Bash
3 186 (19.31%) SQL
4 122 (12.67%) C#
5 107 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 86 (8.93%) TypeScript
7 83 (8.62%) Bicep
8 28 (2.91%) Kusto Query Language
9 17 (1.77%) T-SQL
10 16 (1.66%) Java
11 15 (1.56%) VBScript
12 14 (1.45%) C++
13 12 (1.25%) PHP
14 10 (1.04%) Perl
15 9 (0.93%) VB
16 5 (0.52%) Go
16 5 (0.52%) Korn
16 5 (0.52%) Ruby
17 4 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 152 (15.78%) Security Cleared
2 110 (11.42%) Azure Certification
3 109 (11.32%) SC Cleared
4 103 (10.70%) Degree
5 100 (10.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (5.30%) DV Cleared
7 40 (4.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 40 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (3.22%) CCNA
10 24 (2.49%) DBS Check
11 20 (2.08%) CEH
12 15 (1.56%) CISSP
13 13 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 12 (1.25%) GIAC
15 11 (1.14%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (0.93%) CISM
17 9 (0.93%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.48%) QA
2 66 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 38 (3.95%) NIST
5 32 (3.32%) GDPR
6 30 (3.12%) SLA
7 12 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.14%) Data Quality
9 8 (0.83%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.73%) NCSC
11 4 (0.42%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.31%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.10%) DICOM
System Software
1 342 (35.51%) Active Directory
2 192 (19.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (15.37%) Hyper-V
4 99 (10.28%) Docker
5 57 (5.92%) vSphere
6 51 (5.30%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (2.39%) VMware NSX
9 14 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (1.04%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.93%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.83%) KVM
13 7 (0.73%) Firmware
14 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.42%) Squid
14 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.10%) Ceph
15 1 (0.10%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 1 (0.10%) iptables
15 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 171 (17.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 158 (16.41%) Kubernetes
3 101 (10.49%) Ansible
4 48 (4.98%) Grafana
5 44 (4.57%) SCCM
6 30 (3.12%) Prometheus
7 24 (2.49%) vCenter Server
8 19 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.66%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.66%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.56%) Graylog
11 13 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (1.35%) Puppet
11 13 (1.35%) QRadar
12 12 (1.25%) Argo
13 9 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.93%) VxRail
14 8 (0.83%) Kibana
14 8 (0.83%) Nessus
14 8 (0.83%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 616 (63.97%) Microsoft
2 214 (22.22%) VMware
3 91 (9.45%) Cisco
4 52 (5.40%) Veeam
5 49 (5.09%) Splunk
6 43 (4.47%) ServiceNow
7 42 (4.36%) Meraki
8 37 (3.84%) Red Hat
9 26 (2.70%) Dell
10 23 (2.39%) Sage
11 22 (2.28%) Citrix
12 20 (2.08%) Sophos
13 19 (1.97%) Adobe
13 19 (1.97%) Oracle
14 17 (1.77%) Apple
14 17 (1.77%) Fortinet
14 17 (1.77%) Logitech
15 16 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
15 16 (1.66%) SAP
15 16 (1.66%) TOWER Software