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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 107 70
Rank change year-on-year -6 -37 +32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 760 947 1,206
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.80% 2.49% 4.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.36% 8.10% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 591 644 979
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 6,693 11,693 11,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.88% 30.80% 38.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,039 6,442 8,527
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £69,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 -30 199 £58,000 -1.90% 278
North of England -25 138 £50,000 - 194
South West +32 116 £50,000 -6.10% 121
Scotland +32 113 £57,500 +8.49% 77
Midlands -19 93 £52,500 +10.53% 159
East of England +26 82 £46,250 -11.90% 118
North West -12 65 £51,750 +3.50% 103
Yorkshire -15 62 £47,500 -5.00% 77
West Midlands -11 59 £52,500 +23.53% 82
East Midlands -14 34 £54,000 +10.20% 69
Wales +8 17 £55,000 +5.77% 26
North East +5 11 £55,000 +16.68% 17
Northern Ireland -7 3 £46,500 +16.25% 12
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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
1 144 (18.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 111 (14.61%) SharePoint
3 40 (5.26%) IIS
4 23 (3.03%) Confluence
5 22 (2.89%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (2.24%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.92%) nginx
8 5 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.26%) CMS
9 2 (0.26%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.79%) Siemens NX
3 5 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.39%) CATIA
5 3 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.39%) Windchill
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.05%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.79%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.66%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.53%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 500 (65.79%) Azure
2 282 (37.11%) Microsoft 365
3 166 (21.84%) Entra ID
4 138 (18.16%) AWS
5 120 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (7.89%) Power Platform
7 48 (6.32%) GitHub
8 46 (6.05%) GCP
9 39 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
9 39 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
9 39 (5.13%) SaaS
10 37 (4.87%) Azure Key Vault
11 35 (4.61%) Power Automate
12 33 (4.34%) Snowflake
13 29 (3.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 29 (3.82%) dbt
13 29 (3.82%) PaaS
14 26 (3.42%) IaaS
14 26 (3.42%) OneDrive
15 24 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 163 (21.45%) DNS
2 149 (19.61%) Firewall
3 129 (16.97%) DHCP
4 71 (9.34%) TCP/IP
5 60 (7.89%) VPN
6 54 (7.11%) WAN
7 42 (5.53%) LAN
8 39 (5.13%) VLAN
9 37 (4.87%) Wireless
10 25 (3.29%) Internet
11 22 (2.89%) SAN
12 17 (2.24%) Skype
13 16 (2.11%) SD-WAN
13 16 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (1.97%) Kerberos
15 14 (1.84%) HTTP
16 12 (1.58%) VoIP
17 11 (1.45%) Broadband
17 11 (1.45%) FTP
17 11 (1.45%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.95%) Power BI
3 29 (3.82%) Oracle Database
4 26 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
4 26 (3.42%) Oracle Database 10g
5 22 (2.89%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (1.18%) DTS
9 9 (1.18%) MySQL
10 8 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.53%) MS Access
11 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database 11g
11 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database 12c
11 4 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (0.39%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 79 (10.39%) JIRA
2 55 (7.24%) Jenkins
3 44 (5.79%) Git
4 23 (3.03%) Octopus Deploy
5 16 (2.11%) TeamCity
6 15 (1.97%) GitLab
7 12 (1.58%) Vagrant
8 8 (1.05%) MSI
9 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.53%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.53%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.53%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.53%) Toad
11 3 (0.39%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.39%) Balsamiq
11 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.26%) git-flow
12 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 261 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 192 (25.26%) Finance
3 67 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (4.87%) Retail
5 35 (4.61%) Law
6 28 (3.68%) Public Sector
7 27 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 20 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.11%) Games
10 16 (2.11%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.71%) Legal
12 10 (1.32%) Marketing
13 9 (1.18%) Automotive
14 8 (1.05%) Advertising
14 8 (1.05%) Front Office
14 8 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.92%) Electronics
15 7 (0.92%) Local Government
16 6 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 117 (15.39%) Senior
2 112 (14.74%) Support Engineer
3 83 (10.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 60 (7.89%) Developer
5 59 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
5 59 (7.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 57 (7.50%) 3rd Line Support
7 53 (6.97%) IT Support
8 50 (6.58%) Applications Engineer
9 47 (6.18%) Analyst
9 47 (6.18%) IT Engineer
10 42 (5.53%) Cloud Engineer
11 40 (5.26%) Applications Support
12 38 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 37 (4.87%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 36 (4.74%) Lead
14 36 (4.74%) Security Engineer
15 33 (4.34%) Applications Support Engineer
15 33 (4.34%) IT Support Engineer
16 30 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.89%) REST
2 39 (5.13%) .NET
2 39 (5.13%) SOAP
3 32 (4.21%) ARM Templates
4 30 (3.95%) LDAP
5 27 (3.55%) OAuth
6 24 (3.16%) GraphQL
7 23 (3.03%) SAML
8 19 (2.50%) YAML
9 17 (2.24%) Web Services
10 16 (2.11%) JSON
10 16 (2.11%) OpenID
11 14 (1.84%) React
12 12 (1.58%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.45%) OpenAPI
13 11 (1.45%) Swagger
14 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
14 10 (1.32%) Razor View Engine
15 8 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
16 7 (0.92%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.34%) Onboarding
2 50 (6.58%) Product Ownership
3 30 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 30 (3.95%) Security Posture
4 23 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.89%) PKI
6 20 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 20 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.97%) Replication
10 13 (1.71%) Clustering
10 13 (1.71%) Cyberattack
11 12 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (1.58%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.58%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.58%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (1.32%) CMDB
13 10 (1.32%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 344 (45.26%) Windows
2 208 (27.37%) Windows Server
3 111 (14.61%) Linux
4 49 (6.45%) Windows 10
5 34 (4.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (4.08%) Mac OS
6 31 (4.08%) Windows Server 2008
7 30 (3.95%) Unix
7 30 (3.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (3.55%) VMS
9 22 (2.89%) HPUX
9 22 (2.89%) Solaris
9 22 (2.89%) Windows 7
9 22 (2.89%) Windows Server 2003
10 16 (2.11%) Android
11 11 (1.45%) Amazon Linux
11 11 (1.45%) Apple iOS
12 10 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (1.05%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.79%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (34.47%) Problem-Solving
2 208 (27.37%) DevOps
3 181 (23.82%) ITIL
4 172 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 135 (17.76%) CI/CD
6 122 (16.05%) Agile
6 122 (16.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 111 (14.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 109 (14.34%) Mentoring
9 104 (13.68%) Asset Management
10 96 (12.63%) Coaching
11 94 (12.37%) Cybersecurity
12 84 (11.05%) Roadmaps
13 75 (9.87%) Incident Management
14 71 (9.34%) Disaster Recovery
14 71 (9.34%) Root Cause Analysis
15 69 (9.08%) Change Management
16 68 (8.95%) Task Automation
17 67 (8.82%) ITSM
18 60 (7.89%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 216 (28.42%) Python
2 170 (22.37%) SQL
3 137 (18.03%) Bash
4 68 (8.95%) C#
5 46 (6.05%) Bicep
6 40 (5.26%) JavaScript
7 29 (3.82%) Perl
8 20 (2.63%) VB
9 19 (2.50%) Java
10 16 (2.11%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.97%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (1.58%) Groovy
13 10 (1.32%) VBScript
14 8 (1.05%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.92%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.53%) Go
17 3 (0.39%) Tcl
18 2 (0.26%) VBA
19 1 (0.13%) C++
19 1 (0.13%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 125 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 96 (12.63%) Degree
3 78 (10.26%) SC Cleared
4 62 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 49 (6.45%) DV Cleared
6 40 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 33 (4.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 30 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (3.03%) AWS Certification
9 23 (3.03%) CCNA
10 22 (2.89%) CISSP
11 18 (2.37%) CREST Certified
12 17 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.58%) SANS
14 11 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (1.32%) CEH
15 10 (1.32%) DBS Check
15 10 (1.32%) OSCP
16 9 (1.18%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.45%) SLA
2 46 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (5.53%) NIST
4 37 (4.87%) GDPR
5 26 (3.42%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (2.11%) NCSC
8 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.92%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.53%) QA
10 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.39%) HL7
11 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 274 (36.05%) Active Directory
2 99 (13.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (9.61%) Hyper-V
4 69 (9.08%) Docker
5 37 (4.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 32 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (2.37%) vSphere
8 15 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.92%) DFS Replication
10 7 (0.92%) Firmware
11 5 (0.66%) Squid
12 4 (0.53%) Dovecot
12 4 (0.53%) Postfix
12 4 (0.53%) XenApp
13 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.26%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.13%) RACF
15 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 161 (21.18%) Terraform
2 138 (18.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 68 (8.95%) Kubernetes
4 47 (6.18%) Ansible
5 43 (5.66%) SCCM
6 31 (4.08%) Grafana
7 26 (3.42%) Prometheus
8 24 (3.16%) WSUS
9 18 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (1.84%) vCenter Server
11 11 (1.45%) SCOM
12 10 (1.32%) ZABBIX
13 9 (1.18%) Nagios
13 9 (1.18%) WMI
14 7 (0.92%) QRadar
15 6 (0.79%) Autotask
15 6 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
16 5 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
16 5 (0.66%) MaaS360
16 5 (0.66%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 467 (61.45%) Microsoft
2 139 (18.29%) VMware
3 60 (7.89%) Cisco
4 47 (6.18%) Oracle
4 47 (6.18%) ServiceNow
5 39 (5.13%) Veeam
6 35 (4.61%) Atlassian
7 26 (3.42%) SolarWinds
8 24 (3.16%) Red Hat
9 23 (3.03%) Citrix
10 22 (2.89%) Splunk
11 19 (2.50%) SAP
12 18 (2.37%) Sophos
13 17 (2.24%) Google
14 14 (1.84%) Apple
15 12 (1.58%) Datto
15 12 (1.58%) IBM
15 12 (1.58%) Trend Micro
16 11 (1.45%) HP
16 11 (1.45%) MuleSoft