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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 108 67
Rank change year-on-year -5 -41 +38
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 786 971 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.90% 2.44% 4.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.81% 7.98% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 620 657 1,011
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,476 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,525 £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 6,657 12,171 11,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.09% 30.62% 39.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,033 6,829 8,651
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £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 14 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 14 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 -23 213 £58,000 +0.87% 159
North of England -20 148 £50,000 - 87
South West +26 116 £50,000 -6.10% 60
Scotland +36 107 £56,250 +4.17% 24
Midlands -11 99 £52,500 +10.53% 76
East of England +30 86 £47,500 -9.52% 51
Yorkshire -10 70 £47,500 -9.52% 24
North West -10 67 £51,750 +3.50% 52
West Midlands -9 66 £52,500 +20.00% 37
East Midlands -12 33 £54,000 +13.68% 38
Wales +12 17 £55,000 +5.77% 16
North East 0 11 £55,000 +16.68% 14
Northern Ireland -9 3 £46,500 +16.25% 1
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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
1 151 (19.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 117 (14.89%) SharePoint
3 41 (5.22%) IIS
4 29 (3.69%) Confluence
5 22 (2.80%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (2.16%) Skype for Business
7 9 (1.15%) nginx
8 5 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.25%) WordPress
10 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.76%) Siemens NX
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.64%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.38%) CATIA
4 3 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.38%) Windchill
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.02%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.76%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.64%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.38%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 513 (65.27%) Azure
2 294 (37.40%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (21.50%) Entra ID
4 146 (18.58%) AWS
5 123 (15.65%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (7.76%) Power Platform
7 49 (6.23%) GitHub
8 47 (5.98%) GCP
9 46 (5.85%) SaaS
10 44 (5.60%) Azure Monitor
11 41 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
12 37 (4.71%) Power Automate
13 35 (4.45%) Azure Key Vault
13 35 (4.45%) PaaS
14 33 (4.20%) IaaS
15 30 (3.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 30 (3.82%) Snowflake
16 29 (3.69%) Azure Sentinel
17 25 (3.18%) dbt
17 25 (3.18%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 175 (22.26%) DNS
2 157 (19.97%) Firewall
3 139 (17.68%) DHCP
4 77 (9.80%) TCP/IP
5 60 (7.63%) VPN
6 55 (7.00%) WAN
7 44 (5.60%) LAN
8 39 (4.96%) VLAN
9 38 (4.83%) Wireless
10 28 (3.56%) Internet
11 21 (2.67%) SAN
12 18 (2.29%) HTTP
13 17 (2.16%) Kerberos
13 17 (2.16%) Skype
14 16 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (1.91%) FTP
15 15 (1.91%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.91%) SMTP
15 15 (1.91%) SSH
16 11 (1.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (10.31%) SQL Server
2 34 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (3.69%) Oracle Database
3 29 (3.69%) Power BI
4 26 (3.31%) Oracle Database 10g
5 21 (2.67%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.15%) DTS
10 8 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (1.02%) MySQL
11 5 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.51%) MS Access
12 4 (0.51%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.51%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
13 3 (0.38%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 87 (11.07%) JIRA
2 61 (7.76%) Jenkins
3 50 (6.36%) Git
4 23 (2.93%) Octopus Deploy
5 17 (2.16%) Vagrant
6 16 (2.04%) GitLab
6 16 (2.04%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.65%) MSI
8 6 (0.76%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.51%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.51%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.51%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.51%) Toad
10 3 (0.38%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.38%) Balsamiq
10 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.25%) git-flow
11 2 (0.25%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 273 (34.73%) Social Skills
2 182 (23.16%) Finance
3 64 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (4.71%) Law
4 37 (4.71%) Retail
5 32 (4.07%) Public Sector
6 28 (3.56%) Manufacturing
7 22 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 15 (1.91%) Games
11 12 (1.53%) Legal
12 10 (1.27%) Automotive
12 10 (1.27%) Marketing
13 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.02%) Advertising
15 7 (0.89%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.89%) Electronics
15 7 (0.89%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 117 (14.89%) Support Engineer
2 114 (14.50%) Senior
3 88 (11.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 65 (8.27%) DevOps Engineer
5 63 (8.02%) 3rd Line Support
6 61 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
7 59 (7.51%) Developer
8 55 (7.00%) IT Support
9 49 (6.23%) Applications Engineer
9 49 (6.23%) IT Engineer
10 48 (6.11%) Analyst
11 43 (5.47%) Cloud Engineer
12 41 (5.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 39 (4.96%) Applications Support
14 38 (4.83%) Lead
14 38 (4.83%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 36 (4.58%) Security Engineer
16 35 (4.45%) IT Support Engineer
17 32 (4.07%) Applications Support Engineer
18 30 (3.82%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (7.38%) REST
2 39 (4.96%) .NET
3 38 (4.83%) SOAP
4 35 (4.45%) ARM Templates
5 32 (4.07%) LDAP
6 24 (3.05%) OAuth
7 22 (2.80%) GraphQL
8 21 (2.67%) SAML
9 17 (2.16%) Web Services
9 17 (2.16%) YAML
10 15 (1.91%) JSON
11 14 (1.78%) OpenID
12 13 (1.65%) React
13 12 (1.53%) AngularJS
14 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
15 10 (1.27%) OpenAPI
15 10 (1.27%) Razor View Engine
15 10 (1.27%) Swagger
16 7 (0.89%) FIX Protocol
17 6 (0.76%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.67%) Onboarding
2 50 (6.36%) Product Ownership
3 30 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 29 (3.69%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.31%) Cloud Native
6 25 (3.18%) PKI
7 19 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.42%) Replication
8 18 (2.29%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.65%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.53%) Clustering
11 12 (1.53%) Cyberattack
11 12 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (1.40%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (1.27%) CMDB
13 10 (1.27%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 362 (46.06%) Windows
2 217 (27.61%) Windows Server
3 120 (15.27%) Linux
4 51 (6.49%) Windows 10
5 39 (4.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (4.20%) VMS
6 33 (4.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 32 (4.07%) Mac OS
8 31 (3.94%) Windows Server 2008
9 30 (3.82%) Unix
10 22 (2.80%) HPUX
10 22 (2.80%) Solaris
10 22 (2.80%) Windows 7
10 22 (2.80%) Windows Server 2003
11 15 (1.91%) Amazon Linux
11 15 (1.91%) Android
12 11 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (1.27%) Apple iOS
13 10 (1.27%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.89%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (33.46%) Problem-Solving
2 218 (27.74%) DevOps
3 182 (23.16%) ITIL
4 169 (21.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 139 (17.68%) CI/CD
6 131 (16.67%) Agile
7 123 (15.65%) Infrastructure as Code
8 116 (14.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 114 (14.50%) Mentoring
10 98 (12.47%) Asset Management
11 92 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
12 91 (11.58%) Coaching
13 82 (10.43%) Roadmaps
14 77 (9.80%) Incident Management
15 72 (9.16%) Change Management
15 72 (9.16%) Task Automation
16 71 (9.03%) Disaster Recovery
17 68 (8.65%) Root Cause Analysis
18 66 (8.40%) ITSM
19 64 (8.14%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 226 (28.75%) Python
2 168 (21.37%) SQL
3 142 (18.07%) Bash
4 67 (8.52%) C#
5 48 (6.11%) Bicep
6 39 (4.96%) JavaScript
7 32 (4.07%) Perl
8 23 (2.93%) Java
9 22 (2.80%) VB
10 17 (2.16%) Groovy
11 15 (1.91%) T-SQL
12 14 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.27%) VBScript
14 8 (1.02%) Shell Script
14 8 (1.02%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.51%) Go
16 3 (0.38%) Tcl
17 2 (0.25%) VBA
18 1 (0.13%) C++
18 1 (0.13%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 138 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 99 (12.60%) Degree
3 88 (11.20%) SC Cleared
4 62 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 55 (7.00%) DV Cleared
6 47 (5.98%) Azure Certification
7 33 (4.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 31 (3.94%) AWS Certification
9 30 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (2.93%) CCNA
11 22 (2.80%) CISSP
12 18 (2.29%) CREST Certified
13 17 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.53%) SANS
14 12 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 11 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (1.27%) CEH
16 10 (1.27%) DBS Check
16 10 (1.27%) OSCP
17 9 (1.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.49%) SLA
2 46 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (5.22%) NIST
4 38 (4.83%) GDPR
5 24 (3.05%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.91%) NCSC
8 7 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.76%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.64%) QA
11 4 (0.51%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.25%) HL7
13 1 (0.13%) COBIT
13 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 287 (36.51%) Active Directory
2 110 (13.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (10.43%) Hyper-V
4 78 (9.92%) Docker
5 37 (4.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 34 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (2.42%) vSphere
8 15 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (1.40%) DFS Replication
10 10 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.89%) Firmware
12 6 (0.76%) Dovecot
12 6 (0.76%) Postfix
12 6 (0.76%) Squid
13 4 (0.51%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.51%) XenApp
14 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
16 1 (0.13%) iptables
16 1 (0.13%) KVM
Systems Management
1 169 (21.50%) Terraform
2 142 (18.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 74 (9.41%) Kubernetes
4 51 (6.49%) Ansible
5 44 (5.60%) SCCM
6 37 (4.71%) Grafana
7 33 (4.20%) Prometheus
8 27 (3.44%) WSUS
9 17 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (1.78%) vCenter Server
10 14 (1.78%) WMI
11 12 (1.53%) SCOM
12 10 (1.27%) ZABBIX
13 9 (1.15%) Nagios
14 7 (0.89%) QRadar
15 6 (0.76%) Autotask
15 6 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.76%) Proxmox
16 5 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
16 5 (0.64%) MaaS360
Vendors
1 484 (61.58%) Microsoft
2 147 (18.70%) VMware
3 61 (7.76%) Cisco
4 51 (6.49%) ServiceNow
5 48 (6.11%) Oracle
6 40 (5.09%) Veeam
7 36 (4.58%) Atlassian
8 26 (3.31%) Red Hat
8 26 (3.31%) SolarWinds
9 22 (2.80%) Citrix
9 22 (2.80%) Splunk
10 19 (2.42%) SAP
10 19 (2.42%) Sophos
11 17 (2.16%) Google
12 16 (2.04%) Apple
13 12 (1.53%) Datto
13 12 (1.53%) Trend Micro
14 11 (1.40%) HP
14 11 (1.40%) IBM
14 11 (1.40%) MuleSoft