PowerShell Jobs in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 133 96
Rank change year-on-year +12 -37 +2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,011 1,545 1,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.59% 2.09% 3.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.84% 6.78% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 541 1,168 1,218
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,006 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £74,220 £86,250
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% -8.33% +2.56%

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 10,276 22,775 23,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.35% 30.78% 39.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,645 16,521 13,122
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,772 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -2.23% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,296 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

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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 29 May 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 29 May 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
North of England +30 375 £50,375 +0.75% 692
North West +41 321 £46,000 -12.38% 325
South East +14 278 £57,500 +9.52% 955
Midlands +6 167 £50,000 +7.53% 613
West Midlands +16 107 £50,000 +5.26% 334
East of England 0 101 £47,500 - 532
South West -30 68 £47,500 -5.00% 378
East Midlands +19 60 £35,000 -22.22% 239
Yorkshire -25 40 £62,500 +31.58% 279
Scotland +87 24 £45,000 -25.00% 156
North East +15 14 £57,500 +23.66% 90
Wales +34 4 £50,000 +12.36% 100
Isle of Man - 2 £34,500 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 153 (15.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (9.40%) SharePoint
3 42 (4.15%) IIS
4 16 (1.58%) Confluence
5 11 (1.09%) Tomcat
6 8 (0.79%) Apache
7 6 (0.59%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) nginx
9 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.099%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.099%) CICS
10 1 (0.099%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.099%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.099%) WebSphere
Applications
1 49 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.099%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.099%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 369 (36.50%) Azure
2 241 (23.84%) Microsoft 365
3 147 (14.54%) AWS
4 113 (11.18%) Entra ID
5 84 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
6 76 (7.52%) Power Platform
7 70 (6.92%) IaaS
8 61 (6.03%) Power Automate
9 55 (5.44%) PaaS
10 44 (4.35%) SaaS
11 32 (3.17%) GCP
12 30 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
13 28 (2.77%) OneDrive
13 28 (2.77%) PowerApps
14 24 (2.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 24 (2.37%) Azure Key Vault
15 23 (2.27%) GitHub
16 22 (2.18%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 17 (1.68%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 417 (41.25%) VPN
2 261 (25.82%) Cisco IOS
3 204 (20.18%) Firewall
4 147 (14.54%) DNS
5 120 (11.87%) TCP/IP
6 110 (10.88%) DHCP
7 67 (6.63%) WAN
8 48 (4.75%) VLAN
9 47 (4.65%) SAN
10 39 (3.86%) Network Security
11 38 (3.76%) LAN
12 34 (3.36%) SD-WAN
13 32 (3.17%) VSAN
14 30 (2.97%) NAS
15 29 (2.87%) SMTP
16 26 (2.57%) VoIP
17 25 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
18 21 (2.08%) FTP
19 19 (1.88%) OSPF
19 19 (1.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 58 (5.74%) Power BI
3 52 (5.14%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (2.47%) MySQL
5 20 (1.98%) Relational Database
6 19 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (1.78%) Data Lake
8 17 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.79%) Big Data
11 7 (0.69%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 5 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.40%) FileMaker
15 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
15 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
15 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 62 (6.13%) Cucumber
1 62 (6.13%) Robot Framework
2 37 (3.66%) Git
3 33 (3.26%) Jenkins
4 22 (2.18%) JIRA
5 15 (1.48%) MSI
6 14 (1.38%) Vagrant
7 10 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 9 (0.89%) GitLab
9 5 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.30%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.20%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.099%) gulp
12 1 (0.099%) IBM UrbanCode
12 1 (0.099%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.099%) Postman
General
1 368 (36.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 289 (28.59%) Analytical Skills
3 262 (25.91%) Social Skills
4 75 (7.42%) Telecoms
5 71 (7.02%) Finance
6 25 (2.47%) Automotive
6 25 (2.47%) Public Sector
7 22 (2.18%) Retail
8 21 (2.08%) Legal
9 18 (1.78%) Advertising
10 16 (1.58%) Law
11 15 (1.48%) Electronics
11 15 (1.48%) German Language
12 14 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.29%) Local Government
13 13 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.99%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.89%) Czech Language
17 6 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 375 (37.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 97 (9.59%) Support Engineer
3 83 (8.21%) IT Support
4 72 (7.12%) Senior
5 67 (6.63%) Analyst
6 62 (6.13%) Test Automation Engineer
6 62 (6.13%) Test Engineer
7 60 (5.93%) IT Engineer
7 60 (5.93%) Lead
8 49 (4.85%) Cloud Engineer
9 43 (4.25%) Infrastructure Support
10 42 (4.15%) Administrator
11 40 (3.96%) 3rd Line Support
11 40 (3.96%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 39 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
13 38 (3.76%) Architect
14 34 (3.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 33 (3.26%) Systems Engineer
16 30 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
16 30 (2.97%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (26.41%) Elastic Stack
2 28 (2.77%) YAML
3 19 (1.88%) .NET
3 19 (1.88%) JSON
4 16 (1.58%) XML
5 15 (1.48%) LDAP
5 15 (1.48%) SailPoint
6 13 (1.29%) ARM Templates
6 13 (1.29%) REST
7 12 (1.19%) SOAP
8 7 (0.69%) Pandas
9 6 (0.59%) CSS
9 6 (0.59%) Web Services
10 5 (0.49%) FHIR
10 5 (0.49%) HTML
10 5 (0.49%) React
11 4 (0.40%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.40%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.40%) SPFx
12 3 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 260 (25.72%) Cyberattack
2 68 (6.73%) Linux Command Line
3 58 (5.74%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.35%) Data Centre
5 37 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 32 (3.17%) Clustering
7 30 (2.97%) Security Posture
8 27 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (1.78%) Replication
9 18 (1.78%) Virtual Team
10 16 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.48%) IoT
11 15 (1.48%) NHS
11 15 (1.48%) PKI
12 14 (1.38%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.38%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
14 11 (1.09%) Driving Licence
14 11 (1.09%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 695 (68.74%) Windows
2 499 (49.36%) Linux
3 265 (26.21%) Android
4 180 (17.80%) Windows Server
5 48 (4.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 41 (4.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 39 (3.86%) Windows 10
8 32 (3.17%) Mac OS
9 31 (3.07%) VMS
10 26 (2.57%) Ubuntu
10 26 (2.57%) Unix
11 14 (1.38%) Apple iOS
12 11 (1.09%) Mac OS X
12 11 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.79%) Amazon Linux
13 8 (0.79%) CentOS
14 6 (0.59%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.40%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (48.07%) DevOps
1 486 (48.07%) Problem-Solving
2 393 (38.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 310 (30.66%) Task Automation
4 289 (28.59%) Platform Engineering
5 285 (28.19%) Risk Management
6 276 (27.30%) Line Management
7 275 (27.20%) Storage Management
8 261 (25.82%) Mathematics
9 152 (15.03%) Mentoring
10 127 (12.56%) ITIL
11 123 (12.17%) CI/CD
12 110 (10.88%) Agile
13 97 (9.59%) Coaching
14 95 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
15 91 (9.00%) Infrastructure as Code
16 89 (8.80%) Test Automation
17 78 (7.72%) Disaster Recovery
18 75 (7.42%) High Availability
19 74 (7.32%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 556 (55.00%) Python
2 443 (43.82%) Bash
3 171 (16.91%) SQL
4 92 (9.10%) JavaScript
5 44 (4.35%) Java
6 42 (4.15%) C#
7 31 (3.07%) Bicep
8 20 (1.98%) T-SQL
9 14 (1.38%) Groovy
9 14 (1.38%) Perl
10 13 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.89%) C++
11 9 (0.89%) VBA
12 8 (0.79%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.59%) R
14 5 (0.49%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.40%) VBScript
16 3 (0.30%) Go
17 2 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 226 (22.35%) Degree
2 150 (14.84%) Security Cleared
3 99 (9.79%) DV Cleared
4 83 (8.21%) Azure Certification
5 74 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 65 (6.43%) SC Cleared
7 54 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.77%) AWS Certification
9 26 (2.57%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (2.27%) HND
11 20 (1.98%) Network+ Certification
12 19 (1.88%) MCSE
13 18 (1.78%) DBS Check
14 17 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (1.48%) CCNA
15 15 (1.48%) Master's Degree
16 14 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 13 (1.29%) CISSP
18 12 (1.19%) CEH
19 11 (1.09%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.82%) QA
2 62 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (4.45%) GDPR
4 31 (3.07%) NIST
5 17 (1.68%) NCSC
6 16 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.48%) HIPAA
8 13 (1.29%) SLA
9 11 (1.09%) COBIT
9 11 (1.09%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.79%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.49%) HL7
11 5 (0.49%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.099%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.099%) GRC
13 1 (0.099%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 356 (35.21%) Hyper-V
2 322 (31.85%) vSphere
3 319 (31.55%) Docker
4 286 (28.29%) Active Directory
5 285 (28.19%) VMware NSX
6 171 (16.91%) VMware Infrastructure
7 48 (4.75%) Virtual Machines
8 28 (2.77%) VMware ESXi
9 21 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.48%) Terminal Services
10 15 (1.48%) XenApp
11 10 (0.99%) DFS Replication
12 9 (0.89%) BitLocker
12 9 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.49%) Dovecot
13 5 (0.49%) Postfix
14 4 (0.40%) Squid
14 4 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.099%) Firmware
15 1 (0.099%) RACF
Systems Management
1 369 (36.50%) Terraform
2 344 (34.03%) Ansible
3 129 (12.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 59 (5.84%) Kubernetes
5 39 (3.86%) SCCM
6 31 (3.07%) Puppet
7 28 (2.77%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (2.57%) Grafana
9 23 (2.27%) Prometheus
10 19 (1.88%) vCenter Server
11 17 (1.68%) WMI
12 14 (1.38%) vMotion
13 12 (1.19%) QRadar
13 12 (1.19%) SCOM
13 12 (1.19%) WSUS
14 8 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
14 8 (0.79%) PowerCLI
14 8 (0.79%) vRealize
15 7 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 417 (41.25%) Microsoft
2 320 (31.65%) Cisco
3 275 (27.20%) Splunk
4 267 (26.41%) Juniper
5 260 (25.72%) 3PAR
6 207 (20.47%) VMware
7 51 (5.04%) Citrix
8 43 (4.25%) Meraki
9 31 (3.07%) Apple
9 31 (3.07%) Veeam
10 29 (2.87%) Databricks
11 27 (2.67%) Google
12 25 (2.47%) Okta
13 23 (2.27%) Fortinet
13 23 (2.27%) HP
13 23 (2.27%) Oracle
14 20 (1.98%) ServiceNow
15 18 (1.78%) CheckPoint
15 18 (1.78%) SonicWALL
16 16 (1.58%) Salesforce