PowerShell Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 88 132
Rank change year-on-year -75 +44 -29
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 746 1,009 1,480
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.11% 3.53% 2.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.25% 12.69% 6.68%
Number of salaries quoted 591 539 1,168
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,619 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,625 £66,250 £60,006
90th Percentile £78,000 £78,750 £74,220
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -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 10,287 7,954 22,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.25% 27.84% 30.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7,198 5,079 16,514
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,924
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -75 179 £55,000 -4.35% 88
North of England -105 179 £47,500 -5.71% 64
Midlands -45 128 £50,000 - 37
North West -97 94 £50,101 +8.92% 41
South West -37 86 £55,000 +15.79% 33
East of England -27 81 £57,500 +21.05% 25
East Midlands -15 77 £51,250 +46.43% 17
Scotland +37 67 £50,000 +11.11% 12
Yorkshire -35 60 £45,000 -28.00% 13
West Midlands -83 50 £48,000 -4.00% 20
North East -25 25 £47,472 -17.44% 10
Wales -16 23 £54,085 +8.17% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £46,000 - 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 (17.56%) SharePoint
2 124 (16.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (4.02%) IIS
4 14 (1.88%) Confluence
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.13%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 37 (4.96%) 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%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 482 (64.61%) Azure
2 312 (41.82%) Microsoft 365
3 181 (24.26%) Entra ID
4 122 (16.35%) AWS
5 81 (10.86%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (8.58%) IaaS
7 58 (7.77%) Power Platform
8 56 (7.51%) OneDrive
9 50 (6.70%) GitHub
10 43 (5.76%) Azure AKS
11 42 (5.63%) Google Workspace
12 41 (5.50%) Azure Key Vault
12 41 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
13 39 (5.23%) SaaS
14 32 (4.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 32 (4.29%) Power Automate
15 31 (4.16%) Azure Sentinel
15 31 (4.16%) Datadog
16 30 (4.02%) Azure Storage
16 30 (4.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 204 (27.35%) DNS
2 181 (24.26%) Firewall
3 124 (16.62%) DHCP
4 110 (14.75%) VPN
5 78 (10.46%) TCP/IP
6 64 (8.58%) WAN
7 58 (7.77%) LAN
8 42 (5.63%) VLAN
9 40 (5.36%) Broadband
10 38 (5.09%) VoIP
11 32 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (3.62%) SAN
13 21 (2.82%) Network Security
14 17 (2.28%) BGP
15 14 (1.88%) SD-WAN
16 13 (1.74%) HTTP
17 12 (1.61%) MPLS
17 12 (1.61%) Wireless
18 11 (1.47%) SSL
19 10 (1.34%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 40 (5.36%) Power BI
3 34 (4.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (2.95%) MySQL
7 12 (1.61%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.94%) InfluxDB
10 7 (0.94%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.67%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.40%) Metadata
13 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.40%) Redis
14 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (6.43%) Git
2 47 (6.30%) JIRA
3 40 (5.36%) Jenkins
4 33 (4.42%) GitLab
5 13 (1.74%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.94%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.67%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.67%) TestRail
9 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.54%) Selenium
10 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.27%) MSI
11 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
General
1 220 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 101 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (11.53%) Finance
4 54 (7.24%) Organisational Skills
5 52 (6.97%) Law
6 36 (4.83%) Documentation Skills
6 36 (4.83%) Retail
7 33 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 29 (3.89%) Games
10 17 (2.28%) Aerospace
10 17 (2.28%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.14%) Legal
12 11 (1.47%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.34%) Advertising
14 6 (0.80%) Police
15 4 (0.54%) Aviation
15 4 (0.54%) Military
16 3 (0.40%) Front Office
16 3 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 162 (21.72%) Senior
2 131 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 98 (13.14%) IT Support
4 95 (12.73%) Support Engineer
5 81 (10.86%) IT Engineer
6 79 (10.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 67 (8.98%) Azure Engineer
8 58 (7.77%) DevOps Engineer
8 58 (7.77%) IT Support Engineer
9 57 (7.64%) Analyst
10 49 (6.57%) Security Engineer
11 46 (6.17%) 2nd Line Support
11 46 (6.17%) Developer
12 35 (4.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 34 (4.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 30 (4.02%) Systems Engineer
15 25 (3.35%) Senior Developer
16 23 (3.08%) Consultant
17 22 (2.95%) Administrator
17 22 (2.95%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.24%) OAuth
2 53 (7.10%) .NET
3 50 (6.70%) SAML
4 44 (5.90%) OpenID
5 43 (5.76%) LDAP
6 42 (5.63%) REST
7 39 (5.23%) GraphQL
7 39 (5.23%) SOAP
8 38 (5.09%) Microsoft Graph
9 34 (4.56%) JSON
10 31 (4.16%) YAML
11 24 (3.22%) .NET Core
11 24 (3.22%) ARM Templates
12 23 (3.08%) HTML
12 23 (3.08%) SPFx
13 20 (2.68%) CSS
14 19 (2.55%) HTML5 Canvas
15 16 (2.14%) React
16 12 (1.61%) Node.js
17 11 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.57%) Onboarding
2 45 (6.03%) Cyberattack
3 40 (5.36%) Cyber Threat
4 36 (4.83%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.69%) Driving Licence
6 31 (4.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 24 (3.22%) Management Information System
7 24 (3.22%) PKI
8 23 (3.08%) Security Operations Centre
9 22 (2.95%) Data Centre
10 16 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.88%) Clustering
11 14 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.88%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.74%) Replication
13 12 (1.61%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.47%) Low-Code
14 11 (1.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 347 (46.51%) Windows
2 192 (25.74%) Windows Server
3 154 (20.64%) Linux
4 49 (6.57%) Windows 10
5 33 (4.42%) Apple iOS
6 32 (4.29%) Mac OS
7 28 (3.75%) Android
8 26 (3.49%) CentOS
8 26 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 18 (2.41%) Ubuntu
12 14 (1.88%) VMS
13 6 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.67%) Debian
15 4 (0.54%) Unix
16 3 (0.40%) AIX
16 3 (0.40%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
18 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (26.68%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (21.85%) Infrastructure as Code
3 157 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 155 (20.78%) Cybersecurity
5 152 (20.38%) DevOps
6 144 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 139 (18.63%) CI/CD
8 130 (17.43%) ITIL
9 115 (15.42%) Agile
10 102 (13.67%) Mentoring
11 101 (13.54%) Containerisation
12 85 (11.39%) Root Cause Analysis
13 79 (10.59%) High Availability
13 79 (10.59%) Roadmaps
14 78 (10.46%) Disaster Recovery
15 68 (9.12%) SIEM
16 67 (8.98%) Cloud Security
16 67 (8.98%) Task Automation
17 59 (7.91%) Observability
18 57 (7.64%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 237 (31.77%) Python
2 222 (29.76%) Bash
3 128 (17.16%) SQL
4 58 (7.77%) C#
5 48 (6.43%) T-SQL
6 46 (6.17%) Bicep
7 39 (5.23%) JavaScript
8 24 (3.22%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.34%) VB
10 9 (1.21%) C++
11 8 (1.07%) Perl
12 7 (0.94%) Java
13 6 (0.80%) Korn
14 5 (0.67%) VBScript
15 4 (0.54%) Go
15 4 (0.54%) PHP
16 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.27%) C
17 2 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
18 1 (0.13%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 109 (14.61%) Security Cleared
2 87 (11.66%) Degree
3 77 (10.32%) Azure Certification
4 73 (9.79%) SC Cleared
5 61 (8.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (4.83%) DV Cleared
7 28 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 21 (2.82%) DBS Check
10 18 (2.41%) CCNA
10 18 (2.41%) CREST Certified
11 16 (2.14%) AWS Certification
12 14 (1.88%) CEH
13 13 (1.74%) CISSP
14 9 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.07%) SANS
16 7 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (0.80%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (8.45%) NIST
3 40 (5.36%) GDPR
4 37 (4.96%) NCSC
5 33 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (3.22%) SLA
7 17 (2.28%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.47%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (1.21%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.94%) ISO 22301
12 6 (0.80%) DICOM
12 6 (0.80%) QA
13 2 (0.27%) COBIT
13 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.13%) HL7
14 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 301 (40.35%) Active Directory
2 123 (16.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (13.54%) Hyper-V
4 96 (12.87%) Docker
5 30 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
5 30 (4.02%) vSphere
6 19 (2.55%) VMware NSX
7 14 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.34%) KVM
8 10 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.07%) BitLocker
9 8 (1.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 6 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.54%) iptables
13 3 (0.40%) Squid
14 2 (0.27%) Firmware
14 2 (0.27%) Samba
15 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 164 (21.98%) Terraform
2 133 (17.83%) Kubernetes
3 108 (14.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 82 (10.99%) Ansible
5 48 (6.43%) Grafana
6 28 (3.75%) Prometheus
7 24 (3.22%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (2.68%) vCenter Server
9 19 (2.55%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (2.14%) SCCM
12 14 (1.88%) ZABBIX
13 13 (1.74%) Graylog
14 12 (1.61%) Proxmox
15 11 (1.47%) Nagios
15 11 (1.47%) WSUS
16 10 (1.34%) QRadar
17 7 (0.94%) Argo
17 7 (0.94%) Nessus
17 7 (0.94%) VxRail
Vendors
1 439 (58.85%) Microsoft
2 149 (19.97%) VMware
3 58 (7.77%) Cisco
4 44 (5.90%) Veeam
5 41 (5.50%) Splunk
6 40 (5.36%) Red Hat
7 32 (4.29%) Meraki
8 21 (2.82%) Dell
9 20 (2.68%) Apple
9 20 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
10 19 (2.55%) Adobe
11 18 (2.41%) SolarWinds
12 17 (2.28%) Logitech
13 14 (1.88%) Dynatrace
13 14 (1.88%) Oracle
14 13 (1.74%) HP
15 12 (1.61%) ServiceNow
16 11 (1.47%) Sophos
16 11 (1.47%) Yealink
17 10 (1.34%) Commvault