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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 86 116
Rank change year-on-year -71 +30 -48
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 965 1,135 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.11% 3.27% 1.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.96% 14.82% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 649 656 599
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,750 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £64,500 £64,063 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 12,122 7,658 14,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.00% 22.03% 27.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,939 4,743 8,218
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £34,175
25th Percentile £45,750 £39,625 £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 £69,800
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -38 238 £52,500 -8.70% 236
North of England -87 236 £50,000 - 203
Midlands -42 163 £52,500 +2.24% 113
North West -66 143 £50,000 +5.26% 109
East of England -45 93 £57,500 +21.05% 78
East Midlands -29 83 £42,500 +21.43% 49
South West -75 82 £57,500 +19.79% 107
West Midlands -65 80 £55,000 - 64
Northern Ireland -23 70 £46,000 - 32
Yorkshire -57 57 £48,445 -6.16% 64
Scotland -11 47 £52,500 +23.53% 80
North East -33 36 £51,500 -14.17% 33
Wales -53 36 £38,500 -30.00% 38
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UK

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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
1 187 (19.38%) SharePoint
2 183 (18.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (4.97%) IIS
4 23 (2.38%) Confluence
5 15 (1.55%) nginx
6 8 (0.83%) Apache
7 4 (0.41%) 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 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (3.21%) 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
1 561 (58.13%) Azure
2 399 (41.35%) Microsoft 365
3 299 (30.98%) Entra ID
4 150 (15.54%) AWS
4 150 (15.54%) SaaS
5 104 (10.78%) Azure DevOps
6 81 (8.39%) IaaS
7 79 (8.19%) Power Platform
8 76 (7.88%) OneDrive
9 67 (6.94%) GitHub
10 61 (6.32%) Power Automate
11 51 (5.28%) Azure Monitor
11 51 (5.28%) PaaS
12 49 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
13 43 (4.46%) Azure Key Vault
13 43 (4.46%) Microsoft Purview
14 40 (4.15%) Azure AKS
14 40 (4.15%) Microsoft Copilot
15 34 (3.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 32 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 261 (27.05%) DNS
2 240 (24.87%) Firewall
3 178 (18.45%) DHCP
4 174 (18.03%) VPN
5 113 (11.71%) TCP/IP
6 92 (9.53%) WAN
7 80 (8.29%) LAN
8 65 (6.74%) VLAN
9 45 (4.66%) Wireless
10 37 (3.83%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (2.90%) SAN
12 22 (2.28%) Network Security
13 21 (2.18%) SSL
14 20 (2.07%) HTTP
15 16 (1.66%) VSAN
16 12 (1.24%) Internet
16 12 (1.24%) VoIP
17 11 (1.14%) NAS
18 10 (1.04%) SD-WAN
18 10 (1.04%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (8.81%) SQL Server
2 45 (4.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 38 (3.94%) Power BI
4 21 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (1.45%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 9 (0.93%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.93%) MySQL
8 7 (0.73%) InfluxDB
9 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.52%) Metadata
10 5 (0.52%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.52%) Power Query
10 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.41%) Redis
11 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 67 (6.94%) Git
2 65 (6.74%) JIRA
3 49 (5.08%) GitLab
4 38 (3.94%) Jenkins
5 20 (2.07%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.73%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.73%) TestRail
8 6 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.52%) Selenium
10 4 (0.41%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.31%) MSI
11 3 (0.31%) Postman
11 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.21%) Ant
12 2 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 391 (40.52%) Social Skills
2 112 (11.61%) Finance
3 104 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (9.33%) Legal
5 78 (8.08%) Law
6 49 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (3.94%) Retail
9 33 (3.42%) Public Sector
10 31 (3.21%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.69%) Aerospace
12 24 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.35%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.52%) Advertising
15 5 (0.52%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.52%) Local Government
15 5 (0.52%) Military
16 4 (0.41%) Aviation
17 3 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 206 (21.35%) Senior
2 161 (16.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 119 (12.33%) Analyst
4 116 (12.02%) IT Engineer
4 116 (12.02%) Support Engineer
5 94 (9.74%) IT Support
6 92 (9.53%) Cloud Engineer
7 69 (7.15%) Azure Engineer
7 69 (7.15%) DevOps Engineer
8 63 (6.53%) IT Support Engineer
9 55 (5.70%) Senior Manager
9 55 (5.70%) Testing Manager
10 47 (4.87%) Administrator
10 47 (4.87%) Lead
11 46 (4.77%) Consultant
12 40 (4.15%) Systems Engineer
13 38 (3.94%) Support Analyst
14 35 (3.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (3.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 30 (3.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (20.62%) Terraform
2 57 (5.91%) .NET
3 44 (4.56%) ARM Templates
4 32 (3.32%) Microsoft Graph
5 29 (3.01%) YAML
6 23 (2.38%) HTML
6 23 (2.38%) JSON
7 18 (1.87%) Elastic Stack
7 18 (1.87%) REST
8 17 (1.76%) LDAP
9 16 (1.66%) SPFx
10 15 (1.55%) .NET Core
11 14 (1.45%) CSS
12 13 (1.35%) SAML
13 12 (1.24%) ASP.NET
13 12 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
13 12 (1.24%) Middleware
13 12 (1.24%) OAuth
13 12 (1.24%) OpenID
14 11 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.39%) Onboarding
2 62 (6.42%) Driving Licence
3 59 (6.11%) Virtual Team
4 51 (5.28%) Cloud Native
5 45 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 40 (4.15%) Management Information System
7 36 (3.73%) Clustering
7 36 (3.73%) Replication
8 35 (3.63%) Security Operations Centre
8 35 (3.63%) Security Posture
9 34 (3.52%) PKI
10 23 (2.38%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
11 17 (1.76%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (1.24%) IoT
12 12 (1.24%) Podcast
12 12 (1.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 495 (51.30%) Windows
2 251 (26.01%) Windows Server
3 239 (24.77%) Linux
4 64 (6.63%) Windows 10
5 40 (4.15%) Apple iOS
6 34 (3.52%) Ubuntu
7 32 (3.32%) Android
8 27 (2.80%) Mac OS
9 26 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 25 (2.59%) CentOS
11 23 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 23 (2.38%) VMS
12 21 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 10 (1.04%) Rocky
14 8 (0.83%) Debian
15 7 (0.73%) Unix
16 5 (0.52%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.41%) AIX
17 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (31.50%) Problem-Solving
2 279 (28.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 257 (26.63%) DevOps
4 246 (25.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 193 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 182 (18.86%) ITIL
7 176 (18.24%) CI/CD
8 164 (16.99%) Mentoring
9 158 (16.37%) Cybersecurity
10 152 (15.75%) Disaster Recovery
11 140 (14.51%) Project Delivery
12 120 (12.44%) Agile
13 111 (11.50%) Root Cause Analysis
14 109 (11.30%) High Availability
15 106 (10.98%) AI
16 98 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 94 (9.74%) Cloud Security
18 90 (9.33%) Containerisation
19 88 (9.12%) Test Automation
20 85 (8.81%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 332 (34.40%) Python
2 199 (20.62%) SQL
3 195 (20.21%) Bash
4 112 (11.61%) C#
5 108 (11.19%) JavaScript
6 89 (9.22%) Bicep
7 79 (8.19%) TypeScript
8 32 (3.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 18 (1.87%) Java
10 16 (1.66%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.55%) VBScript
12 14 (1.45%) C++
13 13 (1.35%) PHP
14 10 (1.04%) Perl
15 9 (0.93%) VB
16 6 (0.62%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.52%) Go
17 5 (0.52%) Korn
17 5 (0.52%) Ruby
18 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 148 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 110 (11.40%) Azure Certification
3 105 (10.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 102 (10.57%) Degree
4 102 (10.57%) SC Cleared
5 47 (4.87%) DV Cleared
6 40 (4.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 32 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (3.11%) CCNA
10 24 (2.49%) DBS Check
11 21 (2.18%) CEH
12 19 (1.97%) CISSP
13 13 (1.35%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.24%) CISM
14 12 (1.24%) GIAC
14 12 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.56%) QA
2 65 (6.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 61 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (4.15%) NIST
5 30 (3.11%) GDPR
6 29 (3.01%) SLA
7 16 (1.66%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.04%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.93%) NCSC
10 7 (0.73%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.62%) 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%) GRC
14 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 354 (36.68%) Active Directory
2 185 (19.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (13.89%) Hyper-V
4 90 (9.33%) Docker
5 62 (6.42%) Virtual Machines
6 57 (5.91%) vSphere
7 47 (4.87%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (2.07%) VMware NSX
9 16 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.93%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.83%) Firmware
11 8 (0.83%) KVM
12 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.41%) Squid
12 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.21%) NFS
13 2 (0.21%) Snort
13 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 177 (18.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 146 (15.13%) Kubernetes
3 89 (9.22%) Ansible
4 50 (5.18%) SCCM
5 40 (4.15%) Grafana
6 24 (2.49%) Prometheus
7 23 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (2.18%) vCenter Server
9 16 (1.66%) Proxmox
9 16 (1.66%) ZABBIX
10 15 (1.55%) Graylog
10 15 (1.55%) Puppet
11 13 (1.35%) Argo
11 13 (1.35%) QRadar
12 11 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 9 (0.93%) Kibana
14 9 (0.93%) VxRail
15 8 (0.83%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.83%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 633 (65.60%) Microsoft
2 212 (21.97%) VMware
3 77 (7.98%) Cisco
4 55 (5.70%) Veeam
5 50 (5.18%) Splunk
6 43 (4.46%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.52%) Sage
8 32 (3.32%) Meraki
9 30 (3.11%) Red Hat
10 27 (2.80%) Dell
11 25 (2.59%) SAP
12 23 (2.38%) Citrix
13 22 (2.28%) Google
14 21 (2.18%) Fortinet
14 21 (2.18%) Sophos
15 20 (2.07%) Logitech
15 20 (2.07%) TOWER Software
16 19 (1.97%) Apple
16 19 (1.97%) Oracle
17 17 (1.76%) CrowdStrike