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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 105 69
Rank change year-on-year -10 -36 +30
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 760 946 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.79% 2.49% 4.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.37% 8.11% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 587 644 980
10th Percentile £32,300 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.63% +3.75% -

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 6,684 11,659 11,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.74% 30.73% 37.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,030 6,424 8,627
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £69,618 £72,500 £69,800
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 25 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 25 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 -29 196 £58,000 -1.90% 232
North of England -22 139 £50,000 - 168
Scotland +37 117 £57,500 +8.49% 38
South West +28 115 £50,000 -6.10% 102
Midlands -20 93 £52,500 +10.53% 137
East of England +35 81 £45,000 -14.29% 118
North West -18 66 £51,000 +2.00% 86
Yorkshire -21 62 £47,500 -5.00% 68
West Midlands -14 58 £52,500 +23.53% 69
East Midlands -18 35 £54,500 +14.74% 63
Wales +16 17 £55,000 +5.77% 23
North East +11 11 £55,000 +16.68% 17
Northern Ireland -9 3 £46,500 +16.25% 11
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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 39 (5.13%) 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
1 501 (65.92%) Azure
2 282 (37.11%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (22.24%) Entra ID
4 136 (17.89%) AWS
5 118 (15.53%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (7.89%) Power Platform
7 48 (6.32%) GitHub
8 45 (5.92%) GCP
9 40 (5.26%) SaaS
10 39 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
10 39 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
11 37 (4.87%) Azure Key Vault
12 35 (4.61%) Power Automate
13 33 (4.34%) Snowflake
14 29 (3.82%) dbt
14 29 (3.82%) PaaS
15 28 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
15 28 (3.68%) OneDrive
16 26 (3.42%) IaaS
17 24 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 161 (21.18%) DNS
2 148 (19.47%) Firewall
3 127 (16.71%) DHCP
4 71 (9.34%) TCP/IP
5 59 (7.76%) VPN
6 53 (6.97%) WAN
7 41 (5.39%) LAN
8 39 (5.13%) VLAN
9 37 (4.87%) Wireless
10 24 (3.16%) Internet
11 21 (2.76%) SAN
12 17 (2.24%) Skype
13 16 (2.11%) SD-WAN
13 16 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (1.97%) Broadband
15 14 (1.84%) HTTP
15 14 (1.84%) Kerberos
16 12 (1.58%) VoIP
17 11 (1.45%) FTP
17 11 (1.45%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (10.39%) 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
10 8 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (1.05%) MySQL
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 78 (10.26%) 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
1 263 (34.61%) Social Skills
2 192 (25.26%) Finance
3 66 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (4.87%) Retail
5 34 (4.47%) Law
6 28 (3.68%) Public Sector
7 27 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.63%) Games
10 16 (2.11%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.45%) Legal
12 10 (1.32%) Marketing
13 9 (1.18%) Automotive
14 8 (1.05%) Advertising
14 8 (1.05%) Front Office
15 7 (0.92%) Electronics
15 7 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.92%) Local Government
16 6 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (15.66%) Senior
2 112 (14.74%) Support Engineer
3 84 (11.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 61 (8.03%) Developer
5 58 (7.63%) Azure Engineer
5 58 (7.63%) DevOps Engineer
6 56 (7.37%) 3rd Line Support
7 53 (6.97%) IT Support
8 50 (6.58%) Applications Engineer
9 47 (6.18%) IT Engineer
10 45 (5.92%) Analyst
11 43 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
12 40 (5.26%) Applications Support
13 38 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 37 (4.87%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 36 (4.74%) Lead
15 36 (4.74%) Security Engineer
16 33 (4.34%) Applications Support Engineer
16 33 (4.34%) IT Support Engineer
17 30 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (8.42%) REST
2 43 (5.66%) SOAP
3 39 (5.13%) .NET
4 33 (4.34%) LDAP
5 31 (4.08%) ARM Templates
5 31 (4.08%) OAuth
6 28 (3.68%) GraphQL
7 27 (3.55%) SAML
8 20 (2.63%) OpenID
9 19 (2.50%) YAML
10 17 (2.24%) Web Services
11 16 (2.11%) JSON
12 14 (1.84%) React
13 12 (1.58%) AngularJS
14 11 (1.45%) OpenAPI
14 11 (1.45%) Swagger
15 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
15 10 (1.32%) Razor View Engine
16 8 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
17 7 (0.92%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.47%) Onboarding
2 50 (6.58%) Product Ownership
3 29 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (3.82%) Security Posture
4 22 (2.89%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.76%) PKI
6 20 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 20 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.24%) Cyberattack
8 17 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (2.11%) Replication
10 13 (1.71%) Clustering
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
1 342 (45.00%) Windows
2 206 (27.11%) Windows Server
3 110 (14.47%) Linux
4 48 (6.32%) Windows 10
5 33 (4.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (4.08%) Mac OS
6 31 (4.08%) Windows Server 2008
7 30 (3.95%) Unix
8 29 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (3.55%) VMS
10 22 (2.89%) HPUX
10 22 (2.89%) Solaris
10 22 (2.89%) Windows 7
10 22 (2.89%) Windows Server 2003
11 16 (2.11%) Android
12 11 (1.45%) Amazon Linux
12 11 (1.45%) Apple iOS
13 9 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (1.05%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.79%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (34.34%) Problem-Solving
2 206 (27.11%) DevOps
3 179 (23.55%) ITIL
4 172 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 134 (17.63%) CI/CD
6 122 (16.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 120 (15.79%) Agile
8 112 (14.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 111 (14.61%) Mentoring
10 104 (13.68%) Asset Management
11 99 (13.03%) Cybersecurity
12 96 (12.63%) Coaching
13 88 (11.58%) Roadmaps
14 76 (10.00%) Incident Management
15 74 (9.74%) Disaster Recovery
16 71 (9.34%) Root Cause Analysis
17 69 (9.08%) Change Management
18 68 (8.95%) Task Automation
19 67 (8.82%) ITSM
20 61 (8.03%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 212 (27.89%) Python
2 170 (22.37%) SQL
3 140 (18.42%) Bash
4 67 (8.82%) C#
5 45 (5.92%) Bicep
6 40 (5.26%) JavaScript
7 29 (3.82%) Perl
8 20 (2.63%) T-SQL
9 19 (2.50%) Java
9 19 (2.50%) VB
10 14 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
11 12 (1.58%) Groovy
12 10 (1.32%) VBScript
13 8 (1.05%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.92%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.53%) Go
16 3 (0.39%) Tcl
17 2 (0.26%) VBA
18 1 (0.13%) C++
18 1 (0.13%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 125 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 93 (12.24%) 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%) CCNA
10 22 (2.89%) AWS Certification
11 21 (2.76%) CISSP
12 18 (2.37%) CREST Certified
13 17 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.58%) SANS
15 11 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 10 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (1.32%) DBS Check
17 9 (1.18%) CEH
17 9 (1.18%) MCSA
17 9 (1.18%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.32%) SLA
2 46 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (5.92%) NIST
4 36 (4.74%) GDPR
5 26 (3.42%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.63%) NCSC
7 18 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.53%) QA
11 3 (0.39%) HL7
12 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.13%) COBIT
13 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 277 (36.45%) Active Directory
2 98 (12.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (9.47%) Hyper-V
4 68 (8.95%) Docker
5 37 (4.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 33 (4.34%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (2.37%) vSphere
8 14 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.05%) 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%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.26%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.13%) RACF
15 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 160 (21.05%) Terraform
2 137 (18.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 67 (8.82%) Kubernetes
4 46 (6.05%) Ansible
5 42 (5.53%) SCCM
6 31 (4.08%) Grafana
7 26 (3.42%) Prometheus
8 22 (2.89%) WSUS
9 16 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (1.84%) vCenter Server
11 10 (1.32%) SCOM
11 10 (1.32%) ZABBIX
12 9 (1.18%) Nagios
12 9 (1.18%) WMI
13 6 (0.79%) Autotask
13 6 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.79%) QRadar
14 5 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.66%) MaaS360
14 5 (0.66%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 463 (60.92%) Microsoft
2 140 (18.42%) VMware
3 59 (7.76%) Cisco
4 47 (6.18%) ServiceNow
5 45 (5.92%) Oracle
6 39 (5.13%) Veeam
7 35 (4.61%) Atlassian
8 26 (3.42%) SolarWinds
9 23 (3.03%) Citrix
9 23 (3.03%) Red Hat
10 21 (2.76%) 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