The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PowerShell skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PowerShell over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

Windows PowerShell
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank353437538
Rank change year-on-year
Up+84Up+101
Matching permanent IT job ads779517219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.646 %0.422 %0.229 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.204 %0.803 %0.450 %
Number of salaries quoted672330166
Average salary£46,000£45,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.22 %+5.88 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£29,600
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£40,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25 %+6.66 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
646836438048632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK53.64 %52.50 %50.94 %
Number of salaries quoted569875583141348
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,700£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

PowerShell
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PowerShell within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

PowerShell Demand Trend

PowerShell
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PowerShell within the UK.

PowerShell Salary Trend

PowerShell
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PowerShell over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

PowerShell Salary Histogram

PowerShell
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+83757£46,000+2.22 %
LondonUp+45455£47,500-5.00 %
South EastUp+21160£46,000+10.84 %
City of LondonUp+67122£46,000-16.36 %
North WestUp+4966£42,500+3.03 %
SurreyDown-1163£47,500+5.55 %
LiverpoolNew entry-38£47,500-
MerseysideNew entry-38£47,500-
BerkshireDown-1728£50,000+53.84 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-26£50,000-
East of EnglandUp+2124£46,250+15.62 %
CheshireUp+824£35,000-9.67 %
YorkshireDown-424£35,000+16.66 %
HampshireNo change021£31,000-24.84 %
West YorkshireDown-319£32,500+8.33 %
StainesUp+2118£45,000+25.00 %
West MidlandsDown-1816£37,500-
CambridgeshireNew entry-16£45,000-
LeatherheadDown-1015£51,000+37.83 %
LeedsDown-1315£32,500+8.33 %
CambridgeNew entry-15£45,000-
South WestDown-1113£42,500+24.08 %
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-13£41,250-
StaffordshireNew entry-13£41,250-
ReadingDown-1512£50,000+53.84 %
North EastNew entry-12--
CreweNew entry-11--
MacclesfieldNew entry-11--
Newcastle upon TyneNew entry-11--
Tyne and WearNew entry-11--

PowerShell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing PowerShell also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PowerShell.

11098 (74.54 %)Windows
2679 (46.10 %)Microsoft
3593 (40.26 %)Active Directory
4540 (36.66 %)SQL
5539 (36.59 %)Windows Server 2008
6520 (35.30 %)VMware
7508 (34.49 %)SQL Server
8489 (33.20 %)Windows Server 2003
9445 (30.21 %)IIS
10424 (28.78 %).NET
11373 (25.32 %)C#
12354 (24.03 %)Finance
13347 (23.56 %)Linux
14318 (21.59 %)Perl
15317 (21.52 %)SharePoint
16298 (20.23 %)MS Excel
16298 (20.23 %)VBScript
17269 (18.26 %)VMware Infrastructure
18259 (17.58 %)MS Exchange
19253 (17.18 %)Degree
20249 (16.90 %)ITIL
21237 (16.09 %)DNS
22211 (14.32 %)ASP.NET
23210 (14.26 %)SQL Server 2008
24204 (13.85 %)Citrix
25198 (13.44 %)SAN
26183 (12.42 %)TCP/IP
26183 (12.42 %)SCCM
27159 (10.79 %)SQL Server 2005
28158 (10.73 %)Hyper-V

PowerShell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing PowerShell also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PowerShell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1424 (28.78 %).NET
2211 (14.32 %)ASP.NET
3136 (9.233 %)XML
4106 (7.196 %)HTML
5103 (6.993 %)CSS
699 (6.721 %)jQuery
797 (6.585 %)WCF
866 (4.481 %).NET Framework
960 (4.073 %)Web Services
1038 (2.580 %)WPF
1038 (2.580 %)ASP.NET MVC
1131 (2.105 %)ASP
1226 (1.765 %)Ajax
1323 (1.561 %)Forefront TMG
1421 (1.426 %)Silverlight
1421 (1.426 %)XSLT
1519 (1.290 %)Application Packaging
1618 (1.222 %)WebSphere
1618 (1.222 %)LINQ
1618 (1.222 %)Node.js
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1445 (30.21 %)IIS
2317 (21.52 %)SharePoint
3259 (17.58 %)MS Exchange
4107 (7.264 %)SharePoint 2010
5105 (7.128 %)Exchange Server 2010
687 (5.906 %)Exchange Server 2007
770 (4.752 %)SharePoint Server
867 (4.549 %)Exchange Server 2003
867 (4.549 %)Apache
945 (3.055 %)Tomcat
1038 (2.580 %)Amazon EC2
1131 (2.105 %)Lync
1224 (1.629 %)Office Communications Server
1323 (1.561 %)BizTalk Server
1323 (1.561 %)WebLogic
1417 (1.154 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1514 (0.950 %)Documentum
1612 (0.815 %)FileNet
179 (0.611 %)SharePoint Foundation
188 (0.543 %)MQSeries
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1298 (20.23 %)MS Excel
2111 (7.536 %)MS Office
326 (1.765 %)MS Visio
421 (1.426 %)InfoPath
56 (0.407 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.204 %)Photoshop
72 (0.136 %)Google Apps
72 (0.136 %)Office 365
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (0.950 %)Summit
25 (0.339 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (0.339 %)SunGard APT
25 (0.339 %)FastVal
31 (0.068 %)LongView
31 (0.068 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.068 %)SoftGrid
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1237 (16.09 %)DNS
2198 (13.44 %)SAN
3183 (12.42 %)TCP/IP
4144 (9.776 %)DHCP
5101 (6.857 %)Firewall
652 (3.530 %)VPN
749 (3.327 %)LAN
844 (2.987 %)WAN
937 (2.512 %)Internet
1035 (2.376 %)NAS
1133 (2.240 %)LDAP
1226 (1.765 %)HTTP
1226 (1.765 %)iSCSI
1324 (1.629 %)Ethernet
1423 (1.561 %)DMZ
1520 (1.358 %)VLAN
1619 (1.290 %)FTP
1718 (1.222 %)Network Security
1816 (1.086 %)SMTP
1915 (1.018 %)Kerberos
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1508 (34.49 %)SQL Server
2210 (14.26 %)SQL Server 2008
3159 (10.79 %)SQL Server 2005
466 (4.481 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
558 (3.938 %)MySQL
650 (3.394 %)SQL Server Integration Services
736 (2.444 %)SQL Server 2000
827 (1.833 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
925 (1.697 %)Oracle 8/8i
1022 (1.494 %)DTS
1119 (1.290 %)Crystal Reports
1216 (1.086 %)Data Mining
1216 (1.086 %)Oracle 10g
1315 (1.018 %)Data Warehouse
1414 (0.950 %)Oracle 11g
1414 (0.950 %)MongoDB
1512 (0.815 %)OLTP
1512 (0.815 %)RDBMS
1611 (0.747 %)Oracle 9i
1710 (0.679 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
190 (6.110 %)Subversion
287 (5.906 %)Team Foundation Server
360 (4.073 %)MSI
453 (3.598 %)TeamCity
550 (3.394 %)Ant
649 (3.327 %)Git (software)
745 (3.055 %)Maven
836 (2.444 %)Visual Studio
934 (2.308 %)ClearCase
1028 (1.901 %)JIRA
1127 (1.833 %)Selenium
1224 (1.629 %)CruiseControl
1321 (1.426 %)InstallShield
1417 (1.154 %)NUnit
1516 (1.086 %)AdminStudio
1615 (1.018 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1713 (0.883 %)ClearQuest
1812 (0.815 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1812 (0.815 %)MSBuild
1910 (0.679 %)Wise Package Studio
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1354 (24.03 %)Finance
269 (4.684 %)Banking
367 (4.549 %)Law
456 (3.802 %)Telecoms
551 (3.462 %)Financial Institution
642 (2.851 %)Retail
731 (2.105 %)Legal
828 (1.901 %)Investment Banking
922 (1.494 %)Advertising
1013 (0.883 %)Music
1112 (0.815 %)Back Office
1211 (0.747 %)Front Office
1211 (0.747 %)Games
1310 (0.679 %)Marketing
146 (0.407 %)Retail Banking
155 (0.339 %)Local Government
164 (0.272 %)Multimedia
173 (0.204 %)Manufacturing
182 (0.136 %)Billing
182 (0.136 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1333 (22.61 %)Administrator
2202 (13.71 %)Systems Administrator
3196 (13.31 %)Analyst
4180 (12.22 %)Developer
5118 (8.011 %)DBA
6102 (6.925 %)Systems Engineer
778 (5.295 %)Support Analyst
872 (4.888 %)Consultant
969 (4.684 %)Windows Administrator
1062 (4.209 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1160 (4.073 %)Support Engineer
1160 (4.073 %)Applications Support
1259 (4.005 %)SQL DBA
1353 (3.598 %)SharePoint Developer
1445 (3.055 %)Windows Systems Administrator
1445 (3.055 %)Software Engineer
1538 (2.580 %).NET Developer
1635 (2.376 %)SQL Server DBA
1635 (2.376 %)Junior
1635 (2.376 %)Tester
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1146 (9.912 %)Clustering
2114 (7.739 %)Computer Science
366 (4.481 %)Management Information System
366 (4.481 %)Replication
456 (3.802 %)Hedge funds
547 (3.191 %)Spread Betting
645 (3.055 %)Blackberry
732 (2.172 %)Derivative
828 (1.901 %)Credit Risk
924 (1.629 %)Video Conferencing
924 (1.629 %)Wiki
1023 (1.561 %)Open Source
1120 (1.358 %)SaaS
1215 (1.018 %)Cloud Computing
1215 (1.018 %)STB
1314 (0.950 %)PKI
1411 (0.747 %)Thin Client
1411 (0.747 %)Fat Client
158 (0.543 %)AS400
158 (0.543 %)Taxonomies
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11098 (74.54 %)Windows
2539 (36.59 %)Windows Server 2008
3489 (33.20 %)Windows Server 2003
4347 (23.56 %)Linux
5145 (9.844 %)Windows 7
6130 (8.826 %)Windows XP
7103 (6.993 %)UNIX
855 (3.734 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
930 (2.037 %)CentOS
1021 (1.426 %)Debian
1120 (1.358 %)Ubuntu
1216 (1.086 %)Solaris
1315 (1.018 %)Windows 2000
1411 (0.747 %)Windows 2000 Server
159 (0.611 %)VMS
159 (0.611 %)AIX
166 (0.407 %)Windows Vista
173 (0.204 %)Mac OS X
182 (0.136 %)Windows Mobile
191 (0.068 %)Fedora
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1249 (16.90 %)ITIL
2119 (8.079 %)Load Balancing
3115 (7.807 %)Disaster Recovery
492 (6.246 %)E-Commerce
577 (5.227 %)Migration
672 (4.888 %)Configuration Management
765 (4.413 %)Project Management
861 (4.141 %)Service Delivery
861 (4.141 %)Continuous Integration
958 (3.938 %)TDD
1055 (3.734 %)MVC
1154 (3.666 %)Workflow
1250 (3.394 %)Change Management
1349 (3.327 %)Agile Software Development
1448 (3.259 %)Scrum
1541 (2.783 %)Test Scripting
1639 (2.648 %)Change Control
1737 (2.512 %)Regression Testing
1737 (2.512 %)Information Security
1834 (2.308 %)Asset Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1540 (36.66 %)SQL
2373 (25.32 %)C#
3318 (21.59 %)Perl
4298 (20.23 %)VBScript
5157 (10.66 %)Python
6135 (9.165 %)C++
7113 (7.671 %)VB
8108 (7.332 %)T-SQL
9105 (7.128 %)Bash shell
1093 (6.314 %)Java
1191 (6.178 %)C
1289 (6.042 %)JavaScript
1378 (5.295 %)Ruby
1440 (2.716 %)Shell Script
1534 (2.308 %)VB.NET
1628 (1.901 %)PHP
1723 (1.561 %)VBA
1818 (1.222 %)Clojure
1915 (1.018 %)Korn
2014 (0.950 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1253 (17.18 %)Degree
2128 (8.690 %)Microsoft Certification
397 (6.585 %)MCSE
486 (5.838 %)MCITP
551 (3.462 %)Security Cleared
636 (2.444 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
636 (2.444 %)Cisco Certification
734 (2.308 %)ITIL Certification
833 (2.240 %)CCNA
929 (1.969 %)MCP
1025 (1.697 %)CCA
1025 (1.697 %)Citrix Certification
1118 (1.222 %)MCSA
1118 (1.222 %)MCTS
1118 (1.222 %)SC Cleared
1216 (1.086 %)CCAA
1312 (0.815 %)CCNP
1410 (0.679 %)CCEA
159 (0.611 %)PhD
168 (0.543 %)DV Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
171 (4.820 %)QA
225 (1.697 %)SLA
315 (1.018 %)ISO/IEC 27001
49 (0.611 %)PCI DSS
54 (0.272 %)ISO 9001
54 (0.272 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.068 %)Dublin Core
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1593 (40.26 %)Active Directory
2269 (18.26 %)VMware Infrastructure
3158 (10.73 %)Hyper-V
4147 (9.980 %)VMware ESX
5129 (8.758 %)vSphere
668 (4.616 %)XenApp
756 (3.802 %)VMware ESXi
850 (3.394 %)ISA Server
946 (3.123 %)XenDesktop
1041 (2.783 %)XenServer
1129 (1.969 %)NFS
1224 (1.629 %)UAG
1317 (1.154 %)Terminal Services
1416 (1.086 %)vCloud
1514 (0.950 %)Xen
1613 (0.883 %)Oracle RMAN
1613 (0.883 %)VMware Server
179 (0.611 %)Oracle RAC
179 (0.611 %)Samba
179 (0.611 %)VMware Workstation
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1183 (12.42 %)SCCM
2141 (9.572 %)SCOM
354 (3.666 %)Nagios
445 (3.055 %)WMI
543 (2.919 %)vCenter
640 (2.716 %)SCVMM
731 (2.105 %)Puppet
826 (1.765 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
925 (1.697 %)MOM
1023 (1.561 %)Tivoli
1120 (1.358 %)NetBackup
1218 (1.222 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1218 (1.222 %)Ganglia
1317 (1.154 %)BladeLogic
1416 (1.086 %)WSUS
1416 (1.086 %)Splunk
1515 (1.018 %)Data Guard
1614 (0.950 %)Backup Exec
1712 (0.815 %)Cacti
1712 (0.815 %)Sysprep
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1679 (46.10 %)Microsoft
2520 (35.30 %)VMware
3204 (13.85 %)Citrix
4145 (9.844 %)Oracle
5138 (9.369 %)Cisco
699 (6.721 %)HP
777 (5.227 %)Red Hat
849 (3.327 %)Altiris
948 (3.259 %)NetApp
1045 (3.055 %)IBM
1045 (3.055 %)Dell
1141 (2.783 %)JBoss
1236 (2.444 %)Symantec
1328 (1.901 %)Brocade
1423 (1.561 %)Perforce
1522 (1.494 %)Sybase
1522 (1.494 %)EMC
1619 (1.290 %)Intel
1619 (1.290 %)BMC
1619 (1.290 %)Red Gate