PowerShell Job Trends in Central London

Windows PowerShell
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 51 43
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 +16
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 89 167 183
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 4.83% 5.23% 5.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.21% 11.62% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 81 126 160
10th Percentile £46,250 £58,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £63,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £95,000 £87,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -

All Programming Languages
Central 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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 729 1,437 1,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 39.58% 44.96% 48.94%
Number of salaries quoted 620 995 1,521
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £132,500 £115,000 £120,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% +6.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in Central London

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Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Central London over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in Central London

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Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
City of London -12 72 £67,500 -6.90% 85
West End of London +15 2 £57,000 +3.64% 2
Southwark - 1 £102,000 -
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London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central 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 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (11.24%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.25%) IIS
4 1 (1.12%) Confluence
4 1 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.12%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 52 (58.43%) Azure
2 46 (51.69%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (40.45%) Entra ID
4 14 (15.73%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (14.61%) Power Platform
6 11 (12.36%) Power Automate
7 8 (8.99%) AWS
8 6 (6.74%) PaaS
9 5 (5.62%) OpenShift
9 5 (5.62%) PowerApps
10 4 (4.49%) GCP
10 4 (4.49%) Google Workspace
11 3 (3.37%) dbt
11 3 (3.37%) GitHub
11 3 (3.37%) IaaS
11 3 (3.37%) Nutanix
11 3 (3.37%) Serverless
11 3 (3.37%) Snowflake
12 2 (2.25%) Cohesity
12 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.60%) WAN
2 20 (22.47%) Firewall
2 20 (22.47%) LAN
3 15 (16.85%) TCP/IP
4 14 (15.73%) DHCP
4 14 (15.73%) DNS
5 11 (12.36%) Network Security
6 10 (11.24%) VoIP
7 7 (7.87%) VLAN
8 5 (5.62%) VPN
8 5 (5.62%) Wireless
9 4 (4.49%) SSL
10 3 (3.37%) SD-WAN
11 2 (2.25%) NAS
11 2 (2.25%) SAN
11 2 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (1.12%) NetScaler
12 1 (1.12%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.12%) VSAN
12 1 (1.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.85%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.11%) Power BI
2 9 (10.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.37%) Data Mining
3 3 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.12%) Metadata
4 1 (1.12%) MySQL
4 1 (1.12%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (6.74%) TeamCity
3 5 (5.62%) Git
4 3 (3.37%) JIRA
4 3 (3.37%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (2.25%) GitLab
5 2 (2.25%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.12%) CircleCI
General
1 41 (46.07%) Finance
2 30 (33.71%) Social Skills
3 16 (17.98%) Legal
4 7 (7.87%) Banking
5 5 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.37%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.37%) International Banking
7 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.12%) Advertising
8 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.12%) Law
8 1 (1.12%) Retail
8 1 (1.12%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 19 (21.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (16.85%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (15.73%) DevOps Engineer
4 13 (14.61%) Senior
4 13 (14.61%) Windows Engineer
5 10 (11.24%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) IT Support
6 6 (6.74%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 5 (5.62%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (5.62%) Administrator
7 5 (5.62%) Analyst
7 5 (5.62%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Junior
7 5 (5.62%) Lead
8 3 (3.37%) Architect
8 3 (3.37%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 3 (3.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.37%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.11%) .NET
2 5 (5.62%) YAML
3 3 (3.37%) REST
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.12%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.12%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.12%) CSS
5 1 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.12%) HTML
5 1 (1.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Enterprise Software
1 13 (14.61%) Hedge funds
2 8 (8.99%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (8.99%) Virtual Team
3 7 (7.87%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (6.74%) Public Cloud
4 6 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (5.62%) PKI
5 5 (5.62%) Private Cloud
6 4 (4.49%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.37%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.37%) Credit Risk
7 3 (3.37%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.37%) Market Risk
7 3 (3.37%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.12%) Clustering
8 1 (1.12%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.12%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 42 (47.19%) Windows
2 28 (31.46%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.61%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (13.48%) Linux
5 6 (6.74%) Unix
6 3 (3.37%) VMS
7 2 (2.25%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (32.58%) DevOps
3 20 (22.47%) CI/CD
4 19 (21.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (21.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (19.10%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (19.10%) Patch Management
6 16 (17.98%) Task Automation
7 14 (15.73%) Collaborative Working
7 14 (15.73%) ITIL
7 14 (15.73%) Systems Engineering
8 13 (14.61%) Batch Scripting
9 11 (12.36%) Agile
9 11 (12.36%) Test Automation
10 10 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (11.24%) Mentoring
10 10 (11.24%) Migration
10 10 (11.24%) Service Delivery
10 10 (11.24%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (28.09%) Python
2 23 (25.84%) SQL
3 10 (11.24%) Bash
4 2 (2.25%) C#
4 2 (2.25%) Ruby
4 2 (2.25%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (2.25%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.12%) PHP
5 1 (1.12%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (5.62%) Azure Certification
2 4 (4.49%) Degree
3 3 (3.37%) AWS Certification
3 3 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.25%) CCNP
4 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.25%) MCSA
5 1 (1.12%) CCIE
5 1 (1.12%) CCNA
5 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.12%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.12%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (11.24%) NIST
3 8 (8.99%) GDPR
4 4 (4.49%) GRC
5 2 (2.25%) NCSC
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 36 (40.45%) Active Directory
2 16 (17.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.99%) Hyper-V
3 8 (8.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (6.74%) XenDesktop
5 5 (5.62%) vSphere
5 5 (5.62%) XenApp
6 4 (4.49%) Docker
6 4 (4.49%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.25%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.12%) BitLocker
8 1 (1.12%) KVM
8 1 (1.12%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 24 (26.97%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (24.72%) Terraform
3 20 (22.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (16.85%) Ansible
5 13 (14.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (13.48%) Kubernetes
7 11 (12.36%) SCCM
8 5 (5.62%) Autotask
9 4 (4.49%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (3.37%) Grafana
10 3 (3.37%) Progress Chef
10 3 (3.37%) vCenter Server
11 2 (2.25%) FortiGate
11 2 (2.25%) Prometheus
12 1 (1.12%) Argo
12 1 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (1.12%) SCOM
12 1 (1.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (55.06%) Microsoft
2 18 (20.22%) VMware
3 14 (15.73%) Bloomberg
4 13 (14.61%) Reuters
5 12 (13.48%) Cisco
6 10 (11.24%) Citrix
7 7 (7.87%) Meraki
8 5 (5.62%) Google
8 5 (5.62%) Salesforce
8 5 (5.62%) SonicWALL
9 3 (3.37%) Splunk
10 2 (2.25%) Checkmarx
10 2 (2.25%) EMC
10 2 (2.25%) F5
10 2 (2.25%) Intapp
10 2 (2.25%) Palo Alto
10 2 (2.25%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.25%) Veeam
11 1 (1.12%) Commvault
11 1 (1.12%) NetApp