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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 52 43
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 +12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 90 158 188
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 4.62% 4.84% 5.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.31% 10.95% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 75 123 168
10th Percentile £44,150 £52,294 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,875 £62,500 £55,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% +5.26%
75th Percentile £90,625 £92,500 £80,313
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £85,000
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 731 1,443 1,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 37.54% 44.20% 50.03%
Number of salaries quoted 601 1,019 1,512
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £48,775
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £59,506
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £100,313
90th Percentile £132,500 £116,750 £119,875
London median annual salary £82,250 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +2.81% - +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 16 November 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 16 November 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 -5 71 £70,000 -6.67% 92
West End of London +9 2 £57,000 +3.64% 2
Southwark +11 1 £102,000 +103.53%
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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 21 (23.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.11%) Confluence
3 1 (1.11%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 55 (61.11%) Azure
2 42 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (35.56%) Entra ID
4 17 (18.89%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (11.11%) PaaS
5 10 (11.11%) Power Automate
5 10 (11.11%) Power Platform
6 7 (7.78%) AWS
7 5 (5.56%) GCP
7 5 (5.56%) Nutanix
7 5 (5.56%) OpenShift
8 3 (3.33%) dbt
8 3 (3.33%) GitHub
8 3 (3.33%) IaaS
8 3 (3.33%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.33%) Serverless
8 3 (3.33%) Snowflake
9 2 (2.22%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.22%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.33%) WAN
2 20 (22.22%) Firewall
2 20 (22.22%) LAN
3 16 (17.78%) TCP/IP
4 15 (16.67%) DHCP
4 15 (16.67%) DNS
5 10 (11.11%) Network Security
5 10 (11.11%) VoIP
6 5 (5.56%) VPN
7 4 (4.44%) SD-WAN
7 4 (4.44%) VLAN
8 2 (2.22%) NAS
8 2 (2.22%) SAN
8 2 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.22%) Wireless
9 1 (1.11%) SSL
9 1 (1.11%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.11%) VSAN
9 1 (1.11%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (8.89%) Power BI
4 4 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.33%) Data Mining
6 2 (2.22%) Tableau
7 1 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (7.78%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (6.67%) TeamCity
3 5 (5.56%) Git
4 4 (4.44%) JIRA
5 3 (3.33%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (2.22%) GitLab
6 2 (2.22%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.11%) CircleCI
General
1 45 (50.00%) Finance
2 28 (31.11%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.00%) Legal
4 6 (6.67%) Banking
5 5 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.33%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.33%) International Banking
7 2 (2.22%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.11%) Advertising
8 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.11%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.11%) Law
8 1 (1.11%) Retail
8 1 (1.11%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (14.44%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (14.44%) Windows Engineer
4 11 (12.22%) Senior
5 10 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 10 (11.11%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 8 (8.89%) Lead
7 6 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 5 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (5.56%) Analyst
8 5 (5.56%) IT Support
8 5 (5.56%) Junior
9 4 (4.44%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.33%) Administrator
10 3 (3.33%) Architect
10 3 (3.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 3 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
10 3 (3.33%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.89%) .NET
1 8 (8.89%) YAML
2 3 (3.33%) REST
3 1 (1.11%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.11%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.11%) CSS
3 1 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.11%) HTML
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.67%) Hedge funds
2 13 (14.44%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (10.00%) Virtual Team
5 7 (7.78%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (7.78%) Public Cloud
6 6 (6.67%) Private Cloud
6 6 (6.67%) Security Posture
7 5 (5.56%) Data Centre
7 5 (5.56%) PKI
7 5 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (4.44%) Management Information System
9 3 (3.33%) Credit Risk
9 3 (3.33%) Market Risk
10 2 (2.22%) Cloud Native
10 2 (2.22%) Onboarding
11 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (1.11%) Clustering
11 1 (1.11%) Driving Licence
11 1 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 43 (47.78%) Windows
2 26 (28.89%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.44%) Linux
3 13 (14.44%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (6.67%) Unix
5 3 (3.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.22%) VMS
6 2 (2.22%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.33%) DevOps
2 27 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (24.44%) CI/CD
4 20 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 17 (18.89%) Patch Management
7 16 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (16.67%) Task Automation
9 14 (15.56%) Agile
9 14 (15.56%) Systems Engineering
9 14 (15.56%) Test Automation
10 13 (14.44%) Batch Scripting
10 13 (14.44%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (14.44%) ITIL
11 12 (13.33%) DevSecOps
11 12 (13.33%) Mentoring
12 11 (12.22%) Vulnerability Management
13 10 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (33.33%) Python
2 24 (26.67%) SQL
3 10 (11.11%) Bash
4 2 (2.22%) C#
4 2 (2.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.22%) Ruby
4 2 (2.22%) Search Processing Language
4 2 (2.22%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.11%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (8.89%) Degree
2 6 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.44%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.22%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.22%) CCNP
6 2 (2.22%) CISA
6 2 (2.22%) CISSP
6 2 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (2.22%) MCSA
6 2 (2.22%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.22%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.11%) CCIE
7 1 (1.11%) CCNA
7 1 (1.11%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (21.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (18.89%) NIST
3 8 (8.89%) GDPR
4 5 (5.56%) NCSC
5 4 (4.44%) GRC
6 2 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.11%) QA
7 1 (1.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (35.56%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (7.78%) Hyper-V
5 6 (6.67%) XenDesktop
6 5 (5.56%) vSphere
6 5 (5.56%) XenApp
7 4 (4.44%) Docker
8 3 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (2.22%) VMware NSX
10 1 (1.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (1.11%) KVM
10 1 (1.11%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 22 (24.44%) Terraform
2 20 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (18.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (15.56%) Ansible
5 13 (14.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (12.22%) Kubernetes
7 10 (11.11%) SCCM
8 5 (5.56%) Autotask
9 3 (3.33%) Grafana
10 2 (2.22%) FortiGate
10 2 (2.22%) Progress Chef
10 2 (2.22%) vCenter Server
11 1 (1.11%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (1.11%) Prometheus
11 1 (1.11%) vRealize
11 1 (1.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (57.78%) Microsoft
2 21 (23.33%) VMware
3 13 (14.44%) Bloomberg
3 13 (14.44%) Reuters
4 9 (10.00%) Cisco
4 9 (10.00%) Citrix
5 5 (5.56%) Google
5 5 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 5 (5.56%) SonicWALL
6 4 (4.44%) Meraki
7 3 (3.33%) Commvault
7 3 (3.33%) EMC
7 3 (3.33%) F5
7 3 (3.33%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.33%) Splunk
8 2 (2.22%) Intapp
8 2 (2.22%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.11%) Checkmarx
9 1 (1.11%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.11%) OneLogin