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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 57 42
Rank change year-on-year -13 -15 +3
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 79 98 182
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.35% 4.85% 5.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.68% 11.86% 12.36%
Number of salaries quoted 59 89 134
10th Percentile £37,850 £45,250 £51,275
25th Percentile £41,250 £56,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £77,500 £73,125
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £81,875 £90,000 £87,125
90th Percentile £91,250 £105,250 £95,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 740 826 1,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 22.02% 40.85% 45.21%
Number of salaries quoted 584 688 1,025
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £131,250 £112,500
London median annual salary £83,000 £80,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +3.11% -2.42% +3.13%

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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 12 September 2026.

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 12 September 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
City of London -3 68 £55,000 -26.67% 31
Lambeth - 1 - -
PowerShell
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 20 (25.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (17.72%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.33%) IIS
4 1 (1.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (26.58%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (55.70%) Azure
2 27 (34.18%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (24.05%) Entra ID
4 13 (16.46%) OneDrive
5 9 (11.39%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (8.86%) AWS
6 7 (8.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (7.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
8 5 (6.33%) GCP
9 3 (3.80%) GitHub
9 3 (3.80%) SaaS
10 2 (2.53%) Azure AKS
10 2 (2.53%) Azure Functions
10 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.53%) IaaS
10 2 (2.53%) Nutanix
10 2 (2.53%) PaaS
10 2 (2.53%) Serverless
11 1 (1.27%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.72%) Network Security
2 10 (12.66%) Firewall
3 5 (6.33%) Kerberos
3 5 (6.33%) VLAN
4 3 (3.80%) BGP
4 3 (3.80%) DHCP
4 3 (3.80%) DNS
4 3 (3.80%) MPLS
4 3 (3.80%) OSPF
4 3 (3.80%) VPN
5 2 (2.53%) VoIP
6 1 (1.27%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (1.27%) NAS
6 1 (1.27%) SAN
6 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.27%) VXLAN
6 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.46%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (7.59%) Power BI
4 5 (6.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Git
2 3 (3.80%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (2.53%) GitLab
4 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.27%) JIRA
4 1 (1.27%) JMeter
4 1 (1.27%) Postman
General
1 33 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 28 (35.44%) Finance
3 10 (12.66%) Law
4 9 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.39%) Legal
5 4 (5.06%) Banking
6 3 (3.80%) Front Office
7 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (25.32%) Analyst
2 13 (16.46%) Azure Engineer
3 12 (15.19%) Support Analyst
4 11 (13.92%) Desktop Support
5 9 (11.39%) Desktop Analyst
5 9 (11.39%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 8 (10.13%) Automation Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Platform Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Active Directory Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Architect
8 6 (7.59%) Developer
8 6 (7.59%) PowerShell Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Support Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Windows Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Windows Systems Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Data Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (34.18%) Terraform
2 5 (6.33%) CSS
2 5 (6.33%) HTML
2 5 (6.33%) LDAP
2 5 (6.33%) OAuth
2 5 (6.33%) OpenID
2 5 (6.33%) REST
2 5 (6.33%) SAML
3 1 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.27%) XML
3 1 (1.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Driving Licence
2 9 (11.39%) Data Centre
2 9 (11.39%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.59%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.59%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.80%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.80%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.80%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.80%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.53%) Derivative
6 2 (2.53%) Equities
6 2 (2.53%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 49 (62.03%) Windows
2 22 (27.85%) Linux
3 17 (21.52%) Windows Server
4 13 (16.46%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.27%) Android
6 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (36.71%) ITIL
2 24 (30.38%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (25.32%) CI/CD
3 20 (25.32%) DevOps
4 17 (21.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (20.25%) ITSM
6 15 (18.99%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (17.72%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (16.46%) Performance Tuning
9 12 (15.19%) Infrastructure Automation
10 11 (13.92%) Break/Fix
10 11 (13.92%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (13.92%) Inventory Management
10 11 (13.92%) Trend Analysis
11 10 (12.66%) Computer Science
11 10 (12.66%) Roadmaps
12 9 (11.39%) High Availability
12 9 (11.39%) Platform Engineering
13 8 (10.13%) Application Security
13 8 (10.13%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 28 (35.44%) Python
2 19 (24.05%) SQL
3 8 (10.13%) Bash
4 6 (7.59%) T-SQL
5 5 (6.33%) Java
5 5 (6.33%) VBA
5 5 (6.33%) VBScript
6 4 (5.06%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.80%) Bicep
7 3 (3.80%) C
7 3 (3.80%) C#
7 3 (3.80%) C++
7 3 (3.80%) Go
7 3 (3.80%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.80%) Perl
7 3 (3.80%) Ruby
7 3 (3.80%) Rust
8 1 (1.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (16.46%) Degree
2 7 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.33%) CISSP
4 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.80%) CCSAM
5 3 (3.80%) CREST Certified
5 3 (3.80%) GPEN
5 3 (3.80%) GXPN
5 3 (3.80%) OSCE
5 3 (3.80%) OSCP
6 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.53%) GIAC
6 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.27%) CCIE
7 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.27%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.27%) MCSA
7 1 (1.27%) MCSE
7 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (5.06%) NIST
2 3 (3.80%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.53%) QA
3 2 (2.53%) SLA
4 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 43 (54.43%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.80%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.53%) vSphere
6 1 (1.27%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.27%) Docker
6 1 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (17.72%) Kubernetes
2 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (10.13%) Ansible
4 5 (6.33%) SCCM
4 5 (6.33%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.53%) Grafana
6 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.27%) Proxmox
6 1 (1.27%) Puppet
6 1 (1.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (62.03%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.99%) ServiceNow
2 15 (18.99%) VMware
3 7 (8.86%) Citrix
4 4 (5.06%) Cisco
4 4 (5.06%) iManage
5 2 (2.53%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.27%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.27%) MobileIron
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle
6 1 (1.27%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.27%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.27%) Sophos
6 1 (1.27%) Splunk
6 1 (1.27%) Veeam