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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 61 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 -4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 132 105 174
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.97% 4.54% 4.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.69% 10.08% 10.85%
Number of salaries quoted 91 97 143
10th Percentile £26,250 £51,850 £46,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +6.90% +7.41%
75th Percentile £74,750 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,750 £92,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £74,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.35% -0.33% +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 1,040 1,042 1,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 23.44% 45.03% 43.99%
Number of salaries quoted 803 836 1,260
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.23% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £126,250 £115,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +4 114 £65,000 -16.13% 17
Southwark - 2 £43,500 -
City of Westminster +23 1 - - 1
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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 20 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (7.58%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.79%) IIS
4 1 (0.76%) Confluence
4 1 (0.76%) Site Server
Applications
1 24 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 65 (49.24%) Azure
2 41 (31.06%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (21.97%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.09%) AWS
5 10 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (7.58%) OneDrive
6 7 (5.30%) GCP
6 7 (5.30%) SaaS
7 5 (3.79%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.03%) Azure AKS
9 3 (2.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.27%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.52%) GitHub
10 2 (1.52%) IaaS
10 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.52%) PaaS
11 1 (0.76%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (18.94%) Network Security
2 17 (12.88%) Firewall
3 9 (6.82%) VPN
3 9 (6.82%) Wireless
4 6 (4.55%) DHCP
4 6 (4.55%) DNS
4 6 (4.55%) Kerberos
4 6 (4.55%) WAN
5 5 (3.79%) LAN
5 5 (3.79%) VLAN
6 3 (2.27%) BGP
6 3 (2.27%) MPLS
6 3 (2.27%) OSPF
7 2 (1.52%) Broadband
7 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.52%) VoIP
8 1 (0.76%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.76%) Mobile Broadband
8 1 (0.76%) NAS
8 1 (0.76%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.55%) Tableau
3 5 (3.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (3.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.03%) Power BI
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.82%) Burp Suite
1 9 (6.82%) Metasploit
2 6 (4.55%) Git
3 5 (3.79%) Octopus Deploy
3 5 (3.79%) TeamCity
4 3 (2.27%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.52%) GitLab
6 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 56 (42.42%) Finance
2 52 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 20 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.36%) Legal
5 9 (6.82%) Law
6 5 (3.79%) Banking
7 3 (2.27%) Front Office
7 3 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.52%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.76%) Advertising
9 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 35 (26.52%) Analyst
2 21 (15.91%) Security Analyst
3 17 (12.88%) Senior
4 14 (10.61%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (9.85%) Support Engineer
6 12 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 12 (9.09%) PowerShell Engineer
7 9 (6.82%) Digital Analyst
7 9 (6.82%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.82%) IT Support
7 9 (6.82%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (6.82%) Senior Digital Analyst
7 9 (6.82%) Senior Security Analyst
8 8 (6.06%) 1st Line Support
8 8 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Support Analyst
9 7 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (5.30%) Architect
9 7 (5.30%) Developer
9 7 (5.30%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.06%) REST
2 7 (5.30%) HTML
2 7 (5.30%) LDAP
2 7 (5.30%) OAuth
2 7 (5.30%) OpenID
2 7 (5.30%) SAML
3 6 (4.55%) CSS
4 5 (3.79%) .NET
5 2 (1.52%) SOAP
5 2 (1.52%) Web Services
6 1 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.76%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.76%) JSP
6 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.76%) XML
6 1 (0.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.42%) Cyber Defence
2 14 (10.61%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (9.85%) Management Information System
3 13 (9.85%) Security Posture
4 12 (9.09%) Onboarding
5 11 (8.33%) Data Centre
6 9 (6.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (6.82%) Mobile App
7 6 (4.55%) Hedge funds
7 6 (4.55%) Public Cloud
8 5 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (3.79%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (3.79%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (3.79%) Virtual Team
9 4 (3.03%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.27%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.52%) CMDB
11 2 (1.52%) Derivative
11 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 76 (57.58%) Windows
2 43 (32.58%) Linux
3 29 (21.97%) Windows Server
4 10 (7.58%) Mac OS
5 9 (6.82%) Windows 10
6 6 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.27%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.52%) Android
8 2 (1.52%) Unix
8 2 (1.52%) VMS
8 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.76%) CentOS
9 1 (0.76%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (25.76%) ITIL
3 32 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (18.94%) Incident Response
5 20 (15.15%) CI/CD
5 20 (15.15%) DevOps
6 19 (14.39%) Mentoring
7 17 (12.88%) Application Security
7 17 (12.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (12.88%) SIEM
8 16 (12.12%) Security Operations
9 15 (11.36%) Customer Service
9 15 (11.36%) Root Cause Analysis
9 15 (11.36%) Threat Intelligence
10 14 (10.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 14 (10.61%) Infrastructure Automation
10 14 (10.61%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 14 (10.61%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (10.61%) Use Case
11 13 (9.85%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 67 (50.76%) Python
2 37 (28.03%) SQL
3 19 (14.39%) Bash
4 11 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.30%) T-SQL
6 5 (3.79%) VBA
6 5 (3.79%) VBScript
7 4 (3.03%) Java
7 4 (3.03%) Perl
8 3 (2.27%) Bicep
8 3 (2.27%) C
8 3 (2.27%) C#
8 3 (2.27%) C++
8 3 (2.27%) Go
8 3 (2.27%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.27%) Ruby
8 3 (2.27%) Rust
9 2 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (9.85%) CISSP
1 13 (9.85%) GIAC
1 13 (9.85%) OSCP
2 12 (9.09%) CCSAM
2 12 (9.09%) CREST Certified
3 11 (8.33%) Degree
4 9 (6.82%) CHECK Team Leader
4 9 (6.82%) CHECK Team Member
5 7 (5.30%) CompTIA CySA+
5 7 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.55%) CISA
7 4 (3.03%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.03%) GPEN
8 3 (2.27%) GXPN
8 3 (2.27%) OSCE
9 2 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.52%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.76%) CCIE
10 1 (0.76%) GCFE
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (20.45%) NIST
2 20 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (6.82%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (3.03%) SLA
5 3 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.27%) GDPR
6 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.52%) QA
7 1 (0.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 54 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.52%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.76%) Docker
7 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (20.45%) Terraform
2 22 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (11.36%) Kubernetes
4 9 (6.82%) Nessus
5 6 (4.55%) Ansible
5 6 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.79%) SCCM
7 1 (0.76%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.76%) Grafana
7 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.76%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.76%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 82 (62.12%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.42%) VMware
3 10 (7.58%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.30%) Citrix
5 6 (4.55%) Google
6 5 (3.79%) Cisco
6 5 (3.79%) iManage
7 4 (3.03%) MobileIron
8 3 (2.27%) Commvault
8 3 (2.27%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.52%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.52%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.52%) Splunk
10 1 (0.76%) Bomgar
10 1 (0.76%) Juniper
10 1 (0.76%) McAfee
10 1 (0.76%) Meraki
10 1 (0.76%) Okta
10 1 (0.76%) Oracle