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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 58 46
Rank change year-on-year -5 -12 -4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 91 104 173
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.49% 4.99% 5.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.04% 11.86% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 71 95 130
10th Percentile £26,250 £47,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £57,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £101,250 £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 824 877 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 22.51% 42.08% 45.63%
Number of salaries quoted 651 720 1,070
10th Percentile £51,250 £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% -3.85%
75th Percentile £100,000 £109,063 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £130,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% +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 22 August 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 22 August 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 81 £62,500 -16.67% 17
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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 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (13.19%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.49%) IIS
4 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.10%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 47 (51.65%) Azure
2 28 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (24.18%) Entra ID
4 11 (12.09%) OneDrive
5 8 (8.79%) AWS
5 8 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (6.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (6.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (6.59%) Power Platform
7 5 (5.49%) GCP
8 4 (4.40%) SaaS
9 3 (3.30%) Azure AKS
9 3 (3.30%) Nutanix
10 2 (2.20%) GitHub
11 1 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (1.10%) Datadog
11 1 (1.10%) IaaS
11 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (1.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 18 (19.78%) Network Security
2 11 (12.09%) Firewall
3 6 (6.59%) Kerberos
4 4 (4.40%) VLAN
5 3 (3.30%) BGP
5 3 (3.30%) DHCP
5 3 (3.30%) DNS
5 3 (3.30%) MPLS
5 3 (3.30%) OSPF
5 3 (3.30%) VPN
6 2 (2.20%) VoIP
7 1 (1.10%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (1.10%) NAS
7 1 (1.10%) NGFW
7 1 (1.10%) SAN
7 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.10%) VXLAN
7 1 (1.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (6.59%) Power BI
4 5 (5.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Git
2 3 (3.30%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (2.20%) GitLab
4 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.10%) JIRA
4 1 (1.10%) JMeter
4 1 (1.10%) Postman
General
1 40 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 30 (32.97%) Finance
3 9 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.89%) Law
3 9 (9.89%) Legal
4 5 (5.49%) Banking
5 3 (3.30%) Front Office
6 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.10%) Advertising
7 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 22 (24.18%) Analyst
2 13 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) Support Analyst
4 10 (10.99%) Desktop Support
5 8 (8.79%) Automation Engineer
5 8 (8.79%) Desktop Analyst
5 8 (8.79%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 7 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (7.69%) Active Directory Engineer
6 7 (7.69%) Architect
6 7 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (7.69%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Developer
7 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) PowerShell Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Senior
7 6 (6.59%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Windows Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Windows Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (28.57%) Terraform
2 7 (7.69%) REST
3 6 (6.59%) CSS
3 6 (6.59%) HTML
3 6 (6.59%) LDAP
3 6 (6.59%) OAuth
3 6 (6.59%) OpenID
3 6 (6.59%) SAML
4 1 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.10%) JSP
4 1 (1.10%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.10%) SOAP
4 1 (1.10%) Web Services
4 1 (1.10%) XML
4 1 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.99%) Data Centre
1 10 (10.99%) Onboarding
2 9 (9.89%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.89%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.59%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (6.59%) Public Cloud
3 6 (6.59%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.30%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.30%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.30%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.20%) Derivative
6 2 (2.20%) Equities
6 2 (2.20%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 54 (59.34%) Windows
2 27 (29.67%) Linux
3 19 (20.88%) Windows Server
4 11 (12.09%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.10%) Android
6 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.10%) Unix
6 1 (1.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (38.46%) ITIL
2 28 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (19.78%) CI/CD
3 18 (19.78%) DevOps
4 17 (18.68%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (16.48%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (15.38%) Infrastructure Automation
7 14 (15.38%) ITSM
8 13 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
9 12 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (12.09%) Roadmaps
11 10 (10.99%) Break/Fix
11 10 (10.99%) Computer Science
11 10 (10.99%) Customer Service
11 10 (10.99%) Inventory Management
11 10 (10.99%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (10.99%) Trend Analysis
12 9 (9.89%) Platform Engineering
12 9 (9.89%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 38 (41.76%) Python
2 25 (27.47%) SQL
3 9 (9.89%) JavaScript
4 8 (8.79%) Bash
5 6 (6.59%) Java
5 6 (6.59%) T-SQL
6 5 (5.49%) VBA
6 5 (5.49%) VBScript
7 3 (3.30%) Bicep
7 3 (3.30%) C
7 3 (3.30%) C#
7 3 (3.30%) C++
7 3 (3.30%) Go
7 3 (3.30%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.30%) Perl
7 3 (3.30%) Ruby
7 3 (3.30%) Rust
8 1 (1.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (14.29%) Degree
2 7 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (6.59%) CISSP
4 5 (5.49%) GIAC
5 4 (4.40%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.30%) CCSAM
6 3 (3.30%) CREST Certified
6 3 (3.30%) GPEN
6 3 (3.30%) GXPN
6 3 (3.30%) OSCE
6 3 (3.30%) OSCP
7 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.10%) CCIE
8 1 (1.10%) CCNP
8 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.10%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.10%) MCSE
8 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.89%) NIST
2 6 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.30%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (3.30%) SLA
4 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.20%) QA
System Software
1 47 (51.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.30%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.20%) vSphere
6 1 (1.10%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.10%) Docker
6 1 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (16.48%) Kubernetes
2 14 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (8.79%) Ansible
4 6 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (5.49%) SCCM
6 2 (2.20%) Grafana
7 1 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.10%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.10%) Puppet
7 1 (1.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 58 (63.74%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.68%) VMware
3 15 (16.48%) ServiceNow
4 7 (7.69%) Citrix
5 5 (5.49%) Cisco
6 4 (4.40%) iManage
7 2 (2.20%) Bloomberg
7 2 (2.20%) MobileIron
7 2 (2.20%) Oracle
7 2 (2.20%) Splunk
8 1 (1.10%) Commvault
8 1 (1.10%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.10%) Okta
8 1 (1.10%) Red Hat