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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 62 50
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 -4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 141 106 168
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.26% 4.34% 4.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.84% 9.64% 10.49%
Number of salaries quoted 95 97 145
10th Percentile £26,250 £43,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £58,750 £59,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +6.90% +7.41%
75th Percentile £74,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £98,500 £90,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year -7.28% +2.37% +5.36%

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 1,098 1,100 1,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 25.42% 45.01% 44.59%
Number of salaries quoted 851 884 1,324
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,000 £60,000 £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 £103,938 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +8 121 £65,000 -18.75% 32
Southwark - 2 £43,500 -
City of Westminster +24 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 19 (13.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (7.09%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.55%) IIS
4 2 (1.42%) Confluence
5 1 (0.71%) Site Server
Applications
1 24 (17.02%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Actimize
1 1 (0.71%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 71 (50.35%) Azure
2 41 (29.08%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (21.28%) Entra ID
4 17 (12.06%) AWS
5 10 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (7.09%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.67%) GCP
6 8 (5.67%) SaaS
7 4 (2.84%) Azure AKS
7 4 (2.84%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.84%) Nutanix
7 4 (2.84%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.13%) GitHub
8 3 (2.13%) PaaS
9 2 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.42%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.02%) Network Security
2 14 (9.93%) Firewall
3 9 (6.38%) VPN
3 9 (6.38%) Wireless
4 6 (4.26%) DHCP
4 6 (4.26%) DNS
4 6 (4.26%) WAN
5 5 (3.55%) Kerberos
5 5 (3.55%) LAN
6 3 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.13%) VLAN
7 2 (1.42%) Broadband
7 2 (1.42%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.71%) BGP
8 1 (0.71%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.71%) MPLS
8 1 (0.71%) NAS
8 1 (0.71%) OSPF
8 1 (0.71%) Softphone
8 1 (0.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (5.67%) Tableau
4 5 (3.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.13%) Power BI
6 2 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.42%) SQLite
7 1 (0.71%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.38%) Burp Suite
1 9 (6.38%) Metasploit
2 8 (5.67%) Git
3 6 (4.26%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (4.26%) TeamCity
4 3 (2.13%) JIRA
4 3 (2.13%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.42%) GitLab
General
1 59 (41.84%) Finance
2 52 (36.88%) Social Skills
3 24 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (12.06%) Legal
5 9 (6.38%) Law
6 5 (3.55%) Banking
7 2 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.42%) Front Office
7 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.71%) Advertising
8 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.71%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (26.24%) Analyst
2 24 (17.02%) Security Analyst
3 19 (13.48%) Senior
4 15 (10.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 14 (9.93%) Azure Engineer
5 14 (9.93%) PowerShell Engineer
6 13 (9.22%) Support Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) Digital Analyst
7 9 (6.38%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) IT Support
7 9 (6.38%) Security Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (6.38%) Senior Digital Analyst
7 9 (6.38%) Senior Security Analyst
8 8 (5.67%) CISSP Engineer
8 8 (5.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 8 (5.67%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (5.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (5.67%) Python Engineer
9 7 (4.96%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.96%) HTML
1 7 (4.96%) REST
2 6 (4.26%) .NET
2 6 (4.26%) CSS
2 6 (4.26%) LDAP
2 6 (4.26%) OAuth
2 6 (4.26%) OpenID
2 6 (4.26%) SAML
3 2 (1.42%) SOAP
3 2 (1.42%) Web Services
4 1 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.71%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.71%) JSP
4 1 (0.71%) Kafka
4 1 (0.71%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.44%) Cyber Defence
2 17 (12.06%) Security Operations Centre
3 15 (10.64%) Management Information System
4 13 (9.22%) Onboarding
4 13 (9.22%) Security Posture
5 11 (7.80%) Data Centre
5 11 (7.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (6.38%) Mobile App
7 8 (5.67%) Hedge funds
8 6 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (4.26%) Public Cloud
8 6 (4.26%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (3.55%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.84%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.13%) Private Cloud
12 2 (1.42%) CMDB
12 2 (1.42%) Derivative
12 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 80 (56.74%) Windows
2 47 (33.33%) Linux
3 27 (19.15%) Windows Server
4 13 (9.22%) Mac OS
5 9 (6.38%) Windows 10
6 6 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.42%) Android
8 2 (1.42%) Unix
8 2 (1.42%) VMS
8 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.71%) CentOS
9 1 (0.71%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (25.53%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (24.11%) ITIL
4 31 (21.99%) Incident Response
5 20 (14.18%) DevOps
5 20 (14.18%) SIEM
6 19 (13.48%) Security Operations
7 18 (12.77%) CI/CD
7 18 (12.77%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (12.06%) Application Security
8 17 (12.06%) Mentoring
8 17 (12.06%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 17 (12.06%) Threat Intelligence
8 17 (12.06%) Use Case
9 16 (11.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 16 (11.35%) SOAR
10 15 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (9.93%) Cloud Security
11 14 (9.93%) Customer Service
11 14 (9.93%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 81 (57.45%) Python
2 38 (26.95%) SQL
3 19 (13.48%) Bash
4 12 (8.51%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.26%) T-SQL
6 5 (3.55%) VBA
6 5 (3.55%) VBScript
7 4 (2.84%) Java
7 4 (2.84%) Perl
8 3 (2.13%) C
8 3 (2.13%) C#
8 3 (2.13%) C++
8 3 (2.13%) Go
8 3 (2.13%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.13%) Ruby
8 3 (2.13%) Rust
9 2 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.71%) Bicep
10 1 (0.71%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (11.35%) GIAC
2 14 (9.93%) CISSP
3 13 (9.22%) OSCP
4 12 (8.51%) CCSAM
4 12 (8.51%) CREST Certified
5 11 (7.80%) Degree
6 9 (6.38%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (6.38%) CHECK Team Member
6 9 (6.38%) CompTIA CySA+
7 8 (5.67%) CISA
8 7 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (4.26%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.84%) GPEN
11 3 (2.13%) GXPN
11 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.13%) OSCE
12 2 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.42%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (1.42%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.71%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (26.24%) NIST
2 28 (19.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.80%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (4.96%) GDPR
5 4 (2.84%) SLA
6 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.13%) QA
7 2 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.71%) NCSC
8 1 (0.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (38.30%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.09%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.42%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.42%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (16.31%) Microsoft Intune
1 23 (16.31%) Terraform
2 16 (11.35%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.38%) Nessus
4 7 (4.96%) Ansible
5 5 (3.55%) SCCM
5 5 (3.55%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.71%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.71%) Grafana
6 1 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.71%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.71%) vRealize
Vendors
1 88 (62.41%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.73%) VMware
3 12 (8.51%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.38%) Google
5 8 (5.67%) Citrix
6 7 (4.96%) CyberArk
7 5 (3.55%) iManage
8 4 (2.84%) Cisco
8 4 (2.84%) Commvault
8 4 (2.84%) MobileIron
9 2 (1.42%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.42%) Pure Storage
9 2 (1.42%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.42%) Splunk
10 1 (0.71%) Juniper
10 1 (0.71%) McAfee
10 1 (0.71%) Meraki
10 1 (0.71%) Okta
10 1 (0.71%) Oracle