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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 55 52
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -7
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 113 116 167
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.73% 5.27% 4.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.43% 11.89% 10.80%
Number of salaries quoted 83 105 135
10th Percentile £26,250 £38,650 £47,250
25th Percentile £40,938 £56,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +5.08% +5.36%
75th Percentile £75,625 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £89,800 £97,000 £95,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% +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 909 976 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 21.92% 44.30% 44.67%
Number of salaries quoted 715 809 1,212
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,450 £46,350
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £96,938
90th Percentile £107,500 £128,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -2 99 £58,750 -22.95% 12
Southwark - 1 £43,500 -
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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 (18.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (10.62%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.88%) Site Server
Applications
1 27 (23.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 56 (49.56%) Azure
2 38 (33.63%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (23.01%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.73%) OneDrive
5 10 (8.85%) AWS
6 8 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (6.19%) GCP
7 7 (6.19%) Power Platform
7 7 (6.19%) SaaS
8 6 (5.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (5.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (3.54%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.77%) GitHub
10 2 (1.77%) IaaS
10 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.77%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.77%) PaaS
11 1 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (20.35%) Network Security
2 14 (12.39%) Firewall
3 7 (6.19%) VPN
4 6 (5.31%) Kerberos
5 5 (4.42%) DHCP
5 5 (4.42%) DNS
5 5 (4.42%) VLAN
6 3 (2.65%) BGP
6 3 (2.65%) MPLS
6 3 (2.65%) OSPF
6 3 (2.65%) WAN
6 3 (2.65%) Wireless
7 2 (1.77%) LAN
7 2 (1.77%) VoIP
8 1 (0.88%) Broadband
8 1 (0.88%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.88%) NAS
8 1 (0.88%) Softphone
8 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.88%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.19%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (6.19%) Power BI
3 5 (4.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.65%) Tableau
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Git
2 3 (2.65%) Burp Suite
2 3 (2.65%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.65%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.77%) GitLab
4 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.88%) JIRA
4 1 (0.88%) JMeter
4 1 (0.88%) Postman
General
1 49 (43.36%) Social Skills
2 41 (36.28%) Finance
3 14 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.73%) Legal
5 8 (7.08%) Law
6 5 (4.42%) Banking
7 3 (2.65%) Front Office
7 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Advertising
9 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (25.66%) Analyst
2 14 (12.39%) Azure Engineer
3 13 (11.50%) Security Analyst
4 12 (10.62%) Support Engineer
5 10 (8.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 10 (8.85%) Senior
5 10 (8.85%) Support Analyst
6 9 (7.96%) PowerShell Engineer
7 8 (7.08%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (7.08%) Automation Engineer
7 8 (7.08%) Desktop Support
7 8 (7.08%) IT Engineer
7 8 (7.08%) IT Support
8 7 (6.19%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (6.19%) Active Directory Engineer
8 7 (6.19%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (6.19%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (6.19%) Windows Engineer
9 6 (5.31%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (5.31%) Windows Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.19%) HTML
1 7 (6.19%) REST
2 6 (5.31%) CSS
2 6 (5.31%) LDAP
2 6 (5.31%) OAuth
2 6 (5.31%) OpenID
2 6 (5.31%) SAML
3 2 (1.77%) Web Services
4 1 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.88%) JSP
4 1 (0.88%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.88%) SOAP
4 1 (0.88%) XML
4 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Cyber Defence
2 12 (10.62%) Onboarding
2 12 (10.62%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (9.73%) Data Centre
3 11 (9.73%) Management Information System
4 7 (6.19%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.31%) Public Cloud
5 6 (5.31%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.54%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.65%) Hedge funds
7 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.65%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.65%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.77%) Derivative
8 2 (1.77%) Equities
8 2 (1.77%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 70 (61.95%) Windows
2 37 (32.74%) Linux
3 26 (23.01%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.85%) Windows 10
5 6 (5.31%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.65%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.77%) Android
8 2 (1.77%) Unix
8 2 (1.77%) VMS
9 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.86%) ITIL
2 33 (29.20%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (22.12%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (17.70%) DevOps
5 19 (16.81%) CI/CD
5 19 (16.81%) Infrastructure as Code
6 17 (15.04%) Incident Response
7 16 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (12.39%) Customer Service
8 14 (12.39%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (12.39%) Infrastructure Automation
9 13 (11.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (10.62%) Performance Tuning
10 12 (10.62%) Security Operations
10 12 (10.62%) SIEM
11 11 (9.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 11 (9.73%) High Availability
11 11 (9.73%) ITSM
11 11 (9.73%) Security Monitoring
11 11 (9.73%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 53 (46.90%) Python
2 31 (27.43%) SQL
3 11 (9.73%) Bash
3 11 (9.73%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.31%) T-SQL
5 5 (4.42%) Java
5 5 (4.42%) VBA
5 5 (4.42%) VBScript
6 3 (2.65%) Bicep
6 3 (2.65%) C
6 3 (2.65%) C#
6 3 (2.65%) C++
6 3 (2.65%) Go
6 3 (2.65%) Objective-C
6 3 (2.65%) Perl
6 3 (2.65%) Ruby
6 3 (2.65%) Rust
7 1 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.88%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (10.62%) Degree
2 10 (8.85%) GIAC
3 9 (7.96%) CISSP
4 7 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.31%) CCSAM
5 6 (5.31%) CREST Certified
5 6 (5.31%) OSCP
6 4 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.54%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (2.65%) CHECK Team Leader
7 3 (2.65%) CHECK Team Member
7 3 (2.65%) CISA
7 3 (2.65%) GPEN
7 3 (2.65%) GXPN
7 3 (2.65%) OSCE
8 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.88%) CCIE
9 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.88%) MCSE
9 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.93%) NIST
2 12 (10.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.31%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (3.54%) SLA
5 3 (2.65%) QA
6 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 52 (46.02%) Active Directory
2 16 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.19%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.77%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.88%) Docker
7 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (23.89%) Terraform
2 20 (17.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (13.27%) Kubernetes
4 8 (7.08%) Ansible
5 6 (5.31%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (4.42%) SCCM
7 3 (2.65%) Nessus
8 2 (1.77%) Grafana
9 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 75 (66.37%) Microsoft
2 21 (18.58%) VMware
3 12 (10.62%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.19%) Citrix
5 5 (4.42%) Cisco
5 5 (4.42%) iManage
6 3 (2.65%) Google
6 3 (2.65%) MobileIron
7 2 (1.77%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.77%) Commvault
7 2 (1.77%) Oracle
7 2 (1.77%) Splunk
8 1 (0.88%) Bomgar
8 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.88%) Juniper
8 1 (0.88%) Meraki
8 1 (0.88%) Okta
8 1 (0.88%) Red Hat