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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 65 51
Rank change year-on-year +19 -14 -5
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 133 108 160
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.93% 4.05% 4.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.16% 9.10% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 95 98 151
10th Percentile £26,750 £43,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £62,500 £59,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £96,000 £98,250 £87,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +10.34% +3.57%

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 1,011 1,187 1,598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 29.88% 44.54% 45.91%
Number of salaries quoted 776 930 1,409
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,900
25th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £80,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -2.42% +3.13% +3.23%

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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 March 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 March 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 +21 120 £70,000 -13.85% 32
Southwark +10 2 £43,500 -13.20%
City of Westminster +33 1 - -
West End of London - 1 £57,500 - 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 11 (8.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.02%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) Site Server
Applications
1 12 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Actimize
1 1 (0.75%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.75%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 77 (57.89%) Azure
2 36 (27.07%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (18.80%) Entra ID
4 21 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (12.78%) AWS
6 8 (6.02%) GCP
6 8 (6.02%) PaaS
6 8 (6.02%) SaaS
7 7 (5.26%) Nutanix
8 6 (4.51%) OneDrive
8 6 (4.51%) Power Platform
9 5 (3.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (2.26%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.50%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.50%) GitHub
11 2 (1.50%) IaaS
11 2 (1.50%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.78%) Network Security
2 14 (10.53%) Firewall
3 10 (7.52%) VPN
4 9 (6.77%) Wireless
5 8 (6.02%) WAN
6 7 (5.26%) LAN
7 5 (3.76%) DHCP
7 5 (3.76%) DNS
8 4 (3.01%) SD-WAN
8 4 (3.01%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.50%) Broadband
9 2 (1.50%) Kerberos
9 2 (1.50%) NAS
9 2 (1.50%) NetScaler
9 2 (1.50%) VLAN
9 2 (1.50%) VSAN
9 2 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.75%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.75%) Softphone
10 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.78%) SQL Server
2 16 (12.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (7.52%) Tableau
4 5 (3.76%) Power BI
5 3 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.26%) SQLite
6 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.75%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (9.77%) Octopus Deploy
2 12 (9.02%) TeamCity
3 9 (6.77%) Burp Suite
3 9 (6.77%) Metasploit
4 6 (4.51%) Git
5 3 (2.26%) JIRA
6 2 (1.50%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.75%) GitLab
7 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (41.35%) Finance
2 41 (30.83%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.77%) Legal
5 4 (3.01%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.26%) Banking
6 3 (2.26%) Law
7 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.75%) Advertising
8 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.75%) International Banking
8 1 (0.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (21.05%) Analyst
2 23 (17.29%) Security Analyst
3 19 (14.29%) Senior
4 15 (11.28%) DevOps Engineer
4 15 (11.28%) Security Engineer
5 14 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 11 (8.27%) Support Engineer
7 10 (7.52%) CISSP Engineer
7 10 (7.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 10 (7.52%) PowerShell Engineer
7 10 (7.52%) Python Engineer
8 9 (6.77%) Digital Analyst
8 9 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (6.77%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (6.77%) Senior Digital Analyst
8 9 (6.77%) Senior Security Analyst
9 8 (6.02%) IT Engineer
9 8 (6.02%) IT Support
10 7 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (5.26%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.02%) .NET
2 5 (3.76%) REST
3 4 (3.01%) YAML
4 3 (2.26%) LDAP
4 3 (2.26%) OAuth
4 3 (2.26%) OpenID
4 3 (2.26%) SAML
5 2 (1.50%) HTML
5 2 (1.50%) SOAP
5 2 (1.50%) Web Services
6 1 (0.75%) CSS
6 1 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.75%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.75%) JSP
6 1 (0.75%) Kafka
6 1 (0.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.05%) Cyber Defence
2 19 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (11.28%) Security Operations Centre
3 15 (11.28%) Security Posture
3 15 (11.28%) Virtual Team
4 13 (9.77%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (8.27%) Management Information System
5 11 (8.27%) Onboarding
6 10 (7.52%) Hedge funds
7 9 (6.77%) Mobile App
8 7 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (4.51%) Data Centre
9 6 (4.51%) Public Cloud
10 5 (3.76%) Private Cloud
11 3 (2.26%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (1.50%) CMDB
12 2 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
13 1 (0.75%) iPhone
13 1 (0.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 59 (44.36%) Windows
2 37 (27.82%) Linux
3 19 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 16 (12.03%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.01%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.26%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.26%) Unix
6 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.50%) Android
7 2 (1.50%) VMS
7 2 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.75%) CentOS
8 1 (0.75%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.08%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (25.56%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (25.56%) Incident Response
3 29 (21.80%) DevOps
4 26 (19.55%) CI/CD
5 23 (17.29%) ITIL
6 20 (15.04%) SIEM
7 19 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 18 (13.53%) Agile
8 18 (13.53%) Root Cause Analysis
9 17 (12.78%) Security Operations
10 15 (11.28%) AI
10 15 (11.28%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 15 (11.28%) Threat Intelligence
10 15 (11.28%) Use Case
11 14 (10.53%) Application Security
11 14 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (10.53%) Migration
11 14 (10.53%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 76 (57.14%) Python
2 41 (30.83%) SQL
3 20 (15.04%) Bash
4 10 (7.52%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.50%) Java
5 2 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.50%) Perl
5 2 (1.50%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.75%) C
6 1 (0.75%) C#
6 1 (0.75%) C++
6 1 (0.75%) Go
6 1 (0.75%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.75%) Ruby
6 1 (0.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (11.28%) GIAC
2 13 (9.77%) CISSP
3 11 (8.27%) CompTIA CySA+
3 11 (8.27%) OSCP
4 10 (7.52%) CCSAM
4 10 (7.52%) CISA
4 10 (7.52%) CREST Certified
4 10 (7.52%) Degree
5 9 (6.77%) CHECK Team Leader
5 9 (6.77%) CHECK Team Member
5 9 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.76%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.01%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.50%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (1.50%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.50%) GPEN
10 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.75%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (33.08%) NIST
2 35 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (8.27%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (5.26%) GDPR
5 5 (3.76%) NCSC
6 4 (3.01%) SLA
7 3 (2.26%) QA
8 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.50%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 32 (24.06%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.77%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.26%) BitLocker
5 3 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.26%) XenDesktop
6 2 (1.50%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (1.50%) Docker
6 2 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.50%) vSphere
7 1 (0.75%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 26 (19.55%) Terraform
2 21 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (8.27%) Kubernetes
4 9 (6.77%) Ansible
4 9 (6.77%) Nessus
5 4 (3.01%) SCCM
6 3 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.75%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.75%) Grafana
7 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.75%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.75%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.75%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.75%) vRealize
7 1 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.29%) VMware
3 12 (9.02%) Google
4 8 (6.02%) Cisco
4 8 (6.02%) CyberArk
5 6 (4.51%) Commvault
6 5 (3.76%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.01%) Citrix
7 4 (3.01%) Meraki
7 4 (3.01%) MobileIron
8 3 (2.26%) EMC
8 3 (2.26%) F5
8 3 (2.26%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.50%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.50%) Pure Storage
9 2 (1.50%) Splunk
10 1 (0.75%) Bomgar
10 1 (0.75%) iManage
10 1 (0.75%) Intapp
10 1 (0.75%) Okta