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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 61 50
Rank change year-on-year +15 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 136 108 165
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.85% 4.15% 4.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.09% 9.22% 10.32%
Number of salaries quoted 96 99 154
10th Percentile £26,250 £44,000 £42,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £63,125 £57,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +10.34% +7.41%
75th Percentile £81,563 £90,000 £81,625
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,000 £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 1,039 1,171 1,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 29.38% 44.97% 45.54%
Number of salaries quoted 793 938 1,392
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £60,750
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 £100,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £80,939 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +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 30 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 30 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 +15 123 £67,500 -18.18% 30
Southwark +11 2 £43,500 -13.20%
City of Westminster +32 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 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
3 1 (0.74%) Site Server
Applications
1 15 (11.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Actimize
1 1 (0.74%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.74%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 76 (55.88%) Azure
2 36 (26.47%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (16.91%) Entra ID
4 18 (13.24%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (12.50%) AWS
6 9 (6.62%) SaaS
7 8 (5.88%) GCP
7 8 (5.88%) PaaS
8 7 (5.15%) Nutanix
9 6 (4.41%) OneDrive
9 6 (4.41%) Power Platform
10 5 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (2.94%) Azure AKS
12 3 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (2.21%) GitHub
12 3 (2.21%) Google Workspace
13 2 (1.47%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.74%) Azure Functions
14 1 (0.74%) Cohesity
14 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.97%) Network Security
2 15 (11.03%) Firewall
3 9 (6.62%) VPN
3 9 (6.62%) Wireless
4 7 (5.15%) LAN
4 7 (5.15%) WAN
5 5 (3.68%) DHCP
5 5 (3.68%) DNS
5 5 (3.68%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.21%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.47%) Broadband
7 2 (1.47%) Kerberos
7 2 (1.47%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.74%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.74%) NAS
8 1 (0.74%) NGFW
8 1 (0.74%) Softphone
8 1 (0.74%) VLAN
8 1 (0.74%) VoIP
8 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.29%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (7.35%) Tableau
4 5 (3.68%) Power BI
5 3 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.21%) SQLite
6 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.74%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.62%) Burp Suite
1 9 (6.62%) Metasploit
1 9 (6.62%) Octopus Deploy
1 9 (6.62%) TeamCity
2 7 (5.15%) Git
3 3 (2.21%) JIRA
3 3 (2.21%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.74%) GitLab
4 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (40.44%) Finance
2 45 (33.09%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.03%) Legal
5 5 (3.68%) Law
6 4 (2.94%) Banking
7 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Advertising
9 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.74%) International Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (23.53%) Analyst
2 24 (17.65%) Security Analyst
3 19 (13.97%) Senior
4 16 (11.76%) Security Engineer
5 15 (11.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 12 (8.82%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (8.82%) Support Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) CISSP Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) PowerShell Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) Python Engineer
8 9 (6.62%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (6.62%) Digital Analyst
8 9 (6.62%) IT Support
8 9 (6.62%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (6.62%) Senior Digital Analyst
8 9 (6.62%) Senior Security Analyst
9 8 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.62%) .NET
2 5 (3.68%) REST
3 4 (2.94%) YAML
4 3 (2.21%) LDAP
4 3 (2.21%) OAuth
4 3 (2.21%) OpenID
4 3 (2.21%) SAML
5 2 (1.47%) HTML
5 2 (1.47%) SOAP
5 2 (1.47%) Web Services
6 1 (0.74%) CSS
6 1 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.74%) JSP
6 1 (0.74%) Kafka
6 1 (0.74%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.38%) Cyber Defence
2 16 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
2 16 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 13 (9.56%) Onboarding
4 12 (8.82%) Management Information System
4 12 (8.82%) Virtual Team
5 10 (7.35%) Hedge funds
5 10 (7.35%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (6.62%) Mobile App
7 8 (5.88%) Public Cloud
8 7 (5.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (5.15%) Data Centre
9 6 (4.41%) Private Cloud
10 4 (2.94%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.47%) CMDB
11 2 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
12 1 (0.74%) iPhone
12 1 (0.74%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 65 (47.79%) Windows
2 41 (30.15%) Linux
3 22 (16.18%) Windows Server
4 16 (11.76%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.94%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.21%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.21%) Unix
7 2 (1.47%) Android
7 2 (1.47%) VMS
7 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.74%) CentOS
8 1 (0.74%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.82%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (26.47%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (25.74%) Incident Response
4 29 (21.32%) ITIL
5 26 (19.12%) DevOps
6 23 (16.91%) CI/CD
7 21 (15.44%) SIEM
8 19 (13.97%) Mentoring
8 19 (13.97%) Root Cause Analysis
9 18 (13.24%) Security Operations
10 17 (12.50%) Agile
11 16 (11.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 16 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
11 16 (11.76%) Use Case
12 15 (11.03%) Application Security
12 15 (11.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 15 (11.03%) Disaster Recovery
12 15 (11.03%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (11.03%) SOAR
13 14 (10.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 83 (61.03%) Python
2 39 (28.68%) SQL
3 20 (14.71%) Bash
4 12 (8.82%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.21%) Java
5 3 (2.21%) Perl
6 2 (1.47%) C
6 2 (1.47%) C#
6 2 (1.47%) C++
6 2 (1.47%) Go
6 2 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.47%) Objective-C
6 2 (1.47%) Ruby
6 2 (1.47%) Rust
7 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (11.76%) GIAC
2 13 (9.56%) CISSP
3 12 (8.82%) OSCP
4 11 (8.09%) CCSAM
4 11 (8.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 11 (8.09%) CREST Certified
4 11 (8.09%) Degree
5 10 (7.35%) CISA
6 9 (6.62%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (6.62%) CHECK Team Member
6 9 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.68%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.94%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.21%) GPEN
9 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.47%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (1.47%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.47%) GXPN
10 2 (1.47%) OSCE
11 1 (0.74%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (33.82%) NIST
2 34 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (8.82%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (5.15%) GDPR
5 5 (3.68%) NCSC
6 4 (2.94%) SLA
7 3 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.21%) QA
8 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.47%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
System Software
1 36 (26.47%) Active Directory
2 14 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.35%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.21%) XenDesktop
7 2 (1.47%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.74%) Docker
8 1 (0.74%) vSphere
8 1 (0.74%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (17.65%) Terraform
2 20 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (8.82%) Kubernetes
4 9 (6.62%) Nessus
5 8 (5.88%) Ansible
6 4 (2.94%) SCCM
7 3 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.74%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.74%) Grafana
8 1 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.74%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.74%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.74%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.74%) vRealize
8 1 (0.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 86 (63.24%) Microsoft
2 25 (18.38%) VMware
3 12 (8.82%) Google
4 7 (5.15%) CyberArk
4 7 (5.15%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.41%) Cisco
5 6 (4.41%) Commvault
6 4 (2.94%) MobileIron
7 3 (2.21%) Citrix
7 3 (2.21%) EMC
7 3 (2.21%) F5
7 3 (2.21%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.47%) Meraki
8 2 (1.47%) Pure Storage
8 2 (1.47%) Splunk
9 1 (0.74%) Bomgar
9 1 (0.74%) Dell
9 1 (0.74%) Juniper
9 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds