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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 61 48
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 -2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 134 103 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.08% 4.45% 4.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.01% 9.98% 10.78%
Number of salaries quoted 92 95 144
10th Percentile £26,250 £51,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +6.90% +7.41%
75th Percentile £74,625 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,000 £92,125
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +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 1,030 1,032 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 23.67% 44.56% 44.31%
Number of salaries quoted 793 821 1,282
10th Percentile £51,800 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £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 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £126,250 £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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +3 115 £65,000 -16.13% 28
Southwark - 2 £43,500 -
City of Westminster +23 1 - - 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 (14.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (7.46%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.73%) IIS
4 1 (0.75%) Confluence
4 1 (0.75%) Site Server
Applications
1 24 (17.91%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 68 (50.75%) Azure
2 41 (30.60%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (22.39%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.19%) AWS
5 10 (7.46%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (7.46%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.97%) GCP
7 7 (5.22%) SaaS
8 4 (2.99%) Azure AKS
8 4 (2.99%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.24%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.49%) GitHub
10 2 (1.49%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.49%) IaaS
10 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.49%) PaaS
11 1 (0.75%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.91%) Network Security
2 16 (11.94%) Firewall
3 10 (7.46%) VPN
4 9 (6.72%) Wireless
5 7 (5.22%) DHCP
5 7 (5.22%) DNS
6 6 (4.48%) Kerberos
6 6 (4.48%) WAN
7 5 (3.73%) LAN
8 4 (2.99%) VLAN
9 3 (2.24%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.49%) BGP
10 2 (1.49%) Broadband
10 2 (1.49%) MPLS
10 2 (1.49%) OSPF
11 1 (0.75%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.75%) NAS
11 1 (0.75%) NGFW
11 1 (0.75%) Softphone
11 1 (0.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.22%) Tableau
3 6 (4.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (3.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.24%) Power BI
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.72%) Burp Suite
1 9 (6.72%) Metasploit
2 6 (4.48%) Git
2 6 (4.48%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (4.48%) TeamCity
3 3 (2.24%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.49%) GitLab
4 2 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 57 (42.54%) Finance
2 52 (38.81%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.94%) Legal
5 9 (6.72%) Law
6 5 (3.73%) Banking
7 2 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.49%) Front Office
7 2 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.49%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.75%) Advertising
8 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 34 (25.37%) Analyst
2 21 (15.67%) Security Analyst
3 16 (11.94%) Senior
4 14 (10.45%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (9.70%) PowerShell Engineer
5 13 (9.70%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (6.72%) Digital Analyst
7 9 (6.72%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.72%) IT Support
7 9 (6.72%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (6.72%) Senior Digital Analyst
7 9 (6.72%) Senior Security Analyst
8 8 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (5.97%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (5.97%) Security Engineer
9 7 (5.22%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (5.22%) Developer
9 7 (5.22%) Support Analyst
9 7 (5.22%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.97%) REST
2 7 (5.22%) HTML
2 7 (5.22%) LDAP
2 7 (5.22%) OAuth
2 7 (5.22%) OpenID
2 7 (5.22%) SAML
3 6 (4.48%) .NET
3 6 (4.48%) CSS
4 2 (1.49%) SOAP
4 2 (1.49%) Web Services
5 1 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.75%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.75%) JSP
5 1 (0.75%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.75%) XML
5 1 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.16%) Cyber Defence
2 14 (10.45%) Management Information System
2 14 (10.45%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (9.70%) Onboarding
3 13 (9.70%) Security Posture
4 11 (8.21%) Data Centre
5 10 (7.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (6.72%) Mobile App
7 7 (5.22%) Hedge funds
8 6 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (4.48%) Public Cloud
8 6 (4.48%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (3.73%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.99%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.24%) Private Cloud
12 2 (1.49%) CMDB
12 2 (1.49%) Derivative
12 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 77 (57.46%) Windows
2 44 (32.84%) Linux
3 28 (20.90%) Windows Server
4 12 (8.96%) Mac OS
5 9 (6.72%) Windows 10
6 6 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.24%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.49%) Android
8 2 (1.49%) Unix
8 2 (1.49%) VMS
8 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.75%) CentOS
9 1 (0.75%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (24.63%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (23.88%) ITIL
4 26 (19.40%) Incident Response
5 21 (15.67%) CI/CD
5 21 (15.67%) DevOps
6 18 (13.43%) Mentoring
7 17 (12.69%) Application Security
7 17 (12.69%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (12.69%) SIEM
8 16 (11.94%) Security Operations
9 15 (11.19%) Root Cause Analysis
9 15 (11.19%) Threat Intelligence
10 14 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (10.45%) Customer Service
10 14 (10.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 14 (10.45%) Infrastructure Automation
10 14 (10.45%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 14 (10.45%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (10.45%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 71 (52.99%) Python
2 37 (27.61%) SQL
3 20 (14.93%) Bash
4 11 (8.21%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.22%) T-SQL
6 5 (3.73%) VBA
6 5 (3.73%) VBScript
7 4 (2.99%) Java
7 4 (2.99%) Perl
8 3 (2.24%) C
8 3 (2.24%) C#
8 3 (2.24%) C++
8 3 (2.24%) Go
8 3 (2.24%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.24%) Ruby
8 3 (2.24%) Rust
9 2 (1.49%) Bicep
9 2 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (10.45%) CISSP
2 13 (9.70%) GIAC
2 13 (9.70%) OSCP
3 12 (8.96%) CCSAM
3 12 (8.96%) CREST Certified
3 12 (8.96%) Degree
4 9 (6.72%) CHECK Team Leader
4 9 (6.72%) CHECK Team Member
5 8 (5.97%) CompTIA CySA+
5 8 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.22%) CISA
7 4 (2.99%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.99%) GPEN
8 3 (2.24%) GXPN
8 3 (2.24%) OSCE
9 2 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.49%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.75%) CCIE
10 1 (0.75%) GCFE
10 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (22.39%) NIST
2 24 (17.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (7.46%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (3.73%) GDPR
5 4 (2.99%) SLA
6 3 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.24%) QA
7 2 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.75%) NCSC
8 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (40.30%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.97%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.49%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.75%) Docker
7 1 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (20.15%) Terraform
2 23 (17.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (11.19%) Kubernetes
4 9 (6.72%) Nessus
5 7 (5.22%) Ansible
6 6 (4.48%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (3.73%) SCCM
8 1 (0.75%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.75%) Grafana
8 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.75%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.75%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 82 (61.19%) Microsoft
2 22 (16.42%) VMware
3 10 (7.46%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.97%) Google
5 6 (4.48%) Citrix
6 5 (3.73%) CyberArk
6 5 (3.73%) iManage
7 4 (2.99%) Cisco
7 4 (2.99%) MobileIron
8 3 (2.24%) Commvault
9 2 (1.49%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.49%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.49%) Splunk
10 1 (0.75%) Bomgar
10 1 (0.75%) Juniper
10 1 (0.75%) McAfee
10 1 (0.75%) Meraki
10 1 (0.75%) Okta
10 1 (0.75%) Oracle