PowerShell Job Trends in the East of England

Windows PowerShell
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	121	77	100
Rank change year-on-year	-44	+23	-14
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell	95	110	81
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England	1.11%	3.31%	1.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category	8.33%	17.41%	7.03%
Number of salaries quoted	72	105	52
10^th Percentile	£31,325	£29,274	£42,625
25^th Percentile	£34,750	£39,250	£47,875
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£56,250	£47,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+18.42%	-9.52%	+8.25%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£63,750	£63,875
90^th Percentile	£92,500	-	£69,800
England median annual salary	£57,500	£57,500	£62,500
% change year-on-year	-	-8.00%	+4.17%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	1,141	632	1,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England	13.35%	18.99%	27.65%
Number of salaries quoted	896	520	533
10^th Percentile	£36,250	£28,750	£42,500
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£35,000	£47,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£52,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.38%	-13.33%	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£62,500	£77,500
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£73,875	£85,000
England median annual salary	£65,000	£62,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.85%	-

PowerShell Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

PowerShell Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PowerShell.

PowerShell Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the East of England

PowerShell Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Hertfordshire	-40	41	£60,000	+18.81%	28
Essex	-21	25	£36,000	-24.21%	6
Norfolk	-21	9	£69,599	+144.21%	4
Bedfordshire	-12	7	£34,000	+9.68%	5
Cambridgeshire	-48	7	£54,000	-6.09%	15
Suffolk	+10	6	£67,663	+108.19%	2
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PowerShell Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing PowerShell also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region with a requirement for PowerShell.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	76.8%	73
2	Microsoft 365	64.2%	61
3	Windows	62.1%	59
4	Azure	55.8%	53
5	Entra ID	50.5%	48
6	Active Directory	48.4%	46
7	Infrastructure Engineering	41.1%	39
7	Windows Server	41.1%	39
9	DNS	35.8%	34
10	SharePoint	34.7%	33
11	Firewall	33.7%	32
12	Microsoft Exchange	31.6%	30
13	DHCP	30.5%	29
14	Problem-Solving	29.5%	28
15	Hyper-V	25.3%	24
16	OneDrive	24.2%	23
16	VPN	24.2%	23
18	Continuous Improvement	23.2%	22
18	Microsoft Intune	23.2%	22
18	TCP/IP	23.2%	22
21	Cybersecurity	22.1%	21
22	Technical Leadership	21.1%	20
23	Linux	18.9%	18
23	Python	18.9%	18
23	VMware	18.9%	18
23	VMware Infrastructure	18.9%	18
27	Root Cause Analysis	17.9%	17
28	AI	15.8%	15
28	Degree	15.8%	15
28	Disaster Recovery	15.8%	15

PowerShell Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	18.9%	18
2	SQL	15.8%	15
3	Bash	13.7%	13
4	C#	9.5%	9
5	JavaScript	7.4%	7
5	TypeScript	7.4%	7
7	Bicep	6.3%	6
8	C++	5.3%	5
8	Perl	5.3%	5
10	VB	4.2%	4
11	Java	3.2%	3