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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 69 94
Rank change year-on-year -30 +25 -6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 101 136 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.32% 3.90% 1.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.25% 17.64% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 89 114 52
10th Percentile £30,300 £31,250 £41,375
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -12.84% +21.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £62,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £65,000 £68,675
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% -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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,092 771 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.27% 22.12% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 837 624 709
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,875 £79,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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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 job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the East of England

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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 1 September 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
Essex -8 38 £81,750 +72.11% 8
Hertfordshire -38 36 £57,500 +13.86% 42
Norfolk -18 9 £48,750 -
Cambridgeshire -49 8 £54,000 -6.09% 14
Bedfordshire -20 7 £40,000 -30.13% 1
Suffolk +5 3 £66,370 +6.19% 2
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 40 (39.60%) SharePoint
2 25 (24.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.99%) Confluence
3 1 (0.99%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 69 (68.32%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (63.37%) Azure
3 41 (40.59%) Entra ID
4 28 (27.72%) OneDrive
5 24 (23.76%) Power Platform
6 20 (19.80%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (19.80%) Power Automate
7 19 (18.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 19 (18.81%) Azure Logic Apps
7 19 (18.81%) PowerApps
8 12 (11.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (11.88%) Azure Storage
9 9 (8.91%) IaaS
10 8 (7.92%) Azure AKS
10 8 (7.92%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (6.93%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (2.97%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (2.97%) Google Workspace
13 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 38 (37.62%) Firewall
2 37 (36.63%) DNS
3 25 (24.75%) DHCP
4 23 (22.77%) TCP/IP
5 22 (21.78%) VPN
6 13 (12.87%) WAN
7 11 (10.89%) LAN
8 10 (9.90%) Wireless
9 9 (8.91%) VLAN
9 9 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (5.94%) FTP
10 6 (5.94%) HTTP
10 6 (5.94%) SAN
10 6 (5.94%) SMTP
11 4 (3.96%) Internet
12 3 (2.97%) NAS
12 3 (2.97%) Network Security
13 2 (1.98%) HTTPS
13 2 (1.98%) IP Telephony
13 2 (1.98%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (22.77%) Power BI
2 20 (19.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 43 (42.57%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.91%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (7.92%) Law
4 7 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.94%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.96%) Retail
7 2 (1.98%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.99%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (25.74%) Senior
2 21 (20.79%) IT Engineer
3 18 (17.82%) IT Support
4 16 (15.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (14.85%) Developer
5 15 (14.85%) Senior Developer
6 14 (13.86%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (13.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (11.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 12 (11.88%) Support Engineer
8 11 (10.89%) Analyst
9 10 (9.90%) Consultant
10 8 (7.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (7.92%) Administrator
11 7 (6.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (6.93%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Developer
11 7 (6.93%) Senior Microsoft Developer
12 6 (5.94%) SOC Analyst
12 6 (5.94%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (21.78%) Microsoft Graph
2 19 (18.81%) .NET
2 19 (18.81%) .NET Core
2 19 (18.81%) CSS
2 19 (18.81%) HTML
2 19 (18.81%) HTML5 Canvas
2 19 (18.81%) JSON
2 19 (18.81%) SPFx
3 12 (11.88%) Terraform
4 6 (5.94%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.88%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.94%) Client/Server
2 6 (5.94%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.94%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (4.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.96%) Clustering
4 4 (3.96%) Replication
4 4 (3.96%) Social Network
5 3 (2.97%) FMCG
6 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.98%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.99%) PKI
7 1 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 46 (45.54%) Windows
2 32 (31.68%) Windows Server
3 13 (12.87%) Linux
4 6 (5.94%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.97%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.97%) CentOS
5 3 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.97%) Rocky
5 3 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (33.66%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (29.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (24.75%) Technical Leadership
3 25 (24.75%) User Experience
4 24 (23.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (23.76%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (22.77%) Business Intelligence
6 21 (20.79%) Machine Learning
7 19 (18.81%) Document Management
7 19 (18.81%) Project Management
7 19 (18.81%) Web Design
8 17 (16.83%) High Availability
8 17 (16.83%) ITIL
8 17 (16.83%) Root Cause Analysis
9 14 (13.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (10.89%) Containerisation
10 11 (10.89%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (10.89%) Mentoring
11 10 (9.90%) SIEM
12 9 (8.91%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (27.72%) SQL
2 20 (19.80%) C#
3 19 (18.81%) JavaScript
3 19 (18.81%) TypeScript
4 13 (12.87%) Python
5 12 (11.88%) Bash
6 6 (5.94%) C++
6 6 (5.94%) Perl
7 5 (4.95%) Bicep
8 4 (3.96%) VB
9 1 (0.99%) Java
9 1 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (14.85%) Degree
2 14 (13.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (12.87%) Azure Certification
4 10 (9.90%) Security Cleared
5 9 (8.91%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (8.91%) SC Cleared
6 8 (7.92%) CEH
7 6 (5.94%) CCNA
7 6 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (5.94%) CREST Certified
8 5 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.95%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.97%) CCNP
10 2 (1.98%) CISA
10 2 (1.98%) CISM
10 2 (1.98%) MCDST
10 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.99%) MCSA
11 1 (0.99%) MCSE
11 1 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) GDPR
2 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.98%) NIST
4 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (37.62%) Active Directory
2 24 (23.76%) Hyper-V
3 14 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (9.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (7.92%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.96%) Docker
7 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (2.97%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.99%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (21.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (11.88%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.93%) Ansible
3 7 (6.93%) Proxmox
4 6 (5.94%) QRadar
5 3 (2.97%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.98%) SCCM
7 1 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.99%) Puppet
7 1 (0.99%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.99%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (78.22%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.81%) Adobe
3 14 (13.86%) VMware
4 6 (5.94%) Splunk
5 5 (4.95%) Apple
5 5 (4.95%) ConnectWise
6 4 (3.96%) Draytek
6 4 (3.96%) SonicWALL
6 4 (3.96%) Veeam
7 3 (2.97%) Cisco
7 3 (2.97%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.97%) Google
7 3 (2.97%) Meraki
7 3 (2.97%) NetApp
7 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.97%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (1.98%) Sophos
9 1 (0.99%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.99%) Commvault
9 1 (0.99%) WatchGuard