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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 109 61
Rank change year-on-year +32 -48 +44
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 83 76 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.02% 2.07% 3.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.09% 6.41% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 79 57 38
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,000 £27,400
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.20% +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 589 1,185 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.30% 32.24% 32.89%
Number of salaries quoted 469 566 454
10th Percentile £29,950 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,100 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025. 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 +21 40 £43,085 -21.66% 30
Cambridgeshire +16 13 £57,500 +6.98% 12
Essex +2 12 £47,500 -12.04% 14
Suffolk -17 11 £32,500 - 3
Bedfordshire +20 6 £31,000 -38.00% 16
Norfolk - 1 £28,500 - 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 22 (26.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (22.89%) SharePoint
3 10 (12.05%) Confluence
4 7 (8.43%) Skype for Business
5 5 (6.02%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (4.82%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (73.49%) Azure
2 47 (56.63%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (27.71%) Power Platform
4 14 (16.87%) Entra ID
5 13 (15.66%) PowerApps
6 12 (14.46%) Power Automate
7 9 (10.84%) Serverless
8 7 (8.43%) AWS
9 6 (7.23%) IaaS
10 5 (6.02%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (4.82%) PaaS
11 4 (4.82%) SaaS
12 3 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (3.61%) Cohesity
12 3 (3.61%) GCP
13 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (2.41%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (2.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.12%) Firewall
2 17 (20.48%) TCP/IP
3 15 (18.07%) DHCP
4 14 (16.87%) DNS
5 10 (12.05%) Internet
6 9 (10.84%) Wireless
7 7 (8.43%) IP Telephony
7 7 (8.43%) Skype
7 7 (8.43%) VLAN
7 7 (8.43%) VPN
7 7 (8.43%) WAN
7 7 (8.43%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (4.82%) SAN
8 4 (4.82%) SD-WAN
9 3 (3.61%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (3.61%) LAN
9 3 (3.61%) VSAN
10 2 (2.41%) Network Security
10 2 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (1.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.64%) Power BI
3 4 (4.82%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (4.82%) MS Access
3 4 (4.82%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (18.07%) JIRA
2 4 (4.82%) Toad
3 3 (3.61%) GitLab
4 1 (1.20%) CircleCI
4 1 (1.20%) Git
4 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.84%) Automotive
2 9 (10.84%) Finance
3 6 (7.23%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.82%) Legal
4 4 (4.82%) Local Government
5 3 (3.61%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Retail
6 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (19.28%) Support Engineer
2 14 (16.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (16.87%) IT Support
2 14 (16.87%) Senior
3 12 (14.46%) IT Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 8 (9.64%) Analyst
6 7 (8.43%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (8.43%) IT Technician
6 7 (8.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Support Technician
7 6 (7.23%) Administrator
7 6 (7.23%) Applications Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) IT Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Senior Support Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.23%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.41%) Web Services
3 1 (1.20%) EDI
3 1 (1.20%) LDAP
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.20%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) IoT
2 8 (9.64%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.23%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.82%) iPad
6 3 (3.61%) Blackberry
6 3 (3.61%) Clustering
6 3 (3.61%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.61%) PKI
6 3 (3.61%) RSA SecurID
6 3 (3.61%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 63 (75.90%) Windows
2 46 (55.42%) Windows Server
3 13 (15.66%) Windows 10
4 12 (14.46%) Linux
5 9 (10.84%) Android
6 7 (8.43%) Mac OS
7 5 (6.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (4.82%) Unix
9 3 (3.61%) Apple iOS
9 3 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (2.41%) VMS
11 1 (1.20%) Windows 2000
11 1 (1.20%) Windows 8
11 1 (1.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.53%) ITIL
2 26 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (21.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (15.66%) ITSM
6 11 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (13.25%) Service Delivery
6 11 (13.25%) Task Automation
7 9 (10.84%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (10.84%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (10.84%) Migration
8 8 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (9.64%) Customer Service
8 8 (9.64%) DevOps
8 8 (9.64%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (8.43%) Agile
9 7 (8.43%) User Experience
9 7 (8.43%) Workflow
10 5 (6.02%) AI
10 5 (6.02%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.87%) Python
2 12 (14.46%) SQL
3 7 (8.43%) VBScript
4 6 (7.23%) Bash
5 4 (4.82%) Shell Script
5 4 (4.82%) VB
6 2 (2.41%) Bicep
7 1 (1.20%) C#
7 1 (1.20%) Go
7 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (19.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (13.25%) CCNA
2 11 (13.25%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (13.25%) Degree
3 9 (10.84%) Security Cleared
4 8 (9.64%) DBS Check
4 8 (9.64%) MCSA
5 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.02%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.61%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.61%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.61%) MCDST
8 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.41%) CEH
8 2 (2.41%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (2.41%) GSEC
8 2 (2.41%) MCP
8 2 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) SLA
2 3 (3.61%) GDPR
3 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.20%) NIST
4 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (49.40%) Active Directory
2 14 (16.87%) Hyper-V
3 10 (12.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (6.02%) Docker
5 3 (3.61%) vSphere
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.20%) Terminal Server
6 1 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (15.66%) SCCM
3 9 (10.84%) Terraform
4 7 (8.43%) SCOM
4 7 (8.43%) WSUS
5 5 (6.02%) Kubernetes
6 4 (4.82%) Ansible
7 3 (3.61%) Backup Exec
7 3 (3.61%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (2.41%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (1.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (1.20%) CSIRT
9 1 (1.20%) Grafana
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (1.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 64 (77.11%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.07%) VMware
3 11 (13.25%) ServiceNow
4 9 (10.84%) Atlassian
5 8 (9.64%) Cisco
6 7 (8.43%) SAP
7 6 (7.23%) Apple
7 6 (7.23%) Remedy
8 5 (6.02%) Oracle
8 5 (6.02%) Veeam
9 4 (4.82%) HP
9 4 (4.82%) NEC
10 3 (3.61%) Red Hat
11 2 (2.41%) Dell
11 2 (2.41%) Google
11 2 (2.41%) Meraki
11 2 (2.41%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (2.41%) Okta
11 2 (2.41%) Palo Alto
11 2 (2.41%) Sophos