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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 105 83
Rank change year-on-year +35 -22 +19
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 106 78 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.10% 1.87% 2.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.24% 6.69% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 104 52 34
10th Percentile £30,500 £41,375 £29,725
25th Percentile £39,250 £49,375 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £64,625 £70,000 £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 615 1,166 650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.97% 27.96% 30.63%
Number of salaries quoted 518 526 465
10th Percentile £28,750 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,313 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,750
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 11 November 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 11 November 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 +19 44 £43,213 -21.43% 22
Essex +12 26 £47,500 -12.04% 5
Cambridgeshire +27 18 £57,500 +4.55% 7
Suffolk -14 11 £32,500 - 1
Bedfordshire +9 6 £31,000 -38.00% 4
Norfolk - 1 £28,500 - 4
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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 34 (32.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (21.70%) SharePoint
3 15 (14.15%) Confluence
4 7 (6.60%) Skype for Business
5 5 (4.72%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (1.89%) IIS
6 2 (1.89%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (12.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.77%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (80.19%) Azure
2 63 (59.43%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (27.36%) Power Platform
4 19 (17.92%) Entra ID
4 19 (17.92%) Power Automate
4 19 (17.92%) PowerApps
5 14 (13.21%) Serverless
6 8 (7.55%) AWS
6 8 (7.55%) IaaS
7 6 (5.66%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (4.72%) PaaS
9 4 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (3.77%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.83%) Cohesity
10 3 (2.83%) SaaS
11 2 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 28 (26.42%) Firewall
2 17 (16.04%) DHCP
2 17 (16.04%) TCP/IP
3 16 (15.09%) DNS
4 15 (14.15%) Internet
5 14 (13.21%) Wireless
6 9 (8.49%) VPN
7 7 (6.60%) IP Telephony
7 7 (6.60%) Skype
7 7 (6.60%) VLAN
7 7 (6.60%) WAN
7 7 (6.60%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (4.72%) SAN
9 4 (3.77%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.83%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (2.83%) VSAN
11 2 (1.89%) DMARC
11 2 (1.89%) LAN
11 2 (1.89%) Network Security
11 2 (1.89%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.21%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.55%) Power BI
3 4 (3.77%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (3.77%) MS Access
3 4 (3.77%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (21.70%) JIRA
2 4 (3.77%) Toad
3 3 (2.83%) GitLab
4 1 (0.94%) Git
4 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (21.70%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.21%) Automotive
3 9 (8.49%) Finance
4 6 (5.66%) Legal
4 6 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.77%) Local Government
5 4 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.77%) Retail
6 3 (2.83%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.83%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.89%) Czech Language
7 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 28 (26.42%) Support Engineer
2 23 (21.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 22 (20.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 20 (18.87%) Azure Engineer
5 16 (15.09%) IT Support
6 15 (14.15%) 3rd Line Support
6 15 (14.15%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 14 (13.21%) IT Engineer
7 14 (13.21%) Senior
8 12 (11.32%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (8.49%) Analyst
9 9 (8.49%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Administrator
11 7 (6.60%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
11 7 (6.60%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (6.60%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 7 (6.60%) IT Support Technician
11 7 (6.60%) IT Technician
11 7 (6.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (6.60%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.60%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.83%) REST
3 2 (1.89%) JSON
3 2 (1.89%) LDAP
3 2 (1.89%) SOAP
3 2 (1.89%) Web Services
3 2 (1.89%) XML
4 1 (0.94%) EDI
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.21%) IoT
2 9 (8.49%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (6.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.77%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.77%) iPad
4 4 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.83%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.83%) Clustering
5 3 (2.83%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.83%) PKI
5 3 (2.83%) RSA SecurID
5 3 (2.83%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.94%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 81 (76.42%) Windows
2 60 (56.60%) Windows Server
3 18 (16.98%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (14.15%) Linux
5 13 (12.26%) Windows 10
6 11 (10.38%) Mac OS
7 9 (8.49%) Android
8 6 (5.66%) Unix
9 3 (2.83%) Apple iOS
9 3 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (2.83%) VMS
10 1 (0.94%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.94%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.94%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (38.68%) ITIL
2 28 (26.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (21.70%) Task Automation
4 17 (16.04%) ITSM
5 15 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (14.15%) Patch Management
6 11 (10.38%) DevOps
7 10 (9.43%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (9.43%) Customer Service
7 10 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (9.43%) Migration
7 10 (9.43%) Service Delivery
8 9 (8.49%) Agile
8 9 (8.49%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (6.60%) User Experience
11 6 (5.66%) Decision-Making
11 6 (5.66%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.04%) Python
2 14 (13.21%) SQL
3 8 (7.55%) Bash
4 7 (6.60%) VBScript
5 4 (3.77%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.77%) VB
6 3 (2.83%) Bicep
6 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.89%) Java
7 2 (1.89%) VBA
8 1 (0.94%) C#
8 1 (0.94%) Go
8 1 (0.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (16.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (12.26%) Degree
3 11 (10.38%) CCNA
3 11 (10.38%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (8.49%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.55%) DBS Check
5 8 (7.55%) MCSA
5 8 (7.55%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.66%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.83%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.83%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.83%) MCDST
8 2 (1.89%) CEH
8 2 (1.89%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (1.89%) GSEC
8 2 (1.89%) MCP
8 2 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.94%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.77%) SLA
2 3 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.89%) GDPR
3 2 (1.89%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.94%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (43.40%) Active Directory
2 29 (27.36%) Hyper-V
3 22 (20.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.77%) Docker
5 3 (2.83%) vSphere
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.94%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (18.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (14.15%) Backup Exec
2 15 (14.15%) SCCM
3 10 (9.43%) Terraform
4 7 (6.60%) SCOM
4 7 (6.60%) WSUS
5 4 (3.77%) Ansible
5 4 (3.77%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.83%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (2.83%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.94%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.94%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 86 (81.13%) Microsoft
2 27 (25.47%) VMware
3 17 (16.04%) Veeam
4 14 (13.21%) Atlassian
5 13 (12.26%) ServiceNow
6 8 (7.55%) Cisco
7 7 (6.60%) Oracle
8 6 (5.66%) Apple
8 6 (5.66%) Remedy
8 6 (5.66%) SAP
9 4 (3.77%) Google
9 4 (3.77%) HP
9 4 (3.77%) NEC
9 4 (3.77%) Okta
10 3 (2.83%) Dell
10 3 (2.83%) Nimble Storage
10 3 (2.83%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.89%) Meraki
11 2 (1.89%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.89%) Sophos