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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 104 86
Rank change year-on-year +28 -18 +16
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 110 78 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.31% 1.88% 2.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.49% 6.78% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 105 50 30
10th Percentile £29,274 £42,375 £32,050
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £59,688
90th Percentile - £68,200 £71,200
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 629 1,151 678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 18.95% 27.75% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 517 529 466
10th Percentile £28,750 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £74,250 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 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 20 October 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 20 October 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 +37 43 £50,500 +1.00% 15
Essex +15 27 £47,500 -12.04% 10
Cambridgeshire +23 24 £57,500 -0.86% 5
Suffolk -20 11 £32,500 - 2
Bedfordshire -12 4 £31,000 -38.00% 7
Norfolk - 1 £28,500 - 7
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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 33 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (19.09%) SharePoint
3 15 (13.64%) Confluence
4 9 (8.18%) IIS
4 9 (8.18%) Tomcat
5 7 (6.36%) Skype for Business
6 4 (3.64%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (17.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.64%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 93 (84.55%) Azure
2 67 (60.91%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (25.45%) Power Platform
4 27 (24.55%) Power Automate
5 24 (21.82%) Entra ID
6 19 (17.27%) PowerApps
7 14 (12.73%) Serverless
8 13 (11.82%) AWS
9 9 (8.18%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (7.27%) IaaS
11 7 (6.36%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (4.55%) PaaS
13 4 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (3.64%) Azure Storage
13 4 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (3.64%) SaaS
14 3 (2.73%) Cohesity
14 3 (2.73%) Google Workspace
15 2 (1.82%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (1.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (23.64%) Firewall
2 19 (17.27%) DHCP
2 19 (17.27%) DNS
2 19 (17.27%) TCP/IP
3 18 (16.36%) Wireless
4 15 (13.64%) Internet
5 9 (8.18%) DMARC
5 9 (8.18%) SSL
5 9 (8.18%) VPN
6 7 (6.36%) IP Telephony
6 7 (6.36%) Skype
6 7 (6.36%) WAN
7 6 (5.45%) VLAN
8 5 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (3.64%) SAN
9 4 (3.64%) SD-WAN
9 4 (3.64%) Wireless Security
10 3 (2.73%) VSAN
11 2 (1.82%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (1.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (19.09%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.18%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (6.36%) Power BI
4 4 (3.64%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.64%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (3.64%) MS Access
4 4 (3.64%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.91%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.91%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.91%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 20 (18.18%) JIRA
2 4 (3.64%) Toad
3 3 (2.73%) GitLab
4 2 (1.82%) Git
5 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.73%) Automotive
3 10 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (8.18%) Czech Language
4 9 (8.18%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (6.36%) Finance
6 6 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.55%) Legal
7 5 (4.55%) Retail
8 4 (3.64%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.64%) Local Government
9 2 (1.82%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.91%) Advertising
10 1 (0.91%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 28 (25.45%) Support Engineer
2 26 (23.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (19.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (18.18%) Administrator
4 20 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
4 20 (18.18%) IT Support
5 19 (17.27%) 3rd Line Support
5 19 (17.27%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 14 (12.73%) Senior
7 12 (10.91%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (10.91%) IT Administrator
7 12 (10.91%) IT Engineer
8 9 (8.18%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (8.18%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (6.36%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
9 7 (6.36%) Infrastructure Support
9 7 (6.36%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 7 (6.36%) IT Support Technician
9 7 (6.36%) IT Technician
9 7 (6.36%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.09%) REST
2 9 (8.18%) JSON
2 9 (8.18%) SOAP
2 9 (8.18%) XML
3 7 (6.36%) ARM Templates
4 3 (2.73%) LDAP
5 2 (1.82%) Web Services
6 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.73%) IoT
2 10 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 10 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (8.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.64%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.64%) iPad
4 4 (3.64%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.73%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.73%) Clustering
5 3 (2.73%) PKI
5 3 (2.73%) RSA SecurID
6 1 (0.91%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.91%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.91%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.91%) NHS
6 1 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 85 (77.27%) Windows
2 59 (53.64%) Windows Server
3 23 (20.91%) Linux
4 18 (16.36%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (11.82%) Unix
5 13 (11.82%) Windows 10
6 9 (8.18%) Mac OS
7 7 (6.36%) Android
7 7 (6.36%) VMS
8 3 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.91%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.91%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.91%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (32.73%) ITIL
2 27 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (23.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (20.00%) Task Automation
5 17 (15.45%) Agile
6 16 (14.55%) ITSM
6 16 (14.55%) Project Management
7 15 (13.64%) Customer Service
7 15 (13.64%) DevOps
7 15 (13.64%) Patch Management
8 11 (10.00%) Migration
8 11 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 10 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
10 9 (8.18%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (8.18%) CRM
10 9 (8.18%) Data Privacy
10 9 (8.18%) Portfolio Management
11 8 (7.27%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 20 (18.18%) SQL
2 17 (15.45%) Python
3 11 (10.00%) Bash
4 10 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 9 (8.18%) Java
5 9 (8.18%) VBA
6 6 (5.45%) VBScript
7 4 (3.64%) Bicep
7 4 (3.64%) Shell Script
7 4 (3.64%) VB
8 1 (0.91%) C#
8 1 (0.91%) Go
8 1 (0.91%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (14.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (13.64%) Degree
3 10 (9.09%) CCNA
3 10 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 9 (8.18%) DBS Check
5 8 (7.27%) MCSA
5 8 (7.27%) SC Cleared
6 7 (6.36%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.64%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.73%) MCDST
10 2 (1.82%) A+ Certification
10 2 (1.82%) MCP
11 1 (0.91%) CISA
11 1 (0.91%) CISM
11 1 (0.91%) HNC
11 1 (0.91%) HND
11 1 (0.91%) MCSE
11 1 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.73%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.73%) SLA
3 1 (0.91%) GDPR
3 1 (0.91%) NIST
System Software
1 49 (44.55%) Active Directory
2 28 (25.45%) Hyper-V
3 22 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.64%) Docker
5 3 (2.73%) vSphere
6 2 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.91%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 31 (28.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (13.64%) Backup Exec
3 13 (11.82%) SCCM
4 10 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (9.09%) Terraform
5 7 (6.36%) SCOM
5 7 (6.36%) WSUS
6 3 (2.73%) Ansible
6 3 (2.73%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (2.73%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.73%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.91%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.91%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.91%) QRadar
Vendors
1 92 (83.64%) Microsoft
2 26 (23.64%) VMware
3 16 (14.55%) Veeam
4 14 (12.73%) Atlassian
5 13 (11.82%) Oracle
6 9 (8.18%) ServiceNow
7 7 (6.36%) Cisco
8 6 (5.45%) Apple
8 6 (5.45%) Remedy
9 4 (3.64%) HP
9 4 (3.64%) NEC
9 4 (3.64%) SAP
10 3 (2.73%) Dell
10 3 (2.73%) Google
10 3 (2.73%) Meraki
10 3 (2.73%) Nimble Storage
10 3 (2.73%) Okta
10 3 (2.73%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.82%) Sophos
12 1 (0.91%) Commvault