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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 107 84
Rank change year-on-year +12 -23 +34
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 65 74 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.42% 2.18% 2.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.22% 6.35% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 56 55 90
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,700 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,063 £43,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £52,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +20.00% -23.91%
75th Percentile £52,750 £63,750 £66,875
90th Percentile £64,375 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -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 532 1,165 1,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.62% 34.26% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 403 577 1,217
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -2 31 £43,085 -21.66% 13
Cambridgeshire +10 12 £57,500 +9.52% 5
Suffolk +4 9 £32,500 - 3
Bedfordshire +17 6 £31,000 -38.00% 3
Essex +3 6 £32,750 - 3
Norfolk - 1 £28,500 - 1
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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 9 (13.85%) SharePoint
2 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (7.69%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (4.62%) Confluence
4 3 (4.62%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (18.46%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) NEC Housing
2 3 (4.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (4.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (63.08%) Azure
2 40 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (18.46%) Entra ID
4 11 (16.92%) Power Platform
5 7 (10.77%) IaaS
5 7 (10.77%) PaaS
6 6 (9.23%) Power Automate
6 6 (9.23%) PowerApps
7 5 (7.69%) AWS
8 4 (6.15%) Google Workspace
9 3 (4.62%) GCP
9 3 (4.62%) SaaS
9 3 (4.62%) Serverless
10 2 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (3.08%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (3.08%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (3.08%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.54%) Datadog
11 1 (1.54%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (33.85%) Firewall
2 20 (30.77%) DHCP
2 20 (30.77%) TCP/IP
3 19 (29.23%) DNS
4 14 (21.54%) VLAN
5 8 (12.31%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (10.77%) VPN
7 6 (9.23%) LAN
7 6 (9.23%) Wireless
8 4 (6.15%) Internet
8 4 (6.15%) IP Telephony
8 4 (6.15%) WAN
9 3 (4.62%) Skype
10 2 (3.08%) Network Security
10 2 (3.08%) SD-WAN
10 2 (3.08%) Wireshark
11 1 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (1.54%) NGFW
11 1 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (1.54%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.31%) Power BI
2 7 (10.77%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.15%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (6.15%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (6.15%) MS Access
3 4 (6.15%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (9.23%) JIRA
2 4 (6.15%) Toad
3 1 (1.54%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.69%) Finance
4 5 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Local Government
5 4 (6.15%) Retail
5 4 (6.15%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.62%) Automotive
7 2 (3.08%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.08%) Legal
7 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) IT Support
2 18 (27.69%) Support Engineer
3 14 (21.54%) IT Engineer
4 11 (16.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (12.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (10.77%) Applications Engineer
6 7 (10.77%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (10.77%) IT Technician
6 7 (10.77%) Senior
6 7 (10.77%) Support Technician
7 6 (9.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (7.69%) Administrator
8 5 (7.69%) Analyst
9 4 (6.15%) Applications Support
9 4 (6.15%) Applications Support Engineer
9 4 (6.15%) Consultant
9 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 4 (6.15%) IT Administrator
9 4 (6.15%) Senior Applications Support
9 4 (6.15%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) Web Services
2 1 (1.54%) EDI
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (6.15%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.15%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.62%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.62%) IoT
3 3 (4.62%) iPad
4 2 (3.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.54%) Clustering
5 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (80.00%) Windows
2 37 (56.92%) Windows Server
3 16 (24.62%) Windows 10
4 7 (10.77%) Linux
5 6 (9.23%) Android
5 6 (9.23%) Mac OS
5 6 (9.23%) VMS
6 5 (7.69%) Apple iOS
7 4 (6.15%) Unix
7 4 (6.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.54%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.54%) Windows 8
9 1 (1.54%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.92%) ITIL
1 24 (36.92%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (27.69%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (21.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (13.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (13.85%) ITSM
4 9 (13.85%) Service Delivery
4 9 (13.85%) Workflow
5 8 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (12.31%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (10.77%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (10.77%) Customer Service
6 7 (10.77%) ERP
6 7 (10.77%) User Experience
7 6 (9.23%) Change Management
7 6 (9.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (9.23%) Project Delivery
7 6 (9.23%) Runbook
7 6 (9.23%) SIEM
7 6 (9.23%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.85%) Python
1 9 (13.85%) SQL
2 7 (10.77%) VB
2 7 (10.77%) VBScript
3 4 (6.15%) Bash
3 4 (6.15%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.54%) Bicep
4 1 (1.54%) C#
4 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (13.85%) Degree
3 8 (12.31%) MCSA
4 7 (10.77%) DBS Check
5 6 (9.23%) Azure Certification
5 6 (9.23%) CCNA
5 6 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (9.23%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.62%) A+ Certification
7 3 (4.62%) CEH
7 3 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (4.62%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.08%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (3.08%) GIAC
8 2 (3.08%) GREM
8 2 (3.08%) GSEC
8 2 (3.08%) MCDST
8 2 (3.08%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.54%) NIST
3 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (56.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.15%) Docker
3 4 (6.15%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (6.15%) vSphere
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (10.77%) SCCM
2 4 (6.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.15%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (6.15%) Terraform
2 4 (6.15%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.62%) SCOM
3 3 (4.62%) WSUS
4 2 (3.08%) Ansible
4 2 (3.08%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (3.08%) QRadar
5 1 (1.54%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.54%) Grafana
5 1 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 45 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.31%) SAP
2 8 (12.31%) VMware
3 7 (10.77%) ServiceNow
4 6 (9.23%) Apple
5 5 (7.69%) Cisco
5 5 (7.69%) Oracle
6 4 (6.15%) Google
6 4 (6.15%) NEC
6 4 (6.15%) SolarWinds
7 3 (4.62%) Atlassian
7 3 (4.62%) Remedy
8 2 (3.08%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (3.08%) Splunk
8 2 (3.08%) Veeam
9 1 (1.54%) Aruba
9 1 (1.54%) Meraki
9 1 (1.54%) Okta
9 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.54%) Sophos