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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 104 80
Rank change year-on-year +33 -24 +30
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 101 80 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.79% 1.89% 2.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.58% 6.37% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 99 54 36
10th Percentile £30,500 £41,625 £27,000
25th Percentile £39,250 £48,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +6.98%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £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 609 1,255 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.85% 29.60% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 508 584 460
10th Percentile £28,750 £43,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £86,375
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 21 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 21 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 +29 43 £43,149 -21.55% 22
Essex +13 23 £47,500 -12.04% 6
Cambridgeshire +24 17 £57,500 +4.55% 11
Suffolk -14 11 £32,500 - 1
Bedfordshire +12 6 £31,000 -38.00% 3
Norfolk - 1 £28,500 -
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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 31 (30.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (22.77%) SharePoint
3 15 (14.85%) Confluence
4 7 (6.93%) Skype for Business
5 5 (4.95%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.96%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (79.21%) Azure
2 57 (56.44%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (28.71%) Power Platform
4 19 (18.81%) PowerApps
5 17 (16.83%) Entra ID
5 17 (16.83%) Power Automate
6 14 (13.86%) Serverless
7 8 (7.92%) AWS
7 8 (7.92%) IaaS
8 6 (5.94%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (4.95%) PaaS
10 4 (3.96%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (3.96%) Google Workspace
11 3 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.97%) Cohesity
11 3 (2.97%) SaaS
12 2 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.98%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (28.71%) Firewall
2 17 (16.83%) DHCP
2 17 (16.83%) TCP/IP
3 16 (15.84%) DNS
4 15 (14.85%) Internet
5 14 (13.86%) Wireless
6 9 (8.91%) VPN
7 7 (6.93%) IP Telephony
7 7 (6.93%) Skype
7 7 (6.93%) VLAN
7 7 (6.93%) WAN
7 7 (6.93%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (4.95%) SAN
9 4 (3.96%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.97%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (2.97%) VSAN
11 2 (1.98%) LAN
11 2 (1.98%) Network Security
11 2 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.99%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.92%) Power BI
3 4 (3.96%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (3.96%) MS Access
3 4 (3.96%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.99%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (22.77%) JIRA
2 4 (3.96%) Toad
3 3 (2.97%) GitLab
4 1 (0.99%) Git
4 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (20.79%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.86%) Automotive
3 9 (8.91%) Finance
4 6 (5.94%) Legal
4 6 (5.94%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.96%) Local Government
5 4 (3.96%) Retail
6 3 (2.97%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.97%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.99%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 25 (24.75%) Support Engineer
2 21 (20.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (18.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 17 (16.83%) Azure Engineer
5 14 (13.86%) IT Engineer
5 14 (13.86%) IT Support
5 14 (13.86%) Senior
6 12 (11.88%) 3rd Line Support
6 12 (11.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 10 (9.90%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (8.91%) Analyst
9 7 (6.93%) Administrator
9 7 (6.93%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) IT Support Technician
9 7 (6.93%) IT Technician
9 7 (6.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Support Technician
10 6 (5.94%) IT Analyst
10 6 (5.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.93%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.98%) LDAP
2 2 (1.98%) Web Services
3 1 (0.99%) EDI
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.99%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.86%) IoT
2 9 (8.91%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.96%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.96%) iPad
6 3 (2.97%) Blackberry
6 3 (2.97%) Clustering
6 3 (2.97%) PKI
6 3 (2.97%) RSA SecurID
6 3 (2.97%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.99%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 76 (75.25%) Windows
2 57 (56.44%) Windows Server
3 15 (14.85%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (12.87%) Linux
4 13 (12.87%) Windows 10
5 10 (9.90%) Mac OS
6 9 (8.91%) Android
7 4 (3.96%) Unix
8 3 (2.97%) Apple iOS
8 3 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (2.97%) VMS
9 1 (0.99%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.99%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.99%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (37.62%) ITIL
2 26 (25.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (19.80%) Task Automation
4 16 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (15.84%) ITSM
5 12 (11.88%) Patch Management
6 11 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (9.90%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (9.90%) DevOps
7 10 (9.90%) Migration
7 10 (9.90%) Service Delivery
8 9 (8.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (7.92%) Customer Service
9 8 (7.92%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (6.93%) Agile
10 7 (6.93%) User Experience
11 6 (5.94%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (5.94%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.84%) Python
2 12 (11.88%) SQL
3 8 (7.92%) Bash
4 7 (6.93%) VBScript
5 4 (3.96%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.96%) VB
6 3 (2.97%) Bicep
7 1 (0.99%) C#
7 1 (0.99%) Go
7 1 (0.99%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (16.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (11.88%) Degree
3 11 (10.89%) CCNA
3 11 (10.89%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (8.91%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.92%) DBS Check
5 8 (7.92%) MCSA
5 8 (7.92%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.94%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.97%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.97%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.97%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.97%) MCDST
8 2 (1.98%) CEH
8 2 (1.98%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.98%) GSEC
8 2 (1.98%) MCP
8 2 (1.98%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.99%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) SLA
2 3 (2.97%) GDPR
3 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.98%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.99%) NIST
System Software
1 44 (43.56%) Active Directory
2 26 (25.74%) Hyper-V
3 19 (18.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.95%) Docker
5 3 (2.97%) vSphere
6 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.99%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (16.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (14.85%) SCCM
3 12 (11.88%) Backup Exec
4 10 (9.90%) Terraform
5 7 (6.93%) SCOM
5 7 (6.93%) WSUS
6 4 (3.96%) Ansible
6 4 (3.96%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (3.96%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.97%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.99%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.99%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.99%) QRadar
Vendors
1 80 (79.21%) Microsoft
2 24 (23.76%) VMware
3 14 (13.86%) Atlassian
3 14 (13.86%) Veeam
4 13 (12.87%) ServiceNow
5 8 (7.92%) Cisco
6 6 (5.94%) Apple
6 6 (5.94%) Remedy
6 6 (5.94%) SAP
7 5 (4.95%) Oracle
8 4 (3.96%) Google
8 4 (3.96%) HP
8 4 (3.96%) NEC
8 4 (3.96%) Okta
9 3 (2.97%) Dell
9 3 (2.97%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (2.97%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.98%) Meraki
10 2 (1.98%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.98%) Sophos