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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 89 89
Rank change year-on-year +18 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 129 83 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.80% 1.84% 2.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.82% 7.49% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 109 49 32
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.95% -9.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £57,813
90th Percentile - £68,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 724 1,108 786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 21.35% 24.62% 31.09%
Number of salaries quoted 574 597 502
10th Percentile £28,900 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £72,375
90th Percentile £79,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,617 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.19% -3.85% +1.63%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell 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 September 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 September 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 +47 50 £50,000 +5.26% 30
Essex +13 28 £47,500 -12.04% 3
Cambridgeshire +25 25 £57,500 -0.86% 4
Bedfordshire -18 14 £59,500 +10.70% 11
Suffolk -21 12 £47,500 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (24.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (20.93%) SharePoint
3 16 (12.40%) IIS
4 15 (11.63%) Confluence
5 9 (6.98%) Tomcat
6 7 (5.43%) Skype for Business
7 4 (3.10%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.78%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.78%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.10%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 90 (69.77%) Azure
2 71 (55.04%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (24.03%) Power Platform
4 26 (20.16%) Power Automate
5 25 (19.38%) Entra ID
6 18 (13.95%) PowerApps
7 14 (10.85%) Serverless
8 11 (8.53%) AWS
9 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (6.20%) IaaS
11 7 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (4.65%) Azure Storage
13 5 (3.88%) PaaS
14 4 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (3.10%) SaaS
15 3 (2.33%) Cohesity
15 3 (2.33%) Google Workspace
16 2 (1.55%) Azure Key Vault
16 2 (1.55%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 31 (24.03%) TCP/IP
2 26 (20.16%) Firewall
3 25 (19.38%) VPN
4 21 (16.28%) DNS
5 20 (15.50%) Wireless
6 19 (14.73%) DHCP
7 14 (10.85%) Internet
8 9 (6.98%) DMARC
8 9 (6.98%) SSL
9 8 (6.20%) FTP
10 7 (5.43%) IP Telephony
10 7 (5.43%) Skype
10 7 (5.43%) VLAN
10 7 (5.43%) WAN
11 6 (4.65%) Wireless Security
12 5 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (3.10%) SAN
13 4 (3.10%) SD-WAN
14 3 (2.33%) VSAN
15 2 (1.55%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (21.71%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.75%) Power BI
3 9 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.10%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (3.10%) MS Access
4 4 (3.10%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.55%) MySQL
6 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.78%) Big Data
6 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (15.50%) JIRA
2 15 (11.63%) Cucumber
2 15 (11.63%) Robot Framework
3 7 (5.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (3.10%) Toad
5 3 (2.33%) Git
5 3 (2.33%) GitLab
General
1 48 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.18%) Telecoms
3 16 (12.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (10.85%) Automotive
5 11 (8.53%) Local Government
6 9 (6.98%) Czech Language
6 9 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.65%) Finance
7 6 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.88%) Legal
8 5 (3.88%) Retail
9 4 (3.10%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.78%) Advertising
10 1 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (25.58%) Support Engineer
2 28 (21.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 22 (17.05%) Administrator
3 22 (17.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (16.28%) 3rd Line Support
4 21 (16.28%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 21 (16.28%) Senior
5 20 (15.50%) Azure Engineer
6 16 (12.40%) IT Support
7 15 (11.63%) Test Automation Engineer
7 15 (11.63%) Test Engineer
8 12 (9.30%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (9.30%) IT Administrator
8 12 (9.30%) Senior Support Engineer
9 11 (8.53%) Applications Engineer
9 11 (8.53%) Applications Support
9 11 (8.53%) Applications Support Engineer
9 11 (8.53%) Senior Applications Engineer
9 11 (8.53%) Senior Applications Support
9 11 (8.53%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.98%) JSON
1 9 (6.98%) REST
1 9 (6.98%) SOAP
1 9 (6.98%) XML
2 7 (5.43%) ARM Templates
3 3 (2.33%) LDAP
3 3 (2.33%) Web Services
4 1 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.63%) Linux Command Line
2 14 (10.85%) IoT
3 10 (7.75%) Data Centre
3 10 (7.75%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (7.75%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.10%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.10%) iPad
5 4 (3.10%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.10%) PKI
6 3 (2.33%) Blackberry
6 3 (2.33%) Clustering
6 3 (2.33%) RSA SecurID
7 1 (0.78%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) NHS
7 1 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 105 (81.40%) Windows
2 61 (47.29%) Windows Server
3 40 (31.01%) Linux
4 19 (14.73%) Windows 10
5 18 (13.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (10.08%) Unix
7 8 (6.20%) Mac OS
7 8 (6.20%) VMS
8 6 (4.65%) Android
9 3 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.78%) CentOS
10 1 (0.78%) Debian
10 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.66%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (30.23%) ITIL
3 30 (23.26%) DevOps
4 27 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (16.28%) Mentoring
5 21 (16.28%) Task Automation
6 18 (13.95%) Project Management
6 18 (13.95%) Test Automation
7 17 (13.18%) Agile
8 16 (12.40%) Coaching
9 15 (11.63%) ITSM
9 15 (11.63%) Patch Management
9 15 (11.63%) System Testing
9 15 (11.63%) Test Management
10 12 (9.30%) Customer Service
11 11 (8.53%) High Availability
11 11 (8.53%) Migration
11 11 (8.53%) Roadmaps
12 10 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (7.75%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.58%) Python
2 27 (20.93%) Bash
3 26 (20.16%) SQL
4 25 (19.38%) JavaScript
5 9 (6.98%) Java
5 9 (6.98%) VBA
6 7 (5.43%) T-SQL
7 6 (4.65%) VBScript
8 4 (3.10%) Bicep
8 4 (3.10%) Shell Script
8 4 (3.10%) VB
9 1 (0.78%) Go
Qualifications
1 36 (27.91%) Degree
2 14 (10.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.75%) CCNA
3 10 (7.75%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (7.75%) Security Cleared
4 9 (6.98%) DBS Check
5 8 (6.20%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.43%) MCSA
7 6 (4.65%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.10%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.55%) MCDST
10 2 (1.55%) MCP
11 1 (0.78%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.78%) CISA
11 1 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.78%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.78%) HNC
11 1 (0.78%) HND
11 1 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.40%) QA
2 11 (8.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.33%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.33%) SLA
4 1 (0.78%) GDPR
4 1 (0.78%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (35.66%) Active Directory
2 27 (20.93%) Hyper-V
3 22 (17.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.88%) Docker
5 3 (2.33%) vSphere
6 2 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.78%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 33 (25.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (11.63%) Backup Exec
3 12 (9.30%) SCCM
4 11 (8.53%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (7.75%) Terraform
6 7 (5.43%) SCOM
6 7 (5.43%) WSUS
7 4 (3.10%) Ansible
8 3 (2.33%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (2.33%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.78%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.78%) Grafana
9 1 (0.78%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.78%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.78%) QRadar
Vendors
1 100 (77.52%) Microsoft
2 26 (20.16%) VMware
3 16 (12.40%) Veeam
4 14 (10.85%) Atlassian
5 13 (10.08%) Oracle
6 9 (6.98%) ServiceNow
7 7 (5.43%) Cisco
8 6 (4.65%) Apple
8 6 (4.65%) Remedy
9 4 (3.10%) HP
9 4 (3.10%) NEC
9 4 (3.10%) SAP
10 3 (2.33%) Dell
10 3 (2.33%) Google
10 3 (2.33%) Meraki
10 3 (2.33%) Nimble Storage
10 3 (2.33%) Okta
10 3 (2.33%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.55%) Sophos
12 1 (0.78%) Splunk