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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 70 97
Rank change year-on-year -30 +27 -15
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 101 131 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.37% 3.79% 1.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.40% 17.08% 7.37%
Number of salaries quoted 90 108 52
10th Percentile £30,775 £31,600 £37,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,500 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.86% -11.01% +22.70%
75th Percentile £65,938 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £65,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +3.48% -2.54% -1.67%

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 1,075 767 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.60% 22.18% 22.10%
Number of salaries quoted 804 615 769
10th Percentile £33,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,063 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -5.38%

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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 20 August 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 20 August 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
Essex -10 38 £81,750 +72.11% 2
Hertfordshire -39 35 £57,500 +9.52% 21
Norfolk -17 10 £37,500 - 2
Cambridgeshire -42 8 £54,000 -6.09% 6
Bedfordshire -17 7 £40,000 -30.13% 1
Suffolk +7 3 £66,370 +6.19% 2
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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 39 (38.61%) SharePoint
2 24 (23.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.99%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 68 (67.33%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (65.35%) Azure
3 40 (39.60%) Entra ID
4 28 (27.72%) OneDrive
5 24 (23.76%) Power Platform
6 20 (19.80%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (19.80%) Power Automate
7 19 (18.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 19 (18.81%) Azure Logic Apps
7 19 (18.81%) PowerApps
8 13 (12.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 13 (12.87%) Azure Storage
9 10 (9.90%) IaaS
10 9 (8.91%) Azure AKS
10 9 (8.91%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (6.93%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (2.97%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (1.98%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (38.61%) Firewall
2 37 (36.63%) DNS
3 24 (23.76%) DHCP
3 24 (23.76%) TCP/IP
4 21 (20.79%) VPN
5 14 (13.86%) WAN
6 11 (10.89%) LAN
7 9 (8.91%) VLAN
7 9 (8.91%) Wireless
8 8 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (5.94%) FTP
9 6 (5.94%) HTTP
9 6 (5.94%) SMTP
10 5 (4.95%) SAN
11 4 (3.96%) Internet
12 3 (2.97%) NAS
12 3 (2.97%) Network Security
13 2 (1.98%) HTTPS
13 2 (1.98%) IP Telephony
13 2 (1.98%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (22.77%) Power BI
2 20 (19.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
General
1 41 (40.59%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.91%) Law
3 8 (7.92%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.94%) Aerospace
6 5 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.96%) Retail
8 3 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.99%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (24.75%) Senior
2 20 (19.80%) IT Engineer
3 18 (17.82%) IT Support
4 15 (14.85%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (14.85%) Cloud Engineer
4 15 (14.85%) Developer
4 15 (14.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (14.85%) Senior Developer
5 11 (10.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Support Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Analyst
6 10 (9.90%) Consultant
7 9 (8.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 9 (8.91%) Administrator
8 7 (6.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (6.93%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Developer
8 7 (6.93%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 7 (6.93%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (5.94%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (21.78%) Microsoft Graph
2 19 (18.81%) .NET
2 19 (18.81%) .NET Core
2 19 (18.81%) CSS
2 19 (18.81%) HTML
2 19 (18.81%) HTML5 Canvas
2 19 (18.81%) JSON
2 19 (18.81%) SPFx
3 12 (11.88%) Terraform
4 6 (5.94%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.88%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.93%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.94%) Client/Server
3 6 (5.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (4.95%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.96%) Clustering
5 4 (3.96%) Social Network
6 3 (2.97%) FMCG
6 3 (2.97%) Replication
7 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.98%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.99%) PKI
8 1 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 45 (44.55%) Windows
2 30 (29.70%) Windows Server
3 12 (11.88%) Linux
4 5 (4.95%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.98%) CentOS
5 2 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.98%) Rocky
5 2 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (34.65%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (28.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (24.75%) User Experience
4 24 (23.76%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (23.76%) Technical Leadership
5 23 (22.77%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (22.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (20.79%) Machine Learning
7 19 (18.81%) Document Management
7 19 (18.81%) Project Management
7 19 (18.81%) Web Design
8 18 (17.82%) High Availability
8 18 (17.82%) Root Cause Analysis
9 17 (16.83%) ITIL
10 14 (13.86%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (12.87%) Containerisation
12 11 (10.89%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (9.90%) Agile
13 10 (9.90%) Customer Service
13 10 (9.90%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 28 (27.72%) SQL
2 20 (19.80%) C#
3 19 (18.81%) JavaScript
3 19 (18.81%) TypeScript
4 13 (12.87%) Python
5 12 (11.88%) Bash
6 6 (5.94%) C++
6 6 (5.94%) Perl
7 5 (4.95%) Bicep
8 3 (2.97%) VB
9 1 (0.99%) Java
9 1 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (14.85%) Degree
2 14 (13.86%) Azure Certification
2 14 (13.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (8.91%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (8.91%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.92%) CEH
4 8 (7.92%) SC Cleared
5 7 (6.93%) CCNA
5 7 (6.93%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (5.94%) CREST Certified
7 5 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.95%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.97%) CCNP
8 3 (2.97%) MCDST
8 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.98%) CISA
9 2 (1.98%) CISM
10 1 (0.99%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) GDPR
2 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.98%) NIST
4 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (36.63%) Active Directory
2 24 (23.76%) Hyper-V
3 14 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (9.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (7.92%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (4.95%) Docker
7 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (2.97%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.99%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (21.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (12.87%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.93%) Proxmox
4 6 (5.94%) Ansible
4 6 (5.94%) QRadar
5 2 (1.98%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.98%) SCCM
6 1 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.99%) Puppet
6 1 (0.99%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.99%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 80 (79.21%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.81%) Adobe
3 14 (13.86%) VMware
4 6 (5.94%) Splunk
5 5 (4.95%) ConnectWise
6 4 (3.96%) Apple
6 4 (3.96%) Draytek
6 4 (3.96%) Meraki
6 4 (3.96%) SonicWALL
7 3 (2.97%) Cisco
7 3 (2.97%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.97%) Sophos
7 3 (2.97%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (2.97%) Veeam
8 2 (1.98%) Google
8 2 (1.98%) NetApp
9 1 (0.99%) Acronis
9 1 (0.99%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.99%) Commvault