PowerShell Job Trends in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 91 75
Rank change year-on-year -32 -16 +10
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,050 1,385 2,281
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 3.09% 3.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.60% 9.02% 9.46%
Number of salaries quoted 846 983 1,994
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,100 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%

All Programming Languages
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,939 15,354 24,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.78% 34.31% 36.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8,162 9,208 20,614
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
London -11 449 £70,000 -9.09% 125
South East -39 191 £57,500 -4.17% 124
North of England -25 137 £48,445 -7.72% 93
South West +2 102 £55,000 - 39
Midlands -38 89 £52,500 +5.00% 47
East of England +8 65 £40,000 -23.81% 29
Yorkshire -20 62 £47,500 -9.52% 28
North West -9 59 £50,000 -4.76% 51
East Midlands -16 44 £55,000 +8.91% 24
West Midlands -41 44 £47,500 -5.00% 24
North East -1 16 £47,500 -17.39% 14
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 167 (15.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 127 (12.10%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.62%) IIS
4 22 (2.10%) Exchange Server 2003
5 15 (1.43%) Confluence
6 8 (0.76%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.57%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
10 1 (0.095%) nginx
10 1 (0.095%) Site Server
Applications
1 38 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) CATIA
5 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.29%) Windchill
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.095%) Actimize
7 1 (0.095%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.095%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 659 (62.76%) Azure
2 358 (34.10%) Microsoft 365
3 274 (26.10%) Entra ID
4 188 (17.90%) AWS
5 136 (12.95%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (10.38%) Power Platform
7 74 (7.05%) GCP
8 73 (6.95%) GitHub
9 61 (5.81%) PaaS
10 55 (5.24%) GitHub Actions
11 52 (4.95%) Power Automate
12 48 (4.57%) Azure Monitor
13 47 (4.48%) SaaS
14 43 (4.10%) IaaS
15 42 (4.00%) OneDrive
16 41 (3.90%) Google Workspace
17 36 (3.43%) Azure Sentinel
18 31 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
19 28 (2.67%) PowerApps
20 27 (2.57%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 197 (18.76%) Firewall
2 196 (18.67%) DNS
3 156 (14.86%) DHCP
4 109 (10.38%) VPN
5 96 (9.14%) TCP/IP
6 70 (6.67%) WAN
7 64 (6.10%) LAN
8 46 (4.38%) VLAN
9 43 (4.10%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (3.33%) Wireless
11 31 (2.95%) Network Security
12 28 (2.67%) SAN
12 28 (2.67%) SD-WAN
13 27 (2.57%) Broadband
14 26 (2.48%) VoIP
15 15 (1.43%) Internet
15 15 (1.43%) VSAN
16 12 (1.14%) NAS
16 12 (1.14%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.05%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (12.48%) SQL Server
2 79 (7.52%) Power BI
3 34 (3.24%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.86%) Oracle Database
5 28 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.48%) Oracle Database 10g
7 25 (2.38%) MySQL
8 22 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (1.24%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (1.14%) Tableau
13 8 (0.76%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.48%) Metadata
16 4 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.38%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 74 (7.05%) Git
2 70 (6.67%) JIRA
3 66 (6.29%) Jenkins
4 35 (3.33%) GitLab
5 25 (2.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 16 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.52%) TeamCity
7 12 (1.14%) Burp Suite
7 12 (1.14%) Metasploit
8 11 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 8 (0.76%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.38%) MLflow
12 4 (0.38%) Toad
13 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.29%) JMeter
13 3 (0.29%) MSI
General
1 368 (35.05%) Social Skills
2 223 (21.24%) Finance
3 116 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (4.57%) Retail
5 46 (4.38%) Law
6 41 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 34 (3.24%) Legal
10 32 (3.05%) Banking
11 29 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 26 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (2.19%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.76%) Advertising
15 8 (0.76%) Front Office
16 7 (0.67%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.67%) Local Government
17 6 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 141 (13.43%) Senior
2 135 (12.86%) Support Engineer
3 123 (11.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 93 (8.86%) Analyst
5 88 (8.38%) Azure Engineer
6 75 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 75 (7.14%) IT Support
7 73 (6.95%) Developer
8 69 (6.57%) Security Engineer
9 65 (6.19%) IT Engineer
10 61 (5.81%) Cloud Engineer
11 57 (5.43%) Lead
12 52 (4.95%) 3rd Line Support
13 48 (4.57%) Platform Engineer
14 46 (4.38%) IT Support Engineer
15 43 (4.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 38 (3.62%) Applications Support
17 36 (3.43%) Support Analyst
18 32 (3.05%) Applications Engineer
19 31 (2.95%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.76%) REST
2 65 (6.19%) .NET
3 39 (3.71%) OAuth
3 39 (3.71%) OpenID
3 39 (3.71%) SOAP
4 36 (3.43%) SAML
5 34 (3.24%) JSON
5 34 (3.24%) YAML
6 30 (2.86%) LDAP
7 26 (2.48%) GraphQL
8 24 (2.29%) ARM Templates
9 23 (2.19%) React
10 16 (1.52%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.52%) Microsoft Graph
11 15 (1.43%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (1.33%) .NET Core
12 14 (1.33%) Middleware
12 14 (1.33%) Node.js
13 11 (1.05%) Web Services
14 10 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (8.29%) Onboarding
2 68 (6.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (5.43%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.71%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.14%) Driving Licence
7 31 (2.95%) Cyber Threat
8 30 (2.86%) Cloud Native
8 30 (2.86%) Data Centre
9 29 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
10 27 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 26 (2.48%) Cyber Defence
11 26 (2.48%) Cyberattack
12 20 (1.90%) CMDB
12 20 (1.90%) PKI
13 19 (1.81%) Hedge funds
14 18 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
15 16 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
16 15 (1.43%) Private Cloud
16 15 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 467 (44.48%) Windows
2 251 (23.90%) Windows Server
3 185 (17.62%) Linux
4 67 (6.38%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.76%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.90%) Unix
7 36 (3.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 34 (3.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.76%) Android
10 26 (2.48%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.38%) VMS
12 24 (2.29%) Solaris
13 22 (2.10%) HPUX
13 22 (2.10%) Windows 7
13 22 (2.10%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.81%) Apple iOS
15 18 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 16 (1.52%) CentOS
17 13 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
18 10 (0.95%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
2 258 (24.57%) DevOps
3 204 (19.43%) CI/CD
4 196 (18.67%) ITIL
5 184 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 173 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
6 173 (16.48%) Infrastructure as Code
7 172 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 147 (14.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 130 (12.38%) Mentoring
10 116 (11.05%) Agile
11 114 (10.86%) Task Automation
12 110 (10.48%) Root Cause Analysis
13 104 (9.90%) Incident Response
14 96 (9.14%) Cloud Security
15 92 (8.76%) Migration
16 89 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
17 87 (8.29%) Computer Science
18 85 (8.10%) Incident Management
19 80 (7.62%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 352 (33.52%) Python
2 229 (21.81%) Bash
3 228 (21.71%) SQL
4 87 (8.29%) C#
5 60 (5.71%) Bicep
6 55 (5.24%) JavaScript
7 54 (5.14%) T-SQL
8 25 (2.38%) Perl
9 22 (2.10%) Kusto Query Language
10 21 (2.00%) Go
11 17 (1.62%) Java
12 13 (1.24%) VB
13 10 (0.95%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.95%) VBScript
14 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.67%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.57%) PHP
16 5 (0.48%) C++
17 4 (0.38%) Delphi
17 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 157 (14.95%) Degree
2 133 (12.67%) Security Cleared
3 99 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 79 (7.52%) Azure Certification
5 78 (7.43%) SC Cleared
6 52 (4.95%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.43%) CISSP
9 35 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 24 (2.29%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.19%) CREST Certified
13 21 (2.00%) CEH
14 18 (1.71%) CompTIA CySA+
14 18 (1.71%) GIAC
15 17 (1.62%) CCNA
16 16 (1.52%) DBS Check
17 15 (1.43%) OSCP
18 14 (1.33%) Master's Degree
19 13 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (15.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 129 (12.29%) NIST
3 55 (5.24%) GDPR
4 53 (5.05%) SLA
5 40 (3.81%) NCSC
6 30 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.48%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.62%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.52%) Data Quality
9 16 (1.52%) QA
10 14 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.24%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.57%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.48%) GRC
15 4 (0.38%) DICOM
16 3 (0.29%) HL7
16 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.19%) COBIT
18 1 (0.095%) HIPAA
System Software
1 390 (37.14%) Active Directory
2 127 (12.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (8.67%) Docker
4 86 (8.19%) Hyper-V
5 36 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
6 32 (3.05%) vSphere
7 23 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (2.00%) Firmware
9 16 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.67%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.57%) XenApp
12 6 (0.57%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.29%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.29%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.19%) iptables
15 2 (0.19%) KVM
15 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 201 (19.14%) Terraform
2 162 (15.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 133 (12.67%) Kubernetes
4 118 (11.24%) Ansible
5 42 (4.00%) SCCM
6 37 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (2.86%) Grafana
8 19 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 19 (1.81%) Prometheus
9 13 (1.24%) vCenter Server
10 12 (1.14%) SCOM
11 11 (1.05%) Puppet
11 11 (1.05%) WSUS
12 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.86%) Nessus
13 8 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.76%) SCVMM
13 8 (0.76%) VxRail
14 7 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
14 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 559 (53.24%) Microsoft
2 207 (19.71%) VMware
3 87 (8.29%) Cisco
4 54 (5.14%) Oracle
5 51 (4.86%) ServiceNow
6 47 (4.48%) Veeam
7 38 (3.62%) Google
8 36 (3.43%) Atlassian
8 36 (3.43%) Splunk
9 33 (3.14%) Palo Alto
10 30 (2.86%) Citrix
11 26 (2.48%) Commvault
11 26 (2.48%) Red Hat
12 25 (2.38%) CyberArk
13 23 (2.19%) Fortinet
14 22 (2.10%) CrowdStrike
14 22 (2.10%) SolarWinds
15 21 (2.00%) Dell
16 20 (1.90%) SAP
17 19 (1.81%) Tenable