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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 92 67
Rank change year-on-year -23 -25 +16
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,025 1,460 2,064
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.91% 3.04% 3.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.88% 9.01% 10.35%
Number of salaries quoted 840 1,028 1,789
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,600 £38,079
25th Percentile £43,160 £47,375 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £92,750
UK median annual salary £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.20% +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 10,376 16,205 19,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.33% 33.79% 37.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,780 9,527 16,834
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,063 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -7 441 £72,500 -3.33% 140
South East -33 172 £58,000 -3.33% 173
North of England -24 133 £50,000 - 106
South West +21 107 £52,500 -2.78% 77
Midlands -18 90 £52,500 +10.53% 66
East of England +20 69 £43,085 -17.93% 66
North West -24 63 £50,500 +1.00% 57
Yorkshire -16 59 £47,500 -9.52% 38
West Midlands -27 48 £52,500 +23.53% 22
East Midlands -10 42 £55,000 +15.79% 44
North East +1 11 £62,500 +10.62% 12
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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
1 172 (16.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 137 (13.37%) SharePoint
3 42 (4.10%) IIS
4 24 (2.34%) Confluence
5 22 (2.15%) Exchange Server 2003
6 15 (1.46%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.59%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.49%) nginx
8 5 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.59%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.39%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 3 (0.29%) CATIA
6 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.29%) Windchill
7 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.59%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.49%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.20%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.098%) Actimize
6 1 (0.098%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 643 (62.73%) Azure
2 351 (34.24%) Microsoft 365
3 250 (24.39%) Entra ID
4 186 (18.15%) AWS
5 151 (14.73%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (9.76%) Power Platform
7 73 (7.12%) GitHub
8 72 (7.02%) GCP
9 62 (6.05%) PaaS
10 56 (5.46%) Power Automate
11 53 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
12 45 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
13 43 (4.20%) IaaS
14 41 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
15 40 (3.90%) OneDrive
16 39 (3.80%) SaaS
17 30 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (2.83%) PowerApps
19 26 (2.54%) OpenShift
19 26 (2.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 199 (19.41%) Firewall
2 190 (18.54%) DNS
3 143 (13.95%) DHCP
4 96 (9.37%) TCP/IP
5 90 (8.78%) VPN
6 69 (6.73%) WAN
7 59 (5.76%) LAN
8 38 (3.71%) Wi-Fi
9 37 (3.61%) VLAN
10 32 (3.12%) Wireless
11 31 (3.02%) SAN
12 25 (2.44%) SD-WAN
13 22 (2.15%) Internet
14 21 (2.05%) Network Security
15 16 (1.56%) VoIP
16 15 (1.46%) Cisco IOS
16 15 (1.46%) Skype
16 15 (1.46%) VSAN
17 13 (1.27%) Broadband
17 13 (1.27%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (11.02%) SQL Server
2 67 (6.54%) Power BI
3 33 (3.22%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.93%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.54%) Oracle Database 10g
7 21 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.56%) MySQL
8 16 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (1.17%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.07%) Tableau
11 9 (0.88%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.78%) DTS
13 7 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.59%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.59%) Metadata
15 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 81 (7.90%) Git
1 81 (7.90%) JIRA
2 75 (7.32%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.80%) GitLab
4 24 (2.34%) Octopus Deploy
5 17 (1.66%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.56%) TeamCity
7 11 (1.07%) Burp Suite
7 11 (1.07%) Metasploit
8 6 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.59%) Robot Framework
8 6 (0.59%) Vagrant
9 5 (0.49%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.49%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.39%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.39%) MLflow
10 4 (0.39%) MSI
10 4 (0.39%) Toad
11 3 (0.29%) Balsamiq
General
1 378 (36.88%) Social Skills
2 233 (22.73%) Finance
3 102 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (5.46%) Law
5 46 (4.49%) Retail
6 40 (3.90%) Legal
7 39 (3.80%) Banking
8 37 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 31 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (3.02%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.83%) Telecoms
11 25 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.07%) Marketing
16 10 (0.98%) Front Office
17 9 (0.88%) Advertising
18 8 (0.78%) Electronics
18 8 (0.78%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 141 (13.76%) Support Engineer
2 133 (12.98%) Senior
3 108 (10.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 84 (8.20%) DevOps Engineer
5 80 (7.80%) Analyst
5 80 (7.80%) Azure Engineer
6 71 (6.93%) Developer
7 66 (6.44%) Lead
8 63 (6.15%) IT Support
8 63 (6.15%) Security Engineer
9 61 (5.95%) Cloud Engineer
10 54 (5.27%) 3rd Line Support
11 52 (5.07%) IT Engineer
12 51 (4.98%) Platform Engineer
13 45 (4.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 43 (4.20%) Applications Engineer
14 43 (4.20%) Applications Support
15 38 (3.71%) IT Support Engineer
16 37 (3.61%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 33 (3.22%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.44%) REST
2 59 (5.76%) .NET
3 42 (4.10%) YAML
4 33 (3.22%) SOAP
5 28 (2.73%) LDAP
6 27 (2.63%) JSON
7 26 (2.54%) ARM Templates
7 26 (2.54%) OpenID
8 25 (2.44%) OAuth
9 23 (2.24%) SAML
10 21 (2.05%) React
11 17 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
11 17 (1.66%) Microsoft Graph
12 15 (1.46%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.37%) GraphQL
14 13 (1.27%) Middleware
15 12 (1.17%) Node.js
16 11 (1.07%) Web Services
17 10 (0.98%) Razor View Engine
18 9 (0.88%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.20%) Onboarding
2 57 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.27%) Security Posture
4 38 (3.71%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (3.02%) Cloud Native
7 27 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 27 (2.63%) Data Centre
8 26 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (2.24%) Driving Licence
9 23 (2.24%) PKI
10 22 (2.15%) CMDB
11 20 (1.95%) Hedge funds
12 19 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
12 19 (1.85%) Private Cloud
12 19 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
14 17 (1.66%) Public Cloud
15 16 (1.56%) Replication
15 16 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 455 (44.39%) Windows
2 242 (23.61%) Windows Server
3 182 (17.76%) Linux
4 68 (6.63%) Windows 10
5 44 (4.29%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.00%) Unix
7 35 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.93%) Windows Server 2008
10 29 (2.83%) Android
11 27 (2.63%) VMS
12 25 (2.44%) Solaris
13 22 (2.15%) HPUX
13 22 (2.15%) Windows 7
13 22 (2.15%) Windows Server 2003
14 18 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 15 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
16 14 (1.37%) Apple iOS
17 13 (1.27%) Ubuntu
18 11 (1.07%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (30.63%) Problem-Solving
2 281 (27.41%) DevOps
3 219 (21.37%) CI/CD
4 185 (18.05%) ITIL
5 168 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 166 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 161 (15.71%) Infrastructure as Code
8 148 (14.44%) Cybersecurity
9 130 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
10 117 (11.41%) Task Automation
11 116 (11.32%) Mentoring
12 114 (11.12%) Agile
13 95 (9.27%) Root Cause Analysis
14 88 (8.59%) Migration
15 87 (8.49%) Cloud Security
16 86 (8.39%) Computer Science
17 85 (8.29%) Incident Management
18 83 (8.10%) Incident Response
19 79 (7.71%) ITSM
20 77 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 334 (32.59%) Python
2 211 (20.59%) SQL
3 200 (19.51%) Bash
4 87 (8.49%) C#
5 58 (5.66%) Bicep
6 51 (4.98%) JavaScript
7 35 (3.41%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.63%) Perl
9 22 (2.15%) Go
9 22 (2.15%) Java
10 18 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (1.37%) VB
12 11 (1.07%) TypeScript
12 11 (1.07%) VBScript
13 10 (0.98%) VB.NET
14 8 (0.78%) Groovy
15 7 (0.68%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.39%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.39%) R
16 4 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 153 (14.93%) Degree
2 146 (14.24%) Security Cleared
3 91 (8.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 89 (8.68%) SC Cleared
5 78 (7.61%) Azure Certification
6 53 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (3.22%) CISSP
10 32 (3.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 27 (2.63%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.85%) CREST Certified
13 17 (1.66%) CCNA
13 17 (1.66%) CEH
14 16 (1.56%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
15 13 (1.27%) DBS Check
16 12 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (1.17%) GIAC
17 11 (1.07%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (14.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 108 (10.54%) NIST
3 53 (5.17%) SLA
4 52 (5.07%) GDPR
5 33 (3.22%) NCSC
6 27 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (2.44%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.46%) QA
9 14 (1.37%) ISO 22301
10 13 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.98%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.78%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.49%) GRC
14 5 (0.49%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
17 1 (0.098%) DICOM
17 1 (0.098%) NIST 800
System Software
1 361 (35.22%) Active Directory
2 124 (12.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 95 (9.27%) Docker
4 75 (7.32%) Hyper-V
5 35 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 28 (2.73%) vSphere
7 23 (2.24%) Firmware
8 14 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.68%) XenApp
10 7 (0.68%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.49%) Postfix
11 5 (0.49%) Squid
12 4 (0.39%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.39%) Dovecot
12 4 (0.39%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
14 2 (0.20%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 204 (19.90%) Terraform
2 176 (17.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 143 (13.95%) Kubernetes
4 118 (11.51%) Ansible
5 53 (5.17%) SCCM
6 37 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
7 33 (3.22%) Grafana
8 27 (2.63%) Prometheus
9 16 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 16 (1.56%) SCOM
10 15 (1.46%) WSUS
11 13 (1.27%) Nessus
12 11 (1.07%) Puppet
12 11 (1.07%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.98%) ZABBIX
14 9 (0.88%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.88%) Nagios
15 8 (0.78%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
17 6 (0.59%) vRealize
Vendors
1 575 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 206 (20.10%) VMware
3 87 (8.49%) Cisco
4 62 (6.05%) ServiceNow
5 55 (5.37%) Oracle
6 44 (4.29%) Veeam
7 39 (3.80%) Atlassian
8 38 (3.71%) Google
9 34 (3.32%) Citrix
10 31 (3.02%) Splunk
11 29 (2.83%) Red Hat
12 28 (2.73%) Palo Alto
13 22 (2.15%) Commvault
13 22 (2.15%) SAP
13 22 (2.15%) SolarWinds
14 21 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
14 21 (2.05%) Dell
15 19 (1.85%) Fortinet
16 18 (1.76%) Meraki
17 17 (1.66%) CyberArk