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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 101 66
Rank change year-on-year +13 -35 +22
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,511 1,710 2,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.50% 2.48% 4.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.78% 8.07% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 1,129 1,861
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,025 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 11,827 21,201 22,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.37% 30.72% 40.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,806 13,616 18,138
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,075 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -3.85% +1.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell 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 September 2025.

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 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
London -5 442 £72,500 -3.33% 172
North of England +40 387 £50,000 - 90
North West +70 316 £47,500 -5.00% 45
South East +18 264 £57,500 +13.86% 193
Midlands +55 191 £50,000 +1.21% 84
East of England +15 127 £47,500 -9.52% 70
West Midlands +40 122 £55,000 +22.22% 44
South West +34 89 £47,500 -5.94% 61
East Midlands +51 69 £35,000 -30.00% 37
Yorkshire -12 61 £51,625 -4.40% 31
North East +3 10 £60,000 +35.52% 15
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 220 (14.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 167 (11.05%) SharePoint
3 67 (4.43%) IIS
4 60 (3.97%) Confluence
5 19 (1.26%) Skype for Business
6 13 (0.86%) nginx
7 9 (0.60%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.40%) Apache
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.20%) CMS
11 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.066%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.066%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 58 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) Revit
7 1 (0.066%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.33%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.26%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.066%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.066%) Eikon
6 1 (0.066%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.066%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.066%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 746 (49.37%) Azure
2 423 (27.99%) Microsoft 365
3 267 (17.67%) AWS
4 241 (15.95%) Entra ID
5 162 (10.72%) Azure DevOps
6 124 (8.21%) Power Platform
7 110 (7.28%) SaaS
8 102 (6.75%) PaaS
8 102 (6.75%) Power Automate
9 84 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
10 82 (5.43%) IaaS
11 74 (4.90%) GCP
12 58 (3.84%) GitHub
13 55 (3.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 54 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
14 54 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
14 54 (3.57%) PowerApps
15 53 (3.51%) Serverless
15 53 (3.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 49 (3.24%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 439 (29.05%) VPN
2 299 (19.79%) Firewall
3 270 (17.87%) Cisco IOS
4 250 (16.55%) DNS
5 184 (12.18%) DHCP
6 177 (11.71%) TCP/IP
7 110 (7.28%) WAN
8 72 (4.77%) LAN
9 63 (4.17%) SAN
10 62 (4.10%) VLAN
11 50 (3.31%) Network Security
12 45 (2.98%) Wireless
13 43 (2.85%) SMTP
14 35 (2.32%) NAS
15 34 (2.25%) Internet
15 34 (2.25%) SD-WAN
16 33 (2.18%) FTP
17 31 (2.05%) HTTP
18 30 (1.99%) VoIP
19 25 (1.65%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (9.73%) SQL Server
2 92 (6.09%) Amazon RDS
3 69 (4.57%) Power BI
4 37 (2.45%) MySQL
5 28 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 25 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.06%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (0.53%) DTS
12 8 (0.53%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.46%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.40%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.33%) Big Data
15 5 (0.33%) FileMaker
16 4 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 120 (7.94%) Git
2 100 (6.62%) JIRA
3 92 (6.09%) Jenkins
4 64 (4.24%) Cucumber
4 64 (4.24%) Robot Framework
5 42 (2.78%) Vagrant
6 37 (2.45%) GitLab
7 27 (1.79%) MSI
8 15 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 12 (0.79%) Burp Suite
10 12 (0.79%) Metasploit
11 11 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.40%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.33%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.26%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.26%) Toad
15 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
15 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
16 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 462 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 373 (24.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 341 (22.57%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (12.91%) Finance
5 93 (6.15%) Telecoms
6 64 (4.24%) Public Sector
7 60 (3.97%) Law
8 51 (3.38%) Banking
9 44 (2.91%) Legal
10 32 (2.12%) Manufacturing
10 32 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.65%) Retail
13 21 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.32%) Front Office
15 15 (0.99%) Automotive
15 15 (0.99%) Local Government
15 15 (0.99%) Marketing
16 14 (0.93%) Advertising
17 12 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 428 (28.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 200 (13.24%) Support Engineer
3 132 (8.74%) Senior
4 113 (7.48%) IT Support
5 102 (6.75%) Analyst
5 102 (6.75%) Azure Engineer
6 91 (6.02%) DevOps Engineer
7 83 (5.49%) IT Engineer
8 74 (4.90%) Lead
9 72 (4.77%) 3rd Line Support
10 70 (4.63%) Infrastructure Support
11 68 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
12 67 (4.43%) Platform Engineer
13 64 (4.24%) Test Automation Engineer
13 64 (4.24%) Test Engineer
14 60 (3.97%) Applications Support
14 60 (3.97%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 58 (3.84%) Security Engineer
16 56 (3.71%) Developer
17 55 (3.64%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (18.07%) Elastic Stack
2 63 (4.17%) YAML
3 58 (3.84%) .NET
3 58 (3.84%) REST
4 40 (2.65%) JSON
5 39 (2.58%) ARM Templates
6 38 (2.51%) SOAP
7 34 (2.25%) LDAP
8 18 (1.19%) React
9 16 (1.06%) Web Services
9 16 (1.06%) XML
10 15 (0.99%) SAML
11 13 (0.86%) HTML
12 12 (0.79%) .NET Framework
12 12 (0.79%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (0.66%) Node.js
13 10 (0.66%) RESTful
14 9 (0.60%) Middleware
14 9 (0.60%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 263 (17.41%) Cyberattack
2 88 (5.82%) Onboarding
3 77 (5.10%) Linux Command Line
4 55 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 50 (3.31%) Security Posture
6 46 (3.04%) Clustering
6 46 (3.04%) PKI
7 43 (2.85%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 37 (2.45%) Replication
9 36 (2.38%) Management Information System
10 28 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (1.52%) Public Cloud
13 21 (1.39%) Hedge funds
13 21 (1.39%) Product Ownership
14 20 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (1.26%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.19%) Driving Licence
16 18 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 923 (61.09%) Windows
2 599 (39.64%) Linux
3 335 (22.17%) Windows Server
4 276 (18.27%) Android
5 79 (5.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 74 (4.90%) VMS
7 68 (4.50%) Windows 10
8 59 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 41 (2.71%) Mac OS
10 34 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 33 (2.18%) Unix
12 26 (1.72%) Amazon Linux
13 21 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 19 (1.26%) Apple iOS
15 17 (1.13%) Ubuntu
16 15 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
17 10 (0.66%) CentOS
18 6 (0.40%) Windows 7
19 5 (0.33%) Kali Linux
19 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 668 (44.21%) DevOps
2 582 (38.52%) Problem-Solving
3 467 (30.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 402 (26.60%) Task Automation
5 353 (23.36%) Platform Engineering
6 294 (19.46%) Storage Management
7 282 (18.66%) Risk Management
8 265 (17.54%) Mathematics
9 262 (17.34%) Line Management
10 259 (17.14%) CI/CD
11 207 (13.70%) Mentoring
12 186 (12.31%) Agile
13 185 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
14 172 (11.38%) ITIL
15 146 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
16 132 (8.74%) Test Automation
17 126 (8.34%) Migration
18 122 (8.07%) Disaster Recovery
19 119 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
20 113 (7.48%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 702 (46.46%) Python
2 527 (34.88%) Bash
3 251 (16.61%) SQL
4 111 (7.35%) JavaScript
5 103 (6.82%) C#
6 68 (4.50%) Bicep
7 64 (4.24%) Java
8 44 (2.91%) Groovy
9 29 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
10 24 (1.59%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.59%) VB
11 21 (1.39%) TypeScript
12 20 (1.32%) Perl
13 18 (1.19%) Go
14 13 (0.86%) Shell Script
15 11 (0.73%) VBA
16 10 (0.66%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.53%) VBScript
18 6 (0.40%) C++
18 6 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 244 (16.15%) Degree
2 216 (14.30%) Security Cleared
3 117 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 115 (7.61%) Azure Certification
5 99 (6.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 83 (5.49%) DV Cleared
7 53 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
8 51 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (3.04%) AWS Certification
10 38 (2.51%) CCNA
11 28 (1.85%) CISSP
11 28 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 27 (1.79%) DBS Check
13 24 (1.59%) Master's Degree
14 18 (1.19%) CCNP
14 18 (1.19%) OSCP
15 17 (1.13%) CISM
16 16 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.86%) CEH
17 13 (0.86%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (7.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.36%) NIST
3 75 (4.96%) QA
4 73 (4.83%) GDPR
5 46 (3.04%) SLA
6 30 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (1.85%) NCSC
8 13 (0.86%) HIPAA
9 11 (0.73%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.60%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.40%) GRC
13 6 (0.40%) HL7
14 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.066%) COBIT
15 1 (0.066%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.066%) ISO 13485
15 1 (0.066%) WCAG
System Software
1 461 (30.51%) Active Directory
2 424 (28.06%) Hyper-V
3 386 (25.55%) Docker
4 296 (19.59%) vSphere
5 264 (17.47%) VMware NSX
6 238 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
7 60 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
8 57 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
9 29 (1.92%) DFS Replication
10 26 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
11 19 (1.26%) Terminal Services
12 10 (0.66%) Squid
12 10 (0.66%) XenApp
13 9 (0.60%) Dovecot
13 9 (0.60%) Postfix
14 8 (0.53%) BitLocker
14 8 (0.53%) Firmware
14 8 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
15 6 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 499 (33.02%) Terraform
2 427 (28.26%) Ansible
3 223 (14.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 172 (11.38%) Kubernetes
5 79 (5.23%) SCCM
6 73 (4.83%) Single Sign-On
7 72 (4.77%) Grafana
8 69 (4.57%) Prometheus
9 38 (2.51%) WSUS
10 35 (2.32%) vCenter Server
11 33 (2.18%) SCOM
12 31 (2.05%) Puppet
13 30 (1.99%) WMI
14 23 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 20 (1.32%) Progress Chef
16 18 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
17 17 (1.13%) Autotask
18 16 (1.06%) Backup Exec
18 16 (1.06%) QRadar
19 14 (0.93%) Nagios
Vendors
1 724 (47.92%) Microsoft
2 371 (24.55%) Cisco
3 309 (20.45%) Splunk
4 287 (18.99%) VMware
5 279 (18.46%) Juniper
6 262 (17.34%) 3PAR
7 95 (6.29%) ServiceNow
8 77 (5.10%) Citrix
9 62 (4.10%) Veeam
10 53 (3.51%) Oracle
11 47 (3.11%) Meraki
12 41 (2.71%) Google
13 37 (2.45%) Red Hat
14 33 (2.18%) SolarWinds
15 31 (2.05%) HP
16 29 (1.92%) Sophos
17 28 (1.85%) Apple
18 24 (1.59%) Bloomberg
19 23 (1.52%) SAP
20 22 (1.46%) Palo Alto