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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 73 104
Rank change year-on-year -71 +31 -12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,094 1,552 2,149
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.37% 3.99% 2.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.65% 12.12% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 841 975 1,806
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,850 £35,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.77% +8.64% -8.33%

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 14,304 12,805 27,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.86% 32.96% 32.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10,075 8,979 22,382
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,475
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -14 504 £70,000 -7.89% 122
South East -86 157 £55,875 -2.83% 123
North of England -109 150 £47,500 -5.00% 72
Midlands -56 120 £51,250 +2.50% 39
South West -44 79 £55,000 +15.79% 37
North West -110 76 £51,500 +11.96% 43
East of England -26 73 £57,500 +17.95% 23
East Midlands -17 70 £55,000 +40.13% 20
Yorkshire -44 56 £47,500 -24.00% 17
West Midlands -73 49 £48,000 -4.00% 19
North East -34 18 £48,445 -15.75% 12
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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
1 156 (14.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 136 (12.43%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.47%) IIS
4 18 (1.65%) Confluence
5 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.091%) Site Server
7 1 (0.091%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 55 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.091%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.27%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.091%) Actimize
4 1 (0.091%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.091%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.091%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 707 (64.63%) Azure
2 397 (36.29%) Microsoft 365
3 279 (25.50%) Entra ID
4 197 (18.01%) AWS
5 104 (9.51%) Azure DevOps
6 95 (8.68%) Power Platform
7 84 (7.68%) GitHub
8 75 (6.86%) SaaS
9 69 (6.31%) OneDrive
10 68 (6.22%) IaaS
11 63 (5.76%) GCP
12 62 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
13 53 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
14 48 (4.39%) Azure AKS
15 46 (4.20%) PaaS
16 44 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
17 43 (3.93%) Azure Logic Apps
17 43 (3.93%) Power Automate
18 41 (3.75%) Google Workspace
19 39 (3.56%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 218 (19.93%) Firewall
2 213 (19.47%) DNS
3 127 (11.61%) DHCP
3 127 (11.61%) VPN
4 90 (8.23%) TCP/IP
5 61 (5.58%) Network Security
6 60 (5.48%) WAN
7 58 (5.30%) LAN
8 44 (4.02%) VLAN
9 42 (3.84%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.11%) SAN
10 34 (3.11%) VoIP
11 27 (2.47%) Broadband
12 21 (1.92%) Wireless
13 14 (1.28%) SD-WAN
14 13 (1.19%) Internet
14 13 (1.19%) Kerberos
15 12 (1.10%) BGP
15 12 (1.10%) VSAN
15 12 (1.10%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (12.43%) SQL Server
2 74 (6.76%) Power BI
3 51 (4.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (2.19%) MySQL
7 23 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.55%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.55%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.19%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.19%) Tableau
11 12 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.82%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.64%) InfluxDB
14 6 (0.55%) Metadata
15 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.27%) DynamoDB
17 3 (0.27%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 87 (7.95%) Git
2 56 (5.12%) JIRA
3 53 (4.84%) Jenkins
4 51 (4.66%) GitLab
5 28 (2.56%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.55%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.19%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.19%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.82%) Burp Suite
8 9 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.73%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.55%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.46%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.46%) TestRail
12 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.37%) MLflow
12 4 (0.37%) Selenium
12 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 339 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 189 (17.28%) Finance
3 150 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.67%) Law
5 47 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
6 46 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.02%) Legal
8 41 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
8 41 (3.75%) Retail
9 33 (3.02%) Public Sector
10 23 (2.10%) Banking
11 20 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.65%) Advertising
12 18 (1.65%) Aerospace
13 15 (1.37%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.64%) Front Office
15 6 (0.55%) Electronics
15 6 (0.55%) Police
16 5 (0.46%) Military
17 4 (0.37%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 194 (17.73%) Senior
2 139 (12.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 133 (12.16%) Analyst
4 115 (10.51%) Azure Engineer
5 114 (10.42%) Support Engineer
6 94 (8.59%) IT Support
7 82 (7.50%) Cloud Engineer
8 81 (7.40%) IT Engineer
9 75 (6.86%) Security Engineer
10 70 (6.40%) DevOps Engineer
11 52 (4.75%) IT Support Engineer
11 52 (4.75%) Lead
12 51 (4.66%) 2nd Line Support
13 49 (4.48%) Developer
14 45 (4.11%) Platform Engineer
15 44 (4.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 41 (3.75%) Security Analyst
17 36 (3.29%) Architect
17 36 (3.29%) Systems Engineer
18 34 (3.11%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (7.13%) .NET
2 60 (5.48%) OAuth
3 56 (5.12%) SAML
4 55 (5.03%) REST
5 54 (4.94%) OpenID
6 43 (3.93%) LDAP
7 39 (3.56%) .NET Core
8 36 (3.29%) JSON
9 33 (3.02%) SOAP
10 32 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
11 31 (2.83%) CSS
12 30 (2.74%) HTML
13 28 (2.56%) ARM Templates
14 26 (2.38%) SPFx
15 25 (2.29%) YAML
16 24 (2.19%) GraphQL
17 19 (1.74%) HTML5 Canvas
17 19 (1.74%) React
18 15 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
18 15 (1.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.23%) Onboarding
2 67 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (4.75%) Security Posture
4 51 (4.66%) Management Information System
5 49 (4.48%) Cloud Native
6 45 (4.11%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.93%) Security Operations Centre
8 42 (3.84%) Cyber Threat
9 37 (3.38%) Driving Licence
10 35 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
11 34 (3.11%) Cyberattack
11 34 (3.11%) Data Centre
12 29 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
13 28 (2.56%) Public Cloud
14 24 (2.19%) PKI
15 21 (1.92%) CMDB
16 19 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
17 18 (1.65%) Private Cloud
17 18 (1.65%) Replication
18 17 (1.55%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 511 (46.71%) Windows
2 248 (22.67%) Linux
3 238 (21.76%) Windows Server
4 72 (6.58%) Windows 10
5 46 (4.20%) Mac OS
6 45 (4.11%) Android
7 44 (4.02%) Apple iOS
8 31 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.74%) VMS
10 24 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 23 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
12 22 (2.01%) CentOS
13 16 (1.46%) Ubuntu
14 13 (1.19%) Unix
15 7 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.46%) Debian
17 4 (0.37%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.27%) CoreOS
19 2 (0.18%) AIX
20 1 (0.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
2 245 (22.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 235 (21.48%) Cybersecurity
4 228 (20.84%) CI/CD
5 223 (20.38%) DevOps
6 193 (17.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 190 (17.37%) ITIL
8 184 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 154 (14.08%) Incident Response
10 140 (12.80%) Mentoring
11 131 (11.97%) Agile
11 131 (11.97%) Root Cause Analysis
12 129 (11.79%) Disaster Recovery
13 116 (10.60%) SIEM
14 112 (10.24%) Containerisation
15 109 (9.96%) Cloud Security
16 98 (8.96%) Security Operations
17 97 (8.87%) Roadmaps
18 93 (8.50%) Task Automation
19 91 (8.32%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 449 (41.04%) Python
2 263 (24.04%) Bash
3 235 (21.48%) SQL
4 86 (7.86%) C#
5 73 (6.67%) JavaScript
6 67 (6.12%) Bicep
7 47 (4.30%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 22 (2.01%) Java
9 22 (2.01%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.28%) C++
11 12 (1.10%) Perl
12 11 (1.01%) VB
13 10 (0.91%) Go
13 10 (0.91%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.82%) VBA
15 8 (0.73%) PHP
16 7 (0.64%) C
16 7 (0.64%) VBScript
17 6 (0.55%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 142 (12.98%) Degree
2 121 (11.06%) Security Cleared
3 102 (9.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 100 (9.14%) Azure Certification
5 68 (6.22%) SC Cleared
6 43 (3.93%) CISSP
7 41 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (3.02%) CompTIA Security+
10 30 (2.74%) DV Cleared
11 26 (2.38%) OSCP
12 25 (2.29%) CCNA
12 25 (2.29%) GIAC
13 24 (2.19%) CREST Certified
14 22 (2.01%) AWS Certification
15 21 (1.92%) CEH
16 20 (1.83%) DBS Check
17 17 (1.55%) CompTIA CySA+
18 12 (1.10%) CCSAM
18 12 (1.10%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (12.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 106 (9.69%) NIST
3 61 (5.58%) GDPR
4 42 (3.84%) SLA
5 31 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (2.29%) NCSC
7 19 (1.74%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.65%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.46%) SOC 2
10 15 (1.37%) QA
11 14 (1.28%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (1.10%) Accessibility
14 10 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.55%) DICOM
16 5 (0.46%) GRC
17 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.18%) COBIT
19 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 399 (36.47%) Active Directory
2 147 (13.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 120 (10.97%) Docker
4 100 (9.14%) Hyper-V
5 47 (4.30%) vSphere
6 30 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.46%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.37%) Firmware
10 14 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
11 12 (1.10%) VMware NSX
12 10 (0.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 6 (0.55%) KVM
14 5 (0.46%) Squid
14 5 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.37%) iptables
15 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.37%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.37%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 245 (22.39%) Terraform
2 190 (17.37%) Kubernetes
3 170 (15.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (11.79%) Ansible
5 55 (5.03%) Grafana
6 46 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
7 45 (4.11%) SCCM
8 36 (3.29%) Prometheus
9 22 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (1.65%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.37%) VxRail
13 14 (1.28%) Nessus
14 13 (1.19%) QRadar
15 12 (1.10%) Packer
16 10 (0.91%) WSUS
16 10 (0.91%) ZABBIX
17 8 (0.73%) Graylog
17 8 (0.73%) logstash
17 8 (0.73%) Nagios
Vendors
1 629 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 198 (18.10%) VMware
3 89 (8.14%) Cisco
4 57 (5.21%) Splunk
5 49 (4.48%) Red Hat
6 48 (4.39%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.75%) CrowdStrike
8 38 (3.47%) Veeam
9 30 (2.74%) Dell
9 30 (2.74%) Google
9 30 (2.74%) Meraki
10 28 (2.56%) Commvault
11 27 (2.47%) Citrix
12 26 (2.38%) Fortinet
12 26 (2.38%) Palo Alto
13 25 (2.29%) Apple
14 23 (2.10%) Oracle
15 22 (2.01%) CyberArk
15 22 (2.01%) Tenable
16 20 (1.83%) Sophos