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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 92 75
Rank change year-on-year -25 -17 +11
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,042 1,390 2,294
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 3.09% 3.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.60% 8.99% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 839 978 2,006
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £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 10,849 15,463 24,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.74% 34.32% 36.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,099 9,135 20,703
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,563
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 £103,750 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 10 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 10 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 -9 445 £70,000 -8.50% 114
South East -35 190 £57,500 -4.17% 126
North of England -26 136 £48,445 -7.72% 90
South West -6 102 £55,000 - 40
Midlands -40 88 £52,500 +5.00% 46
East of England +13 64 £40,000 -23.81% 29
Yorkshire -31 61 £47,972 -8.62% 25
North West -16 59 £50,000 -4.76% 52
West Midlands -39 44 £47,500 -5.00% 22
East Midlands -15 43 £55,000 +8.91% 25
North East +3 16 £47,500 -17.39% 13
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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
1 166 (15.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 126 (12.09%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.65%) IIS
4 22 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.34%) Confluence
6 8 (0.77%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.58%) 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 (0.096%) nginx
10 1 (0.096%) Site Server
Applications
1 37 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.58%) 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 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.58%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.096%) Actimize
7 1 (0.096%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.096%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 652 (62.57%) Azure
2 354 (33.97%) Microsoft 365
3 271 (26.01%) Entra ID
4 189 (18.14%) AWS
5 136 (13.05%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (10.46%) Power Platform
7 74 (7.10%) GCP
8 73 (7.01%) GitHub
9 61 (5.85%) PaaS
10 55 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
11 52 (4.99%) Power Automate
12 46 (4.41%) SaaS
13 45 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
14 43 (4.13%) IaaS
15 42 (4.03%) OneDrive
16 39 (3.74%) Google Workspace
17 36 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
18 31 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
19 28 (2.69%) PowerApps
20 27 (2.59%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 196 (18.81%) Firewall
2 193 (18.52%) DNS
3 155 (14.88%) DHCP
4 107 (10.27%) VPN
5 94 (9.02%) TCP/IP
6 70 (6.72%) WAN
7 64 (6.14%) LAN
8 45 (4.32%) VLAN
9 43 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.26%) Wireless
11 30 (2.88%) Network Security
12 28 (2.69%) SAN
12 28 (2.69%) SD-WAN
13 26 (2.50%) Broadband
14 25 (2.40%) VoIP
15 15 (1.44%) Internet
15 15 (1.44%) VSAN
16 12 (1.15%) NAS
16 12 (1.15%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (12.48%) SQL Server
2 79 (7.58%) Power BI
3 34 (3.26%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.88%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.50%) Oracle Database 10g
7 25 (2.40%) MySQL
8 22 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (1.15%) Tableau
13 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
15 5 (0.48%) Metadata
16 4 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 73 (7.01%) Git
2 69 (6.62%) JIRA
3 67 (6.43%) Jenkins
4 35 (3.36%) GitLab
5 25 (2.40%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.63%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.54%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.15%) Burp Suite
8 12 (1.15%) Metasploit
9 11 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.77%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
13 4 (0.38%) Toad
14 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.29%) JMeter
14 3 (0.29%) MSI
General
1 365 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 224 (21.50%) Finance
3 115 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (4.61%) Retail
5 46 (4.41%) Law
6 40 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 33 (3.17%) Banking
8 33 (3.17%) Legal
9 29 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 26 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.77%) Advertising
13 8 (0.77%) Front Office
14 7 (0.67%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.67%) Local Government
15 6 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 138 (13.24%) Senior
2 133 (12.76%) Support Engineer
3 123 (11.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 92 (8.83%) Analyst
5 86 (8.25%) Azure Engineer
6 75 (7.20%) DevOps Engineer
7 74 (7.10%) IT Support
8 73 (7.01%) Developer
9 68 (6.53%) Security Engineer
10 64 (6.14%) IT Engineer
11 61 (5.85%) Cloud Engineer
12 58 (5.57%) Lead
13 50 (4.80%) 3rd Line Support
14 47 (4.51%) Platform Engineer
15 45 (4.32%) IT Support Engineer
16 43 (4.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 38 (3.65%) Applications Support
18 36 (3.45%) Support Analyst
19 32 (3.07%) Applications Engineer
20 31 (2.98%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (6.72%) REST
2 64 (6.14%) .NET
3 38 (3.65%) OAuth
3 38 (3.65%) OpenID
3 38 (3.65%) SOAP
4 35 (3.36%) SAML
5 34 (3.26%) JSON
5 34 (3.26%) YAML
6 29 (2.78%) LDAP
7 25 (2.40%) GraphQL
8 23 (2.21%) ARM Templates
8 23 (2.21%) React
9 16 (1.54%) AngularJS
9 16 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
10 15 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (1.34%) Middleware
11 14 (1.34%) Node.js
12 13 (1.25%) .NET Core
13 11 (1.06%) Web Services
14 10 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (8.35%) Onboarding
2 67 (6.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (5.47%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.07%) Driving Licence
7 30 (2.88%) Cloud Native
7 30 (2.88%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
8 29 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
10 25 (2.40%) Cyberattack
11 20 (1.92%) CMDB
11 20 (1.92%) PKI
12 19 (1.82%) Hedge funds
13 17 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
14 16 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
15 15 (1.44%) Private Cloud
15 15 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 461 (44.24%) Windows
2 247 (23.70%) Windows Server
3 184 (17.66%) Linux
4 65 (6.24%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.70%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.93%) Unix
7 34 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 34 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 29 (2.78%) Android
9 26 (2.50%) Windows Server 2008
10 24 (2.30%) Solaris
10 24 (2.30%) VMS
11 22 (2.11%) HPUX
11 22 (2.11%) Windows 7
11 22 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
12 18 (1.73%) Apple iOS
13 17 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 15 (1.44%) CentOS
15 13 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
16 9 (0.86%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (31.09%) Problem-Solving
2 258 (24.76%) DevOps
3 204 (19.58%) CI/CD
4 195 (18.71%) ITIL
5 184 (17.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 173 (16.60%) Infrastructure as Code
7 170 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 170 (16.31%) Cybersecurity
8 145 (13.92%) Disaster Recovery
9 129 (12.38%) Mentoring
10 115 (11.04%) Agile
11 113 (10.84%) Task Automation
12 107 (10.27%) Root Cause Analysis
13 102 (9.79%) Incident Response
14 94 (9.02%) Cloud Security
15 91 (8.73%) Migration
16 89 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
17 87 (8.35%) Computer Science
18 83 (7.97%) Incident Management
19 79 (7.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 352 (33.78%) Python
2 227 (21.79%) Bash
3 226 (21.69%) SQL
4 86 (8.25%) C#
5 60 (5.76%) Bicep
6 54 (5.18%) JavaScript
7 53 (5.09%) T-SQL
8 25 (2.40%) Perl
9 21 (2.02%) Go
9 21 (2.02%) Kusto Query Language
10 18 (1.73%) Java
11 12 (1.15%) VB
12 10 (0.96%) VB.NET
12 10 (0.96%) VBScript
13 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.67%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.48%) C++
14 5 (0.48%) PHP
15 4 (0.38%) Delphi
15 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 156 (14.97%) Degree
2 131 (12.57%) Security Cleared
3 97 (9.31%) Microsoft Certification
4 79 (7.58%) Azure Certification
5 77 (7.39%) SC Cleared
6 52 (4.99%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.45%) CISSP
9 35 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 24 (2.30%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.21%) CREST Certified
13 21 (2.02%) CEH
14 18 (1.73%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.63%) CCNA
15 17 (1.63%) GIAC
16 15 (1.44%) DBS Check
16 15 (1.44%) OSCP
17 14 (1.34%) Master's Degree
18 13 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (15.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 127 (12.19%) NIST
3 54 (5.18%) GDPR
4 53 (5.09%) SLA
5 39 (3.74%) NCSC
6 29 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.50%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.63%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.54%) Data Quality
9 16 (1.54%) QA
10 14 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.25%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.58%) 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 (0.096%) HIPAA
System Software
1 384 (36.85%) Active Directory
2 126 (12.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 90 (8.64%) Docker
4 85 (8.16%) Hyper-V
5 36 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
6 32 (3.07%) vSphere
7 23 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.92%) Firmware
9 16 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.67%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.58%) XenApp
12 6 (0.58%) 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
1 199 (19.10%) Terraform
2 159 (15.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 132 (12.67%) Kubernetes
4 117 (11.23%) Ansible
5 42 (4.03%) SCCM
6 37 (3.55%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (2.88%) Grafana
8 19 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 19 (1.82%) Prometheus
9 13 (1.25%) vCenter Server
10 12 (1.15%) SCOM
11 11 (1.06%) Puppet
11 11 (1.06%) WSUS
12 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.86%) Nessus
13 8 (0.77%) SCVMM
13 8 (0.77%) VxRail
14 7 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
14 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 555 (53.26%) Microsoft
2 206 (19.77%) VMware
3 87 (8.35%) Cisco
4 54 (5.18%) Oracle
5 50 (4.80%) ServiceNow
6 47 (4.51%) Veeam
7 37 (3.55%) Google
8 36 (3.45%) Atlassian
9 35 (3.36%) Splunk
10 33 (3.17%) Palo Alto
11 30 (2.88%) Citrix
12 26 (2.50%) Commvault
12 26 (2.50%) Red Hat
13 25 (2.40%) CyberArk
14 22 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
14 22 (2.11%) Fortinet
14 22 (2.11%) SolarWinds
15 21 (2.02%) Dell
16 20 (1.92%) SAP
17 19 (1.82%) Tenable