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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 79 105
Rank change year-on-year -64 +26 -32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,299 1,599 1,730
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.37% 3.64% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.74% 12.69% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 971 1,060 1,300
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £43,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £74,875 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% 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 16,784 12,601 21,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.70% 28.65% 29.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,203 8,420 15,711
10th Percentile £38,250 £33,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,617 £61,305
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +2.14% -5.68%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -32 484 £70,000 -6.51% 302
South East -33 248 £53,000 -7.83% 153
North of England -90 221 £50,000 +5.26% 95
Midlands -36 157 £51,250 +2.50% 51
North West -86 124 £52,000 +13.04% 60
East of England -35 96 £57,500 +13.86% 39
South West -81 84 £55,000 +17.65% 64
East Midlands -4 82 £42,500 +21.43% 20
West Midlands -51 75 £54,344 -1.19% 31
Yorkshire -35 62 £42,500 -17.68% 22
North East -38 35 £50,810 -15.32% 15
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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
1 221 (17.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 202 (15.55%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.85%) IIS
4 32 (2.46%) Confluence
5 11 (0.85%) nginx
6 6 (0.46%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.31%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.23%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.077%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 828 (63.74%) Azure
2 490 (37.72%) Microsoft 365
3 353 (27.17%) Entra ID
4 243 (18.71%) AWS
5 152 (11.70%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (7.70%) IaaS
6 100 (7.70%) Power Platform
7 99 (7.62%) OneDrive
7 99 (7.62%) SaaS
8 96 (7.39%) GitHub
9 74 (5.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 73 (5.62%) Azure Monitor
11 68 (5.23%) PaaS
12 67 (5.16%) Azure AKS
13 64 (4.93%) Power Automate
14 62 (4.77%) Azure Key Vault
14 62 (4.77%) GCP
15 59 (4.54%) GitHub Actions
16 49 (3.77%) Datadog
17 46 (3.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 296 (22.79%) Firewall
2 273 (21.02%) DNS
3 182 (14.01%) VPN
4 179 (13.78%) DHCP
5 132 (10.16%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.31%) WAN
7 74 (5.70%) LAN
8 70 (5.39%) Network Security
9 60 (4.62%) VLAN
10 41 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (3.16%) Wireless
11 40 (3.08%) SAN
12 32 (2.46%) Kerberos
13 22 (1.69%) NAS
14 21 (1.62%) SSL
15 18 (1.39%) HTTP
16 17 (1.31%) Internet
17 16 (1.23%) VoIP
18 13 (1.00%) VSAN
19 10 (0.77%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (10.70%) SQL Server
2 83 (6.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (4.54%) Power BI
4 28 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.77%) MongoDB
6 18 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (1.15%) MySQL
8 15 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.92%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.54%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.46%) Power Query
13 6 (0.46%) Redis
14 5 (0.38%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.38%) Metadata
14 5 (0.38%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
15 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 104 (8.01%) Git
2 90 (6.93%) JIRA
3 63 (4.85%) GitLab
4 55 (4.23%) Jenkins
5 29 (2.23%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.85%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.54%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.54%) TestRail
9 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.46%) Selenium
10 5 (0.38%) Postman
11 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.23%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.23%) MSI
12 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 429 (33.03%) Social Skills
2 213 (16.40%) Finance
3 176 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.08%) Law
5 57 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (4.31%) Legal
7 46 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.46%) Retail
9 35 (2.69%) Banking
10 32 (2.46%) Manufacturing
10 32 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (2.23%) Public Sector
12 26 (2.00%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.23%) Advertising
14 11 (0.85%) Financial Institution
14 11 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.62%) Front Office
15 8 (0.62%) Investment Banking
15 8 (0.62%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 205 (15.78%) Senior
2 179 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 142 (10.93%) Analyst
4 131 (10.08%) Azure Engineer
5 130 (10.01%) Support Engineer
6 125 (9.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 123 (9.47%) IT Engineer
8 117 (9.01%) IT Support
9 96 (7.39%) DevOps Engineer
10 67 (5.16%) Security Engineer
11 66 (5.08%) Lead
11 66 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
12 65 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
13 58 (4.46%) Developer
14 55 (4.23%) Systems Engineer
15 49 (3.77%) 2nd Line Support
16 47 (3.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 45 (3.46%) Support Analyst
18 42 (3.23%) Automation Engineer
19 41 (3.16%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.24%) .NET
2 53 (4.08%) ARM Templates
3 46 (3.54%) SAML
4 45 (3.46%) REST
4 45 (3.46%) YAML
5 42 (3.23%) OAuth
6 41 (3.16%) HTML
7 38 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
7 38 (2.93%) OpenID
8 37 (2.85%) LDAP
9 33 (2.54%) .NET Core
10 32 (2.46%) JSON
11 31 (2.39%) CSS
12 24 (1.85%) SPFx
13 19 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
14 15 (1.15%) RESTful
15 14 (1.08%) ASP.NET
15 14 (1.08%) Middleware
15 14 (1.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.39%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.39%) Cloud Native
3 71 (5.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (5.08%) Security Posture
5 65 (5.00%) Management Information System
6 58 (4.46%) Driving Licence
7 46 (3.54%) Data Centre
8 43 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 43 (3.31%) Security Operations Centre
9 38 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
11 35 (2.69%) PKI
12 28 (2.16%) Cyber Defence
12 28 (2.16%) Replication
13 26 (2.00%) Private Cloud
14 21 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (1.62%) Clustering
14 21 (1.62%) CMDB
14 21 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 635 (48.88%) Windows
2 310 (23.86%) Linux
3 291 (22.40%) Windows Server
4 74 (5.70%) Windows 10
5 51 (3.93%) Apple iOS
6 44 (3.39%) Android
7 41 (3.16%) Mac OS
7 41 (3.16%) VMS
8 36 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 34 (2.62%) CentOS
9 34 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 33 (2.54%) Ubuntu
11 24 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
12 13 (1.00%) Unix
13 7 (0.54%) Rocky
14 5 (0.38%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.38%) Solaris
15 4 (0.31%) Debian
15 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (27.25%) Problem-Solving
2 316 (24.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 315 (24.25%) CI/CD
4 291 (22.40%) DevOps
5 268 (20.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 265 (20.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 261 (20.09%) ITIL
8 235 (18.09%) Cybersecurity
9 174 (13.39%) Disaster Recovery
10 163 (12.55%) Incident Response
11 161 (12.39%) Root Cause Analysis
12 153 (11.78%) Agile
13 150 (11.55%) High Availability
14 144 (11.09%) Mentoring
15 135 (10.39%) AI
16 128 (9.85%) Containerisation
17 125 (9.62%) Observability
18 123 (9.47%) Cloud Security
18 123 (9.47%) SIEM
19 121 (9.31%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 503 (38.72%) Python
2 293 (22.56%) Bash
3 266 (20.48%) SQL
4 106 (8.16%) Bicep
5 92 (7.08%) C#
6 86 (6.62%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.77%) Kusto Query Language
8 40 (3.08%) Java
9 32 (2.46%) T-SQL
10 31 (2.39%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.62%) VBScript
12 19 (1.46%) C++
13 18 (1.39%) Perl
14 15 (1.15%) PHP
15 11 (0.85%) Ruby
16 10 (0.77%) VBA
17 9 (0.69%) Go
18 8 (0.62%) C
18 8 (0.62%) VB
19 6 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 168 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 160 (12.32%) Degree
3 145 (11.16%) Azure Certification
4 130 (10.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 117 (9.01%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 55 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 54 (4.16%) Cisco Certification
8 51 (3.93%) CISSP
9 44 (3.39%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.16%) CCNA
11 27 (2.08%) CEH
12 23 (1.77%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.69%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.69%) GIAC
14 21 (1.62%) OSCP
15 16 (1.23%) CCNP
15 16 (1.23%) CISM
15 16 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 14 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (7.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (4.85%) NIST
3 62 (4.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 50 (3.85%) GDPR
5 43 (3.31%) SLA
6 26 (2.00%) QA
7 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.31%) SOC 2
9 15 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.31%) NCSC
14 3 (0.23%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.15%) EMIR
15 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 472 (36.34%) Active Directory
2 210 (16.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (10.93%) Hyper-V
4 133 (10.24%) Docker
5 77 (5.93%) vSphere
6 50 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
7 45 (3.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.77%) BitLocker
9 19 (1.46%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.62%) KVM
12 8 (0.62%) Squid
13 7 (0.54%) Firmware
14 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.15%) Samba
18 1 (0.077%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 339 (26.10%) Terraform
2 230 (17.71%) Kubernetes
3 221 (17.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 167 (12.86%) Ansible
5 79 (6.08%) Grafana
6 61 (4.70%) SCCM
7 49 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
8 46 (3.54%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.77%) ZABBIX
10 22 (1.69%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
11 21 (1.62%) QRadar
12 20 (1.54%) Argo
12 20 (1.54%) Packer
12 20 (1.54%) Proxmox
13 17 (1.31%) Puppet
14 14 (1.08%) Graylog
15 13 (1.00%) VxRail
16 10 (0.77%) Nagios
16 10 (0.77%) Nessus
Vendors
1 825 (63.51%) Microsoft
2 252 (19.40%) VMware
3 117 (9.01%) Cisco
4 108 (8.31%) ServiceNow
5 89 (6.85%) Splunk
6 61 (4.70%) Red Hat
7 56 (4.31%) Veeam
8 46 (3.54%) Oracle
9 45 (3.46%) Meraki
10 36 (2.77%) Citrix
11 33 (2.54%) Dynatrace
11 33 (2.54%) Sophos
12 32 (2.46%) Dell
13 30 (2.31%) Tenable
14 29 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (1.85%) Apple
15 24 (1.85%) Fortinet
16 23 (1.77%) Okta
17 21 (1.62%) CyberArk
17 21 (1.62%) Palo Alto