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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 93 83
Rank change year-on-year -30 -10 +5
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,061 1,318 2,322
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.66% 3.33% 3.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.16% 9.52% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 844 1,032 2,009
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,025 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.78% +10.95% -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 11,584 13,850 25,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.17% 34.98% 34.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8,475 9,426 21,826
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £101,250
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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -8 472 £70,000 -12.50% 143
South East -50 192 £56,623 -5.63% 149
North of England -32 138 £47,500 -9.52% 71
South West -3 100 £55,000 +4.76% 50
Midlands -50 89 £52,500 +5.00% 42
Yorkshire -26 66 £47,500 -9.52% 28
North West -35 57 £53,000 +0.95% 34
East of England -23 53 £40,000 -27.27% 42
East Midlands -22 45 £55,000 +8.91% 21
West Midlands -48 43 £48,000 -4.00% 19
North East -14 15 £46,250 -22.92% 10
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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
1 174 (16.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (11.78%) SharePoint
3 32 (3.02%) IIS
4 22 (2.07%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.23%) Confluence
6 6 (0.57%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.28%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.094%) nginx
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.094%) Site Server
Applications
1 45 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.38%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.094%) Actimize
6 1 (0.094%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.094%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.094%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 657 (61.92%) Azure
2 366 (34.50%) Microsoft 365
3 278 (26.20%) Entra ID
4 182 (17.15%) AWS
5 110 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (9.05%) Power Platform
7 76 (7.16%) GitHub
8 74 (6.97%) GCP
9 65 (6.13%) PaaS
10 64 (6.03%) SaaS
11 55 (5.18%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (5.00%) IaaS
13 52 (4.90%) Azure Monitor
14 43 (4.05%) Google Workspace
14 43 (4.05%) OneDrive
15 38 (3.58%) Power Automate
16 37 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
17 34 (3.20%) Nutanix
18 31 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
19 28 (2.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 204 (19.23%) DNS
2 202 (19.04%) Firewall
3 159 (14.99%) DHCP
4 126 (11.88%) VPN
5 99 (9.33%) TCP/IP
6 60 (5.66%) WAN
7 57 (5.37%) LAN
8 46 (4.34%) VLAN
9 45 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
10 42 (3.96%) Network Security
11 32 (3.02%) SAN
11 32 (3.02%) VoIP
11 32 (3.02%) Wireless
12 28 (2.64%) Broadband
13 27 (2.54%) SD-WAN
14 15 (1.41%) VSAN
15 12 (1.13%) NAS
15 12 (1.13%) WinSCP
16 10 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
16 10 (0.94%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (12.54%) SQL Server
2 78 (7.35%) Power BI
3 29 (2.73%) Relational Database
4 28 (2.64%) Oracle Database
5 27 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.45%) Oracle Database 10g
7 25 (2.36%) MySQL
7 25 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.41%) Tableau
10 14 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.66%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.47%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.47%) Metadata
14 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 72 (6.79%) Git
2 71 (6.69%) JIRA
3 61 (5.75%) Jenkins
4 35 (3.30%) GitLab
5 25 (2.36%) Bitbucket
5 25 (2.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (1.70%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 14 (1.32%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.94%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.85%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.47%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
14 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.28%) JMeter
14 3 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 361 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 226 (21.30%) Finance
3 121 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (4.71%) Law
5 43 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (3.96%) Retail
7 39 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.11%) Banking
8 33 (3.11%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.02%) Legal
10 29 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 27 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (1.70%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.94%) Advertising
13 10 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.66%) Front Office
15 7 (0.66%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.57%) Marketing
17 5 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 140 (13.20%) Senior
2 134 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 125 (11.78%) Support Engineer
4 102 (9.61%) Analyst
5 91 (8.58%) Azure Engineer
6 85 (8.01%) IT Support
7 75 (7.07%) DevOps Engineer
8 71 (6.69%) Security Engineer
9 65 (6.13%) IT Engineer
10 63 (5.94%) Developer
11 61 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
12 56 (5.28%) Lead
13 55 (5.18%) 3rd Line Support
14 47 (4.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 47 (4.43%) IT Support Engineer
15 40 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
16 38 (3.58%) Architect
17 36 (3.39%) 2nd Line Support
17 36 (3.39%) Support Analyst
18 30 (2.83%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.94%) REST
2 61 (5.75%) .NET
3 47 (4.43%) OAuth
4 45 (4.24%) SAML
5 44 (4.15%) OpenID
6 33 (3.11%) LDAP
6 33 (3.11%) SOAP
7 28 (2.64%) JSON
7 28 (2.64%) YAML
8 25 (2.36%) GraphQL
9 23 (2.17%) ARM Templates
10 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
10 19 (1.79%) React
11 18 (1.70%) .NET Core
12 16 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
13 14 (1.32%) Node.js
14 12 (1.13%) Web Services
15 11 (1.04%) Middleware
16 10 (0.94%) AngularJS
16 10 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.48%) Onboarding
2 75 (7.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 53 (5.00%) Security Posture
4 41 (3.86%) Driving Licence
5 38 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
6 37 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (3.39%) Management Information System
8 35 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
9 31 (2.92%) Cloud Native
10 29 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 29 (2.73%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (2.45%) Cyberattack
12 21 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
13 20 (1.89%) PKI
14 17 (1.60%) CMDB
15 16 (1.51%) Hedge funds
16 15 (1.41%) Replication
16 15 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
16 15 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 483 (45.52%) Windows
2 252 (23.75%) Windows Server
3 209 (19.70%) Linux
4 64 (6.03%) Windows 10
5 55 (5.18%) Mac OS
6 40 (3.77%) Unix
7 32 (3.02%) Android
7 32 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 25 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (2.26%) Apple iOS
10 24 (2.26%) Solaris
10 24 (2.26%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (2.07%) CentOS
11 22 (2.07%) HPUX
11 22 (2.07%) Windows 7
11 22 (2.07%) Windows Server 2003
12 20 (1.89%) VMS
13 15 (1.41%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (30.07%) Problem-Solving
2 242 (22.81%) DevOps
3 205 (19.32%) CI/CD
4 200 (18.85%) ITIL
5 191 (18.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 183 (17.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 182 (17.15%) Cybersecurity
8 171 (16.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 148 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
10 126 (11.88%) Mentoring
11 125 (11.78%) Incident Response
12 108 (10.18%) Agile
13 107 (10.08%) Root Cause Analysis
14 98 (9.24%) Task Automation
15 96 (9.05%) Cloud Security
16 90 (8.48%) Computer Science
16 90 (8.48%) Migration
17 88 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
18 86 (8.11%) SIEM
19 85 (8.01%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 370 (34.87%) Python
2 234 (22.05%) Bash
3 221 (20.83%) SQL
4 66 (6.22%) C#
5 63 (5.94%) JavaScript
6 59 (5.56%) Bicep
7 53 (5.00%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.36%) Perl
10 17 (1.60%) Java
11 14 (1.32%) Go
12 10 (0.94%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.66%) PHP
13 7 (0.66%) VB
14 6 (0.57%) C++
14 6 (0.57%) Delphi
15 5 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.47%) VBScript
16 4 (0.38%) Pascal
16 4 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 159 (14.99%) Degree
2 132 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 97 (9.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 82 (7.73%) Azure Certification
5 79 (7.45%) SC Cleared
6 54 (5.09%) DV Cleared
7 44 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.96%) CISSP
9 31 (2.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 28 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.26%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.17%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.17%) CEH
13 22 (2.07%) GIAC
14 19 (1.79%) CompTIA CySA+
15 18 (1.70%) OSCP
16 17 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (1.51%) CCNA
17 16 (1.51%) DBS Check
18 12 (1.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (14.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 136 (12.82%) NIST
3 61 (5.75%) SLA
4 57 (5.37%) GDPR
5 39 (3.68%) NCSC
6 32 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (2.17%) Accessibility
8 21 (1.98%) ISO 22301
9 18 (1.70%) QA
10 17 (1.60%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.41%) PCI DSS
12 14 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.66%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.47%) DICOM
15 5 (0.47%) GRC
16 3 (0.28%) HL7
16 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 401 (37.79%) Active Directory
2 125 (11.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (9.52%) Docker
4 97 (9.14%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.77%) vSphere
6 35 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.79%) Firmware
8 17 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.75%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.47%) XenApp
11 5 (0.47%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.38%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.38%) iptables
12 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.28%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
14 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 207 (19.51%) Terraform
2 156 (14.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 143 (13.48%) Kubernetes
4 121 (11.40%) Ansible
5 38 (3.58%) Grafana
6 37 (3.49%) SCCM
7 36 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (2.26%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (1.32%) vCenter Server
11 13 (1.23%) Puppet
12 11 (1.04%) Nessus
13 10 (0.94%) SCOM
14 9 (0.85%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.85%) VxRail
15 8 (0.75%) FortiGate
16 7 (0.66%) Control-M
16 7 (0.66%) Nagios
17 6 (0.57%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 567 (53.44%) Microsoft
2 217 (20.45%) VMware
3 88 (8.29%) Cisco
4 49 (4.62%) Oracle
5 47 (4.43%) Veeam
6 45 (4.24%) Splunk
7 42 (3.96%) ServiceNow
8 38 (3.58%) Google
9 37 (3.49%) Red Hat
10 34 (3.20%) Atlassian
11 32 (3.02%) Commvault
12 30 (2.83%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.45%) Citrix
14 25 (2.36%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (2.26%) CyberArk
15 24 (2.26%) Meraki
16 22 (2.07%) Dell
17 21 (1.98%) Apple
17 21 (1.98%) Fortinet
18 18 (1.70%) Tenable