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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 94 73
Rank change year-on-year -26 -21 +12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,036 1,419 2,324
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.84% 3.05% 3.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.75% 8.96% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 842 994 2,026
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £58,175
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +7.43% -3.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.26% +7.83% -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 10,625 15,836 24,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.89% 34.01% 37.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7,926 9,220 20,620
10th Percentile £33,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,438 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 2 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 2 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 -4 437 £70,000 -6.67% 173
South East -39 185 £57,500 -4.17% 158
North of England -26 134 £50,000 -4.76% 111
South West +7 103 £55,000 -1.12% 57
Midlands -39 91 £52,500 +5.00% 52
East of England +8 70 £42,276 -19.48% 43
Yorkshire -21 62 £48,445 -7.72% 32
North West -12 58 £50,000 - 66
East Midlands -5 45 £55,000 +8.91% 29
West Midlands -34 45 £50,000 - 23
North East 0 14 £48,445 -15.75% 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
1 165 (15.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 128 (12.36%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.96%) IIS
4 22 (2.12%) Exchange Server 2003
5 19 (1.83%) Confluence
6 12 (1.16%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.58%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.29%) nginx
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) CMS
10 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.35%) 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%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.58%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.097%) Actimize
6 1 (0.097%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.097%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 652 (62.93%) Azure
2 351 (33.88%) Microsoft 365
3 262 (25.29%) Entra ID
4 193 (18.63%) AWS
5 138 (13.32%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (10.14%) Power Platform
7 72 (6.95%) GCP
8 70 (6.76%) GitHub
9 60 (5.79%) PaaS
10 53 (5.12%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (5.12%) Power Automate
11 45 (4.34%) Azure Monitor
12 42 (4.05%) SaaS
13 41 (3.96%) IaaS
14 39 (3.76%) Azure Sentinel
14 39 (3.76%) OneDrive
15 34 (3.28%) Google Workspace
16 31 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
17 29 (2.80%) PowerApps
18 26 (2.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 198 (19.11%) Firewall
2 196 (18.92%) DNS
3 153 (14.77%) DHCP
4 99 (9.56%) TCP/IP
4 99 (9.56%) VPN
5 72 (6.95%) WAN
6 64 (6.18%) LAN
7 42 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
8 40 (3.86%) VLAN
9 33 (3.19%) Wireless
10 27 (2.61%) SAN
11 26 (2.51%) Network Security
11 26 (2.51%) SD-WAN
12 21 (2.03%) VoIP
13 19 (1.83%) Broadband
14 18 (1.74%) Internet
15 17 (1.64%) VSAN
16 12 (1.16%) Cisco IOS
16 12 (1.16%) Skype
16 12 (1.16%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 74 (7.14%) Power BI
3 34 (3.28%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.90%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.51%) Oracle Database 10g
7 21 (2.03%) MySQL
8 19 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (1.16%) NoSQL
12 11 (1.06%) Tableau
13 10 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
16 6 (0.58%) DTS
17 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
17 5 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 78 (7.53%) Git
2 73 (7.05%) JIRA
3 70 (6.76%) Jenkins
4 36 (3.47%) GitLab
5 24 (2.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.64%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.54%) TeamCity
8 11 (1.06%) Burp Suite
8 11 (1.06%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.68%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.39%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.39%) MLflow
13 4 (0.39%) MSI
13 4 (0.39%) Toad
14 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.29%) JMeter
General
1 371 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 221 (21.33%) Finance
3 109 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (4.92%) Law
5 49 (4.73%) Retail
6 39 (3.76%) Public Sector
7 35 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.28%) Banking
8 34 (3.28%) Legal
9 29 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 25 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (2.41%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.87%) Advertising
14 8 (0.77%) Front Office
15 7 (0.68%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.68%) Local Government
15 7 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 139 (13.42%) Support Engineer
2 133 (12.84%) Senior
3 124 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 85 (8.20%) Analyst
5 84 (8.11%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (7.43%) DevOps Engineer
7 71 (6.85%) Developer
8 70 (6.76%) IT Support
9 68 (6.56%) Security Engineer
10 65 (6.27%) IT Engineer
11 61 (5.89%) Lead
12 60 (5.79%) Cloud Engineer
13 52 (5.02%) 3rd Line Support
14 49 (4.73%) Platform Engineer
15 45 (4.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 45 (4.34%) IT Support Engineer
16 40 (3.86%) Applications Support
17 35 (3.38%) Applications Engineer
17 35 (3.38%) Support Analyst
18 32 (3.09%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.47%) REST
2 63 (6.08%) .NET
3 36 (3.47%) YAML
4 35 (3.38%) SOAP
5 33 (3.19%) OpenID
6 32 (3.09%) OAuth
7 30 (2.90%) LDAP
8 29 (2.80%) JSON
8 29 (2.80%) SAML
9 24 (2.32%) ARM Templates
10 23 (2.22%) React
11 20 (1.93%) GraphQL
12 17 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
13 16 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
14 15 (1.45%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.45%) Node.js
15 14 (1.35%) Middleware
16 12 (1.16%) .NET Core
17 10 (0.97%) OAuth2
17 10 (0.97%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.59%) Onboarding
2 64 (6.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.21%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.15%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.99%) Cloud Native
6 31 (2.99%) Driving Licence
7 29 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.70%) Data Centre
9 27 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (2.32%) Cyber Threat
11 23 (2.22%) PKI
12 21 (2.03%) CMDB
12 21 (2.03%) Cyber Defence
13 20 (1.93%) Cyberattack
14 19 (1.83%) Hedge funds
14 19 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
15 16 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
15 16 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
16 15 (1.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 462 (44.59%) Windows
2 248 (23.94%) Windows Server
3 186 (17.95%) Linux
4 67 (6.47%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.63%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.96%) Unix
7 36 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.90%) Android
10 28 (2.70%) VMS
10 28 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
11 24 (2.32%) Solaris
12 22 (2.12%) HPUX
12 22 (2.12%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.12%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 17 (1.64%) Apple iOS
15 14 (1.35%) CentOS
16 13 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
17 11 (1.06%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (31.47%) Problem-Solving
2 266 (25.68%) DevOps
3 207 (19.98%) CI/CD
4 194 (18.73%) ITIL
5 186 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 171 (16.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 170 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 162 (15.64%) Cybersecurity
9 140 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
10 126 (12.16%) Mentoring
11 114 (11.00%) Task Automation
12 111 (10.71%) Agile
13 104 (10.04%) Root Cause Analysis
14 96 (9.27%) Incident Response
15 91 (8.78%) Cloud Security
16 88 (8.49%) Migration
17 86 (8.30%) Computer Science
18 84 (8.11%) Incident Management
19 83 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
20 78 (7.53%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 346 (33.40%) Python
2 221 (21.33%) Bash
3 220 (21.24%) SQL
4 87 (8.40%) C#
5 59 (5.69%) Bicep
6 52 (5.02%) JavaScript
7 45 (4.34%) T-SQL
8 26 (2.51%) Perl
9 22 (2.12%) Go
10 21 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
11 20 (1.93%) Java
12 15 (1.45%) VB
13 10 (0.97%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.97%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.97%) VBScript
14 7 (0.68%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.39%) C++
15 4 (0.39%) Groovy
15 4 (0.39%) PHP
15 4 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 156 (15.06%) Degree
2 139 (13.42%) Security Cleared
3 95 (9.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 84 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 77 (7.43%) Azure Certification
6 54 (5.21%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (3.47%) CISSP
9 31 (2.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 26 (2.51%) AWS Certification
11 21 (2.03%) CEH
12 20 (1.93%) CREST Certified
13 17 (1.64%) CCNA
13 17 (1.64%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
14 16 (1.54%) GIAC
15 15 (1.45%) Master's Degree
16 12 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (14.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 118 (11.39%) NIST
3 57 (5.50%) GDPR
4 56 (5.41%) SLA
5 35 (3.38%) NCSC
6 28 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (2.41%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.64%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.45%) QA
10 14 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.25%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.25%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.58%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.48%) GRC
15 3 (0.29%) DICOM
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
System Software
1 380 (36.68%) Active Directory
2 120 (11.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (8.98%) Docker
4 82 (7.92%) Hyper-V
5 34 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (2.90%) vSphere
7 24 (2.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.12%) Firmware
9 13 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.58%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.58%) XenApp
11 6 (0.58%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.29%) Postfix
13 3 (0.29%) Squid
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.19%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.19%) Dovecot
Systems Management
1 199 (19.21%) Terraform
2 163 (15.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 136 (13.13%) Kubernetes
4 118 (11.39%) Ansible
5 46 (4.44%) SCCM
6 38 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
7 29 (2.80%) Grafana
8 20 (1.93%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (1.45%) WSUS
11 14 (1.35%) SCOM
12 11 (1.06%) Puppet
13 10 (0.97%) vCenter Server
14 9 (0.87%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.87%) Nessus
15 8 (0.77%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.77%) ZABBIX
16 7 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
16 7 (0.68%) McAfee ePO
16 7 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 562 (54.25%) Microsoft
2 202 (19.50%) VMware
3 85 (8.20%) Cisco
4 53 (5.12%) Oracle
4 53 (5.12%) ServiceNow
5 45 (4.34%) Veeam
6 38 (3.67%) Google
7 37 (3.57%) Atlassian
8 32 (3.09%) Citrix
8 32 (3.09%) Splunk
9 30 (2.90%) Palo Alto
10 29 (2.80%) Red Hat
11 26 (2.51%) Commvault
12 25 (2.41%) CyberArk
13 22 (2.12%) SolarWinds
14 21 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
14 21 (2.03%) Dell
15 20 (1.93%) Meraki
15 20 (1.93%) SAP
16 18 (1.74%) Fortinet