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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 88 91
Rank change year-on-year -48 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,086 1,234 2,304
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.53% 3.38% 2.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.47% 9.89% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 861 1,012 1,989
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +9.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 12,816 12,473 26,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.09% 34.12% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9,188 9,321 22,253
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,534
25th Percentile £46,731 £48,000 £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 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £63,310 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.60% +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 April 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 April 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 -11 498 £70,000 -12.50% 123
South East -56 189 £57,125 -4.79% 97
North of England -69 131 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -50 97 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -18 94 £55,000 +15.79% 60
East of England -36 65 £40,000 -27.27% 34
Yorkshire -36 59 £47,500 -9.52% 16
North West -46 59 £55,000 +13.86% 35
East Midlands -28 54 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -59 42 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -27 13 £45,000 -21.74% 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
1 173 (15.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 127 (11.69%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.67%) IIS
4 21 (1.93%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.20%) Confluence
6 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.092%) Site Server
8 1 (0.092%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 49 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.37%) Siemens NX
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.37%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.28%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.092%) Actimize
5 1 (0.092%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.092%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.092%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.092%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 686 (63.17%) Azure
2 377 (34.71%) Microsoft 365
3 271 (24.95%) Entra ID
4 191 (17.59%) AWS
5 100 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
6 92 (8.47%) Power Platform
7 83 (7.64%) GitHub
8 71 (6.54%) GCP
9 65 (5.99%) SaaS
10 60 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
11 54 (4.97%) OneDrive
12 52 (4.79%) PaaS
13 48 (4.42%) IaaS
14 43 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
14 43 (3.96%) Google Workspace
15 38 (3.50%) Nutanix
16 36 (3.31%) Azure Logic Apps
16 36 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
17 35 (3.22%) Power Automate
18 34 (3.13%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 208 (19.15%) DNS
2 192 (17.68%) Firewall
3 157 (14.46%) DHCP
4 117 (10.77%) VPN
5 98 (9.02%) TCP/IP
6 54 (4.97%) Network Security
7 51 (4.70%) WAN
8 50 (4.60%) LAN
9 46 (4.24%) VLAN
10 44 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.13%) VoIP
12 30 (2.76%) SAN
13 29 (2.67%) Wireless
14 28 (2.58%) Broadband
15 23 (2.12%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.29%) VSAN
17 12 (1.10%) Internet
17 12 (1.10%) WinSCP
18 10 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
18 10 (0.92%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (11.69%) SQL Server
2 79 (7.27%) Power BI
3 30 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (2.49%) Oracle Database
4 27 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.30%) Oracle Database 10g
5 25 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (2.21%) MySQL
7 22 (2.03%) Relational Database
8 21 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (1.47%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.29%) Tableau
12 11 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.74%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.64%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.55%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.46%) Metadata
17 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 81 (7.46%) Git
2 62 (5.71%) JIRA
3 60 (5.52%) Jenkins
4 45 (4.14%) GitLab
5 25 (2.30%) Bitbucket
6 20 (1.84%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.20%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.83%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.74%) Robot Framework
11 7 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.46%) TestRail
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
General
1 360 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 205 (18.88%) Finance
3 128 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (6.45%) Law
5 47 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
7 39 (3.59%) Legal
7 39 (3.59%) Retail
8 31 (2.85%) Banking
8 31 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 24 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 17 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.38%) Advertising
12 8 (0.74%) Front Office
12 8 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.55%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.55%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.46%) Marketing
14 5 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 156 (14.36%) Senior
2 138 (12.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 129 (11.88%) Support Engineer
4 105 (9.67%) Analyst
5 104 (9.58%) Azure Engineer
6 99 (9.12%) IT Support
7 76 (7.00%) Security Engineer
8 74 (6.81%) IT Engineer
9 72 (6.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 65 (5.99%) DevOps Engineer
11 55 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support
11 55 (5.06%) IT Support Engineer
12 52 (4.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 52 (4.79%) Lead
13 50 (4.60%) Developer
14 49 (4.51%) 2nd Line Support
15 41 (3.78%) Architect
15 41 (3.78%) Platform Engineer
16 35 (3.22%) Security Analyst
17 32 (2.95%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.62%) .NET
2 55 (5.06%) REST
3 49 (4.51%) OAuth
4 46 (4.24%) SAML
5 43 (3.96%) OpenID
6 34 (3.13%) LDAP
7 31 (2.85%) SOAP
8 29 (2.67%) .NET Core
8 29 (2.67%) JSON
9 26 (2.39%) YAML
10 25 (2.30%) GraphQL
11 22 (2.03%) ARM Templates
12 19 (1.75%) Microsoft Graph
13 17 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
14 16 (1.47%) CSS
14 16 (1.47%) Node.js
14 16 (1.47%) React
15 15 (1.38%) SPFx
16 14 (1.29%) HTML
17 11 (1.01%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 86 (7.92%) Onboarding
2 69 (6.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 60 (5.52%) Security Posture
4 42 (3.87%) Driving Licence
4 42 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
5 40 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 37 (3.41%) Cyber Defence
7 35 (3.22%) Cloud Native
8 31 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 29 (2.67%) Cyberattack
10 27 (2.49%) Data Centre
10 27 (2.49%) Security Operations Centre
11 24 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (2.21%) Public Cloud
12 20 (1.84%) CMDB
12 20 (1.84%) PKI
13 19 (1.75%) Replication
14 17 (1.57%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 505 (46.50%) Windows
2 253 (23.30%) Windows Server
3 230 (21.18%) Linux
4 68 (6.26%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.88%) Mac OS
6 39 (3.59%) Unix
7 35 (3.22%) Android
7 35 (3.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (2.95%) Apple iOS
9 30 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
10 23 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (2.12%) Solaris
11 22 (2.03%) CentOS
11 22 (2.03%) VMS
12 21 (1.93%) HPUX
12 21 (1.93%) Windows 7
12 21 (1.93%) Windows Server 2003
12 21 (1.93%) Windows Server 2008
13 16 (1.47%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
2 231 (21.27%) DevOps
3 209 (19.24%) CI/CD
4 207 (19.06%) ITIL
5 202 (18.60%) Infrastructure as Code
6 198 (18.23%) Cybersecurity
7 197 (18.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 183 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 142 (13.08%) Incident Response
10 141 (12.98%) Disaster Recovery
11 134 (12.34%) Mentoring
12 120 (11.05%) Agile
13 115 (10.59%) Root Cause Analysis
14 99 (9.12%) Task Automation
15 98 (9.02%) Cloud Security
16 96 (8.84%) SIEM
17 94 (8.66%) Containerisation
18 92 (8.47%) Roadmaps
19 88 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
20 85 (7.83%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 401 (36.92%) Python
2 247 (22.74%) Bash
3 222 (20.44%) SQL
4 69 (6.35%) JavaScript
5 65 (5.99%) C#
6 59 (5.43%) Bicep
7 51 (4.70%) T-SQL
8 29 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
9 28 (2.58%) Perl
10 17 (1.57%) Java
11 13 (1.20%) Go
12 10 (0.92%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.83%) C++
13 9 (0.83%) VB.NET
14 7 (0.64%) C
14 7 (0.64%) PHP
14 7 (0.64%) VB
15 6 (0.55%) Delphi
15 6 (0.55%) Ruby
16 5 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 150 (13.81%) Degree
2 137 (12.62%) Security Cleared
3 93 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 88 (8.10%) Azure Certification
5 81 (7.46%) SC Cleared
6 58 (5.34%) DV Cleared
7 49 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (3.96%) CISSP
9 30 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (2.21%) AWS Certification
10 24 (2.21%) CEH
10 24 (2.21%) CREST Certified
10 24 (2.21%) GIAC
11 22 (2.03%) OSCP
12 20 (1.84%) CompTIA CySA+
12 20 (1.84%) CompTIA Security+
13 19 (1.75%) CCNA
14 18 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 15 (1.38%) DBS Check
16 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (14.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 132 (12.15%) NIST
3 64 (5.89%) SLA
4 58 (5.34%) GDPR
5 37 (3.41%) NCSC
6 28 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (2.03%) ISO 22301
8 18 (1.66%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.57%) Accessibility
9 17 (1.57%) QA
10 14 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (1.29%) PCI DSS
11 11 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.83%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.55%) DICOM
14 5 (0.46%) GRC
15 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.18%) COBIT
16 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.18%) HL7
System Software
1 405 (37.29%) Active Directory
2 131 (12.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (9.76%) Docker
4 102 (9.39%) Hyper-V
5 43 (3.96%) vSphere
6 30 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.57%) Firmware
8 16 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.74%) BitLocker
10 8 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.37%) iptables
12 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.37%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.37%) XenApp
12 4 (0.37%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 220 (20.26%) Terraform
2 159 (14.64%) Kubernetes
3 157 (14.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 131 (12.06%) Ansible
5 47 (4.33%) Grafana
6 41 (3.78%) SCCM
7 37 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (2.67%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.66%) vCenter Server
11 13 (1.20%) Nessus
12 11 (1.01%) VxRail
13 9 (0.83%) Puppet
14 8 (0.74%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.64%) logstash
16 6 (0.55%) Nagios
16 6 (0.55%) SCVMM
16 6 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 590 (54.33%) Microsoft
2 225 (20.72%) VMware
3 101 (9.30%) Cisco
4 51 (4.70%) ServiceNow
5 50 (4.60%) Splunk
6 47 (4.33%) Oracle
7 45 (4.14%) Veeam
8 43 (3.96%) Red Hat
9 34 (3.13%) Commvault
9 34 (3.13%) Google
9 34 (3.13%) Palo Alto
10 29 (2.67%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (2.49%) Meraki
12 26 (2.39%) Citrix
13 25 (2.30%) Dell
14 24 (2.21%) Atlassian
14 24 (2.21%) CyberArk
14 24 (2.21%) Fortinet
15 22 (2.03%) Apple
16 20 (1.84%) Dynatrace