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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 84 101
Rank change year-on-year -70 +17 -37
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,301 1,508 1,704
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.27% 3.50% 2.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.70% 12.81% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 931 1,007 1,118
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,765 £47,006
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £81,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% 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 16,898 11,774 21,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.49% 27.33% 30.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12,298 7,785 13,530
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

PowerShell
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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -39 472 £70,000 -3.45% 516
South East -40 240 £52,500 -8.70% 198
North of England -85 239 £50,000 - 177
Midlands -54 160 £52,500 +5.00% 94
North West -72 144 £50,000 +5.26% 99
East of England -43 99 £57,500 +21.05% 62
South West -69 86 £55,000 +15.79% 78
West Midlands -71 81 £55,000 +1.21% 50
East Midlands -21 79 £42,500 +21.43% 44
Yorkshire -38 59 £42,500 -17.68% 50
North East -36 36 £51,500 -6.36% 30
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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
1 229 (17.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 219 (16.83%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.84%) IIS
4 41 (3.15%) Confluence
5 15 (1.15%) nginx
6 8 (0.61%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.77%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.38%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 804 (61.80%) Azure
2 512 (39.35%) Microsoft 365
3 408 (31.36%) Entra ID
4 242 (18.60%) AWS
5 161 (12.38%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.22%) OneDrive
6 107 (8.22%) SaaS
7 106 (8.15%) Power Platform
8 100 (7.69%) IaaS
9 97 (7.46%) GitHub
10 83 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
11 78 (6.00%) Azure Sentinel
12 76 (5.84%) Power Automate
13 75 (5.76%) Azure AKS
14 71 (5.46%) PaaS
15 64 (4.92%) Azure Key Vault
16 63 (4.84%) GCP
16 63 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
17 51 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
18 49 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 305 (23.44%) Firewall
2 293 (22.52%) DNS
3 198 (15.22%) DHCP
3 198 (15.22%) VPN
4 135 (10.38%) TCP/IP
5 84 (6.46%) WAN
6 74 (5.69%) LAN
7 68 (5.23%) VLAN
8 56 (4.30%) Network Security
9 53 (4.07%) Wireless
10 44 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
11 36 (2.77%) SAN
12 30 (2.31%) Kerberos
13 24 (1.84%) SSL
14 22 (1.69%) NAS
15 18 (1.38%) HTTP
16 16 (1.23%) Internet
17 12 (0.92%) VSAN
18 10 (0.77%) FTP
18 10 (0.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (10.07%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (4.53%) Power BI
4 22 (1.69%) MongoDB
4 22 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (1.23%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.92%) MySQL
8 9 (0.69%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.61%) InfluxDB
10 7 (0.54%) Power Query
10 7 (0.54%) Redis
11 6 (0.46%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.46%) Metadata
12 5 (0.38%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.31%) Db2
13 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 95 (7.30%) JIRA
2 89 (6.84%) Git
3 68 (5.23%) GitLab
4 61 (4.69%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.61%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 12 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.77%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.61%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.61%) TestRail
10 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.46%) Selenium
12 5 (0.38%) Postman
12 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.31%) MSI
14 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.23%) JMeter
14 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 462 (35.51%) Social Skills
2 224 (17.22%) Finance
3 179 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (7.30%) Law
5 55 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (4.07%) Legal
7 51 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.54%) Retail
9 43 (3.31%) Banking
10 37 (2.84%) Manufacturing
11 36 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.31%) Public Sector
13 29 (2.23%) Aerospace
14 12 (0.92%) Advertising
15 11 (0.85%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.69%) Front Office
16 9 (0.69%) Investment Banking
17 8 (0.61%) Aviation
18 6 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 201 (15.45%) Senior
2 194 (14.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 148 (11.38%) Analyst
4 136 (10.45%) Azure Engineer
5 130 (9.99%) Cloud Engineer
6 127 (9.76%) Support Engineer
7 124 (9.53%) IT Engineer
8 102 (7.84%) IT Support
9 95 (7.30%) DevOps Engineer
10 76 (5.84%) Platform Engineer
11 69 (5.30%) Lead
12 64 (4.92%) Consultant
12 64 (4.92%) IT Support Engineer
13 63 (4.84%) Support Analyst
14 57 (4.38%) Security Engineer
15 56 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
16 51 (3.92%) Developer
17 45 (3.46%) Automation Engineer
18 43 (3.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 41 (3.15%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (26.36%) Terraform
2 68 (5.23%) .NET
3 55 (4.23%) ARM Templates
4 48 (3.69%) REST
5 42 (3.23%) SAML
5 42 (3.23%) YAML
6 39 (3.00%) Microsoft Graph
7 37 (2.84%) OpenID
8 36 (2.77%) OAuth
9 35 (2.69%) LDAP
10 34 (2.61%) HTML
11 28 (2.15%) JSON
12 25 (1.92%) CSS
13 24 (1.84%) SPFx
14 23 (1.77%) .NET Core
15 20 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
16 15 (1.15%) HTML5 Canvas
17 13 (1.00%) RESTful
18 12 (0.92%) ADO
18 12 (0.92%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 121 (9.30%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.38%) Cloud Native
3 78 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 73 (5.61%) Driving Licence
4 73 (5.61%) Management Information System
5 64 (4.92%) Security Posture
6 48 (3.69%) Data Centre
7 46 (3.54%) PKI
8 43 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (3.15%) Public Cloud
10 40 (3.07%) Security Operations Centre
11 33 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (2.46%) Replication
13 25 (1.92%) Private Cloud
14 22 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
15 19 (1.46%) CMDB
15 19 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
16 18 (1.38%) Clustering
17 16 (1.23%) Product Ownership
18 15 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 650 (49.96%) Windows
2 310 (23.83%) Windows Server
3 305 (23.44%) Linux
4 89 (6.84%) Windows 10
5 51 (3.92%) Apple iOS
6 42 (3.23%) Android
7 41 (3.15%) Ubuntu
8 39 (3.00%) VMS
9 34 (2.61%) CentOS
9 34 (2.61%) Mac OS
10 33 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
11 30 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
13 17 (1.31%) Unix
14 15 (1.15%) Rocky
15 7 (0.54%) Solaris
16 5 (0.38%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Debian
17 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (30.21%) Problem-Solving
2 325 (24.98%) Infrastructure as Code
3 301 (23.14%) CI/CD
4 295 (22.67%) DevOps
5 292 (22.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 288 (22.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 263 (20.22%) ITIL
8 241 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
9 185 (14.22%) Disaster Recovery
10 160 (12.30%) AI
11 156 (11.99%) Agile
12 152 (11.68%) Mentoring
13 149 (11.45%) Root Cause Analysis
14 137 (10.53%) High Availability
15 136 (10.45%) Platform Engineering
16 135 (10.38%) Cloud Security
17 133 (10.22%) Incident Response
18 128 (9.84%) Observability
19 124 (9.53%) Migration
20 122 (9.38%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 497 (38.20%) Python
2 284 (21.83%) Bash
3 274 (21.06%) SQL
4 116 (8.92%) Bicep
5 85 (6.53%) JavaScript
6 78 (6.00%) C#
7 48 (3.69%) Kusto Query Language
8 36 (2.77%) Java
9 32 (2.46%) T-SQL
10 30 (2.31%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.77%) VBScript
12 19 (1.46%) C++
13 18 (1.38%) Perl
14 13 (1.00%) PHP
15 12 (0.92%) Ruby
16 10 (0.77%) VB
16 10 (0.77%) VBA
17 9 (0.69%) Go
18 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 5 (0.38%) C
Qualifications
1 173 (13.30%) Security Cleared
2 156 (11.99%) Degree
3 146 (11.22%) Azure Certification
4 144 (11.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 118 (9.07%) SC Cleared
6 54 (4.15%) CISSP
7 53 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (4.00%) DV Cleared
9 51 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 50 (3.84%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (3.00%) CCNA
12 27 (2.08%) CEH
13 24 (1.84%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.69%) DBS Check
15 19 (1.46%) CISM
16 18 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (1.31%) GIAC
18 16 (1.23%) OSCP
19 13 (1.00%) CompTIA CySA+
19 13 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 51 (3.92%) NIST
4 43 (3.31%) SLA
5 39 (3.00%) GDPR
6 24 (1.84%) QA
7 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 14 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.08%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.54%) PMO
10 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.38%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.38%) NCSC
12 4 (0.31%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
14 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.15%) EMIR
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 485 (37.28%) Active Directory
2 221 (16.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 135 (10.38%) Hyper-V
4 134 (10.30%) Docker
5 78 (6.00%) vSphere
6 67 (5.15%) Virtual Machines
7 55 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.54%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.38%) BitLocker
10 16 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.77%) Firmware
12 8 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.61%) KVM
12 8 (0.61%) Squid
13 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.077%) Ceph
16 1 (0.077%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 235 (18.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (16.37%) Kubernetes
3 158 (12.14%) Ansible
4 80 (6.15%) Grafana
5 66 (5.07%) SCCM
6 52 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
7 44 (3.38%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.77%) Argo
8 23 (1.77%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.61%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.54%) Proxmox
10 20 (1.54%) Puppet
11 19 (1.46%) QRadar
12 18 (1.38%) Packer
13 15 (1.15%) FortiGate
13 15 (1.15%) Graylog
14 13 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.85%) VxRail
16 9 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 9 (0.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 848 (65.18%) Microsoft
2 256 (19.68%) VMware
3 104 (7.99%) ServiceNow
4 101 (7.76%) Cisco
5 83 (6.38%) Splunk
6 64 (4.92%) Veeam
7 49 (3.77%) Red Hat
8 47 (3.61%) Oracle
9 41 (3.15%) Citrix
10 36 (2.77%) Meraki
11 34 (2.61%) Sage
12 32 (2.46%) Dell
13 29 (2.23%) Dynatrace
13 29 (2.23%) Sophos
14 28 (2.15%) SAP
15 27 (2.08%) Tenable
16 25 (1.92%) Fortinet
17 24 (1.84%) CyberArk
18 23 (1.77%) Apple
18 23 (1.77%) SolarWinds