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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 93 54
Rank change year-on-year +17 -39 +32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,443 1,670 2,335
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.26% 2.75% 4.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.23% 8.62% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 1,113 1,898
10th Percentile £33,375 £38,000 £37,866
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £99,500 £94,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 10,906 19,381 19,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.63% 31.97% 41.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7,758 11,537 16,279
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,734 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.63%

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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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 -25 420 £75,000 - 541
North of England +54 404 £50,000 - 161
North West +77 320 £53,125 +6.25% 114
South East +5 241 £58,000 +3.11% 591
Midlands +34 148 £52,500 +10.53% 114
East of England +46 109 £47,500 -9.52% 74
West Midlands +32 108 £57,500 +31.43% 67
South West +19 106 £50,000 -1.96% 117
Yorkshire -16 75 £47,500 -12.84% 29
East Midlands +17 40 £38,500 -18.95% 46
North East -1 9 £60,000 +35.52% 18
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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
1 225 (15.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (11.09%) SharePoint
3 63 (4.37%) Confluence
4 54 (3.74%) IIS
5 22 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.32%) Skype for Business
7 13 (0.90%) nginx
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.35%) Apache
9 5 (0.35%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.069%) CMS
10 1 (0.069%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.55%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.35%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.14%) CATIA
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) Revit
8 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) Windchill
9 1 (0.069%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 11 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.35%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.35%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.069%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.069%) Eikon
6 1 (0.069%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.069%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 739 (51.21%) Azure
2 405 (28.07%) Microsoft 365
3 248 (17.19%) Entra ID
4 245 (16.98%) AWS
5 175 (12.13%) Azure DevOps
6 121 (8.39%) Power Platform
7 102 (7.07%) PaaS
8 96 (6.65%) SaaS
9 84 (5.82%) Power Automate
10 78 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
10 78 (5.41%) IaaS
11 66 (4.57%) GitHub
12 63 (4.37%) GCP
13 60 (4.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 52 (3.60%) Amazon S3
14 52 (3.60%) Azure Sentinel
14 52 (3.60%) Serverless
14 52 (3.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 51 (3.53%) Amazon EC2
16 44 (3.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 370 (25.64%) VPN
2 295 (20.44%) Firewall
3 271 (18.78%) Cisco IOS
4 263 (18.23%) DNS
5 188 (13.03%) DHCP
6 111 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 111 (7.69%) WAN
7 77 (5.34%) LAN
8 54 (3.74%) VLAN
9 48 (3.33%) SAN
10 42 (2.91%) SD-WAN
11 41 (2.84%) Wireless
12 37 (2.56%) Internet
13 32 (2.22%) Network Security
13 32 (2.22%) SMTP
14 31 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
15 30 (2.08%) HTTP
16 25 (1.73%) FTP
16 25 (1.73%) SSH
17 21 (1.46%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (8.25%) SQL Server
2 71 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
2 71 (4.92%) Power BI
3 31 (2.15%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.08%) MySQL
5 29 (2.01%) Oracle Database
6 26 (1.80%) Oracle Database 10g
7 22 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.04%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.83%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (0.62%) DTS
13 8 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.42%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.42%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 126 (8.73%) Git
2 121 (8.39%) JIRA
3 99 (6.86%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.91%) GitLab
5 40 (2.77%) Vagrant
6 22 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
7 19 (1.32%) MSI
8 13 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.83%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.69%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.55%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.28%) Toad
13 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.21%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.21%) CircleCI
General
1 419 (29.04%) Social Skills
2 339 (23.49%) Analytical Skills
3 281 (19.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 213 (14.76%) Finance
5 74 (5.13%) Law
6 59 (4.09%) Public Sector
7 40 (2.77%) Banking
8 39 (2.70%) Legal
9 37 (2.56%) Retail
10 33 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 33 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 25 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (0.97%) Automotive
15 14 (0.97%) Marketing
16 12 (0.83%) Advertising
16 12 (0.83%) Front Office
17 10 (0.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 413 (28.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 197 (13.65%) Support Engineer
3 121 (8.39%) Senior
4 105 (7.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 96 (6.65%) Azure Engineer
6 94 (6.51%) 3rd Line Support
7 93 (6.44%) Analyst
8 86 (5.96%) IT Support
9 81 (5.61%) IT Engineer
10 71 (4.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 71 (4.92%) Lead
11 69 (4.78%) Security Engineer
12 67 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
12 67 (4.64%) Platform Engineer
13 66 (4.57%) Developer
14 52 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
15 49 (3.40%) Applications Support
15 49 (3.40%) Infrastructure Support
16 48 (3.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 46 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (19.06%) Elastic Stack
2 70 (4.85%) YAML
3 64 (4.44%) .NET
4 56 (3.88%) REST
5 35 (2.43%) JSON
6 34 (2.36%) ARM Templates
7 30 (2.08%) LDAP
8 26 (1.80%) SOAP
9 18 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
10 17 (1.18%) AngularJS
11 15 (1.04%) React
12 13 (0.90%) .NET Framework
13 12 (0.83%) Web Services
14 11 (0.76%) Node.js
14 11 (0.76%) XML
15 10 (0.69%) Middleware
15 10 (0.69%) Razor View Engine
15 10 (0.69%) SAML
16 8 (0.55%) Jinja
17 7 (0.49%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 263 (18.23%) Cyberattack
2 94 (6.51%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.88%) Data Centre
3 56 (3.88%) Security Posture
4 44 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 39 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 37 (2.56%) PKI
6 37 (2.56%) Replication
7 36 (2.49%) Management Information System
8 35 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (1.94%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.80%) Private Cloud
11 25 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.66%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (1.32%) Product Ownership
14 19 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
15 18 (1.25%) IoT
15 18 (1.25%) Virtual Team
16 17 (1.18%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 810 (56.13%) Windows
2 500 (34.65%) Linux
3 311 (21.55%) Windows Server
4 278 (19.27%) Android
5 74 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 67 (4.64%) VMS
7 66 (4.57%) Windows 10
8 51 (3.53%) Unix
9 47 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 41 (2.84%) Mac OS
11 31 (2.15%) Windows Server 2008
12 26 (1.80%) Amazon Linux
13 25 (1.73%) Solaris
14 22 (1.52%) HPUX
14 22 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 22 (1.52%) Windows 7
14 22 (1.52%) Windows Server 2003
15 20 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
16 17 (1.18%) Ubuntu
17 11 (0.76%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (43.38%) DevOps
2 555 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 470 (32.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 395 (27.37%) Task Automation
5 352 (24.39%) Platform Engineering
6 293 (20.30%) Storage Management
7 285 (19.75%) Risk Management
8 265 (18.36%) CI/CD
9 264 (18.30%) Mathematics
10 263 (18.23%) Line Management
11 203 (14.07%) ITIL
12 181 (12.54%) Infrastructure as Code
13 158 (10.95%) Agile
14 154 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 139 (9.63%) Mentoring
16 132 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
17 120 (8.32%) Disaster Recovery
17 120 (8.32%) Migration
18 112 (7.76%) Cloud Security
19 95 (6.58%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 634 (43.94%) Python
2 465 (32.22%) Bash
3 226 (15.66%) SQL
4 99 (6.86%) C#
5 71 (4.92%) Bicep
6 54 (3.74%) Java
7 43 (2.98%) Groovy
7 43 (2.98%) JavaScript
8 41 (2.84%) Perl
9 25 (1.73%) Go
9 25 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
10 24 (1.66%) VB
11 14 (0.97%) Shell Script
11 14 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 14 (0.97%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.83%) VBScript
13 8 (0.55%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.42%) Ruby
15 5 (0.35%) PHP
15 5 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 201 (13.93%) Security Cleared
2 172 (11.92%) Degree
3 136 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 111 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 90 (6.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 67 (4.64%) DV Cleared
7 55 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
8 46 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.12%) AWS Certification
10 36 (2.49%) CCNA
11 28 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 26 (1.80%) DBS Check
13 25 (1.73%) Master's Degree
14 24 (1.66%) CISSP
15 19 (1.32%) CCNP
16 18 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 17 (1.18%) OSCP
18 15 (1.04%) CEH
19 14 (0.97%) CREST Certified
20 13 (0.90%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 99 (6.86%) NIST
3 59 (4.09%) SLA
4 54 (3.74%) GDPR
5 34 (2.36%) NCSC
6 27 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.90%) QA
9 9 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.49%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.35%) GRC
12 5 (0.35%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.14%) HL7
15 1 (0.069%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.069%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.069%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 442 (30.63%) Active Directory
2 389 (26.96%) Hyper-V
3 372 (25.78%) Docker
4 291 (20.17%) vSphere
5 265 (18.36%) VMware NSX
6 194 (13.44%) VMware Infrastructure
7 61 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (2.01%) DFS Replication
8 29 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
9 24 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (0.90%) XenApp
11 12 (0.83%) Firmware
12 10 (0.69%) Postfix
12 10 (0.69%) Squid
13 9 (0.62%) Dovecot
13 9 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
14 7 (0.49%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.42%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 3 (0.21%) KVM
Systems Management
1 496 (34.37%) Terraform
2 400 (27.72%) Ansible
3 207 (14.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 150 (10.40%) Kubernetes
5 72 (4.99%) Grafana
6 69 (4.78%) SCCM
7 68 (4.71%) Prometheus
8 56 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
9 34 (2.36%) WSUS
10 25 (1.73%) SCOM
11 19 (1.32%) WMI
12 18 (1.25%) vCenter Server
13 17 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (1.18%) Autotask
14 16 (1.11%) Backup Exec
15 13 (0.90%) Nessus
15 13 (0.90%) Progress Chef
16 12 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
17 11 (0.76%) QRadar
17 11 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 690 (47.82%) Microsoft
2 380 (26.33%) Cisco
3 307 (21.28%) Splunk
4 283 (19.61%) Juniper
5 268 (18.57%) VMware
6 262 (18.16%) 3PAR
7 99 (6.86%) ServiceNow
8 72 (4.99%) Oracle
9 59 (4.09%) Veeam
10 48 (3.33%) Citrix
11 41 (2.84%) Meraki
12 39 (2.70%) Atlassian
12 39 (2.70%) Red Hat
13 30 (2.08%) Google
14 29 (2.01%) SolarWinds
15 28 (1.94%) Palo Alto
16 23 (1.59%) SAP
16 23 (1.59%) Sophos
17 22 (1.52%) Apple
18 19 (1.32%) HP