PowerShell Jobs in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 101 90
Rank change year-on-year -13 -11 +4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,304 2,230 3,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.72% 2.60% 3.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.13% 8.08% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 992 1,824 2,253
10th Percentile £33,300 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,875 £88,750 £99,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +2.56%

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 14,286 27,592 39,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.79% 32.17% 43.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,279 22,454 25,118
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,265 £39,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Salary trend for PowerShell in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 9 May 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 9 May 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 +14 527 £77,000 +4.41% 439
South East +32 298 £57,500 +9.52% 279
Midlands 0 155 £50,000 +7.53% 86
North of England -73 138 £50,000 - 123
West Midlands +13 98 £50,000 +5.26% 51
East of England -9 95 £50,000 - 87
North West -58 85 £46,000 -12.38% 67
South West -15 76 £47,500 -5.00% 76
East Midlands +25 57 £38,750 -13.89% 31
Yorkshire -18 39 £55,500 +16.84% 42
North East +25 14 £57,500 +21.05% 14
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UK

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 235 (18.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 162 (12.42%) SharePoint
3 45 (3.45%) IIS
4 8 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.61%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.54%) Confluence
6 6 (0.46%) Apache
6 6 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.46%) WordPress
7 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.23%) CMS
7 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.077%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.077%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.077%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 84 (6.44%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.23%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.077%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.54%) Fidessa
2 6 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.31%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.23%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.077%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.077%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 734 (56.29%) Azure
2 404 (30.98%) Microsoft 365
3 246 (18.87%) Entra ID
4 233 (17.87%) AWS
5 148 (11.35%) Azure DevOps
6 124 (9.51%) Power Platform
7 114 (8.74%) IaaS
8 107 (8.21%) SaaS
9 102 (7.82%) Power Automate
10 95 (7.29%) PaaS
11 71 (5.44%) GCP
12 68 (5.21%) Azure Monitor
13 62 (4.75%) GitHub
13 62 (4.75%) OneDrive
14 60 (4.60%) PowerApps
15 33 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
16 31 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
16 31 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
17 28 (2.15%) Azure AKS
18 27 (2.07%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 284 (21.78%) Firewall
2 218 (16.72%) DNS
3 182 (13.96%) VPN
4 169 (12.96%) DHCP
5 164 (12.58%) TCP/IP
6 110 (8.44%) WAN
7 80 (6.13%) VLAN
8 77 (5.90%) LAN
8 77 (5.90%) Network Security
9 67 (5.14%) SAN
10 44 (3.37%) SD-WAN
11 43 (3.30%) VSAN
12 40 (3.07%) VoIP
13 31 (2.38%) NAS
14 28 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
15 27 (2.07%) SMTP
16 24 (1.84%) Wireless
17 22 (1.69%) FTP
18 21 (1.61%) OSPF
19 20 (1.53%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (11.50%) SQL Server
2 80 (6.13%) Power BI
3 40 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
4 36 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 29 (2.22%) Data Lake
8 28 (2.15%) MySQL
9 25 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 21 (1.61%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (0.92%) Big Data
13 7 (0.54%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 6 (0.46%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.31%) FileMaker
15 4 (0.31%) NoSQL
16 3 (0.23%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.23%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 64 (4.91%) Cucumber
1 64 (4.91%) Git
1 64 (4.91%) Robot Framework
2 38 (2.91%) JIRA
3 37 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.07%) GitLab
4 14 (1.07%) MSI
5 10 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.31%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.31%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.23%) CMake
9 3 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.23%) TestRail
9 3 (0.23%) webpack
10 2 (0.15%) gulp
General
1 412 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 277 (21.24%) Finance
3 126 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 84 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (6.13%) Telecoms
6 61 (4.68%) Legal
7 51 (3.91%) Banking
7 51 (3.91%) Law
8 33 (2.53%) Retail
9 28 (2.15%) Automotive
10 22 (1.69%) German Language
10 22 (1.69%) Public Sector
11 19 (1.46%) Advertising
12 18 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.23%) Electronics
14 15 (1.15%) Local Government
15 14 (1.07%) Back Office
15 14 (1.07%) Front Office
16 13 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 179 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 154 (11.81%) Senior
3 134 (10.28%) Analyst
4 110 (8.44%) Lead
5 108 (8.28%) IT Support
5 108 (8.28%) Support Engineer
6 103 (7.90%) Cloud Engineer
7 90 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
8 82 (6.29%) IT Engineer
9 73 (5.60%) Developer
10 64 (4.91%) Security Engineer
10 64 (4.91%) Test Automation Engineer
10 64 (4.91%) Test Engineer
11 61 (4.68%) Architect
12 59 (4.52%) Administrator
13 57 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
14 46 (3.53%) Systems Engineer
15 44 (3.37%) Support Analyst
16 42 (3.22%) Applications Support
17 41 (3.14%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.60%) .NET
2 41 (3.14%) REST
3 40 (3.07%) YAML
4 32 (2.45%) ARM Templates
5 30 (2.30%) JSON
6 28 (2.15%) React
6 28 (2.15%) SailPoint
7 25 (1.92%) HTML
7 25 (1.92%) XML
8 21 (1.61%) LDAP
9 20 (1.53%) SOAP
9 20 (1.53%) Web Services
10 16 (1.23%) CSS
11 15 (1.15%) ASP.NET
12 14 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (1.07%) Pandas
12 14 (1.07%) SAML
13 13 (1.00%) .NET Framework
13 13 (1.00%) SPFx
14 12 (0.92%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 108 (8.28%) Management Information System
2 74 (5.67%) Linux Command Line
3 66 (5.06%) Data Centre
4 61 (4.68%) Onboarding
5 50 (3.83%) Security Posture
6 49 (3.76%) Clustering
7 45 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 41 (3.14%) Cloud Native
9 39 (2.99%) Hedge funds
10 29 (2.22%) Public Cloud
11 25 (1.92%) Virtual Team
12 23 (1.76%) PKI
13 22 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
13 22 (1.69%) Private Cloud
13 22 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.46%) NHS
15 17 (1.30%) Client/Server
16 16 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
16 16 (1.23%) IoT
17 15 (1.15%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 695 (53.30%) Windows
2 341 (26.15%) Linux
3 321 (24.62%) Windows Server
4 87 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 84 (6.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 80 (6.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (3.22%) Mac OS
8 41 (3.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 40 (3.07%) Unix
10 33 (2.53%) Ubuntu
11 29 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 24 (1.84%) Apple iOS
13 21 (1.61%) Android
14 20 (1.53%) VMS
15 17 (1.30%) Mac OS X
16 16 (1.23%) CentOS
17 11 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
18 6 (0.46%) Windows 7
19 5 (0.38%) Debian
19 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (27.30%) DevOps
2 349 (26.76%) Problem-Solving
3 252 (19.33%) CI/CD
4 221 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 197 (15.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 191 (14.65%) Mentoring
7 182 (13.96%) Cybersecurity
8 181 (13.88%) ITIL
9 174 (13.34%) Agile
10 133 (10.20%) Disaster Recovery
11 116 (8.90%) Computer Science
12 106 (8.13%) Migration
13 104 (7.98%) Task Automation
13 104 (7.98%) Test Automation
14 103 (7.90%) Coaching
15 99 (7.59%) High Availability
16 91 (6.98%) Project Management
17 89 (6.83%) Analytics
17 89 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
18 88 (6.75%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 527 (40.41%) Python
2 283 (21.70%) SQL
3 266 (20.40%) Bash
4 129 (9.89%) JavaScript
5 101 (7.75%) C#
6 47 (3.60%) Bicep
7 43 (3.30%) Java
8 40 (3.07%) T-SQL
9 33 (2.53%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.76%) Perl
11 15 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 15 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (1.00%) C++
13 12 (0.92%) Go
14 9 (0.69%) VBA
15 8 (0.61%) R
16 7 (0.54%) Ruby
17 6 (0.46%) C
18 5 (0.38%) PL/SQL
18 5 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 330 (25.31%) Degree
2 164 (12.58%) Security Cleared
3 128 (9.82%) Azure Certification
4 125 (9.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 115 (8.82%) DV Cleared
6 93 (7.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 67 (5.14%) SC Cleared
8 56 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
9 52 (3.99%) CISSP
10 39 (2.99%) CEH
11 37 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
12 34 (2.61%) MCSE
13 33 (2.53%) GCIH
14 32 (2.45%) AWS Certification
14 32 (2.45%) OSCP
15 28 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
15 28 (2.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 25 (1.92%) CCNA
17 24 (1.84%) GCIA
18 23 (1.76%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 79 (6.06%) QA
2 73 (5.60%) GDPR
3 61 (4.68%) NIST
4 34 (2.61%) SLA
5 25 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 22 (1.69%) HIPAA
7 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.30%) NCSC
9 16 (1.23%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.92%) COBIT
11 11 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.54%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.38%) HL7
15 2 (0.15%) GRC
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 1 (0.077%) MISRA
16 1 (0.077%) NIST 800
System Software
1 451 (34.59%) Active Directory
2 259 (19.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 128 (9.82%) Hyper-V
4 100 (7.67%) Docker
5 92 (7.06%) vSphere
6 81 (6.21%) Virtual Machines
7 66 (5.06%) VMware ESXi
8 44 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 37 (2.84%) VMware NSX
10 18 (1.38%) XenApp
11 13 (1.00%) BitLocker
12 12 (0.92%) Microsoft App-V
12 12 (0.92%) Terminal Services
13 9 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (0.46%) Firmware
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.23%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.23%) Postfix
16 3 (0.23%) XenDesktop
17 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 224 (17.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 207 (15.87%) Terraform
3 149 (11.43%) Kubernetes
4 146 (11.20%) Ansible
5 130 (9.97%) SCCM
6 72 (5.52%) Single Sign-On
7 47 (3.60%) Puppet
8 34 (2.61%) vCenter Server
9 28 (2.15%) Grafana
9 28 (2.15%) Prometheus
10 25 (1.92%) SCOM
11 21 (1.61%) NetBackup
11 21 (1.61%) Progress Chef
12 20 (1.53%) WSUS
13 16 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
14 15 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 15 (1.15%) QRadar
14 15 (1.15%) vRealize
15 14 (1.07%) vMotion
15 14 (1.07%) WMI
Vendors
1 680 (52.15%) Microsoft
2 319 (24.46%) VMware
3 114 (8.74%) Cisco
4 100 (7.67%) Citrix
5 64 (4.91%) Meraki
6 59 (4.52%) Veeam
7 52 (3.99%) ServiceNow
8 49 (3.76%) Google
9 39 (2.99%) Fortinet
9 39 (2.99%) Oracle
10 37 (2.84%) Okta
11 36 (2.76%) Databricks
12 35 (2.68%) Apple
13 33 (2.53%) Red Hat
13 33 (2.53%) Splunk
14 31 (2.38%) SolarWinds
15 30 (2.30%) Palo Alto
16 28 (2.15%) Dell
17 27 (2.07%) iManage
18 26 (1.99%) Salesforce