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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 93 53
Rank change year-on-year -13 -40 +34
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,178 1,679 2,333
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.56% 2.76% 4.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.09% 8.60% 11.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 1,131 1,891
10th Percentile £33,188 £38,000 £38,130
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 10,623 19,518 19,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.09% 32.06% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7,853 11,640 16,057
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,566 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £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 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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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 15 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 15 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 -32 424 £75,000 - 284
South East -5 239 £58,000 +3.11% 186
North of England -21 156 £50,000 - 75
Midlands +18 130 £52,500 +10.53% 81
South West +16 110 £50,000 -3.85% 67
East of England +37 105 £47,500 -9.52% 50
West Midlands +25 100 £57,500 +27.78% 48
Yorkshire -11 75 £47,500 -11.21% 21
North West -10 69 £52,500 +5.00% 42
East Midlands +6 30 £41,000 -13.68% 33
North East -2 12 £60,000 +35.52% 12
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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
1 222 (18.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 165 (14.01%) SharePoint
3 60 (5.09%) Confluence
4 53 (4.50%) IIS
5 22 (1.87%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.61%) Skype for Business
7 13 (1.10%) nginx
8 6 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.42%) Apache
9 5 (0.42%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.17%) CMS
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.68%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.51%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.25%) CATIA
6 3 (0.25%) Windchill
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.17%) Revit
7 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.085%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 11 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.51%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.42%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.085%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.085%) Eikon
6 1 (0.085%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.085%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.085%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 731 (62.05%) Azure
2 411 (34.89%) Microsoft 365
3 237 (20.12%) Entra ID
4 232 (19.69%) AWS
5 160 (13.58%) Azure DevOps
6 112 (9.51%) Power Platform
7 87 (7.39%) PaaS
8 78 (6.62%) SaaS
9 72 (6.11%) Power Automate
10 71 (6.03%) GCP
11 68 (5.77%) GitHub
12 64 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
13 63 (5.35%) IaaS
14 54 (4.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 54 (4.58%) Azure Sentinel
15 51 (4.33%) Serverless
16 47 (3.99%) Amazon S3
17 46 (3.90%) Amazon EC2
18 45 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
18 45 (3.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 277 (23.51%) Firewall
2 247 (20.97%) DNS
3 190 (16.13%) DHCP
4 115 (9.76%) TCP/IP
5 97 (8.23%) VPN
6 93 (7.89%) WAN
7 75 (6.37%) LAN
8 53 (4.50%) VLAN
9 49 (4.16%) SAN
10 42 (3.57%) Wireless
11 38 (3.23%) Internet
12 33 (2.80%) Network Security
12 33 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (2.46%) SMTP
14 28 (2.38%) HTTP
15 26 (2.21%) SD-WAN
16 23 (1.95%) FTP
16 23 (1.95%) SSH
17 22 (1.87%) NAS
18 20 (1.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (10.19%) SQL Server
2 63 (5.35%) Amazon RDS
3 62 (5.26%) Power BI
4 31 (2.63%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.46%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.21%) Oracle Database 10g
7 21 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (1.36%) MySQL
10 15 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.02%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (0.76%) DTS
14 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
15 7 (0.59%) MongoDB
16 6 (0.51%) Data Mining
17 5 (0.42%) Tableau
18 4 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 124 (10.53%) JIRA
2 106 (9.00%) Git
3 98 (8.32%) Jenkins
4 42 (3.57%) GitLab
5 36 (3.06%) Vagrant
6 23 (1.95%) Octopus Deploy
7 17 (1.44%) MSI
8 12 (1.02%) Burp Suite
8 12 (1.02%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.93%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.93%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.34%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.34%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.34%) Toad
14 3 (0.25%) CircleCI
14 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 429 (36.42%) Social Skills
2 219 (18.59%) Finance
3 81 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.20%) Law
5 58 (4.92%) Public Sector
6 41 (3.48%) Legal
7 39 (3.31%) Banking
8 38 (3.23%) Retail
9 37 (3.14%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.63%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.27%) Marketing
17 14 (1.19%) Automotive
18 11 (0.93%) Front Office
19 10 (0.85%) Aerospace
19 10 (0.85%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 199 (16.89%) Support Engineer
2 152 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 120 (10.19%) Senior
4 104 (8.83%) DevOps Engineer
5 96 (8.15%) Azure Engineer
6 93 (7.89%) Analyst
7 92 (7.81%) 3rd Line Support
8 84 (7.13%) IT Support
9 79 (6.71%) IT Engineer
10 74 (6.28%) Security Engineer
11 72 (6.11%) Developer
11 72 (6.11%) Lead
12 70 (5.94%) Cloud Engineer
13 69 (5.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 64 (5.43%) Platform Engineer
15 50 (4.24%) IT Support Engineer
16 48 (4.07%) Infrastructure Support
17 46 (3.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 46 (3.90%) Applications Support
18 44 (3.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (5.69%) YAML
2 61 (5.18%) .NET
3 58 (4.92%) REST
4 37 (3.14%) ARM Templates
5 33 (2.80%) JSON
6 30 (2.55%) LDAP
7 26 (2.21%) SOAP
8 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.44%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (1.27%) React
12 12 (1.02%) .NET Framework
12 12 (1.02%) Web Services
13 11 (0.93%) Middleware
13 11 (0.93%) Node.js
14 10 (0.85%) Razor View Engine
14 10 (0.85%) SAML
14 10 (0.85%) XML
15 8 (0.68%) Jinja
15 8 (0.68%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 95 (8.06%) Onboarding
2 56 (4.75%) Security Posture
3 48 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 39 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 37 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
5 37 (3.14%) PKI
6 36 (3.06%) Cloud Native
7 35 (2.97%) Management Information System
8 33 (2.80%) Replication
9 27 (2.29%) Driving Licence
10 25 (2.12%) Private Cloud
10 25 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (2.04%) Public Cloud
12 21 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.78%) Video Conferencing
13 19 (1.61%) Hedge funds
14 18 (1.53%) IoT
14 18 (1.53%) Product Ownership
15 17 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
16 16 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 548 (46.52%) Windows
2 310 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 238 (20.20%) Linux
4 72 (6.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 70 (5.94%) Windows 10
6 63 (5.35%) VMS
7 48 (4.07%) Unix
8 46 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 44 (3.74%) Mac OS
10 31 (2.63%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.12%) Solaris
12 23 (1.95%) Amazon Linux
12 23 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.87%) HPUX
13 22 (1.87%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.87%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
15 17 (1.44%) Android
15 17 (1.44%) Ubuntu
16 12 (1.02%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (29.29%) DevOps
2 301 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (21.05%) CI/CD
4 212 (18.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 193 (16.38%) ITIL
6 170 (14.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 165 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 141 (11.97%) Agile
9 137 (11.63%) Mentoring
10 136 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
11 132 (11.21%) Task Automation
12 121 (10.27%) Disaster Recovery
13 112 (9.51%) Cloud Security
14 106 (9.00%) Migration
15 97 (8.23%) Change Management
16 94 (7.98%) ITSM
17 88 (7.47%) Incident Management
18 87 (7.39%) Containerisation
18 87 (7.39%) Platform Engineering
19 83 (7.05%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 374 (31.75%) Python
2 214 (18.17%) SQL
3 210 (17.83%) Bash
4 99 (8.40%) C#
5 58 (4.92%) Bicep
6 49 (4.16%) Java
7 45 (3.82%) JavaScript
8 39 (3.31%) Groovy
9 38 (3.23%) Perl
10 26 (2.21%) Kusto Query Language
11 25 (2.12%) Go
12 24 (2.04%) VB
13 17 (1.44%) T-SQL
14 15 (1.27%) TypeScript
15 13 (1.10%) Shell Script
16 12 (1.02%) VBScript
17 6 (0.51%) Ruby
18 5 (0.42%) PL/SQL
18 5 (0.42%) VBA
19 4 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 198 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 179 (15.20%) Degree
3 130 (11.04%) SC Cleared
4 93 (7.89%) Azure Certification
5 89 (7.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 70 (5.94%) DV Cleared
7 54 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
8 50 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (3.48%) AWS Certification
10 35 (2.97%) CCNA
11 31 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 27 (2.29%) CISSP
13 25 (2.12%) Master's Degree
14 19 (1.61%) CCNP
15 18 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 17 (1.44%) OSCP
17 16 (1.36%) CEH
18 15 (1.27%) CREST Certified
19 13 (1.10%) HND
19 13 (1.10%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (11.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (8.66%) NIST
3 58 (4.92%) SLA
4 55 (4.67%) GDPR
5 34 (2.89%) NCSC
6 28 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (1.95%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.27%) QA
9 8 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.59%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.51%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.42%) GRC
13 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.17%) HL7
15 1 (0.085%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.085%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 438 (37.18%) Active Directory
2 190 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 125 (10.61%) Hyper-V
4 112 (9.51%) Docker
5 45 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
7 30 (2.55%) vSphere
8 25 (2.12%) DFS Replication
9 23 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (1.02%) Firmware
11 11 (0.93%) XenApp
12 10 (0.85%) Postfix
12 10 (0.85%) Squid
13 9 (0.76%) Dovecot
13 9 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
14 7 (0.59%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.51%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 3 (0.25%) KVM
17 3 (0.25%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 233 (19.78%) Terraform
2 203 (17.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 149 (12.65%) Kubernetes
4 139 (11.80%) Ansible
5 69 (5.86%) SCCM
6 68 (5.77%) Grafana
7 62 (5.26%) Prometheus
8 39 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
9 33 (2.80%) WSUS
10 24 (2.04%) SCOM
11 18 (1.53%) vCenter Server
12 17 (1.44%) WMI
13 16 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 16 (1.36%) Autotask
14 15 (1.27%) Backup Exec
15 13 (1.10%) Nessus
16 12 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
17 11 (0.93%) Progress Chef
17 11 (0.93%) QRadar
17 11 (0.93%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 695 (59.00%) Microsoft
2 265 (22.50%) VMware
3 114 (9.68%) Cisco
4 98 (8.32%) ServiceNow
5 70 (5.94%) Oracle
6 58 (4.92%) Veeam
7 47 (3.99%) Citrix
8 45 (3.82%) Atlassian
8 45 (3.82%) Splunk
9 42 (3.57%) Red Hat
10 33 (2.80%) Google
11 30 (2.55%) SolarWinds
12 28 (2.38%) Palo Alto
13 25 (2.12%) SAP
14 23 (1.95%) Meraki
14 23 (1.95%) Sophos
15 21 (1.78%) Apple
15 21 (1.78%) Juniper
16 20 (1.70%) Bloomberg
17 18 (1.53%) HP