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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 90 86
Rank change year-on-year -38 -4 +2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,083 1,276 2,307
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.61% 3.37% 3.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.93% 9.75% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 859 1,022 2,004
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £84,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 12,131 13,085 25,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.05% 34.59% 34.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,818 9,292 21,814
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,375 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -8 489 £70,000 -12.50% 121
South East -49 191 £56,687 -5.52% 104
North of England -54 137 £47,500 -9.52% 54
South West -16 96 £55,000 +11.00% 48
Midlands -42 95 £52,500 +5.00% 42
Yorkshire -24 68 £47,500 -9.52% 17
East of England -24 60 £40,000 -27.27% 39
North West -44 55 £51,000 +5.58% 23
East Midlands -31 52 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -49 42 £48,000 -4.00% 26
North East -22 14 £45,000 -25.00% 15
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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
1 179 (16.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (11.91%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.86%) IIS
4 22 (2.03%) 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%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.092%) Site Server
Applications
1 46 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.46%) Siemens NX
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.46%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.37%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 678 (62.60%) Azure
2 374 (34.53%) Microsoft 365
3 273 (25.21%) Entra ID
4 185 (17.08%) AWS
5 108 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
6 99 (9.14%) Power Platform
7 83 (7.66%) GitHub
8 73 (6.74%) GCP
9 64 (5.91%) SaaS
10 59 (5.45%) PaaS
11 58 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (4.89%) OneDrive
13 52 (4.80%) IaaS
14 45 (4.16%) Azure Monitor
15 44 (4.06%) Google Workspace
16 37 (3.42%) Power Automate
17 36 (3.32%) Azure Logic Apps
17 36 (3.32%) Nutanix
18 34 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
19 32 (2.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 209 (19.30%) DNS
2 197 (18.19%) Firewall
3 160 (14.77%) DHCP
4 122 (11.27%) VPN
5 99 (9.14%) TCP/IP
6 57 (5.26%) WAN
7 54 (4.99%) LAN
8 50 (4.62%) Network Security
9 48 (4.43%) VLAN
10 45 (4.16%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (3.23%) VoIP
12 32 (2.95%) SAN
13 30 (2.77%) Wireless
14 28 (2.59%) Broadband
15 26 (2.40%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.48%) VSAN
17 13 (1.20%) Internet
18 12 (1.11%) WinSCP
19 11 (1.02%) NAS
20 10 (0.92%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (12.47%) SQL Server
2 85 (7.85%) Power BI
3 28 (2.59%) Oracle Database
3 28 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 27 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 26 (2.40%) Oracle Database 10g
6 24 (2.22%) MySQL
7 23 (2.12%) Relational Database
8 19 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (1.48%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.39%) Tableau
11 12 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.55%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.55%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.46%) Metadata
14 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 77 (7.11%) Git
2 73 (6.74%) JIRA
3 60 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.97%) GitLab
5 25 (2.31%) Bitbucket
5 25 (2.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.57%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.83%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.65%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.37%) MLflow
12 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.37%) TestRail
12 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
13 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
General
1 362 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 212 (19.58%) Finance
3 122 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (5.54%) Law
5 45 (4.16%) Organisational Skills
6 40 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.51%) Retail
8 34 (3.14%) Legal
9 32 (2.95%) Banking
9 32 (2.95%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 26 (2.40%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.57%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.11%) Advertising
14 8 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.65%) Front Office
15 7 (0.65%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 150 (13.85%) Senior
2 137 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 123 (11.36%) Support Engineer
4 105 (9.70%) Analyst
5 96 (8.86%) Azure Engineer
6 91 (8.40%) IT Support
7 75 (6.93%) Security Engineer
8 74 (6.83%) DevOps Engineer
9 68 (6.28%) Cloud Engineer
9 68 (6.28%) IT Engineer
10 58 (5.36%) Developer
11 57 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
12 53 (4.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 53 (4.89%) Lead
13 50 (4.62%) IT Support Engineer
14 43 (3.97%) 2nd Line Support
15 40 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
16 39 (3.60%) Architect
17 34 (3.14%) Security Analyst
18 32 (2.95%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.82%) .NET
2 55 (5.08%) REST
3 50 (4.62%) OAuth
4 47 (4.34%) SAML
5 44 (4.06%) OpenID
6 33 (3.05%) LDAP
7 31 (2.86%) SOAP
8 29 (2.68%) YAML
9 28 (2.59%) JSON
10 26 (2.40%) .NET Core
11 25 (2.31%) GraphQL
12 23 (2.12%) ARM Templates
13 21 (1.94%) Microsoft Graph
14 17 (1.57%) React
15 16 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.48%) Node.js
16 13 (1.20%) CSS
17 12 (1.11%) Middleware
17 12 (1.11%) SPFx
18 11 (1.02%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (7.76%) Onboarding
2 72 (6.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 58 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 40 (3.69%) Driving Licence
5 38 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
5 38 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
5 38 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
6 34 (3.14%) Cloud Native
6 34 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 29 (2.68%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (2.40%) Cyberattack
10 23 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
11 22 (2.03%) PKI
12 19 (1.75%) CMDB
13 17 (1.57%) Replication
14 15 (1.39%) Private Cloud
14 15 (1.39%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 496 (45.80%) Windows
2 254 (23.45%) Windows Server
3 218 (20.13%) Linux
4 66 (6.09%) Windows 10
5 57 (5.26%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.79%) Unix
7 35 (3.23%) Android
8 33 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (3.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 28 (2.59%) Apple iOS
10 24 (2.22%) Solaris
11 23 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 23 (2.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 22 (2.03%) HPUX
12 22 (2.03%) VMS
12 22 (2.03%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.03%) Windows Server 2003
13 21 (1.94%) CentOS
14 14 (1.29%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (29.09%) Problem-Solving
2 239 (22.07%) DevOps
3 212 (19.58%) CI/CD
4 210 (19.39%) ITIL
5 195 (18.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 194 (17.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 192 (17.73%) Cybersecurity
8 182 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 151 (13.94%) Disaster Recovery
10 139 (12.83%) Incident Response
11 130 (12.00%) Mentoring
12 117 (10.80%) Agile
13 109 (10.06%) Root Cause Analysis
14 100 (9.23%) Cloud Security
15 97 (8.96%) SIEM
15 97 (8.96%) Task Automation
16 93 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
17 92 (8.49%) Computer Science
18 91 (8.40%) Incident Management
19 89 (8.22%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 384 (35.46%) Python
2 243 (22.44%) Bash
3 223 (20.59%) SQL
4 73 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 61 (5.63%) C#
6 55 (5.08%) Bicep
7 54 (4.99%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.49%) Perl
10 15 (1.39%) Java
11 13 (1.20%) Go
12 9 (0.83%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.74%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.65%) PHP
14 7 (0.65%) VB
15 6 (0.55%) C++
15 6 (0.55%) Delphi
16 5 (0.46%) C
16 5 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 159 (14.68%) Degree
2 127 (11.73%) Security Cleared
3 91 (8.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 83 (7.66%) Azure Certification
5 74 (6.83%) SC Cleared
6 54 (4.99%) DV Cleared
7 47 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (3.79%) CISSP
9 31 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 24 (2.22%) AWS Certification
10 24 (2.22%) CEH
11 23 (2.12%) CREST Certified
11 23 (2.12%) GIAC
12 20 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
12 20 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
12 20 (1.85%) OSCP
13 18 (1.66%) CCNA
14 16 (1.48%) DBS Check
15 13 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (14.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 138 (12.74%) NIST
3 65 (6.00%) SLA
4 59 (5.45%) GDPR
5 39 (3.60%) NCSC
6 30 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (2.03%) ISO 22301
8 20 (1.85%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.75%) QA
10 18 (1.66%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.39%) PCI DSS
12 12 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.74%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.46%) DICOM
14 5 (0.46%) GRC
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.18%) COBIT
16 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.18%) HL7
System Software
1 400 (36.93%) Active Directory
2 124 (11.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (9.60%) Docker
4 99 (9.14%) Hyper-V
5 41 (3.79%) vSphere
6 29 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.75%) Firmware
8 16 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.29%) 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
11 5 (0.46%) XenApp
11 5 (0.46%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.37%) iptables
12 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.28%) vCloud
14 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.18%) KVM
Systems Management
1 213 (19.67%) Terraform
2 159 (14.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 153 (14.13%) Kubernetes
4 122 (11.27%) Ansible
5 42 (3.88%) Grafana
5 42 (3.88%) SCCM
6 37 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (2.40%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
9 16 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (1.39%) vCenter Server
11 11 (1.02%) Nessus
11 11 (1.02%) Puppet
11 11 (1.02%) VxRail
12 8 (0.74%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.65%) Nagios
14 6 (0.55%) Control-M
14 6 (0.55%) SCVMM
14 6 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 581 (53.65%) Microsoft
2 219 (20.22%) VMware
3 100 (9.23%) Cisco
4 49 (4.52%) Oracle
4 49 (4.52%) Splunk
5 46 (4.25%) ServiceNow
5 46 (4.25%) Veeam
6 39 (3.60%) Red Hat
7 37 (3.42%) Google
8 34 (3.14%) Atlassian
9 33 (3.05%) Commvault
10 32 (2.95%) Palo Alto
11 29 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (2.49%) Meraki
13 25 (2.31%) Citrix
14 24 (2.22%) CyberArk
14 24 (2.22%) Dell
15 22 (2.03%) Apple
15 22 (2.03%) Fortinet
16 21 (1.94%) Dynatrace