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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 93 58
Rank change year-on-year -19 -35 +23
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,069 1,523 2,046
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.03% 3.04% 4.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.32% 8.91% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 906 1,091 1,741
10th Percentile £32,625 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,575 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -

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 10,360 17,094 17,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.67% 34.07% 39.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7,810 10,211 15,025
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £39,750
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 £107,500 £110,556 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +2.36% -2.31%

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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 26 December 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 26 December 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 -17 440 £74,000 -1.33% 174
South East -30 195 £58,000 -1.90% 268
North of England -18 137 £50,000 - 196
South West +29 112 £50,000 -6.10% 118
Midlands -18 93 £52,500 +10.53% 160
East of England +23 79 £44,000 -16.19% 124
North West -11 66 £51,000 +2.00% 101
Yorkshire -26 61 £47,500 -5.00% 81
West Midlands -14 56 £52,500 +23.53% 83
East Midlands -14 37 £54,000 +13.68% 69
North East +11 10 £50,000 +6.07% 17
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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
1 183 (17.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (13.28%) SharePoint
3 53 (4.96%) IIS
4 33 (3.09%) Confluence
5 22 (2.06%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (1.59%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.65%) nginx
8 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.19%) CMS
10 2 (0.19%) WordPress
11 1 (0.094%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 36 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.56%) Siemens NX
4 4 (0.37%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.47%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.28%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.094%) Actimize
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.094%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 682 (63.80%) Azure
2 375 (35.08%) Microsoft 365
3 243 (22.73%) Entra ID
4 199 (18.62%) AWS
5 154 (14.41%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (9.64%) Power Platform
7 78 (7.30%) GCP
8 73 (6.83%) GitHub
9 71 (6.64%) PaaS
10 62 (5.80%) Power Automate
11 53 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
12 51 (4.77%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (4.77%) SaaS
13 50 (4.68%) Azure Sentinel
14 46 (4.30%) IaaS
15 35 (3.27%) OneDrive
16 34 (3.18%) Serverless
17 32 (2.99%) PowerApps
18 31 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
19 29 (2.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 227 (21.23%) Firewall
2 210 (19.64%) DNS
3 164 (15.34%) DHCP
4 104 (9.73%) TCP/IP
5 89 (8.33%) VPN
6 84 (7.86%) WAN
7 66 (6.17%) LAN
8 44 (4.12%) VLAN
9 35 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (3.27%) Wireless
10 34 (3.18%) SAN
11 31 (2.90%) Internet
12 27 (2.53%) SD-WAN
13 26 (2.43%) Network Security
14 22 (2.06%) VoIP
15 19 (1.78%) NAS
16 18 (1.68%) Cisco IOS
17 17 (1.59%) Skype
18 14 (1.31%) HTTP
18 14 (1.31%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (10.38%) SQL Server
2 64 (5.99%) Power BI
3 32 (2.99%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.81%) Oracle Database
5 27 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.43%) Oracle Database 10g
7 23 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (1.22%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.12%) MySQL
12 9 (0.84%) DTS
12 9 (0.84%) Tableau
13 8 (0.75%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.56%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.47%) Metadata
16 5 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 4 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 92 (8.61%) JIRA
2 83 (7.76%) Git
3 75 (7.02%) Jenkins
4 40 (3.74%) GitLab
5 21 (1.96%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (1.22%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.12%) TeamCity
8 11 (1.03%) Vagrant
9 10 (0.94%) Burp Suite
9 10 (0.94%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.84%) MSI
11 6 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.56%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.37%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.37%) Toad
13 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
General
1 401 (37.51%) Social Skills
2 232 (21.70%) Finance
3 97 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.45%) Law
5 41 (3.84%) Banking
5 41 (3.84%) Legal
6 40 (3.74%) Retail
7 37 (3.46%) Public Sector
8 34 (3.18%) Manufacturing
9 33 (3.09%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.22%) Marketing
16 10 (0.94%) Advertising
16 10 (0.94%) Electronics
16 10 (0.94%) Front Office
17 9 (0.84%) Games
Job Titles
1 157 (14.69%) Support Engineer
2 127 (11.88%) Senior
3 115 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 87 (8.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 86 (8.04%) Analyst
6 83 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
7 71 (6.64%) Lead
8 69 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
8 69 (6.45%) Cloud Engineer
8 69 (6.45%) IT Support
9 68 (6.36%) Developer
9 68 (6.36%) Security Engineer
10 58 (5.43%) IT Engineer
11 52 (4.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 51 (4.77%) Platform Engineer
13 43 (4.02%) Applications Engineer
13 43 (4.02%) Applications Support
14 40 (3.74%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 40 (3.74%) Support Analyst
15 39 (3.65%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.61%) REST
2 58 (5.43%) .NET
3 54 (5.05%) YAML
4 34 (3.18%) ARM Templates
5 30 (2.81%) JSON
6 28 (2.62%) SOAP
7 26 (2.43%) LDAP
8 18 (1.68%) React
9 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Graph
10 16 (1.50%) OpenID
11 15 (1.40%) AngularJS
11 15 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (1.40%) OAuth
12 14 (1.31%) SAML
13 12 (1.12%) Middleware
13 12 (1.12%) Node.js
13 12 (1.12%) Web Services
14 10 (0.94%) Razor View Engine
15 9 (0.84%) .NET Framework
16 8 (0.75%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 59 (5.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 51 (4.77%) Security Posture
4 42 (3.93%) Management Information System
5 39 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (3.27%) Cloud Native
7 31 (2.90%) Data Centre
8 30 (2.81%) PKI
9 28 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
11 22 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
12 21 (1.96%) CMDB
12 21 (1.96%) Private Cloud
13 20 (1.87%) Hedge funds
13 20 (1.87%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.68%) Driving Licence
15 16 (1.50%) Replication
15 16 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
16 15 (1.40%) Product Ownership
16 15 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 479 (44.81%) Windows
2 270 (25.26%) Windows Server
3 195 (18.24%) Linux
4 70 (6.55%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 44 (4.12%) Mac OS
7 43 (4.02%) Unix
8 39 (3.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (2.90%) Android
9 31 (2.90%) VMS
9 31 (2.90%) Windows Server 2008
10 26 (2.43%) Solaris
11 22 (2.06%) HPUX
11 22 (2.06%) Windows 7
11 22 (2.06%) Windows Server 2003
12 19 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
14 16 (1.50%) Apple iOS
15 13 (1.22%) Ubuntu
16 10 (0.94%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (28.53%) Problem-Solving
2 300 (28.06%) DevOps
3 227 (21.23%) CI/CD
4 184 (17.21%) ITIL
5 179 (16.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 172 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 165 (15.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 148 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
9 125 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 122 (11.41%) Agile
10 122 (11.41%) Mentoring
11 119 (11.13%) Task Automation
12 107 (10.01%) Migration
13 96 (8.98%) Cloud Security
14 89 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
15 88 (8.23%) Incident Management
16 83 (7.76%) ITSM
17 81 (7.58%) Change Management
17 81 (7.58%) Computer Science
18 80 (7.48%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 338 (31.62%) Python
2 206 (19.27%) SQL
3 197 (18.43%) Bash
4 87 (8.14%) C#
5 60 (5.61%) Bicep
6 48 (4.49%) JavaScript
7 31 (2.90%) Perl
8 26 (2.43%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.34%) Go
9 25 (2.34%) Java
9 25 (2.34%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.78%) VB
11 13 (1.22%) Groovy
12 12 (1.12%) VBScript
13 11 (1.03%) TypeScript
14 8 (0.75%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.56%) Ruby
17 4 (0.37%) C++
17 4 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 158 (14.78%) Degree
2 153 (14.31%) Security Cleared
3 95 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 94 (8.79%) SC Cleared
5 80 (7.48%) Azure Certification
6 57 (5.33%) DV Cleared
7 44 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (3.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 29 (2.71%) CISSP
11 26 (2.43%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.15%) CCNA
13 20 (1.87%) Master's Degree
14 18 (1.68%) CEH
15 15 (1.40%) CREST Certified
15 15 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 13 (1.22%) CCNP
16 13 (1.22%) MCSA
17 12 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 11 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (13.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 111 (10.38%) NIST
3 60 (5.61%) SLA
4 50 (4.68%) GDPR
5 34 (3.18%) NCSC
6 30 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.43%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.22%) QA
9 12 (1.12%) ISO 22301
10 11 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.84%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.56%) GRC
13 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.47%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.37%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.28%) HL7
16 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 1 (0.094%) COBIT
17 1 (0.094%) NIST 800
System Software
1 367 (34.33%) Active Directory
2 148 (13.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (9.35%) Docker
4 91 (8.51%) Hyper-V
5 43 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
6 33 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (2.43%) vSphere
8 22 (2.06%) Firmware
9 21 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.84%) XenApp
11 8 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.75%) XenDesktop
12 7 (0.65%) DFS Replication
13 5 (0.47%) Postfix
13 5 (0.47%) Squid
14 4 (0.37%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.28%) Terminal Server
15 3 (0.28%) vCloud
15 3 (0.28%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 211 (19.74%) Terraform
2 187 (17.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 147 (13.75%) Kubernetes
4 115 (10.76%) Ansible
5 59 (5.52%) SCCM
6 39 (3.65%) Grafana
7 34 (3.18%) Prometheus
8 33 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
9 22 (2.06%) WSUS
10 17 (1.59%) SCOM
10 17 (1.59%) vCenter Server
11 13 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (1.03%) Autotask
12 11 (1.03%) Puppet
12 11 (1.03%) ZABBIX
13 9 (0.84%) FortiGate
13 9 (0.84%) Nagios
13 9 (0.84%) WMI
14 8 (0.75%) Nessus
14 8 (0.75%) Nmap
Vendors
1 615 (57.53%) Microsoft
2 227 (21.23%) VMware
3 102 (9.54%) Cisco
4 69 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 54 (5.05%) Oracle
6 47 (4.40%) Veeam
7 43 (4.02%) Citrix
8 40 (3.74%) Atlassian
9 35 (3.27%) Splunk
10 34 (3.18%) Red Hat
11 33 (3.09%) Google
12 28 (2.62%) Palo Alto
13 27 (2.53%) SolarWinds
14 23 (2.15%) SAP
15 20 (1.87%) Commvault
15 20 (1.87%) Meraki
16 19 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
16 19 (1.78%) Dell
17 18 (1.68%) Fortinet
18 17 (1.59%) Apple