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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 105 80
Rank change year-on-year +11 -25 +24
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,596 2,270 3,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.06% 2.45% 3.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.53% 7.94% 9.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,033 1,771 2,131
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,438 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +0.84%

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 15,158 28,607 32,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.07% 30.83% 41.30%
Number of salaries quoted 9,748 22,395 23,266
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £82,500 £80,000 £87,419
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%

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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 6 July 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 6 July 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 +4 500 £72,500 -3.33% 975
North of England +35 405 £50,000 - 323
North West +57 331 £47,903 -8.76% 171
South East +2 278 £57,500 +9.52% 348
Midlands +31 191 £50,000 +6.38% 206
West Midlands +45 132 £54,344 +8.69% 120
East of England +29 122 £50,000 - 211
South West -4 86 £47,500 -5.00% 145
Yorkshire -16 61 £52,500 +10.53% 134
East Midlands +30 59 £35,000 -22.22% 86
North East +12 13 £60,000 +33.67% 18
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UK

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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
1 253 (15.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 176 (11.03%) SharePoint
3 56 (3.51%) IIS
4 45 (2.82%) Confluence
5 10 (0.63%) Apache
5 10 (0.63%) Tomcat
6 8 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.50%) nginx
7 5 (0.31%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) CMS
8 3 (0.19%) WordPress
9 2 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.063%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.063%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 80 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.25%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.13%) Revit
6 1 (0.063%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.25%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.19%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.063%) Eikon
4 1 (0.063%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.063%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.063%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.063%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 774 (48.50%) Azure
2 430 (26.94%) Microsoft 365
3 267 (16.73%) AWS
4 239 (14.97%) Entra ID
5 149 (9.34%) Azure DevOps
6 128 (8.02%) Power Platform
7 119 (7.46%) SaaS
8 106 (6.64%) Power Automate
9 104 (6.52%) PaaS
10 103 (6.45%) IaaS
11 84 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
12 63 (3.95%) PowerApps
13 61 (3.82%) GCP
14 59 (3.70%) GitHub
15 55 (3.45%) OneDrive
16 47 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
17 44 (2.76%) Serverless
18 42 (2.63%) Amazon S3
18 42 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
19 41 (2.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 453 (28.38%) VPN
2 309 (19.36%) Firewall
3 265 (16.60%) Cisco IOS
4 237 (14.85%) DNS
5 175 (10.96%) DHCP
6 166 (10.40%) TCP/IP
7 119 (7.46%) WAN
8 80 (5.01%) LAN
9 69 (4.32%) VLAN
10 68 (4.26%) SAN
11 66 (4.14%) Network Security
12 46 (2.88%) SD-WAN
13 42 (2.63%) SMTP
14 41 (2.57%) VoIP
15 35 (2.19%) NAS
16 34 (2.13%) Wireless
17 32 (2.01%) FTP
18 27 (1.69%) HTTP
18 27 (1.69%) Internet
18 27 (1.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (9.21%) SQL Server
2 86 (5.39%) Amazon RDS
3 79 (4.95%) Power BI
4 33 (2.07%) MySQL
4 33 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 25 (1.57%) Data Lake
6 25 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (1.57%) Relational Database
7 23 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 23 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.63%) Big Data
9 8 (0.50%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.38%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.38%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.25%) FileMaker
13 2 (0.13%) EDMS
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 97 (6.08%) Git
2 80 (5.01%) JIRA
3 76 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 64 (4.01%) Cucumber
4 64 (4.01%) Robot Framework
5 35 (2.19%) Vagrant
6 26 (1.63%) MSI
7 21 (1.32%) GitLab
8 13 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
8 13 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.38%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.31%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.25%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.25%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.19%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.13%) InstallShield
13 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 429 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 381 (23.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 333 (20.86%) Analytical Skills
4 235 (14.72%) Finance
5 84 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 56 (3.51%) Banking
7 52 (3.26%) Law
8 51 (3.20%) Legal
8 51 (3.20%) Public Sector
9 23 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (1.38%) Advertising
10 22 (1.38%) Automotive
11 21 (1.32%) German Language
11 21 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.13%) Front Office
14 17 (1.07%) Back Office
15 16 (1.00%) Retail
16 14 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 462 (28.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 162 (10.15%) Support Engineer
3 135 (8.46%) Analyst
4 129 (8.08%) Senior
5 122 (7.64%) IT Support
6 112 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
7 98 (6.14%) Lead
8 95 (5.95%) IT Engineer
9 90 (5.64%) Cloud Engineer
10 76 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support
11 75 (4.70%) 3rd Line Support
12 73 (4.57%) DevOps Engineer
13 70 (4.39%) Security Engineer
14 64 (4.01%) Test Automation Engineer
14 64 (4.01%) Test Engineer
15 63 (3.95%) Administrator
16 61 (3.82%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 60 (3.76%) Architect
17 60 (3.76%) Developer
18 58 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (17.17%) Elastic Stack
2 55 (3.45%) YAML
3 54 (3.38%) .NET
4 37 (2.32%) ARM Templates
4 37 (2.32%) REST
5 32 (2.01%) LDAP
6 28 (1.75%) JSON
7 26 (1.63%) SailPoint
8 20 (1.25%) SOAP
9 19 (1.19%) React
10 18 (1.13%) Web Services
10 18 (1.13%) XML
11 16 (1.00%) SAML
12 15 (0.94%) .NET Framework
13 14 (0.88%) HTML
14 13 (0.81%) RESTful
15 11 (0.69%) .NET Core
15 11 (0.69%) Pandas
16 10 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
17 9 (0.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 263 (16.48%) Cyberattack
2 79 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 72 (4.51%) Linux Command Line
4 68 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 61 (3.82%) Data Centre
6 52 (3.26%) Clustering
7 48 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 46 (2.88%) Security Posture
9 45 (2.82%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.19%) Replication
11 33 (2.07%) PKI
12 32 (2.01%) Hedge funds
13 30 (1.88%) Virtual Team
14 26 (1.63%) Public Cloud
15 25 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
16 21 (1.32%) Driving Licence
17 19 (1.19%) Private Cloud
18 16 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
18 16 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
18 16 (1.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 971 (60.84%) Windows
2 620 (38.85%) Linux
3 340 (21.30%) Windows Server
4 275 (17.23%) Android
5 96 (6.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 81 (5.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 65 (4.07%) Windows 10
8 55 (3.45%) VMS
9 47 (2.94%) Mac OS
10 40 (2.51%) Windows Server 2012
11 34 (2.13%) Unix
12 27 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 24 (1.50%) Ubuntu
14 23 (1.44%) Apple iOS
15 19 (1.19%) Amazon Linux
16 13 (0.81%) CentOS
17 7 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
18 6 (0.38%) Mac OS X
18 6 (0.38%) Windows 7
19 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 651 (40.79%) DevOps
2 602 (37.72%) Problem-Solving
3 492 (30.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 362 (22.68%) Task Automation
5 350 (21.93%) Platform Engineering
6 313 (19.61%) Risk Management
7 286 (17.92%) Storage Management
8 276 (17.29%) Line Management
9 263 (16.48%) Mathematics
10 262 (16.42%) CI/CD
11 221 (13.85%) Mentoring
12 202 (12.66%) ITIL
13 198 (12.41%) Agile
14 191 (11.97%) Infrastructure as Code
15 169 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
16 142 (8.90%) Disaster Recovery
17 132 (8.27%) Migration
18 120 (7.52%) Test Automation
19 111 (6.95%) Coaching
20 101 (6.33%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 769 (48.18%) Python
2 527 (33.02%) Bash
3 272 (17.04%) SQL
4 120 (7.52%) JavaScript
5 89 (5.58%) C#
6 70 (4.39%) Java
7 49 (3.07%) Bicep
8 35 (2.19%) Groovy
8 35 (2.19%) Perl
9 32 (2.01%) T-SQL
10 26 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
10 26 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.81%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.69%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.69%) VB
13 11 (0.69%) VBA
14 10 (0.63%) C++
15 9 (0.56%) Go
16 7 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 297 (18.61%) Degree
2 200 (12.53%) Security Cleared
3 138 (8.65%) Azure Certification
4 121 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 103 (6.45%) DV Cleared
6 99 (6.20%) SC Cleared
7 74 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 50 (3.13%) AWS Certification
9 38 (2.38%) CISSP
10 36 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (2.01%) CompTIA Security+
11 32 (2.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 31 (1.94%) CCNA
13 27 (1.69%) MCSE
14 26 (1.63%) CEH
14 26 (1.63%) Master's Degree
15 24 (1.50%) OSCP
16 21 (1.32%) DBS Check
17 19 (1.19%) GCIH
18 18 (1.13%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (5.01%) GDPR
2 80 (5.01%) NIST
3 76 (4.76%) QA
4 43 (2.69%) SLA
5 30 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (1.63%) NCSC
7 25 (1.57%) HIPAA
8 16 (1.00%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.56%) COBIT
10 9 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.50%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.44%) Data Quality
12 7 (0.44%) GRC
13 5 (0.31%) HL7
14 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.063%) ISO 13485
15 1 (0.063%) WCAG
System Software
1 501 (31.39%) Active Directory
2 425 (26.63%) Hyper-V
3 383 (24.00%) Docker
4 323 (20.24%) vSphere
5 281 (17.61%) VMware NSX
6 270 (16.92%) VMware Infrastructure
7 75 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
8 64 (4.01%) VMware ESXi
9 37 (2.32%) Virtual Desktop
10 25 (1.57%) DFS Replication
11 19 (1.19%) Terminal Services
12 15 (0.94%) XenApp
13 12 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
14 11 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
15 10 (0.63%) BitLocker
16 8 (0.50%) Dovecot
16 8 (0.50%) Postfix
17 6 (0.38%) Squid
18 5 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
18 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 496 (31.08%) Terraform
2 416 (26.07%) Ansible
3 239 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 160 (10.03%) Kubernetes
5 111 (6.95%) SCCM
6 67 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
7 65 (4.07%) Grafana
7 65 (4.07%) Prometheus
8 33 (2.07%) Puppet
9 30 (1.88%) SCOM
9 30 (1.88%) vCenter Server
10 26 (1.63%) WMI
10 26 (1.63%) WSUS
11 21 (1.32%) Progress Chef
11 21 (1.32%) QRadar
12 20 (1.25%) NetBackup
13 19 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 18 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
15 16 (1.00%) Backup Exec
16 14 (0.88%) vMotion
Vendors
1 743 (46.55%) Microsoft
2 376 (23.56%) Cisco
3 331 (20.74%) VMware
4 310 (19.42%) Splunk
5 280 (17.54%) Juniper
6 262 (16.42%) 3PAR
7 87 (5.45%) Citrix
8 83 (5.20%) ServiceNow
9 62 (3.88%) Veeam
10 57 (3.57%) Meraki
11 53 (3.32%) Oracle
12 39 (2.44%) Okta
13 36 (2.26%) Google
14 33 (2.07%) Red Hat
15 31 (1.94%) Apple
15 31 (1.94%) HP
15 31 (1.94%) Palo Alto
15 31 (1.94%) SolarWinds
16 28 (1.75%) Salesforce
17 26 (1.63%) Fortinet