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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 94 54
Rank change year-on-year -13 -40 +27
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,106 1,577 2,132
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.17% 3.01% 4.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.80% 8.85% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,133 1,791
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £39,380
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £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 £90,000 £95,000 £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 10,241 17,822 17,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 20.11% 34.06% 40.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,750 10,823 14,905
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £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 £83,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £110,000
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 14 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 14 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 -19 432 £75,000 - 161
South East -23 213 £58,000 +0.87% 196
North of England -20 148 £50,000 - 111
South West +26 116 £50,000 -6.10% 72
Midlands -11 99 £52,500 +10.53% 96
East of England +30 86 £47,500 -9.52% 61
Yorkshire -10 70 £47,500 -9.52% 34
North West -10 67 £51,750 +3.50% 62
West Midlands -9 66 £52,500 +20.00% 43
East Midlands -12 33 £54,000 +13.68% 50
North East 0 11 £55,000 +16.68% 18
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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
1 190 (17.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 151 (13.65%) SharePoint
3 54 (4.88%) IIS
4 42 (3.80%) Confluence
5 22 (1.99%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (1.54%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.81%) nginx
8 6 (0.54%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.18%) CMS
10 2 (0.18%) WordPress
11 1 (0.090%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 39 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.54%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.45%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.27%) CATIA
5 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.27%) Windchill
6 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.54%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.45%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.090%) Actimize
6 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.090%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 703 (63.56%) Azure
2 384 (34.72%) Microsoft 365
3 237 (21.43%) Entra ID
4 215 (19.44%) AWS
5 162 (14.65%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (9.04%) Power Platform
7 81 (7.32%) GCP
8 77 (6.96%) PaaS
9 76 (6.87%) GitHub
10 62 (5.61%) Azure Monitor
11 61 (5.52%) Power Automate
11 61 (5.52%) SaaS
12 55 (4.97%) IaaS
13 54 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
14 53 (4.79%) Azure Sentinel
15 42 (3.80%) Serverless
16 38 (3.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 33 (2.98%) OneDrive
18 32 (2.89%) PowerApps
19 31 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 240 (21.70%) Firewall
2 224 (20.25%) DNS
3 176 (15.91%) DHCP
4 108 (9.76%) TCP/IP
5 92 (8.32%) VPN
6 84 (7.59%) WAN
7 67 (6.06%) LAN
8 46 (4.16%) VLAN
9 37 (3.35%) Wireless
10 36 (3.25%) Internet
10 36 (3.25%) SAN
10 36 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (2.53%) Network Security
12 26 (2.35%) SD-WAN
13 22 (1.99%) VoIP
14 19 (1.72%) HTTP
14 19 (1.72%) NAS
15 17 (1.54%) Kerberos
15 17 (1.54%) Skype
16 15 (1.36%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (10.04%) SQL Server
2 60 (5.42%) Power BI
3 37 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.80%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.71%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.35%) Oracle Database 10g
7 19 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (1.18%) MySQL
11 13 (1.18%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.81%) DTS
13 8 (0.72%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.72%) Tableau
14 7 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.54%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
16 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 106 (9.58%) JIRA
2 93 (8.41%) Git
3 84 (7.59%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.89%) GitLab
5 21 (1.90%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.54%) Vagrant
7 14 (1.27%) Bitbucket
7 14 (1.27%) MSI
8 11 (0.99%) Burp Suite
8 11 (0.99%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.99%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.54%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.45%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.36%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.36%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.36%) Toad
13 3 (0.27%) Balsamiq
General
1 417 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 225 (20.34%) Finance
3 91 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (6.33%) Law
5 42 (3.80%) Banking
6 40 (3.62%) Public Sector
7 39 (3.53%) Legal
7 39 (3.53%) Retail
8 36 (3.25%) Manufacturing
9 32 (2.89%) Telecoms
10 30 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.18%) Marketing
16 10 (0.90%) Advertising
16 10 (0.90%) Automotive
16 10 (0.90%) Electronics
16 10 (0.90%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 165 (14.92%) Support Engineer
2 124 (11.21%) Senior
3 121 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 100 (9.04%) DevOps Engineer
5 90 (8.14%) Azure Engineer
6 88 (7.96%) Analyst
7 78 (7.05%) 3rd Line Support
8 74 (6.69%) IT Support
9 69 (6.24%) Cloud Engineer
10 68 (6.15%) Developer
10 68 (6.15%) Security Engineer
11 67 (6.06%) Lead
12 62 (5.61%) IT Engineer
13 57 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
14 56 (5.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 44 (3.98%) Applications Support
16 43 (3.89%) Support Analyst
17 42 (3.80%) Applications Engineer
18 41 (3.71%) IT Support Engineer
18 41 (3.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.24%) .NET
2 57 (5.15%) YAML
3 53 (4.79%) REST
4 39 (3.53%) ARM Templates
5 29 (2.62%) JSON
6 25 (2.26%) LDAP
7 23 (2.08%) SOAP
8 18 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
9 16 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
9 16 (1.45%) React
10 15 (1.36%) AngularJS
11 12 (1.08%) Node.js
11 12 (1.08%) Web Services
12 11 (0.99%) Middleware
13 10 (0.90%) .NET Framework
13 10 (0.90%) OpenID
13 10 (0.90%) Razor View Engine
14 9 (0.81%) OAuth
15 8 (0.72%) Kafka
15 8 (0.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (8.32%) Onboarding
2 55 (4.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 50 (4.52%) Security Posture
4 42 (3.80%) Cloud Native
5 39 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 36 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (3.07%) PKI
8 30 (2.71%) Data Centre
9 25 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (1.99%) Private Cloud
11 21 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.90%) Public Cloud
12 19 (1.72%) Driving Licence
12 19 (1.72%) Replication
12 19 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.63%) Hedge funds
13 18 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.36%) CMDB
14 15 (1.36%) Product Ownership
15 14 (1.27%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 503 (45.48%) Windows
2 284 (25.68%) Windows Server
3 212 (19.17%) Linux
4 72 (6.51%) Windows 10
5 57 (5.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 43 (3.89%) Mac OS
7 42 (3.80%) Unix
7 42 (3.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 39 (3.53%) VMS
9 31 (2.80%) Windows Server 2008
10 25 (2.26%) Android
10 25 (2.26%) Solaris
11 22 (1.99%) HPUX
11 22 (1.99%) Windows 7
11 22 (1.99%) Windows Server 2003
12 21 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
14 15 (1.36%) Amazon Linux
14 15 (1.36%) Apple iOS
15 14 (1.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (29.29%) DevOps
2 313 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
3 242 (21.88%) CI/CD
4 183 (16.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 183 (16.55%) ITIL
5 178 (16.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 173 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 139 (12.57%) Agile
8 138 (12.48%) Cybersecurity
9 124 (11.21%) Mentoring
10 123 (11.12%) Task Automation
11 121 (10.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 104 (9.40%) Migration
13 103 (9.31%) Cloud Security
14 93 (8.41%) Containerisation
15 89 (8.05%) Incident Management
16 86 (7.78%) ITSM
17 84 (7.59%) Change Management
17 84 (7.59%) Root Cause Analysis
18 78 (7.05%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 361 (32.64%) Python
2 211 (19.08%) Bash
3 200 (18.08%) SQL
4 89 (8.05%) C#
5 64 (5.79%) Bicep
6 46 (4.16%) JavaScript
7 34 (3.07%) Perl
8 32 (2.89%) Java
9 26 (2.35%) Go
9 26 (2.35%) Kusto Query Language
10 22 (1.99%) VB
11 20 (1.81%) Groovy
12 18 (1.63%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.08%) TypeScript
13 12 (1.08%) VBScript
14 8 (0.72%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.63%) Ruby
16 6 (0.54%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.45%) C++
18 4 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 164 (14.83%) Security Cleared
2 163 (14.74%) Degree
3 102 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 90 (8.14%) Azure Certification
5 88 (7.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (5.70%) DV Cleared
7 44 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (3.89%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (3.16%) AWS Certification
10 34 (3.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 28 (2.53%) CISSP
12 24 (2.17%) CCNA
13 20 (1.81%) Master's Degree
14 18 (1.63%) CEH
15 16 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 15 (1.36%) CREST Certified
17 14 (1.27%) CCNP
18 13 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
18 13 (1.18%) OSCP
19 12 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (12.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (9.49%) NIST
3 58 (5.24%) SLA
4 53 (4.79%) GDPR
5 30 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (2.62%) NCSC
7 25 (2.26%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.36%) QA
9 10 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.90%) ISO 22301
10 8 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.45%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.45%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.36%) GRC
13 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.18%) HL7
14 1 (0.090%) COBIT
14 1 (0.090%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.090%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 379 (34.27%) Active Directory
2 159 (14.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (10.40%) Docker
4 103 (9.31%) Hyper-V
5 44 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
6 35 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 27 (2.44%) vSphere
8 22 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
9 19 (1.72%) Firmware
10 11 (0.99%) DFS Replication
11 10 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.81%) XenApp
13 8 (0.72%) XenDesktop
14 7 (0.63%) Postfix
15 6 (0.54%) Dovecot
15 6 (0.54%) Squid
16 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
17 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.27%) Terminal Server
17 3 (0.27%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 224 (20.25%) Terraform
2 192 (17.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 159 (14.38%) Kubernetes
4 127 (11.48%) Ansible
5 59 (5.33%) SCCM
6 49 (4.43%) Grafana
7 44 (3.98%) Prometheus
8 34 (3.07%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (2.44%) WSUS
10 19 (1.72%) SCOM
11 17 (1.54%) vCenter Server
12 14 (1.27%) WMI
13 12 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 12 (1.08%) Autotask
14 11 (0.99%) Puppet
14 11 (0.99%) ZABBIX
15 10 (0.90%) FortiGate
15 10 (0.90%) QRadar
16 9 (0.81%) Nessus
16 9 (0.81%) Nmap
Vendors
1 637 (57.59%) Microsoft
2 231 (20.89%) VMware
3 98 (8.86%) Cisco
4 75 (6.78%) ServiceNow
5 59 (5.33%) Oracle
6 48 (4.34%) Veeam
7 43 (3.89%) Atlassian
8 42 (3.80%) Citrix
9 40 (3.62%) Red Hat
10 37 (3.35%) Splunk
11 31 (2.80%) Google
12 29 (2.62%) Palo Alto
13 27 (2.44%) SolarWinds
14 23 (2.08%) SAP
15 20 (1.81%) Meraki
16 19 (1.72%) Sophos
17 18 (1.63%) Apple
17 18 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
17 18 (1.63%) Fortinet
18 17 (1.54%) Commvault