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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 93 60
Rank change year-on-year -19 -33 +24
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,045 1,510 2,013
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.01% 3.05% 4.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.20% 8.95% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,069 1,717
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,380
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,900 £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 £62,500 £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 10,249 16,880 17,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.70% 34.04% 39.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7,716 10,018 14,909
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.00% -3.85%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -14 437 £74,000 -1.33% 249
South East -34 185 £58,000 -1.90% 147
North of England -23 132 £50,000 - 119
South West +26 110 £50,000 -9.09% 64
Midlands -26 91 £52,500 +10.53% 84
East of England +24 77 £43,213 -17.69% 54
North West -13 65 £50,000 - 55
Yorkshire -24 57 £47,500 -9.52% 49
West Midlands -30 53 £52,500 +23.53% 47
East Midlands -11 38 £54,500 +7.92% 36
North East +3 10 £50,000 - 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
1 182 (17.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (13.49%) SharePoint
3 49 (4.69%) IIS
4 30 (2.87%) Confluence
5 22 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (1.63%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.57%) nginx
7 6 (0.57%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
10 1 (0.096%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 34 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.38%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 3 (0.29%) CATIA
6 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.29%) Windchill
7 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.29%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.096%) Actimize
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.096%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 670 (64.11%) Azure
2 367 (35.12%) Microsoft 365
3 247 (23.64%) Entra ID
4 196 (18.76%) AWS
5 153 (14.64%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (9.57%) Power Platform
7 77 (7.37%) GCP
8 73 (6.99%) GitHub
9 68 (6.51%) PaaS
10 58 (5.55%) Power Automate
11 51 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
12 50 (4.78%) Azure Monitor
13 48 (4.59%) Azure Sentinel
13 48 (4.59%) SaaS
14 43 (4.11%) IaaS
15 37 (3.54%) OneDrive
16 34 (3.25%) Serverless
17 31 (2.97%) PowerApps
18 30 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
19 28 (2.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 220 (21.05%) Firewall
2 207 (19.81%) DNS
3 159 (15.22%) DHCP
4 101 (9.67%) TCP/IP
5 88 (8.42%) VPN
6 80 (7.66%) WAN
7 62 (5.93%) LAN
8 43 (4.11%) VLAN
9 36 (3.44%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.25%) SAN
11 33 (3.16%) Wireless
12 29 (2.78%) Internet
13 27 (2.58%) SD-WAN
14 26 (2.49%) Network Security
15 20 (1.91%) VoIP
16 18 (1.72%) NAS
17 17 (1.63%) Cisco IOS
17 17 (1.63%) Skype
18 14 (1.34%) VSAN
19 13 (1.24%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (10.43%) SQL Server
2 63 (6.03%) Power BI
3 32 (3.06%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.87%) Oracle Database
5 26 (2.49%) Oracle Database 10g
6 24 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
7 23 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (1.24%) MySQL
11 12 (1.15%) NoSQL
12 11 (1.05%) Tableau
13 9 (0.86%) DTS
14 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
16 6 (0.57%) Data Mining
17 5 (0.48%) Metadata
18 4 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
18 4 (0.38%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 86 (8.23%) JIRA
2 79 (7.56%) Git
3 75 (7.18%) Jenkins
4 41 (3.92%) GitLab
5 21 (2.01%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (1.24%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.24%) TeamCity
7 9 (0.86%) Burp Suite
7 9 (0.86%) Metasploit
7 9 (0.86%) Vagrant
8 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.57%) CircleCI
8 6 (0.57%) MSI
9 4 (0.38%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.38%) Toad
10 3 (0.29%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.29%) Balsamiq
10 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 389 (37.22%) Social Skills
2 230 (22.01%) Finance
3 100 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (6.22%) Law
5 43 (4.11%) Legal
6 41 (3.92%) Banking
6 41 (3.92%) Retail
7 35 (3.35%) Public Sector
8 34 (3.25%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.97%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.15%) Marketing
15 11 (1.05%) Advertising
16 10 (0.96%) Front Office
17 9 (0.86%) Electronics
17 9 (0.86%) Games
Job Titles
1 152 (14.55%) Support Engineer
2 127 (12.15%) Senior
3 114 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 86 (8.23%) DevOps Engineer
5 82 (7.85%) Azure Engineer
6 81 (7.75%) Analyst
7 72 (6.89%) Lead
8 69 (6.60%) Security Engineer
9 68 (6.51%) Developer
10 67 (6.41%) Cloud Engineer
10 67 (6.41%) IT Support
11 62 (5.93%) 3rd Line Support
12 57 (5.45%) IT Engineer
13 51 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
14 49 (4.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 44 (4.21%) Applications Engineer
16 43 (4.11%) Applications Support
17 39 (3.73%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 38 (3.64%) IT Support Engineer
19 37 (3.54%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.74%) REST
2 58 (5.55%) .NET
3 51 (4.88%) YAML
4 32 (3.06%) ARM Templates
5 29 (2.78%) JSON
5 29 (2.78%) SOAP
6 26 (2.49%) LDAP
7 19 (1.82%) React
8 17 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
8 17 (1.63%) OpenID
9 16 (1.53%) OAuth
10 15 (1.44%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (1.34%) SAML
12 13 (1.24%) Middleware
13 12 (1.15%) Node.js
14 11 (1.05%) Web Services
15 10 (0.96%) Razor View Engine
16 9 (0.86%) .NET Framework
17 8 (0.77%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 87 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 58 (5.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 53 (5.07%) Security Posture
4 40 (3.83%) Management Information System
5 39 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (3.06%) Cloud Native
7 30 (2.87%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 26 (2.49%) PKI
10 23 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
11 22 (2.11%) Hedge funds
12 21 (2.01%) CMDB
12 21 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
13 20 (1.91%) Private Cloud
14 18 (1.72%) Driving Licence
14 18 (1.72%) Public Cloud
15 16 (1.53%) Virtual Team
16 15 (1.44%) Product Ownership
16 15 (1.44%) Replication
17 14 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 464 (44.40%) Windows
2 261 (24.98%) Windows Server
3 186 (17.80%) Linux
4 69 (6.60%) Windows 10
5 46 (4.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 45 (4.31%) Mac OS
7 43 (4.11%) Unix
8 36 (3.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (2.97%) Android
9 31 (2.97%) Windows Server 2008
10 29 (2.78%) VMS
11 26 (2.49%) Solaris
12 22 (2.11%) HPUX
12 22 (2.11%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 18 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
15 16 (1.53%) Apple iOS
16 13 (1.24%) Ubuntu
17 10 (0.96%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
2 292 (27.94%) DevOps
3 223 (21.34%) CI/CD
4 183 (17.51%) ITIL
5 178 (17.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 170 (16.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 160 (15.31%) Infrastructure as Code
8 150 (14.35%) Cybersecurity
9 128 (12.25%) Disaster Recovery
10 120 (11.48%) Task Automation
11 117 (11.20%) Mentoring
12 114 (10.91%) Agile
13 101 (9.67%) Migration
14 93 (8.90%) Cloud Security
15 92 (8.80%) Root Cause Analysis
16 88 (8.42%) Incident Management
17 82 (7.85%) Computer Science
18 79 (7.56%) Change Management
19 77 (7.37%) ITSM
19 77 (7.37%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 331 (31.67%) Python
2 205 (19.62%) SQL
3 192 (18.37%) Bash
4 87 (8.33%) C#
5 60 (5.74%) Bicep
6 49 (4.69%) JavaScript
7 31 (2.97%) Perl
8 27 (2.58%) T-SQL
9 24 (2.30%) Go
9 24 (2.30%) Java
9 24 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
10 17 (1.63%) VB
11 11 (1.05%) Groovy
11 11 (1.05%) TypeScript
11 11 (1.05%) VBScript
12 9 (0.86%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.57%) Ruby
15 4 (0.38%) C++
15 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 155 (14.83%) Degree
2 146 (13.97%) Security Cleared
3 91 (8.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 91 (8.71%) SC Cleared
4 78 (7.46%) Azure Certification
5 52 (4.98%) DV Cleared
6 44 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (3.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 30 (2.87%) CISSP
10 25 (2.39%) AWS Certification
11 22 (2.11%) CCNA
12 20 (1.91%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.72%) CEH
14 15 (1.44%) CREST Certified
15 13 (1.24%) CCNP
15 13 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 12 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (1.15%) MCP
16 12 (1.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (13.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 107 (10.24%) NIST
3 58 (5.55%) SLA
4 49 (4.69%) GDPR
5 34 (3.25%) NCSC
6 28 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (2.39%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.24%) QA
9 12 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.15%) ISO 22301
10 10 (0.96%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.57%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.48%) GRC
12 5 (0.48%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.29%) HL7
13 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.096%) COBIT
14 1 (0.096%) NIST 800
System Software
1 366 (35.02%) Active Directory
2 141 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 96 (9.19%) Docker
4 85 (8.13%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.83%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (2.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 27 (2.58%) vSphere
8 22 (2.11%) Firmware
9 18 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.77%) XenApp
10 8 (0.77%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.48%) DFS Replication
11 5 (0.48%) Postfix
11 5 (0.48%) Squid
12 4 (0.38%) Dovecot
13 3 (0.29%) Terminal Server
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
13 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 208 (19.90%) Terraform
2 185 (17.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 145 (13.88%) Kubernetes
4 113 (10.81%) Ansible
5 57 (5.45%) SCCM
6 36 (3.44%) Grafana
7 33 (3.16%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.97%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.91%) WSUS
10 17 (1.63%) SCOM
11 15 (1.44%) vCenter Server
12 14 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 11 (1.05%) ZABBIX
14 10 (0.96%) Puppet
15 9 (0.86%) Autotask
15 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.86%) Nagios
15 9 (0.86%) Nessus
16 8 (0.77%) Progress Chef
17 6 (0.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 600 (57.42%) Microsoft
2 222 (21.24%) VMware
3 100 (9.57%) Cisco
4 67 (6.41%) ServiceNow
5 53 (5.07%) Oracle
6 45 (4.31%) Veeam
7 42 (4.02%) Citrix
8 40 (3.83%) Atlassian
9 34 (3.25%) Google
9 34 (3.25%) Splunk
10 32 (3.06%) Red Hat
11 29 (2.78%) Palo Alto
12 27 (2.58%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.11%) SAP
14 21 (2.01%) Commvault
15 20 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
15 20 (1.91%) Dell
15 20 (1.91%) Meraki
16 19 (1.82%) Fortinet
17 18 (1.72%) Bloomberg