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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 95 53
Rank change year-on-year -11 -42 +32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,165 1,663 2,272
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.53% 2.76% 4.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.97% 8.56% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 1,133 1,867
10th Percentile £33,375 £39,726 £38,130
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £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 10,622 19,422 18,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.02% 32.26% 41.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,875 11,556 15,630
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,789 £40,000
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 £110,000 £111,250 £107,500
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 20 November 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 20 November 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 -28 423 £75,000 - 315
South East -5 236 £58,000 +3.11% 194
North of England -16 155 £50,000 -2.91% 80
Midlands +25 123 £52,500 +10.53% 75
South West +24 111 £51,250 -2.38% 68
East of England +37 102 £47,500 -9.52% 41
West Midlands +19 92 £55,000 +22.22% 41
Yorkshire -13 74 £47,500 -12.04% 23
North West -12 69 £52,500 +5.00% 47
East Midlands +10 31 £45,000 -5.26% 33
North East 0 12 £60,000 +35.52% 10
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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
1 218 (18.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 163 (13.99%) SharePoint
3 57 (4.89%) Confluence
4 54 (4.64%) IIS
5 22 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.63%) Skype for Business
7 12 (1.03%) nginx
8 6 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.43%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.34%) Apache
11 2 (0.17%) CMS
11 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.60%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.52%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.26%) CATIA
6 3 (0.26%) Windchill
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.17%) Revit
7 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.086%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 10 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.52%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.43%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.086%) Eikon
6 1 (0.086%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.086%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 731 (62.75%) Azure
2 404 (34.68%) Microsoft 365
3 237 (20.34%) Entra ID
4 227 (19.48%) AWS
5 159 (13.65%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (9.36%) Power Platform
7 87 (7.47%) PaaS
8 75 (6.44%) SaaS
9 74 (6.35%) GCP
10 70 (6.01%) GitHub
11 69 (5.92%) Power Automate
12 65 (5.58%) Azure Monitor
13 63 (5.41%) IaaS
14 55 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
15 51 (4.38%) Serverless
16 50 (4.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 47 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
18 42 (3.61%) Amazon S3
19 41 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
19 41 (3.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 274 (23.52%) Firewall
2 245 (21.03%) DNS
3 188 (16.14%) DHCP
4 112 (9.61%) TCP/IP
5 97 (8.33%) VPN
6 92 (7.90%) WAN
7 74 (6.35%) LAN
8 52 (4.46%) VLAN
9 48 (4.12%) SAN
10 43 (3.69%) Wireless
11 39 (3.35%) Internet
12 34 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (2.83%) Network Security
14 26 (2.23%) SD-WAN
14 26 (2.23%) SMTP
15 25 (2.15%) HTTP
16 21 (1.80%) NAS
17 20 (1.72%) FTP
17 20 (1.72%) SSH
17 20 (1.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (10.21%) SQL Server
2 61 (5.24%) Power BI
3 57 (4.89%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.66%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.49%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.23%) Oracle Database 10g
7 18 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.29%) MySQL
10 14 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (1.12%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.77%) DTS
13 8 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.60%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.52%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.43%) Tableau
17 4 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 121 (10.39%) JIRA
2 100 (8.58%) Git
3 95 (8.15%) Jenkins
4 44 (3.78%) GitLab
5 31 (2.66%) Vagrant
6 22 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.29%) MSI
8 12 (1.03%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.03%) Burp Suite
8 12 (1.03%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.86%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.52%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.34%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.34%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.34%) Toad
14 3 (0.26%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.26%) CircleCI
General
1 427 (36.65%) Social Skills
2 221 (18.97%) Finance
3 83 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (6.35%) Law
5 52 (4.46%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.43%) Legal
6 40 (3.43%) Retail
7 39 (3.35%) Banking
8 36 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.66%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
11 28 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.20%) Automotive
15 14 (1.20%) Marketing
16 10 (0.86%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.86%) Front Office
17 9 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 194 (16.65%) Support Engineer
2 146 (12.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 119 (10.21%) Senior
4 100 (8.58%) DevOps Engineer
5 95 (8.15%) Azure Engineer
6 93 (7.98%) Analyst
7 91 (7.81%) 3rd Line Support
8 81 (6.95%) IT Support
9 77 (6.61%) IT Engineer
10 74 (6.35%) Security Engineer
11 72 (6.18%) Developer
12 71 (6.09%) Lead
13 69 (5.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 68 (5.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 64 (5.49%) Platform Engineer
16 48 (4.12%) IT Support Engineer
17 45 (3.86%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 44 (3.78%) Applications Support
18 44 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
19 43 (3.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.67%) YAML
2 60 (5.15%) .NET
3 58 (4.98%) REST
4 37 (3.18%) ARM Templates
5 32 (2.75%) JSON
6 29 (2.49%) LDAP
7 26 (2.23%) SOAP
8 18 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.46%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
10 15 (1.29%) React
11 13 (1.12%) Web Services
12 12 (1.03%) Middleware
13 11 (0.94%) .NET Framework
14 10 (0.86%) Node.js
14 10 (0.86%) Razor View Engine
15 9 (0.77%) OAuth
15 9 (0.77%) SAML
15 9 (0.77%) XML
16 8 (0.69%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.07%) Onboarding
2 56 (4.81%) Security Posture
3 50 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 38 (3.26%) Data Centre
5 37 (3.18%) PKI
6 36 (3.09%) Cloud Native
7 35 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (3.00%) Management Information System
8 31 (2.66%) Replication
9 27 (2.32%) Driving Licence
10 25 (2.15%) Private Cloud
11 24 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (1.97%) Public Cloud
13 22 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
15 18 (1.55%) Hedge funds
15 18 (1.55%) IoT
15 18 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (1.55%) Product Ownership
16 16 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 541 (46.44%) Windows
2 308 (26.44%) Windows Server
3 233 (20.00%) Linux
4 71 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 70 (6.01%) Windows 10
6 57 (4.89%) VMS
7 46 (3.95%) Unix
7 46 (3.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 43 (3.69%) Mac OS
9 31 (2.66%) Windows Server 2008
10 25 (2.15%) Solaris
11 24 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.89%) HPUX
12 22 (1.89%) Windows 7
12 22 (1.89%) Windows Server 2003
13 20 (1.72%) Amazon Linux
14 19 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
15 17 (1.46%) Android
16 16 (1.37%) Ubuntu
17 12 (1.03%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (29.18%) DevOps
2 303 (26.01%) Problem-Solving
3 246 (21.12%) CI/CD
4 208 (17.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 192 (16.48%) ITIL
6 174 (14.94%) Infrastructure as Code
7 166 (14.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 139 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
9 138 (11.85%) Agile
10 136 (11.67%) Mentoring
11 130 (11.16%) Task Automation
12 125 (10.73%) Disaster Recovery
13 108 (9.27%) Cloud Security
14 105 (9.01%) Migration
15 92 (7.90%) Change Management
16 90 (7.73%) ITSM
17 89 (7.64%) Containerisation
18 88 (7.55%) Incident Management
19 85 (7.30%) Platform Engineering
20 79 (6.78%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 372 (31.93%) Python
2 212 (18.20%) Bash
3 210 (18.03%) SQL
4 97 (8.33%) C#
5 58 (4.98%) Bicep
6 45 (3.86%) JavaScript
7 43 (3.69%) Java
8 36 (3.09%) Perl
9 34 (2.92%) Groovy
10 26 (2.23%) Kusto Query Language
11 25 (2.15%) Go
12 24 (2.06%) VB
13 17 (1.46%) T-SQL
14 14 (1.20%) TypeScript
15 12 (1.03%) Shell Script
15 12 (1.03%) VBScript
16 6 (0.52%) Ruby
17 4 (0.34%) PHP
17 4 (0.34%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 190 (16.31%) Security Cleared
2 178 (15.28%) Degree
3 124 (10.64%) SC Cleared
4 92 (7.90%) Azure Certification
5 87 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 68 (5.84%) DV Cleared
7 53 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 49 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (3.43%) AWS Certification
10 34 (2.92%) CCNA
11 31 (2.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 29 (2.49%) CISSP
13 24 (2.06%) Master's Degree
14 19 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 18 (1.55%) CCNP
16 17 (1.46%) CEH
16 17 (1.46%) OSCP
17 16 (1.37%) CREST Certified
18 13 (1.12%) MCSA
18 13 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (11.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (9.01%) NIST
3 57 (4.89%) GDPR
3 57 (4.89%) SLA
4 33 (2.83%) NCSC
5 29 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.29%) QA
8 9 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.60%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.60%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.43%) GRC
11 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.17%) HL7
13 1 (0.086%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.086%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.086%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 432 (37.08%) Active Directory
2 185 (15.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 124 (10.64%) Hyper-V
4 111 (9.53%) Docker
5 45 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 30 (2.58%) vSphere
8 22 (1.89%) DFS Replication
8 22 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (1.12%) Firmware
10 11 (0.94%) XenApp
11 9 (0.77%) Postfix
11 9 (0.77%) Squid
11 9 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.69%) Dovecot
13 7 (0.60%) Terminal Services
14 6 (0.52%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 229 (19.66%) Terraform
2 203 (17.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 151 (12.96%) Kubernetes
4 141 (12.10%) Ansible
5 70 (6.01%) SCCM
6 63 (5.41%) Grafana
7 58 (4.98%) Prometheus
8 37 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
9 33 (2.83%) WSUS
10 24 (2.06%) SCOM
11 18 (1.55%) vCenter Server
12 16 (1.37%) Autotask
13 15 (1.29%) WMI
14 14 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 13 (1.12%) Backup Exec
16 12 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
16 12 (1.03%) Nessus
17 11 (0.94%) Puppet
17 11 (0.94%) QRadar
17 11 (0.94%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 684 (58.71%) Microsoft
2 264 (22.66%) VMware
3 114 (9.79%) Cisco
4 93 (7.98%) ServiceNow
5 67 (5.75%) Oracle
6 56 (4.81%) Veeam
7 47 (4.03%) Citrix
8 46 (3.95%) Atlassian
9 44 (3.78%) Splunk
10 43 (3.69%) Red Hat
11 33 (2.83%) Google
12 30 (2.58%) SolarWinds
13 29 (2.49%) Palo Alto
14 23 (1.97%) Meraki
14 23 (1.97%) SAP
15 22 (1.89%) Sophos
16 21 (1.80%) Apple
17 20 (1.72%) Juniper
18 19 (1.63%) Bloomberg
19 18 (1.55%) HP