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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 90 76
Rank change year-on-year -33 -14 +11
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,035 1,406 2,290
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.79% 3.10% 3.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.59% 9.06% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 832 992 2,003
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,050 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -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 10,798 15,522 24,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.73% 34.21% 36.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8,055 9,182 20,705
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -13 442 £70,000 -8.50% 117
South East -44 187 £57,500 -4.17% 127
North of England -25 134 £48,445 -7.72% 91
South West +4 102 £55,000 +1.85% 41
Midlands -35 89 £52,500 +5.00% 45
East of England +12 65 £40,250 -23.33% 30
Yorkshire -27 60 £47,500 -9.52% 28
North West -17 58 £50,000 -4.76% 50
West Midlands -33 45 £47,500 -5.00% 21
East Midlands -18 43 £55,000 +8.91% 25
North East +3 16 £47,500 -17.39% 13
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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
1 164 (15.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 127 (12.27%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.67%) IIS
4 22 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2003
5 16 (1.55%) Confluence
6 8 (0.77%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.58%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.58%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) CATIA
5 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.29%) Windchill
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.097%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 8 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.58%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.097%) Actimize
7 1 (0.097%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.097%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.097%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 650 (62.80%) Azure
2 351 (33.91%) Microsoft 365
3 269 (25.99%) Entra ID
4 189 (18.26%) AWS
5 135 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
6 110 (10.63%) Power Platform
7 73 (7.05%) GCP
8 71 (6.86%) GitHub
9 59 (5.70%) PaaS
10 54 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (5.12%) Power Automate
12 45 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
12 45 (4.35%) SaaS
13 42 (4.06%) IaaS
13 42 (4.06%) OneDrive
14 39 (3.77%) Google Workspace
15 36 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
16 31 (3.00%) AWS CloudFormation
17 29 (2.80%) PowerApps
18 27 (2.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 195 (18.84%) Firewall
2 189 (18.26%) DNS
3 151 (14.59%) DHCP
4 104 (10.05%) VPN
5 93 (8.99%) TCP/IP
6 68 (6.57%) WAN
7 62 (5.99%) LAN
8 44 (4.25%) VLAN
9 42 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (3.38%) Wireless
11 30 (2.90%) Network Security
12 27 (2.61%) SAN
13 26 (2.51%) Broadband
13 26 (2.51%) SD-WAN
14 23 (2.22%) VoIP
15 16 (1.55%) Internet
16 15 (1.45%) VSAN
17 12 (1.16%) WinSCP
18 11 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
18 11 (1.06%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (12.56%) SQL Server
2 79 (7.63%) Power BI
3 33 (3.19%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.90%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.51%) Oracle Database 10g
7 25 (2.42%) MySQL
8 22 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.26%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (1.16%) Tableau
14 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
16 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.48%) Metadata
17 4 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 73 (7.05%) Git
2 71 (6.86%) JIRA
3 68 (6.57%) Jenkins
4 33 (3.19%) GitLab
5 24 (2.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.64%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.55%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.16%) Burp Suite
8 12 (1.16%) Metasploit
9 11 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.77%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.39%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.39%) MLflow
13 4 (0.39%) Toad
14 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.29%) JMeter
14 3 (0.29%) MSI
General
1 364 (35.17%) Social Skills
2 222 (21.45%) Finance
3 113 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (4.64%) Retail
5 46 (4.44%) Law
6 40 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (3.48%) Public Sector
8 35 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
9 33 (3.19%) Banking
9 33 (3.19%) Legal
10 29 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 26 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (2.22%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.77%) Advertising
15 8 (0.77%) Front Office
16 7 (0.68%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.68%) Local Government
17 6 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (13.24%) Senior
2 132 (12.75%) Support Engineer
3 122 (11.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 91 (8.79%) Analyst
5 86 (8.31%) Azure Engineer
6 75 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
7 73 (7.05%) Developer
8 72 (6.96%) IT Support
9 67 (6.47%) Security Engineer
10 63 (6.09%) IT Engineer
11 61 (5.89%) Cloud Engineer
12 58 (5.60%) Lead
13 50 (4.83%) 3rd Line Support
14 47 (4.54%) Platform Engineer
15 44 (4.25%) IT Support Engineer
16 43 (4.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 38 (3.67%) Applications Support
18 35 (3.38%) Support Analyst
19 32 (3.09%) Applications Engineer
20 30 (2.90%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (6.76%) REST
2 64 (6.18%) .NET
3 38 (3.67%) OpenID
3 38 (3.67%) SOAP
4 37 (3.57%) OAuth
5 34 (3.29%) JSON
5 34 (3.29%) SAML
5 34 (3.29%) YAML
6 30 (2.90%) LDAP
7 25 (2.42%) GraphQL
8 23 (2.22%) ARM Templates
8 23 (2.22%) React
9 16 (1.55%) AngularJS
9 16 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
10 15 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (1.35%) Middleware
11 14 (1.35%) Node.js
12 13 (1.26%) .NET Core
13 11 (1.06%) Web Services
14 10 (0.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (8.31%) Onboarding
2 66 (6.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (5.41%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.15%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 30 (2.90%) Driving Licence
7 29 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
7 29 (2.80%) Data Centre
7 29 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 25 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
8 25 (2.42%) Cyberattack
9 20 (1.93%) CMDB
10 19 (1.84%) Hedge funds
10 19 (1.84%) PKI
11 17 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.45%) Private Cloud
13 15 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 456 (44.06%) Windows
2 245 (23.67%) Windows Server
3 184 (17.78%) Linux
4 64 (6.18%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.73%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.96%) Unix
7 34 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 34 (3.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 29 (2.80%) Android
9 26 (2.51%) Windows Server 2008
10 25 (2.42%) VMS
11 24 (2.32%) Solaris
12 22 (2.13%) HPUX
12 22 (2.13%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.13%) Windows Server 2003
13 18 (1.74%) Apple iOS
14 17 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 15 (1.45%) CentOS
16 13 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
17 10 (0.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
2 256 (24.73%) DevOps
3 202 (19.52%) CI/CD
4 195 (18.84%) ITIL
5 182 (17.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 170 (16.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 169 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
8 168 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 145 (14.01%) Disaster Recovery
10 128 (12.37%) Mentoring
11 115 (11.11%) Agile
12 113 (10.92%) Task Automation
13 105 (10.14%) Root Cause Analysis
14 102 (9.86%) Incident Response
15 93 (8.99%) Cloud Security
16 91 (8.79%) Migration
17 89 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
18 87 (8.41%) Computer Science
19 83 (8.02%) Incident Management
20 78 (7.54%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 351 (33.91%) Python
2 225 (21.74%) Bash
2 225 (21.74%) SQL
3 86 (8.31%) C#
4 59 (5.70%) Bicep
5 54 (5.22%) JavaScript
6 53 (5.12%) T-SQL
7 25 (2.42%) Perl
8 21 (2.03%) Go
8 21 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 18 (1.74%) Java
10 12 (1.16%) VB
11 10 (0.97%) VB.NET
11 10 (0.97%) VBScript
12 7 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.68%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.48%) C++
14 4 (0.39%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.39%) PHP
14 4 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 156 (15.07%) Degree
2 131 (12.66%) Security Cleared
3 96 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 79 (7.63%) Azure Certification
5 78 (7.54%) SC Cleared
6 51 (4.93%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.48%) CISSP
9 33 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (3.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 25 (2.42%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.22%) CREST Certified
13 21 (2.03%) CEH
14 18 (1.74%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.64%) GIAC
16 16 (1.55%) CCNA
17 15 (1.45%) DBS Check
17 15 (1.45%) OSCP
18 14 (1.35%) Master's Degree
19 13 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (15.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (12.17%) NIST
3 54 (5.22%) GDPR
4 52 (5.02%) SLA
5 39 (3.77%) NCSC
6 29 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.51%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.64%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.55%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.45%) QA
11 14 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 13 (1.26%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.58%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.48%) GRC
16 4 (0.39%) DICOM
17 3 (0.29%) HL7
17 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.19%) COBIT
19 1 (0.097%) HIPAA
System Software
1 381 (36.81%) Active Directory
2 123 (11.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 90 (8.70%) Docker
4 83 (8.02%) Hyper-V
5 36 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (2.90%) vSphere
7 23 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.93%) Firmware
9 14 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.58%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.58%) XenApp
11 6 (0.58%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.29%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.19%) iptables
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
14 2 (0.19%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 196 (18.94%) Terraform
2 159 (15.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 131 (12.66%) Kubernetes
4 114 (11.01%) Ansible
5 42 (4.06%) SCCM
6 37 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (2.90%) Grafana
8 19 (1.84%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.16%) SCOM
10 12 (1.16%) vCenter Server
11 11 (1.06%) Puppet
12 10 (0.97%) Nessus
12 10 (0.97%) WSUS
13 9 (0.87%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.77%) SCVMM
14 8 (0.77%) VxRail
15 7 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
15 7 (0.68%) McAfee ePO
15 7 (0.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 551 (53.24%) Microsoft
2 203 (19.61%) VMware
3 85 (8.21%) Cisco
4 53 (5.12%) Oracle
5 51 (4.93%) ServiceNow
6 47 (4.54%) Veeam
7 37 (3.57%) Atlassian
7 37 (3.57%) Google
8 34 (3.29%) Splunk
9 32 (3.09%) Palo Alto
10 30 (2.90%) Citrix
11 26 (2.51%) Commvault
12 25 (2.42%) CyberArk
12 25 (2.42%) Red Hat
13 22 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
13 22 (2.13%) SolarWinds
14 21 (2.03%) Dell
14 21 (2.03%) Fortinet
15 20 (1.93%) SAP
16 19 (1.84%) Tenable