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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 90 91
Rank change year-on-year -49 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,099 1,226 2,307
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 3.36% 2.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.32% 9.91% 8.64%
Number of salaries quoted 863 1,009 1,979
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,450 £35,200
25th Percentile £41,875 £46,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 13,213 12,373 26,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.94% 33.86% 33.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9,430 9,346 22,473
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -7.69%

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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 9 April 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 April 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 -12 506 £70,000 -12.50% 123
South East -56 188 £57,750 +0.43% 97
North of England -74 132 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -61 98 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -18 96 £55,000 +15.79% 60
East of England -38 67 £40,000 -27.27% 34
North West -42 66 £55,000 +17.02% 35
East Midlands -34 56 £55,000 +15.79% 16
Yorkshire -47 54 £47,500 -11.63% 16
West Midlands -64 41 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -35 12 £45,000 -21.74% 15
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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
1 171 (15.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 131 (11.92%) SharePoint
3 34 (3.09%) IIS
4 19 (1.73%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.27%) Confluence
6 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.091%) Site Server
Applications
1 47 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.27%) CATIA
4 3 (0.27%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.27%) Windchill
5 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.27%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.091%) Actimize
5 1 (0.091%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.091%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.091%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 701 (63.79%) Azure
2 383 (34.85%) Microsoft 365
3 278 (25.30%) Entra ID
4 196 (17.83%) AWS
5 104 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (8.55%) Power Platform
7 86 (7.83%) GitHub
8 70 (6.37%) GCP
9 66 (6.01%) SaaS
10 63 (5.73%) GitHub Actions
11 57 (5.19%) OneDrive
12 54 (4.91%) IaaS
12 54 (4.91%) PaaS
13 43 (3.91%) Google Workspace
14 42 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
15 40 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
16 39 (3.55%) Azure Sentinel
17 38 (3.46%) Power Automate
18 36 (3.28%) Nutanix
19 35 (3.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 209 (19.02%) DNS
2 200 (18.20%) Firewall
3 154 (14.01%) DHCP
4 119 (10.83%) VPN
5 94 (8.55%) TCP/IP
6 56 (5.10%) Network Security
7 54 (4.91%) WAN
8 52 (4.73%) LAN
9 47 (4.28%) VLAN
10 43 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.09%) VoIP
12 32 (2.91%) SAN
13 30 (2.73%) Wireless
14 28 (2.55%) Broadband
15 23 (2.09%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.27%) VSAN
17 12 (1.09%) WinSCP
18 11 (1.00%) Internet
19 10 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
19 10 (0.91%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (11.65%) SQL Server
2 79 (7.19%) Power BI
3 33 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
5 25 (2.27%) MySQL
5 25 (2.27%) Oracle Database
5 25 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 23 (2.09%) Oracle Database 10g
7 20 (1.82%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.55%) NoSQL
9 16 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (1.27%) Tableau
11 11 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.73%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.64%) InfluxDB
14 6 (0.55%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.55%) Metadata
15 5 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 87 (7.92%) Git
2 62 (5.64%) Jenkins
3 59 (5.37%) JIRA
4 45 (4.09%) GitLab
5 27 (2.46%) Bitbucket
6 19 (1.73%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.18%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.18%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.82%) Burp Suite
10 8 (0.73%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.73%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.45%) TestRail
13 4 (0.36%) MLflow
13 4 (0.36%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.27%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.27%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
General
1 350 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 206 (18.74%) Finance
3 136 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (6.01%) Law
5 49 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.64%) Legal
8 38 (3.46%) Retail
9 35 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 34 (3.09%) Public Sector
11 30 (2.73%) Banking
12 23 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.64%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.27%) Advertising
15 9 (0.82%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.82%) Front Office
16 8 (0.73%) Military
17 6 (0.55%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.45%) Electronics
18 5 (0.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 165 (15.01%) Senior
2 141 (12.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 130 (11.83%) Support Engineer
4 108 (9.83%) Analyst
5 107 (9.74%) Azure Engineer
6 98 (8.92%) IT Support
7 77 (7.01%) IT Engineer
8 76 (6.92%) Cloud Engineer
9 73 (6.64%) Security Engineer
10 65 (5.91%) DevOps Engineer
11 57 (5.19%) Lead
12 55 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
13 53 (4.82%) 3rd Line Support
14 49 (4.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 49 (4.46%) Developer
15 48 (4.37%) 2nd Line Support
16 44 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
17 41 (3.73%) Architect
18 35 (3.18%) Security Analyst
19 32 (2.91%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.91%) .NET
2 56 (5.10%) REST
3 53 (4.82%) OAuth
4 48 (4.37%) SAML
5 47 (4.28%) OpenID
6 35 (3.18%) LDAP
7 32 (2.91%) SOAP
8 31 (2.82%) .NET Core
9 29 (2.64%) JSON
10 26 (2.37%) YAML
11 25 (2.27%) ARM Templates
11 25 (2.27%) GraphQL
12 22 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (1.73%) CSS
14 18 (1.64%) SPFx
15 17 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (1.55%) HTML
15 17 (1.55%) React
16 16 (1.46%) Node.js
17 11 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.01%) Onboarding
2 69 (6.28%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (5.19%) Security Posture
4 44 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 41 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
7 39 (3.55%) Cloud Native
7 39 (3.55%) Driving Licence
8 38 (3.46%) Cyber Defence
9 32 (2.91%) Cyberattack
10 31 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 29 (2.64%) Data Centre
11 29 (2.64%) Security Operations Centre
12 27 (2.46%) Public Cloud
13 22 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.91%) PKI
15 20 (1.82%) CMDB
16 19 (1.73%) Replication
17 18 (1.64%) Private Cloud
18 16 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 515 (46.86%) Windows
2 250 (22.75%) Windows Server
3 237 (21.57%) Linux
4 67 (6.10%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.91%) Mac OS
6 38 (3.46%) Android
7 37 (3.37%) Apple iOS
7 37 (3.37%) Unix
8 36 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 22 (2.00%) CentOS
11 22 (2.00%) VMS
12 21 (1.91%) Solaris
13 19 (1.73%) HPUX
13 19 (1.73%) Windows 7
13 19 (1.73%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (1.73%) Windows Server 2008
14 16 (1.46%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
2 232 (21.11%) DevOps
3 219 (19.93%) CI/CD
4 216 (19.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 206 (18.74%) Cybersecurity
6 204 (18.56%) ITIL
7 200 (18.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 180 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 144 (13.10%) Incident Response
10 138 (12.56%) Disaster Recovery
11 135 (12.28%) Mentoring
12 121 (11.01%) Agile
13 115 (10.46%) Root Cause Analysis
14 103 (9.37%) Cloud Security
15 101 (9.19%) Task Automation
16 99 (9.01%) Containerisation
17 98 (8.92%) SIEM
18 92 (8.37%) Roadmaps
19 88 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
20 87 (7.92%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 413 (37.58%) Python
2 253 (23.02%) Bash
3 225 (20.47%) SQL
4 69 (6.28%) JavaScript
5 67 (6.10%) C#
6 65 (5.91%) Bicep
7 52 (4.73%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.73%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.37%) Perl
10 18 (1.64%) Java
11 13 (1.18%) TypeScript
12 11 (1.00%) Go
13 9 (0.82%) C++
13 9 (0.82%) VB.NET
14 8 (0.73%) VB
15 7 (0.64%) C
15 7 (0.64%) PHP
16 6 (0.55%) Delphi
16 6 (0.55%) Ruby
17 5 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 148 (13.47%) Degree
2 137 (12.47%) Security Cleared
3 93 (8.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 89 (8.10%) Azure Certification
5 80 (7.28%) SC Cleared
6 57 (5.19%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (4.00%) CISSP
9 31 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (2.18%) AWS Certification
10 24 (2.18%) CREST Certified
10 24 (2.18%) GIAC
11 23 (2.09%) OSCP
12 22 (2.00%) CEH
13 21 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
14 20 (1.82%) CCNA
14 20 (1.82%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.55%) DBS Check
16 13 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (13.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (11.46%) NIST
3 63 (5.73%) GDPR
4 61 (5.55%) SLA
5 34 (3.09%) NCSC
6 27 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.82%) ISO 22301
8 18 (1.64%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.55%) QA
10 16 (1.46%) Accessibility
11 15 (1.36%) PCI DSS
12 14 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (1.09%) SOC 2
14 11 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.55%) DICOM
16 5 (0.45%) GRC
17 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.18%) COBIT
19 2 (0.18%) HL7
System Software
1 413 (37.58%) Active Directory
2 134 (12.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (10.46%) Docker
4 99 (9.01%) Hyper-V
5 42 (3.82%) vSphere
6 32 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (1.46%) Firmware
8 15 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.82%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.82%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.36%) iptables
12 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.27%) XenApp
14 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.18%) KVM
Systems Management
1 233 (21.20%) Terraform
2 170 (15.47%) Kubernetes
3 162 (14.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 135 (12.28%) Ansible
5 49 (4.46%) Grafana
6 44 (4.00%) SCCM
7 41 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.82%) Prometheus
9 22 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.55%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.18%) Nessus
13 12 (1.09%) VxRail
14 9 (0.82%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.82%) Puppet
15 8 (0.73%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.64%) logstash
16 7 (0.64%) WSUS
17 6 (0.55%) SCOM
17 6 (0.55%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 610 (55.51%) Microsoft
2 222 (20.20%) VMware
3 100 (9.10%) Cisco
4 53 (4.82%) Splunk
5 52 (4.73%) ServiceNow
6 47 (4.28%) Red Hat
7 46 (4.19%) Oracle
8 44 (4.00%) Veeam
9 35 (3.18%) Google
10 34 (3.09%) Commvault
10 34 (3.09%) Palo Alto
11 33 (3.00%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (2.46%) Dell
13 26 (2.37%) Citrix
13 26 (2.37%) Meraki
14 25 (2.27%) CyberArk
14 25 (2.27%) Fortinet
15 22 (2.00%) Apple
16 20 (1.82%) Dynatrace
17 19 (1.73%) Atlassian