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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 91 73
Rank change year-on-year -27 -18 +14
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,050 1,408 2,309
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.85% 3.06% 3.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.76% 9.01% 9.58%
Number of salaries quoted 851 997 2,016
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,550 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,625 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +7.76% -3.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £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 10,753 15,630 24,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.90% 33.98% 37.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,033 9,242 20,579
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
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 £87,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 4 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 4 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 -12 444 £70,000 -6.67% 110
South East -33 188 £57,500 -4.17% 132
North of England -24 136 £50,000 -4.76% 95
South West +12 106 £55,000 - 39
Midlands -38 90 £52,500 +5.00% 47
East of England +14 70 £42,276 -19.48% 27
Yorkshire -11 64 £48,445 -7.72% 29
North West -20 58 £50,000 - 53
West Midlands -32 45 £49,250 -1.50% 21
East Midlands -3 44 £55,000 +8.91% 26
North East -3 14 £48,445 -15.75% 13
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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
1 166 (15.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (12.29%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.90%) IIS
4 22 (2.10%) Exchange Server 2003
5 18 (1.71%) Confluence
6 11 (1.05%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.57%) 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 38 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) 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 (0.095%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 9 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.095%) Actimize
6 1 (0.095%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.095%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 659 (62.76%) Azure
2 355 (33.81%) Microsoft 365
3 267 (25.43%) Entra ID
4 192 (18.29%) AWS
5 140 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
6 108 (10.29%) Power Platform
7 72 (6.86%) GCP
8 71 (6.76%) GitHub
9 60 (5.71%) PaaS
10 54 (5.14%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (5.05%) Power Automate
12 47 (4.48%) Azure Monitor
13 44 (4.19%) SaaS
14 41 (3.90%) IaaS
15 40 (3.81%) OneDrive
16 38 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
17 35 (3.33%) Google Workspace
18 31 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
19 29 (2.76%) PowerApps
20 27 (2.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 199 (18.95%) Firewall
2 195 (18.57%) DNS
3 153 (14.57%) DHCP
4 101 (9.62%) VPN
5 98 (9.33%) TCP/IP
6 73 (6.95%) WAN
7 65 (6.19%) LAN
8 42 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
9 41 (3.90%) VLAN
10 35 (3.33%) Wireless
11 27 (2.57%) SAN
12 26 (2.48%) Network Security
12 26 (2.48%) SD-WAN
13 21 (2.00%) Broadband
13 21 (2.00%) VoIP
14 18 (1.71%) Internet
15 17 (1.62%) VSAN
16 12 (1.14%) Cisco IOS
16 12 (1.14%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.05%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (12.29%) SQL Server
2 77 (7.33%) Power BI
3 34 (3.24%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.86%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.48%) Oracle Database 10g
7 23 (2.19%) MySQL
8 20 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.24%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.14%) Tableau
14 11 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (0.86%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
17 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
17 5 (0.48%) DTS
17 5 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 77 (7.33%) Git
2 72 (6.86%) JIRA
3 70 (6.67%) Jenkins
4 36 (3.43%) GitLab
5 24 (2.29%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.62%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.52%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.24%) Burp Suite
8 13 (1.24%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.67%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
13 4 (0.38%) MSI
13 4 (0.38%) Toad
14 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.29%) JMeter
General
1 372 (35.43%) Social Skills
2 226 (21.52%) Finance
3 112 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (4.86%) Law
5 48 (4.57%) Retail
6 38 (3.62%) Public Sector
7 36 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (3.33%) Legal
9 34 (3.24%) Banking
10 29 (2.76%) Telecoms
11 25 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (2.29%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (0.86%) Advertising
16 8 (0.76%) Front Office
17 7 (0.67%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.67%) Local Government
17 7 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 138 (13.14%) Senior
1 138 (13.14%) Support Engineer
2 125 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 89 (8.48%) Analyst
4 87 (8.29%) Azure Engineer
5 78 (7.43%) DevOps Engineer
6 72 (6.86%) Developer
6 72 (6.86%) IT Support
7 71 (6.76%) Security Engineer
8 65 (6.19%) IT Engineer
9 61 (5.81%) Cloud Engineer
9 61 (5.81%) Lead
10 52 (4.95%) 3rd Line Support
11 49 (4.67%) Platform Engineer
12 45 (4.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 45 (4.29%) IT Support Engineer
13 40 (3.81%) Applications Support
14 36 (3.43%) Applications Engineer
14 36 (3.43%) Support Analyst
15 32 (3.05%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.48%) REST
2 64 (6.10%) .NET
3 36 (3.43%) SOAP
3 36 (3.43%) YAML
4 34 (3.24%) OpenID
5 33 (3.14%) OAuth
6 32 (3.05%) JSON
7 30 (2.86%) LDAP
7 30 (2.86%) SAML
8 24 (2.29%) ARM Templates
8 24 (2.29%) React
9 21 (2.00%) GraphQL
10 17 (1.62%) Microsoft Graph
11 16 (1.52%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
12 15 (1.43%) Node.js
13 14 (1.33%) Middleware
14 13 (1.24%) .NET Core
15 11 (1.05%) Web Services
16 10 (0.95%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.48%) Onboarding
2 65 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (5.33%) Security Posture
4 44 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.71%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.95%) Cloud Native
6 31 (2.95%) Driving Licence
7 29 (2.76%) Data Centre
7 29 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 25 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (2.19%) Cyber Defence
10 23 (2.19%) PKI
11 21 (2.00%) CMDB
11 21 (2.00%) Cyberattack
12 20 (1.90%) Hedge funds
13 19 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
14 16 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (1.43%) Private Cloud
15 15 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 464 (44.19%) Windows
2 249 (23.71%) Windows Server
3 187 (17.81%) Linux
4 67 (6.38%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.67%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.90%) Unix
7 36 (3.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.86%) Android
10 28 (2.67%) VMS
11 27 (2.57%) Windows Server 2008
12 24 (2.29%) Solaris
13 22 (2.10%) HPUX
13 22 (2.10%) Windows 7
13 22 (2.10%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 18 (1.71%) Apple iOS
16 15 (1.43%) CentOS
17 14 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
18 10 (0.95%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
2 267 (25.43%) DevOps
3 206 (19.62%) CI/CD
4 195 (18.57%) ITIL
5 187 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 172 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 172 (16.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 164 (15.62%) Cybersecurity
8 143 (13.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 129 (12.29%) Mentoring
10 116 (11.05%) Agile
11 115 (10.95%) Task Automation
12 104 (9.90%) Root Cause Analysis
13 98 (9.33%) Incident Response
14 91 (8.67%) Cloud Security
14 91 (8.67%) Migration
15 87 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
16 86 (8.19%) Computer Science
16 86 (8.19%) Incident Management
17 79 (7.52%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 352 (33.52%) Python
2 228 (21.71%) Bash
3 224 (21.33%) SQL
4 88 (8.38%) C#
5 60 (5.71%) Bicep
6 54 (5.14%) JavaScript
7 47 (4.48%) T-SQL
8 26 (2.48%) Perl
9 23 (2.19%) Go
10 22 (2.10%) Kusto Query Language
11 21 (2.00%) Java
12 15 (1.43%) VB
13 10 (0.95%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.95%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.95%) VBScript
14 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.48%) C++
16 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.38%) PHP
16 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 155 (14.76%) Degree
2 139 (13.24%) Security Cleared
3 95 (9.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 84 (8.00%) SC Cleared
5 76 (7.24%) Azure Certification
6 55 (5.24%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (3.62%) CISSP
9 36 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 25 (2.38%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.19%) CREST Certified
13 21 (2.00%) CEH
14 17 (1.62%) CCNA
14 17 (1.62%) CompTIA CySA+
14 17 (1.62%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.52%) GIAC
16 15 (1.43%) Master's Degree
17 14 (1.33%) OSCP
18 12 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (15.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 120 (11.43%) NIST
3 57 (5.43%) GDPR
4 56 (5.33%) SLA
5 36 (3.43%) NCSC
6 29 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.48%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.62%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 15 (1.43%) QA
10 14 (1.33%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.24%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.57%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.48%) GRC
15 3 (0.29%) DICOM
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.095%) HIPAA
System Software
1 384 (36.57%) Active Directory
2 121 (11.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (8.86%) Docker
4 83 (7.90%) Hyper-V
5 35 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.95%) vSphere
7 24 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.10%) Firmware
9 14 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.57%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.57%) XenApp
11 6 (0.57%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.19%) iptables
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
14 2 (0.19%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 198 (18.86%) Terraform
2 165 (15.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 137 (13.05%) Kubernetes
4 119 (11.33%) Ansible
5 45 (4.29%) SCCM
6 38 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (2.67%) Grafana
8 19 (1.81%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (1.43%) WSUS
11 14 (1.33%) SCOM
12 11 (1.05%) Puppet
12 11 (1.05%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.95%) Nessus
14 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.76%) SCVMM
16 7 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
16 7 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
16 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 568 (54.10%) Microsoft
2 203 (19.33%) VMware
3 87 (8.29%) Cisco
4 53 (5.05%) Oracle
4 53 (5.05%) ServiceNow
5 45 (4.29%) Veeam
6 38 (3.62%) Google
7 37 (3.52%) Atlassian
8 32 (3.05%) Palo Alto
8 32 (3.05%) Splunk
9 31 (2.95%) Citrix
10 29 (2.76%) Red Hat
11 26 (2.48%) Commvault
12 25 (2.38%) CyberArk
13 21 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
13 21 (2.00%) Dell
13 21 (2.00%) SolarWinds
14 20 (1.90%) Fortinet
14 20 (1.90%) Meraki
14 20 (1.90%) SAP