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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 77 108
Rank change year-on-year -56 +31 -22
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,196 1,503 2,222
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.45% 3.82% 2.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.94% 11.88% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 908 932 1,786
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,563 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £58,050 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.34% +5.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,563 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 15,068 12,650 28,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.28% 32.17% 30.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10,846 8,458 22,993
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £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 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -8 510 £70,000 -6.51% 117
South East -48 190 £55,000 -4.35% 134
North of England -94 186 £47,500 -6.40% 67
Midlands -40 133 £50,000 - 33
North West -81 96 £51,500 +11.96% 47
South West -45 84 £55,000 +15.79% 51
East of England -27 83 £57,500 +21.05% 33
East Midlands -14 76 £47,500 +31.03% 18
Yorkshire -22 60 £45,000 -21.74% 13
West Midlands -77 56 £51,250 -3.47% 15
North East -24 30 £46,500 -20.85% 8
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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
1 184 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 162 (13.55%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.26%) IIS
4 23 (1.92%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.084%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.084%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.084%) Site Server
Applications
1 71 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.17%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.084%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.084%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.084%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.084%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 774 (64.72%) Azure
2 443 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 305 (25.50%) Entra ID
4 207 (17.31%) AWS
5 126 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
6 104 (8.70%) Power Platform
7 90 (7.53%) GitHub
8 83 (6.94%) SaaS
9 82 (6.86%) IaaS
10 75 (6.27%) OneDrive
11 65 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
12 59 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
13 54 (4.52%) Azure AKS
13 54 (4.52%) Azure Sentinel
13 54 (4.52%) GCP
14 53 (4.43%) PaaS
14 53 (4.43%) Power Automate
15 49 (4.10%) Azure Key Vault
16 42 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
17 41 (3.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 250 (20.90%) Firewall
2 238 (19.90%) DNS
3 152 (12.71%) VPN
4 148 (12.37%) DHCP
5 101 (8.44%) TCP/IP
6 73 (6.10%) WAN
7 72 (6.02%) LAN
8 68 (5.69%) Network Security
9 51 (4.26%) VLAN
10 46 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (2.84%) SAN
12 32 (2.68%) VoIP
13 27 (2.26%) Broadband
14 25 (2.09%) Wireless
15 17 (1.42%) Kerberos
16 15 (1.25%) BGP
16 15 (1.25%) SSL
17 14 (1.17%) SD-WAN
18 13 (1.09%) HTTP
18 13 (1.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 74 (6.19%) Power BI
3 63 (5.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.17%) MySQL
7 22 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.25%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.17%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.84%) Tableau
12 9 (0.75%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.67%) InfluxDB
14 7 (0.59%) Metadata
15 5 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 3 (0.25%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 91 (7.61%) Git
2 66 (5.52%) JIRA
3 59 (4.93%) GitLab
4 58 (4.85%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.59%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
6 16 (1.34%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.09%) Metasploit
8 12 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.75%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.59%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.50%) TestRail
13 5 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.42%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.42%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.42%) Selenium
14 4 (0.33%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.25%) MLflow
General
1 348 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 200 (16.72%) Finance
3 159 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (7.19%) Law
5 53 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
6 49 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (3.93%) Legal
8 43 (3.60%) Retail
9 30 (2.51%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.01%) Aerospace
11 21 (1.76%) Banking
12 19 (1.59%) Advertising
12 19 (1.59%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.25%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.59%) Aviation
15 6 (0.50%) Front Office
15 6 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.50%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 200 (16.72%) Senior
2 150 (12.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 141 (11.79%) Analyst
4 137 (11.45%) Support Engineer
5 128 (10.70%) Azure Engineer
6 118 (9.87%) IT Support
7 113 (9.45%) IT Engineer
8 97 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
9 84 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 76 (6.35%) Security Engineer
11 73 (6.10%) IT Support Engineer
12 59 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
13 55 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support
13 55 (4.60%) Lead
14 53 (4.43%) Developer
15 43 (3.60%) Security Analyst
16 42 (3.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 42 (3.51%) Systems Engineer
17 36 (3.01%) Architect
18 34 (2.84%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (6.61%) .NET
2 66 (5.52%) SAML
3 64 (5.35%) OAuth
4 62 (5.18%) REST
5 57 (4.77%) OpenID
6 52 (4.35%) LDAP
7 41 (3.43%) JSON
8 39 (3.26%) YAML
9 38 (3.18%) ARM Templates
10 36 (3.01%) .NET Core
10 36 (3.01%) HTML
11 35 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
11 35 (2.93%) SOAP
12 33 (2.76%) CSS
13 26 (2.17%) GraphQL
13 26 (2.17%) SPFx
14 19 (1.59%) HTML5 Canvas
15 18 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
15 18 (1.51%) React
16 15 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (8.28%) Onboarding
2 71 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 61 (5.10%) Cloud Native
3 61 (5.10%) Security Posture
4 56 (4.68%) Management Information System
5 50 (4.18%) Driving Licence
6 45 (3.76%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
7 43 (3.60%) Security Operations Centre
8 37 (3.09%) Data Centre
9 34 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
10 33 (2.76%) Cyberattack
10 33 (2.76%) Public Cloud
11 31 (2.59%) PKI
12 26 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
13 20 (1.67%) Private Cloud
13 20 (1.67%) Replication
14 19 (1.59%) CMDB
14 19 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 569 (47.58%) Windows
2 274 (22.91%) Linux
3 269 (22.49%) Windows Server
4 80 (6.69%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.18%) Mac OS
6 49 (4.10%) Apple iOS
7 45 (3.76%) Android
8 42 (3.51%) VMS
9 36 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 30 (2.51%) CentOS
10 30 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
11 27 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 24 (2.01%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.00%) Unix
14 6 (0.50%) Debian
15 4 (0.33%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.33%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.25%) AIX
17 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
2 279 (23.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 272 (22.74%) CI/CD
4 255 (21.32%) Cybersecurity
5 251 (20.99%) DevOps
6 217 (18.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 203 (16.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 201 (16.81%) ITIL
9 157 (13.13%) Incident Response
10 153 (12.79%) Mentoring
11 146 (12.21%) Agile
12 145 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
13 143 (11.96%) Root Cause Analysis
14 121 (10.12%) Containerisation
15 119 (9.95%) High Availability
15 119 (9.95%) SIEM
16 110 (9.20%) Cloud Security
17 107 (8.95%) AI
18 105 (8.78%) Roadmaps
19 97 (8.11%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 480 (40.13%) Python
2 301 (25.17%) Bash
3 256 (21.40%) SQL
4 89 (7.44%) C#
5 77 (6.44%) Bicep
6 74 (6.19%) JavaScript
7 54 (4.52%) T-SQL
8 33 (2.76%) Kusto Query Language
9 29 (2.42%) Java
10 25 (2.09%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.42%) C++
12 15 (1.25%) VBScript
13 14 (1.17%) Perl
14 12 (1.00%) PHP
15 11 (0.92%) VB
16 10 (0.84%) VBA
17 9 (0.75%) Go
18 7 (0.59%) C
18 7 (0.59%) Ruby
19 6 (0.50%) Korn
Qualifications
1 143 (11.96%) Degree
2 140 (11.71%) Security Cleared
3 123 (10.28%) Azure Certification
4 111 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 87 (7.27%) SC Cleared
6 49 (4.10%) CISSP
7 46 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
8 42 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (3.18%) CompTIA Security+
10 33 (2.76%) CCNA
10 33 (2.76%) DV Cleared
11 29 (2.42%) OSCP
12 28 (2.34%) DBS Check
13 25 (2.09%) AWS Certification
13 25 (2.09%) CREST Certified
14 23 (1.92%) CEH
15 22 (1.84%) GIAC
16 16 (1.34%) CompTIA CySA+
17 13 (1.09%) CCNP
18 12 (1.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (8.36%) NIST
3 53 (4.43%) GDPR
4 47 (3.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 38 (3.18%) SLA
6 25 (2.09%) NCSC
7 20 (1.67%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.34%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.17%) ISO 22301
9 14 (1.17%) QA
10 13 (1.09%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.84%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.50%) DICOM
13 6 (0.50%) PMO
14 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.25%) GRC
15 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 448 (37.46%) Active Directory
2 176 (14.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (10.87%) Docker
4 123 (10.28%) Hyper-V
5 62 (5.18%) vSphere
6 33 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.92%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.34%) VMware NSX
10 12 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.84%) KVM
12 8 (0.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.67%) Squid
13 7 (0.59%) Firmware
14 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.33%) iptables
16 3 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.25%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.17%) Samba
Systems Management
1 288 (24.08%) Terraform
2 202 (16.89%) Kubernetes
3 186 (15.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 141 (11.79%) Ansible
5 61 (5.10%) Grafana
6 57 (4.77%) Single Sign-On
7 45 (3.76%) Prometheus
7 45 (3.76%) SCCM
8 25 (2.09%) Jamf Pro
9 21 (1.76%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.67%) Packer
11 18 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (1.51%) ZABBIX
12 17 (1.42%) Nessus
12 17 (1.42%) QRadar
13 15 (1.25%) Argo
13 15 (1.25%) VxRail
14 14 (1.17%) Graylog
14 14 (1.17%) Proxmox
15 12 (1.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 709 (59.28%) Microsoft
2 228 (19.06%) VMware
3 96 (8.03%) Cisco
4 79 (6.61%) Splunk
5 64 (5.35%) ServiceNow
6 55 (4.60%) Red Hat
7 46 (3.85%) Veeam
8 36 (3.01%) Oracle
9 35 (2.93%) Meraki
10 32 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
11 30 (2.51%) Apple
12 29 (2.42%) Google
13 28 (2.34%) Dell
14 26 (2.17%) Citrix
15 25 (2.09%) Commvault
15 25 (2.09%) Tenable
16 24 (2.01%) Sophos
17 23 (1.92%) Fortinet
18 22 (1.84%) Palo Alto
19 21 (1.76%) SolarWinds