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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 90 84
Rank change year-on-year -36 -6 +2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,062 1,303 2,322
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.65% 3.31% 3.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.09% 9.48% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 842 1,024 2,010
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,225
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 11,685 13,751 25,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.11% 34.92% 34.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,513 9,373 21,839
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £101,250
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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -7 472 £70,000 -12.50% 138
South East -41 193 £56,562 -5.73% 117
North of England -43 137 £47,500 -9.52% 55
South West +3 101 £55,000 +4.76% 43
Midlands -51 90 £52,500 +5.00% 37
Yorkshire -26 66 £47,500 -9.52% 18
North West -33 56 £51,000 -0.49% 26
East of England -26 52 £40,000 -27.27% 39
East Midlands -29 47 £55,000 +8.91% 17
West Midlands -53 42 £48,250 -3.50% 20
North East -14 15 £46,250 -22.92% 12
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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
1 175 (16.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 127 (11.96%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.92%) IIS
4 22 (2.07%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.22%) Confluence
6 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.28%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.094%) Site Server
Applications
1 44 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.38%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.094%) Actimize
6 1 (0.094%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.094%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.094%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 658 (61.96%) Azure
2 365 (34.37%) Microsoft 365
3 277 (26.08%) Entra ID
4 183 (17.23%) AWS
5 109 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (9.04%) Power Platform
7 78 (7.34%) GitHub
8 73 (6.87%) GCP
9 64 (6.03%) PaaS
10 63 (5.93%) SaaS
11 57 (5.37%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (4.90%) IaaS
13 51 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
14 44 (4.14%) OneDrive
15 43 (4.05%) Google Workspace
16 39 (3.67%) Power Automate
17 37 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
18 34 (3.20%) Nutanix
19 32 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
20 28 (2.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 205 (19.30%) DNS
2 201 (18.93%) Firewall
3 160 (15.07%) DHCP
4 128 (12.05%) VPN
5 98 (9.23%) TCP/IP
6 58 (5.46%) WAN
7 55 (5.18%) LAN
8 47 (4.43%) VLAN
9 44 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
10 42 (3.95%) Network Security
11 34 (3.20%) VoIP
12 32 (3.01%) SAN
13 31 (2.92%) Wireless
14 28 (2.64%) Broadband
15 27 (2.54%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.41%) VSAN
17 12 (1.13%) NAS
17 12 (1.13%) WinSCP
18 11 (1.04%) Internet
19 10 (0.94%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (12.43%) SQL Server
2 79 (7.44%) Power BI
3 28 (2.64%) Oracle Database
4 27 (2.54%) Relational Database
4 27 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (2.45%) Oracle Database 10g
6 25 (2.35%) MySQL
6 25 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.41%) Tableau
10 14 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.66%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.56%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.47%) Metadata
15 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 75 (7.06%) Git
2 72 (6.78%) JIRA
3 62 (5.84%) Jenkins
4 38 (3.58%) GitLab
5 25 (2.35%) Bitbucket
5 25 (2.35%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (1.69%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 14 (1.32%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.94%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.85%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.66%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.47%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.38%) MLflow
14 4 (0.38%) TestRail
15 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.28%) JMeter
15 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 361 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 223 (21.00%) Finance
3 122 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (4.90%) Law
5 44 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
6 40 (3.77%) Retail
7 39 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.11%) Banking
8 33 (3.11%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.01%) Legal
10 29 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 27 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (1.69%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.94%) Advertising
14 9 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.75%) Front Office
15 8 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.66%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.56%) Marketing
18 5 (0.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 139 (13.09%) Senior
2 134 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 124 (11.68%) Support Engineer
4 102 (9.60%) Analyst
5 89 (8.38%) Azure Engineer
6 85 (8.00%) IT Support
7 75 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (6.59%) Security Engineer
9 65 (6.12%) IT Engineer
10 63 (5.93%) Developer
11 59 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
12 56 (5.27%) 3rd Line Support
13 55 (5.18%) Lead
14 47 (4.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 47 (4.43%) IT Support Engineer
15 42 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
16 38 (3.58%) 2nd Line Support
16 38 (3.58%) Architect
17 36 (3.39%) Support Analyst
18 30 (2.82%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.74%) REST
2 60 (5.65%) .NET
3 49 (4.61%) OAuth
4 47 (4.43%) SAML
5 44 (4.14%) OpenID
6 33 (3.11%) LDAP
7 32 (3.01%) SOAP
8 28 (2.64%) JSON
8 28 (2.64%) YAML
9 25 (2.35%) GraphQL
10 23 (2.17%) ARM Templates
11 19 (1.79%) .NET Core
11 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
12 17 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
12 17 (1.60%) React
13 13 (1.22%) Node.js
14 12 (1.13%) Web Services
15 11 (1.04%) Middleware
16 10 (0.94%) XML
17 9 (0.85%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.47%) Onboarding
2 73 (6.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.08%) Security Posture
4 42 (3.95%) Driving Licence
5 37 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
5 37 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
6 35 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 30 (2.82%) Cloud Native
7 30 (2.82%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (2.45%) Cyberattack
10 21 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
11 20 (1.88%) PKI
12 18 (1.69%) CMDB
13 15 (1.41%) Hedge funds
13 15 (1.41%) Replication
13 15 (1.41%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.32%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 485 (45.67%) Windows
2 251 (23.63%) Windows Server
3 212 (19.96%) Linux
4 64 (6.03%) Windows 10
5 56 (5.27%) Mac OS
6 40 (3.77%) Unix
7 32 (3.01%) Android
7 32 (3.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (2.26%) Apple iOS
9 24 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (2.26%) Solaris
9 24 (2.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 22 (2.07%) CentOS
10 22 (2.07%) HPUX
10 22 (2.07%) Windows 7
10 22 (2.07%) Windows Server 2003
11 20 (1.88%) VMS
12 15 (1.41%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (30.04%) Problem-Solving
2 240 (22.60%) DevOps
3 206 (19.40%) CI/CD
4 202 (19.02%) ITIL
5 191 (17.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 187 (17.61%) Infrastructure as Code
7 182 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
8 173 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 148 (13.94%) Disaster Recovery
10 129 (12.15%) Mentoring
11 126 (11.86%) Incident Response
12 110 (10.36%) Agile
13 105 (9.89%) Root Cause Analysis
14 98 (9.23%) Task Automation
15 95 (8.95%) Cloud Security
16 91 (8.57%) Computer Science
17 89 (8.38%) Business Intelligence
17 89 (8.38%) Migration
18 88 (8.29%) SIEM
19 85 (8.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 373 (35.12%) Python
2 235 (22.13%) Bash
3 222 (20.90%) SQL
4 66 (6.21%) JavaScript
5 64 (6.03%) C#
6 58 (5.46%) Bicep
7 53 (4.99%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.35%) Perl
10 17 (1.60%) Java
11 13 (1.22%) Go
12 10 (0.94%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.66%) PHP
13 7 (0.66%) VB
14 6 (0.56%) C++
14 6 (0.56%) Delphi
15 5 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.47%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.38%) C
16 4 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 159 (14.97%) Degree
2 132 (12.43%) Security Cleared
3 96 (9.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 82 (7.72%) Azure Certification
5 79 (7.44%) SC Cleared
6 54 (5.08%) DV Cleared
7 45 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (3.86%) CISSP
9 31 (2.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 27 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.26%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.17%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.17%) CEH
13 22 (2.07%) GIAC
14 19 (1.79%) CompTIA CySA+
15 18 (1.69%) OSCP
16 17 (1.60%) CCNA
16 17 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (1.51%) DBS Check
18 12 (1.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (14.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 135 (12.71%) NIST
3 62 (5.84%) SLA
4 57 (5.37%) GDPR
5 39 (3.67%) NCSC
6 32 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (2.07%) Accessibility
8 21 (1.98%) ISO 22301
9 19 (1.79%) QA
10 17 (1.60%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.41%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.56%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.47%) DICOM
15 5 (0.47%) GRC
16 3 (0.28%) HL7
16 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 402 (37.85%) Active Directory
2 127 (11.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (9.79%) Docker
4 98 (9.23%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.77%) vSphere
6 35 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.79%) Firmware
8 17 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.75%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.47%) XenApp
11 5 (0.47%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.38%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.38%) iptables
12 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.28%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
Systems Management
1 210 (19.77%) Terraform
2 155 (14.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 146 (13.75%) Kubernetes
4 122 (11.49%) Ansible
5 40 (3.77%) Grafana
6 38 (3.58%) SCCM
7 35 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
8 25 (2.35%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.41%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.22%) Puppet
13 11 (1.04%) Nessus
14 10 (0.94%) SCOM
14 10 (0.94%) VxRail
15 9 (0.85%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.75%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.75%) Nagios
17 7 (0.66%) Control-M
18 6 (0.56%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 568 (53.48%) Microsoft
2 218 (20.53%) VMware
3 90 (8.47%) Cisco
4 49 (4.61%) Oracle
5 48 (4.52%) Splunk
6 46 (4.33%) Veeam
7 43 (4.05%) ServiceNow
8 40 (3.77%) Red Hat
9 38 (3.58%) Google
10 35 (3.30%) Atlassian
11 32 (3.01%) Commvault
12 30 (2.82%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.45%) Citrix
14 25 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (2.26%) CyberArk
15 24 (2.26%) Meraki
16 22 (2.07%) Apple
16 22 (2.07%) Dell
17 20 (1.88%) Dynatrace
17 20 (1.88%) Fortinet