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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 92 77
Rank change year-on-year -30 -15 +8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,045 1,396 2,279
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.76% 3.14% 3.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.44% 9.10% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 839 983 1,996
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,750 £46,000
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 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,250 £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 11,074 15,341 24,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.67% 34.52% 36.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8,230 9,165 20,743
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
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 £102,500 £112,500 £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 16 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 16 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 -13 449 £70,000 -8.50% 125
South East -40 187 £57,125 -4.79% 154
North of England -28 140 £48,445 -7.72% 87
South West +4 103 £55,000 - 40
Midlands -50 88 £52,500 +5.00% 50
Yorkshire -25 63 £47,500 -9.52% 26
North West -22 61 £50,000 -4.76% 49
East of England +2 60 £40,000 -23.81% 31
East Midlands -18 44 £55,000 +8.91% 24
West Midlands -43 43 £47,500 -5.00% 26
North East +3 16 £47,500 -17.39% 12
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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
1 165 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (11.96%) SharePoint
3 35 (3.35%) IIS
4 22 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.34%) Confluence
6 6 (0.57%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.48%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.096%) nginx
9 1 (0.096%) Site Server
Applications
1 37 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.34%) 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
Business Applications
1 8 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.096%) Actimize
6 1 (0.096%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 652 (62.39%) Azure
2 360 (34.45%) Microsoft 365
3 277 (26.51%) Entra ID
4 187 (17.89%) AWS
5 133 (12.73%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (10.14%) Power Platform
7 75 (7.18%) GCP
8 73 (6.99%) GitHub
9 62 (5.93%) PaaS
10 56 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (5.07%) SaaS
12 50 (4.78%) Azure Monitor
13 48 (4.59%) Power Automate
14 45 (4.31%) IaaS
15 42 (4.02%) Google Workspace
15 42 (4.02%) OneDrive
16 35 (3.35%) Azure Sentinel
17 31 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
18 28 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
18 28 (2.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 196 (18.76%) DNS
2 195 (18.66%) Firewall
3 156 (14.93%) DHCP
4 111 (10.62%) VPN
5 95 (9.09%) TCP/IP
6 68 (6.51%) WAN
7 64 (6.12%) LAN
8 47 (4.50%) VLAN
9 45 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.25%) Wireless
11 32 (3.06%) Network Security
12 30 (2.87%) SAN
13 28 (2.68%) SD-WAN
14 27 (2.58%) Broadband
14 27 (2.58%) VoIP
15 16 (1.53%) VSAN
16 13 (1.24%) Internet
16 13 (1.24%) NAS
17 12 (1.15%) WinSCP
18 10 (0.96%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (12.25%) SQL Server
2 78 (7.46%) Power BI
3 31 (2.97%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.87%) Oracle Database
5 28 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.49%) Oracle Database 10g
7 24 (2.30%) MySQL
8 21 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (1.24%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.24%) Tableau
12 12 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.67%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.48%) InfluxDB
15 5 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 72 (6.89%) Git
2 69 (6.60%) JIRA
3 67 (6.41%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.25%) GitLab
5 25 (2.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (1.72%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.53%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 12 (1.15%) Metasploit
10 11 (1.05%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.77%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
13 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.38%) MLflow
14 4 (0.38%) Toad
15 3 (0.29%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.29%) JMeter
General
1 362 (34.64%) Social Skills
2 223 (21.34%) Finance
3 116 (11.10%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (4.69%) Retail
5 44 (4.21%) Law
6 41 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 37 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (3.25%) Public Sector
9 33 (3.16%) Legal
10 31 (2.97%) Banking
11 28 (2.68%) Telecoms
12 25 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 22 (2.11%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.77%) Advertising
16 8 (0.77%) Front Office
17 7 (0.67%) Local Government
18 6 (0.57%) Marketing
19 5 (0.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 138 (13.21%) Senior
2 137 (13.11%) Support Engineer
3 126 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 93 (8.90%) Analyst
5 88 (8.42%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (7.37%) IT Support
7 74 (7.08%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (6.70%) Developer
9 68 (6.51%) Security Engineer
10 66 (6.32%) IT Engineer
11 63 (6.03%) Cloud Engineer
12 54 (5.17%) Lead
13 52 (4.98%) 3rd Line Support
14 48 (4.59%) IT Support Engineer
15 47 (4.50%) Platform Engineer
16 42 (4.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 38 (3.64%) Applications Support
18 35 (3.35%) Support Analyst
19 33 (3.16%) Architect
20 32 (3.06%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (6.89%) REST
2 65 (6.22%) .NET
3 42 (4.02%) OAuth
3 42 (4.02%) OpenID
4 39 (3.73%) SAML
5 38 (3.64%) SOAP
6 34 (3.25%) JSON
7 32 (3.06%) LDAP
8 31 (2.97%) YAML
9 26 (2.49%) GraphQL
10 25 (2.39%) ARM Templates
11 22 (2.11%) React
12 16 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
12 16 (1.53%) Microsoft Graph
13 15 (1.44%) .NET Core
13 15 (1.44%) AngularJS
14 14 (1.34%) Middleware
14 14 (1.34%) Node.js
15 11 (1.05%) Web Services
15 11 (1.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (8.23%) Onboarding
2 67 (6.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.17%) Security Posture
4 42 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.16%) Driving Licence
7 31 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
8 30 (2.87%) Data Centre
9 29 (2.78%) Cloud Native
9 29 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
10 27 (2.58%) Cyber Defence
11 26 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 26 (2.49%) Cyberattack
12 21 (2.01%) PKI
13 20 (1.91%) CMDB
14 19 (1.82%) Hedge funds
15 18 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
16 16 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
17 15 (1.44%) Private Cloud
17 15 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 464 (44.40%) Windows
2 250 (23.92%) Windows Server
3 187 (17.89%) Linux
4 68 (6.51%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.98%) Mac OS
6 42 (4.02%) Unix
7 36 (3.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.87%) Android
10 26 (2.49%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.39%) VMS
12 24 (2.30%) Solaris
13 22 (2.11%) HPUX
13 22 (2.11%) Windows 7
13 22 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
14 20 (1.91%) Apple iOS
15 18 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 17 (1.63%) CentOS
17 13 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
18 10 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (30.33%) Problem-Solving
2 257 (24.59%) DevOps
3 201 (19.23%) CI/CD
4 194 (18.56%) ITIL
5 184 (17.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 175 (16.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 173 (16.56%) Cybersecurity
8 172 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (13.97%) Disaster Recovery
10 127 (12.15%) Mentoring
11 114 (10.91%) Agile
12 110 (10.53%) Task Automation
13 108 (10.33%) Root Cause Analysis
14 103 (9.86%) Incident Response
15 92 (8.80%) Cloud Security
16 91 (8.71%) Migration
17 88 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
17 88 (8.42%) Computer Science
18 83 (7.94%) Incident Management
19 80 (7.66%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 354 (33.88%) Python
2 230 (22.01%) Bash
3 226 (21.63%) SQL
4 86 (8.23%) C#
5 60 (5.74%) Bicep
6 56 (5.36%) JavaScript
7 53 (5.07%) T-SQL
8 25 (2.39%) Perl
9 22 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
10 21 (2.01%) Go
11 17 (1.63%) Java
12 13 (1.24%) VB
13 10 (0.96%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.86%) VBScript
15 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.67%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.57%) PHP
17 5 (0.48%) C++
18 4 (0.38%) Delphi
18 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 159 (15.22%) Degree
2 132 (12.63%) Security Cleared
3 97 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 82 (7.85%) Azure Certification
5 75 (7.18%) SC Cleared
6 54 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (3.83%) CISSP
9 33 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 26 (2.49%) AWS Certification
12 24 (2.30%) CREST Certified
13 20 (1.91%) CEH
14 19 (1.82%) CompTIA CySA+
15 18 (1.72%) GIAC
16 16 (1.53%) CCNA
16 16 (1.53%) DBS Check
17 15 (1.44%) OSCP
18 13 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
18 13 (1.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (15.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 128 (12.25%) NIST
3 56 (5.36%) GDPR
4 52 (4.98%) SLA
5 39 (3.73%) NCSC
6 30 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (2.58%) Accessibility
8 18 (1.72%) ISO 22301
9 17 (1.63%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.63%) QA
10 14 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.24%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.57%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.48%) DICOM
14 5 (0.48%) GRC
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
System Software
1 394 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 128 (12.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (8.71%) Docker
4 88 (8.42%) Hyper-V
5 38 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
6 33 (3.16%) vSphere
7 22 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.91%) Firmware
9 16 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.67%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.57%) XenApp
12 6 (0.57%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.29%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.29%) iptables
14 3 (0.29%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.19%) KVM
15 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 200 (19.14%) Terraform
2 160 (15.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 131 (12.54%) Kubernetes
4 119 (11.39%) Ansible
5 41 (3.92%) SCCM
6 35 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
7 33 (3.16%) Grafana
8 20 (1.91%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.15%) Puppet
10 12 (1.15%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (0.96%) SCOM
12 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.86%) Nessus
12 9 (0.86%) VxRail
13 8 (0.77%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.77%) SCVMM
13 8 (0.77%) WSUS
14 7 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 551 (52.73%) Microsoft
2 209 (20.00%) VMware
3 87 (8.33%) Cisco
4 53 (5.07%) Oracle
5 52 (4.98%) ServiceNow
6 49 (4.69%) Veeam
7 40 (3.83%) Google
8 37 (3.54%) Splunk
9 35 (3.35%) Atlassian
10 33 (3.16%) Palo Alto
11 28 (2.68%) Citrix
12 27 (2.58%) Commvault
12 27 (2.58%) Red Hat
13 25 (2.39%) CyberArk
14 23 (2.20%) Fortinet
15 22 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
15 22 (2.11%) Dell
15 22 (2.11%) SolarWinds
16 20 (1.91%) Apple
16 20 (1.91%) Tenable