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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 86 100
Rank change year-on-year -66 +14 -33
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,286 1,515 1,701
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.28% 3.49% 2.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.73% 12.80% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 938 1,005 1,144
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £80,313
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.74% -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 16,644 11,834 21,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.62% 27.28% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,175 7,807 13,779
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,555 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% -4.62%

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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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -32 461 £70,000 -3.45% 319
South East -37 240 £52,500 -8.70% 135
North of England -85 236 £50,000 - 117
Midlands -55 159 £52,500 +5.00% 70
North West -70 140 £50,000 +8.70% 70
East of England -40 100 £57,500 +21.05% 48
South West -69 84 £55,000 +15.79% 48
East Midlands -18 80 £42,500 +21.43% 29
West Midlands -70 79 £55,000 - 41
Yorkshire -43 60 £42,500 -19.05% 31
North East -34 36 £50,000 - 17
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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
1 227 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 221 (17.19%) SharePoint
3 51 (3.97%) IIS
4 40 (3.11%) Confluence
5 15 (1.17%) nginx
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 70 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.80%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 791 (61.51%) Azure
2 508 (39.50%) Microsoft 365
3 383 (29.78%) Entra ID
4 238 (18.51%) AWS
5 158 (12.29%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (8.48%) OneDrive
7 105 (8.16%) SaaS
8 104 (8.09%) Power Platform
9 98 (7.62%) IaaS
10 88 (6.84%) GitHub
11 78 (6.07%) Azure Sentinel
12 77 (5.99%) Azure Monitor
13 76 (5.91%) Power Automate
14 70 (5.44%) Azure AKS
15 65 (5.05%) PaaS
16 63 (4.90%) Azure Key Vault
17 61 (4.74%) GCP
18 56 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
19 49 (3.81%) Microsoft Purview
20 48 (3.73%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 301 (23.41%) Firewall
2 286 (22.24%) DNS
3 190 (14.77%) VPN
4 189 (14.70%) DHCP
5 132 (10.26%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.38%) WAN
7 73 (5.68%) LAN
8 65 (5.05%) VLAN
9 60 (4.67%) Network Security
10 51 (3.97%) Wireless
11 43 (3.34%) Wi-Fi
12 35 (2.72%) SAN
13 29 (2.26%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.71%) NAS
14 22 (1.71%) SSL
15 18 (1.40%) HTTP
15 18 (1.40%) Internet
16 12 (0.93%) VSAN
17 11 (0.86%) VoIP
18 10 (0.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (9.88%) SQL Server
2 80 (6.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (4.51%) Power BI
4 22 (1.71%) MongoDB
5 21 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.86%) MySQL
9 11 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
12 7 (0.54%) Power Query
13 6 (0.47%) Metadata
13 6 (0.47%) Redis
14 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
15 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 97 (7.54%) JIRA
2 92 (7.15%) Git
3 66 (5.13%) GitLab
4 55 (4.28%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.63%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 12 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 9 (0.70%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.62%) TestRail
10 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.47%) Selenium
10 6 (0.47%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.39%) Postman
12 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.23%) JMeter
13 3 (0.23%) MSI
13 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 455 (35.38%) Social Skills
2 214 (16.64%) Finance
3 178 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (7.85%) Law
5 55 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (4.12%) Legal
7 50 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.34%) Retail
9 41 (3.19%) Banking
10 36 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.72%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.49%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.10%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.01%) Advertising
15 11 (0.86%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.62%) Aviation
16 8 (0.62%) Front Office
17 7 (0.54%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 197 (15.32%) Senior
2 189 (14.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 149 (11.59%) Analyst
4 132 (10.26%) Azure Engineer
5 130 (10.11%) Support Engineer
6 128 (9.95%) Cloud Engineer
7 125 (9.72%) IT Engineer
8 107 (8.32%) IT Support
9 93 (7.23%) DevOps Engineer
10 72 (5.60%) Platform Engineer
11 66 (5.13%) Lead
12 65 (5.05%) IT Support Engineer
13 61 (4.74%) Consultant
13 61 (4.74%) Security Engineer
14 60 (4.67%) Support Analyst
15 56 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
16 53 (4.12%) Developer
17 46 (3.58%) Automation Engineer
18 42 (3.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 40 (3.11%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (25.82%) Terraform
2 71 (5.52%) .NET
3 51 (3.97%) ARM Templates
4 44 (3.42%) REST
5 43 (3.34%) YAML
6 39 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
6 39 (3.03%) SAML
7 36 (2.80%) HTML
7 36 (2.80%) OpenID
8 35 (2.72%) OAuth
9 34 (2.64%) LDAP
10 28 (2.18%) JSON
11 27 (2.10%) CSS
12 26 (2.02%) SPFx
13 25 (1.94%) .NET Core
14 19 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
16 13 (1.01%) ASP.NET
16 13 (1.01%) React
16 13 (1.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 119 (9.25%) Onboarding
2 81 (6.30%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (5.52%) Driving Licence
4 71 (5.52%) Management Information System
5 65 (5.05%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.65%) Data Centre
7 42 (3.27%) Public Cloud
8 41 (3.19%) PKI
9 40 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
10 35 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.26%) Replication
12 26 (2.02%) Private Cloud
13 24 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
14 20 (1.56%) CMDB
15 19 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
16 18 (1.40%) Clustering
17 16 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
17 16 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 638 (49.61%) Windows
2 301 (23.41%) Linux
3 295 (22.94%) Windows Server
4 84 (6.53%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 44 (3.42%) Android
7 39 (3.03%) Ubuntu
8 37 (2.88%) VMS
9 35 (2.72%) Mac OS
10 34 (2.64%) CentOS
10 34 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 28 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
13 15 (1.17%) Rocky
14 13 (1.01%) Unix
15 7 (0.54%) Solaris
16 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Debian
17 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (29.78%) Problem-Solving
2 315 (24.49%) Infrastructure as Code
3 297 (23.09%) CI/CD
4 287 (22.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 284 (22.08%) DevOps
6 280 (21.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 273 (21.23%) ITIL
8 235 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
9 177 (13.76%) Disaster Recovery
10 154 (11.98%) AI
11 152 (11.82%) Agile
12 151 (11.74%) Mentoring
13 149 (11.59%) Root Cause Analysis
14 140 (10.89%) High Availability
15 135 (10.50%) Incident Response
16 129 (10.03%) Cloud Security
17 128 (9.95%) Platform Engineering
18 125 (9.72%) Observability
19 122 (9.49%) Containerisation
20 117 (9.10%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 483 (37.56%) Python
2 279 (21.70%) Bash
3 267 (20.76%) SQL
4 108 (8.40%) Bicep
5 88 (6.84%) JavaScript
6 82 (6.38%) C#
7 46 (3.58%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (2.88%) Java
9 31 (2.41%) T-SQL
9 31 (2.41%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.79%) VBScript
11 20 (1.56%) C++
11 20 (1.56%) Perl
12 13 (1.01%) Ruby
13 12 (0.93%) PHP
14 10 (0.78%) Go
14 10 (0.78%) VB
14 10 (0.78%) VBA
15 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.47%) C
Qualifications
1 168 (13.06%) Security Cleared
2 154 (11.98%) Degree
3 141 (10.96%) Azure Certification
3 141 (10.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 114 (8.86%) SC Cleared
5 53 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
5 53 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (3.97%) CompTIA Security+
7 49 (3.81%) DV Cleared
8 48 (3.73%) CISSP
9 41 (3.19%) CCNA
10 26 (2.02%) CEH
11 23 (1.79%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.63%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 18 (1.40%) GIAC
15 17 (1.32%) OSCP
16 15 (1.17%) CISM
17 13 (1.01%) CCNP
17 13 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 51 (3.97%) NIST
4 43 (3.34%) SLA
5 40 (3.11%) GDPR
6 23 (1.79%) QA
7 20 (1.56%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.17%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.01%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.31%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.31%) NCSC
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 472 (36.70%) Active Directory
2 219 (17.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (10.58%) Hyper-V
4 126 (9.80%) Docker
5 76 (5.91%) vSphere
6 61 (4.74%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (1.71%) BitLocker
9 20 (1.56%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.62%) KVM
11 8 (0.62%) Squid
12 7 (0.54%) Firmware
13 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.078%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 235 (18.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 207 (16.10%) Kubernetes
3 154 (11.98%) Ansible
4 76 (5.91%) Grafana
5 66 (5.13%) SCCM
6 48 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (3.03%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.79%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.63%) Argo
9 21 (1.63%) QRadar
9 21 (1.63%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.56%) Proxmox
11 19 (1.48%) Packer
12 18 (1.40%) Puppet
13 16 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
14 15 (1.17%) FortiGate
14 15 (1.17%) Graylog
15 11 (0.86%) VxRail
16 9 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 8 (0.62%) Kibana
Vendors
1 837 (65.09%) Microsoft
2 253 (19.67%) VMware
3 105 (8.16%) Cisco
3 105 (8.16%) ServiceNow
4 83 (6.45%) Splunk
5 60 (4.67%) Veeam
6 50 (3.89%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.50%) Oracle
8 41 (3.19%) Citrix
9 38 (2.95%) Meraki
10 34 (2.64%) Sage
11 32 (2.49%) Sophos
12 31 (2.41%) Dell
12 31 (2.41%) Dynatrace
13 27 (2.10%) SAP
13 27 (2.10%) Tenable
14 25 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
14 25 (1.94%) Fortinet
15 23 (1.79%) Apple
15 23 (1.79%) CyberArk