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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 78 105
Rank change year-on-year -55 +27 -21
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,207 1,517 2,251
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.45% 3.83% 2.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.97% 11.99% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 910 945 1,788
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £58,100 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +5.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,250 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.30% +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 15,152 12,655 28,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.25% 31.99% 30.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,916 8,485 23,112
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,289 £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%

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 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 16 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 -9 506 £70,000 -6.35% 127
South East -45 195 £56,750 -1.30% 136
North of England -91 192 £47,500 -5.00% 81
Midlands -33 134 £50,000 - 40
North West -83 100 £51,500 +11.35% 58
East of England -24 85 £55,000 +15.79% 27
South West -37 85 £55,000 +15.79% 36
East Midlands -11 76 £45,000 +24.14% 21
Yorkshire -24 60 £45,000 -14.29% 16
West Midlands -71 57 £50,000 -6.87% 19
North East -27 32 £47,500 -19.15% 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
1 189 (15.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 164 (13.59%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.31%) IIS
4 23 (1.91%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.083%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.083%) nginx
6 1 (0.083%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.083%) SAS
6 1 (0.083%) Site Server
Applications
1 71 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.083%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.41%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.17%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.083%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.083%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.083%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.083%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 784 (64.95%) Azure
2 449 (37.20%) Microsoft 365
3 312 (25.85%) Entra ID
4 210 (17.40%) AWS
5 129 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.53%) Power Platform
7 94 (7.79%) GitHub
8 85 (7.04%) IaaS
9 84 (6.96%) SaaS
10 77 (6.38%) OneDrive
11 70 (5.80%) Azure Monitor
12 61 (5.05%) GitHub Actions
13 58 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 57 (4.72%) Azure AKS
15 56 (4.64%) PaaS
16 52 (4.31%) GCP
16 52 (4.31%) Power Automate
17 51 (4.23%) Azure Key Vault
18 44 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
19 43 (3.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 250 (20.71%) Firewall
2 240 (19.88%) DNS
3 154 (12.76%) VPN
4 151 (12.51%) DHCP
5 106 (8.78%) TCP/IP
6 72 (5.97%) WAN
7 71 (5.88%) LAN
7 71 (5.88%) Network Security
8 53 (4.39%) VLAN
9 45 (3.73%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (2.82%) SAN
11 31 (2.57%) VoIP
12 27 (2.24%) Broadband
13 25 (2.07%) Wireless
14 18 (1.49%) Kerberos
15 15 (1.24%) BGP
15 15 (1.24%) SSL
16 14 (1.16%) SD-WAN
17 13 (1.08%) HTTP
17 13 (1.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 73 (6.05%) Power BI
3 66 (5.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 37 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.15%) MySQL
7 22 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.33%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.24%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.75%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.75%) Tableau
13 8 (0.66%) InfluxDB
14 7 (0.58%) Metadata
15 5 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.33%) Redis
17 3 (0.25%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 93 (7.71%) Git
2 67 (5.55%) JIRA
3 60 (4.97%) GitLab
4 59 (4.89%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.57%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.33%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.24%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.08%) Metasploit
9 12 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.75%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.58%) Robot Framework
13 6 (0.50%) TestRail
14 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (0.41%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.41%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.41%) Selenium
15 4 (0.33%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
16 3 (0.25%) MLflow
General
1 354 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 196 (16.24%) Finance
3 154 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (7.29%) Law
5 53 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.73%) Legal
9 43 (3.56%) Retail
10 30 (2.49%) Public Sector
11 24 (1.99%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.74%) Banking
13 20 (1.66%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.49%) Advertising
15 14 (1.16%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.66%) Aviation
17 6 (0.50%) Front Office
17 6 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.50%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 204 (16.90%) Senior
2 153 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 141 (11.68%) Analyst
4 137 (11.35%) Support Engineer
5 130 (10.77%) Azure Engineer
6 118 (9.78%) IT Support
7 112 (9.28%) IT Engineer
8 101 (8.37%) Cloud Engineer
9 88 (7.29%) DevOps Engineer
10 76 (6.30%) Security Engineer
11 72 (5.97%) IT Support Engineer
12 59 (4.89%) Platform Engineer
13 55 (4.56%) Lead
14 54 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support
15 53 (4.39%) Developer
16 43 (3.56%) Security Analyst
16 43 (3.56%) Systems Engineer
17 42 (3.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 36 (2.98%) Architect
19 34 (2.82%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.63%) .NET
2 65 (5.39%) SAML
3 63 (5.22%) OAuth
4 62 (5.14%) REST
5 56 (4.64%) OpenID
6 52 (4.31%) LDAP
7 41 (3.40%) ARM Templates
7 41 (3.40%) JSON
7 41 (3.40%) YAML
8 37 (3.07%) HTML
9 35 (2.90%) .NET Core
9 35 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
9 35 (2.90%) SOAP
10 33 (2.73%) CSS
11 26 (2.15%) GraphQL
11 26 (2.15%) SPFx
12 20 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.57%) HTML5 Canvas
14 17 (1.41%) React
15 15 (1.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (8.29%) Onboarding
2 72 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 65 (5.39%) Cloud Native
4 62 (5.14%) Security Posture
5 56 (4.64%) Management Information System
6 52 (4.31%) Driving Licence
7 45 (3.73%) Cyber Defence
7 45 (3.73%) Security Operations Centre
8 43 (3.56%) Cyber Threat
9 39 (3.23%) Data Centre
10 35 (2.90%) Public Cloud
11 34 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
12 33 (2.73%) Cyberattack
13 32 (2.65%) PKI
14 23 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
15 20 (1.66%) Private Cloud
15 20 (1.66%) Replication
15 20 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
16 19 (1.57%) CMDB
17 17 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 575 (47.64%) Windows
2 278 (23.03%) Linux
3 273 (22.62%) Windows Server
4 76 (6.30%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.14%) Apple iOS
6 48 (3.98%) Mac OS
7 46 (3.81%) Android
8 44 (3.65%) VMS
9 37 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
10 30 (2.49%) CentOS
11 29 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
12 27 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 25 (2.07%) Ubuntu
14 12 (0.99%) Unix
15 7 (0.58%) Debian
16 4 (0.33%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.33%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
17 3 (0.25%) AIX
18 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
2 284 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
3 276 (22.87%) CI/CD
4 259 (21.46%) Cybersecurity
5 257 (21.29%) DevOps
6 219 (18.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 206 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 202 (16.74%) ITIL
9 157 (13.01%) Incident Response
10 156 (12.92%) Mentoring
11 152 (12.59%) Agile
12 147 (12.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 147 (12.18%) Root Cause Analysis
13 124 (10.27%) Containerisation
14 121 (10.02%) High Availability
15 120 (9.94%) SIEM
16 116 (9.61%) Cloud Security
17 110 (9.11%) AI
18 106 (8.78%) Roadmaps
19 99 (8.20%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 482 (39.93%) Python
2 308 (25.52%) Bash
3 260 (21.54%) SQL
4 91 (7.54%) C#
5 81 (6.71%) Bicep
6 74 (6.13%) JavaScript
7 54 (4.47%) T-SQL
8 36 (2.98%) Kusto Query Language
9 29 (2.40%) Java
10 25 (2.07%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.41%) C++
12 15 (1.24%) VBScript
13 14 (1.16%) Perl
14 13 (1.08%) PHP
15 11 (0.91%) VB
16 10 (0.83%) VBA
17 9 (0.75%) Go
18 8 (0.66%) Ruby
19 7 (0.58%) C
20 6 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 144 (11.93%) Degree
1 144 (11.93%) Security Cleared
2 126 (10.44%) Azure Certification
3 115 (9.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 92 (7.62%) SC Cleared
5 49 (4.06%) CISSP
6 46 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
9 33 (2.73%) CCNA
9 33 (2.73%) DV Cleared
10 29 (2.40%) OSCP
11 26 (2.15%) DBS Check
12 25 (2.07%) AWS Certification
12 25 (2.07%) CREST Certified
13 24 (1.99%) GIAC
14 23 (1.91%) CEH
15 17 (1.41%) CompTIA CySA+
16 13 (1.08%) CCNP
17 12 (0.99%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (11.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (8.12%) NIST
3 53 (4.39%) GDPR
4 48 (3.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 39 (3.23%) SLA
6 25 (2.07%) NCSC
7 20 (1.66%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.33%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.16%) QA
9 14 (1.16%) SOC 2
10 13 (1.08%) ISO 22301
11 11 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.83%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
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
1 454 (37.61%) Active Directory
2 181 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (10.94%) Docker
4 126 (10.44%) Hyper-V
5 64 (5.30%) vSphere
6 36 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
7 29 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.91%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.33%) VMware NSX
10 12 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.83%) KVM
12 8 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.66%) Squid
13 7 (0.58%) Firmware
14 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.41%) 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
1 291 (24.11%) Terraform
2 206 (17.07%) Kubernetes
3 190 (15.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 141 (11.68%) Ansible
5 65 (5.39%) Grafana
6 56 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
7 48 (3.98%) Prometheus
8 47 (3.89%) SCCM
9 25 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.74%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.66%) Packer
12 18 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 18 (1.49%) Argo
12 18 (1.49%) ZABBIX
13 17 (1.41%) Nessus
13 17 (1.41%) QRadar
14 15 (1.24%) VxRail
15 14 (1.16%) Graylog
15 14 (1.16%) Proxmox
16 12 (0.99%) Nagios
Vendors
1 721 (59.73%) Microsoft
2 232 (19.22%) VMware
3 98 (8.12%) Cisco
4 79 (6.55%) Splunk
5 64 (5.30%) ServiceNow
6 55 (4.56%) Red Hat
7 47 (3.89%) Veeam
8 36 (2.98%) Meraki
8 36 (2.98%) Oracle
9 31 (2.57%) Apple
9 31 (2.57%) CrowdStrike
10 28 (2.32%) Dell
10 28 (2.32%) Google
11 26 (2.15%) Citrix
11 26 (2.15%) Tenable
12 24 (1.99%) Commvault
12 24 (1.99%) Fortinet
12 24 (1.99%) Sophos
13 23 (1.91%) Palo Alto
14 21 (1.74%) SolarWinds