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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 77 107
Rank change year-on-year -59 +30 -29
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,262 1,608 1,965
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.42% 3.72% 2.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.81% 12.31% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 954 1,046 1,557
10th Percentile £32,150 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.74% +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 16,152 13,065 24,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.16% 30.19% 30.24%
Number of salaries quoted 11,823 8,807 18,886
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
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 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -18 474 £70,000 -6.67% 135
South East -28 245 £54,000 -6.09% 95
North of England -93 207 £48,445 +0.29% 68
Midlands -40 147 £50,000 - 35
North West -87 110 £51,500 +11.35% 40
East of England -24 92 £55,000 +8.91% 28
South West -69 83 £55,000 +15.79% 37
East Midlands -13 76 £42,500 +21.43% 14
West Midlands -64 71 £52,500 -4.55% 21
Yorkshire -37 58 £47,500 -5.71% 18
North East -25 39 £48,445 -19.26% 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
1 209 (16.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 180 (14.26%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.80%) IIS
4 26 (2.06%) Confluence
5 6 (0.48%) nginx
6 4 (0.32%) SAS
6 4 (0.32%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.079%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.079%) Site Server
9 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.87%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.48%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.079%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.079%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 817 (64.74%) Azure
2 469 (37.16%) Microsoft 365
3 331 (26.23%) Entra ID
4 231 (18.30%) AWS
5 141 (11.17%) Azure DevOps
6 108 (8.56%) Power Platform
7 101 (8.00%) GitHub
8 95 (7.53%) IaaS
9 90 (7.13%) SaaS
10 83 (6.58%) OneDrive
11 79 (6.26%) Azure Monitor
12 68 (5.39%) Azure Sentinel
12 68 (5.39%) PaaS
13 63 (4.99%) Azure AKS
13 63 (4.99%) GitHub Actions
14 58 (4.60%) Azure Key Vault
15 57 (4.52%) Power Automate
16 55 (4.36%) GCP
17 49 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
18 48 (3.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 288 (22.82%) Firewall
2 260 (20.60%) DNS
3 185 (14.66%) VPN
4 171 (13.55%) DHCP
5 120 (9.51%) TCP/IP
6 74 (5.86%) WAN
7 72 (5.71%) Network Security
8 70 (5.55%) LAN
9 62 (4.91%) VLAN
10 43 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (2.93%) Wireless
12 35 (2.77%) SAN
13 32 (2.54%) Kerberos
14 26 (2.06%) VoIP
15 17 (1.35%) NAS
15 17 (1.35%) SSL
16 16 (1.27%) Internet
17 14 (1.11%) HTTP
18 13 (1.03%) BGP
18 13 (1.03%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.41%) SQL Server
2 80 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 71 (5.63%) Power BI
4 37 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
5 22 (1.74%) MySQL
5 22 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (1.66%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.19%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.95%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
11 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.40%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.40%) Metadata
12 5 (0.40%) Power Query
12 5 (0.40%) Tableau
13 4 (0.32%) Redis
14 3 (0.24%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.24%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 99 (7.84%) Git
2 82 (6.50%) JIRA
3 66 (5.23%) GitLab
4 58 (4.60%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.38%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 10 (0.79%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (0.55%) Metasploit
10 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
10 7 (0.55%) TestRail
11 6 (0.48%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.48%) Selenium
12 5 (0.40%) Postman
13 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.24%) Burp Suite
14 3 (0.24%) CircleCI
General
1 391 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 197 (15.61%) Finance
3 160 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (8.08%) Law
5 51 (4.04%) Legal
6 50 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
6 50 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (3.09%) Retail
9 26 (2.06%) Public Sector
10 25 (1.98%) Banking
11 24 (1.90%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.74%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.35%) Advertising
14 10 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (0.79%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.71%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.55%) Front Office
16 7 (0.55%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 206 (16.32%) Senior
2 158 (12.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 146 (11.57%) Analyst
4 137 (10.86%) Support Engineer
5 130 (10.30%) Azure Engineer
6 125 (9.90%) IT Engineer
7 118 (9.35%) IT Support
8 115 (9.11%) Cloud Engineer
9 96 (7.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 74 (5.86%) Security Engineer
11 70 (5.55%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
13 59 (4.68%) Developer
13 59 (4.68%) Lead
14 53 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
15 49 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
16 48 (3.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 40 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 38 (3.01%) Administrator
18 38 (3.01%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.50%) .NET
2 57 (4.52%) SAML
3 55 (4.36%) ARM Templates
4 54 (4.28%) OAuth
5 51 (4.04%) REST
6 47 (3.72%) OpenID
7 44 (3.49%) LDAP
8 43 (3.41%) HTML
8 43 (3.41%) YAML
9 42 (3.33%) JSON
10 36 (2.85%) .NET Core
10 36 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
11 32 (2.54%) CSS
12 24 (1.90%) SPFx
13 21 (1.66%) SOAP
14 20 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (1.35%) RESTful
16 17 (1.35%) XML
17 16 (1.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 105 (8.32%) Onboarding
2 79 (6.26%) Cloud Native
3 74 (5.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.31%) Security Posture
5 58 (4.60%) Driving Licence
6 57 (4.52%) Management Information System
7 49 (3.88%) Data Centre
8 45 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
9 44 (3.49%) Public Cloud
10 39 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (3.01%) PKI
12 35 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
13 33 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
14 29 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
15 24 (1.90%) Private Cloud
16 22 (1.74%) Replication
17 21 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
18 20 (1.58%) Cyberattack
19 17 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
20 16 (1.27%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 608 (48.18%) Windows
2 296 (23.45%) Linux
3 284 (22.50%) Windows Server
4 75 (5.94%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 47 (3.72%) VMS
7 42 (3.33%) Mac OS
8 41 (3.25%) Android
9 35 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
10 32 (2.54%) CentOS
11 29 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 26 (2.06%) Ubuntu
13 25 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
14 11 (0.87%) Unix
15 7 (0.55%) Debian
16 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
17 3 (0.24%) Windows 7
18 2 (0.16%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (26.62%) Problem-Solving
2 303 (24.01%) CI/CD
3 301 (23.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 286 (22.66%) DevOps
5 245 (19.41%) Cybersecurity
6 238 (18.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 235 (18.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 220 (17.43%) ITIL
9 162 (12.84%) Agile
10 160 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
10 160 (12.68%) Incident Response
11 151 (11.97%) Root Cause Analysis
12 150 (11.89%) Mentoring
13 135 (10.70%) High Availability
14 131 (10.38%) Containerisation
15 129 (10.22%) SIEM
16 127 (10.06%) Cloud Security
17 121 (9.59%) AI
18 114 (9.03%) Observability
19 111 (8.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 494 (39.14%) Python
2 303 (24.01%) Bash
3 264 (20.92%) SQL
4 99 (7.84%) Bicep
5 96 (7.61%) C#
6 79 (6.26%) JavaScript
7 50 (3.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 45 (3.57%) T-SQL
9 35 (2.77%) Java
10 30 (2.38%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.51%) C++
11 19 (1.51%) VBScript
12 17 (1.35%) PHP
13 12 (0.95%) Perl
14 10 (0.79%) Go
14 10 (0.79%) VB
14 10 (0.79%) VBA
15 8 (0.63%) C
15 8 (0.63%) Ruby
16 6 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 151 (11.97%) Security Cleared
2 150 (11.89%) Degree
3 143 (11.33%) Azure Certification
4 123 (9.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 101 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (4.12%) CISSP
8 49 (3.88%) CompTIA Security+
9 44 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.25%) CCNA
11 36 (2.85%) DV Cleared
12 25 (1.98%) CEH
13 24 (1.90%) DBS Check
13 24 (1.90%) GIAC
14 23 (1.82%) AWS Certification
15 21 (1.66%) OSCP
16 18 (1.43%) CCNP
17 17 (1.35%) CompTIA CySA+
17 17 (1.35%) CREST Certified
18 15 (1.19%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (9.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (6.66%) NIST
3 57 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 55 (4.36%) GDPR
5 42 (3.33%) SLA
6 24 (1.90%) QA
7 21 (1.66%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.51%) SOC 2
9 18 (1.43%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.95%) NCSC
11 11 (0.87%) ISO 22301
12 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.48%) PMO
15 5 (0.40%) Accessibility
16 4 (0.32%) DICOM
16 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 466 (36.93%) Active Directory
2 201 (15.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 137 (10.86%) Hyper-V
4 133 (10.54%) Docker
5 75 (5.94%) vSphere
6 48 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 24 (1.90%) BitLocker
9 14 (1.11%) VMware NSX
10 12 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.79%) KVM
12 8 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.63%) Squid
13 4 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.24%) Firmware
14 3 (0.24%) iptables
14 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 315 (24.96%) Terraform
2 221 (17.51%) Kubernetes
3 203 (16.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 151 (11.97%) Ansible
5 76 (6.02%) Grafana
6 54 (4.28%) SCCM
7 51 (4.04%) Prometheus
8 49 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
9 25 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.82%) ZABBIX
11 20 (1.58%) Argo
11 20 (1.58%) Packer
11 20 (1.58%) vCenter Server
12 19 (1.51%) QRadar
13 17 (1.35%) Proxmox
14 14 (1.11%) Graylog
15 12 (0.95%) VxRail
16 11 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 11 (0.87%) Nagios
16 11 (0.87%) Nessus
Vendors
1 778 (61.65%) Microsoft
2 247 (19.57%) VMware
3 109 (8.64%) Cisco
4 90 (7.13%) ServiceNow
5 88 (6.97%) Splunk
6 55 (4.36%) Red Hat
7 50 (3.96%) Veeam
8 39 (3.09%) Meraki
8 39 (3.09%) Oracle
9 31 (2.46%) Sophos
10 30 (2.38%) Tenable
11 29 (2.30%) Apple
11 29 (2.30%) Citrix
12 28 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
13 27 (2.14%) Dell
13 27 (2.14%) Fortinet
14 25 (1.98%) Palo Alto
15 24 (1.90%) Dynatrace
16 21 (1.66%) CyberArk
16 21 (1.66%) SolarWinds