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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 86 97
Rank change year-on-year -65 +11 -3
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,094 1,301 2,226
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.38% 3.46% 2.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.87% 10.31% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 843 1,008 1,882
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
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 13,903 12,615 27,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.60% 33.60% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,755 9,267 22,508
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £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 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -16 510 £70,000 -9.68% 94
South East -81 169 £55,000 -4.35% 109
North of England -52 138 £48,445 +0.29% 53
Midlands -66 108 £52,500 +5.00% 37
South West -39 86 £55,000 +15.79% 35
East of England -50 71 £47,500 -13.64% 28
North West -37 68 £55,000 +19.57% 32
East Midlands -48 62 £55,000 +37.50% 17
Yorkshire -36 56 £47,500 -13.64% 10
West Midlands -74 45 £47,750 -4.50% 20
North East -45 14 £45,000 -21.74% 11
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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
1 162 (14.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.38%) IIS
4 16 (1.46%) Confluence
5 6 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.18%) CMS
6 2 (0.18%) WordPress
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.091%) Site Server
Applications
1 47 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.27%) CATIA
3 3 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.27%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.27%) Windchill
4 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.27%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.091%) Actimize
5 1 (0.091%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.091%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 695 (63.53%) Azure
2 393 (35.92%) Microsoft 365
3 285 (26.05%) Entra ID
4 192 (17.55%) AWS
5 102 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (8.59%) Power Platform
7 85 (7.77%) GitHub
8 70 (6.40%) SaaS
9 67 (6.12%) OneDrive
10 66 (6.03%) GCP
11 64 (5.85%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (4.94%) IaaS
13 47 (4.30%) Azure Sentinel
13 47 (4.30%) PaaS
14 45 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
15 43 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
15 43 (3.93%) Power Automate
16 42 (3.84%) Google Workspace
17 36 (3.29%) Azure AKS
18 34 (3.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 205 (18.74%) Firewall
2 204 (18.65%) DNS
3 133 (12.16%) DHCP
4 119 (10.88%) VPN
5 92 (8.41%) TCP/IP
6 58 (5.30%) Network Security
7 57 (5.21%) WAN
8 56 (5.12%) LAN
9 45 (4.11%) VLAN
10 44 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.11%) SAN
12 33 (3.02%) VoIP
13 28 (2.56%) Broadband
14 26 (2.38%) Wireless
15 18 (1.65%) SD-WAN
16 12 (1.10%) Internet
16 12 (1.10%) VSAN
16 12 (1.10%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.01%) Kerberos
18 10 (0.91%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (11.61%) SQL Server
2 79 (7.22%) Power BI
3 42 (3.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (2.19%) MySQL
7 23 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.55%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.28%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.28%) Tableau
11 13 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.82%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.82%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.73%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.73%) InfluxDB
14 7 (0.64%) Metadata
14 7 (0.64%) Oracle Database 10g
15 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 90 (8.23%) Git
2 60 (5.48%) Jenkins
3 58 (5.30%) JIRA
4 47 (4.30%) GitLab
5 28 (2.56%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.55%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.19%) Metasploit
9 11 (1.01%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.82%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.73%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.73%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.55%) TestRail
13 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) Selenium
14 3 (0.27%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.27%) Balsamiq
General
1 350 (31.99%) Social Skills
2 196 (17.92%) Finance
3 145 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (5.94%) Law
5 48 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
6 43 (3.93%) Retail
7 41 (3.75%) Legal
8 40 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (3.02%) Public Sector
10 27 (2.47%) Banking
11 20 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.65%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.46%) Advertising
14 14 (1.28%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.91%) Front Office
16 7 (0.64%) Military
17 6 (0.55%) Electronics
17 6 (0.55%) Police
18 5 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 173 (15.81%) Senior
2 135 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 127 (11.61%) Analyst
4 122 (11.15%) Support Engineer
5 110 (10.05%) Azure Engineer
6 94 (8.59%) IT Support
7 77 (7.04%) IT Engineer
8 76 (6.95%) Security Engineer
9 75 (6.86%) Cloud Engineer
10 61 (5.58%) DevOps Engineer
11 58 (5.30%) Lead
12 57 (5.21%) Developer
13 51 (4.66%) IT Support Engineer
14 47 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
15 44 (4.02%) Platform Engineer
16 42 (3.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 39 (3.56%) Architect
17 39 (3.56%) Security Analyst
18 36 (3.29%) 3rd Line Support
18 36 (3.29%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.49%) .NET
2 58 (5.30%) OAuth
3 57 (5.21%) REST
4 53 (4.84%) SAML
5 52 (4.75%) OpenID
6 39 (3.56%) LDAP
7 37 (3.38%) .NET Core
8 34 (3.11%) SOAP
9 33 (3.02%) JSON
10 29 (2.65%) ARM Templates
11 28 (2.56%) CSS
12 27 (2.47%) Microsoft Graph
13 26 (2.38%) HTML
14 25 (2.29%) GraphQL
14 25 (2.29%) SPFx
15 24 (2.19%) YAML
16 18 (1.65%) React
17 16 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
18 15 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
18 15 (1.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.50%) Onboarding
2 70 (6.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (5.12%) Security Posture
4 51 (4.66%) Management Information System
5 43 (3.93%) Cloud Native
6 42 (3.84%) Cyber Defence
6 42 (3.84%) Cyber Threat
7 39 (3.56%) Driving Licence
7 39 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (3.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 34 (3.11%) Cyberattack
9 31 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (2.47%) Data Centre
10 27 (2.47%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.83%) CMDB
11 20 (1.83%) PKI
12 17 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.55%) Low-Code
13 16 (1.46%) Replication
14 15 (1.37%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 505 (46.16%) Windows
2 244 (22.30%) Windows Server
3 239 (21.85%) Linux
4 73 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.48%) Mac OS
6 47 (4.30%) Android
7 46 (4.20%) Apple iOS
8 35 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (2.19%) VMS
12 21 (1.92%) CentOS
13 20 (1.83%) Unix
14 15 (1.37%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.73%) Solaris
15 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
16 6 (0.55%) HPUX
16 6 (0.55%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (27.33%) Problem-Solving
2 225 (20.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 223 (20.38%) DevOps
4 221 (20.20%) Cybersecurity
5 219 (20.02%) CI/CD
6 195 (17.82%) ITIL
7 188 (17.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 187 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 151 (13.80%) Incident Response
10 138 (12.61%) Mentoring
11 130 (11.88%) Disaster Recovery
12 125 (11.43%) Agile
13 115 (10.51%) Root Cause Analysis
14 110 (10.05%) SIEM
15 108 (9.87%) Cloud Security
16 103 (9.41%) Containerisation
17 93 (8.50%) Security Operations
17 93 (8.50%) Task Automation
18 92 (8.41%) Roadmaps
19 89 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 436 (39.85%) Python
2 257 (23.49%) Bash
3 232 (21.21%) SQL
4 77 (7.04%) C#
4 77 (7.04%) JavaScript
5 68 (6.22%) Bicep
6 53 (4.84%) T-SQL
7 33 (3.02%) Kusto Query Language
8 20 (1.83%) Java
8 20 (1.83%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.37%) Perl
10 11 (1.01%) C++
10 11 (1.01%) Go
11 9 (0.82%) VB
11 9 (0.82%) VB.NET
12 8 (0.73%) VBA
13 7 (0.64%) C
13 7 (0.64%) PHP
13 7 (0.64%) VBScript
14 6 (0.55%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 144 (13.16%) Degree
2 122 (11.15%) Security Cleared
3 97 (8.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 87 (7.95%) Azure Certification
5 69 (6.31%) SC Cleared
6 46 (4.20%) CISSP
7 43 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (3.56%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
10 30 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (2.29%) CREST Certified
12 24 (2.19%) OSCP
13 23 (2.10%) GIAC
14 22 (2.01%) CCNA
14 22 (2.01%) CompTIA CySA+
15 21 (1.92%) AWS Certification
15 21 (1.92%) CEH
16 17 (1.55%) DBS Check
17 14 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 13 (1.19%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (13.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 118 (10.79%) NIST
3 64 (5.85%) GDPR
4 48 (4.39%) SLA
5 31 (2.83%) NCSC
6 29 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.83%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.74%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.37%) QA
10 14 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (1.19%) Accessibility
11 13 (1.19%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.19%) SOC 2
12 11 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.55%) DICOM
14 5 (0.46%) GRC
15 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.18%) COBIT
18 1 (0.091%) HL7
System Software
1 403 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 136 (12.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (10.69%) Docker
4 94 (8.59%) Hyper-V
5 39 (3.56%) vSphere
6 32 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.37%) Firmware
9 14 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (1.10%) BitLocker
11 10 (0.91%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 7 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.46%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.37%) iptables
15 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.37%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.27%) Squid
17 2 (0.18%) Samba
17 2 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 230 (21.02%) Terraform
2 174 (15.90%) Kubernetes
3 164 (14.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 130 (11.88%) Ansible
5 49 (4.48%) Grafana
6 44 (4.02%) SCCM
7 42 (3.84%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.83%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.55%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.19%) Nessus
12 13 (1.19%) VxRail
13 10 (0.91%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.82%) Packer
14 9 (0.82%) Puppet
15 8 (0.73%) logstash
15 8 (0.73%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.73%) QRadar
15 8 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 622 (56.86%) Microsoft
2 199 (18.19%) VMware
3 92 (8.41%) Cisco
4 52 (4.75%) Splunk
5 51 (4.66%) ServiceNow
6 50 (4.57%) Red Hat
7 40 (3.66%) CrowdStrike
7 40 (3.66%) Veeam
8 33 (3.02%) Google
9 32 (2.93%) Oracle
10 31 (2.83%) Commvault
11 30 (2.74%) Palo Alto
12 29 (2.65%) Dell
13 27 (2.47%) Meraki
14 24 (2.19%) Apple
14 24 (2.19%) Citrix
14 24 (2.19%) CyberArk
14 24 (2.19%) Fortinet
15 19 (1.74%) Atlassian
15 19 (1.74%) Sophos