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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 76 106
Rank change year-on-year -60 +30 -21
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,186 1,515 2,217
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.45% 3.85% 2.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.95% 11.95% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 901 944 1,782
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £59,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% +8.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,050 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.55% -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 14,927 12,683 28,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.23% 32.27% 30.79%
Number of salaries quoted 10,678 8,486 22,842
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
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 £86,250 £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 9 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 9 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 -16 514 £70,000 -6.67% 116
South East -52 183 £55,000 -4.35% 125
North of England -98 181 £47,500 -5.71% 52
Midlands -38 133 £50,000 - 32
North West -88 94 £50,101 +8.33% 34
East of England -18 83 £57,500 +21.05% 26
South West -30 82 £55,000 +15.79% 46
East Midlands -11 75 £45,000 +28.57% 15
Yorkshire -28 59 £45,000 -14.29% 12
West Midlands -72 57 £52,500 - 17
North East -30 28 £45,000 -23.40% 6
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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
1 177 (14.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 157 (13.24%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.29%) IIS
4 22 (1.85%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.084%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.084%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.084%) Site Server
Applications
1 71 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.25%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.084%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.084%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.084%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.084%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 769 (64.84%) Azure
2 437 (36.85%) Microsoft 365
3 299 (25.21%) Entra ID
4 203 (17.12%) AWS
5 123 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.85%) Power Platform
7 88 (7.42%) GitHub
8 82 (6.91%) SaaS
9 80 (6.75%) IaaS
10 74 (6.24%) OneDrive
11 63 (5.31%) Azure Monitor
12 59 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
13 55 (4.64%) Azure AKS
14 54 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
14 54 (4.55%) GCP
15 51 (4.30%) PaaS
16 49 (4.13%) Power Automate
17 48 (4.05%) Azure Key Vault
18 43 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
19 41 (3.46%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 252 (21.25%) Firewall
2 236 (19.90%) DNS
3 148 (12.48%) VPN
4 144 (12.14%) DHCP
5 101 (8.52%) TCP/IP
6 73 (6.16%) WAN
7 72 (6.07%) LAN
8 68 (5.73%) Network Security
9 50 (4.22%) VLAN
10 45 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (2.87%) SAN
12 31 (2.61%) VoIP
13 27 (2.28%) Broadband
14 25 (2.11%) Wireless
15 16 (1.35%) Kerberos
16 15 (1.26%) BGP
17 14 (1.18%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.18%) SSL
18 13 (1.10%) HTTP
18 13 (1.10%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (11.72%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.49%) Power BI
3 61 (5.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.19%) MySQL
7 23 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (1.43%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.18%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.18%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.93%) Tableau
12 10 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.76%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.59%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.51%) Metadata
16 5 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.25%) DynamoDB
17 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 90 (7.59%) Git
2 62 (5.23%) JIRA
3 58 (4.89%) GitLab
4 56 (4.72%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.61%) Bitbucket
6 15 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.10%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.10%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.76%) Burp Suite
10 6 (0.51%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.42%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.42%) TestRail
12 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.34%) MLflow
12 4 (0.34%) Selenium
13 3 (0.25%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.25%) Terragrunt
General
1 345 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 198 (16.69%) Finance
3 158 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (7.08%) Law
5 51 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
6 48 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (3.96%) Legal
8 43 (3.63%) Retail
9 31 (2.61%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.02%) Aerospace
10 24 (2.02%) Banking
11 19 (1.60%) Advertising
11 19 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.26%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.59%) Aviation
13 7 (0.59%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.51%) Police
15 5 (0.42%) Front Office
15 5 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 198 (16.69%) Senior
2 147 (12.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (11.55%) Analyst
3 137 (11.55%) Support Engineer
4 130 (10.96%) Azure Engineer
5 117 (9.87%) IT Support
6 112 (9.44%) IT Engineer
7 96 (8.09%) Cloud Engineer
8 85 (7.17%) DevOps Engineer
9 76 (6.41%) Security Engineer
10 72 (6.07%) IT Support Engineer
11 56 (4.72%) Platform Engineer
12 55 (4.64%) 2nd Line Support
12 55 (4.64%) Lead
13 49 (4.13%) Developer
14 44 (3.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 42 (3.54%) Systems Engineer
16 41 (3.46%) Security Analyst
17 36 (3.04%) Architect
18 35 (2.95%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.83%) .NET
2 62 (5.23%) OAuth
2 62 (5.23%) SAML
3 60 (5.06%) REST
4 55 (4.64%) OpenID
5 49 (4.13%) LDAP
6 41 (3.46%) JSON
7 39 (3.29%) ARM Templates
8 38 (3.20%) YAML
9 37 (3.12%) .NET Core
10 36 (3.04%) HTML
11 34 (2.87%) CSS
11 34 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
12 33 (2.78%) SOAP
13 25 (2.11%) SPFx
14 24 (2.02%) GraphQL
15 19 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
16 18 (1.52%) React
17 16 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
18 15 (1.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (8.09%) Onboarding
2 70 (5.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 61 (5.14%) Cloud Native
4 58 (4.89%) Security Posture
5 55 (4.64%) Management Information System
6 48 (4.05%) Driving Licence
7 43 (3.63%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.63%) Cyber Threat
8 42 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
9 37 (3.12%) Data Centre
10 35 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
11 33 (2.78%) Cyberattack
12 32 (2.70%) PKI
13 31 (2.61%) Public Cloud
14 27 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (1.77%) CMDB
16 20 (1.69%) Private Cloud
16 20 (1.69%) Replication
17 18 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
18 17 (1.43%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 563 (47.47%) Windows
2 268 (22.60%) Windows Server
3 267 (22.51%) Linux
4 79 (6.66%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.13%) Apple iOS
5 49 (4.13%) Mac OS
6 47 (3.96%) Android
7 41 (3.46%) VMS
8 37 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
10 29 (2.45%) CentOS
11 26 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 23 (1.94%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.01%) Unix
14 5 (0.42%) Debian
15 4 (0.34%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.34%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.25%) AIX
17 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
2 274 (23.10%) Infrastructure as Code
3 266 (22.43%) CI/CD
4 250 (21.08%) Cybersecurity
5 247 (20.83%) DevOps
6 213 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 200 (16.86%) ITIL
8 199 (16.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 154 (12.98%) Incident Response
10 151 (12.73%) Mentoring
11 146 (12.31%) Disaster Recovery
12 145 (12.23%) Root Cause Analysis
13 142 (11.97%) Agile
14 120 (10.12%) Containerisation
15 119 (10.03%) High Availability
16 117 (9.87%) SIEM
17 106 (8.94%) Cloud Security
18 105 (8.85%) AI
19 103 (8.68%) Roadmaps
20 97 (8.18%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 477 (40.22%) Python
2 295 (24.87%) Bash
3 256 (21.59%) SQL
4 89 (7.50%) C#
5 76 (6.41%) Bicep
6 72 (6.07%) JavaScript
7 52 (4.38%) T-SQL
8 32 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.28%) Java
10 24 (2.02%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.43%) C++
12 15 (1.26%) VBScript
13 14 (1.18%) Perl
14 11 (0.93%) PHP
14 11 (0.93%) VB
15 10 (0.84%) VBA
16 9 (0.76%) Go
17 8 (0.67%) VB.NET
18 7 (0.59%) C
19 6 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 141 (11.89%) Security Cleared
2 140 (11.80%) Degree
3 121 (10.20%) Azure Certification
4 114 (9.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 87 (7.34%) SC Cleared
6 48 (4.05%) CISSP
7 45 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
8 41 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (3.12%) CompTIA Security+
10 34 (2.87%) DV Cleared
11 33 (2.78%) CCNA
12 29 (2.45%) OSCP
13 26 (2.19%) DBS Check
14 25 (2.11%) AWS Certification
14 25 (2.11%) CREST Certified
15 23 (1.94%) CEH
15 23 (1.94%) GIAC
16 16 (1.35%) CompTIA CySA+
17 13 (1.10%) CCNP
18 12 (1.01%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (11.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (8.26%) NIST
3 51 (4.30%) GDPR
4 45 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (3.37%) SLA
6 25 (2.11%) NCSC
7 20 (1.69%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.18%) ISO 22301
10 13 (1.10%) QA
10 13 (1.10%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.84%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.51%) DICOM
13 6 (0.51%) PMO
14 4 (0.34%) GRC
15 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 439 (37.02%) Active Directory
2 168 (14.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 127 (10.71%) Docker
4 122 (10.29%) Hyper-V
5 57 (4.81%) vSphere
6 32 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.94%) BitLocker
8 22 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.35%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.84%) Firmware
11 10 (0.84%) KVM
12 8 (0.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.67%) Squid
13 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.34%) iptables
15 3 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.25%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.17%) Samba
Systems Management
1 282 (23.78%) Terraform
2 203 (17.12%) Kubernetes
3 186 (15.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 137 (11.55%) Ansible
5 58 (4.89%) Grafana
6 57 (4.81%) Single Sign-On
7 46 (3.88%) SCCM
8 44 (3.71%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
10 20 (1.69%) vCenter Server
11 18 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (1.52%) Packer
11 18 (1.52%) ZABBIX
12 17 (1.43%) Nessus
13 16 (1.35%) QRadar
14 15 (1.26%) VxRail
15 14 (1.18%) Proxmox
16 13 (1.10%) Graylog
17 12 (1.01%) Argo
17 12 (1.01%) Nagios
Vendors
1 704 (59.36%) Microsoft
2 219 (18.47%) VMware
3 96 (8.09%) Cisco
4 76 (6.41%) Splunk
5 61 (5.14%) ServiceNow
6 54 (4.55%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.79%) Veeam
8 35 (2.95%) Meraki
9 34 (2.87%) CrowdStrike
9 34 (2.87%) Oracle
10 30 (2.53%) Apple
11 28 (2.36%) Dell
12 27 (2.28%) Google
13 26 (2.19%) Fortinet
14 25 (2.11%) Citrix
14 25 (2.11%) Commvault
15 24 (2.02%) Sophos
15 24 (2.02%) Tenable
16 23 (1.94%) Palo Alto
17 22 (1.85%) SolarWinds