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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 76 106
Rank change year-on-year -59 +30 -28
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,272 1,613 2,149
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.45% 3.72% 2.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.96% 12.31% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 966 1,052 1,708
10th Percentile £32,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 15,984 13,103 27,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.25% 30.24% 30.68%
Number of salaries quoted 11,651 8,867 21,262
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,663 £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%

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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 16 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 16 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 -24 486 £70,000 -5.41% 95
South East -22 243 £55,000 -4.35% 108
North of England -89 206 £48,445 -3.11% 67
Midlands -40 144 £50,000 - 40
North West -88 110 £50,051 +5.37% 38
East of England -23 96 £54,500 +9.00% 26
South West -61 83 £55,000 +15.79% 31
East Midlands -18 76 £42,500 +17.24% 19
West Midlands -74 67 £52,500 -4.55% 21
Yorkshire -40 57 £47,500 -6.40% 18
North East -27 39 £48,445 -19.26% 12
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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
1 203 (15.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 175 (13.76%) SharePoint
3 49 (3.85%) IIS
4 26 (2.04%) Confluence
5 6 (0.47%) nginx
6 4 (0.31%) SAS
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.079%) 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 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.57%) 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 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.079%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.079%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 824 (64.78%) Azure
2 463 (36.40%) Microsoft 365
3 325 (25.55%) Entra ID
4 233 (18.32%) AWS
5 141 (11.08%) Azure DevOps
6 111 (8.73%) Power Platform
7 104 (8.18%) GitHub
8 95 (7.47%) IaaS
9 86 (6.76%) SaaS
10 80 (6.29%) Azure Monitor
11 79 (6.21%) OneDrive
12 69 (5.42%) PaaS
13 66 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
14 65 (5.11%) Azure Sentinel
15 64 (5.03%) Azure AKS
16 57 (4.48%) Azure Key Vault
16 57 (4.48%) Power Automate
17 55 (4.32%) GCP
18 50 (3.93%) Azure Logic Apps
19 49 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 289 (22.72%) Firewall
2 264 (20.75%) DNS
3 185 (14.54%) VPN
4 175 (13.76%) DHCP
5 119 (9.36%) TCP/IP
6 78 (6.13%) WAN
7 75 (5.90%) LAN
8 74 (5.82%) Network Security
9 64 (5.03%) VLAN
10 46 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (2.91%) Wireless
12 33 (2.59%) SAN
13 31 (2.44%) Kerberos
14 28 (2.20%) VoIP
15 16 (1.26%) Broadband
15 16 (1.26%) Internet
15 16 (1.26%) SSL
16 15 (1.18%) NAS
17 14 (1.10%) BGP
17 14 (1.10%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (11.87%) SQL Server
2 80 (6.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 74 (5.82%) Power BI
4 38 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (1.81%) MySQL
7 21 (1.65%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.10%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.94%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) Tableau
15 4 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.31%) Power Query
15 4 (0.31%) Redis
15 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 101 (7.94%) Git
2 80 (6.29%) JIRA
3 66 (5.19%) GitLab
4 60 (4.72%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.79%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (0.71%) Metasploit
11 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
11 7 (0.55%) TestRail
12 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.47%) Selenium
13 5 (0.39%) Burp Suite
13 5 (0.39%) Postman
14 4 (0.31%) CircleCI
14 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
General
1 388 (30.50%) Social Skills
2 201 (15.80%) Finance
3 159 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (8.02%) Law
5 52 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
6 51 (4.01%) Legal
7 49 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 38 (2.99%) Retail
10 28 (2.20%) Public Sector
11 25 (1.97%) Banking
12 21 (1.65%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.34%) Advertising
14 13 (1.02%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.71%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.55%) Front Office
17 7 (0.55%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 210 (16.51%) Senior
2 163 (12.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 148 (11.64%) Analyst
4 141 (11.08%) Support Engineer
5 131 (10.30%) Azure Engineer
5 131 (10.30%) IT Engineer
6 122 (9.59%) IT Support
7 111 (8.73%) Cloud Engineer
8 95 (7.47%) DevOps Engineer
9 78 (6.13%) Security Engineer
10 74 (5.82%) IT Support Engineer
11 65 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
12 59 (4.64%) Developer
13 57 (4.48%) Lead
14 55 (4.32%) 2nd Line Support
15 50 (3.93%) Systems Engineer
16 46 (3.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 39 (3.07%) Architect
17 39 (3.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 39 (3.07%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.53%) .NET
2 60 (4.72%) SAML
3 58 (4.56%) OAuth
4 54 (4.25%) ARM Templates
5 53 (4.17%) REST
6 51 (4.01%) OpenID
7 46 (3.62%) LDAP
8 42 (3.30%) HTML
8 42 (3.30%) JSON
8 42 (3.30%) YAML
9 37 (2.91%) .NET Core
10 36 (2.83%) Microsoft Graph
11 32 (2.52%) CSS
12 25 (1.97%) SOAP
13 24 (1.89%) SPFx
14 20 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (1.34%) XML
17 16 (1.26%) Middleware
18 15 (1.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 105 (8.25%) Onboarding
2 78 (6.13%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (5.50%) Security Posture
5 60 (4.72%) Driving Licence
6 56 (4.40%) Management Information System
7 48 (3.77%) Data Centre
8 45 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
9 44 (3.46%) Public Cloud
10 43 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
11 40 (3.14%) PKI
12 36 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
13 35 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
14 32 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
15 24 (1.89%) Private Cloud
16 23 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
16 23 (1.81%) Cyberattack
17 21 (1.65%) Replication
18 19 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
19 17 (1.34%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 607 (47.72%) Windows
2 297 (23.35%) Linux
3 289 (22.72%) Windows Server
4 76 (5.97%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.17%) Apple iOS
6 49 (3.85%) VMS
7 43 (3.38%) Mac OS
8 41 (3.22%) Android
9 39 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
10 33 (2.59%) CentOS
11 31 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 28 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
13 25 (1.97%) Ubuntu
14 11 (0.86%) Unix
15 8 (0.63%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
18 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
2 308 (24.21%) Infrastructure as Code
3 302 (23.74%) CI/CD
4 285 (22.41%) DevOps
5 253 (19.89%) Cybersecurity
6 241 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 238 (18.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 219 (17.22%) ITIL
9 164 (12.89%) Agile
10 161 (12.66%) Incident Response
11 159 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
12 158 (12.42%) Disaster Recovery
13 155 (12.19%) Mentoring
14 136 (10.69%) High Availability
15 133 (10.46%) Containerisation
16 130 (10.22%) SIEM
17 129 (10.14%) Cloud Security
18 121 (9.51%) AI
19 114 (8.96%) Observability
20 112 (8.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 504 (39.62%) Python
2 314 (24.69%) Bash
3 268 (21.07%) SQL
4 101 (7.94%) Bicep
5 97 (7.63%) C#
6 78 (6.13%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.85%) T-SQL
8 48 (3.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 34 (2.67%) Java
10 30 (2.36%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.49%) C++
12 18 (1.42%) VBScript
13 17 (1.34%) PHP
14 12 (0.94%) Perl
15 11 (0.86%) Go
15 11 (0.86%) VB
16 10 (0.79%) VBA
17 9 (0.71%) Ruby
18 8 (0.63%) C
19 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 150 (11.79%) Degree
2 148 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 141 (11.08%) Azure Certification
4 121 (9.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 97 (7.63%) SC Cleared
6 56 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (4.09%) CISSP
8 46 (3.62%) CompTIA Security+
8 46 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (3.22%) CCNA
10 35 (2.75%) DV Cleared
11 27 (2.12%) DBS Check
12 26 (2.04%) CEH
13 25 (1.97%) GIAC
14 24 (1.89%) OSCP
15 23 (1.81%) AWS Certification
16 20 (1.57%) CREST Certified
17 18 (1.42%) CCNP
18 16 (1.26%) CompTIA CySA+
19 15 (1.18%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (9.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (7.15%) NIST
3 58 (4.56%) GDPR
4 55 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 41 (3.22%) SLA
6 24 (1.89%) QA
7 20 (1.57%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.42%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.42%) SOC 2
9 14 (1.10%) NCSC
10 12 (0.94%) ISO 22301
11 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.55%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.47%) PMO
14 5 (0.39%) DICOM
15 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.16%) EMIR
16 2 (0.16%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 467 (36.71%) Active Directory
2 201 (15.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (11.08%) Hyper-V
4 133 (10.46%) Docker
5 76 (5.97%) vSphere
6 47 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
7 39 (3.07%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.81%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.18%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.79%) KVM
12 8 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.63%) Squid
13 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
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%) Firmware
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 316 (24.84%) Terraform
2 221 (17.37%) Kubernetes
3 195 (15.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 152 (11.95%) Ansible
5 77 (6.05%) Grafana
6 52 (4.09%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (4.01%) Prometheus
7 51 (4.01%) SCCM
8 25 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
9 22 (1.73%) ZABBIX
10 21 (1.65%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.57%) Argo
11 20 (1.57%) Packer
11 20 (1.57%) QRadar
12 16 (1.26%) Proxmox
13 14 (1.10%) Graylog
14 13 (1.02%) Nessus
15 12 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 12 (0.94%) VxRail
16 11 (0.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 771 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 247 (19.42%) VMware
3 105 (8.25%) Cisco
4 90 (7.08%) Splunk
5 81 (6.37%) ServiceNow
6 57 (4.48%) Red Hat
7 51 (4.01%) Veeam
8 39 (3.07%) Meraki
8 39 (3.07%) Oracle
9 32 (2.52%) Tenable
10 31 (2.44%) Sophos
11 30 (2.36%) Apple
12 29 (2.28%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (2.20%) Citrix
14 27 (2.12%) Dell
14 27 (2.12%) Palo Alto
15 25 (1.97%) Fortinet
16 23 (1.81%) CyberArk
16 23 (1.81%) Dynatrace
16 23 (1.81%) SolarWinds