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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 90 64
Rank change year-on-year -23 -26 +21
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,013 1,457 2,049
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.94% 3.03% 4.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.00% 8.95% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 841 1,025 1,758
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £38,214
25th Percentile £43,500 £47,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -

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 10,129 16,276 19,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.39% 33.84% 38.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,643 9,568 16,015
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £38,084
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -10 432 £72,500 -3.33% 145
South East -41 176 £58,000 -2.62% 152
North of England -26 128 £50,000 - 95
South West +23 106 £51,250 -6.82% 71
Midlands -25 88 £52,500 +10.53% 61
East of England +18 70 £43,085 -17.93% 53
North West +1 60 £51,000 +2.00% 47
Yorkshire -23 57 £47,500 -9.52% 34
West Midlands -25 48 £52,500 +27.27% 24
East Midlands -8 40 £54,000 +6.93% 36
North East +2 11 £62,500 +25.00% 15
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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
1 170 (16.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 133 (13.13%) SharePoint
3 43 (4.24%) IIS
4 26 (2.57%) Confluence
5 22 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2003
6 16 (1.58%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.59%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.49%) nginx
8 5 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.59%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.39%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 3 (0.30%) CATIA
6 3 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.30%) Windchill
7 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.59%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.49%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.30%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.20%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.20%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.099%) Actimize
6 1 (0.099%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 643 (63.47%) Azure
2 349 (34.45%) Microsoft 365
3 244 (24.09%) Entra ID
4 184 (18.16%) AWS
5 151 (14.91%) Azure DevOps
6 98 (9.67%) Power Platform
7 73 (7.21%) GCP
8 72 (7.11%) GitHub
9 61 (6.02%) PaaS
10 57 (5.63%) Power Automate
11 52 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
12 47 (4.64%) Azure Monitor
13 42 (4.15%) Azure Sentinel
14 40 (3.95%) IaaS
15 39 (3.85%) SaaS
16 38 (3.75%) OneDrive
17 29 (2.86%) PowerApps
18 28 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
19 27 (2.67%) Serverless
20 26 (2.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 206 (20.34%) Firewall
2 192 (18.95%) DNS
3 146 (14.41%) DHCP
4 94 (9.28%) TCP/IP
5 88 (8.69%) VPN
6 73 (7.21%) WAN
7 59 (5.82%) LAN
8 39 (3.85%) VLAN
9 37 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (3.06%) SAN
10 31 (3.06%) Wireless
11 25 (2.47%) SD-WAN
12 24 (2.37%) Internet
12 24 (2.37%) Network Security
13 18 (1.78%) VoIP
14 16 (1.58%) Cisco IOS
14 16 (1.58%) Skype
15 15 (1.48%) NAS
15 15 (1.48%) VSAN
16 12 (1.18%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (11.15%) SQL Server
2 64 (6.32%) Power BI
3 32 (3.16%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.96%) Oracle Database
5 26 (2.57%) Oracle Database 10g
5 26 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (1.38%) MySQL
10 12 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (1.09%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.99%) Tableau
13 8 (0.79%) DTS
13 8 (0.79%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.59%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.59%) Metadata
16 4 (0.39%) MS Access
16 4 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 82 (8.09%) JIRA
2 78 (7.70%) Git
3 70 (6.91%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.65%) GitLab
5 23 (2.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 16 (1.58%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.28%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.99%) Burp Suite
8 10 (0.99%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.69%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.49%) MSI
11 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.39%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.39%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.39%) MLflow
12 4 (0.39%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.39%) Toad
13 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 372 (36.72%) Social Skills
2 224 (22.11%) Finance
3 98 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (5.92%) Law
5 44 (4.34%) Retail
6 39 (3.85%) Banking
6 39 (3.85%) Legal
7 36 (3.55%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.16%) Manufacturing
9 31 (3.06%) Telecoms
10 28 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.18%) Marketing
16 10 (0.99%) Advertising
16 10 (0.99%) Front Office
17 9 (0.89%) Electronics
18 8 (0.79%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 141 (13.92%) Support Engineer
2 128 (12.64%) Senior
3 105 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 83 (8.19%) DevOps Engineer
5 81 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (7.60%) Analyst
7 71 (7.01%) Developer
8 68 (6.71%) Lead
9 64 (6.32%) IT Support
10 63 (6.22%) Security Engineer
11 62 (6.12%) Cloud Engineer
12 56 (5.53%) 3rd Line Support
13 52 (5.13%) IT Engineer
13 52 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
14 46 (4.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 42 (4.15%) Applications Engineer
16 41 (4.05%) Applications Support
17 37 (3.65%) IT Support Engineer
17 37 (3.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 33 (3.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.52%) REST
2 58 (5.73%) .NET
3 44 (4.34%) YAML
4 33 (3.26%) SOAP
5 28 (2.76%) ARM Templates
5 28 (2.76%) JSON
5 28 (2.76%) LDAP
6 22 (2.17%) OpenID
7 21 (2.07%) OAuth
8 20 (1.97%) React
9 19 (1.88%) SAML
10 17 (1.68%) Microsoft Graph
11 15 (1.48%) AngularJS
11 15 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (1.28%) GraphQL
12 13 (1.28%) Middleware
13 11 (1.09%) Node.js
13 11 (1.09%) Web Services
14 10 (0.99%) Razor View Engine
15 8 (0.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 57 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (5.13%) Security Posture
4 39 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.96%) Cloud Native
7 28 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 28 (2.76%) Data Centre
8 25 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (2.27%) PKI
10 21 (2.07%) CMDB
11 20 (1.97%) Hedge funds
11 20 (1.97%) Private Cloud
12 19 (1.88%) Driving Licence
12 19 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
13 17 (1.68%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.68%) Virtual Team
14 16 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
15 15 (1.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 446 (44.03%) Windows
2 241 (23.79%) Windows Server
3 178 (17.57%) Linux
4 68 (6.71%) Windows 10
5 43 (4.24%) Mac OS
6 42 (4.15%) Unix
7 36 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.96%) Windows Server 2008
10 29 (2.86%) Android
11 27 (2.67%) VMS
12 25 (2.47%) Solaris
13 22 (2.17%) HPUX
13 22 (2.17%) Windows 7
13 22 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 16 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
16 13 (1.28%) Apple iOS
17 12 (1.18%) Ubuntu
18 10 (0.99%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (30.11%) Problem-Solving
2 279 (27.54%) DevOps
3 216 (21.32%) CI/CD
4 181 (17.87%) ITIL
5 167 (16.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 164 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 154 (15.20%) Infrastructure as Code
8 149 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
9 128 (12.64%) Disaster Recovery
10 116 (11.45%) Mentoring
11 113 (11.15%) Task Automation
12 110 (10.86%) Agile
13 92 (9.08%) Migration
14 91 (8.98%) Root Cause Analysis
15 87 (8.59%) Cloud Security
15 87 (8.59%) Incident Management
16 82 (8.09%) Computer Science
17 77 (7.60%) Incident Response
18 76 (7.50%) ITSM
19 74 (7.31%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 321 (31.69%) Python
2 209 (20.63%) SQL
3 191 (18.85%) Bash
4 85 (8.39%) C#
5 57 (5.63%) Bicep
6 50 (4.94%) JavaScript
7 33 (3.26%) T-SQL
8 29 (2.86%) Perl
9 23 (2.27%) Go
10 22 (2.17%) Java
11 19 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (1.38%) VB
13 11 (1.09%) TypeScript
13 11 (1.09%) VBScript
14 9 (0.89%) Groovy
14 9 (0.89%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.69%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.39%) R
16 4 (0.39%) Ruby
16 4 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 149 (14.71%) Degree
2 142 (14.02%) Security Cleared
3 91 (8.98%) SC Cleared
4 85 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 74 (7.31%) Azure Certification
6 51 (5.03%) DV Cleared
7 41 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (3.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 29 (2.86%) CISSP
11 24 (2.37%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.88%) CCNA
13 17 (1.68%) CEH
13 17 (1.68%) CREST Certified
13 17 (1.68%) Master's Degree
14 12 (1.18%) CCNP
14 12 (1.18%) CompTIA CySA+
14 12 (1.18%) DBS Check
15 11 (1.09%) MCP
15 11 (1.09%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (14.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 106 (10.46%) NIST
3 53 (5.23%) SLA
4 49 (4.84%) GDPR
5 34 (3.36%) NCSC
6 26 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (2.37%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.48%) QA
9 13 (1.28%) ISO 22301
10 12 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.99%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
13 6 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.49%) GRC
14 5 (0.49%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.30%) HL7
15 3 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
17 1 (0.099%) COBIT
17 1 (0.099%) NIST 800
System Software
1 358 (35.34%) Active Directory
2 128 (12.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 90 (8.88%) Docker
4 77 (7.60%) Hyper-V
5 36 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 27 (2.67%) vSphere
8 22 (2.17%) Firmware
9 15 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.79%) XenApp
10 8 (0.79%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.49%) Postfix
11 5 (0.49%) Squid
12 4 (0.39%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.39%) Dovecot
13 3 (0.30%) vCloud
13 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 202 (19.94%) Terraform
2 177 (17.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 140 (13.82%) Kubernetes
4 111 (10.96%) Ansible
5 56 (5.53%) SCCM
6 34 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
7 31 (3.06%) Grafana
8 27 (2.67%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.68%) SCOM
9 17 (1.68%) WSUS
10 12 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (1.09%) Nessus
11 11 (1.09%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.99%) Puppet
12 10 (0.99%) ZABBIX
13 9 (0.89%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.79%) Nagios
15 7 (0.69%) Autotask
15 7 (0.69%) Progress Chef
16 6 (0.59%) Avamar
Vendors
1 569 (56.17%) Microsoft
2 209 (20.63%) VMware
3 93 (9.18%) Cisco
4 64 (6.32%) ServiceNow
5 54 (5.33%) Oracle
6 45 (4.44%) Veeam
7 38 (3.75%) Atlassian
7 38 (3.75%) Citrix
8 34 (3.36%) Google
9 29 (2.86%) Palo Alto
9 29 (2.86%) Red Hat
10 28 (2.76%) Splunk
11 25 (2.47%) SolarWinds
12 24 (2.37%) SAP
13 22 (2.17%) Commvault
14 21 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
15 20 (1.97%) Dell
16 19 (1.88%) Fortinet
17 18 (1.78%) Meraki
18 17 (1.68%) CyberArk