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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 85 94
Rank change year-on-year -63 +9 -3
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,093 1,301 2,234
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.39% 3.48% 2.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.87% 10.27% 8.26%
Number of salaries quoted 844 1,015 1,897
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,200 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
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 £83,125 £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 13,895 12,673 27,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.73% 33.90% 32.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,749 9,319 22,524
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,450 £35,250
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 £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 24 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 24 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 -15 511 £70,000 -9.68% 91
South East -86 169 £55,000 -4.35% 94
North of England -47 139 £48,445 -1.44% 52
Midlands -66 105 £50,000 - 31
South West -46 86 £55,000 +15.79% 36
East of England -52 71 £47,500 -13.64% 28
North West -38 69 £55,000 +19.57% 32
East Midlands -53 60 £55,000 +37.50% 15
Yorkshire -42 56 £47,500 -13.64% 10
West Midlands -62 44 £47,500 -5.00% 16
North East -36 14 £45,000 -21.74% 10
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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
1 166 (15.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (12.63%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.39%) IIS
4 16 (1.46%) Confluence
5 9 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
8 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
1 690 (63.13%) Azure
2 394 (36.05%) Microsoft 365
3 284 (25.98%) Entra ID
4 191 (17.47%) AWS
5 103 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (8.60%) Power Platform
7 86 (7.87%) GitHub
8 71 (6.50%) SaaS
9 67 (6.13%) OneDrive
10 66 (6.04%) GCP
11 65 (5.95%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (4.76%) IaaS
13 48 (4.39%) PaaS
14 45 (4.12%) Azure Logic Apps
14 45 (4.12%) Azure Sentinel
15 43 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
15 43 (3.93%) Power Automate
16 42 (3.84%) Google Workspace
17 34 (3.11%) Datadog
17 34 (3.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 206 (18.85%) Firewall
2 203 (18.57%) DNS
3 137 (12.53%) DHCP
4 119 (10.89%) VPN
5 92 (8.42%) TCP/IP
6 58 (5.31%) Network Security
7 56 (5.12%) WAN
8 55 (5.03%) LAN
9 45 (4.12%) VLAN
9 45 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.11%) SAN
11 33 (3.02%) VoIP
12 28 (2.56%) Broadband
13 26 (2.38%) Wireless
14 18 (1.65%) SD-WAN
15 13 (1.19%) Internet
16 12 (1.10%) VSAN
16 12 (1.10%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.01%) Kerberos
18 10 (0.91%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 79 (7.23%) Power BI
3 42 (3.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (2.20%) MySQL
7 23 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.28%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.28%) Tableau
11 13 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
12 12 (1.10%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.91%) Oracle Database 10g
14 9 (0.82%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.73%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.73%) InfluxDB
16 7 (0.64%) Metadata
17 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
18 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 90 (8.23%) Git
2 60 (5.49%) Jenkins
3 59 (5.40%) JIRA
4 47 (4.30%) GitLab
5 28 (2.56%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.56%) 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%) SonarQube
General
1 351 (32.11%) Social Skills
2 197 (18.02%) Finance
3 143 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (5.67%) 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 (15.83%) Senior
2 136 (12.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 126 (11.53%) Analyst
4 122 (11.16%) Support Engineer
5 108 (9.88%) Azure Engineer
6 94 (8.60%) IT Support
7 76 (6.95%) IT Engineer
7 76 (6.95%) Security Engineer
8 73 (6.68%) Cloud Engineer
9 61 (5.58%) DevOps Engineer
10 58 (5.31%) Lead
11 57 (5.22%) Developer
12 51 (4.67%) IT Support Engineer
13 47 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
14 43 (3.93%) Platform Engineer
15 40 (3.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 40 (3.66%) 3rd Line Support
16 39 (3.57%) Architect
17 38 (3.48%) Security Analyst
18 36 (3.29%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.50%) .NET
2 58 (5.31%) OAuth
3 57 (5.22%) REST
4 53 (4.85%) SAML
5 52 (4.76%) OpenID
6 39 (3.57%) LDAP
7 37 (3.39%) .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 (2.20%) 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 (8.51%) Onboarding
2 71 (6.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (5.22%) Security Posture
4 51 (4.67%) Management Information System
5 43 (3.93%) Cloud Native
6 42 (3.84%) Cyber Threat
7 40 (3.66%) Cyber Defence
8 39 (3.57%) Driving Licence
8 39 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (3.39%) Security Operations Centre
10 34 (3.11%) Cyberattack
11 31 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 27 (2.47%) Data Centre
13 26 (2.38%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.83%) CMDB
14 20 (1.83%) PKI
15 17 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.56%) Low-Code
16 16 (1.46%) Replication
17 14 (1.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 505 (46.20%) Windows
2 246 (22.51%) Windows Server
3 236 (21.59%) Linux
4 72 (6.59%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.39%) Mac OS
6 45 (4.12%) Android
7 44 (4.03%) 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 (2.20%) VMS
12 23 (2.10%) Unix
13 21 (1.92%) CentOS
14 15 (1.37%) Ubuntu
15 11 (1.01%) Solaris
16 9 (0.82%) HPUX
16 9 (0.82%) Windows 7
16 9 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (27.26%) Problem-Solving
2 226 (20.68%) Infrastructure as Code
3 223 (20.40%) DevOps
4 220 (20.13%) CI/CD
4 220 (20.13%) Cybersecurity
5 193 (17.66%) ITIL
6 189 (17.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 187 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 152 (13.91%) Incident Response
9 139 (12.72%) Mentoring
10 130 (11.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 123 (11.25%) Agile
12 112 (10.25%) Root Cause Analysis
13 109 (9.97%) SIEM
14 108 (9.88%) Cloud Security
15 99 (9.06%) Containerisation
16 94 (8.60%) Task Automation
17 92 (8.42%) Roadmaps
17 92 (8.42%) Security Operations
18 89 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 434 (39.71%) Python
2 256 (23.42%) Bash
3 232 (21.23%) SQL
4 77 (7.04%) C#
4 77 (7.04%) JavaScript
5 68 (6.22%) Bicep
6 53 (4.85%) T-SQL
7 33 (3.02%) Kusto Query Language
8 20 (1.83%) Java
8 20 (1.83%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.65%) Perl
10 11 (1.01%) C++
11 10 (0.91%) Go
12 9 (0.82%) VB
12 9 (0.82%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.73%) VBA
14 7 (0.64%) C
14 7 (0.64%) PHP
14 7 (0.64%) VBScript
15 6 (0.55%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 145 (13.27%) Degree
2 123 (11.25%) Security Cleared
3 97 (8.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 84 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 70 (6.40%) SC Cleared
6 46 (4.21%) CISSP
7 44 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.84%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
10 29 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (2.29%) CREST Certified
12 24 (2.20%) OSCP
13 23 (2.10%) CompTIA CySA+
13 23 (2.10%) GIAC
14 22 (2.01%) CCNA
15 21 (1.92%) AWS Certification
15 21 (1.92%) CEH
16 17 (1.56%) DBS Check
17 13 (1.19%) CISA
18 12 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (13.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 118 (10.80%) NIST
3 64 (5.86%) GDPR
4 51 (4.67%) SLA
5 31 (2.84%) 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%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 404 (36.96%) Active Directory
2 137 (12.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (10.70%) Docker
4 95 (8.69%) Hyper-V
5 39 (3.57%) vSphere
6 33 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.46%) 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%) KVM
17 2 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 230 (21.04%) Terraform
2 170 (15.55%) Kubernetes
3 164 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (11.80%) Ansible
5 49 (4.48%) Grafana
6 45 (4.12%) SCCM
7 42 (3.84%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.84%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.56%) 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
1 623 (57.00%) Microsoft
2 203 (18.57%) VMware
3 92 (8.42%) Cisco
4 52 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 52 (4.76%) Splunk
5 50 (4.57%) Red Hat
6 40 (3.66%) CrowdStrike
6 40 (3.66%) Veeam
7 35 (3.20%) Oracle
8 33 (3.02%) Google
9 31 (2.84%) Commvault
9 31 (2.84%) Palo Alto
10 28 (2.56%) Dell
11 27 (2.47%) Meraki
12 24 (2.20%) Citrix
12 24 (2.20%) CyberArk
12 24 (2.20%) Fortinet
13 23 (2.10%) Apple
14 19 (1.74%) Atlassian
15 18 (1.65%) Sophos