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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 93 55
Rank change year-on-year -13 -38 +31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,124 1,651 2,220
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.39% 2.82% 4.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.96% 8.54% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1,163 1,870
10th Percentile £33,687 £37,500 £38,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,350 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.28% +2.25% -

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 10,256 19,332 18,689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 21.82% 32.97% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,651 11,646 15,499
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,603 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 -27 424 £75,500 +0.67% 124
South East -17 221 £58,000 +3.11% 125
North of England +1 150 £50,000 - 43
South West +28 111 £52,500 - 57
Midlands +10 111 £52,500 +10.53% 64
East of England +43 93 £47,500 -9.52% 35
West Midlands +20 80 £55,000 +22.22% 28
Yorkshire -3 70 £47,500 -10.38% 14
North West -1 69 £52,500 +5.00% 24
East Midlands +7 31 £50,000 +5.26% 35
North East +5 11 £55,000 +16.68% 5
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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
1 203 (18.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 159 (14.15%) SharePoint
3 53 (4.72%) IIS
4 52 (4.63%) Confluence
5 22 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2003
6 18 (1.60%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.98%) nginx
8 6 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.18%) CMS
9 2 (0.18%) WordPress
10 1 (0.089%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 45 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 6 (0.53%) Siemens NX
4 4 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.27%) CATIA
5 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.27%) Windchill
6 2 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.089%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.089%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.53%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.44%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.089%) Eikon
6 1 (0.089%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.089%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.089%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 716 (63.70%) Azure
2 395 (35.14%) Microsoft 365
3 230 (20.46%) Entra ID
4 223 (19.84%) AWS
5 162 (14.41%) Azure DevOps
6 104 (9.25%) Power Platform
7 83 (7.38%) PaaS
8 75 (6.67%) GCP
9 74 (6.58%) SaaS
10 71 (6.32%) GitHub
11 64 (5.69%) Azure Monitor
12 63 (5.60%) Power Automate
13 58 (5.16%) IaaS
14 56 (4.98%) Azure Sentinel
15 50 (4.45%) GitHub Actions
16 46 (4.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 46 (4.09%) Serverless
17 37 (3.29%) Amazon S3
18 36 (3.20%) PowerApps
19 34 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 258 (22.95%) Firewall
2 233 (20.73%) DNS
3 185 (16.46%) DHCP
4 110 (9.79%) TCP/IP
5 90 (8.01%) VPN
6 87 (7.74%) WAN
7 70 (6.23%) LAN
8 49 (4.36%) VLAN
9 42 (3.74%) SAN
10 39 (3.47%) Wireless
11 38 (3.38%) Internet
12 34 (3.02%) Network Security
13 33 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
14 26 (2.31%) SD-WAN
15 23 (2.05%) HTTP
16 19 (1.69%) NAS
16 19 (1.69%) SMTP
16 19 (1.69%) VoIP
17 18 (1.60%) FTP
17 18 (1.60%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (9.88%) SQL Server
2 59 (5.25%) Power BI
3 47 (4.18%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (2.67%) Oracle Database
4 30 (2.67%) Relational Database
5 26 (2.31%) Oracle Database 10g
6 15 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.16%) MySQL
8 13 (1.16%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.80%) DTS
10 7 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (0.62%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.53%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.44%) Tableau
13 4 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 112 (9.96%) JIRA
2 99 (8.81%) Git
3 90 (8.01%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.83%) GitLab
5 26 (2.31%) Vagrant
6 21 (1.87%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.25%) MSI
8 12 (1.07%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.07%) Burp Suite
8 12 (1.07%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.89%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.44%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.36%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.36%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.36%) Toad
14 3 (0.27%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 411 (36.57%) Social Skills
2 217 (19.31%) Finance
3 82 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (6.41%) Law
5 45 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.56%) Banking
7 39 (3.47%) Retail
8 37 (3.29%) Legal
9 36 (3.20%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.76%) Telecoms
11 29 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.16%) Marketing
17 12 (1.07%) Automotive
18 11 (0.98%) Front Office
19 10 (0.89%) Aerospace
20 9 (0.80%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 184 (16.37%) Support Engineer
2 135 (12.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 120 (10.68%) Senior
4 99 (8.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 93 (8.27%) Azure Engineer
6 87 (7.74%) 3rd Line Support
7 83 (7.38%) Analyst
8 75 (6.67%) IT Support
9 74 (6.58%) Security Engineer
10 70 (6.23%) Cloud Engineer
10 70 (6.23%) Lead
11 69 (6.14%) Developer
12 67 (5.96%) IT Engineer
13 65 (5.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 61 (5.43%) Platform Engineer
15 44 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
16 41 (3.65%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 41 (3.65%) Applications Engineer
16 41 (3.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 40 (3.56%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.43%) YAML
2 57 (5.07%) .NET
3 54 (4.80%) REST
4 39 (3.47%) ARM Templates
5 30 (2.67%) JSON
6 27 (2.40%) LDAP
7 24 (2.14%) SOAP
8 18 (1.60%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.51%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (1.33%) React
12 12 (1.07%) Web Services
13 11 (0.98%) .NET Framework
14 10 (0.89%) Middleware
14 10 (0.89%) Node.js
14 10 (0.89%) Razor View Engine
15 9 (0.80%) OpenID
16 8 (0.71%) Jinja
16 8 (0.71%) OAuth
17 7 (0.62%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.27%) Onboarding
2 55 (4.89%) Security Posture
3 53 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 39 (3.47%) Cloud Native
5 35 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
5 35 (3.11%) Management Information System
6 34 (3.02%) Data Centre
6 34 (3.02%) PKI
7 27 (2.40%) Replication
8 25 (2.22%) Driving Licence
9 23 (2.05%) Private Cloud
9 23 (2.05%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
12 17 (1.51%) Hedge funds
12 17 (1.51%) Product Ownership
13 15 (1.33%) IoT
14 14 (1.25%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 518 (46.09%) Windows
2 297 (26.42%) Windows Server
3 220 (19.57%) Linux
4 70 (6.23%) Windows 10
5 68 (6.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 51 (4.54%) VMS
7 44 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 43 (3.83%) Unix
9 38 (3.38%) Mac OS
10 31 (2.76%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.22%) Solaris
12 24 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.96%) HPUX
13 22 (1.96%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.96%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
15 18 (1.60%) Amazon Linux
16 17 (1.51%) Android
17 15 (1.33%) Ubuntu
18 12 (1.07%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (29.54%) DevOps
2 300 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
3 242 (21.53%) CI/CD
4 201 (17.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 183 (16.28%) ITIL
6 177 (15.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 163 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 136 (12.10%) Agile
9 134 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
10 129 (11.48%) Mentoring
11 123 (10.94%) Task Automation
12 119 (10.59%) Disaster Recovery
13 109 (9.70%) Cloud Security
14 107 (9.52%) Migration
15 88 (7.83%) Change Management
15 88 (7.83%) Containerisation
15 88 (7.83%) Incident Management
16 86 (7.65%) ITSM
17 80 (7.12%) Platform Engineering
18 78 (6.94%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 364 (32.38%) Python
2 210 (18.68%) Bash
3 195 (17.35%) SQL
4 92 (8.19%) C#
5 62 (5.52%) Bicep
6 44 (3.91%) JavaScript
7 36 (3.20%) Perl
8 34 (3.02%) Java
9 29 (2.58%) Groovy
10 26 (2.31%) Go
10 26 (2.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 24 (2.14%) VB
12 17 (1.51%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.25%) TypeScript
14 12 (1.07%) VBScript
15 11 (0.98%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.62%) Ruby
17 4 (0.36%) C++
18 3 (0.27%) Tcl
18 3 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 174 (15.48%) Security Cleared
2 166 (14.77%) Degree
3 113 (10.05%) SC Cleared
4 92 (8.19%) Azure Certification
5 81 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 64 (5.69%) DV Cleared
7 49 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
8 44 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (3.47%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.67%) CCNA
10 30 (2.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 28 (2.49%) CISSP
12 23 (2.05%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 17 (1.51%) CEH
15 16 (1.42%) CREST Certified
15 16 (1.42%) OSCP
16 15 (1.33%) CCNP
17 13 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
18 12 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (11.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (9.34%) NIST
3 55 (4.89%) GDPR
4 54 (4.80%) SLA
5 32 (2.85%) NCSC
6 29 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (2.14%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.33%) QA
9 9 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.71%) ISO 22301
10 8 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.53%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.36%) GRC
12 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.18%) HL7
14 1 (0.089%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.089%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.089%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 408 (36.30%) Active Directory
2 172 (15.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 112 (9.96%) Hyper-V
4 111 (9.88%) Docker
5 44 (3.91%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 30 (2.67%) vSphere
8 22 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
9 18 (1.60%) DFS Replication
10 14 (1.25%) Firmware
11 9 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.80%) XenApp
12 8 (0.71%) Postfix
13 7 (0.62%) Dovecot
13 7 (0.62%) Squid
14 6 (0.53%) XenDesktop
15 5 (0.44%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.36%) VMware NSX
17 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.27%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 226 (20.11%) Terraform
2 191 (16.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 153 (13.61%) Kubernetes
4 132 (11.74%) Ansible
5 66 (5.87%) SCCM
6 57 (5.07%) Grafana
7 53 (4.72%) Prometheus
8 34 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
9 31 (2.76%) WSUS
10 23 (2.05%) SCOM
11 19 (1.69%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.33%) Autotask
13 14 (1.25%) WMI
14 13 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 11 (0.98%) Backup Exec
15 11 (0.98%) Nessus
15 11 (0.98%) Puppet
15 11 (0.98%) ZABBIX
16 10 (0.89%) Nmap
16 10 (0.89%) QRadar
Vendors
1 660 (58.72%) Microsoft
2 243 (21.62%) VMware
3 102 (9.07%) Cisco
4 85 (7.56%) ServiceNow
5 65 (5.78%) Oracle
6 51 (4.54%) Veeam
7 44 (3.91%) Red Hat
8 43 (3.83%) Atlassian
9 41 (3.65%) Citrix
9 41 (3.65%) Splunk
10 29 (2.58%) Google
10 29 (2.58%) Palo Alto
11 28 (2.49%) SolarWinds
12 21 (1.87%) SAP
13 20 (1.78%) Meraki
13 20 (1.78%) Sophos
14 19 (1.69%) Apple
15 17 (1.51%) Bloomberg
15 17 (1.51%) Dell
15 17 (1.51%) Juniper