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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 86 101
Rank change year-on-year -66 +15 -37
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,304 1,498 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.27% 3.50% 2.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.73% 12.86% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 928 1,001 1,102
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £99,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 16,875 11,646 20,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.48% 27.22% 30.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,292 7,680 13,223
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.79% -3.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -38 474 £70,000 -3.45% 407
North of England -77 241 £50,000 - 189
South East -37 238 £52,500 -8.70% 191
Midlands -56 160 £52,500 +5.00% 110
North West -79 146 £50,000 +5.26% 111
East of England -40 98 £57,500 +21.05% 68
South West -71 88 £55,000 +15.79% 75
West Midlands -70 82 £55,000 +2.44% 62
East Midlands -20 78 £42,500 +21.43% 48
Yorkshire -44 59 £42,500 -17.68% 53
North East -38 36 £51,500 -6.36% 27
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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
1 231 (17.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 218 (16.72%) SharePoint
3 51 (3.91%) IIS
4 42 (3.22%) Confluence
5 15 (1.15%) nginx
6 8 (0.61%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.76%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.38%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 800 (61.35%) Azure
2 513 (39.34%) Microsoft 365
3 412 (31.60%) Entra ID
4 242 (18.56%) AWS
5 162 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
6 108 (8.28%) SaaS
7 106 (8.13%) OneDrive
8 105 (8.05%) Power Platform
9 98 (7.52%) GitHub
9 98 (7.52%) IaaS
10 83 (6.37%) Azure Monitor
11 80 (6.13%) Azure Sentinel
12 76 (5.83%) Power Automate
13 72 (5.52%) PaaS
14 71 (5.44%) Azure AKS
15 64 (4.91%) GCP
16 63 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
17 61 (4.68%) Azure Key Vault
18 53 (4.06%) Microsoft Purview
19 49 (3.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 304 (23.31%) Firewall
2 292 (22.39%) DNS
3 200 (15.34%) DHCP
4 199 (15.26%) VPN
5 137 (10.51%) TCP/IP
6 84 (6.44%) WAN
7 74 (5.67%) LAN
8 69 (5.29%) VLAN
9 56 (4.29%) Network Security
10 53 (4.06%) Wireless
11 44 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.76%) SAN
13 30 (2.30%) Kerberos
14 25 (1.92%) SSL
15 22 (1.69%) NAS
16 19 (1.46%) HTTP
17 16 (1.23%) Internet
18 12 (0.92%) VSAN
19 10 (0.77%) FTP
19 10 (0.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (9.97%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (4.45%) Power BI
4 22 (1.69%) MongoDB
4 22 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.23%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.92%) MySQL
9 9 (0.69%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.61%) InfluxDB
10 8 (0.61%) Power Query
10 8 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.54%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.54%) Redis
12 6 (0.46%) Metadata
13 5 (0.38%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.31%) Db2
14 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 96 (7.36%) JIRA
2 89 (6.83%) Git
3 69 (5.29%) GitLab
4 62 (4.75%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.61%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
8 10 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.61%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.61%) TestRail
11 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.46%) Selenium
13 5 (0.38%) Postman
13 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.31%) MSI
15 3 (0.23%) JMeter
15 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 467 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 223 (17.10%) Finance
3 184 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.06%) Law
5 55 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
7 51 (3.91%) Legal
8 48 (3.68%) Retail
9 44 (3.37%) Banking
10 37 (2.84%) Manufacturing
11 36 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.30%) Public Sector
13 29 (2.22%) Aerospace
14 12 (0.92%) Advertising
15 11 (0.84%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.77%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.69%) Front Office
18 8 (0.61%) Aviation
18 8 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 199 (15.26%) Senior
2 193 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 154 (11.81%) Analyst
4 131 (10.05%) Azure Engineer
5 125 (9.59%) Cloud Engineer
5 125 (9.59%) Support Engineer
6 122 (9.36%) IT Engineer
7 101 (7.75%) IT Support
8 96 (7.36%) DevOps Engineer
9 77 (5.90%) Platform Engineer
10 70 (5.37%) Lead
11 66 (5.06%) Consultant
12 64 (4.91%) Support Analyst
13 63 (4.83%) IT Support Engineer
14 57 (4.37%) Security Engineer
15 56 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
16 49 (3.76%) Developer
17 45 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
18 43 (3.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 41 (3.14%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 344 (26.38%) Terraform
2 66 (5.06%) .NET
3 55 (4.22%) ARM Templates
4 49 (3.76%) REST
5 42 (3.22%) SAML
6 41 (3.14%) YAML
7 37 (2.84%) Microsoft Graph
7 37 (2.84%) OpenID
8 36 (2.76%) LDAP
8 36 (2.76%) OAuth
9 33 (2.53%) HTML
10 28 (2.15%) JSON
11 24 (1.84%) CSS
12 23 (1.76%) SPFx
13 21 (1.61%) .NET Core
13 21 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
14 14 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
15 13 (1.00%) RESTful
16 12 (0.92%) ADO
16 12 (0.92%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 121 (9.28%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.37%) Cloud Native
3 77 (5.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 74 (5.67%) Driving Licence
4 74 (5.67%) Management Information System
5 65 (4.98%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.60%) Data Centre
7 46 (3.53%) PKI
8 45 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (3.14%) Public Cloud
9 41 (3.14%) Security Operations Centre
10 32 (2.45%) Replication
10 32 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (1.92%) Private Cloud
12 22 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
13 19 (1.46%) CMDB
13 19 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
14 18 (1.38%) Clustering
15 17 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
16 16 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 650 (49.85%) Windows
2 309 (23.70%) Windows Server
3 305 (23.39%) Linux
4 90 (6.90%) Windows 10
5 51 (3.91%) Apple iOS
6 42 (3.22%) Android
7 41 (3.14%) Ubuntu
8 38 (2.91%) VMS
9 34 (2.61%) CentOS
9 34 (2.61%) Mac OS
10 33 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 30 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
13 18 (1.38%) Unix
14 15 (1.15%) Rocky
15 7 (0.54%) Solaris
16 5 (0.38%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Debian
17 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (30.37%) Problem-Solving
2 324 (24.85%) Infrastructure as Code
3 303 (23.24%) CI/CD
4 297 (22.78%) DevOps
5 294 (22.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 288 (22.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 261 (20.02%) ITIL
8 243 (18.63%) Cybersecurity
9 185 (14.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 164 (12.58%) AI
11 154 (11.81%) Agile
12 152 (11.66%) Mentoring
13 149 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
14 137 (10.51%) Cloud Security
14 137 (10.51%) Platform Engineering
15 134 (10.28%) High Availability
15 134 (10.28%) Incident Response
16 126 (9.66%) Migration
16 126 (9.66%) Observability
17 120 (9.20%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 501 (38.42%) Python
2 284 (21.78%) Bash
3 276 (21.17%) SQL
4 117 (8.97%) Bicep
5 84 (6.44%) JavaScript
6 76 (5.83%) C#
7 47 (3.60%) Kusto Query Language
8 36 (2.76%) Java
9 32 (2.45%) T-SQL
10 29 (2.22%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.76%) VBScript
12 19 (1.46%) C++
13 18 (1.38%) Perl
14 13 (1.00%) PHP
15 12 (0.92%) Ruby
16 11 (0.84%) VBA
17 10 (0.77%) VB
18 9 (0.69%) Go
19 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 5 (0.38%) C
Qualifications
1 174 (13.34%) Security Cleared
2 159 (12.19%) Degree
3 145 (11.12%) Azure Certification
4 143 (10.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 118 (9.05%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.22%) CISSP
7 53 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 52 (3.99%) DV Cleared
9 51 (3.91%) CompTIA Security+
10 49 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (2.99%) CCNA
12 27 (2.07%) CEH
13 24 (1.84%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.69%) DBS Check
15 20 (1.53%) CISM
16 18 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (1.30%) GIAC
18 16 (1.23%) OSCP
19 13 (1.00%) CompTIA CySA+
19 13 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (5.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 50 (3.83%) NIST
4 43 (3.30%) SLA
5 41 (3.14%) GDPR
6 25 (1.92%) QA
7 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 14 (1.07%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.07%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 5 (0.38%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.38%) NCSC
13 4 (0.31%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.15%) EMIR
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 491 (37.65%) Active Directory
2 221 (16.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (10.43%) Hyper-V
4 134 (10.28%) Docker
5 78 (5.98%) vSphere
6 68 (5.21%) Virtual Machines
7 55 (4.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.53%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.38%) BitLocker
10 16 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.84%) Firmware
12 8 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.61%) KVM
12 8 (0.61%) Squid
13 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.077%) Ceph
16 1 (0.077%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 235 (18.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (16.10%) Kubernetes
3 158 (12.12%) Ansible
4 80 (6.13%) Grafana
5 65 (4.98%) SCCM
6 54 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
7 44 (3.37%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.76%) Argo
8 23 (1.76%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.61%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.53%) Proxmox
10 20 (1.53%) Puppet
11 19 (1.46%) QRadar
12 18 (1.38%) Packer
13 15 (1.15%) FortiGate
13 15 (1.15%) Graylog
14 13 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.84%) VxRail
16 9 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 9 (0.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 851 (65.26%) Microsoft
2 256 (19.63%) VMware
3 105 (8.05%) ServiceNow
4 101 (7.75%) Cisco
5 84 (6.44%) Splunk
6 64 (4.91%) Veeam
7 49 (3.76%) Red Hat
8 47 (3.60%) Oracle
9 41 (3.14%) Citrix
10 36 (2.76%) Meraki
11 34 (2.61%) Sage
12 32 (2.45%) Dell
13 29 (2.22%) Dynatrace
13 29 (2.22%) SAP
13 29 (2.22%) Sophos
14 27 (2.07%) Tenable
15 25 (1.92%) CyberArk
15 25 (1.92%) Fortinet
16 24 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
17 23 (1.76%) Google