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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 92 69
Rank change year-on-year -20 -23 +16
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,055 1,430 2,261
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.89% 3.04% 3.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.94% 8.94% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 857 1,002 1,970
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,780 £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 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +5.08% -1.67%

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 10,615 15,989 23,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.01% 33.99% 37.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7,947 9,363 19,705
10th Percentile £33,250 £38,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,195 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £103,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 30 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 30 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 -5 450 £70,000 -6.67% 161
South East -41 184 £57,500 -4.17% 191
North of England -16 136 £48,445 -7.72% 118
South West +19 106 £55,000 - 74
Midlands -29 93 £52,500 +5.00% 75
East of England +22 70 £43,000 -18.10% 61
Yorkshire -21 62 £47,972 -4.06% 41
North West -9 61 £50,000 - 61
West Midlands -37 47 £51,500 +3.00% 26
East Midlands -8 45 £55,000 +8.91% 49
North East 0 13 £49,222 -13.65% 16
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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
1 169 (16.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (12.51%) SharePoint
3 43 (4.08%) IIS
4 23 (2.18%) Confluence
5 22 (2.09%) Exchange Server 2003
6 12 (1.14%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.57%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.38%) nginx
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) CMS
10 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.47%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.095%) Actimize
6 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.095%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 667 (63.22%) Azure
2 357 (33.84%) Microsoft 365
3 264 (25.02%) Entra ID
4 196 (18.58%) AWS
5 144 (13.65%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (9.95%) Power Platform
7 74 (7.01%) GCP
7 74 (7.01%) GitHub
8 61 (5.78%) PaaS
9 56 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
10 55 (5.21%) Power Automate
11 47 (4.45%) Azure Monitor
12 42 (3.98%) IaaS
13 41 (3.89%) OneDrive
14 40 (3.79%) Azure Sentinel
14 40 (3.79%) SaaS
15 33 (3.13%) Google Workspace
16 31 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
17 30 (2.84%) PowerApps
18 27 (2.56%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 202 (19.15%) Firewall
2 196 (18.58%) DNS
3 150 (14.22%) DHCP
4 99 (9.38%) TCP/IP
5 97 (9.19%) VPN
6 72 (6.82%) WAN
7 64 (6.07%) LAN
8 40 (3.79%) VLAN
8 40 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (3.22%) Wireless
10 30 (2.84%) SAN
11 26 (2.46%) Network Security
12 25 (2.37%) SD-WAN
13 19 (1.80%) Broadband
13 19 (1.80%) Internet
13 19 (1.80%) VoIP
14 17 (1.61%) VSAN
15 13 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
16 12 (1.14%) Skype
16 12 (1.14%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (11.85%) SQL Server
2 73 (6.92%) Power BI
3 33 (3.13%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.84%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.46%) Oracle Database 10g
7 20 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
7 20 (1.90%) MySQL
8 18 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (1.14%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.14%) Tableau
12 9 (0.85%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.57%) DTS
14 6 (0.57%) Metadata
15 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.47%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 84 (7.96%) Git
2 78 (7.39%) JIRA
3 73 (6.92%) Jenkins
4 36 (3.41%) GitLab
5 24 (2.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.61%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.52%) TeamCity
8 11 (1.04%) Burp Suite
8 11 (1.04%) Metasploit
9 8 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.66%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.47%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.47%) Vagrant
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
13 4 (0.38%) MSI
13 4 (0.38%) Toad
14 3 (0.28%) JMeter
General
1 377 (35.73%) Social Skills
2 227 (21.52%) Finance
3 111 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (4.93%) Law
5 48 (4.55%) Retail
6 42 (3.98%) Public Sector
7 35 (3.32%) Banking
7 35 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (3.22%) Legal
9 30 (2.84%) Telecoms
10 27 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.85%) Advertising
14 9 (0.85%) Front Office
15 8 (0.76%) Marketing
16 7 (0.66%) Electronics
16 7 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 141 (13.36%) Support Engineer
2 138 (13.08%) Senior
3 125 (11.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 85 (8.06%) Azure Engineer
5 84 (7.96%) Analyst
6 80 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
7 72 (6.82%) Developer
8 68 (6.45%) IT Support
8 68 (6.45%) Security Engineer
9 64 (6.07%) IT Engineer
10 62 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
11 61 (5.78%) Lead
12 52 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support
13 51 (4.83%) Platform Engineer
14 46 (4.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 44 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
16 42 (3.98%) Applications Support
17 38 (3.60%) Applications Engineer
18 34 (3.22%) Support Analyst
19 32 (3.03%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.73%) REST
2 63 (5.97%) .NET
3 38 (3.60%) SOAP
4 37 (3.51%) YAML
5 33 (3.13%) OpenID
6 32 (3.03%) OAuth
7 31 (2.94%) LDAP
8 29 (2.75%) SAML
9 28 (2.65%) JSON
10 26 (2.46%) ARM Templates
11 23 (2.18%) React
12 20 (1.90%) GraphQL
13 17 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
13 17 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
14 15 (1.42%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.42%) Node.js
15 14 (1.33%) Middleware
16 11 (1.04%) .NET Core
17 10 (0.95%) Razor View Engine
17 10 (0.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.44%) Onboarding
2 64 (6.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.12%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.13%) Cloud Native
7 30 (2.84%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 28 (2.65%) Driving Licence
10 24 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
11 23 (2.18%) PKI
12 21 (1.99%) CMDB
12 21 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
13 20 (1.90%) Cyberattack
14 19 (1.80%) Hedge funds
14 19 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (1.61%) Private Cloud
16 16 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
16 16 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 467 (44.27%) Windows
2 249 (23.60%) Windows Server
3 191 (18.10%) Linux
4 66 (6.26%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.55%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.98%) Unix
7 35 (3.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 35 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 30 (2.84%) VMS
9 29 (2.75%) Android
10 28 (2.65%) Windows Server 2008
11 24 (2.27%) Solaris
12 22 (2.09%) HPUX
12 22 (2.09%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.09%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 16 (1.52%) Apple iOS
15 14 (1.33%) CentOS
16 13 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
17 12 (1.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
2 274 (25.97%) DevOps
3 213 (20.19%) CI/CD
4 197 (18.67%) ITIL
5 190 (18.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 181 (17.16%) Infrastructure as Code
7 172 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 163 (15.45%) Cybersecurity
9 143 (13.55%) Disaster Recovery
10 127 (12.04%) Mentoring
11 119 (11.28%) Task Automation
12 112 (10.62%) Agile
13 105 (9.95%) Root Cause Analysis
14 97 (9.19%) Incident Response
15 92 (8.72%) Cloud Security
15 92 (8.72%) Migration
16 88 (8.34%) Computer Science
17 84 (7.96%) Incident Management
18 83 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
19 79 (7.49%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 352 (33.36%) Python
2 223 (21.14%) Bash
3 221 (20.95%) SQL
4 90 (8.53%) C#
5 62 (5.88%) Bicep
6 53 (5.02%) JavaScript
7 44 (4.17%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.56%) Perl
9 23 (2.18%) Go
10 21 (1.99%) Java
10 21 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (1.33%) VB
12 10 (0.95%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.95%) VB.NET
12 10 (0.95%) VBScript
13 7 (0.66%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.57%) Groovy
15 4 (0.38%) C++
15 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 157 (14.88%) Degree
2 144 (13.65%) Security Cleared
3 95 (9.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 88 (8.34%) SC Cleared
5 78 (7.39%) Azure Certification
6 53 (5.02%) DV Cleared
7 44 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.41%) CISSP
9 35 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 26 (2.46%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.99%) CEH
13 20 (1.90%) CREST Certified
14 16 (1.52%) CCNA
14 16 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
14 16 (1.52%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.52%) GIAC
14 16 (1.52%) Master's Degree
15 12 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (14.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 118 (11.18%) NIST
3 59 (5.59%) GDPR
4 54 (5.12%) SLA
5 35 (3.32%) NCSC
6 29 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (2.37%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.61%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.42%) QA
10 14 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.23%) PCI DSS
12 12 (1.14%) Data Quality
13 8 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.57%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.47%) GRC
16 3 (0.28%) HL7
16 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 2 (0.19%) DICOM
17 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 379 (35.92%) Active Directory
2 122 (11.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 98 (9.29%) Docker
4 82 (7.77%) Hyper-V
5 34 (3.22%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (2.84%) vSphere
7 25 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.09%) Firmware
9 15 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.66%) XenApp
11 7 (0.66%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.47%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.38%) Postfix
13 4 (0.38%) Squid
14 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.28%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.28%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 209 (19.81%) Terraform
2 169 (16.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 143 (13.55%) Kubernetes
4 122 (11.56%) Ansible
5 47 (4.45%) SCCM
6 39 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
7 33 (3.13%) Grafana
8 24 (2.27%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (1.42%) SCOM
11 14 (1.33%) WSUS
12 12 (1.14%) vCenter Server
13 11 (1.04%) Puppet
14 10 (0.95%) Nessus
15 9 (0.85%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.76%) SCVMM
16 8 (0.76%) ZABBIX
17 7 (0.66%) McAfee ePO
17 7 (0.66%) Nagios
17 7 (0.66%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 575 (54.50%) Microsoft
2 208 (19.72%) VMware
3 87 (8.25%) Cisco
4 58 (5.50%) ServiceNow
5 55 (5.21%) Oracle
6 46 (4.36%) Veeam
7 38 (3.60%) Atlassian
7 38 (3.60%) Google
8 34 (3.22%) Citrix
9 32 (3.03%) Splunk
10 30 (2.84%) Palo Alto
11 29 (2.75%) Red Hat
12 26 (2.46%) Commvault
13 25 (2.37%) CyberArk
14 23 (2.18%) SolarWinds
15 22 (2.09%) Dell
16 21 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
16 21 (1.99%) SAP
17 20 (1.90%) Meraki
18 19 (1.80%) Fortinet