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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 82 95
Rank change year-on-year -64 +13 -1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,103 1,306 2,246
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.41% 3.49% 2.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.95% 10.27% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 853 1,020 1,908
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,450 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £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 13,877 12,718 27,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.74% 33.95% 32.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,731 9,352 22,538
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,213
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%

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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 23 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 23 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 -11 513 £70,000 -9.68% 103
South East -77 175 £55,000 -4.35% 95
North of England -51 138 £47,972 -0.69% 49
Midlands -63 105 £50,000 - 35
South West -39 89 £55,000 +15.79% 40
East of England -54 71 £47,500 -13.64% 31
North West -38 68 £55,000 +19.57% 28
East Midlands -46 60 £55,000 +29.41% 16
Yorkshire -32 56 £47,500 -13.64% 10
West Midlands -69 44 £47,500 -5.00% 19
North East -45 14 £45,000 -21.74% 11
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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
1 167 (15.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (12.51%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.35%) IIS
4 16 (1.45%) Confluence
5 11 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (0.54%) 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 48 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.27%) 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 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.36%) 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
1 693 (62.83%) Azure
2 395 (35.81%) Microsoft 365
3 286 (25.93%) Entra ID
4 194 (17.59%) AWS
5 104 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
6 95 (8.61%) Power Platform
7 86 (7.80%) GitHub
8 70 (6.35%) SaaS
9 67 (6.07%) GCP
10 66 (5.98%) OneDrive
11 65 (5.89%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (4.71%) IaaS
13 49 (4.44%) PaaS
14 45 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (3.99%) Azure Monitor
15 44 (3.99%) Azure Sentinel
16 43 (3.90%) Power Automate
17 42 (3.81%) Google Workspace
18 34 (3.08%) Datadog
18 34 (3.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 207 (18.77%) Firewall
2 206 (18.68%) DNS
3 141 (12.78%) DHCP
4 120 (10.88%) VPN
5 93 (8.43%) TCP/IP
6 58 (5.26%) Network Security
7 56 (5.08%) WAN
8 55 (4.99%) LAN
9 46 (4.17%) VLAN
10 45 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.08%) SAN
12 33 (2.99%) VoIP
13 28 (2.54%) Broadband
13 28 (2.54%) Wireless
14 18 (1.63%) SD-WAN
15 13 (1.18%) Internet
16 12 (1.09%) VSAN
16 12 (1.09%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.00%) Kerberos
17 11 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (11.70%) SQL Server
2 80 (7.25%) Power BI
3 42 (3.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (2.18%) MySQL
7 23 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (1.63%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.36%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.27%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.27%) Tableau
12 13 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.18%) Oracle Database 10g
13 9 (0.82%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.73%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.73%) InfluxDB
15 7 (0.63%) Metadata
16 5 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 90 (8.16%) Git
2 60 (5.44%) Jenkins
3 59 (5.35%) JIRA
4 47 (4.26%) GitLab
5 28 (2.54%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.54%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.18%) Metasploit
9 11 (1.00%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.82%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.73%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.73%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.54%) TestRail
13 4 (0.36%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.36%) MLflow
13 4 (0.36%) Selenium
14 3 (0.27%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.27%) Balsamiq
General
1 353 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 201 (18.22%) Finance
3 144 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (5.80%) Law
5 48 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.90%) Retail
8 41 (3.72%) Legal
9 40 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.99%) Public Sector
11 28 (2.54%) Banking
12 19 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.45%) Advertising
15 13 (1.18%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.00%) Front Office
17 7 (0.63%) Military
18 6 (0.54%) Electronics
18 6 (0.54%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 172 (15.59%) Senior
2 137 (12.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 125 (11.33%) Support Engineer
4 124 (11.24%) Analyst
5 108 (9.79%) Azure Engineer
6 96 (8.70%) IT Support
7 77 (6.98%) IT Engineer
7 77 (6.98%) Security Engineer
8 74 (6.71%) Cloud Engineer
9 61 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
10 59 (5.35%) Lead
11 58 (5.26%) Developer
12 52 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
13 49 (4.44%) 2nd Line Support
14 43 (3.90%) 3rd Line Support
15 42 (3.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 42 (3.81%) Platform Engineer
16 39 (3.54%) Architect
17 37 (3.35%) Security Analyst
18 36 (3.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (6.53%) .NET
2 58 (5.26%) OAuth
3 57 (5.17%) REST
4 53 (4.81%) SAML
5 52 (4.71%) OpenID
6 38 (3.45%) LDAP
7 37 (3.35%) .NET Core
8 34 (3.08%) SOAP
9 33 (2.99%) JSON
10 29 (2.63%) ARM Templates
11 28 (2.54%) CSS
12 27 (2.45%) Microsoft Graph
13 26 (2.36%) HTML
14 25 (2.27%) GraphQL
14 25 (2.27%) SPFx
14 25 (2.27%) YAML
15 18 (1.63%) React
16 16 (1.45%) HTML5 Canvas
17 15 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
17 15 (1.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.43%) Onboarding
2 71 (6.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 60 (5.44%) Security Posture
4 50 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 43 (3.90%) Cloud Native
6 42 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
7 41 (3.72%) Cyber Threat
8 40 (3.63%) Cyber Defence
9 39 (3.54%) Driving Licence
10 36 (3.26%) Security Operations Centre
11 34 (3.08%) Cyberattack
12 30 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
13 27 (2.45%) Data Centre
14 25 (2.27%) Public Cloud
15 20 (1.81%) PKI
16 19 (1.72%) CMDB
17 17 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.54%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.54%) Replication
18 15 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 511 (46.33%) Windows
2 249 (22.57%) Windows Server
3 239 (21.67%) Linux
4 72 (6.53%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.53%) Mac OS
6 45 (4.08%) Android
7 44 (3.99%) Apple iOS
8 35 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.27%) Unix
12 24 (2.18%) VMS
13 21 (1.90%) CentOS
14 15 (1.36%) Ubuntu
15 13 (1.18%) Solaris
16 11 (1.00%) HPUX
16 11 (1.00%) Windows 7
16 11 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
16 11 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (27.29%) Problem-Solving
2 226 (20.49%) Infrastructure as Code
3 224 (20.31%) DevOps
4 221 (20.04%) Cybersecurity
5 220 (19.95%) CI/CD
6 195 (17.68%) ITIL
7 192 (17.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 184 (16.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 152 (13.78%) Incident Response
10 140 (12.69%) Mentoring
11 132 (11.97%) Disaster Recovery
12 124 (11.24%) Agile
13 113 (10.24%) Root Cause Analysis
14 110 (9.97%) SIEM
15 109 (9.88%) Cloud Security
16 99 (8.98%) Containerisation
17 95 (8.61%) Task Automation
18 92 (8.34%) Roadmaps
18 92 (8.34%) Security Operations
19 90 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 434 (39.35%) Python
2 255 (23.12%) Bash
3 234 (21.21%) SQL
4 78 (7.07%) JavaScript
5 77 (6.98%) C#
6 67 (6.07%) Bicep
7 54 (4.90%) T-SQL
8 33 (2.99%) Kusto Query Language
9 20 (1.81%) Java
9 20 (1.81%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.72%) Perl
11 10 (0.91%) C++
12 9 (0.82%) Go
12 9 (0.82%) VB
12 9 (0.82%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.73%) VBA
14 7 (0.63%) C
14 7 (0.63%) PHP
14 7 (0.63%) VBScript
15 6 (0.54%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 145 (13.15%) Degree
2 125 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 96 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 83 (7.52%) Azure Certification
5 71 (6.44%) SC Cleared
6 46 (4.17%) CISSP
7 45 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (3.99%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (2.45%) CompTIA Security+
11 26 (2.36%) OSCP
12 25 (2.27%) GIAC
13 24 (2.18%) CREST Certified
14 23 (2.09%) CompTIA CySA+
15 22 (1.99%) AWS Certification
15 22 (1.99%) CCNA
15 22 (1.99%) CEH
16 17 (1.54%) DBS Check
17 13 (1.18%) CISA
18 12 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 119 (10.79%) NIST
3 64 (5.80%) GDPR
4 54 (4.90%) SLA
5 32 (2.90%) NCSC
6 29 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.81%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.63%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.45%) QA
10 14 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (1.18%) Accessibility
11 13 (1.18%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.18%) SOC 2
12 11 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.54%) DICOM
14 5 (0.45%) GRC
15 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.18%) COBIT
18 1 (0.091%) HL7
System Software
1 409 (37.08%) Active Directory
2 137 (12.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (10.70%) Docker
4 97 (8.79%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.63%) vSphere
6 33 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.45%) Firmware
9 14 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (1.09%) BitLocker
11 10 (0.91%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 7 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.45%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.36%) iptables
15 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.27%) Squid
17 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 230 (20.85%) Terraform
2 169 (15.32%) Kubernetes
3 164 (14.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (11.70%) Ansible
5 49 (4.44%) Grafana
6 46 (4.17%) SCCM
7 42 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.81%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.54%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.18%) Nessus
12 13 (1.18%) VxRail
13 11 (1.00%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.82%) Puppet
14 9 (0.82%) QRadar
15 8 (0.73%) logstash
15 8 (0.73%) Packer
15 8 (0.73%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 627 (56.84%) Microsoft
2 205 (18.59%) VMware
3 90 (8.16%) Cisco
4 53 (4.81%) Splunk
5 50 (4.53%) Red Hat
5 50 (4.53%) ServiceNow
6 42 (3.81%) CrowdStrike
7 40 (3.63%) Veeam
8 38 (3.45%) Oracle
9 33 (2.99%) Google
10 31 (2.81%) Commvault
11 29 (2.63%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.54%) Dell
13 27 (2.45%) Meraki
14 24 (2.18%) Citrix
14 24 (2.18%) CyberArk
14 24 (2.18%) Fortinet
15 23 (2.09%) Apple
16 19 (1.72%) Atlassian
16 19 (1.72%) Dynatrace