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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 91 89
Rank change year-on-year -38 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,082 1,234 2,307
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.58% 3.37% 3.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.75% 9.79% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 857 1,013 2,001
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 12,371 12,609 26,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.05% 34.42% 33.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8,903 9,299 22,054
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -9 487 £70,000 -12.50% 123
South East -56 190 £56,687 -5.52% 97
North of England -53 140 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -54 97 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -12 95 £55,000 +15.79% 60
Yorkshire -23 70 £47,500 -9.52% 16
East of England -35 59 £40,000 -27.27% 34
North West -50 57 £53,000 +9.72% 35
East Midlands -22 52 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -46 44 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -25 13 £45,000 -25.00% 15
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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
1 172 (15.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (11.55%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.87%) IIS
4 22 (2.03%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.20%) Confluence
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 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.092%) Site Server
8 1 (0.092%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 46 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.37%) Siemens NX
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.37%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.28%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.092%) Actimize
5 1 (0.092%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.092%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.092%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.092%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 675 (62.38%) Azure
2 365 (33.73%) Microsoft 365
3 267 (24.68%) Entra ID
4 184 (17.01%) AWS
5 107 (9.89%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (8.87%) Power Platform
7 84 (7.76%) GitHub
8 68 (6.28%) GCP
9 66 (6.10%) SaaS
10 60 (5.55%) GitHub Actions
11 58 (5.36%) PaaS
12 50 (4.62%) IaaS
12 50 (4.62%) OneDrive
13 44 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
14 43 (3.97%) Google Workspace
15 37 (3.42%) Nutanix
16 36 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
17 35 (3.23%) Power Automate
18 34 (3.14%) Datadog
19 33 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 207 (19.13%) DNS
2 193 (17.84%) Firewall
3 158 (14.60%) DHCP
4 119 (11.00%) VPN
5 99 (9.15%) TCP/IP
6 54 (4.99%) WAN
7 52 (4.81%) LAN
8 50 (4.62%) Network Security
9 45 (4.16%) VLAN
10 42 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (3.23%) VoIP
12 29 (2.68%) SAN
12 29 (2.68%) Wireless
13 28 (2.59%) Broadband
14 24 (2.22%) SD-WAN
15 14 (1.29%) VSAN
16 12 (1.11%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.02%) Internet
18 10 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
19 9 (0.83%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 82 (7.58%) Power BI
3 29 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.59%) Oracle Database
5 26 (2.40%) Oracle Database 10g
5 26 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (2.22%) MySQL
6 24 (2.22%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.48%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (1.29%) Tableau
11 11 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.74%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.55%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.46%) Metadata
15 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 78 (7.21%) Git
2 75 (6.93%) JIRA
3 61 (5.64%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.97%) GitLab
5 25 (2.31%) Bitbucket
6 22 (2.03%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 14 (1.29%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.83%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.65%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (0.37%) MLflow
14 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.37%) TestRail
15 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
15 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
General
1 363 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 206 (19.04%) Finance
3 126 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (5.82%) Law
5 46 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (3.42%) Legal
7 37 (3.42%) Retail
8 33 (3.05%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.68%) Banking
10 28 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.57%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.29%) Advertising
14 9 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.65%) Front Office
15 7 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.55%) Investment Banking
17 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 154 (14.23%) Senior
2 136 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 124 (11.46%) Support Engineer
4 105 (9.70%) Analyst
5 100 (9.24%) Azure Engineer
6 95 (8.78%) IT Support
7 75 (6.93%) Security Engineer
8 71 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
9 70 (6.47%) IT Engineer
10 69 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
11 59 (5.45%) Developer
12 57 (5.27%) 3rd Line Support
13 53 (4.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 52 (4.81%) IT Support Engineer
14 52 (4.81%) Lead
15 46 (4.25%) 2nd Line Support
16 41 (3.79%) Platform Engineer
17 40 (3.70%) Architect
18 34 (3.14%) Security Analyst
19 31 (2.87%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.73%) .NET
2 54 (4.99%) REST
3 49 (4.53%) OAuth
4 46 (4.25%) SAML
5 43 (3.97%) OpenID
6 34 (3.14%) LDAP
7 31 (2.87%) SOAP
8 30 (2.77%) YAML
9 29 (2.68%) JSON
10 27 (2.50%) .NET Core
11 25 (2.31%) GraphQL
12 22 (2.03%) ARM Templates
13 20 (1.85%) Microsoft Graph
14 17 (1.57%) React
15 16 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.48%) Node.js
16 14 (1.29%) CSS
17 13 (1.20%) SPFx
18 12 (1.11%) HTML
19 11 (1.02%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.58%) Onboarding
2 66 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 59 (5.45%) Security Posture
4 40 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 38 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
5 38 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
5 38 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 34 (3.14%) Cloud Native
8 31 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 27 (2.50%) Data Centre
10 26 (2.40%) Cyberattack
10 26 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
12 21 (1.94%) PKI
13 19 (1.76%) CMDB
14 18 (1.66%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.66%) Replication
15 17 (1.57%) Private Cloud
16 15 (1.39%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 493 (45.56%) Windows
2 252 (23.29%) Windows Server
3 224 (20.70%) Linux
4 65 (6.01%) Windows 10
5 55 (5.08%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.79%) Unix
7 35 (3.23%) Android
8 33 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
10 29 (2.68%) Apple iOS
11 24 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (2.22%) Solaris
12 22 (2.03%) HPUX
12 22 (2.03%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.03%) Windows Server 2003
12 22 (2.03%) Windows Server 2008
13 21 (1.94%) VMS
14 20 (1.85%) CentOS
15 15 (1.39%) Ubuntu
16 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (29.30%) Problem-Solving
2 238 (22.00%) DevOps
3 213 (19.69%) ITIL
4 211 (19.50%) CI/CD
5 198 (18.30%) Infrastructure as Code
6 193 (17.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 192 (17.74%) Cybersecurity
8 186 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (13.49%) Disaster Recovery
10 140 (12.94%) Incident Response
11 133 (12.29%) Mentoring
12 116 (10.72%) Agile
13 110 (10.17%) Root Cause Analysis
14 99 (9.15%) Cloud Security
15 98 (9.06%) Task Automation
16 95 (8.78%) SIEM
17 93 (8.60%) Computer Science
18 90 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
18 90 (8.32%) Incident Management
19 89 (8.23%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 390 (36.04%) Python
2 246 (22.74%) Bash
3 223 (20.61%) SQL
4 74 (6.84%) JavaScript
5 62 (5.73%) C#
6 57 (5.27%) Bicep
7 53 (4.90%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.50%) Perl
10 16 (1.48%) Java
11 13 (1.20%) Go
12 9 (0.83%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.74%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.65%) PHP
14 7 (0.65%) VB
15 6 (0.55%) C++
15 6 (0.55%) Delphi
16 5 (0.46%) C
16 5 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 160 (14.79%) Degree
2 130 (12.01%) Security Cleared
3 88 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 84 (7.76%) Azure Certification
5 77 (7.12%) SC Cleared
6 55 (5.08%) DV Cleared
7 49 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.88%) CISSP
9 31 (2.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 30 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.22%) CEH
12 23 (2.13%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.13%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.13%) GIAC
13 20 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
13 20 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.85%) OSCP
14 19 (1.76%) CCNA
15 16 (1.48%) DBS Check
16 13 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (14.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 138 (12.75%) NIST
3 65 (6.01%) SLA
4 59 (5.45%) GDPR
5 39 (3.60%) NCSC
6 30 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (2.03%) ISO 22301
8 20 (1.85%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.85%) QA
9 18 (1.66%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.39%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.83%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.55%) DICOM
14 5 (0.46%) GRC
15 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.18%) COBIT
16 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.18%) HL7
System Software
1 398 (36.78%) Active Directory
2 124 (11.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 103 (9.52%) Docker
4 101 (9.33%) Hyper-V
5 39 (3.60%) vSphere
6 31 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.57%) Firmware
8 16 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.65%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.46%) XenApp
12 5 (0.46%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.37%) iptables
13 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.37%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 213 (19.69%) Terraform
2 155 (14.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 151 (13.96%) Kubernetes
4 125 (11.55%) Ansible
5 45 (4.16%) Grafana
6 39 (3.60%) SCCM
7 38 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (2.68%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
10 17 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.39%) vCenter Server
12 11 (1.02%) Nessus
12 11 (1.02%) VxRail
13 10 (0.92%) Puppet
14 8 (0.74%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
15 6 (0.55%) logstash
15 6 (0.55%) Nagios
15 6 (0.55%) SCVMM
15 6 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 580 (53.60%) Microsoft
2 219 (20.24%) VMware
3 102 (9.43%) Cisco
4 50 (4.62%) Splunk
5 49 (4.53%) Oracle
5 49 (4.53%) ServiceNow
6 45 (4.16%) Veeam
7 40 (3.70%) Red Hat
8 35 (3.23%) Google
9 34 (3.14%) Atlassian
10 33 (3.05%) Commvault
11 31 (2.87%) Palo Alto
12 29 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
12 29 (2.68%) Meraki
13 24 (2.22%) CyberArk
14 23 (2.13%) Citrix
14 23 (2.13%) Dell
14 23 (2.13%) Fortinet
15 22 (2.03%) Apple
16 20 (1.85%) Dynatrace