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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 95 54
Rank change year-on-year -12 -41 +32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,143 1,658 2,266
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.47% 2.74% 4.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.98% 8.38% 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 983 1,154 1,880
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,238
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 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -

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 10,413 19,785 18,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.55% 32.66% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,756 11,900 15,695
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,577 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £107,500
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 24 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 24 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 -26 419 £75,500 +0.67% 119
South East -13 226 £58,000 +2.61% 144
North of England -6 156 £50,000 - 52
Midlands +21 117 £52,500 +10.53% 56
South West +30 112 £52,500 - 49
East of England +38 98 £47,500 -9.52% 33
West Midlands +26 87 £55,000 +17.27% 30
Yorkshire +1 75 £47,500 -10.38% 16
North West +2 69 £52,500 +5.00% 29
East Midlands +15 30 £50,000 +5.26% 25
North East +12 12 £60,000 +35.52% 7
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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
1 212 (18.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (14.00%) SharePoint
3 55 (4.81%) Confluence
4 51 (4.46%) IIS
5 22 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.66%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.96%) nginx
8 6 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.35%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.17%) CMS
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.52%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 6 (0.52%) Siemens NX
4 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.26%) CATIA
5 3 (0.26%) Windchill
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.17%) Revit
6 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.087%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 10 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.52%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.44%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.087%) Eikon
6 1 (0.087%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.087%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 721 (63.08%) Azure
2 399 (34.91%) Microsoft 365
3 232 (20.30%) Entra ID
4 225 (19.69%) AWS
5 162 (14.17%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (9.54%) Power Platform
7 87 (7.61%) PaaS
8 76 (6.65%) SaaS
9 74 (6.47%) GCP
10 71 (6.21%) GitHub
11 67 (5.86%) Power Automate
12 63 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
13 61 (5.34%) IaaS
14 54 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
15 49 (4.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 49 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
15 49 (4.29%) Serverless
16 40 (3.50%) Amazon S3
16 40 (3.50%) PowerApps
17 39 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 267 (23.36%) Firewall
2 236 (20.65%) DNS
3 185 (16.19%) DHCP
4 109 (9.54%) TCP/IP
5 94 (8.22%) VPN
6 89 (7.79%) WAN
7 72 (6.30%) LAN
8 51 (4.46%) VLAN
9 45 (3.94%) SAN
10 42 (3.67%) Wireless
11 38 (3.32%) Internet
12 34 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (2.89%) Network Security
14 25 (2.19%) SD-WAN
15 24 (2.10%) HTTP
16 21 (1.84%) SMTP
17 20 (1.75%) NAS
17 20 (1.75%) VoIP
18 19 (1.66%) FTP
18 19 (1.66%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 62 (5.42%) Power BI
3 54 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.71%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.54%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.27%) Oracle Database 10g
7 18 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.31%) MySQL
10 14 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (1.14%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.79%) DTS
13 7 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.61%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.52%) Data Mining
15 5 (0.44%) Tableau
16 4 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 119 (10.41%) JIRA
2 99 (8.66%) Git
3 94 (8.22%) Jenkins
4 44 (3.85%) GitLab
5 29 (2.54%) Vagrant
6 22 (1.92%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.22%) MSI
8 12 (1.05%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.05%) Burp Suite
8 12 (1.05%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.87%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.52%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.35%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.35%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.35%) Toad
14 3 (0.26%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 419 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 220 (19.25%) Finance
3 83 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (6.30%) Law
5 50 (4.37%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.50%) Legal
7 39 (3.41%) Banking
7 39 (3.41%) Retail
8 36 (3.15%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.71%) Telecoms
10 28 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
11 26 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.22%) Marketing
15 13 (1.14%) Automotive
16 10 (0.87%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.87%) Front Office
17 9 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 191 (16.71%) Support Engineer
2 139 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 119 (10.41%) Senior
4 100 (8.75%) DevOps Engineer
5 94 (8.22%) Azure Engineer
6 89 (7.79%) 3rd Line Support
7 88 (7.70%) Analyst
8 78 (6.82%) IT Support
9 74 (6.47%) Security Engineer
10 72 (6.30%) IT Engineer
11 71 (6.21%) Developer
12 70 (6.12%) Lead
13 69 (6.04%) Cloud Engineer
14 66 (5.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 62 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
16 46 (4.02%) IT Support Engineer
17 43 (3.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 42 (3.67%) Applications Support
18 42 (3.67%) Systems Engineer
19 41 (3.59%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.51%) YAML
2 59 (5.16%) .NET
3 56 (4.90%) REST
4 38 (3.32%) ARM Templates
5 31 (2.71%) JSON
6 28 (2.45%) LDAP
7 25 (2.19%) SOAP
8 17 (1.49%) AngularJS
8 17 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
8 17 (1.49%) Microsoft Graph
9 15 (1.31%) React
10 13 (1.14%) Web Services
11 11 (0.96%) .NET Framework
11 11 (0.96%) Middleware
12 10 (0.87%) Node.js
12 10 (0.87%) Razor View Engine
13 9 (0.79%) OpenID
14 8 (0.70%) Jinja
14 8 (0.70%) OAuth
14 8 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.22%) Onboarding
2 56 (4.90%) Security Posture
3 52 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 37 (3.24%) Data Centre
5 36 (3.15%) Cloud Native
6 35 (3.06%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (2.97%) PKI
8 29 (2.54%) Replication
9 26 (2.27%) Driving Licence
10 24 (2.10%) Private Cloud
11 23 (2.01%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.84%) Video Conferencing
14 18 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.49%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.49%) IoT
15 17 (1.49%) Product Ownership
16 15 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 529 (46.28%) Windows
2 302 (26.42%) Windows Server
3 226 (19.77%) Linux
4 70 (6.12%) Windows 10
4 70 (6.12%) Windows Server 2019
5 54 (4.72%) VMS
6 45 (3.94%) Unix
7 44 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 42 (3.67%) Mac OS
9 31 (2.71%) Windows Server 2008
10 25 (2.19%) Solaris
11 23 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 22 (1.92%) HPUX
12 22 (1.92%) Windows 7
12 22 (1.92%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (1.66%) Amazon Linux
14 18 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
15 17 (1.49%) Android
16 15 (1.31%) Ubuntu
17 12 (1.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (29.40%) DevOps
2 300 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
3 245 (21.43%) CI/CD
4 201 (17.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 190 (16.62%) ITIL
6 176 (15.40%) Infrastructure as Code
7 162 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 135 (11.81%) Agile
8 135 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
9 133 (11.64%) Mentoring
10 128 (11.20%) Task Automation
11 124 (10.85%) Disaster Recovery
12 109 (9.54%) Cloud Security
13 103 (9.01%) Migration
14 91 (7.96%) ITSM
15 90 (7.87%) Change Management
16 89 (7.79%) Containerisation
17 87 (7.61%) Incident Management
18 83 (7.26%) Platform Engineering
19 78 (6.82%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 369 (32.28%) Python
2 211 (18.46%) Bash
3 202 (17.67%) SQL
4 96 (8.40%) C#
5 60 (5.25%) Bicep
6 45 (3.94%) JavaScript
7 40 (3.50%) Java
8 36 (3.15%) Perl
9 32 (2.80%) Groovy
10 25 (2.19%) Go
10 25 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
11 24 (2.10%) VB
12 18 (1.57%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.22%) TypeScript
14 12 (1.05%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.05%) VBScript
15 6 (0.52%) Ruby
16 4 (0.35%) C++
16 4 (0.35%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 179 (15.66%) Security Cleared
2 173 (15.14%) Degree
3 118 (10.32%) SC Cleared
4 91 (7.96%) Azure Certification
5 85 (7.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 64 (5.60%) DV Cleared
7 52 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 48 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (3.41%) AWS Certification
10 33 (2.89%) CCNA
11 30 (2.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 28 (2.45%) CISSP
13 24 (2.10%) Master's Degree
14 19 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 18 (1.57%) CCNP
16 16 (1.40%) CEH
16 16 (1.40%) CREST Certified
16 16 (1.40%) OSCP
17 13 (1.14%) MCSA
18 12 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (11.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (9.19%) NIST
3 57 (4.99%) GDPR
4 56 (4.90%) SLA
5 33 (2.89%) NCSC
6 29 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (2.10%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.31%) QA
9 9 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.79%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.61%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.44%) GRC
13 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.17%) HL7
15 1 (0.087%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.087%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 418 (36.57%) Active Directory
2 180 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (10.41%) Hyper-V
4 110 (9.62%) Docker
5 44 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 31 (2.71%) vSphere
7 21 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (1.75%) DFS Replication
9 13 (1.14%) Firmware
10 10 (0.87%) XenApp
11 9 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.70%) Postfix
12 8 (0.70%) Squid
13 7 (0.61%) Dovecot
14 6 (0.52%) Terminal Services
14 6 (0.52%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.26%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 227 (19.86%) Terraform
2 196 (17.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 151 (13.21%) Kubernetes
4 134 (11.72%) Ansible
5 67 (5.86%) SCCM
6 61 (5.34%) Grafana
7 56 (4.90%) Prometheus
8 35 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
9 32 (2.80%) WSUS
10 23 (2.01%) SCOM
11 18 (1.57%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.31%) Autotask
13 14 (1.22%) WMI
14 13 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 13 (1.14%) Backup Exec
15 11 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.96%) Nessus
15 11 (0.96%) Puppet
15 11 (0.96%) ZABBIX
16 10 (0.87%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 674 (58.97%) Microsoft
2 253 (22.13%) VMware
3 110 (9.62%) Cisco
4 90 (7.87%) ServiceNow
5 66 (5.77%) Oracle
6 53 (4.64%) Veeam
7 45 (3.94%) Atlassian
8 44 (3.85%) Citrix
9 43 (3.76%) Red Hat
9 43 (3.76%) Splunk
10 33 (2.89%) Google
11 29 (2.54%) SolarWinds
12 28 (2.45%) Palo Alto
13 22 (1.92%) Meraki
13 22 (1.92%) Sophos
14 21 (1.84%) SAP
15 20 (1.75%) Apple
16 19 (1.66%) Juniper
17 18 (1.57%) Bloomberg
18 17 (1.49%) HP