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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 74 108
Rank change year-on-year -67 +34 -31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,279 1,611 1,834
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.40% 3.70% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.77% 12.44% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 958 1,048 1,436
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,688 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,875 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +3.60% -7.50%

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 16,459 12,949 22,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.03% 29.76% 29.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,018 8,704 17,120
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -31 477 £70,000 -6.67% 161
South East -30 247 £55,000 -4.35% 110
North of England -89 214 £50,000 +5.26% 67
Midlands -45 151 £50,000 - 42
North West -79 116 £52,500 +14.13% 42
East of England -33 91 £57,500 +9.52% 32
South West -71 85 £55,000 +15.79% 43
East Midlands -7 77 £42,500 +17.24% 21
West Midlands -56 74 £53,094 -3.47% 21
Yorkshire -40 60 £42,500 -15.00% 16
North East -21 38 £50,000 -16.67% 11
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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
1 211 (16.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 188 (14.70%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.75%) IIS
4 32 (2.50%) Confluence
5 9 (0.70%) nginx
6 5 (0.39%) Apache
6 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.31%) SAS
8 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.078%) Site Server
9 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.86%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.078%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.078%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.078%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 823 (64.35%) Azure
2 474 (37.06%) Microsoft 365
3 341 (26.66%) Entra ID
4 237 (18.53%) AWS
5 148 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.21%) Power Platform
7 101 (7.90%) GitHub
8 97 (7.58%) IaaS
9 95 (7.43%) SaaS
10 89 (6.96%) OneDrive
11 77 (6.02%) Azure Monitor
12 70 (5.47%) Azure Sentinel
13 69 (5.39%) PaaS
14 66 (5.16%) Azure AKS
15 63 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (4.69%) Azure Key Vault
16 60 (4.69%) Power Automate
17 59 (4.61%) GCP
18 46 (3.60%) Azure Logic Apps
18 46 (3.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 292 (22.83%) Firewall
2 268 (20.95%) DNS
3 182 (14.23%) VPN
4 176 (13.76%) DHCP
5 125 (9.77%) TCP/IP
6 76 (5.94%) WAN
7 73 (5.71%) Network Security
8 71 (5.55%) LAN
9 63 (4.93%) VLAN
10 43 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (3.05%) Wireless
12 38 (2.97%) SAN
13 35 (2.74%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.72%) VoIP
15 20 (1.56%) SSL
16 19 (1.49%) NAS
17 16 (1.25%) Internet
18 15 (1.17%) HTTP
19 12 (0.94%) BGP
19 12 (0.94%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (11.34%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 67 (5.24%) Power BI
4 35 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.88%) MongoDB
6 20 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.56%) MySQL
6 20 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.94%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.70%) InfluxDB
10 9 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.39%) Metadata
11 5 (0.39%) Power Query
11 5 (0.39%) Redis
12 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.31%) Tableau
12 4 (0.31%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 104 (8.13%) Git
2 88 (6.88%) JIRA
3 67 (5.24%) GitLab
4 58 (4.53%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.35%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.86%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (0.55%) TestRail
10 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.47%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.47%) Selenium
11 5 (0.39%) Postman
12 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.23%) JMeter
13 3 (0.23%) MSI
General
1 401 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 205 (16.03%) Finance
3 170 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.21%) Law
5 54 (4.22%) Legal
6 51 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.36%) Retail
9 38 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.27%) Banking
10 29 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.03%) Public Sector
12 23 (1.80%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.33%) Advertising
14 12 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.86%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.78%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.63%) Front Office
17 8 (0.63%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 204 (15.95%) Senior
2 164 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 139 (10.87%) Analyst
4 132 (10.32%) Support Engineer
5 130 (10.16%) Azure Engineer
6 121 (9.46%) IT Engineer
7 118 (9.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 117 (9.15%) IT Support
9 98 (7.66%) DevOps Engineer
10 72 (5.63%) Security Engineer
11 67 (5.24%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
13 62 (4.85%) Lead
14 60 (4.69%) Developer
15 51 (3.99%) 2nd Line Support
16 50 (3.91%) Systems Engineer
17 46 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.13%) Administrator
18 40 (3.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 38 (2.97%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.41%) .NET
2 56 (4.38%) ARM Templates
2 56 (4.38%) SAML
3 53 (4.14%) OAuth
4 51 (3.99%) REST
5 46 (3.60%) OpenID
6 44 (3.44%) LDAP
7 43 (3.36%) YAML
8 42 (3.28%) HTML
9 38 (2.97%) JSON
10 37 (2.89%) Microsoft Graph
11 34 (2.66%) .NET Core
12 31 (2.42%) CSS
13 24 (1.88%) SPFx
14 20 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (1.33%) SOAP
17 16 (1.25%) RESTful
18 15 (1.17%) Middleware
19 14 (1.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.82%) Onboarding
2 80 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 68 (5.32%) Security Posture
5 63 (4.93%) Management Information System
6 56 (4.38%) Driving Licence
7 49 (3.83%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.44%) Public Cloud
9 42 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
10 38 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (2.81%) PKI
11 36 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
13 26 (2.03%) Private Cloud
14 25 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
15 24 (1.88%) Replication
16 21 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.64%) Clustering
17 18 (1.41%) CMDB
18 16 (1.25%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 621 (48.55%) Windows
2 304 (23.77%) Linux
3 293 (22.91%) Windows Server
4 75 (5.86%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.07%) Apple iOS
6 44 (3.44%) VMS
7 42 (3.28%) Android
8 41 (3.21%) Mac OS
9 37 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.81%) CentOS
11 35 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 30 (2.35%) Ubuntu
13 27 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
14 11 (0.86%) Unix
15 6 (0.47%) Debian
16 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
18 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (26.35%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (24.24%) CI/CD
3 304 (23.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 293 (22.91%) DevOps
5 243 (19.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 240 (18.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 239 (18.69%) Cybersecurity
8 234 (18.30%) ITIL
9 167 (13.06%) Disaster Recovery
10 163 (12.74%) Agile
11 157 (12.28%) Root Cause Analysis
12 156 (12.20%) Incident Response
13 148 (11.57%) Mentoring
14 142 (11.10%) High Availability
15 131 (10.24%) Containerisation
16 130 (10.16%) AI
17 126 (9.85%) Cloud Security
18 124 (9.70%) SIEM
19 122 (9.54%) Observability
20 119 (9.30%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 503 (39.33%) Python
2 299 (23.38%) Bash
3 265 (20.72%) SQL
4 104 (8.13%) Bicep
5 95 (7.43%) C#
6 82 (6.41%) JavaScript
7 47 (3.67%) Kusto Query Language
8 41 (3.21%) T-SQL
9 36 (2.81%) Java
10 31 (2.42%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.64%) VBScript
12 18 (1.41%) C++
13 17 (1.33%) PHP
14 14 (1.09%) Perl
15 10 (0.78%) Go
15 10 (0.78%) VB
15 10 (0.78%) VBA
16 9 (0.70%) Ruby
17 8 (0.63%) C
18 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 159 (12.43%) Security Cleared
2 153 (11.96%) Degree
3 145 (11.34%) Azure Certification
4 127 (9.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 108 (8.44%) SC Cleared
6 56 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (4.14%) CISSP
8 48 (3.75%) CompTIA Security+
9 47 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.21%) CCNA
11 38 (2.97%) DV Cleared
12 25 (1.95%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.80%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.80%) CEH
14 22 (1.72%) GIAC
15 20 (1.56%) OSCP
16 18 (1.41%) CCNP
17 16 (1.25%) CISM
17 16 (1.25%) CREST Certified
18 14 (1.09%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (8.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (5.94%) NIST
3 60 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (4.22%) GDPR
5 40 (3.13%) SLA
6 26 (2.03%) QA
7 21 (1.64%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 16 (1.25%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.70%) ISO 22301
10 9 (0.70%) NCSC
11 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.47%) PMO
13 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.31%) DICOM
15 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.16%) EMIR
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 468 (36.59%) Active Directory
2 208 (16.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (11.18%) Hyper-V
4 134 (10.48%) Docker
5 77 (6.02%) vSphere
6 52 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
7 41 (3.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.95%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.17%) VMware NSX
10 12 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.78%) KVM
12 9 (0.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 8 (0.63%) Squid
14 5 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 5 (0.39%) Firmware
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.16%) iptables
17 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 327 (25.57%) Terraform
2 224 (17.51%) Kubernetes
3 212 (16.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 158 (12.35%) Ansible
5 79 (6.18%) Grafana
6 57 (4.46%) SCCM
7 50 (3.91%) Prometheus
8 47 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (1.88%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.80%) ZABBIX
11 20 (1.56%) Argo
11 20 (1.56%) Packer
12 19 (1.49%) Proxmox
12 19 (1.49%) QRadar
12 19 (1.49%) vCenter Server
13 14 (1.09%) Graylog
14 13 (1.02%) VxRail
15 12 (0.94%) Nagios
15 12 (0.94%) Nessus
16 10 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 794 (62.08%) Microsoft
2 249 (19.47%) VMware
3 114 (8.91%) Cisco
4 100 (7.82%) ServiceNow
5 87 (6.80%) Splunk
6 61 (4.77%) Red Hat
7 55 (4.30%) Veeam
8 44 (3.44%) Oracle
9 42 (3.28%) Meraki
10 32 (2.50%) Sophos
11 31 (2.42%) Citrix
12 30 (2.35%) Apple
12 30 (2.35%) Tenable
13 29 (2.27%) Dell
13 29 (2.27%) Dynatrace
14 27 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
14 27 (2.11%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.88%) Palo Alto
16 21 (1.64%) CyberArk
17 20 (1.56%) SolarWinds