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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 74 105
Rank change year-on-year -65 +31 -17
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,185 1,517 2,204
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.42% 3.88% 2.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.94% 12.09% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 905 942 1,783
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,775 £35,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -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 14,922 12,550 27,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.91% 32.07% 31.37%
Number of salaries quoted 10,666 8,515 22,652
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £47,500 £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 £86,250 £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%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -10 521 £70,000 -6.67% 101
North of England -105 184 £47,500 -5.00% 62
South East -67 179 £55,000 -4.35% 90
Midlands -51 126 £50,000 - 35
North West -101 95 £50,051 +8.81% 39
South West -35 84 £55,000 +15.79% 34
East of England -29 81 £57,500 +21.05% 27
East Midlands -23 75 £50,000 +42.86% 15
Yorkshire -33 61 £45,000 -21.74% 13
West Midlands -83 50 £48,000 -5.37% 20
North East -30 28 £45,000 -23.40% 10
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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
1 172 (14.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 154 (13.00%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.21%) IIS
4 22 (1.86%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.084%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.084%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.084%) Site Server
Applications
1 69 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.25%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.084%) Actimize
3 1 (0.084%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.084%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.084%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 759 (64.05%) Azure
2 435 (36.71%) Microsoft 365
3 302 (25.49%) Entra ID
4 203 (17.13%) AWS
5 119 (10.04%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.69%) Power Platform
7 87 (7.34%) GitHub
8 79 (6.67%) SaaS
9 77 (6.50%) IaaS
10 74 (6.24%) OneDrive
11 60 (5.06%) GitHub Actions
12 56 (4.73%) Azure Monitor
12 56 (4.73%) GCP
13 55 (4.64%) Azure AKS
14 54 (4.56%) Azure Sentinel
15 49 (4.14%) Power Automate
16 47 (3.97%) PaaS
17 44 (3.71%) Azure Key Vault
18 41 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
18 41 (3.46%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 243 (20.51%) Firewall
2 234 (19.75%) DNS
3 139 (11.73%) DHCP
3 139 (11.73%) VPN
4 100 (8.44%) TCP/IP
5 67 (5.65%) Network Security
5 67 (5.65%) WAN
6 66 (5.57%) LAN
7 46 (3.88%) VLAN
8 44 (3.71%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (2.87%) SAN
9 34 (2.87%) VoIP
10 27 (2.28%) Broadband
11 21 (1.77%) Wireless
12 16 (1.35%) Kerberos
13 13 (1.10%) BGP
13 13 (1.10%) HTTP
13 13 (1.10%) SSL
14 12 (1.01%) Internet
14 12 (1.01%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (11.81%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.50%) Power BI
3 56 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 34 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.19%) MySQL
7 23 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (1.52%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.27%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.27%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.01%) Tableau
12 9 (0.76%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.59%) InfluxDB
14 6 (0.51%) Metadata
15 5 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 3 (0.25%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 90 (7.59%) Git
2 64 (5.40%) JIRA
3 58 (4.89%) GitLab
4 56 (4.73%) Jenkins
5 32 (2.70%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.10%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.10%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.76%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.51%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.51%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.42%) TestRail
13 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.34%) MLflow
13 4 (0.34%) Selenium
14 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.25%) Terragrunt
General
1 346 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 202 (17.05%) Finance
3 157 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.92%) Law
5 49 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (3.97%) Legal
7 44 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.71%) Retail
8 34 (2.87%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.11%) Banking
10 24 (2.03%) Aerospace
11 21 (1.77%) Advertising
11 21 (1.77%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.18%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.59%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.51%) Aviation
14 6 (0.51%) Electronics
14 6 (0.51%) Police
15 5 (0.42%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 198 (16.71%) Senior
2 148 (12.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (11.56%) Analyst
4 130 (10.97%) Support Engineer
5 129 (10.89%) Azure Engineer
6 115 (9.70%) IT Support
7 103 (8.69%) IT Engineer
8 97 (8.19%) Cloud Engineer
9 84 (7.09%) DevOps Engineer
10 75 (6.33%) Security Engineer
11 68 (5.74%) IT Support Engineer
12 55 (4.64%) Lead
13 53 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support
13 53 (4.47%) Platform Engineer
14 52 (4.39%) Developer
15 44 (3.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 42 (3.54%) Security Analyst
17 41 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
18 37 (3.12%) Architect
19 35 (2.95%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (7.09%) .NET
2 62 (5.23%) OAuth
3 61 (5.15%) SAML
4 59 (4.98%) REST
5 55 (4.64%) OpenID
6 49 (4.14%) LDAP
7 39 (3.29%) JSON
8 38 (3.21%) .NET Core
9 36 (3.04%) ARM Templates
9 36 (3.04%) HTML
9 36 (3.04%) YAML
10 35 (2.95%) Microsoft Graph
11 34 (2.87%) CSS
12 33 (2.78%) SOAP
13 25 (2.11%) SPFx
14 24 (2.03%) GraphQL
15 19 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
15 19 (1.60%) React
16 15 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
17 14 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.85%) Onboarding
2 70 (5.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 60 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 56 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 54 (4.56%) Security Posture
6 45 (3.80%) Driving Licence
7 44 (3.71%) Cyber Defence
8 43 (3.63%) Cyber Threat
8 43 (3.63%) Security Operations Centre
9 37 (3.12%) Data Centre
10 35 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
11 34 (2.87%) Cyberattack
12 32 (2.70%) PKI
13 29 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 29 (2.45%) Public Cloud
14 22 (1.86%) CMDB
15 20 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
15 20 (1.69%) Replication
16 19 (1.60%) Private Cloud
17 17 (1.43%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 561 (47.34%) Windows
2 268 (22.62%) Linux
3 267 (22.53%) Windows Server
4 78 (6.58%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.22%) Android
5 50 (4.22%) Mac OS
6 49 (4.14%) Apple iOS
7 37 (3.12%) VMS
8 35 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
9 28 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 27 (2.28%) CentOS
11 25 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 21 (1.77%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.01%) Unix
14 5 (0.42%) Debian
14 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.34%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.34%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.17%) AIX
16 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (24.89%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (22.78%) Infrastructure as Code
3 261 (22.03%) CI/CD
4 252 (21.27%) Cybersecurity
5 244 (20.59%) DevOps
6 212 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 203 (17.13%) ITIL
8 201 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 155 (13.08%) Incident Response
10 150 (12.66%) Mentoring
11 142 (11.98%) Agile
11 142 (11.98%) Disaster Recovery
12 139 (11.73%) Root Cause Analysis
13 123 (10.38%) Containerisation
14 119 (10.04%) SIEM
15 112 (9.45%) High Availability
16 107 (9.03%) Cloud Security
17 105 (8.86%) AI
18 102 (8.61%) Roadmaps
19 98 (8.27%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 478 (40.34%) Python
2 291 (24.56%) Bash
3 253 (21.35%) SQL
4 89 (7.51%) C#
5 77 (6.50%) JavaScript
6 73 (6.16%) Bicep
7 51 (4.30%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.28%) Java
10 24 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.43%) C++
12 14 (1.18%) Perl
13 13 (1.10%) VBScript
14 11 (0.93%) VB
14 11 (0.93%) VBA
15 10 (0.84%) PHP
15 10 (0.84%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.76%) Go
17 7 (0.59%) C
18 6 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 143 (12.07%) Degree
2 139 (11.73%) Security Cleared
3 118 (9.96%) Azure Certification
4 114 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 85 (7.17%) SC Cleared
6 47 (3.97%) CISSP
7 42 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.04%) CompTIA Security+
9 34 (2.87%) DV Cleared
10 31 (2.62%) CCNA
11 29 (2.45%) OSCP
12 26 (2.19%) CREST Certified
13 25 (2.11%) AWS Certification
13 25 (2.11%) DBS Check
13 25 (2.11%) GIAC
14 24 (2.03%) CEH
15 16 (1.35%) CompTIA CySA+
16 12 (1.01%) CCNP
16 12 (1.01%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (8.61%) NIST
3 54 (4.56%) GDPR
4 42 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 42 (3.54%) SLA
5 25 (2.11%) NCSC
6 20 (1.69%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.35%) ISO 22301
8 14 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.18%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.10%) QA
10 12 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.84%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.51%) DICOM
14 5 (0.42%) GRC
14 5 (0.42%) PMO
15 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 439 (37.05%) Active Directory
2 166 (14.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 128 (10.80%) Docker
4 123 (10.38%) Hyper-V
5 54 (4.56%) vSphere
6 34 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.77%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.35%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
11 12 (1.01%) Firmware
12 10 (0.84%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 10 (0.84%) KVM
13 8 (0.68%) Squid
14 6 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.34%) iptables
16 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 275 (23.21%) Terraform
2 204 (17.22%) Kubernetes
3 183 (15.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 136 (11.48%) Ansible
5 58 (4.89%) Grafana
6 55 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
7 47 (3.97%) SCCM
8 43 (3.63%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.60%) vCenter Server
11 18 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (1.52%) ZABBIX
12 17 (1.43%) Packer
13 16 (1.35%) Nessus
13 16 (1.35%) QRadar
14 15 (1.27%) VxRail
15 13 (1.10%) Graylog
15 13 (1.10%) Proxmox
16 11 (0.93%) Nagios
16 11 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 696 (58.73%) Microsoft
2 217 (18.31%) VMware
3 97 (8.19%) Cisco
4 73 (6.16%) Splunk
5 57 (4.81%) ServiceNow
6 53 (4.47%) Red Hat
7 47 (3.97%) Veeam
8 36 (3.04%) CrowdStrike
9 33 (2.78%) Meraki
9 33 (2.78%) Oracle
10 29 (2.45%) Dell
10 29 (2.45%) Google
11 28 (2.36%) Citrix
12 27 (2.28%) Apple
12 27 (2.28%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.19%) Commvault
14 23 (1.94%) Palo Alto
14 23 (1.94%) Sophos
14 23 (1.94%) Tenable
15 21 (1.77%) SolarWinds