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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 91 81
Rank change year-on-year -32 -10 +4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,075 1,338 2,275
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.71% 3.27% 3.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.25% 9.43% 9.26%
Number of salaries quoted 853 1,000 1,979
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,125 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +10.62% -5.83%

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 11,626 14,182 24,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.47% 34.62% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,526 9,075 21,038
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,844 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 4 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 4 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 -5 473 £70,000 -9.68% 158
South East -44 197 £56,750 -5.42% 137
North of England -40 141 £47,500 -9.52% 65
South West +1 102 £55,000 +3.77% 48
Midlands -53 91 £52,500 +5.00% 48
Yorkshire -25 65 £47,500 -9.52% 24
North West -28 60 £50,000 -2.44% 29
East of England -18 54 £40,000 -27.27% 39
East Midlands -26 47 £55,000 +8.91% 23
West Midlands -46 43 £47,500 -5.00% 24
North East -11 16 £47,500 -20.83% 13
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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
1 175 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 124 (11.53%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.98%) IIS
4 22 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.21%) Confluence
6 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.47%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.093%) nginx
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 45 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.37%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.093%) Actimize
6 1 (0.093%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.093%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.093%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 663 (61.67%) Azure
2 368 (34.23%) Microsoft 365
3 278 (25.86%) Entra ID
4 187 (17.40%) AWS
5 121 (11.26%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (9.86%) Power Platform
7 77 (7.16%) GitHub
8 76 (7.07%) GCP
9 65 (6.05%) PaaS
10 61 (5.67%) SaaS
11 57 (5.30%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
13 52 (4.84%) IaaS
14 43 (4.00%) Google Workspace
14 43 (4.00%) Power Automate
15 41 (3.81%) OneDrive
16 35 (3.26%) Azure Sentinel
17 33 (3.07%) Nutanix
18 31 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
19 29 (2.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 210 (19.53%) DNS
2 204 (18.98%) Firewall
3 166 (15.44%) DHCP
4 123 (11.44%) VPN
5 102 (9.49%) TCP/IP
6 67 (6.23%) WAN
7 65 (6.05%) LAN
8 49 (4.56%) VLAN
9 47 (4.37%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (3.53%) Network Security
11 34 (3.16%) SAN
12 32 (2.98%) VoIP
12 32 (2.98%) Wireless
13 27 (2.51%) Broadband
13 27 (2.51%) SD-WAN
14 17 (1.58%) VSAN
15 13 (1.21%) NAS
16 12 (1.12%) WinSCP
17 10 (0.93%) Internet
17 10 (0.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 81 (7.53%) Power BI
3 31 (2.88%) Relational Database
4 29 (2.70%) Oracle Database
5 28 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.42%) Oracle Database 10g
7 25 (2.33%) MySQL
7 25 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.40%) Tableau
10 14 (1.30%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.47%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.47%) Metadata
14 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 77 (7.16%) Git
2 71 (6.60%) JIRA
3 63 (5.86%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.44%) GitLab
5 25 (2.33%) Octopus Deploy
6 22 (2.05%) Bitbucket
7 17 (1.58%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 13 (1.21%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.93%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.84%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.56%) Robot Framework
13 5 (0.47%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.37%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.37%) MLflow
15 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.28%) JMeter
15 3 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 368 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 228 (21.21%) Finance
3 123 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (4.37%) Law
4 47 (4.37%) Retail
5 45 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (3.07%) Banking
7 33 (3.07%) Legal
8 31 (2.88%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 27 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (1.77%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.74%) Advertising
15 7 (0.65%) Front Office
16 6 (0.56%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.56%) Marketing
17 5 (0.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 142 (13.21%) Senior
2 136 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 131 (12.19%) Support Engineer
4 99 (9.21%) Analyst
5 93 (8.65%) Azure Engineer
6 83 (7.72%) IT Support
7 74 (6.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (6.51%) Security Engineer
9 69 (6.42%) Developer
10 65 (6.05%) IT Engineer
11 63 (5.86%) Cloud Engineer
12 57 (5.30%) Lead
13 55 (5.12%) 3rd Line Support
14 48 (4.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 47 (4.37%) IT Support Engineer
16 43 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
17 36 (3.35%) Architect
18 35 (3.26%) 2nd Line Support
18 35 (3.26%) Support Analyst
19 31 (2.88%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (6.51%) REST
2 64 (5.95%) .NET
3 48 (4.47%) OAuth
4 45 (4.19%) SAML
5 44 (4.09%) OpenID
6 37 (3.44%) SOAP
7 33 (3.07%) LDAP
8 31 (2.88%) JSON
9 28 (2.60%) YAML
10 26 (2.42%) GraphQL
11 24 (2.23%) ARM Templates
12 21 (1.95%) React
13 17 (1.58%) .NET Core
13 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
14 16 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
15 14 (1.30%) Node.js
16 13 (1.21%) Middleware
17 12 (1.12%) AngularJS
17 12 (1.12%) Web Services
18 11 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.74%) Onboarding
2 74 (6.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.02%) Security Posture
4 40 (3.72%) Driving Licence
4 40 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.63%) Management Information System
6 35 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
7 33 (3.07%) Cyber Defence
8 30 (2.79%) Data Centre
9 29 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 29 (2.70%) Cloud Native
9 29 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (2.42%) Cyberattack
11 21 (1.95%) PKI
12 20 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
13 19 (1.77%) CMDB
14 17 (1.58%) Hedge funds
15 15 (1.40%) Replication
15 15 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
15 15 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 483 (44.93%) Windows
2 255 (23.72%) Windows Server
3 208 (19.35%) Linux
4 66 (6.14%) Windows 10
5 55 (5.12%) Mac OS
6 40 (3.72%) Unix
7 34 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.98%) Android
10 27 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 26 (2.42%) Windows Server 2008
12 24 (2.23%) CentOS
12 24 (2.23%) Solaris
13 23 (2.14%) Apple iOS
13 23 (2.14%) VMS
14 22 (2.05%) HPUX
14 22 (2.05%) Windows 7
14 22 (2.05%) Windows Server 2003
15 15 (1.40%) Ubuntu
16 11 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (30.79%) Problem-Solving
2 252 (23.44%) DevOps
3 206 (19.16%) CI/CD
4 199 (18.51%) ITIL
5 192 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 181 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
7 180 (16.74%) Infrastructure as Code
8 174 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 152 (14.14%) Disaster Recovery
10 128 (11.91%) Mentoring
11 117 (10.88%) Incident Response
12 114 (10.60%) Agile
12 114 (10.60%) Root Cause Analysis
13 106 (9.86%) Task Automation
14 94 (8.74%) Cloud Security
15 91 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
16 90 (8.37%) Migration
17 89 (8.28%) Computer Science
18 86 (8.00%) Incident Management
19 83 (7.72%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 368 (34.23%) Python
2 240 (22.33%) Bash
3 226 (21.02%) SQL
4 78 (7.26%) C#
5 61 (5.67%) JavaScript
6 57 (5.30%) Bicep
7 53 (4.93%) T-SQL
8 25 (2.33%) Perl
9 24 (2.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 17 (1.58%) Go
10 17 (1.58%) Java
11 10 (0.93%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.65%) PHP
12 7 (0.65%) VB
12 7 (0.65%) VBScript
13 6 (0.56%) Delphi
14 5 (0.47%) C++
14 5 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.37%) R
15 4 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 160 (14.88%) Degree
2 136 (12.65%) Security Cleared
3 97 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 83 (7.72%) Azure Certification
5 79 (7.35%) SC Cleared
6 53 (4.93%) DV Cleared
7 43 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.91%) CISSP
9 31 (2.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 30 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.23%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.14%) AWS Certification
13 22 (2.05%) CEH
14 21 (1.95%) GIAC
15 19 (1.77%) CompTIA CySA+
16 17 (1.58%) CCNA
16 17 (1.58%) OSCP
17 16 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (1.49%) DBS Check
18 12 (1.12%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (14.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 134 (12.47%) NIST
3 60 (5.58%) SLA
4 55 (5.12%) GDPR
5 39 (3.63%) NCSC
6 32 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (2.33%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.86%) ISO 22301
9 17 (1.58%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.58%) QA
10 15 (1.40%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.65%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.47%) DICOM
14 5 (0.47%) GRC
15 3 (0.28%) HL7
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
16 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 403 (37.49%) Active Directory
2 128 (11.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (9.40%) Docker
4 96 (8.93%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.72%) vSphere
6 36 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.77%) Firmware
9 17 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.56%) XenApp
11 6 (0.56%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.28%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.28%) iptables
14 3 (0.28%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) KVM
15 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 206 (19.16%) Terraform
2 157 (14.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 144 (13.40%) Kubernetes
4 125 (11.63%) Ansible
5 38 (3.53%) SCCM
6 37 (3.44%) Grafana
7 36 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (2.14%) Prometheus
9 16 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (1.30%) vCenter Server
11 12 (1.12%) Puppet
12 11 (1.02%) Nessus
13 10 (0.93%) SCOM
14 9 (0.84%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.84%) Nagios
14 9 (0.84%) VxRail
15 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.74%) SCVMM
16 7 (0.65%) Control-M
Vendors
1 570 (53.02%) Microsoft
2 220 (20.47%) VMware
3 89 (8.28%) Cisco
4 50 (4.65%) Oracle
5 48 (4.47%) Veeam
6 46 (4.28%) ServiceNow
7 45 (4.19%) Splunk
8 41 (3.81%) Red Hat
9 40 (3.72%) Google
10 34 (3.16%) Atlassian
11 31 (2.88%) Commvault
11 31 (2.88%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.60%) Citrix
13 24 (2.23%) CyberArk
14 23 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
14 23 (2.14%) Dell
14 23 (2.14%) Fortinet
15 22 (2.05%) Apple
15 22 (2.05%) Meraki
16 19 (1.77%) SolarWinds