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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 85 101
Rank change year-on-year -61 +16 -36
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,308 1,523 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.31% 3.50% 2.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.77% 12.82% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 953 1,009 1,140
10th Percentile £33,100 £32,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £80,313
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -

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 16,830 11,883 20,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.87% 27.32% 30.35%
Number of salaries quoted 12,340 7,856 13,800
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.16% -4.00%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -38 473 £70,000 -3.45% 191
South East -25 244 £52,500 -8.70% 114
North of England -77 234 £50,000 +2.04% 91
Midlands -38 161 £52,500 +5.00% 69
North West -68 138 £50,000 +8.70% 55
East of England -33 104 £57,500 +21.05% 42
South West -77 86 £55,000 +15.79% 37
East Midlands -12 82 £42,500 +21.43% 28
West Midlands -59 79 £55,000 - 41
Yorkshire -46 60 £42,500 -19.05% 23
North East -33 36 £50,000 - 14
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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
1 229 (17.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 225 (17.20%) SharePoint
3 54 (4.13%) IIS
4 40 (3.06%) Confluence
5 15 (1.15%) nginx
6 8 (0.61%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.076%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.75%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.38%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.076%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 811 (62.00%) Azure
2 513 (39.22%) Microsoft 365
3 383 (29.28%) Entra ID
4 245 (18.73%) AWS
5 159 (12.16%) Azure DevOps
6 111 (8.49%) OneDrive
7 108 (8.26%) Power Platform
8 106 (8.10%) SaaS
9 97 (7.42%) IaaS
10 92 (7.03%) GitHub
11 79 (6.04%) Azure Monitor
11 79 (6.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 78 (5.96%) Power Automate
13 70 (5.35%) Azure AKS
14 65 (4.97%) PaaS
15 63 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
16 62 (4.74%) GCP
17 58 (4.43%) GitHub Actions
18 48 (3.67%) Datadog
19 47 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 305 (23.32%) Firewall
2 290 (22.17%) DNS
3 192 (14.68%) DHCP
4 191 (14.60%) VPN
5 136 (10.40%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.27%) WAN
7 73 (5.58%) LAN
8 68 (5.20%) VLAN
9 63 (4.82%) Network Security
10 51 (3.90%) Wireless
11 41 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.83%) SAN
13 29 (2.22%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.68%) NAS
14 22 (1.68%) SSL
15 18 (1.38%) HTTP
15 18 (1.38%) Internet
16 13 (0.99%) VoIP
16 13 (0.99%) VSAN
17 10 (0.76%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (10.09%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (4.66%) Power BI
4 23 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.68%) MongoDB
6 16 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (1.22%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.92%) MySQL
9 11 (0.84%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.69%) InfluxDB
10 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.54%) Power Query
12 6 (0.46%) Metadata
12 6 (0.46%) Redis
13 5 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.38%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.31%) Db2
14 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 97 (7.42%) JIRA
2 94 (7.19%) Git
3 67 (5.12%) GitLab
4 56 (4.28%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.68%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 11 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.69%) Robot Framework
9 9 (0.69%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.69%) TestRail
10 7 (0.54%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.54%) Selenium
11 6 (0.46%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.38%) Postman
13 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.23%) JMeter
14 3 (0.23%) MSI
14 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 464 (35.47%) Social Skills
2 216 (16.51%) Finance
3 179 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (7.80%) Law
5 56 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.20%) Legal
7 50 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.29%) Retail
9 41 (3.13%) Banking
10 37 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.68%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.37%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.06%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.07%) Advertising
15 11 (0.84%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.69%) Aviation
16 9 (0.69%) Front Office
17 7 (0.54%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 206 (15.75%) Senior
2 192 (14.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 152 (11.62%) Analyst
4 134 (10.24%) Azure Engineer
5 130 (9.94%) Support Engineer
6 129 (9.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 126 (9.63%) IT Engineer
8 110 (8.41%) IT Support
9 93 (7.11%) DevOps Engineer
10 72 (5.50%) Platform Engineer
11 67 (5.12%) Lead
12 66 (5.05%) IT Support Engineer
13 62 (4.74%) Consultant
13 62 (4.74%) Security Engineer
14 60 (4.59%) Support Analyst
15 56 (4.28%) Systems Engineer
16 54 (4.13%) Developer
17 46 (3.52%) Automation Engineer
18 42 (3.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 42 (3.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 336 (25.69%) Terraform
2 74 (5.66%) .NET
3 51 (3.90%) ARM Templates
4 46 (3.52%) REST
5 44 (3.36%) YAML
6 40 (3.06%) Microsoft Graph
7 39 (2.98%) SAML
8 38 (2.91%) HTML
9 36 (2.75%) OpenID
10 35 (2.68%) OAuth
11 34 (2.60%) LDAP
12 31 (2.37%) JSON
13 29 (2.22%) CSS
14 28 (2.14%) .NET Core
15 27 (2.06%) SPFx
16 20 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
17 18 (1.38%) HTML5 Canvas
18 14 (1.07%) RESTful
19 13 (0.99%) ASP.NET
19 13 (0.99%) React
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.94%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.35%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (5.35%) Driving Licence
4 70 (5.35%) Management Information System
5 66 (5.05%) Security Posture
6 48 (3.67%) Data Centre
7 44 (3.36%) Public Cloud
8 41 (3.13%) PKI
8 41 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
9 40 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
10 35 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
11 32 (2.45%) Replication
12 28 (2.14%) Private Cloud
13 25 (1.91%) Cyber Defence
14 21 (1.61%) CMDB
15 20 (1.53%) Clustering
15 20 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
16 17 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
17 16 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 649 (49.62%) Windows
2 309 (23.62%) Linux
3 299 (22.86%) Windows Server
4 83 (6.35%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.05%) Apple iOS
6 44 (3.36%) Android
7 39 (2.98%) Ubuntu
7 39 (2.98%) VMS
8 36 (2.75%) Mac OS
9 35 (2.68%) CentOS
9 35 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 28 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 27 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
12 15 (1.15%) Rocky
13 14 (1.07%) Unix
14 7 (0.54%) Solaris
15 5 (0.38%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (29.74%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (24.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 302 (23.09%) CI/CD
4 291 (22.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 287 (21.94%) DevOps
6 283 (21.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 277 (21.18%) ITIL
8 237 (18.12%) Cybersecurity
9 181 (13.84%) Disaster Recovery
10 157 (12.00%) Mentoring
11 155 (11.85%) AI
12 153 (11.70%) Agile
13 152 (11.62%) Root Cause Analysis
14 142 (10.86%) High Availability
15 141 (10.78%) Incident Response
16 131 (10.02%) Cloud Security
17 127 (9.71%) Platform Engineering
18 126 (9.63%) Observability
19 124 (9.48%) Containerisation
20 120 (9.17%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 494 (37.77%) Python
2 284 (21.71%) Bash
3 274 (20.95%) SQL
4 108 (8.26%) Bicep
5 93 (7.11%) JavaScript
6 85 (6.50%) C#
7 47 (3.59%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (2.83%) Java
9 32 (2.45%) T-SQL
9 32 (2.45%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.76%) VBScript
11 20 (1.53%) C++
11 20 (1.53%) Perl
12 13 (0.99%) PHP
12 13 (0.99%) Ruby
13 10 (0.76%) VB
13 10 (0.76%) VBA
14 9 (0.69%) Go
15 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.46%) C
Qualifications
1 170 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 156 (11.93%) Degree
3 144 (11.01%) Azure Certification
4 139 (10.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 115 (8.79%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 53 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
8 49 (3.75%) CISSP
8 49 (3.75%) DV Cleared
9 40 (3.06%) CCNA
10 27 (2.06%) CEH
11 23 (1.76%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.61%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.45%) GIAC
13 19 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 19 (1.45%) OSCP
14 16 (1.22%) CISM
15 14 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
16 13 (0.99%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (7.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 54 (4.13%) NIST
4 44 (3.36%) SLA
5 43 (3.29%) GDPR
6 24 (1.83%) QA
7 20 (1.53%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.22%) SOC 2
9 13 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 5 (0.38%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.38%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.31%) NCSC
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.15%) EMIR
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 479 (36.62%) Active Directory
2 222 (16.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (10.78%) Hyper-V
4 128 (9.79%) Docker
5 76 (5.81%) vSphere
6 61 (4.66%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (3.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (1.68%) BitLocker
9 20 (1.53%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.61%) KVM
11 8 (0.61%) Squid
12 7 (0.54%) Firmware
13 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.076%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 237 (18.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (16.06%) Kubernetes
3 159 (12.16%) Ansible
4 77 (5.89%) Grafana
5 67 (5.12%) SCCM
6 49 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (2.98%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.76%) ZABBIX
9 22 (1.68%) vCenter Server
10 21 (1.61%) QRadar
11 20 (1.53%) Argo
11 20 (1.53%) Packer
11 20 (1.53%) Proxmox
12 18 (1.38%) Puppet
13 17 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
14 15 (1.15%) FortiGate
14 15 (1.15%) Graylog
15 12 (0.92%) VxRail
16 9 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 9 (0.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 851 (65.06%) Microsoft
2 258 (19.72%) VMware
3 112 (8.56%) Cisco
4 107 (8.18%) ServiceNow
5 83 (6.35%) Splunk
6 62 (4.74%) Veeam
7 51 (3.90%) Red Hat
8 45 (3.44%) Oracle
9 41 (3.13%) Citrix
10 39 (2.98%) Meraki
11 34 (2.60%) Sage
12 33 (2.52%) Dell
13 32 (2.45%) Sophos
14 31 (2.37%) Dynatrace
15 28 (2.14%) Tenable
16 27 (2.06%) SAP
17 26 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
18 25 (1.91%) Fortinet
19 24 (1.83%) Apple
20 23 (1.76%) CyberArk