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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 86 97
Rank change year-on-year -59 +11 -2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,090 1,293 2,226
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.36% 3.42% 2.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.80% 10.36% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 831 1,001 1,879
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 13,979 12,479 27,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.48% 32.99% 32.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,797 9,200 22,513
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,000 £35,250
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 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 May 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 May 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 -18 512 £70,000 -9.68% 119
South East -87 159 £55,000 -4.35% 114
North of England -44 141 £48,445 -1.44% 56
Midlands -65 112 £50,000 - 31
South West -47 84 £55,000 +15.79% 33
East of England -36 71 £57,500 +15.00% 26
North West -38 69 £53,750 +16.85% 34
East Midlands -35 65 £55,000 +37.50% 14
Yorkshire -37 58 £47,500 -14.03% 11
West Midlands -72 46 £47,500 -5.00% 17
North East -37 14 £45,000 -21.74% 11
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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
1 155 (14.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (12.94%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.49%) IIS
4 16 (1.47%) Confluence
5 5 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.092%) CMS
7 1 (0.092%) Site Server
7 1 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) CATIA
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.18%) Windchill
4 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.28%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.092%) Actimize
5 1 (0.092%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.092%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.092%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.092%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.092%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 695 (63.76%) Azure
2 396 (36.33%) Microsoft 365
3 283 (25.96%) Entra ID
4 199 (18.26%) AWS
5 102 (9.36%) Azure DevOps
6 97 (8.90%) Power Platform
7 83 (7.61%) GitHub
8 71 (6.51%) SaaS
9 69 (6.33%) OneDrive
10 65 (5.96%) GCP
11 62 (5.69%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (4.86%) IaaS
13 50 (4.59%) Azure Sentinel
14 46 (4.22%) Power Automate
15 45 (4.13%) Azure Logic Apps
16 44 (4.04%) PaaS
17 43 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
18 42 (3.85%) Google Workspace
19 37 (3.39%) Azure AKS
20 36 (3.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 205 (18.81%) Firewall
2 200 (18.35%) DNS
3 125 (11.47%) DHCP
4 119 (10.92%) VPN
5 91 (8.35%) TCP/IP
6 59 (5.41%) Network Security
7 54 (4.95%) LAN
7 54 (4.95%) WAN
8 44 (4.04%) VLAN
9 42 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
10 36 (3.30%) SAN
11 34 (3.12%) VoIP
12 28 (2.57%) Broadband
13 25 (2.29%) Wireless
14 14 (1.28%) SD-WAN
15 13 (1.19%) Kerberos
15 13 (1.19%) VSAN
16 12 (1.10%) Internet
16 12 (1.10%) WinSCP
17 10 (0.92%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (12.02%) SQL Server
2 80 (7.34%) Power BI
3 46 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.29%) MySQL
7 23 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.38%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.28%) Tableau
12 13 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.92%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.83%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.73%) InfluxDB
15 8 (0.73%) Metadata
16 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 3 (0.28%) Power Query
18 3 (0.28%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 89 (8.17%) Git
2 58 (5.32%) Jenkins
3 57 (5.23%) JIRA
4 48 (4.40%) GitLab
5 28 (2.57%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.47%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.19%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.73%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.73%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.55%) TestRail
12 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) Selenium
14 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 352 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 195 (17.89%) Finance
3 145 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (6.06%) Law
5 48 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (4.13%) Retail
7 44 (4.04%) Legal
8 43 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (3.03%) Public Sector
10 26 (2.39%) Banking
11 23 (2.11%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.56%) Advertising
13 16 (1.47%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.28%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.92%) Front Office
16 7 (0.64%) Electronics
17 6 (0.55%) Military
17 6 (0.55%) Police
18 5 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 182 (16.70%) Senior
2 134 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 129 (11.83%) Analyst
4 116 (10.64%) Support Engineer
5 106 (9.72%) Azure Engineer
6 92 (8.44%) IT Support
7 80 (7.34%) Security Engineer
8 77 (7.06%) Cloud Engineer
9 76 (6.97%) IT Engineer
10 64 (5.87%) DevOps Engineer
11 60 (5.50%) Developer
12 57 (5.23%) Lead
13 49 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support
13 49 (4.50%) IT Support Engineer
14 45 (4.13%) Platform Engineer
15 40 (3.67%) Security Analyst
16 38 (3.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 38 (3.49%) Architect
17 35 (3.21%) Support Analyst
18 31 (2.84%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (6.97%) .NET
2 61 (5.60%) OAuth
3 58 (5.32%) REST
4 56 (5.14%) SAML
5 55 (5.05%) OpenID
6 41 (3.76%) LDAP
7 39 (3.58%) .NET Core
8 35 (3.21%) JSON
9 34 (3.12%) SOAP
10 32 (2.94%) CSS
11 31 (2.84%) Microsoft Graph
12 30 (2.75%) HTML
13 29 (2.66%) SPFx
14 28 (2.57%) ARM Templates
15 25 (2.29%) GraphQL
16 22 (2.02%) YAML
17 20 (1.83%) React
18 19 (1.74%) HTML5 Canvas
19 15 (1.38%) Node.js
20 14 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.26%) Onboarding
2 71 (6.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (5.05%) Security Posture
4 52 (4.77%) Management Information System
5 48 (4.40%) Cloud Native
6 43 (3.94%) Cyber Defence
6 43 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
7 41 (3.76%) Security Operations Centre
8 39 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (3.49%) Driving Licence
10 34 (3.12%) Cyberattack
11 31 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 29 (2.66%) Data Centre
13 27 (2.48%) Public Cloud
14 21 (1.93%) PKI
15 20 (1.83%) CMDB
16 17 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
17 16 (1.47%) Low-Code
17 16 (1.47%) Private Cloud
17 16 (1.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 497 (45.60%) Windows
2 242 (22.20%) Linux
3 241 (22.11%) Windows Server
4 73 (6.70%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.40%) Mac OS
6 44 (4.04%) Android
6 44 (4.04%) Apple iOS
7 34 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 26 (2.39%) VMS
9 25 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 21 (1.93%) CentOS
12 14 (1.28%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.10%) Unix
14 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.46%) Debian
16 4 (0.37%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.28%) CoreOS
18 1 (0.092%) OpenBSD
18 1 (0.092%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (26.70%) Problem-Solving
2 233 (21.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 226 (20.73%) Cybersecurity
4 222 (20.37%) DevOps
5 220 (20.18%) CI/CD
6 194 (17.80%) ITIL
7 189 (17.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 188 (17.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 154 (14.13%) Incident Response
10 140 (12.84%) Mentoring
11 129 (11.83%) Disaster Recovery
12 124 (11.38%) Agile
13 117 (10.73%) Root Cause Analysis
14 113 (10.37%) Cloud Security
14 113 (10.37%) SIEM
15 105 (9.63%) Containerisation
16 95 (8.72%) Security Operations
17 93 (8.53%) Roadmaps
18 92 (8.44%) Task Automation
19 91 (8.35%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 441 (40.46%) Python
2 260 (23.85%) Bash
3 235 (21.56%) SQL
4 82 (7.52%) C#
5 80 (7.34%) JavaScript
6 67 (6.15%) Bicep
7 52 (4.77%) T-SQL
8 33 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.83%) Java
11 11 (1.01%) C++
11 11 (1.01%) Go
12 10 (0.92%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.83%) Perl
13 9 (0.83%) VB
13 9 (0.83%) VBA
14 7 (0.64%) C
14 7 (0.64%) PHP
15 6 (0.55%) Delphi
15 6 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 146 (13.39%) Degree
2 117 (10.73%) Security Cleared
3 100 (9.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 86 (7.89%) Azure Certification
5 63 (5.78%) SC Cleared
6 45 (4.13%) CISSP
7 43 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 32 (2.94%) DV Cleared
9 31 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (2.29%) OSCP
11 23 (2.11%) CCNA
11 23 (2.11%) CREST Certified
11 23 (2.11%) GIAC
12 22 (2.02%) CEH
12 22 (2.02%) CompTIA CySA+
13 21 (1.93%) AWS Certification
14 17 (1.56%) DBS Check
15 14 (1.28%) CISA
16 13 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (13.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 112 (10.28%) NIST
3 63 (5.78%) GDPR
4 41 (3.76%) SLA
5 29 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 29 (2.66%) NCSC
6 20 (1.83%) Data Quality
6 20 (1.83%) ISO 22301
7 17 (1.56%) QA
8 14 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (1.28%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.55%) DICOM
12 5 (0.46%) GRC
13 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.18%) COBIT
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 400 (36.70%) Active Directory
2 140 (12.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (10.92%) Docker
4 94 (8.62%) Hyper-V
5 41 (3.76%) vSphere
6 29 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.38%) Firmware
9 14 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (1.19%) BitLocker
11 11 (1.01%) VMware NSX
12 10 (0.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.46%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.37%) iptables
14 4 (0.37%) Squid
14 4 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.37%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.28%) KVM
15 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 237 (21.74%) Terraform
2 178 (16.33%) Kubernetes
3 160 (14.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (11.83%) Ansible
5 50 (4.59%) Grafana
6 44 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (3.85%) SCCM
8 32 (2.94%) Prometheus
9 22 (2.02%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.56%) vCenter Server
12 14 (1.28%) VxRail
13 13 (1.19%) Nessus
14 10 (0.92%) Packer
15 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.83%) WSUS
16 8 (0.73%) logstash
16 8 (0.73%) Puppet
16 8 (0.73%) QRadar
17 7 (0.64%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 615 (56.42%) Microsoft
2 194 (17.80%) VMware
3 88 (8.07%) Cisco
4 53 (4.86%) Splunk
5 52 (4.77%) ServiceNow
6 50 (4.59%) Red Hat
7 42 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (3.30%) Veeam
9 32 (2.94%) Google
10 31 (2.84%) Commvault
10 31 (2.84%) Dell
11 26 (2.39%) Citrix
11 26 (2.39%) Meraki
11 26 (2.39%) Palo Alto
12 24 (2.20%) Apple
12 24 (2.20%) Fortinet
13 23 (2.11%) Oracle
14 22 (2.02%) CyberArk
15 20 (1.83%) Tenable
16 19 (1.74%) Adobe