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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 90 88
Rank change year-on-year -35 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,084 1,246 2,308
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.59% 3.37% 3.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.87% 9.79% 8.88%
Number of salaries quoted 861 1,014 2,006
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £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 12,217 12,728 25,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.97% 34.39% 33.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8,843 9,297 22,049
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £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 £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
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 24 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 24 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 -6 490 £70,000 -12.50% 125
South East -56 190 £56,750 -5.42% 96
North of England -45 138 £47,500 -9.52% 62
South West -11 96 £55,000 +15.79% 61
Midlands -46 95 £52,500 +5.00% 39
Yorkshire -22 69 £47,500 -9.52% 19
East of England -30 60 £40,000 -27.27% 35
North West -46 55 £55,000 +13.86% 29
East Midlands -22 51 £55,000 +15.79% 16
West Midlands -45 43 £48,000 -4.00% 23
North East -21 14 £45,000 -25.00% 15
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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
1 176 (16.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 127 (11.72%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.86%) IIS
4 22 (2.03%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.20%) Confluence
6 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.092%) Site Server
8 1 (0.092%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 47 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.46%) Siemens NX
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.46%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.28%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.092%) Actimize
5 1 (0.092%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.092%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.092%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.092%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 676 (62.36%) Azure
2 370 (34.13%) Microsoft 365
3 270 (24.91%) Entra ID
4 184 (16.97%) AWS
5 107 (9.87%) Azure DevOps
6 97 (8.95%) Power Platform
7 84 (7.75%) GitHub
8 71 (6.55%) GCP
9 65 (6.00%) SaaS
10 59 (5.44%) GitHub Actions
10 59 (5.44%) PaaS
11 52 (4.80%) IaaS
12 50 (4.61%) OneDrive
13 45 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
14 43 (3.97%) Google Workspace
15 36 (3.32%) Azure Logic Apps
15 36 (3.32%) Nutanix
15 36 (3.32%) Power Automate
16 34 (3.14%) Serverless
17 33 (3.04%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 209 (19.28%) DNS
2 195 (17.99%) Firewall
3 160 (14.76%) DHCP
4 121 (11.16%) VPN
5 100 (9.23%) TCP/IP
6 55 (5.07%) WAN
7 52 (4.80%) LAN
8 50 (4.61%) Network Security
9 47 (4.34%) VLAN
10 44 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (3.23%) VoIP
12 31 (2.86%) SAN
13 30 (2.77%) Wireless
14 28 (2.58%) Broadband
15 25 (2.31%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.38%) VSAN
17 12 (1.11%) Internet
17 12 (1.11%) WinSCP
18 10 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
18 10 (0.92%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (12.27%) SQL Server
2 83 (7.66%) Power BI
3 28 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 28 (2.58%) Oracle Database
4 27 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (2.40%) Oracle Database 10g
6 24 (2.21%) MySQL
6 24 (2.21%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.57%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (1.29%) Tableau
11 11 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.55%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.46%) Metadata
15 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 78 (7.20%) Git
2 74 (6.83%) JIRA
3 60 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.97%) GitLab
5 25 (2.31%) Bitbucket
6 24 (2.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 15 (1.38%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.83%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.65%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.37%) TestRail
14 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.28%) JMeter
General
1 362 (33.39%) Social Skills
2 210 (19.37%) Finance
3 124 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (5.72%) Law
5 46 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (3.41%) Legal
7 37 (3.41%) Retail
8 32 (2.95%) Public Sector
9 30 (2.77%) Banking
10 29 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.38%) Advertising
14 8 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.65%) Front Office
15 7 (0.65%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 151 (13.93%) Senior
2 136 (12.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 123 (11.35%) Support Engineer
4 106 (9.78%) Analyst
5 99 (9.13%) Azure Engineer
6 93 (8.58%) IT Support
7 75 (6.92%) Security Engineer
8 73 (6.73%) DevOps Engineer
9 70 (6.46%) Cloud Engineer
10 69 (6.37%) IT Engineer
11 59 (5.44%) Developer
12 57 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
13 53 (4.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 51 (4.70%) IT Support Engineer
14 51 (4.70%) Lead
15 45 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support
16 40 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
17 39 (3.60%) Architect
18 34 (3.14%) Security Analyst
19 32 (2.95%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.72%) .NET
2 55 (5.07%) REST
3 49 (4.52%) OAuth
4 46 (4.24%) SAML
5 43 (3.97%) OpenID
6 33 (3.04%) LDAP
7 31 (2.86%) SOAP
8 30 (2.77%) YAML
9 28 (2.58%) JSON
10 26 (2.40%) .NET Core
11 25 (2.31%) GraphQL
12 22 (2.03%) ARM Templates
13 20 (1.85%) Microsoft Graph
14 17 (1.57%) React
15 16 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.48%) Node.js
16 13 (1.20%) CSS
17 12 (1.11%) SPFx
18 11 (1.01%) HTML
18 11 (1.01%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 83 (7.66%) Onboarding
2 69 (6.37%) Hybrid Cloud
3 58 (5.35%) Security Posture
4 40 (3.69%) Driving Licence
5 38 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
5 38 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
5 38 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 35 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 29 (2.68%) Data Centre
9 27 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (2.40%) Cyberattack
11 23 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
12 22 (2.03%) PKI
13 19 (1.75%) CMDB
14 18 (1.66%) Replication
15 17 (1.57%) Public Cloud
16 16 (1.48%) Private Cloud
17 15 (1.38%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 499 (46.03%) Windows
2 257 (23.71%) Windows Server
3 223 (20.57%) Linux
4 66 (6.09%) Windows 10
5 55 (5.07%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.78%) Unix
7 35 (3.23%) Android
8 33 (3.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.95%) Windows Server 2019
10 29 (2.68%) Apple iOS
11 24 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (2.21%) Solaris
12 22 (2.03%) HPUX
12 22 (2.03%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.03%) Windows Server 2003
12 22 (2.03%) Windows Server 2008
13 21 (1.94%) CentOS
13 21 (1.94%) VMS
14 16 (1.48%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (29.34%) Problem-Solving
2 239 (22.05%) DevOps
3 212 (19.56%) ITIL
4 211 (19.46%) CI/CD
5 196 (18.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 194 (17.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 191 (17.62%) Cybersecurity
8 183 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 149 (13.75%) Disaster Recovery
10 138 (12.73%) Incident Response
11 131 (12.08%) Mentoring
12 117 (10.79%) Agile
13 109 (10.06%) Root Cause Analysis
14 100 (9.23%) Cloud Security
15 96 (8.86%) SIEM
15 96 (8.86%) Task Automation
16 93 (8.58%) Computer Science
17 91 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
18 90 (8.30%) Incident Management
18 90 (8.30%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 389 (35.89%) Python
2 244 (22.51%) Bash
3 224 (20.66%) SQL
4 74 (6.83%) JavaScript
5 62 (5.72%) C#
6 55 (5.07%) Bicep
7 54 (4.98%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.49%) Perl
10 15 (1.38%) Java
11 13 (1.20%) Go
12 9 (0.83%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.74%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.65%) PHP
14 7 (0.65%) VB
15 6 (0.55%) C++
15 6 (0.55%) Delphi
16 5 (0.46%) C
16 5 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 161 (14.85%) Degree
2 128 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 91 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 84 (7.75%) Azure Certification
5 75 (6.92%) SC Cleared
6 54 (4.98%) DV Cleared
7 48 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (3.78%) CISSP
9 31 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 29 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.21%) AWS Certification
11 24 (2.21%) CEH
12 23 (2.12%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.12%) GIAC
13 20 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
13 20 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (1.85%) OSCP
14 18 (1.66%) CCNA
15 16 (1.48%) DBS Check
16 13 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (14.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (12.64%) NIST
3 65 (6.00%) SLA
4 59 (5.44%) GDPR
5 39 (3.60%) NCSC
6 30 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (2.03%) ISO 22301
8 20 (1.85%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.75%) QA
10 18 (1.66%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.38%) PCI DSS
12 12 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.74%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.46%) DICOM
14 5 (0.46%) GRC
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.18%) COBIT
16 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.18%) HL7
System Software
1 400 (36.90%) Active Directory
2 126 (11.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (9.69%) Docker
4 100 (9.23%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.69%) vSphere
6 30 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.66%) Firmware
8 16 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.74%) BitLocker
10 8 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.46%) XenApp
11 5 (0.46%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.37%) iptables
12 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.37%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.28%) vCloud
14 2 (0.18%) KVM
Systems Management
1 213 (19.65%) Terraform
2 157 (14.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 154 (14.21%) Kubernetes
4 124 (11.44%) Ansible
5 43 (3.97%) Grafana
6 41 (3.78%) SCCM
7 37 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (2.49%) Prometheus
9 21 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.38%) vCenter Server
12 11 (1.01%) Nessus
12 11 (1.01%) Puppet
12 11 (1.01%) VxRail
13 8 (0.74%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.55%) logstash
14 6 (0.55%) Nagios
14 6 (0.55%) SCVMM
14 6 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 581 (53.60%) Microsoft
2 220 (20.30%) VMware
3 102 (9.41%) Cisco
4 49 (4.52%) Oracle
4 49 (4.52%) ServiceNow
4 49 (4.52%) Splunk
5 46 (4.24%) Veeam
6 39 (3.60%) Red Hat
7 35 (3.23%) Google
8 34 (3.14%) Atlassian
9 33 (3.04%) Commvault
10 32 (2.95%) Palo Alto
11 29 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (2.58%) Meraki
13 24 (2.21%) Citrix
13 24 (2.21%) CyberArk
14 23 (2.12%) Dell
15 22 (2.03%) Apple
15 22 (2.03%) Fortinet
16 21 (1.94%) Dynatrace