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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 85 101
Rank change year-on-year -67 +16 -36
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,289 1,516 1,702
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.29% 3.49% 2.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.73% 12.79% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 940 1,005 1,148
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,625 £42,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £80,000
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 16,682 11,849 21,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.67% 27.31% 30.44%
Number of salaries quoted 12,208 7,813 13,837
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,344 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -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 £62,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% -4.62%

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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 12 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 12 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 -35 462 £70,000 -3.45% 290
South East -30 242 £52,500 -8.70% 133
North of England -79 235 £50,000 - 117
Midlands -38 159 £52,500 +5.00% 69
North West -67 139 £50,000 +8.70% 69
East of England -35 100 £57,500 +21.05% 45
South West -81 84 £55,000 +15.79% 48
East Midlands -18 80 £42,500 +21.43% 32
West Midlands -68 79 £55,000 - 37
Yorkshire -50 60 £42,500 -19.05% 31
North East -36 36 £50,000 - 18
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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
1 226 (17.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 221 (17.15%) SharePoint
3 51 (3.96%) IIS
4 40 (3.10%) Confluence
5 15 (1.16%) nginx
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 70 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.79%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 795 (61.68%) Azure
2 507 (39.33%) Microsoft 365
3 383 (29.71%) Entra ID
4 240 (18.62%) AWS
5 160 (12.41%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (8.46%) OneDrive
7 105 (8.15%) Power Platform
7 105 (8.15%) SaaS
8 98 (7.60%) IaaS
9 90 (6.98%) GitHub
10 78 (6.05%) Azure Sentinel
11 77 (5.97%) Azure Monitor
11 77 (5.97%) Power Automate
12 70 (5.43%) Azure AKS
13 66 (5.12%) PaaS
14 63 (4.89%) Azure Key Vault
15 61 (4.73%) GCP
16 56 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
17 48 (3.72%) Datadog
17 48 (3.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 302 (23.43%) Firewall
2 287 (22.27%) DNS
3 190 (14.74%) VPN
4 189 (14.66%) DHCP
5 133 (10.32%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.36%) WAN
7 73 (5.66%) LAN
8 65 (5.04%) VLAN
9 61 (4.73%) Network Security
10 51 (3.96%) Wireless
11 43 (3.34%) Wi-Fi
12 35 (2.72%) SAN
13 29 (2.25%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.71%) NAS
14 22 (1.71%) SSL
15 18 (1.40%) HTTP
15 18 (1.40%) Internet
16 12 (0.93%) VSAN
17 11 (0.85%) VoIP
18 10 (0.78%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 81 (6.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (4.50%) Power BI
4 22 (1.71%) MongoDB
4 22 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.93%) MySQL
9 11 (0.85%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
12 7 (0.54%) Power Query
13 6 (0.47%) Metadata
13 6 (0.47%) Redis
14 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
15 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 97 (7.53%) JIRA
2 92 (7.14%) Git
3 66 (5.12%) GitLab
4 54 (4.19%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.71%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 10 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.70%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.62%) TestRail
11 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.47%) Selenium
11 6 (0.47%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.39%) 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
1 454 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 215 (16.68%) Finance
3 178 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (7.76%) Law
5 55 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (4.11%) Legal
7 50 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.34%) Retail
9 41 (3.18%) Banking
10 36 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.72%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.48%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.09%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.09%) Advertising
15 11 (0.85%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.62%) Aviation
16 8 (0.62%) Front Office
17 7 (0.54%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 198 (15.36%) Senior
2 189 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 150 (11.64%) Analyst
4 133 (10.32%) Azure Engineer
5 130 (10.09%) Cloud Engineer
6 129 (10.01%) Support Engineer
7 125 (9.70%) IT Engineer
8 107 (8.30%) IT Support
9 93 (7.21%) DevOps Engineer
10 71 (5.51%) Platform Engineer
11 66 (5.12%) Lead
12 65 (5.04%) IT Support Engineer
13 62 (4.81%) Security Engineer
14 61 (4.73%) Consultant
15 60 (4.65%) Support Analyst
16 56 (4.34%) Systems Engineer
17 53 (4.11%) Developer
18 46 (3.57%) Automation Engineer
19 42 (3.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 40 (3.10%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 333 (25.83%) Terraform
2 72 (5.59%) .NET
3 51 (3.96%) ARM Templates
4 45 (3.49%) REST
5 44 (3.41%) YAML
6 39 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
6 39 (3.03%) SAML
7 37 (2.87%) HTML
8 36 (2.79%) OpenID
9 35 (2.72%) OAuth
10 34 (2.64%) LDAP
11 30 (2.33%) JSON
12 28 (2.17%) CSS
13 26 (2.02%) .NET Core
13 26 (2.02%) SPFx
14 19 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
16 14 (1.09%) RESTful
17 13 (1.01%) ASP.NET
17 13 (1.01%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 118 (9.15%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.44%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (5.51%) Driving Licence
4 71 (5.51%) Management Information System
5 65 (5.04%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.65%) Data Centre
7 42 (3.26%) Public Cloud
8 41 (3.18%) PKI
9 40 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
10 35 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.25%) Replication
12 26 (2.02%) Private Cloud
13 24 (1.86%) Cyber Defence
14 20 (1.55%) CMDB
14 20 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
15 18 (1.40%) Clustering
16 17 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
17 16 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 639 (49.57%) Windows
2 302 (23.43%) Linux
3 295 (22.89%) Windows Server
4 84 (6.52%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.11%) Apple iOS
6 44 (3.41%) Android
7 39 (3.03%) Ubuntu
8 37 (2.87%) VMS
9 35 (2.72%) Mac OS
10 34 (2.64%) CentOS
10 34 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 28 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
13 15 (1.16%) Rocky
14 14 (1.09%) Unix
15 7 (0.54%) Solaris
16 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Debian
17 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (24.75%) Infrastructure as Code
3 300 (23.27%) CI/CD
4 288 (22.34%) DevOps
5 287 (22.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 279 (21.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 273 (21.18%) ITIL
8 235 (18.23%) Cybersecurity
9 177 (13.73%) Disaster Recovery
10 153 (11.87%) AI
11 152 (11.79%) Agile
11 152 (11.79%) Mentoring
12 149 (11.56%) Root Cause Analysis
13 141 (10.94%) High Availability
14 136 (10.55%) Incident Response
15 130 (10.09%) Cloud Security
16 127 (9.85%) Platform Engineering
17 126 (9.78%) Observability
18 123 (9.54%) Containerisation
19 118 (9.15%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 484 (37.55%) Python
2 281 (21.80%) Bash
3 268 (20.79%) SQL
4 109 (8.46%) Bicep
5 89 (6.90%) JavaScript
6 83 (6.44%) C#
7 46 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (2.87%) Java
9 31 (2.40%) T-SQL
9 31 (2.40%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.78%) VBScript
11 20 (1.55%) C++
11 20 (1.55%) Perl
12 13 (1.01%) PHP
12 13 (1.01%) Ruby
13 10 (0.78%) VB
13 10 (0.78%) VBA
14 9 (0.70%) Go
15 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.47%) C
Qualifications
1 168 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 156 (12.10%) Degree
3 141 (10.94%) Azure Certification
3 141 (10.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 114 (8.84%) SC Cleared
5 54 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (4.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 49 (3.80%) DV Cleared
9 48 (3.72%) CISSP
10 41 (3.18%) CCNA
11 26 (2.02%) CEH
12 23 (1.78%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.63%) AWS Certification
14 19 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 18 (1.40%) GIAC
15 18 (1.40%) OSCP
16 15 (1.16%) CISM
17 13 (1.01%) CCNP
17 13 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 51 (3.96%) NIST
4 43 (3.34%) SLA
5 41 (3.18%) GDPR
6 23 (1.78%) QA
7 20 (1.55%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.16%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.01%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.31%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.31%) NCSC
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 472 (36.62%) Active Directory
2 219 (16.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (10.55%) Hyper-V
4 126 (9.78%) Docker
5 76 (5.90%) vSphere
6 61 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (4.03%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (1.71%) BitLocker
9 20 (1.55%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.62%) KVM
11 8 (0.62%) Squid
12 7 (0.54%) Firmware
13 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.078%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 235 (18.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 207 (16.06%) Kubernetes
3 154 (11.95%) Ansible
4 76 (5.90%) Grafana
5 66 (5.12%) SCCM
6 48 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (3.03%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.78%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.63%) QRadar
9 21 (1.63%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.55%) Argo
10 20 (1.55%) Proxmox
11 19 (1.47%) Packer
12 18 (1.40%) Puppet
13 16 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
14 15 (1.16%) FortiGate
14 15 (1.16%) Graylog
15 11 (0.85%) VxRail
16 9 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 8 (0.62%) Kibana
Vendors
1 839 (65.09%) Microsoft
2 253 (19.63%) VMware
3 106 (8.22%) Cisco
4 105 (8.15%) ServiceNow
5 82 (6.36%) Splunk
6 60 (4.65%) Veeam
7 50 (3.88%) Red Hat
8 45 (3.49%) Oracle
9 41 (3.18%) Citrix
10 38 (2.95%) Meraki
11 34 (2.64%) Sage
12 32 (2.48%) Sophos
13 31 (2.40%) Dell
13 31 (2.40%) Dynatrace
14 27 (2.09%) SAP
14 27 (2.09%) Tenable
15 26 (2.02%) Fortinet
16 25 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
17 23 (1.78%) Apple
17 23 (1.78%) CyberArk