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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 84 91
Rank change year-on-year -56 +7 -2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,095 1,289 2,280
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.45% 3.50% 2.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.17% 10.39% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 856 1,004 1,947
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £35,900
25th Percentile £41,938 £45,966 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,063 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 13,408 12,405 26,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.81% 33.73% 32.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 9,353 22,433
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,480
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -11 504 £70,000 -12.50% 109
South East -76 185 £57,750 +0.43% 95
North of England -55 135 £47,500 -7.99% 71
Midlands -68 101 £52,500 +5.00% 37
South West -33 93 £55,000 +15.79% 48
North West -39 68 £55,000 +18.28% 37
East of England -54 64 £40,250 -26.82% 37
East Midlands -45 56 £55,000 +15.79% 17
Yorkshire -46 54 £47,500 -9.52% 22
West Midlands -58 44 £48,000 -4.00% 20
North East -35 13 £45,000 -21.74% 12
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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
1 171 (15.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 128 (11.69%) SharePoint
3 35 (3.20%) IIS
4 19 (1.74%) Exchange Server 2003
5 15 (1.37%) 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 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.091%) Site Server
Applications
1 48 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.27%) CATIA
4 3 (0.27%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.27%) Windchill
5 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.27%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.091%) Actimize
5 1 (0.091%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.091%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 691 (63.11%) Azure
2 381 (34.79%) Microsoft 365
3 279 (25.48%) Entra ID
4 196 (17.90%) AWS
5 102 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
6 91 (8.31%) Power Platform
7 88 (8.04%) GitHub
8 71 (6.48%) GCP
9 67 (6.12%) SaaS
10 66 (6.03%) GitHub Actions
11 55 (5.02%) OneDrive
12 54 (4.93%) IaaS
13 52 (4.75%) PaaS
14 43 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
14 43 (3.93%) Google Workspace
15 41 (3.74%) Azure Sentinel
16 40 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
17 37 (3.38%) Power Automate
18 36 (3.29%) Datadog
19 34 (3.11%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 208 (19.00%) DNS
2 202 (18.45%) Firewall
3 152 (13.88%) DHCP
4 119 (10.87%) VPN
5 92 (8.40%) TCP/IP
6 57 (5.21%) Network Security
7 54 (4.93%) WAN
8 53 (4.84%) LAN
9 46 (4.20%) VLAN
10 44 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.11%) VoIP
12 33 (3.01%) SAN
13 30 (2.74%) Wireless
14 28 (2.56%) Broadband
15 22 (2.01%) SD-WAN
16 13 (1.19%) VSAN
17 12 (1.10%) WinSCP
18 11 (1.00%) Internet
19 10 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
19 10 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (11.78%) SQL Server
2 76 (6.94%) Power BI
3 33 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.37%) MySQL
6 25 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (2.19%) Oracle Database
7 24 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (2.01%) Oracle Database 10g
9 20 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.55%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.28%) Tableau
12 11 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.73%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.64%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.55%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.55%) Metadata
16 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 87 (7.95%) Git
2 64 (5.84%) Jenkins
3 60 (5.48%) JIRA
4 46 (4.20%) GitLab
5 28 (2.56%) Bitbucket
6 18 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.19%) Metasploit
9 12 (1.10%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.82%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.73%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.73%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.46%) TestRail
14 4 (0.37%) Balsamiq
14 4 (0.37%) MLflow
14 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.27%) Artifactory
15 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
General
1 349 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 204 (18.63%) Finance
3 140 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (6.03%) Law
5 50 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.65%) Legal
7 40 (3.65%) Retail
8 36 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (3.01%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.65%) Banking
11 22 (2.01%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.28%) Advertising
14 10 (0.91%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.82%) Front Office
16 8 (0.73%) Military
17 6 (0.55%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.46%) Electronics
18 5 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 167 (15.25%) Senior
2 140 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 127 (11.60%) Support Engineer
4 112 (10.23%) Analyst
5 106 (9.68%) Azure Engineer
6 97 (8.86%) IT Support
7 75 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 75 (6.85%) IT Engineer
7 75 (6.85%) Security Engineer
8 63 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
9 58 (5.30%) Lead
10 54 (4.93%) IT Support Engineer
11 52 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
12 50 (4.57%) 2nd Line Support
12 50 (4.57%) Developer
13 47 (4.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 44 (4.02%) Platform Engineer
15 39 (3.56%) Architect
16 36 (3.29%) Security Analyst
17 33 (3.01%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.94%) .NET
2 55 (5.02%) OAuth
2 55 (5.02%) REST
3 50 (4.57%) SAML
4 49 (4.47%) OpenID
5 35 (3.20%) LDAP
6 32 (2.92%) SOAP
7 31 (2.83%) .NET Core
8 28 (2.56%) JSON
9 27 (2.47%) ARM Templates
10 25 (2.28%) GraphQL
10 25 (2.28%) YAML
11 22 (2.01%) Microsoft Graph
12 20 (1.83%) CSS
13 18 (1.64%) HTML
13 18 (1.64%) SPFx
14 17 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
14 17 (1.55%) React
15 16 (1.46%) Node.js
16 11 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.13%) Onboarding
2 69 (6.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 58 (5.30%) Security Posture
4 47 (4.29%) Management Information System
5 42 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (3.65%) Cloud Native
6 40 (3.65%) Cyber Threat
7 39 (3.56%) Driving Licence
8 38 (3.47%) Cyber Defence
9 33 (3.01%) Cyberattack
10 31 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
11 29 (2.65%) Data Centre
12 27 (2.47%) Public Cloud
13 21 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.83%) PKI
15 19 (1.74%) CMDB
16 18 (1.64%) Replication
17 17 (1.55%) Low-Code
18 16 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 512 (46.76%) Windows
2 252 (23.01%) Windows Server
3 237 (21.64%) Linux
4 67 (6.12%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.75%) Mac OS
6 40 (3.65%) Android
7 39 (3.56%) Apple iOS
8 37 (3.38%) Unix
8 37 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 22 (2.01%) VMS
12 21 (1.92%) CentOS
12 21 (1.92%) Solaris
13 19 (1.74%) HPUX
13 19 (1.74%) Windows 7
13 19 (1.74%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
14 15 (1.37%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (27.95%) Problem-Solving
2 230 (21.00%) DevOps
3 219 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 219 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 209 (19.09%) Cybersecurity
5 200 (18.26%) ITIL
6 199 (18.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 180 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 147 (13.42%) Incident Response
9 135 (12.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 135 (12.33%) Mentoring
10 121 (11.05%) Agile
11 116 (10.59%) Root Cause Analysis
12 106 (9.68%) Cloud Security
13 102 (9.32%) SIEM
14 100 (9.13%) Containerisation
15 98 (8.95%) Task Automation
16 93 (8.49%) Roadmaps
17 86 (7.85%) Migration
18 85 (7.76%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 421 (38.45%) Python
2 259 (23.65%) Bash
3 224 (20.46%) SQL
4 69 (6.30%) C#
4 69 (6.30%) JavaScript
5 64 (5.84%) Bicep
6 53 (4.84%) T-SQL
7 31 (2.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 26 (2.37%) Perl
9 19 (1.74%) Java
10 13 (1.19%) TypeScript
11 12 (1.10%) Go
12 9 (0.82%) C++
12 9 (0.82%) VB
12 9 (0.82%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.64%) C
13 7 (0.64%) PHP
14 6 (0.55%) Delphi
14 6 (0.55%) Ruby
14 6 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 148 (13.52%) Degree
2 135 (12.33%) Security Cleared
3 94 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 85 (7.76%) Azure Certification
5 79 (7.21%) SC Cleared
6 54 (4.93%) DV Cleared
7 50 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (4.20%) CISSP
9 33 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (2.28%) OSCP
11 24 (2.19%) CREST Certified
11 24 (2.19%) GIAC
12 23 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
13 22 (2.01%) AWS Certification
14 21 (1.92%) CCNA
14 21 (1.92%) CEH
14 21 (1.92%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.55%) DBS Check
16 12 (1.10%) CISA
16 12 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (13.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (11.42%) NIST
3 64 (5.84%) GDPR
4 60 (5.48%) SLA
5 33 (3.01%) NCSC
6 29 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (1.74%) ISO 22301
8 18 (1.64%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.55%) QA
10 16 (1.46%) Accessibility
11 15 (1.37%) PCI DSS
12 14 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (1.19%) SOC 2
14 11 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.55%) DICOM
16 5 (0.46%) GRC
17 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
19 2 (0.18%) COBIT
19 2 (0.18%) HL7
System Software
1 411 (37.53%) Active Directory
2 134 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (10.68%) Docker
4 99 (9.04%) Hyper-V
5 42 (3.84%) vSphere
6 31 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (1.46%) Firmware
8 15 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.82%) BitLocker
10 9 (0.82%) VMware NSX
11 8 (0.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 7 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.37%) iptables
13 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.37%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.37%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.27%) XenApp
15 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.18%) KVM
Systems Management
1 233 (21.28%) Terraform
2 172 (15.71%) Kubernetes
3 159 (14.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 134 (12.24%) Ansible
5 50 (4.57%) Grafana
6 45 (4.11%) SCCM
7 42 (3.84%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (2.92%) Prometheus
9 22 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (1.46%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.19%) Nessus
13 12 (1.10%) VxRail
14 10 (0.91%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.82%) Puppet
16 8 (0.73%) Progress Chef
17 7 (0.64%) logstash
17 7 (0.64%) Packer
17 7 (0.64%) WSUS
18 6 (0.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 612 (55.89%) Microsoft
2 220 (20.09%) VMware
3 97 (8.86%) Cisco
4 53 (4.84%) Splunk
5 51 (4.66%) ServiceNow
6 49 (4.47%) Red Hat
7 46 (4.20%) Oracle
8 43 (3.93%) Veeam
9 36 (3.29%) CrowdStrike
10 35 (3.20%) Google
11 33 (3.01%) Commvault
11 33 (3.01%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.56%) Dell
13 27 (2.47%) Meraki
14 26 (2.37%) CyberArk
15 25 (2.28%) Citrix
16 24 (2.19%) Fortinet
17 23 (2.10%) Apple
18 20 (1.83%) Dynatrace
19 19 (1.74%) Atlassian