PowerShell Jobs in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 102 87
Rank change year-on-year +7 -15 +14
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,495 2,231 3,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.09% 2.58% 3.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.29% 8.06% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 926 1,781 2,220
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% -8.33% +4.35%

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 14,526 27,693 38,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.06% 31.96% 43.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,404 22,392 24,516
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Salary trend for PowerShell in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

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 23 May 2025. 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 +14 495 £75,000 +1.43% 561
North of England +31 376 £50,750 +1.50% 596
North West +47 323 £46,000 -12.38% 290
South East +22 278 £57,500 +9.52% 829
Midlands +11 162 £47,500 +2.15% 510
West Midlands +23 101 £50,000 +5.26% 288
East of England -2 98 £50,000 +5.26% 410
South West -32 69 £47,500 -5.00% 333
East Midlands +21 61 £36,250 -19.44% 193
Yorkshire -16 39 £62,500 +31.58% 234
North East +18 14 £57,500 +21.05% 74
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 222 (14.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 157 (10.50%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.21%) IIS
4 16 (1.07%) Confluence
5 10 (0.67%) Tomcat
6 9 (0.60%) Apache
7 8 (0.54%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.27%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.20%) CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.067%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.067%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.067%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 74 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.33%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.20%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.067%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 690 (46.15%) Azure
2 373 (24.95%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (15.92%) AWS
4 225 (15.05%) Entra ID
5 139 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
6 118 (7.89%) Power Platform
7 103 (6.89%) IaaS
8 100 (6.69%) Power Automate
9 98 (6.56%) SaaS
10 91 (6.09%) PaaS
11 68 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
12 62 (4.15%) GitHub
13 60 (4.01%) GCP
13 60 (4.01%) OneDrive
14 56 (3.75%) PowerApps
15 32 (2.14%) Azure Key Vault
16 29 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
17 27 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
18 26 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
19 25 (1.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 441 (29.50%) VPN
2 274 (18.33%) Firewall
3 270 (18.06%) Cisco IOS
4 214 (14.31%) DNS
5 162 (10.84%) TCP/IP
6 159 (10.64%) DHCP
7 105 (7.02%) WAN
8 73 (4.88%) VLAN
9 70 (4.68%) LAN
10 66 (4.41%) SAN
11 61 (4.08%) Network Security
12 44 (2.94%) SD-WAN
13 36 (2.41%) VSAN
14 35 (2.34%) VoIP
15 34 (2.27%) SMTP
16 31 (2.07%) NAS
17 26 (1.74%) FTP
18 25 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
19 24 (1.61%) Wireless
20 19 (1.27%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (9.70%) SQL Server
2 79 (5.28%) Power BI
3 55 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 31 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.94%) MySQL
7 27 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 26 (1.74%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 22 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.40%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.67%) Big Data
12 7 (0.47%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 6 (0.40%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.27%) FileMaker
15 3 (0.20%) Metadata
15 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database
16 2 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 65 (4.35%) Git
2 64 (4.28%) Cucumber
2 64 (4.28%) Robot Framework
3 45 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.81%) JIRA
5 17 (1.14%) MSI
6 14 (0.94%) GitLab
7 12 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 12 (0.80%) Vagrant
8 7 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.40%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.33%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.27%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
13 2 (0.13%) InstallShield
13 2 (0.13%) Selenium
13 2 (0.13%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.13%) Subversion
13 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 399 (26.69%) Social Skills
2 385 (25.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 332 (22.21%) Analytical Skills
4 251 (16.79%) Finance
5 81 (5.42%) Telecoms
6 58 (3.88%) Legal
7 50 (3.34%) Banking
8 47 (3.14%) Law
9 30 (2.01%) Public Sector
10 26 (1.74%) Automotive
11 23 (1.54%) Advertising
11 23 (1.54%) Retail
12 21 (1.40%) German Language
13 17 (1.14%) Electronics
13 17 (1.14%) Front Office
13 17 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.07%) Back Office
15 15 (1.00%) Local Government
16 14 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 432 (28.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 138 (9.23%) Senior
3 122 (8.16%) Analyst
4 115 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 107 (7.16%) IT Support
6 105 (7.02%) Lead
7 93 (6.22%) Cloud Engineer
8 90 (6.02%) Azure Engineer
9 84 (5.62%) IT Engineer
10 64 (4.28%) Test Automation Engineer
10 64 (4.28%) Test Engineer
11 63 (4.21%) Security Engineer
12 62 (4.15%) Developer
13 61 (4.08%) Administrator
14 60 (4.01%) Architect
15 58 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
16 46 (3.08%) Applications Support
16 46 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
17 45 (3.01%) Infrastructure Support
17 45 (3.01%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (18.33%) Elastic Stack
2 45 (3.01%) YAML
3 43 (2.88%) .NET
4 37 (2.47%) REST
5 29 (1.94%) JSON
6 28 (1.87%) ARM Templates
7 27 (1.81%) SailPoint
8 22 (1.47%) LDAP
8 22 (1.47%) React
9 20 (1.34%) XML
10 19 (1.27%) SOAP
11 18 (1.20%) HTML
11 18 (1.20%) Web Services
12 13 (0.87%) .NET Framework
12 13 (0.87%) Pandas
12 13 (0.87%) SAML
13 12 (0.80%) ASP.NET
14 11 (0.74%) CSS
14 11 (0.74%) FIX Protocol
14 11 (0.74%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 262 (17.53%) Cyberattack
2 96 (6.42%) Management Information System
3 72 (4.82%) Linux Command Line
4 62 (4.15%) Data Centre
5 58 (3.88%) Onboarding
6 51 (3.41%) Clustering
7 43 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 42 (2.81%) Security Posture
9 41 (2.74%) Hedge funds
10 35 (2.34%) Cloud Native
11 28 (1.87%) Public Cloud
12 27 (1.81%) Virtual Team
13 24 (1.61%) PKI
14 23 (1.54%) Private Cloud
14 23 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
15 20 (1.34%) Replication
16 18 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
16 18 (1.20%) NHS
17 17 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
18 15 (1.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 913 (61.07%) Windows
2 595 (39.80%) Linux
3 299 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 279 (18.66%) Android
5 75 (5.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 74 (4.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 70 (4.68%) Windows 10
8 41 (2.74%) Unix
9 39 (2.61%) Mac OS
10 38 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
11 29 (1.94%) Ubuntu
11 29 (1.94%) VMS
12 26 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 21 (1.40%) Apple iOS
14 13 (0.87%) Mac OS X
15 12 (0.80%) CentOS
16 9 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
18 6 (0.40%) Windows 7
19 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 608 (40.67%) DevOps
2 591 (39.53%) Problem-Solving
3 468 (31.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 359 (24.01%) Task Automation
5 336 (22.47%) Platform Engineering
6 312 (20.87%) Risk Management
7 280 (18.73%) Storage Management
8 277 (18.53%) Line Management
9 263 (17.59%) Mathematics
10 244 (16.32%) CI/CD
11 189 (12.64%) Mentoring
12 185 (12.37%) Infrastructure as Code
13 176 (11.77%) ITIL
14 175 (11.71%) Agile
15 168 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
16 127 (8.49%) Disaster Recovery
17 109 (7.29%) Computer Science
18 108 (7.22%) Test Automation
19 107 (7.16%) Migration
20 103 (6.89%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 768 (51.37%) Python
2 512 (34.25%) Bash
3 278 (18.60%) SQL
4 122 (8.16%) JavaScript
5 87 (5.82%) C#
6 56 (3.75%) Java
7 43 (2.88%) Bicep
8 36 (2.41%) T-SQL
9 29 (1.94%) TypeScript
10 26 (1.74%) Perl
11 16 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (0.74%) Groovy
13 11 (0.74%) VBA
14 10 (0.67%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.60%) C++
16 8 (0.54%) Go
16 8 (0.54%) R
16 8 (0.54%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 313 (20.94%) Degree
2 159 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 128 (8.56%) Azure Certification
4 116 (7.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 103 (6.89%) DV Cleared
6 87 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 66 (4.41%) SC Cleared
8 53 (3.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 50 (3.34%) CISSP
10 38 (2.54%) CEH
11 37 (2.47%) AWS Certification
12 34 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
13 32 (2.14%) GCIH
13 32 (2.14%) MCSE
13 32 (2.14%) OSCP
14 27 (1.81%) Network+ Certification
15 25 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 24 (1.61%) CCNA
16 24 (1.61%) GCIA
17 22 (1.47%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (5.08%) QA
3 67 (4.48%) GDPR
4 59 (3.95%) NIST
5 34 (2.27%) SLA
6 24 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (1.54%) HIPAA
8 20 (1.34%) NCSC
9 16 (1.07%) SOC 2
10 15 (1.00%) Data Quality
11 12 (0.80%) COBIT
11 12 (0.80%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.47%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.33%) HL7
15 4 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.13%) GRC
16 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 1 (0.067%) ISO 13485
17 1 (0.067%) NIST 800
System Software
1 429 (28.70%) Active Directory
2 382 (25.55%) Hyper-V
3 359 (24.01%) Docker
4 341 (22.81%) vSphere
5 289 (19.33%) VMware NSX
6 240 (16.05%) VMware Infrastructure
7 78 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
8 63 (4.21%) VMware ESXi
9 40 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
10 16 (1.07%) XenApp
11 14 (0.94%) Terminal Services
12 12 (0.80%) Microsoft App-V
13 10 (0.67%) BitLocker
14 8 (0.54%) DFS Replication
14 8 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.33%) Dovecot
15 5 (0.33%) Postfix
16 4 (0.27%) Firmware
17 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.20%) Squid
Systems Management
1 472 (31.57%) Terraform
2 407 (27.22%) Ansible
3 220 (14.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 142 (9.50%) Kubernetes
5 109 (7.29%) SCCM
6 71 (4.75%) Single Sign-On
7 44 (2.94%) Puppet
8 38 (2.54%) Grafana
9 37 (2.47%) Prometheus
10 27 (1.81%) vCenter Server
11 24 (1.61%) SCOM
12 23 (1.54%) Progress Chef
13 19 (1.27%) NetBackup
14 18 (1.20%) WSUS
15 17 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 17 (1.14%) WMI
16 16 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (1.07%) QRadar
17 14 (0.94%) vMotion
18 12 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 645 (43.14%) Microsoft
2 371 (24.82%) Cisco
3 304 (20.33%) VMware
4 298 (19.93%) Splunk
5 268 (17.93%) Juniper
6 262 (17.53%) 3PAR
7 92 (6.15%) Citrix
8 61 (4.08%) Meraki
9 55 (3.68%) ServiceNow
10 54 (3.61%) Veeam
11 45 (3.01%) Oracle
12 40 (2.68%) Google
13 36 (2.41%) Okta
14 32 (2.14%) Databricks
15 31 (2.07%) Fortinet
16 30 (2.01%) Apple
17 29 (1.94%) SolarWinds
18 28 (1.87%) Palo Alto
19 27 (1.81%) iManage
20 26 (1.74%) Red Hat