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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 92 56
Rank change year-on-year -13 -36 +26
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,093 1,549 2,067
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.11% 3.06% 4.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.57% 8.94% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 936 1,116 1,757
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £39,380
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 10,339 17,323 17,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.97% 34.18% 40.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,821 10,404 14,671
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,025 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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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 20 December 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 20 December 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 -15 438 £74,000 -1.33% 125
South East -27 202 £58,000 -1.90% 136
North of England -17 146 £50,000 - 58
South West +25 115 £50,000 -6.54% 41
Midlands -26 95 £52,500 +10.53% 52
East of England +27 83 £47,500 -9.52% 33
North West -1 68 £52,500 +5.00% 34
Yorkshire -10 67 £47,500 -9.52% 18
West Midlands -16 61 £52,500 +23.53% 23
East Midlands -12 34 £54,000 +13.68% 29
North East +6 11 £55,000 +16.68% 9
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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
1 189 (17.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 146 (13.36%) SharePoint
3 54 (4.94%) IIS
4 37 (3.39%) Confluence
5 22 (2.01%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (1.56%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.64%) nginx
8 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.18%) CMS
10 2 (0.18%) WordPress
11 1 (0.091%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 37 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.55%) Siemens NX
4 4 (0.37%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.27%) CATIA
5 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.27%) Windchill
6 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.55%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.46%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.27%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.091%) Actimize
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.091%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 695 (63.59%) Azure
2 379 (34.68%) Microsoft 365
3 241 (22.05%) Entra ID
4 213 (19.49%) AWS
5 159 (14.55%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (9.15%) Power Platform
7 82 (7.50%) GCP
8 76 (6.95%) GitHub
9 73 (6.68%) PaaS
10 59 (5.40%) Power Automate
11 56 (5.12%) Azure Monitor
12 55 (5.03%) SaaS
13 53 (4.85%) Azure Sentinel
13 53 (4.85%) GitHub Actions
14 51 (4.67%) IaaS
15 37 (3.39%) Serverless
16 33 (3.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 33 (3.02%) OneDrive
17 31 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
17 31 (2.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 235 (21.50%) Firewall
2 215 (19.67%) DNS
3 170 (15.55%) DHCP
4 107 (9.79%) TCP/IP
5 93 (8.51%) VPN
6 85 (7.78%) WAN
7 66 (6.04%) LAN
8 46 (4.21%) VLAN
9 38 (3.48%) SAN
10 36 (3.29%) Wireless
11 35 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
12 33 (3.02%) Internet
13 28 (2.56%) SD-WAN
14 26 (2.38%) Network Security
15 21 (1.92%) VoIP
16 19 (1.74%) NAS
17 17 (1.56%) Cisco IOS
17 17 (1.56%) Skype
18 15 (1.37%) HTTP
18 15 (1.37%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 62 (5.67%) Power BI
3 33 (3.02%) Relational Database
4 32 (2.93%) Amazon RDS
5 30 (2.74%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.38%) Oracle Database 10g
7 22 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.28%) MySQL
10 14 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.82%) DTS
13 8 (0.73%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.73%) Tableau
14 7 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.55%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 4 (0.37%) MS Access
17 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 100 (9.15%) JIRA
2 87 (7.96%) Git
3 79 (7.23%) Jenkins
4 41 (3.75%) GitLab
5 22 (2.01%) Octopus Deploy
6 14 (1.28%) Bitbucket
7 13 (1.19%) Vagrant
8 12 (1.10%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.01%) Burp Suite
9 11 (1.01%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.91%) MSI
11 6 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.55%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.46%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.37%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.37%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.37%) Toad
14 3 (0.27%) Balsamiq
General
1 412 (37.69%) Social Skills
2 235 (21.50%) Finance
3 97 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.31%) Law
5 43 (3.93%) Legal
6 42 (3.84%) Banking
7 39 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 39 (3.57%) Retail
8 35 (3.20%) Manufacturing
9 33 (3.02%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
11 26 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.19%) Marketing
14 13 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.91%) Electronics
15 10 (0.91%) Front Office
16 9 (0.82%) Advertising
16 9 (0.82%) Games
Job Titles
1 164 (15.00%) Support Engineer
2 127 (11.62%) Senior
3 118 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 93 (8.51%) DevOps Engineer
5 91 (8.33%) Analyst
6 87 (7.96%) Azure Engineer
7 73 (6.68%) 3rd Line Support
7 73 (6.68%) IT Support
8 71 (6.50%) Lead
9 68 (6.22%) Cloud Engineer
9 68 (6.22%) Developer
9 68 (6.22%) Security Engineer
10 61 (5.58%) IT Engineer
11 55 (5.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 52 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
13 45 (4.12%) Applications Support
14 43 (3.93%) Applications Engineer
14 43 (3.93%) Support Analyst
15 41 (3.75%) IT Support Engineer
16 40 (3.66%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.49%) .NET
2 56 (5.12%) YAML
3 54 (4.94%) REST
4 36 (3.29%) ARM Templates
5 30 (2.74%) JSON
6 23 (2.10%) SOAP
7 22 (2.01%) LDAP
8 18 (1.65%) React
9 17 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
10 16 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (1.37%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.19%) Node.js
13 12 (1.10%) Web Services
14 11 (1.01%) .NET Framework
14 11 (1.01%) Middleware
14 11 (1.01%) OpenID
15 10 (0.91%) OAuth
15 10 (0.91%) Razor View Engine
16 9 (0.82%) SAML
17 8 (0.73%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 57 (5.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 42 (3.84%) Management Information System
5 39 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 39 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (2.84%) Data Centre
6 31 (2.84%) PKI
7 29 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.92%) Private Cloud
9 21 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 21 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
10 19 (1.74%) CMDB
10 19 (1.74%) Driving Licence
11 18 (1.65%) Hedge funds
12 17 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.46%) Replication
14 15 (1.37%) Clustering
14 15 (1.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 495 (45.29%) Windows
2 280 (25.62%) Windows Server
3 204 (18.66%) Linux
4 71 (6.50%) Windows 10
5 55 (5.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 43 (3.93%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.93%) Unix
7 41 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 34 (3.11%) VMS
9 31 (2.84%) Windows Server 2008
10 29 (2.65%) Android
11 26 (2.38%) Solaris
12 22 (2.01%) HPUX
12 22 (2.01%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.01%) Windows Server 2003
13 20 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 18 (1.65%) Windows Server 2012
15 15 (1.37%) Apple iOS
16 14 (1.28%) Ubuntu
17 11 (1.01%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (28.64%) DevOps
1 313 (28.64%) Problem-Solving
2 237 (21.68%) CI/CD
3 186 (17.02%) ITIL
4 181 (16.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 174 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 172 (15.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 141 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
8 129 (11.80%) Agile
9 121 (11.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 121 (11.07%) Task Automation
10 120 (10.98%) Mentoring
11 108 (9.88%) Migration
12 100 (9.15%) Cloud Security
13 89 (8.14%) Root Cause Analysis
14 88 (8.05%) Containerisation
14 88 (8.05%) Incident Management
15 85 (7.78%) ITSM
16 82 (7.50%) Change Management
17 81 (7.41%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 354 (32.39%) Python
2 204 (18.66%) Bash
3 202 (18.48%) SQL
4 91 (8.33%) C#
5 61 (5.58%) Bicep
6 48 (4.39%) JavaScript
7 32 (2.93%) Perl
8 29 (2.65%) Java
9 27 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
10 25 (2.29%) Go
11 20 (1.83%) VB
12 19 (1.74%) T-SQL
13 16 (1.46%) Groovy
14 12 (1.10%) TypeScript
14 12 (1.10%) VBScript
15 8 (0.73%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.64%) Ruby
16 7 (0.64%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.46%) C++
18 4 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 164 (15.00%) Degree
2 158 (14.46%) Security Cleared
3 98 (8.97%) SC Cleared
4 94 (8.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 82 (7.50%) Azure Certification
6 58 (5.31%) DV Cleared
7 44 (4.03%) Cisco Certification
7 44 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (3.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 30 (2.74%) AWS Certification
10 29 (2.65%) CISSP
11 25 (2.29%) CCNA
12 20 (1.83%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.74%) CEH
14 16 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 15 (1.37%) CREST Certified
16 14 (1.28%) CCNP
16 14 (1.28%) OSCP
17 13 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (1.19%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (12.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 106 (9.70%) NIST
3 60 (5.49%) SLA
4 53 (4.85%) GDPR
5 30 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (2.65%) NCSC
7 26 (2.38%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.19%) QA
9 11 (1.01%) ISO 22301
10 10 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.82%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.46%) GRC
12 5 (0.46%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.46%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.27%) HL7
15 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.091%) COBIT
16 1 (0.091%) NIST 800
System Software
1 371 (33.94%) Active Directory
2 151 (13.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 107 (9.79%) Docker
4 95 (8.69%) Hyper-V
5 43 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
6 35 (3.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 27 (2.47%) vSphere
8 23 (2.10%) VMware ESXi
9 21 (1.92%) Firmware
10 9 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.82%) XenApp
11 8 (0.73%) DFS Replication
11 8 (0.73%) XenDesktop
12 6 (0.55%) Postfix
13 5 (0.46%) Dovecot
13 5 (0.46%) Squid
14 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.27%) Terminal Server
14 3 (0.27%) vCloud
14 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 217 (19.85%) Terraform
2 190 (17.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 155 (14.18%) Kubernetes
4 121 (11.07%) Ansible
5 61 (5.58%) SCCM
6 43 (3.93%) Grafana
7 37 (3.39%) Prometheus
8 35 (3.20%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (2.20%) WSUS
10 18 (1.65%) SCOM
10 18 (1.65%) vCenter Server
11 13 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (1.01%) Autotask
12 11 (1.01%) Puppet
12 11 (1.01%) ZABBIX
13 10 (0.91%) QRadar
13 10 (0.91%) WMI
14 9 (0.82%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.82%) Nagios
14 9 (0.82%) Nmap
Vendors
1 632 (57.82%) Microsoft
2 227 (20.77%) VMware
3 104 (9.52%) Cisco
4 71 (6.50%) ServiceNow
5 58 (5.31%) Oracle
6 48 (4.39%) Veeam
7 43 (3.93%) Citrix
8 42 (3.84%) Atlassian
9 38 (3.48%) Red Hat
10 36 (3.29%) Splunk
11 33 (3.02%) Google
12 30 (2.74%) Palo Alto
13 27 (2.47%) SolarWinds
14 23 (2.10%) SAP
15 20 (1.83%) CrowdStrike
15 20 (1.83%) Meraki
16 19 (1.74%) Commvault
16 19 (1.74%) Dell
16 19 (1.74%) Fortinet
17 18 (1.65%) Sophos