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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 88 84
Rank change year-on-year -38 -4 +5
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,080 1,291 2,313
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.63% 3.35% 3.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.99% 9.68% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 859 1,033 2,008
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £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 £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,650
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 12,013 13,330 25,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.16% 34.55% 34.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8,738 9,372 21,819
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £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 17 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 17 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 -9 486 £70,000 -12.50% 124
South East -44 191 £56,687 -5.52% 99
North of England -43 138 £47,500 -9.52% 52
South West -6 100 £55,000 +5.77% 48
Midlands -50 92 £52,500 +5.00% 45
Yorkshire -24 67 £47,500 -9.52% 14
East of England -33 57 £40,000 -27.27% 38
North West -37 56 £51,000 +2.00% 26
East Midlands -21 49 £55,000 +12.24% 22
West Midlands -43 42 £48,250 -3.50% 23
North East -21 15 £46,250 -22.92% 13
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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
1 178 (16.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (11.94%) SharePoint
3 33 (3.06%) IIS
4 22 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.20%) Confluence
6 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.19%) Apache
7 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.19%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.19%) WordPress
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 46 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.56%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.28%) CATIA
4 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.28%) Windchill
5 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.37%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.093%) Actimize
6 1 (0.093%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.093%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.093%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 680 (62.96%) Azure
2 367 (33.98%) Microsoft 365
3 276 (25.56%) Entra ID
4 185 (17.13%) AWS
5 112 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
6 98 (9.07%) Power Platform
7 84 (7.78%) GitHub
8 73 (6.76%) GCP
9 65 (6.02%) PaaS
10 64 (5.93%) SaaS
11 60 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (5.09%) IaaS
13 52 (4.81%) Azure Monitor
14 48 (4.44%) OneDrive
15 44 (4.07%) Google Workspace
16 40 (3.70%) Power Automate
17 38 (3.52%) Azure Sentinel
18 35 (3.24%) Nutanix
19 34 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
20 31 (2.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 212 (19.63%) DNS
2 204 (18.89%) Firewall
3 162 (15.00%) DHCP
4 129 (11.94%) VPN
5 101 (9.35%) TCP/IP
6 58 (5.37%) WAN
7 54 (5.00%) LAN
8 48 (4.44%) VLAN
9 47 (4.35%) Network Security
10 44 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.15%) SAN
11 34 (3.15%) VoIP
12 30 (2.78%) Wireless
13 28 (2.59%) Broadband
14 27 (2.50%) SD-WAN
15 16 (1.48%) VSAN
16 12 (1.11%) NAS
16 12 (1.11%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.02%) Internet
18 10 (0.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 82 (7.59%) Power BI
3 28 (2.59%) Oracle Database
4 27 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (2.41%) Oracle Database 10g
6 24 (2.22%) MySQL
6 24 (2.22%) Relational Database
7 22 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.39%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.39%) Tableau
10 14 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.56%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.56%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.46%) Metadata
14 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 76 (7.04%) Git
2 73 (6.76%) JIRA
3 61 (5.65%) Jenkins
4 42 (3.89%) GitLab
5 26 (2.41%) Bitbucket
5 26 (2.41%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (1.67%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.83%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.65%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.46%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.37%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.37%) MLflow
12 4 (0.37%) TestRail
12 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
13 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
General
1 367 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 220 (20.37%) Finance
3 126 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (5.19%) Law
5 45 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
6 38 (3.52%) Retail
7 33 (3.06%) Legal
7 33 (3.06%) Public Sector
8 31 (2.87%) Banking
9 29 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.50%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.48%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.11%) Advertising
13 9 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.65%) Front Office
15 7 (0.65%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 147 (13.61%) Senior
2 135 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 125 (11.57%) Support Engineer
4 105 (9.72%) Analyst
5 95 (8.80%) Azure Engineer
6 89 (8.24%) IT Support
7 75 (6.94%) DevOps Engineer
8 72 (6.67%) Security Engineer
9 65 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
9 65 (6.02%) IT Engineer
10 60 (5.56%) Developer
11 56 (5.19%) 3rd Line Support
12 53 (4.91%) Lead
13 49 (4.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 49 (4.54%) IT Support Engineer
14 41 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
15 40 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support
16 39 (3.61%) Architect
17 35 (3.24%) Support Analyst
18 32 (2.96%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.65%) .NET
2 59 (5.46%) REST
3 50 (4.63%) OAuth
4 47 (4.35%) SAML
5 44 (4.07%) OpenID
6 33 (3.06%) LDAP
7 32 (2.96%) SOAP
8 30 (2.78%) YAML
9 28 (2.59%) JSON
10 25 (2.31%) GraphQL
11 23 (2.13%) ARM Templates
12 22 (2.04%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
14 17 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
14 17 (1.57%) React
15 15 (1.39%) Node.js
16 12 (1.11%) Middleware
16 12 (1.11%) Web Services
17 11 (1.02%) CSS
18 10 (0.93%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.15%) Onboarding
2 75 (6.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (5.09%) Security Posture
4 41 (3.80%) Driving Licence
5 37 (3.43%) Cyber Threat
5 37 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
7 34 (3.15%) Cloud Native
7 34 (3.15%) Management Information System
8 31 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (2.78%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (2.41%) Cyberattack
12 22 (2.04%) PKI
12 22 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (1.67%) CMDB
14 17 (1.57%) Replication
15 15 (1.39%) Hedge funds
15 15 (1.39%) Private Cloud
15 15 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 492 (45.56%) Windows
2 257 (23.80%) Windows Server
3 218 (20.19%) Linux
4 65 (6.02%) Windows 10
5 56 (5.19%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.80%) Unix
7 33 (3.06%) Android
7 33 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 33 (3.06%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (2.41%) Apple iOS
9 24 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (2.22%) Solaris
10 23 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (2.04%) CentOS
11 22 (2.04%) HPUX
11 22 (2.04%) Windows 7
11 22 (2.04%) Windows Server 2003
12 21 (1.94%) VMS
13 15 (1.39%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (30.09%) Problem-Solving
2 245 (22.69%) DevOps
3 214 (19.81%) CI/CD
4 213 (19.72%) ITIL
5 198 (18.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 193 (17.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 185 (17.13%) Cybersecurity
8 177 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 152 (14.07%) Disaster Recovery
10 133 (12.31%) Incident Response
11 131 (12.13%) Mentoring
12 113 (10.46%) Agile
13 108 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
14 100 (9.26%) Task Automation
15 99 (9.17%) Cloud Security
16 93 (8.61%) Computer Science
17 91 (8.43%) Migration
17 91 (8.43%) SIEM
18 90 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
19 87 (8.06%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 381 (35.28%) Python
2 243 (22.50%) Bash
3 222 (20.56%) SQL
4 70 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 62 (5.74%) C#
6 61 (5.65%) Bicep
7 54 (5.00%) T-SQL
8 29 (2.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.41%) Perl
10 16 (1.48%) Java
11 13 (1.20%) Go
12 9 (0.83%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.65%) PHP
13 7 (0.65%) VB
14 6 (0.56%) Delphi
14 6 (0.56%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.46%) C++
15 5 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.37%) R
16 4 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 162 (15.00%) Degree
2 131 (12.13%) Security Cleared
3 97 (8.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 87 (8.06%) Azure Certification
5 78 (7.22%) SC Cleared
6 54 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 47 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (3.80%) CISSP
9 32 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 28 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.22%) CEH
12 23 (2.13%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.13%) CREST Certified
13 22 (2.04%) GIAC
14 20 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
15 19 (1.76%) CompTIA Security+
15 19 (1.76%) OSCP
16 17 (1.57%) CCNA
17 16 (1.48%) DBS Check
18 13 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (15.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (12.69%) NIST
3 64 (5.93%) SLA
4 59 (5.46%) GDPR
5 39 (3.61%) NCSC
6 32 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 22 (2.04%) ISO 22301
8 19 (1.76%) QA
9 17 (1.57%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.39%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.74%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.46%) DICOM
14 5 (0.46%) GRC
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
16 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 403 (37.31%) Active Directory
2 129 (11.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (9.72%) Docker
4 103 (9.54%) Hyper-V
5 41 (3.80%) vSphere
6 35 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.76%) Firmware
8 17 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.56%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.46%) XenApp
12 5 (0.46%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.37%) iptables
13 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.28%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.19%) KVM
Systems Management
1 216 (20.00%) Terraform
2 157 (14.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 150 (13.89%) Kubernetes
4 124 (11.48%) Ansible
5 43 (3.98%) Grafana
6 39 (3.61%) SCCM
7 37 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (2.50%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.39%) vCenter Server
12 11 (1.02%) Nessus
12 11 (1.02%) Puppet
12 11 (1.02%) VxRail
13 10 (0.93%) SCOM
14 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.65%) Control-M
16 7 (0.65%) Nagios
17 6 (0.56%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 581 (53.80%) Microsoft
2 223 (20.65%) VMware
3 97 (8.98%) Cisco
4 49 (4.54%) Oracle
5 48 (4.44%) Splunk
5 48 (4.44%) Veeam
6 43 (3.98%) ServiceNow
7 39 (3.61%) Red Hat
8 38 (3.52%) Google
9 35 (3.24%) Atlassian
10 33 (3.06%) Commvault
11 32 (2.96%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.59%) CrowdStrike
13 27 (2.50%) Meraki
14 25 (2.31%) Citrix
15 24 (2.22%) CyberArk
15 24 (2.22%) Dell
16 22 (2.04%) Apple
16 22 (2.04%) Dynatrace
17 21 (1.94%) Fortinet