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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 85 97
Rank change year-on-year -61 +12 -2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,084 1,299 2,224
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.36% 3.43% 2.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.75% 10.38% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 827 1,007 1,880
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,550
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 13,988 12,510 27,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.52% 32.99% 32.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,805 9,216 22,491
10th Percentile £35,597 £36,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £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 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 30 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 30 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 -14 513 £70,000 -9.68% 101
South East -91 158 £55,000 -4.35% 108
North of England -59 139 £48,445 -1.44% 53
Midlands -60 111 £50,000 - 32
South West -39 82 £55,000 +15.79% 31
East of England -38 71 £56,250 +12.50% 25
North West -46 68 £52,500 +14.13% 31
East Midlands -33 65 £55,000 +37.50% 15
Yorkshire -41 57 £47,500 -14.03% 11
West Midlands -67 45 £47,138 -5.73% 17
North East -33 14 £45,000 -21.74% 11
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UK

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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
1 155 (14.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (13.01%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.51%) IIS
4 15 (1.38%) Confluence
5 5 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.092%) CMS
7 1 (0.092%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.092%) Site Server
7 1 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) CATIA
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.18%) Windchill
4 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.28%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.092%) Actimize
5 1 (0.092%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.092%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.092%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.092%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.092%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 692 (63.84%) Azure
2 393 (36.25%) Microsoft 365
3 281 (25.92%) Entra ID
4 196 (18.08%) AWS
5 100 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
6 97 (8.95%) Power Platform
7 83 (7.66%) GitHub
8 71 (6.55%) SaaS
9 69 (6.37%) OneDrive
10 65 (6.00%) GCP
11 62 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (4.89%) IaaS
13 48 (4.43%) Azure Sentinel
14 45 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 45 (4.15%) Power Automate
15 44 (4.06%) PaaS
16 42 (3.87%) Google Workspace
17 41 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
18 37 (3.41%) Azure AKS
19 35 (3.23%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 204 (18.82%) Firewall
2 199 (18.36%) DNS
3 125 (11.53%) DHCP
4 117 (10.79%) VPN
5 89 (8.21%) TCP/IP
6 59 (5.44%) Network Security
7 54 (4.98%) LAN
7 54 (4.98%) WAN
8 43 (3.97%) VLAN
8 43 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (3.32%) SAN
10 34 (3.14%) VoIP
11 28 (2.58%) Broadband
12 25 (2.31%) Wireless
13 16 (1.48%) SD-WAN
14 13 (1.20%) Kerberos
14 13 (1.20%) VSAN
15 12 (1.11%) Internet
15 12 (1.11%) WinSCP
16 10 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (12.08%) SQL Server
2 81 (7.47%) Power BI
3 45 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.31%) MySQL
7 23 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.57%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.38%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.29%) Tableau
12 13 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.83%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.83%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.74%) InfluxDB
15 7 (0.65%) Metadata
16 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
17 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 3 (0.28%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 88 (8.12%) Git
2 59 (5.44%) Jenkins
3 56 (5.17%) JIRA
4 47 (4.34%) GitLab
5 28 (2.58%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.48%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.74%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.74%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.55%) TestRail
12 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) Selenium
14 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 350 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 194 (17.90%) Finance
3 146 (13.47%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (6.00%) Law
5 48 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (4.15%) Retail
7 44 (4.06%) Legal
8 43 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (2.86%) Public Sector
10 26 (2.40%) Banking
11 23 (2.12%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.57%) Advertising
12 17 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.29%) Aerospace
14 10 (0.92%) Front Office
15 7 (0.65%) Electronics
16 6 (0.55%) Military
16 6 (0.55%) Police
17 5 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 181 (16.70%) Senior
2 133 (12.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 128 (11.81%) Analyst
4 116 (10.70%) Support Engineer
5 108 (9.96%) Azure Engineer
6 91 (8.39%) IT Support
7 77 (7.10%) Cloud Engineer
8 76 (7.01%) Security Engineer
9 74 (6.83%) IT Engineer
10 64 (5.90%) DevOps Engineer
11 59 (5.44%) Developer
12 56 (5.17%) Lead
13 49 (4.52%) 2nd Line Support
14 48 (4.43%) IT Support Engineer
15 45 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
16 40 (3.69%) Security Analyst
17 39 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 38 (3.51%) Architect
19 35 (3.23%) Support Analyst
20 30 (2.77%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (6.92%) .NET
2 61 (5.63%) OAuth
3 58 (5.35%) REST
4 56 (5.17%) SAML
5 55 (5.07%) OpenID
6 41 (3.78%) LDAP
7 39 (3.60%) .NET Core
8 35 (3.23%) JSON
9 34 (3.14%) SOAP
10 32 (2.95%) CSS
11 31 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
12 30 (2.77%) HTML
13 28 (2.58%) ARM Templates
13 28 (2.58%) SPFx
14 25 (2.31%) GraphQL
15 22 (2.03%) YAML
16 19 (1.75%) HTML5 Canvas
16 19 (1.75%) React
17 15 (1.38%) Elastic Stack
17 15 (1.38%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.30%) Onboarding
2 72 (6.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (4.98%) Security Posture
4 52 (4.80%) Management Information System
5 46 (4.24%) Cloud Native
6 43 (3.97%) Cyber Defence
6 43 (3.97%) Cyber Threat
7 40 (3.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 39 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (3.51%) Driving Licence
10 34 (3.14%) Cyberattack
11 31 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (2.77%) Data Centre
13 28 (2.58%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.85%) CMDB
14 20 (1.85%) PKI
15 17 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.57%) Private Cloud
16 16 (1.48%) Low-Code
16 16 (1.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 495 (45.66%) Windows
2 242 (22.32%) Linux
3 241 (22.23%) Windows Server
4 73 (6.73%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.43%) Mac OS
6 44 (4.06%) Android
6 44 (4.06%) Apple iOS
7 34 (3.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (2.21%) VMS
9 24 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (1.94%) CentOS
11 14 (1.29%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.29%) Unix
12 7 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.46%) Debian
14 4 (0.37%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.28%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.18%) Solaris
17 1 (0.092%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
2 230 (21.22%) Infrastructure as Code
3 222 (20.48%) Cybersecurity
4 219 (20.20%) DevOps
5 216 (19.93%) CI/CD
6 193 (17.80%) ITIL
7 187 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 187 (17.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 152 (14.02%) Incident Response
9 138 (12.73%) Mentoring
10 129 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
11 122 (11.25%) Agile
12 116 (10.70%) Root Cause Analysis
13 112 (10.33%) Cloud Security
14 110 (10.15%) SIEM
15 105 (9.69%) Containerisation
16 94 (8.67%) Security Operations
17 93 (8.58%) Task Automation
18 92 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
18 92 (8.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 437 (40.31%) Python
2 256 (23.62%) Bash
3 235 (21.68%) SQL
4 81 (7.47%) C#
5 79 (7.29%) JavaScript
6 67 (6.18%) Bicep
7 52 (4.80%) T-SQL
8 33 (3.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 22 (2.03%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.85%) Java
11 11 (1.01%) C++
11 11 (1.01%) Go
12 10 (0.92%) Perl
12 10 (0.92%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.83%) VB
13 9 (0.83%) VBA
14 7 (0.65%) C
14 7 (0.65%) PHP
15 6 (0.55%) Delphi
15 6 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 145 (13.38%) Degree
2 118 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 98 (9.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 85 (7.84%) Azure Certification
5 64 (5.90%) SC Cleared
6 45 (4.15%) CISSP
7 44 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (3.04%) DV Cleared
9 31 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (2.31%) OSCP
11 23 (2.12%) CCNA
11 23 (2.12%) CREST Certified
11 23 (2.12%) GIAC
12 22 (2.03%) CompTIA CySA+
13 21 (1.94%) AWS Certification
13 21 (1.94%) CEH
14 17 (1.57%) DBS Check
15 13 (1.20%) CISA
15 13 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (13.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 112 (10.33%) NIST
3 62 (5.72%) GDPR
4 42 (3.87%) SLA
5 29 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 29 (2.68%) NCSC
6 20 (1.85%) Data Quality
6 20 (1.85%) ISO 22301
7 16 (1.48%) QA
8 14 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (1.29%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.20%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.55%) DICOM
12 5 (0.46%) GRC
13 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.18%) COBIT
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 397 (36.62%) Active Directory
2 136 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (10.98%) Docker
4 92 (8.49%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.69%) vSphere
6 29 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.38%) Firmware
9 14 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (1.11%) BitLocker
11 11 (1.01%) VMware NSX
12 10 (0.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.46%) Terminal Services
13 5 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.37%) iptables
14 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.37%) Squid
14 4 (0.37%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 236 (21.77%) Terraform
2 179 (16.51%) Kubernetes
3 158 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 130 (11.99%) Ansible
5 50 (4.61%) Grafana
6 44 (4.06%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (3.87%) SCCM
8 32 (2.95%) Prometheus
9 22 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.57%) vCenter Server
12 14 (1.29%) VxRail
13 13 (1.20%) Nessus
14 10 (0.92%) FortiGate
14 10 (0.92%) Packer
15 9 (0.83%) WSUS
16 8 (0.74%) logstash
16 8 (0.74%) Puppet
16 8 (0.74%) QRadar
17 7 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 612 (56.46%) Microsoft
2 193 (17.80%) VMware
3 88 (8.12%) Cisco
4 54 (4.98%) Splunk
5 52 (4.80%) ServiceNow
6 50 (4.61%) Red Hat
7 41 (3.78%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (3.32%) Veeam
9 32 (2.95%) Commvault
9 32 (2.95%) Google
10 30 (2.77%) Dell
11 28 (2.58%) Palo Alto
12 26 (2.40%) Meraki
13 25 (2.31%) Oracle
14 24 (2.21%) Apple
14 24 (2.21%) Citrix
14 24 (2.21%) Fortinet
15 22 (2.03%) CyberArk
16 19 (1.75%) Adobe
16 19 (1.75%) Sophos