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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 86 101
Rank change year-on-year -68 +15 -40
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,304 1,507 1,716
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.26% 3.49% 2.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.71% 12.86% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 926 1,006 1,113
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 16,912 11,715 21,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.38% 27.16% 30.90%
Number of salaries quoted 12,320 7,744 13,185
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,822
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

PowerShell
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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -34 472 £70,000 -0.71% 473
North of England -79 242 £50,000 - 184
South East -43 239 £52,500 -8.70% 190
Midlands -50 160 £52,500 +5.00% 108
North West -73 148 £50,000 +8.11% 108
East of England -35 98 £57,500 +21.05% 56
South West -71 89 £55,000 +15.79% 76
West Midlands -70 81 £55,000 +2.44% 60
East Midlands -22 79 £42,500 +21.43% 48
Yorkshire -37 58 £45,472 -11.92% 55
North East -44 36 £51,500 -6.36% 24
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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
1 233 (17.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 219 (16.79%) SharePoint
3 51 (3.91%) IIS
4 42 (3.22%) Confluence
5 15 (1.15%) nginx
6 8 (0.61%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.76%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.38%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 799 (61.27%) Azure
2 518 (39.72%) Microsoft 365
3 415 (31.83%) Entra ID
4 244 (18.71%) AWS
5 163 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.21%) OneDrive
7 105 (8.05%) SaaS
8 104 (7.98%) Power Platform
9 97 (7.44%) IaaS
10 96 (7.36%) GitHub
11 83 (6.37%) Azure Monitor
12 82 (6.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 78 (5.98%) Power Automate
14 72 (5.52%) PaaS
15 70 (5.37%) Azure AKS
16 65 (4.98%) GCP
17 62 (4.75%) Azure Key Vault
18 61 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
19 55 (4.22%) Microsoft Purview
20 51 (3.91%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 304 (23.31%) Firewall
2 290 (22.24%) DNS
3 201 (15.41%) VPN
4 199 (15.26%) DHCP
5 136 (10.43%) TCP/IP
6 85 (6.52%) WAN
7 75 (5.75%) LAN
8 69 (5.29%) VLAN
9 57 (4.37%) Network Security
10 53 (4.06%) Wireless
11 44 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.76%) SAN
13 32 (2.45%) Kerberos
14 25 (1.92%) SSL
15 22 (1.69%) NAS
16 19 (1.46%) HTTP
17 16 (1.23%) Internet
18 12 (0.92%) VSAN
19 10 (0.77%) FTP
19 10 (0.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (9.89%) SQL Server
2 83 (6.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 56 (4.29%) Power BI
4 22 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.61%) MongoDB
6 15 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.92%) MySQL
8 12 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.61%) InfluxDB
9 8 (0.61%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.61%) Power Query
10 7 (0.54%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.54%) Redis
10 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.46%) Metadata
12 5 (0.38%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.31%) Db2
13 4 (0.31%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 95 (7.29%) JIRA
2 87 (6.67%) Git
3 69 (5.29%) GitLab
4 61 (4.68%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.61%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
8 10 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.61%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.61%) TestRail
10 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.46%) Selenium
12 5 (0.38%) Postman
12 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.31%) MSI
14 3 (0.23%) JMeter
14 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 465 (35.66%) Social Skills
2 221 (16.95%) Finance
3 181 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (6.90%) Law
5 56 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
5 56 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (3.76%) Legal
6 49 (3.76%) Retail
7 44 (3.37%) Banking
8 36 (2.76%) Manufacturing
8 36 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (2.30%) Aerospace
10 29 (2.22%) Public Sector
11 12 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (0.84%) Financial Institution
13 10 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.69%) Advertising
14 9 (0.69%) Front Office
15 8 (0.61%) Aviation
15 8 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 196 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 194 (14.88%) Senior
3 155 (11.89%) Analyst
4 128 (9.82%) Azure Engineer
5 125 (9.59%) Cloud Engineer
6 122 (9.36%) Support Engineer
7 121 (9.28%) IT Engineer
8 98 (7.52%) IT Support
9 94 (7.21%) DevOps Engineer
10 77 (5.90%) Platform Engineer
11 71 (5.44%) Lead
12 66 (5.06%) Consultant
13 64 (4.91%) Support Analyst
14 61 (4.68%) IT Support Engineer
15 58 (4.45%) Security Engineer
16 55 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
17 49 (3.76%) Developer
18 45 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
19 43 (3.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
20 41 (3.14%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 344 (26.38%) Terraform
2 65 (4.98%) .NET
3 55 (4.22%) ARM Templates
4 50 (3.83%) REST
5 44 (3.37%) SAML
6 41 (3.14%) YAML
7 39 (2.99%) Microsoft Graph
7 39 (2.99%) OpenID
8 38 (2.91%) LDAP
8 38 (2.91%) OAuth
9 33 (2.53%) HTML
10 28 (2.15%) JSON
11 24 (1.84%) CSS
12 23 (1.76%) SPFx
13 21 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
14 20 (1.53%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
15 13 (1.00%) RESTful
16 12 (0.92%) Kafka
16 12 (0.92%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.36%) Onboarding
2 82 (6.29%) Cloud Native
3 78 (5.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 74 (5.67%) Driving Licence
4 74 (5.67%) Management Information System
5 68 (5.21%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (3.60%) PKI
7 46 (3.53%) Data Centre
8 42 (3.22%) Security Operations Centre
9 38 (2.91%) Public Cloud
10 32 (2.45%) Replication
11 31 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
12 22 (1.69%) Private Cloud
13 19 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
14 18 (1.38%) Clustering
14 18 (1.38%) CMDB
15 17 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
16 16 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 650 (49.85%) Windows
2 304 (23.31%) Windows Server
3 302 (23.16%) Linux
4 92 (7.06%) Windows 10
5 51 (3.91%) Apple iOS
6 42 (3.22%) Android
7 39 (2.99%) Ubuntu
8 38 (2.91%) VMS
9 34 (2.61%) CentOS
9 34 (2.61%) Mac OS
10 33 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 29 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
13 18 (1.38%) Unix
14 15 (1.15%) Rocky
15 7 (0.54%) Solaris
16 5 (0.38%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Debian
17 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (29.98%) Problem-Solving
2 322 (24.69%) Infrastructure as Code
3 299 (22.93%) CI/CD
4 297 (22.78%) DevOps
5 293 (22.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 293 (22.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 258 (19.79%) ITIL
7 248 (19.02%) Cybersecurity
8 184 (14.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 162 (12.42%) AI
10 155 (11.89%) Agile
11 149 (11.43%) Mentoring
12 147 (11.27%) Root Cause Analysis
13 139 (10.66%) Cloud Security
14 137 (10.51%) Platform Engineering
15 134 (10.28%) High Availability
15 134 (10.28%) Incident Response
16 131 (10.05%) Migration
17 125 (9.59%) Observability
18 122 (9.36%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 500 (38.34%) Python
2 285 (21.86%) Bash
3 274 (21.01%) SQL
4 117 (8.97%) Bicep
5 84 (6.44%) JavaScript
6 74 (5.67%) C#
7 48 (3.68%) Kusto Query Language
8 39 (2.99%) Java
9 32 (2.45%) T-SQL
10 28 (2.15%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.76%) VBScript
12 19 (1.46%) C++
13 18 (1.38%) Perl
14 13 (1.00%) PHP
15 12 (0.92%) Ruby
16 11 (0.84%) VBA
17 10 (0.77%) VB
18 9 (0.69%) Go
19 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 5 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 175 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 159 (12.19%) Degree
3 145 (11.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 142 (10.89%) Azure Certification
5 116 (8.90%) SC Cleared
6 58 (4.45%) CISSP
7 54 (4.14%) DV Cleared
8 51 (3.91%) CompTIA Security+
8 51 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 49 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
10 39 (2.99%) CCNA
11 27 (2.07%) CEH
12 23 (1.76%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.69%) DBS Check
14 21 (1.61%) CISM
15 18 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 17 (1.30%) GIAC
17 16 (1.23%) OSCP
18 13 (1.00%) CompTIA CySA+
18 13 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 53 (4.06%) NIST
4 43 (3.30%) SLA
5 41 (3.14%) GDPR
6 24 (1.84%) QA
7 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.00%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.54%) PMO
13 6 (0.46%) NCSC
14 5 (0.38%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.31%) ISO 22301
16 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
17 2 (0.15%) EMIR
17 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 491 (37.65%) Active Directory
2 221 (16.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (10.28%) Hyper-V
4 131 (10.05%) Docker
5 79 (6.06%) vSphere
6 67 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
7 56 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.76%) VMware NSX
9 19 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
10 18 (1.38%) BitLocker
11 11 (0.84%) Firmware
12 8 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.61%) KVM
12 8 (0.61%) Squid
13 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 1 (0.077%) Ceph
16 1 (0.077%) HDFS
16 1 (0.077%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 238 (18.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 209 (16.03%) Kubernetes
3 156 (11.96%) Ansible
4 79 (6.06%) Grafana
5 66 (5.06%) SCCM
6 54 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
7 43 (3.30%) Prometheus
8 24 (1.84%) vCenter Server
9 23 (1.76%) Argo
9 23 (1.76%) Puppet
9 23 (1.76%) ZABBIX
10 20 (1.53%) Proxmox
11 19 (1.46%) QRadar
12 17 (1.30%) Packer
13 15 (1.15%) FortiGate
13 15 (1.15%) Graylog
14 13 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.84%) VxRail
16 9 (0.69%) Kibana
16 9 (0.69%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 854 (65.49%) Microsoft
2 256 (19.63%) VMware
3 102 (7.82%) ServiceNow
4 97 (7.44%) Cisco
5 84 (6.44%) Splunk
6 64 (4.91%) Veeam
7 48 (3.68%) Red Hat
8 47 (3.60%) Oracle
9 41 (3.14%) Citrix
10 35 (2.68%) Meraki
11 34 (2.61%) Sage
12 32 (2.45%) Dell
13 30 (2.30%) Sophos
14 29 (2.22%) Dynatrace
14 29 (2.22%) SAP
15 27 (2.07%) Tenable
16 26 (1.99%) Fortinet
17 25 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
17 25 (1.92%) CyberArk
18 24 (1.84%) Google