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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 90 67
Rank change year-on-year -28 -23 +18
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,051 1,428 2,274
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.87% 3.05% 3.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.83% 8.94% 9.76%
Number of salaries quoted 854 1,001 1,982
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,780 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year -6.50% +4.24% -1.67%

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 10,687 15,966 23,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.04% 34.10% 37.55%
Number of salaries quoted 7,964 9,344 19,827
10th Percentile £33,250 £38,750 £36,365
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,383 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £111,250 £103,750
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 31 January 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 31 January 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 -8 449 £70,000 -6.67% 157
South East -39 184 £57,500 -4.17% 155
North of England -24 135 £49,222 -6.24% 101
South West +12 105 £55,000 -1.12% 55
Midlands -36 92 £52,500 +5.00% 54
East of England +22 70 £43,000 -18.10% 42
Yorkshire -11 62 £48,445 -3.11% 27
North West -14 59 £50,000 - 61
West Midlands -33 47 £50,750 +1.50% 22
East Midlands -7 44 £55,000 +8.91% 32
North East +1 14 £48,445 -15.01% 13
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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
1 168 (15.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 131 (12.46%) SharePoint
3 43 (4.09%) IIS
4 22 (2.09%) Confluence
4 22 (2.09%) Exchange Server 2003
5 12 (1.14%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.57%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.38%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) CATIA
5 3 (0.29%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.29%) Windchill
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.095%) Actimize
6 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.095%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 667 (63.46%) Azure
2 357 (33.97%) Microsoft 365
3 264 (25.12%) Entra ID
4 195 (18.55%) AWS
5 144 (13.70%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (10.18%) Power Platform
7 74 (7.04%) GCP
7 74 (7.04%) GitHub
8 61 (5.80%) PaaS
9 56 (5.33%) GitHub Actions
10 55 (5.23%) Power Automate
11 48 (4.57%) Azure Monitor
12 43 (4.09%) IaaS
13 42 (4.00%) SaaS
14 40 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
15 39 (3.71%) OneDrive
16 33 (3.14%) Google Workspace
17 31 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
18 30 (2.85%) PowerApps
19 27 (2.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 202 (19.22%) Firewall
2 195 (18.55%) DNS
3 151 (14.37%) DHCP
4 99 (9.42%) VPN
5 98 (9.32%) TCP/IP
6 73 (6.95%) WAN
7 65 (6.18%) LAN
8 41 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (3.81%) VLAN
10 34 (3.24%) Wireless
11 30 (2.85%) SAN
12 26 (2.47%) Network Security
12 26 (2.47%) SD-WAN
13 21 (2.00%) VoIP
14 19 (1.81%) Broadband
14 19 (1.81%) Internet
15 17 (1.62%) VSAN
16 13 (1.24%) Cisco IOS
17 12 (1.14%) Skype
17 12 (1.14%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (12.18%) SQL Server
2 75 (7.14%) Power BI
3 33 (3.14%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.85%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.47%) Oracle Database 10g
7 21 (2.00%) MySQL
8 19 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (1.14%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.14%) Tableau
12 10 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.86%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.57%) DTS
15 6 (0.57%) Metadata
16 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 83 (7.90%) Git
2 77 (7.33%) JIRA
3 72 (6.85%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.52%) GitLab
5 24 (2.28%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.62%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.52%) TeamCity
8 11 (1.05%) Burp Suite
8 11 (1.05%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.67%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
13 4 (0.38%) MSI
13 4 (0.38%) Toad
13 4 (0.38%) Vagrant
14 3 (0.29%) JMeter
General
1 377 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 226 (21.50%) Finance
3 112 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (4.95%) Law
5 48 (4.57%) Retail
6 41 (3.90%) Public Sector
7 35 (3.33%) Banking
7 35 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.24%) Legal
9 30 (2.85%) Telecoms
10 27 (2.57%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.86%) Advertising
14 9 (0.86%) Front Office
15 8 (0.76%) Marketing
16 7 (0.67%) Electronics
16 7 (0.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 144 (13.70%) Support Engineer
2 136 (12.94%) Senior
3 124 (11.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 86 (8.18%) Azure Engineer
5 84 (7.99%) Analyst
6 79 (7.52%) DevOps Engineer
7 72 (6.85%) Developer
8 70 (6.66%) IT Support
9 68 (6.47%) Security Engineer
10 66 (6.28%) IT Engineer
11 63 (5.99%) Cloud Engineer
12 61 (5.80%) Lead
13 52 (4.95%) 3rd Line Support
14 51 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
15 46 (4.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 46 (4.38%) IT Support Engineer
16 41 (3.90%) Applications Support
17 37 (3.52%) Applications Engineer
18 34 (3.24%) Support Analyst
19 32 (3.04%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.57%) REST
2 64 (6.09%) .NET
3 37 (3.52%) SOAP
3 37 (3.52%) YAML
4 33 (3.14%) OpenID
5 32 (3.04%) OAuth
6 31 (2.95%) LDAP
7 29 (2.76%) JSON
7 29 (2.76%) SAML
8 25 (2.38%) ARM Templates
9 23 (2.19%) React
10 20 (1.90%) GraphQL
11 17 (1.62%) Elastic Stack
11 17 (1.62%) Microsoft Graph
12 15 (1.43%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.43%) Node.js
13 14 (1.33%) Middleware
14 12 (1.14%) .NET Core
15 10 (0.95%) Razor View Engine
15 10 (0.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 64 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.14%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.71%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.14%) Cloud Native
7 29 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (2.66%) Data Centre
8 28 (2.66%) Driving Licence
9 24 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
9 24 (2.28%) PKI
10 21 (2.00%) CMDB
10 21 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
11 20 (1.90%) Cyberattack
12 19 (1.81%) Hedge funds
12 19 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (1.62%) Private Cloud
14 16 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
14 16 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 466 (44.34%) Windows
2 250 (23.79%) Windows Server
3 191 (18.17%) Linux
4 65 (6.18%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.57%) Mac OS
6 42 (4.00%) Unix
7 35 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 35 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 30 (2.85%) Android
8 30 (2.85%) VMS
9 28 (2.66%) Windows Server 2008
10 24 (2.28%) Solaris
11 22 (2.09%) HPUX
11 22 (2.09%) Windows 7
11 22 (2.09%) Windows Server 2003
12 19 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 16 (1.52%) Apple iOS
14 14 (1.33%) CentOS
15 13 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
16 12 (1.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
2 273 (25.98%) DevOps
3 213 (20.27%) CI/CD
4 196 (18.65%) ITIL
5 189 (17.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 180 (17.13%) Infrastructure as Code
7 172 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 163 (15.51%) Cybersecurity
9 143 (13.61%) Disaster Recovery
10 127 (12.08%) Mentoring
11 119 (11.32%) Task Automation
12 112 (10.66%) Agile
13 106 (10.09%) Root Cause Analysis
14 98 (9.32%) Incident Response
15 92 (8.75%) Cloud Security
16 91 (8.66%) Migration
17 88 (8.37%) Computer Science
18 85 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
19 84 (7.99%) Incident Management
20 79 (7.52%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 351 (33.40%) Python
2 224 (21.31%) Bash
3 222 (21.12%) SQL
4 90 (8.56%) C#
5 62 (5.90%) Bicep
6 53 (5.04%) JavaScript
7 45 (4.28%) T-SQL
8 26 (2.47%) Perl
9 23 (2.19%) Go
10 22 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
11 20 (1.90%) Java
12 14 (1.33%) VB
13 10 (0.95%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.95%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.95%) VBScript
14 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.48%) Groovy
16 4 (0.38%) C++
16 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 157 (14.94%) Degree
2 141 (13.42%) Security Cleared
3 94 (8.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 85 (8.09%) SC Cleared
5 78 (7.42%) Azure Certification
6 54 (5.14%) DV Cleared
7 44 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (3.43%) CISSP
9 31 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 26 (2.47%) AWS Certification
11 21 (2.00%) CEH
12 20 (1.90%) CREST Certified
13 17 (1.62%) CCNA
14 16 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
14 16 (1.52%) DBS Check
14 16 (1.52%) GIAC
14 16 (1.52%) Master's Degree
15 12 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 118 (11.23%) NIST
3 58 (5.52%) GDPR
4 55 (5.23%) SLA
5 35 (3.33%) NCSC
6 29 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (2.38%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.62%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.43%) QA
10 14 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.24%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.24%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.57%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.48%) GRC
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
16 2 (0.19%) DICOM
16 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 381 (36.25%) Active Directory
2 122 (11.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 97 (9.23%) Docker
4 82 (7.80%) Hyper-V
5 34 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (2.85%) vSphere
7 25 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.09%) Firmware
9 14 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.67%) XenApp
11 7 (0.67%) XenDesktop
12 6 (0.57%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.38%) Postfix
13 4 (0.38%) Squid
14 3 (0.29%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.29%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.29%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 206 (19.60%) Terraform
2 167 (15.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 143 (13.61%) Kubernetes
4 122 (11.61%) Ansible
5 47 (4.47%) SCCM
6 39 (3.71%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (3.04%) Grafana
8 23 (2.19%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (1.43%) SCOM
10 15 (1.43%) WSUS
11 11 (1.05%) Puppet
11 11 (1.05%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.95%) Nessus
13 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.76%) SCVMM
14 8 (0.76%) ZABBIX
15 7 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
15 7 (0.67%) Nagios
15 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 569 (54.14%) Microsoft
2 208 (19.79%) VMware
3 88 (8.37%) Cisco
4 57 (5.42%) ServiceNow
5 55 (5.23%) Oracle
6 46 (4.38%) Veeam
7 38 (3.62%) Atlassian
7 38 (3.62%) Google
8 33 (3.14%) Citrix
8 33 (3.14%) Splunk
9 30 (2.85%) Palo Alto
10 29 (2.76%) Red Hat
11 26 (2.47%) Commvault
12 25 (2.38%) CyberArk
13 23 (2.19%) SolarWinds
14 22 (2.09%) Dell
15 21 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
15 21 (2.00%) SAP
16 20 (1.90%) Meraki
17 19 (1.81%) Fortinet