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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 77 105
Rank change year-on-year -54 +28 -24
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,288 1,607 2,213
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.48% 3.73% 2.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.05% 12.26% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1,042 1,767
10th Percentile £32,350 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,586
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £75,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 16,001 13,106 27,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.45% 30.43% 30.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,620 8,884 21,924
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,738 £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 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -17 499 £70,000 -3.45% 130
South East -30 242 £55,000 -4.35% 106
North of England -89 204 £47,500 -5.00% 72
Midlands -42 140 £50,000 - 34
North West -90 110 £50,051 +3.61% 46
East of England -23 98 £54,500 +9.00% 28
South West -55 92 £55,000 +15.79% 78
East Midlands -11 76 £45,000 +28.57% 15
West Midlands -68 63 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Yorkshire -36 58 £47,500 -9.52% 12
North East -21 36 £47,500 -20.83% 16
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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
1 208 (16.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 179 (13.90%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.73%) IIS
4 25 (1.94%) Confluence
5 4 (0.31%) nginx
5 4 (0.31%) SAS
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.078%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.078%) Site Server
7 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 77 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.078%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.078%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 831 (64.52%) Azure
2 466 (36.18%) Microsoft 365
3 327 (25.39%) Entra ID
4 230 (17.86%) AWS
5 142 (11.02%) Azure DevOps
6 112 (8.70%) Power Platform
7 108 (8.39%) GitHub
8 98 (7.61%) IaaS
9 87 (6.75%) SaaS
10 80 (6.21%) OneDrive
11 79 (6.13%) Azure Monitor
12 72 (5.59%) PaaS
13 69 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
14 63 (4.89%) Azure AKS
14 63 (4.89%) Azure Sentinel
15 57 (4.43%) Azure Key Vault
15 57 (4.43%) Power Automate
16 54 (4.19%) GCP
17 50 (3.88%) Serverless
18 49 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 289 (22.44%) Firewall
2 262 (20.34%) DNS
3 188 (14.60%) VPN
4 173 (13.43%) DHCP
5 117 (9.08%) TCP/IP
6 79 (6.13%) WAN
7 78 (6.06%) LAN
8 77 (5.98%) Network Security
9 65 (5.05%) VLAN
10 49 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.95%) Wireless
12 34 (2.64%) SAN
13 29 (2.25%) VoIP
14 26 (2.02%) Kerberos
15 21 (1.63%) Broadband
16 16 (1.24%) SSL
17 15 (1.16%) BGP
17 15 (1.16%) NAS
18 14 (1.09%) HTTP
18 14 (1.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (11.57%) SQL Server
2 78 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 75 (5.82%) Power BI
4 39 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.94%) MySQL
6 25 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.63%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 12 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.78%) InfluxDB
11 10 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.54%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.47%) Tableau
14 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.39%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.31%) Power Query
15 4 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 106 (8.23%) Git
2 77 (5.98%) JIRA
3 67 (5.20%) GitLab
4 65 (5.05%) Jenkins
5 34 (2.64%) Bitbucket
6 15 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.85%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.85%) TeamCity
8 11 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.70%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (0.62%) TestRail
11 7 (0.54%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.54%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.54%) Selenium
12 5 (0.39%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.39%) Postman
12 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
General
1 391 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 210 (16.30%) Finance
3 160 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (7.84%) Law
5 54 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
6 52 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (3.88%) Legal
8 41 (3.18%) Retail
9 27 (2.10%) Public Sector
10 24 (1.86%) Banking
11 22 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.63%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.32%) Advertising
14 14 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.70%) Financial Institution
15 9 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.54%) Aviation
16 7 (0.54%) Front Office
16 7 (0.54%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 216 (16.77%) Senior
2 161 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 151 (11.72%) Analyst
4 144 (11.18%) Support Engineer
5 132 (10.25%) Azure Engineer
6 131 (10.17%) IT Engineer
7 123 (9.55%) IT Support
8 110 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
9 97 (7.53%) DevOps Engineer
10 78 (6.06%) Security Engineer
11 76 (5.90%) IT Support Engineer
12 66 (5.12%) Platform Engineer
13 59 (4.58%) Developer
14 54 (4.19%) Lead
15 53 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support
16 50 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
17 45 (3.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 42 (3.26%) Architect
18 42 (3.26%) Security Analyst
19 39 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.44%) .NET
2 63 (4.89%) SAML
3 61 (4.74%) OAuth
4 57 (4.43%) REST
5 54 (4.19%) OpenID
6 52 (4.04%) ARM Templates
7 50 (3.88%) LDAP
8 42 (3.26%) HTML
8 42 (3.26%) JSON
8 42 (3.26%) YAML
9 37 (2.87%) .NET Core
10 36 (2.80%) Microsoft Graph
11 32 (2.48%) CSS
12 30 (2.33%) SOAP
13 24 (1.86%) SPFx
14 22 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
15 20 (1.55%) GraphQL
16 19 (1.48%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (1.32%) XML
18 15 (1.16%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 103 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 78 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 77 (5.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 72 (5.59%) Security Posture
5 61 (4.74%) Driving Licence
6 57 (4.43%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.57%) Data Centre
8 45 (3.49%) Security Operations Centre
9 44 (3.42%) Public Cloud
10 41 (3.18%) Cyber Defence
11 39 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (2.95%) Cyber Threat
12 38 (2.95%) PKI
13 36 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
14 27 (2.10%) Cyberattack
15 24 (1.86%) Private Cloud
16 23 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
17 22 (1.71%) Replication
18 17 (1.32%) Clustering
19 16 (1.24%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 618 (47.98%) Windows
2 300 (23.29%) Linux
3 295 (22.90%) Windows Server
4 75 (5.82%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.04%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.88%) VMS
7 45 (3.49%) Mac OS
8 40 (3.11%) Android
9 39 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
10 34 (2.64%) CentOS
11 30 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
13 25 (1.94%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.78%) Unix
15 8 (0.62%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
17 3 (0.23%) AIX
18 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
2 315 (24.46%) Infrastructure as Code
3 309 (23.99%) CI/CD
4 291 (22.59%) DevOps
5 257 (19.95%) Cybersecurity
6 238 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 237 (18.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 218 (16.93%) ITIL
9 172 (13.35%) Agile
10 162 (12.58%) Incident Response
11 160 (12.42%) Root Cause Analysis
12 159 (12.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 159 (12.34%) Mentoring
13 138 (10.71%) Containerisation
14 134 (10.40%) High Availability
15 130 (10.09%) Cloud Security
16 126 (9.78%) SIEM
17 118 (9.16%) AI
18 115 (8.93%) Roadmaps
19 112 (8.70%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 515 (39.98%) Python
2 323 (25.08%) Bash
3 274 (21.27%) SQL
4 100 (7.76%) Bicep
5 96 (7.45%) C#
6 79 (6.13%) JavaScript
7 53 (4.11%) T-SQL
8 45 (3.49%) Kusto Query Language
9 34 (2.64%) Java
10 30 (2.33%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.48%) C++
12 17 (1.32%) PHP
12 17 (1.32%) VBScript
13 12 (0.93%) Perl
14 11 (0.85%) Go
14 11 (0.85%) VB
15 10 (0.78%) VBA
16 9 (0.70%) Ruby
17 8 (0.62%) C
18 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 153 (11.88%) Degree
1 153 (11.88%) Security Cleared
2 143 (11.10%) Azure Certification
3 128 (9.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (7.53%) SC Cleared
5 54 (4.19%) Cisco Certification
5 54 (4.19%) CISSP
6 47 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (3.42%) CompTIA Security+
8 40 (3.11%) CCNA
9 37 (2.87%) DV Cleared
10 28 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 26 (2.02%) AWS Certification
11 26 (2.02%) OSCP
12 25 (1.94%) CEH
12 25 (1.94%) GIAC
13 23 (1.79%) CREST Certified
14 17 (1.32%) CCNP
15 16 (1.24%) CompTIA CySA+
16 14 (1.09%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (10.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (7.61%) NIST
3 61 (4.74%) GDPR
4 54 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (3.11%) SLA
6 24 (1.86%) QA
7 20 (1.55%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.48%) NCSC
9 18 (1.40%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.40%) SOC 2
10 13 (1.01%) ISO 22301
11 9 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.47%) DICOM
13 6 (0.47%) PMO
14 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 476 (36.96%) Active Directory
2 204 (15.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (11.10%) Hyper-V
4 140 (10.87%) Docker
5 77 (5.98%) vSphere
6 46 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
7 39 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.79%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.24%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.78%) KVM
12 8 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.62%) Squid
13 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.31%) iptables
13 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.23%) Firmware
14 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 322 (25.00%) Terraform
2 226 (17.55%) Kubernetes
3 194 (15.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 160 (12.42%) Ansible
5 76 (5.90%) Grafana
6 56 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
7 53 (4.11%) SCCM
8 51 (3.96%) Prometheus
9 25 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.79%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.63%) ZABBIX
12 20 (1.55%) Argo
12 20 (1.55%) Packer
13 19 (1.48%) QRadar
14 17 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 16 (1.24%) Proxmox
16 15 (1.16%) Nessus
17 14 (1.09%) Graylog
18 12 (0.93%) Nagios
18 12 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 773 (60.02%) Microsoft
2 251 (19.49%) VMware
3 101 (7.84%) Cisco
4 89 (6.91%) Splunk
5 75 (5.82%) ServiceNow
6 57 (4.43%) Red Hat
7 52 (4.04%) Veeam
8 40 (3.11%) Oracle
9 39 (3.03%) Meraki
10 31 (2.41%) Tenable
11 30 (2.33%) Apple
12 29 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
13 28 (2.17%) Sophos
14 27 (2.10%) Dell
15 26 (2.02%) Citrix
15 26 (2.02%) Palo Alto
16 25 (1.94%) Fortinet
17 24 (1.86%) SolarWinds
18 23 (1.79%) Google
19 22 (1.71%) Dynatrace