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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 90 102
Rank change year-on-year -55 +12 -10
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,108 1,370 2,164
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.38% 3.50% 2.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.71% 10.73% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 852 983 1,820
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,225
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £88,750
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 14,373 12,763 27,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.86% 32.65% 32.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10,143 9,111 22,459
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,475
25th Percentile £48,394 £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%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -9 512 £70,000 -7.89% 126
South East -76 158 £55,000 -4.35% 126
North of England -56 152 £47,500 -3.36% 66
Midlands -52 120 £51,250 +2.50% 37
South West -39 81 £55,000 +15.79% 30
North West -59 75 £51,500 +11.96% 39
East of England -26 73 £57,500 +17.95% 25
East Midlands -16 70 £55,000 +37.50% 18
Yorkshire -35 57 £47,500 -14.41% 16
West Midlands -71 49 £48,000 -4.00% 19
North East -30 20 £48,445 -15.75% 11
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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
1 159 (14.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (12.73%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.34%) IIS
4 18 (1.62%) Confluence
5 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.090%) Site Server
7 1 (0.090%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 55 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.27%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.090%) Actimize
4 1 (0.090%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.090%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.090%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.090%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 715 (64.53%) Azure
2 404 (36.46%) Microsoft 365
3 281 (25.36%) Entra ID
4 201 (18.14%) AWS
5 103 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
6 97 (8.75%) Power Platform
7 84 (7.58%) GitHub
8 73 (6.59%) SaaS
9 71 (6.41%) OneDrive
10 67 (6.05%) GCP
10 67 (6.05%) IaaS
11 61 (5.51%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (4.87%) Azure Sentinel
13 47 (4.24%) Azure AKS
14 45 (4.06%) PaaS
14 45 (4.06%) Power Automate
15 43 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
15 43 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
16 41 (3.70%) Google Workspace
17 40 (3.61%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 221 (19.95%) Firewall
2 210 (18.95%) DNS
3 129 (11.64%) VPN
4 126 (11.37%) DHCP
5 92 (8.30%) TCP/IP
6 62 (5.60%) Network Security
7 59 (5.32%) WAN
8 57 (5.14%) LAN
9 44 (3.97%) VLAN
10 43 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.07%) SAN
11 34 (3.07%) VoIP
12 27 (2.44%) Broadband
13 21 (1.90%) Wireless
14 14 (1.26%) Internet
14 14 (1.26%) SD-WAN
15 13 (1.17%) Kerberos
15 13 (1.17%) VSAN
16 12 (1.08%) BGP
16 12 (1.08%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (12.45%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.95%) Power BI
3 52 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (2.17%) MySQL
6 23 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.53%) NoSQL
8 17 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.17%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.17%) Tableau
10 10 (0.90%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.63%) InfluxDB
11 7 (0.63%) Metadata
12 5 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.27%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.27%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 89 (8.03%) Git
2 56 (5.05%) JIRA
3 54 (4.87%) Jenkins
4 51 (4.60%) GitLab
5 28 (2.53%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.17%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.17%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.81%) Burp Suite
8 9 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.72%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.54%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.45%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.45%) TestRail
12 4 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.36%) MLflow
12 4 (0.36%) Selenium
12 4 (0.36%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 345 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 192 (17.33%) Finance
3 149 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.59%) Law
5 47 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
6 46 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.97%) Legal
8 42 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
8 42 (3.79%) Retail
9 34 (3.07%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.17%) Banking
11 22 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.62%) Advertising
12 18 (1.62%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.72%) Front Office
15 7 (0.63%) Electronics
16 6 (0.54%) Military
16 6 (0.54%) Police
17 4 (0.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 194 (17.51%) Senior
2 141 (12.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 133 (12.00%) Analyst
4 117 (10.56%) Azure Engineer
4 117 (10.56%) Support Engineer
5 95 (8.57%) IT Support
6 84 (7.58%) Cloud Engineer
7 80 (7.22%) IT Engineer
8 78 (7.04%) Security Engineer
9 70 (6.32%) DevOps Engineer
10 52 (4.69%) IT Support Engineer
10 52 (4.69%) Lead
11 50 (4.51%) 2nd Line Support
11 50 (4.51%) Developer
12 46 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
13 44 (3.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 40 (3.61%) Security Analyst
15 37 (3.34%) Architect
16 35 (3.16%) Support Analyst
16 35 (3.16%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (7.04%) .NET
2 60 (5.42%) OAuth
3 56 (5.05%) SAML
4 55 (4.96%) OpenID
4 55 (4.96%) REST
5 43 (3.88%) LDAP
6 39 (3.52%) .NET Core
7 36 (3.25%) JSON
8 33 (2.98%) Microsoft Graph
9 32 (2.89%) CSS
9 32 (2.89%) SOAP
10 31 (2.80%) HTML
11 29 (2.62%) ARM Templates
12 27 (2.44%) SPFx
13 24 (2.17%) GraphQL
14 23 (2.08%) YAML
15 20 (1.81%) React
16 19 (1.71%) HTML5 Canvas
17 15 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
17 15 (1.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (8.30%) Onboarding
2 70 (6.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (4.69%) Security Posture
4 51 (4.60%) Management Information System
5 49 (4.42%) Cloud Native
6 44 (3.97%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
8 42 (3.79%) Cyber Threat
9 37 (3.34%) Driving Licence
10 36 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
11 34 (3.07%) Cyberattack
12 33 (2.98%) Data Centre
13 29 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 29 (2.62%) Public Cloud
14 24 (2.17%) PKI
15 21 (1.90%) CMDB
16 19 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.71%) Private Cloud
17 18 (1.62%) Replication
18 16 (1.44%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 516 (46.57%) Windows
2 251 (22.65%) Linux
3 240 (21.66%) Windows Server
4 75 (6.77%) Windows 10
5 45 (4.06%) Android
5 45 (4.06%) Apple iOS
5 45 (4.06%) Mac OS
6 32 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (2.71%) VMS
8 24 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (1.99%) CentOS
10 16 (1.44%) Ubuntu
11 13 (1.17%) Unix
12 7 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.45%) Debian
14 4 (0.36%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.27%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.18%) AIX
17 1 (0.090%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
2 247 (22.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 234 (21.12%) Cybersecurity
4 231 (20.85%) CI/CD
5 225 (20.31%) DevOps
6 195 (17.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 191 (17.24%) ITIL
8 184 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 156 (14.08%) Incident Response
10 140 (12.64%) Mentoring
11 131 (11.82%) Root Cause Analysis
12 130 (11.73%) Agile
13 128 (11.55%) Disaster Recovery
14 118 (10.65%) SIEM
15 114 (10.29%) Containerisation
16 111 (10.02%) Cloud Security
17 98 (8.84%) Security Operations
18 96 (8.66%) Roadmaps
19 95 (8.57%) Task Automation
20 93 (8.39%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 450 (40.61%) Python
2 264 (23.83%) Bash
3 240 (21.66%) SQL
4 86 (7.76%) C#
5 74 (6.68%) JavaScript
6 69 (6.23%) Bicep
7 48 (4.33%) T-SQL
8 32 (2.89%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (2.08%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.99%) Java
11 14 (1.26%) C++
12 12 (1.08%) Perl
13 11 (0.99%) VB
14 10 (0.90%) Go
14 10 (0.90%) VB.NET
14 10 (0.90%) VBA
15 8 (0.72%) PHP
16 7 (0.63%) C
16 7 (0.63%) VBScript
17 6 (0.54%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 144 (13.00%) Degree
2 124 (11.19%) Security Cleared
3 102 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 99 (8.94%) Azure Certification
5 67 (6.05%) SC Cleared
6 43 (3.88%) CISSP
6 43 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (2.98%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.89%) CompTIA Security+
10 26 (2.35%) OSCP
11 25 (2.26%) CCNA
11 25 (2.26%) GIAC
12 24 (2.17%) CREST Certified
13 22 (1.99%) AWS Certification
14 21 (1.90%) CEH
15 20 (1.81%) DBS Check
16 17 (1.53%) CompTIA CySA+
17 12 (1.08%) CCSAM
17 12 (1.08%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (12.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 106 (9.57%) NIST
3 62 (5.60%) GDPR
4 42 (3.79%) SLA
5 31 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (2.26%) NCSC
7 20 (1.81%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.62%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.44%) QA
9 16 (1.44%) SOC 2
10 14 (1.26%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (1.08%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.54%) DICOM
15 5 (0.45%) GRC
16 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
18 2 (0.18%) COBIT
18 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 401 (36.19%) Active Directory
2 147 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (10.92%) Docker
4 100 (9.03%) Hyper-V
5 47 (4.24%) vSphere
6 30 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.44%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.35%) Firmware
10 14 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
11 12 (1.08%) VMware NSX
12 10 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 6 (0.54%) KVM
14 5 (0.45%) Squid
14 5 (0.45%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.36%) iptables
15 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 249 (22.47%) Terraform
2 192 (17.33%) Kubernetes
3 171 (15.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 132 (11.91%) Ansible
5 53 (4.78%) Grafana
6 46 (4.15%) SCCM
6 46 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
7 34 (3.07%) Prometheus
8 23 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
9 19 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.62%) vCenter Server
11 14 (1.26%) Nessus
11 14 (1.26%) VxRail
12 13 (1.17%) QRadar
13 12 (1.08%) Packer
14 10 (0.90%) ZABBIX
15 9 (0.81%) WSUS
16 8 (0.72%) logstash
16 8 (0.72%) Nagios
17 7 (0.63%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 634 (57.22%) Microsoft
2 199 (17.96%) VMware
3 90 (8.12%) Cisco
4 58 (5.23%) Splunk
5 52 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 50 (4.51%) Red Hat
7 42 (3.79%) CrowdStrike
8 38 (3.43%) Veeam
9 31 (2.80%) Google
10 29 (2.62%) Citrix
10 29 (2.62%) Dell
10 29 (2.62%) Meraki
11 27 (2.44%) Commvault
11 27 (2.44%) Palo Alto
12 26 (2.35%) Fortinet
13 25 (2.26%) Apple
14 22 (1.99%) CyberArk
14 22 (1.99%) Oracle
15 21 (1.90%) Tenable
16 20 (1.81%) Sophos