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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 95 81
Rank change year-on-year -29 -14 +6
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,079 1,350 2,261
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.70% 3.28% 3.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.23% 9.48% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 857 1,011 1,967
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +9.65% -5.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +11.61% -6.67%

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 11,693 14,245 24,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.43% 34.66% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,576 9,126 20,959
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,563 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -6 477 £70,000 -10.54% 139
South East -44 196 £56,750 -5.42% 131
North of England -35 142 £47,500 -9.52% 62
South West 0 102 £55,000 +3.77% 46
Midlands -45 91 £52,500 +5.00% 34
Yorkshire -26 66 £47,500 -9.52% 23
North West -41 60 £50,000 -2.44% 29
East of England -16 54 £40,000 -27.27% 34
East Midlands -20 47 £55,000 +8.91% 18
West Midlands -52 43 £47,500 -5.00% 15
North East -11 16 £47,500 -20.83% 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
1 175 (16.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 124 (11.49%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.97%) IIS
4 22 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.20%) Confluence
6 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.46%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.093%) nginx
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 45 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.37%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.093%) Actimize
6 1 (0.093%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.093%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.093%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 667 (61.82%) Azure
2 369 (34.20%) Microsoft 365
3 281 (26.04%) Entra ID
4 187 (17.33%) AWS
5 121 (11.21%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (9.73%) Power Platform
7 77 (7.14%) GitHub
8 76 (7.04%) GCP
9 65 (6.02%) PaaS
10 63 (5.84%) SaaS
11 57 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (4.91%) Azure Monitor
13 52 (4.82%) IaaS
14 43 (3.99%) Google Workspace
14 43 (3.99%) Power Automate
15 41 (3.80%) OneDrive
16 35 (3.24%) Azure Sentinel
17 34 (3.15%) Nutanix
18 31 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
19 29 (2.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 210 (19.46%) DNS
2 204 (18.91%) Firewall
3 166 (15.38%) DHCP
4 123 (11.40%) VPN
5 102 (9.45%) TCP/IP
6 67 (6.21%) WAN
7 65 (6.02%) LAN
8 49 (4.54%) VLAN
9 47 (4.36%) Wi-Fi
10 39 (3.61%) Network Security
11 34 (3.15%) SAN
12 32 (2.97%) VoIP
12 32 (2.97%) Wireless
13 27 (2.50%) Broadband
13 27 (2.50%) SD-WAN
14 17 (1.58%) VSAN
15 13 (1.20%) NAS
16 12 (1.11%) WinSCP
17 10 (0.93%) Internet
17 10 (0.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (12.14%) SQL Server
2 80 (7.41%) Power BI
3 31 (2.87%) Relational Database
4 29 (2.69%) Oracle Database
5 27 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.41%) Oracle Database 10g
7 25 (2.32%) MySQL
7 25 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.39%) Tableau
10 14 (1.30%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.46%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.46%) Metadata
14 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 77 (7.14%) Git
2 71 (6.58%) JIRA
3 63 (5.84%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.43%) GitLab
5 25 (2.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 22 (2.04%) Bitbucket
7 17 (1.58%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.93%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.83%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.56%) Robot Framework
13 5 (0.46%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.37%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.37%) MLflow
15 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.28%) JMeter
15 3 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 368 (34.11%) Social Skills
2 228 (21.13%) Finance
3 123 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (4.45%) Law
5 47 (4.36%) Retail
6 45 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 39 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.06%) Legal
9 32 (2.97%) Banking
10 31 (2.87%) Public Sector
11 29 (2.69%) Telecoms
12 27 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.76%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.83%) Advertising
17 7 (0.65%) Front Office
18 6 (0.56%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.56%) Marketing
19 5 (0.46%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 141 (13.07%) Senior
2 136 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 130 (12.05%) Support Engineer
4 100 (9.27%) Analyst
5 93 (8.62%) Azure Engineer
6 83 (7.69%) IT Support
7 75 (6.95%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (6.49%) Security Engineer
9 69 (6.39%) Developer
10 65 (6.02%) IT Engineer
11 63 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
12 57 (5.28%) Lead
13 55 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support
14 48 (4.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 47 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
16 43 (3.99%) Platform Engineer
17 36 (3.34%) Architect
18 35 (3.24%) 2nd Line Support
18 35 (3.24%) Support Analyst
19 30 (2.78%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.39%) REST
2 64 (5.93%) .NET
3 48 (4.45%) OAuth
4 45 (4.17%) SAML
5 44 (4.08%) OpenID
6 36 (3.34%) SOAP
7 33 (3.06%) LDAP
8 31 (2.87%) JSON
9 28 (2.59%) YAML
10 26 (2.41%) GraphQL
11 24 (2.22%) ARM Templates
12 21 (1.95%) React
13 17 (1.58%) .NET Core
13 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
14 16 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
15 14 (1.30%) Node.js
16 13 (1.20%) Middleware
17 12 (1.11%) AngularJS
17 12 (1.11%) Web Services
18 11 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.71%) Onboarding
2 75 (6.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.00%) Security Posture
4 40 (3.71%) Driving Licence
4 40 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 35 (3.24%) Cyber Threat
7 34 (3.15%) Cyber Defence
8 30 (2.78%) Data Centre
9 29 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 29 (2.69%) Cloud Native
9 29 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (2.41%) Cyberattack
11 21 (1.95%) PKI
11 21 (1.95%) Security Operations Centre
12 19 (1.76%) CMDB
13 17 (1.58%) Hedge funds
14 15 (1.39%) Replication
14 15 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 485 (44.95%) Windows
2 256 (23.73%) Windows Server
3 209 (19.37%) Linux
4 66 (6.12%) Windows 10
5 56 (5.19%) Mac OS
6 40 (3.71%) Unix
7 34 (3.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.97%) Android
10 27 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 26 (2.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 24 (2.22%) CentOS
12 24 (2.22%) Solaris
13 23 (2.13%) Apple iOS
13 23 (2.13%) VMS
14 22 (2.04%) HPUX
14 22 (2.04%) Windows 7
14 22 (2.04%) Windows Server 2003
15 15 (1.39%) Ubuntu
16 11 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (30.58%) Problem-Solving
2 252 (23.35%) DevOps
3 207 (19.18%) CI/CD
4 201 (18.63%) ITIL
5 193 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 183 (16.96%) Cybersecurity
6 183 (16.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 176 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 153 (14.18%) Disaster Recovery
9 129 (11.96%) Mentoring
10 118 (10.94%) Incident Response
11 116 (10.75%) Root Cause Analysis
12 113 (10.47%) Agile
13 105 (9.73%) Task Automation
14 95 (8.80%) Cloud Security
15 90 (8.34%) Business Intelligence
15 90 (8.34%) Migration
16 89 (8.25%) Computer Science
17 86 (7.97%) Incident Management
18 83 (7.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 371 (34.38%) Python
2 241 (22.34%) Bash
3 224 (20.76%) SQL
4 77 (7.14%) C#
5 61 (5.65%) JavaScript
6 57 (5.28%) Bicep
7 53 (4.91%) T-SQL
8 25 (2.32%) Perl
9 24 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
10 17 (1.58%) Go
10 17 (1.58%) Java
11 10 (0.93%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.65%) PHP
12 7 (0.65%) VB
12 7 (0.65%) VBScript
13 6 (0.56%) Delphi
14 5 (0.46%) C++
14 5 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.37%) R
15 4 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 161 (14.92%) Degree
2 135 (12.51%) Security Cleared
3 97 (8.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 83 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 79 (7.32%) SC Cleared
6 53 (4.91%) DV Cleared
7 43 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.89%) CISSP
9 31 (2.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 30 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.22%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.13%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.13%) CEH
13 22 (2.04%) GIAC
14 19 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.58%) CCNA
15 17 (1.58%) OSCP
16 16 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (1.48%) DBS Check
17 12 (1.11%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (14.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 136 (12.60%) NIST
3 60 (5.56%) SLA
4 55 (5.10%) GDPR
5 39 (3.61%) NCSC
6 32 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (2.32%) Accessibility
8 21 (1.95%) ISO 22301
9 17 (1.58%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.58%) QA
10 15 (1.39%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.65%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.46%) DICOM
14 5 (0.46%) GRC
15 3 (0.28%) HL7
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
16 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 406 (37.63%) Active Directory
2 128 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (9.45%) Docker
4 96 (8.90%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.71%) vSphere
6 36 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.76%) Firmware
9 17 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.56%) XenApp
11 6 (0.56%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.28%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.28%) iptables
14 3 (0.28%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) KVM
15 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 207 (19.18%) Terraform
2 158 (14.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 145 (13.44%) Kubernetes
4 125 (11.58%) Ansible
5 39 (3.61%) SCCM
6 38 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
7 37 (3.43%) Grafana
8 23 (2.13%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
11 14 (1.30%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.11%) Puppet
13 11 (1.02%) Nessus
14 10 (0.93%) SCOM
15 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.83%) Nagios
15 9 (0.83%) VxRail
16 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.74%) SCVMM
17 7 (0.65%) Control-M
Vendors
1 573 (53.10%) Microsoft
2 221 (20.48%) VMware
3 89 (8.25%) Cisco
4 50 (4.63%) Oracle
5 48 (4.45%) Veeam
6 46 (4.26%) ServiceNow
7 45 (4.17%) Splunk
8 41 (3.80%) Red Hat
9 40 (3.71%) Google
10 34 (3.15%) Atlassian
11 32 (2.97%) Commvault
12 31 (2.87%) Palo Alto
13 28 (2.59%) Citrix
14 24 (2.22%) CyberArk
15 23 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
15 23 (2.13%) Dell
15 23 (2.13%) Fortinet
16 22 (2.04%) Apple
16 22 (2.04%) Meraki
17 19 (1.76%) SolarWinds