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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 94 78
Rank change year-on-year -29 -16 +9
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,071 1,378 2,242
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.75% 3.23% 3.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.37% 9.30% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 858 999 1,958
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +9.57% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +9.65% -5.00%

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 11,429 14,821 24,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.63% 34.75% 36.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,414 9,157 20,602
10th Percentile £33,750 £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 £83,750 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 25 February 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 February 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 -8 470 £70,000 -9.68% 143
South East -51 196 £56,750 -5.42% 123
North of England -38 142 £47,972 -8.62% 66
South West +4 103 £55,000 - 40
Midlands -56 86 £51,500 +3.00% 40
Yorkshire -19 65 £47,500 -9.52% 23
North West -28 60 £50,000 - 31
East of England -13 57 £40,000 -27.27% 33
East Midlands -34 43 £55,000 +8.91% 20
West Midlands -45 42 £47,500 -5.00% 20
North East -5 17 £47,500 -20.83% 12
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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
1 171 (15.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 122 (11.39%) SharePoint
3 34 (3.17%) IIS
4 22 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.21%) Confluence
6 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.47%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
10 1 (0.093%) Apache
10 1 (0.093%) nginx
10 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 39 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.37%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.28%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.093%) Actimize
7 1 (0.093%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.093%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 664 (62.00%) Azure
2 365 (34.08%) Microsoft 365
3 278 (25.96%) Entra ID
4 195 (18.21%) AWS
5 126 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
6 108 (10.08%) Power Platform
7 78 (7.28%) GCP
7 78 (7.28%) GitHub
8 65 (6.07%) PaaS
9 59 (5.51%) SaaS
10 58 (5.42%) GitHub Actions
11 51 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
12 49 (4.58%) IaaS
13 45 (4.20%) Power Automate
14 43 (4.01%) Google Workspace
15 40 (3.73%) OneDrive
16 35 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
17 32 (2.99%) Nutanix
18 31 (2.89%) AWS CloudFormation
19 29 (2.71%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 204 (19.05%) DNS
2 202 (18.86%) Firewall
3 164 (15.31%) DHCP
4 119 (11.11%) VPN
5 99 (9.24%) TCP/IP
6 68 (6.35%) WAN
7 66 (6.16%) LAN
8 50 (4.67%) VLAN
9 48 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (3.27%) SAN
11 34 (3.17%) Network Security
12 33 (3.08%) Wireless
13 30 (2.80%) VoIP
14 27 (2.52%) Broadband
14 27 (2.52%) SD-WAN
15 17 (1.59%) VSAN
16 14 (1.31%) NAS
17 12 (1.12%) WinSCP
18 11 (1.03%) Internet
19 10 (0.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (12.51%) SQL Server
2 82 (7.66%) Power BI
3 32 (2.99%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.80%) Oracle Database
5 28 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.43%) Oracle Database 10g
7 25 (2.33%) MySQL
8 24 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.40%) Tableau
11 14 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.21%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.75%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.47%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.47%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 77 (7.19%) Git
2 71 (6.63%) JIRA
3 68 (6.35%) Jenkins
4 39 (3.64%) GitLab
5 25 (2.33%) Octopus Deploy
6 20 (1.87%) Bitbucket
7 17 (1.59%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 13 (1.21%) Metasploit
10 11 (1.03%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.84%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.56%) Robot Framework
13 5 (0.47%) 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
1 369 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 228 (21.29%) Finance
3 121 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (4.48%) Retail
5 44 (4.11%) Law
5 44 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (3.08%) Banking
7 33 (3.08%) Legal
7 33 (3.08%) Public Sector
8 29 (2.71%) Telecoms
9 26 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (1.87%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.75%) Advertising
14 7 (0.65%) Front Office
15 6 (0.56%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.56%) Marketing
16 5 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 141 (13.17%) Senior
2 136 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 133 (12.42%) Support Engineer
4 98 (9.15%) Analyst
5 88 (8.22%) Azure Engineer
6 81 (7.56%) IT Support
7 75 (7.00%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (6.54%) Security Engineer
9 68 (6.35%) Developer
10 66 (6.16%) IT Engineer
11 61 (5.70%) Cloud Engineer
12 58 (5.42%) Lead
13 54 (5.04%) 3rd Line Support
14 47 (4.39%) IT Support Engineer
15 45 (4.20%) Platform Engineer
16 43 (4.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 36 (3.36%) Support Analyst
18 35 (3.27%) Architect
19 34 (3.17%) 2nd Line Support
19 34 (3.17%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.44%) REST
2 63 (5.88%) .NET
3 46 (4.30%) OAuth
4 43 (4.01%) OpenID
4 43 (4.01%) SAML
5 36 (3.36%) SOAP
6 33 (3.08%) LDAP
7 32 (2.99%) JSON
8 29 (2.71%) YAML
9 26 (2.43%) ARM Templates
9 26 (2.43%) GraphQL
10 21 (1.96%) React
11 16 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
11 16 (1.49%) Microsoft Graph
12 15 (1.40%) .NET Core
12 15 (1.40%) Middleware
13 13 (1.21%) AngularJS
13 13 (1.21%) Node.js
14 11 (1.03%) Web Services
14 11 (1.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.40%) Onboarding
2 71 (6.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (5.14%) Security Posture
4 41 (3.83%) Management Information System
5 40 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (3.55%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
8 31 (2.89%) Data Centre
9 30 (2.80%) Cloud Native
9 30 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
10 29 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
12 26 (2.43%) Cyberattack
13 22 (2.05%) PKI
14 19 (1.77%) CMDB
14 19 (1.77%) Security Operations Centre
15 18 (1.68%) Hedge funds
16 16 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
17 15 (1.40%) Low-Code
17 15 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 478 (44.63%) Windows
2 256 (23.90%) Windows Server
3 202 (18.86%) Linux
4 68 (6.35%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.95%) Mac OS
6 42 (3.92%) Unix
7 35 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 34 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.99%) Android
10 26 (2.43%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 24 (2.24%) Solaris
12 24 (2.24%) VMS
13 23 (2.15%) Apple iOS
13 23 (2.15%) CentOS
14 22 (2.05%) HPUX
14 22 (2.05%) Windows 7
14 22 (2.05%) Windows Server 2003
15 14 (1.31%) Ubuntu
16 12 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (30.63%) Problem-Solving
2 259 (24.18%) DevOps
3 209 (19.51%) CI/CD
4 198 (18.49%) ITIL
5 196 (18.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 181 (16.90%) Infrastructure as Code
7 178 (16.62%) Cybersecurity
8 174 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 151 (14.10%) Disaster Recovery
10 129 (12.04%) Mentoring
11 113 (10.55%) Agile
12 110 (10.27%) Root Cause Analysis
13 109 (10.18%) Incident Response
14 108 (10.08%) Task Automation
15 94 (8.78%) Cloud Security
16 92 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
17 91 (8.50%) Migration
18 88 (8.22%) Computer Science
19 84 (7.84%) Incident Management
20 81 (7.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 369 (34.45%) Python
2 243 (22.69%) Bash
3 226 (21.10%) SQL
4 81 (7.56%) C#
5 58 (5.42%) Bicep
6 57 (5.32%) JavaScript
7 53 (4.95%) T-SQL
8 25 (2.33%) Perl
9 23 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
10 20 (1.87%) Go
11 17 (1.59%) Java
12 10 (0.93%) VB
12 10 (0.93%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.75%) VBScript
14 7 (0.65%) PHP
15 6 (0.56%) Delphi
15 6 (0.56%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.47%) C++
16 5 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 162 (15.13%) Degree
2 138 (12.89%) Security Cleared
3 98 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 81 (7.56%) Azure Certification
4 81 (7.56%) SC Cleared
5 54 (5.04%) DV Cleared
6 42 (3.92%) CISSP
6 42 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (2.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 26 (2.43%) AWS Certification
10 24 (2.24%) CREST Certified
11 22 (2.05%) CEH
12 20 (1.87%) GIAC
13 19 (1.77%) CompTIA CySA+
14 18 (1.68%) CCNA
15 17 (1.59%) DBS Check
16 16 (1.49%) OSCP
17 15 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
18 12 (1.12%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (14.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 132 (12.32%) NIST
3 57 (5.32%) GDPR
4 56 (5.23%) SLA
5 39 (3.64%) NCSC
6 31 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (2.52%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.87%) ISO 22301
9 17 (1.59%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.59%) QA
10 15 (1.40%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.65%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.47%) DICOM
14 5 (0.47%) GRC
15 3 (0.28%) HL7
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
16 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 400 (37.35%) Active Directory
2 131 (12.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 97 (9.06%) Docker
4 92 (8.59%) Hyper-V
5 38 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
5 38 (3.55%) vSphere
6 21 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (1.77%) Firmware
8 16 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.75%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.56%) XenApp
10 6 (0.56%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.28%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.28%) iptables
12 3 (0.28%) KVM
12 3 (0.28%) vCloud
13 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 208 (19.42%) Terraform
2 157 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 143 (13.35%) Kubernetes
4 128 (11.95%) Ansible
5 40 (3.73%) SCCM
6 37 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
7 36 (3.36%) Grafana
8 22 (2.05%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (1.21%) vCenter Server
11 12 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (1.12%) Puppet
12 11 (1.03%) Nessus
13 10 (0.93%) SCOM
14 9 (0.84%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.84%) VxRail
15 8 (0.75%) Nagios
15 8 (0.75%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.75%) SCVMM
16 7 (0.65%) Control-M
Vendors
1 564 (52.66%) Microsoft
2 220 (20.54%) VMware
3 90 (8.40%) Cisco
4 52 (4.86%) Oracle
5 51 (4.76%) ServiceNow
6 50 (4.67%) Veeam
7 41 (3.83%) Google
7 41 (3.83%) Splunk
8 38 (3.55%) Red Hat
9 34 (3.17%) Atlassian
10 32 (2.99%) Palo Alto
11 30 (2.80%) Commvault
12 29 (2.71%) Citrix
13 25 (2.33%) CyberArk
14 24 (2.24%) Dell
15 23 (2.15%) Fortinet
16 22 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
16 22 (2.05%) SolarWinds
17 21 (1.96%) Meraki
18 20 (1.87%) Apple