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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 75 109
Rank change year-on-year -55 +34 -23
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,185 1,508 2,218
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.45% 3.84% 2.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.93% 11.91% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 899 937 1,786
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,625 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £90,000
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 14,938 12,658 28,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.29% 32.24% 30.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 8,465 22,961
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -9 509 £70,000 -6.67% 123
South East -51 185 £55,000 -4.35% 130
North of England -89 183 £47,500 -6.40% 62
Midlands -40 133 £50,000 - 35
North West -90 95 £50,801 +10.44% 41
South West -40 83 £55,000 +15.79% 43
East of England -25 82 £57,500 +21.05% 30
East Midlands -9 75 £45,000 +24.14% 17
Yorkshire -30 59 £45,000 -21.74% 15
West Midlands -69 57 £52,500 - 18
North East -26 29 £45,750 -22.13% 6
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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
1 178 (15.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 156 (13.16%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.29%) IIS
4 22 (1.86%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.084%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.084%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.084%) Site Server
Applications
1 71 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.17%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.084%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.084%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.084%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.084%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 768 (64.81%) Azure
2 436 (36.79%) Microsoft 365
3 301 (25.40%) Entra ID
4 204 (17.22%) AWS
5 124 (10.46%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.61%) Power Platform
7 89 (7.51%) GitHub
8 82 (6.92%) IaaS
9 81 (6.84%) SaaS
10 74 (6.24%) OneDrive
11 64 (5.40%) Azure Monitor
12 59 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
13 55 (4.64%) Azure AKS
14 54 (4.56%) GCP
15 53 (4.47%) Azure Sentinel
15 53 (4.47%) PaaS
16 50 (4.22%) Azure Key Vault
17 49 (4.14%) Power Automate
18 42 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
19 41 (3.46%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 249 (21.01%) Firewall
2 234 (19.75%) DNS
3 150 (12.66%) VPN
4 144 (12.15%) DHCP
5 100 (8.44%) TCP/IP
6 73 (6.16%) WAN
7 72 (6.08%) LAN
8 68 (5.74%) Network Security
9 50 (4.22%) VLAN
10 45 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (2.87%) SAN
12 31 (2.62%) VoIP
13 27 (2.28%) Broadband
14 25 (2.11%) Wireless
15 16 (1.35%) Kerberos
16 15 (1.27%) BGP
17 14 (1.18%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.18%) SSL
18 13 (1.10%) HTTP
18 13 (1.10%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (11.56%) SQL Server
2 74 (6.24%) Power BI
3 63 (5.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.19%) MySQL
7 22 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.35%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.18%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.18%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.84%) Tableau
11 9 (0.76%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.59%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.51%) Metadata
14 5 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.25%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 90 (7.59%) Git
2 63 (5.32%) JIRA
3 58 (4.89%) GitLab
4 57 (4.81%) Jenkins
5 32 (2.70%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.27%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.10%) Metasploit
9 12 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.76%) Burp Suite
12 6 (0.51%) Robot Framework
13 5 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.42%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.42%) TestRail
14 4 (0.34%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.34%) MLflow
14 4 (0.34%) Selenium
14 4 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 345 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 198 (16.71%) Finance
3 156 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (7.26%) Law
5 53 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
6 50 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.97%) Legal
8 46 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
9 43 (3.63%) Retail
10 31 (2.62%) Public Sector
11 24 (2.03%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.77%) Banking
13 19 (1.60%) Advertising
13 19 (1.60%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.59%) Aviation
16 6 (0.51%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.51%) Police
17 5 (0.42%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.42%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 199 (16.79%) Senior
2 147 (12.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 138 (11.65%) Analyst
4 136 (11.48%) Support Engineer
5 129 (10.89%) Azure Engineer
6 117 (9.87%) IT Support
7 111 (9.37%) IT Engineer
8 97 (8.19%) Cloud Engineer
9 86 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 76 (6.41%) Security Engineer
11 72 (6.08%) IT Support Engineer
12 57 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
13 55 (4.64%) 2nd Line Support
13 55 (4.64%) Lead
14 51 (4.30%) Developer
15 43 (3.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 42 (3.54%) Security Analyst
16 42 (3.54%) Systems Engineer
17 36 (3.04%) Architect
18 35 (2.95%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (6.58%) .NET
2 65 (5.49%) SAML
3 64 (5.40%) OAuth
4 62 (5.23%) REST
5 57 (4.81%) OpenID
6 51 (4.30%) LDAP
7 41 (3.46%) JSON
8 39 (3.29%) ARM Templates
9 38 (3.21%) YAML
10 36 (3.04%) .NET Core
10 36 (3.04%) HTML
11 35 (2.95%) SOAP
12 34 (2.87%) CSS
12 34 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
13 26 (2.19%) GraphQL
14 25 (2.11%) SPFx
15 19 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
16 18 (1.52%) React
17 17 (1.43%) Elastic Stack
18 15 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 97 (8.19%) Onboarding
2 70 (5.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 61 (5.15%) Cloud Native
4 60 (5.06%) Security Posture
5 56 (4.73%) Management Information System
6 48 (4.05%) Driving Licence
7 44 (3.71%) Cyber Defence
8 42 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
8 42 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
9 37 (3.12%) Data Centre
10 35 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
11 33 (2.78%) Cyberattack
11 33 (2.78%) Public Cloud
12 32 (2.70%) PKI
13 26 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (1.77%) CMDB
15 20 (1.69%) Private Cloud
15 20 (1.69%) Replication
16 18 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
17 16 (1.35%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 560 (47.26%) Windows
2 268 (22.62%) Linux
3 264 (22.28%) Windows Server
4 79 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.14%) Apple iOS
5 49 (4.14%) Mac OS
6 47 (3.97%) Android
7 42 (3.54%) VMS
8 37 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
10 29 (2.45%) CentOS
11 26 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 23 (1.94%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.01%) Unix
14 5 (0.42%) Debian
15 4 (0.34%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.34%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.25%) AIX
17 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (23.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 269 (22.70%) CI/CD
4 253 (21.35%) Cybersecurity
5 249 (21.01%) DevOps
6 213 (17.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 198 (16.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 198 (16.71%) ITIL
8 155 (13.08%) Incident Response
9 151 (12.74%) Mentoring
10 144 (12.15%) Agile
10 144 (12.15%) Disaster Recovery
10 144 (12.15%) Root Cause Analysis
11 120 (10.13%) Containerisation
12 119 (10.04%) High Availability
13 118 (9.96%) SIEM
14 109 (9.20%) Cloud Security
15 108 (9.11%) AI
16 104 (8.78%) Roadmaps
17 97 (8.19%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 476 (40.17%) Python
2 299 (25.23%) Bash
3 256 (21.60%) SQL
4 89 (7.51%) C#
5 78 (6.58%) Bicep
6 72 (6.08%) JavaScript
7 54 (4.56%) T-SQL
8 33 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
9 28 (2.36%) Java
10 24 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.35%) C++
12 15 (1.27%) VBScript
13 14 (1.18%) Perl
14 11 (0.93%) PHP
14 11 (0.93%) VB
15 10 (0.84%) VBA
16 9 (0.76%) Go
17 6 (0.51%) C
17 6 (0.51%) Korn
17 6 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 142 (11.98%) Degree
2 140 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 123 (10.38%) Azure Certification
4 115 (9.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 87 (7.34%) SC Cleared
6 48 (4.05%) CISSP
7 45 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
8 42 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (3.12%) CompTIA Security+
10 34 (2.87%) DV Cleared
11 33 (2.78%) CCNA
12 29 (2.45%) OSCP
13 26 (2.19%) DBS Check
14 25 (2.11%) AWS Certification
14 25 (2.11%) CREST Certified
15 23 (1.94%) CEH
16 22 (1.86%) GIAC
17 16 (1.35%) CompTIA CySA+
18 13 (1.10%) CCNP
19 12 (1.01%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (11.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 99 (8.35%) NIST
3 51 (4.30%) GDPR
4 45 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (3.38%) SLA
6 25 (2.11%) NCSC
7 20 (1.69%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.18%) ISO 22301
10 13 (1.10%) QA
10 13 (1.10%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.84%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.51%) DICOM
13 6 (0.51%) PMO
14 4 (0.34%) GRC
15 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 440 (37.13%) Active Directory
2 170 (14.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (10.89%) Docker
4 120 (10.13%) Hyper-V
5 60 (5.06%) vSphere
6 32 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.94%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.35%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.84%) KVM
12 8 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.68%) Firmware
12 8 (0.68%) Squid
13 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.34%) iptables
15 3 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.25%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.17%) Samba
Systems Management
1 286 (24.14%) Terraform
2 204 (17.22%) Kubernetes
3 185 (15.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 138 (11.65%) Ansible
5 59 (4.98%) Grafana
6 57 (4.81%) Single Sign-On
7 46 (3.88%) SCCM
8 44 (3.71%) Prometheus
9 25 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
10 20 (1.69%) vCenter Server
11 19 (1.60%) Packer
12 18 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 18 (1.52%) ZABBIX
13 17 (1.43%) Nessus
13 17 (1.43%) QRadar
14 15 (1.27%) VxRail
15 14 (1.18%) Proxmox
16 13 (1.10%) Argo
16 13 (1.10%) Graylog
17 12 (1.01%) Nagios
Vendors
1 705 (59.49%) Microsoft
2 221 (18.65%) VMware
3 96 (8.10%) Cisco
4 77 (6.50%) Splunk
5 61 (5.15%) ServiceNow
6 54 (4.56%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.80%) Veeam
8 35 (2.95%) Meraki
9 34 (2.87%) Oracle
10 33 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
11 30 (2.53%) Apple
12 29 (2.45%) Google
13 28 (2.36%) Dell
14 25 (2.11%) Citrix
14 25 (2.11%) Commvault
15 24 (2.03%) Fortinet
15 24 (2.03%) Sophos
15 24 (2.03%) Tenable
16 23 (1.94%) Palo Alto
17 22 (1.86%) SolarWinds