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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 90 63
Rank change year-on-year -24 -27 +21
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,021 1,465 2,008
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.92% 3.04% 4.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.90% 8.96% 10.69%
Number of salaries quoted 842 1,032 1,728
10th Percentile £32,525 £37,000 £38,675
25th Percentile £43,592 £47,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,313 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £94,125
UK median annual salary £57,750 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +4.17% -

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 10,316 16,342 18,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.43% 33.89% 38.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,794 9,620 15,797
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,250 £38,130
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -9 440 £72,500 -3.33% 139
South East -41 175 £58,000 -3.33% 152
North of England -25 131 £50,000 - 91
South West +12 104 £52,500 -4.55% 64
Midlands -25 88 £52,500 +10.53% 53
East of England +20 70 £43,085 -17.93% 51
North West -9 62 £51,000 +2.00% 50
Yorkshire -22 58 £47,500 -9.52% 29
West Midlands -28 49 £52,500 +23.53% 21
East Midlands -15 39 £54,500 +11.22% 31
North East +8 11 £62,500 +25.00% 13
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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
1 169 (16.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 134 (13.12%) SharePoint
3 42 (4.11%) IIS
4 26 (2.55%) Confluence
5 22 (2.15%) Exchange Server 2003
6 16 (1.57%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.59%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.49%) nginx
8 5 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 2 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.59%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.39%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 3 (0.29%) CATIA
6 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.29%) Windchill
7 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.59%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.49%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.20%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.20%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.098%) Actimize
6 1 (0.098%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 646 (63.27%) Azure
2 351 (34.38%) Microsoft 365
3 248 (24.29%) Entra ID
4 186 (18.22%) AWS
5 150 (14.69%) Azure DevOps
6 101 (9.89%) Power Platform
7 73 (7.15%) GitHub
8 72 (7.05%) GCP
9 61 (5.97%) PaaS
10 57 (5.58%) Power Automate
11 52 (5.09%) GitHub Actions
12 47 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
13 42 (4.11%) IaaS
14 40 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
14 40 (3.92%) SaaS
15 39 (3.82%) OneDrive
16 30 (2.94%) PowerApps
17 29 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
18 28 (2.74%) Serverless
19 26 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 204 (19.98%) Firewall
2 191 (18.71%) DNS
3 143 (14.01%) DHCP
4 94 (9.21%) TCP/IP
5 90 (8.81%) VPN
6 71 (6.95%) WAN
7 60 (5.88%) LAN
8 38 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
9 37 (3.62%) VLAN
10 31 (3.04%) SAN
10 31 (3.04%) Wireless
11 26 (2.55%) SD-WAN
12 23 (2.25%) Internet
13 21 (2.06%) Network Security
14 18 (1.76%) VoIP
15 16 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
15 16 (1.57%) Skype
16 15 (1.47%) VSAN
17 13 (1.27%) NAS
18 12 (1.18%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (10.97%) SQL Server
2 67 (6.56%) Power BI
3 33 (3.23%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.94%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.55%) Oracle Database 10g
7 23 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.37%) MySQL
11 12 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (1.08%) NoSQL
12 11 (1.08%) Tableau
13 8 (0.78%) DTS
13 8 (0.78%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.59%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.59%) Metadata
16 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 4 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 84 (8.23%) JIRA
2 81 (7.93%) Git
3 72 (7.05%) Jenkins
4 38 (3.72%) GitLab
5 24 (2.35%) Octopus Deploy
6 16 (1.57%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.47%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.88%) Burp Suite
8 9 (0.88%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.69%) Vagrant
10 6 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.49%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.39%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.39%) MLflow
12 4 (0.39%) MSI
12 4 (0.39%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.39%) Toad
13 3 (0.29%) Balsamiq
General
1 377 (36.92%) Social Skills
2 229 (22.43%) Finance
3 101 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (5.68%) Law
5 45 (4.41%) Retail
6 39 (3.82%) Banking
6 39 (3.82%) Legal
6 39 (3.82%) Public Sector
7 32 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 30 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 25 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.18%) Marketing
14 10 (0.98%) Front Office
15 9 (0.88%) Advertising
15 9 (0.88%) Electronics
16 8 (0.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 142 (13.91%) Support Engineer
2 128 (12.54%) Senior
3 104 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 84 (8.23%) DevOps Engineer
5 81 (7.93%) Azure Engineer
6 79 (7.74%) Analyst
7 71 (6.95%) Developer
8 68 (6.66%) Lead
9 64 (6.27%) IT Support
10 63 (6.17%) Security Engineer
11 62 (6.07%) Cloud Engineer
12 54 (5.29%) 3rd Line Support
13 53 (5.19%) IT Engineer
14 52 (5.09%) Platform Engineer
15 45 (4.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 43 (4.21%) Applications Support
17 42 (4.11%) Applications Engineer
18 39 (3.82%) IT Support Engineer
19 38 (3.72%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
20 33 (3.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.46%) REST
2 59 (5.78%) .NET
3 42 (4.11%) YAML
4 33 (3.23%) SOAP
5 27 (2.64%) ARM Templates
5 27 (2.64%) JSON
5 27 (2.64%) LDAP
6 23 (2.25%) OpenID
7 22 (2.15%) OAuth
8 20 (1.96%) React
8 20 (1.96%) SAML
9 17 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
10 15 (1.47%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
11 13 (1.27%) GraphQL
11 13 (1.27%) Middleware
12 11 (1.08%) Node.js
12 11 (1.08%) Web Services
13 10 (0.98%) Razor View Engine
14 8 (0.78%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.23%) Onboarding
2 57 (5.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (5.09%) Security Posture
4 39 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.94%) Cloud Native
7 28 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (2.64%) Data Centre
9 25 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (2.35%) PKI
11 21 (2.06%) CMDB
12 20 (1.96%) Driving Licence
12 20 (1.96%) Hedge funds
12 20 (1.96%) Private Cloud
13 19 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
14 17 (1.67%) Cyber Defence
14 17 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
14 17 (1.67%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.67%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 451 (44.17%) Windows
2 243 (23.80%) Windows Server
3 182 (17.83%) Linux
4 66 (6.46%) Windows 10
5 44 (4.31%) Mac OS
6 42 (4.11%) Unix
7 34 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (3.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
10 29 (2.84%) Android
11 28 (2.74%) VMS
12 25 (2.45%) Solaris
13 22 (2.15%) HPUX
13 22 (2.15%) Windows 7
13 22 (2.15%) Windows Server 2003
14 18 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 15 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
16 13 (1.27%) Apple iOS
16 13 (1.27%) Ubuntu
17 10 (0.98%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (30.26%) Problem-Solving
2 283 (27.72%) DevOps
3 218 (21.35%) CI/CD
4 185 (18.12%) ITIL
5 164 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 164 (16.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 160 (15.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 149 (14.59%) Cybersecurity
8 129 (12.63%) Disaster Recovery
9 117 (11.46%) Mentoring
10 116 (11.36%) Task Automation
11 111 (10.87%) Agile
12 95 (9.30%) Root Cause Analysis
13 90 (8.81%) Migration
14 87 (8.52%) Cloud Security
15 85 (8.33%) Incident Management
16 84 (8.23%) Computer Science
17 81 (7.93%) Incident Response
18 78 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
18 78 (7.64%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 330 (32.32%) Python
2 210 (20.57%) SQL
3 193 (18.90%) Bash
4 87 (8.52%) C#
5 57 (5.58%) Bicep
6 50 (4.90%) JavaScript
7 34 (3.33%) T-SQL
8 28 (2.74%) Perl
9 23 (2.25%) Go
9 23 (2.25%) Java
10 19 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
11 13 (1.27%) VB
12 11 (1.08%) TypeScript
12 11 (1.08%) VBScript
13 10 (0.98%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.88%) Groovy
15 7 (0.69%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.39%) C++
16 4 (0.39%) Ruby
16 4 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 151 (14.79%) Degree
2 145 (14.20%) Security Cleared
3 92 (9.01%) SC Cleared
4 88 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 78 (7.64%) Azure Certification
6 52 (5.09%) DV Cleared
7 41 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 31 (3.04%) CISSP
11 27 (2.64%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.67%) CCNA
12 17 (1.67%) CEH
13 16 (1.57%) CREST Certified
13 16 (1.57%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
15 12 (1.18%) DBS Check
15 12 (1.18%) GIAC
16 11 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.08%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (13.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 106 (10.38%) NIST
3 53 (5.19%) SLA
4 50 (4.90%) GDPR
5 32 (3.13%) NCSC
6 26 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (2.35%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.47%) QA
9 13 (1.27%) ISO 22301
10 12 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.98%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.78%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.49%) GRC
14 5 (0.49%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
17 1 (0.098%) COBIT
17 1 (0.098%) DICOM
System Software
1 360 (35.26%) Active Directory
2 123 (12.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (9.21%) Docker
4 75 (7.35%) Hyper-V
5 35 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (2.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 28 (2.74%) vSphere
8 23 (2.25%) Firmware
9 15 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.78%) XenApp
10 8 (0.78%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.49%) Postfix
11 5 (0.49%) Squid
12 4 (0.39%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.39%) Dovecot
12 4 (0.39%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
14 2 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 204 (19.98%) Terraform
2 179 (17.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 143 (14.01%) Kubernetes
4 116 (11.36%) Ansible
5 55 (5.39%) SCCM
6 36 (3.53%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (3.13%) Grafana
8 28 (2.74%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.67%) SCOM
10 16 (1.57%) WSUS
11 15 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (1.08%) Nessus
12 11 (1.08%) Puppet
12 11 (1.08%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.98%) ZABBIX
14 9 (0.88%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.88%) Nagios
15 8 (0.78%) Progress Chef
16 6 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
16 6 (0.59%) vRealize
Vendors
1 576 (56.42%) Microsoft
2 205 (20.08%) VMware
3 88 (8.62%) Cisco
4 65 (6.37%) ServiceNow
5 54 (5.29%) Oracle
6 44 (4.31%) Veeam
7 38 (3.72%) Atlassian
8 37 (3.62%) Google
9 35 (3.43%) Citrix
10 29 (2.84%) Splunk
11 28 (2.74%) Palo Alto
11 28 (2.74%) Red Hat
12 24 (2.35%) SAP
13 22 (2.15%) SolarWinds
14 21 (2.06%) Commvault
15 20 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
15 20 (1.96%) Dell
16 19 (1.86%) Fortinet
17 18 (1.76%) Meraki
18 16 (1.57%) CyberArk