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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 95 50
Rank change year-on-year +5 -45 +36
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,355 1,662 2,332
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.98% 2.75% 4.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.66% 8.62% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,011 1,115 1,884
10th Percentile £33,375 £38,000 £37,952
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £94,625
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 10,706 19,281 19,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.51% 31.94% 41.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,747 11,428 16,000
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 12 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -29 420 £75,000 - 315
North of England +29 332 £50,000 - 106
North West +62 248 £53,125 +6.25% 66
South East -7 236 £58,000 +3.11% 196
Midlands +26 138 £52,500 +10.53% 78
South West +16 109 £51,250 -1.44% 70
East of England +30 106 £47,500 -9.52% 48
West Midlands +25 99 £57,500 +31.43% 47
Yorkshire -16 75 £47,500 -12.04% 27
East Midlands +18 39 £39,750 -16.32% 31
North East -5 9 £60,000 +35.52% 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
1 221 (16.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 162 (11.96%) SharePoint
3 60 (4.43%) Confluence
4 54 (3.99%) IIS
5 22 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.40%) Skype for Business
7 13 (0.96%) nginx
8 6 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.37%) Apache
9 5 (0.37%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.59%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.44%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.22%) CATIA
6 3 (0.22%) Windchill
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Revit
7 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.074%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 11 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.44%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.37%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.074%) Eikon
6 1 (0.074%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.074%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 722 (53.28%) Azure
2 404 (29.82%) Microsoft 365
3 234 (17.27%) Entra ID
4 228 (16.83%) AWS
5 160 (11.81%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (7.82%) Power Platform
7 86 (6.35%) PaaS
8 76 (5.61%) SaaS
9 69 (5.09%) Power Automate
10 67 (4.94%) GitHub
11 65 (4.80%) GCP
12 63 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
12 63 (4.65%) IaaS
13 56 (4.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 51 (3.76%) Azure Sentinel
14 51 (3.76%) Serverless
15 48 (3.54%) Amazon S3
15 48 (3.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 47 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
17 45 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 285 (21.03%) VPN
2 277 (20.44%) Firewall
3 248 (18.30%) DNS
4 200 (14.76%) Cisco IOS
5 188 (13.87%) DHCP
6 112 (8.27%) TCP/IP
7 95 (7.01%) WAN
8 76 (5.61%) LAN
9 55 (4.06%) VLAN
10 48 (3.54%) SAN
11 43 (3.17%) Wireless
12 37 (2.73%) Internet
13 32 (2.36%) Network Security
14 31 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
15 29 (2.14%) SMTP
16 28 (2.07%) HTTP
17 27 (1.99%) SD-WAN
18 23 (1.70%) FTP
18 23 (1.70%) SSH
19 22 (1.62%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (8.63%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.94%) Amazon RDS
3 56 (4.13%) Power BI
4 31 (2.29%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.14%) Oracle Database
6 26 (1.92%) Oracle Database 10g
7 21 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (1.18%) MySQL
10 13 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.89%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (0.66%) DTS
13 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.52%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.44%) Data Mining
16 4 (0.30%) MS Access
16 4 (0.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 121 (8.93%) JIRA
2 105 (7.75%) Git
3 97 (7.16%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.17%) GitLab
5 36 (2.66%) Vagrant
6 22 (1.62%) Octopus Deploy
7 17 (1.25%) MSI
8 12 (0.89%) Burp Suite
8 12 (0.89%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.74%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.74%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.37%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.30%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.30%) Toad
13 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.22%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
General
1 420 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 270 (19.93%) Analytical Skills
3 215 (15.87%) Finance
4 211 (15.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (5.46%) Law
6 57 (4.21%) Public Sector
7 40 (2.95%) Legal
8 39 (2.88%) Banking
9 37 (2.73%) Retail
10 34 (2.51%) Manufacturing
11 30 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.21%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.03%) Automotive
15 14 (1.03%) Marketing
16 11 (0.81%) Advertising
16 11 (0.81%) Front Office
17 10 (0.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 340 (25.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 195 (14.39%) Support Engineer
3 120 (8.86%) Senior
4 105 (7.75%) DevOps Engineer
5 98 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
6 94 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support
7 92 (6.79%) Analyst
8 84 (6.20%) IT Support
9 80 (5.90%) IT Engineer
10 72 (5.31%) Lead
11 71 (5.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 71 (5.24%) Developer
12 69 (5.09%) Cloud Engineer
12 69 (5.09%) Security Engineer
13 66 (4.87%) Platform Engineer
14 51 (3.76%) IT Support Engineer
15 48 (3.54%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 48 (3.54%) Infrastructure Support
16 46 (3.39%) Applications Support
17 44 (3.25%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (15.20%) Elastic Stack
2 68 (5.02%) YAML
3 64 (4.72%) .NET
4 56 (4.13%) REST
5 36 (2.66%) ARM Templates
6 33 (2.44%) JSON
7 30 (2.21%) LDAP
8 26 (1.92%) SOAP
9 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
10 17 (1.25%) AngularJS
11 15 (1.11%) React
12 13 (0.96%) .NET Framework
12 13 (0.96%) Web Services
13 11 (0.81%) Middleware
13 11 (0.81%) Node.js
13 11 (0.81%) SAML
14 10 (0.74%) Razor View Engine
14 10 (0.74%) XML
15 8 (0.59%) Jinja
15 8 (0.59%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 193 (14.24%) Cyberattack
2 92 (6.79%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.13%) Security Posture
4 45 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 39 (2.88%) Data Centre
6 38 (2.80%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.73%) PKI
8 36 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (2.51%) Management Information System
10 33 (2.44%) Replication
11 28 (2.07%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.92%) Private Cloud
13 25 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.77%) Public Cloud
15 21 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (1.40%) Product Ownership
16 19 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
17 18 (1.33%) IoT
17 18 (1.33%) Virtual Team
18 17 (1.25%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 734 (54.17%) Windows
2 426 (31.44%) Linux
3 313 (23.10%) Windows Server
4 208 (15.35%) Android
5 72 (5.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (4.87%) Windows 10
7 64 (4.72%) VMS
8 48 (3.54%) Unix
9 46 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 43 (3.17%) Mac OS
11 31 (2.29%) Windows Server 2008
12 25 (1.85%) Solaris
13 23 (1.70%) Amazon Linux
13 23 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 22 (1.62%) HPUX
14 22 (1.62%) Windows 7
14 22 (1.62%) Windows Server 2003
15 20 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
16 17 (1.25%) Ubuntu
17 12 (0.89%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (39.48%) DevOps
2 487 (35.94%) Problem-Solving
3 400 (29.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 321 (23.69%) Task Automation
5 280 (20.66%) Platform Engineering
6 250 (18.45%) CI/CD
7 222 (16.38%) Storage Management
8 216 (15.94%) Risk Management
9 193 (14.24%) Mathematics
10 192 (14.17%) ITIL
10 192 (14.17%) Line Management
11 170 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
12 163 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 141 (10.41%) Agile
14 138 (10.18%) Mentoring
15 134 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
16 123 (9.08%) Disaster Recovery
17 109 (8.04%) Cloud Security
18 106 (7.82%) Migration
19 95 (7.01%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 561 (41.40%) Python
2 400 (29.52%) Bash
3 209 (15.42%) SQL
4 99 (7.31%) C#
5 56 (4.13%) Bicep
6 48 (3.54%) Java
7 45 (3.32%) JavaScript
8 39 (2.88%) Groovy
9 38 (2.80%) Perl
10 25 (1.85%) Go
11 24 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
11 24 (1.77%) VB
12 16 (1.18%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.03%) TypeScript
14 12 (0.89%) Shell Script
14 12 (0.89%) VBScript
15 6 (0.44%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.44%) Ruby
16 5 (0.37%) PHP
17 4 (0.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 195 (14.39%) Security Cleared
2 174 (12.84%) Degree
3 131 (9.67%) SC Cleared
4 94 (6.94%) Azure Certification
5 89 (6.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 67 (4.94%) DV Cleared
7 55 (4.06%) Cisco Certification
8 46 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (3.17%) AWS Certification
10 36 (2.66%) CCNA
11 31 (2.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 26 (1.92%) CISSP
13 25 (1.85%) Master's Degree
14 19 (1.40%) CCNP
15 18 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 17 (1.25%) OSCP
17 16 (1.18%) CEH
18 15 (1.11%) CREST Certified
19 13 (0.96%) HND
19 13 (0.96%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (7.45%) NIST
3 59 (4.35%) SLA
4 54 (3.99%) GDPR
5 34 (2.51%) NCSC
6 28 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (1.70%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.03%) QA
9 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.44%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.37%) GRC
13 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.15%) HL7
15 1 (0.074%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.074%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.074%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 438 (32.32%) Active Directory
2 318 (23.47%) Hyper-V
3 301 (22.21%) Docker
4 219 (16.16%) vSphere
5 194 (14.32%) VMware NSX
6 191 (14.10%) VMware Infrastructure
7 45 (3.32%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (1.85%) DFS Replication
10 24 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
11 12 (0.89%) Firmware
12 11 (0.81%) XenApp
13 10 (0.74%) Postfix
13 10 (0.74%) Squid
14 9 (0.66%) Dovecot
14 9 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
15 7 (0.52%) Terminal Services
16 6 (0.44%) XenDesktop
17 4 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
18 3 (0.22%) KVM
Systems Management
1 425 (31.37%) Terraform
2 332 (24.50%) Ansible
3 204 (15.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 152 (11.22%) Kubernetes
5 70 (5.17%) SCCM
6 67 (4.94%) Grafana
7 64 (4.72%) Prometheus
8 40 (2.95%) Single Sign-On
9 33 (2.44%) WSUS
10 25 (1.85%) SCOM
11 18 (1.33%) vCenter Server
12 17 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 17 (1.25%) Autotask
12 17 (1.25%) WMI
13 16 (1.18%) Backup Exec
14 13 (0.96%) Nessus
15 12 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
15 12 (0.89%) Progress Chef
16 11 (0.81%) QRadar
16 11 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 687 (50.70%) Microsoft
2 306 (22.58%) Cisco
3 265 (19.56%) VMware
4 235 (17.34%) Splunk
5 211 (15.57%) Juniper
6 191 (14.10%) 3PAR
7 96 (7.08%) ServiceNow
8 71 (5.24%) Oracle
9 59 (4.35%) Veeam
10 45 (3.32%) Citrix
11 44 (3.25%) Atlassian
12 41 (3.03%) Red Hat
13 30 (2.21%) Google
13 30 (2.21%) SolarWinds
14 27 (1.99%) Palo Alto
15 24 (1.77%) Meraki
15 24 (1.77%) SAP
16 23 (1.70%) Sophos
17 22 (1.62%) Apple
18 19 (1.40%) HP