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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 94 73
Rank change year-on-year -22 -21 +12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,044 1,412 2,329
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.85% 3.05% 3.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.76% 8.96% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 844 987 2,033
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +7.11% -2.75%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.63% +8.26% -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 10,693 15,766 24,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.92% 34.03% 37.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,975 9,166 20,699
10th Percentile £33,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,500 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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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 3 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 3 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 -7 442 £70,000 -6.67% 126
South East -35 186 £57,500 -4.17% 136
North of England -30 136 £50,000 -4.76% 102
South West +13 103 £55,000 -1.12% 43
Midlands -40 91 £52,500 +5.00% 49
East of England +12 70 £42,276 -19.48% 28
Yorkshire -16 64 £48,445 -7.72% 31
North West -12 58 £50,000 - 59
East Midlands +1 45 £55,000 +8.91% 26
West Midlands -33 45 £49,250 -1.50% 23
North East -1 14 £48,445 -15.75% 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
1 167 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 130 (12.45%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.93%) IIS
4 22 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2003
5 18 (1.72%) Confluence
6 12 (1.15%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.57%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) CATIA
5 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.29%) Windchill
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.096%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 9 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.096%) Actimize
6 1 (0.096%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 656 (62.84%) Azure
2 354 (33.91%) Microsoft 365
3 266 (25.48%) Entra ID
4 192 (18.39%) AWS
5 139 (13.31%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (10.25%) Power Platform
7 72 (6.90%) GCP
8 70 (6.70%) GitHub
9 60 (5.75%) PaaS
10 53 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (5.08%) Power Automate
11 46 (4.41%) Azure Monitor
12 43 (4.12%) SaaS
13 41 (3.93%) IaaS
14 40 (3.83%) OneDrive
15 39 (3.74%) Azure Sentinel
16 35 (3.35%) Google Workspace
17 31 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (2.78%) PowerApps
19 27 (2.59%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 198 (18.97%) Firewall
2 195 (18.68%) DNS
3 153 (14.66%) DHCP
4 100 (9.58%) VPN
5 98 (9.39%) TCP/IP
6 72 (6.90%) WAN
7 64 (6.13%) LAN
8 42 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
9 41 (3.93%) VLAN
10 35 (3.35%) Wireless
11 27 (2.59%) SAN
12 26 (2.49%) Network Security
12 26 (2.49%) SD-WAN
13 21 (2.01%) Broadband
13 21 (2.01%) VoIP
14 18 (1.72%) Internet
15 17 (1.63%) VSAN
16 12 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
16 12 (1.15%) Skype
16 12 (1.15%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 76 (7.28%) Power BI
3 34 (3.26%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.87%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.49%) Oracle Database 10g
7 22 (2.11%) MySQL
8 19 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (1.15%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.15%) Tableau
12 11 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.57%) DTS
16 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 77 (7.38%) Git
2 72 (6.90%) JIRA
3 69 (6.61%) Jenkins
4 36 (3.45%) GitLab
5 24 (2.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.63%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.53%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.25%) Burp Suite
8 13 (1.25%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.67%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
13 4 (0.38%) MSI
13 4 (0.38%) Toad
14 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.29%) JMeter
General
1 372 (35.63%) Social Skills
2 225 (21.55%) Finance
3 112 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (4.89%) Law
5 49 (4.69%) Retail
6 38 (3.64%) Public Sector
7 36 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (3.35%) Legal
9 34 (3.26%) Banking
10 29 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 25 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.39%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.86%) Advertising
15 8 (0.77%) Front Office
16 7 (0.67%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.67%) Local Government
16 7 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 138 (13.22%) Support Engineer
2 136 (13.03%) Senior
3 126 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 89 (8.52%) Analyst
5 85 (8.14%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (7.38%) DevOps Engineer
7 72 (6.90%) Developer
8 71 (6.80%) IT Support
9 70 (6.70%) Security Engineer
10 65 (6.23%) IT Engineer
11 61 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
11 61 (5.84%) Lead
12 52 (4.98%) 3rd Line Support
13 49 (4.69%) Platform Engineer
14 45 (4.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 45 (4.31%) IT Support Engineer
15 40 (3.83%) Applications Support
16 36 (3.45%) Support Analyst
17 35 (3.35%) Applications Engineer
18 32 (3.07%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.51%) REST
2 63 (6.03%) .NET
3 36 (3.45%) SOAP
3 36 (3.45%) YAML
4 34 (3.26%) OpenID
5 33 (3.16%) OAuth
6 31 (2.97%) JSON
7 30 (2.87%) LDAP
7 30 (2.87%) SAML
8 24 (2.30%) ARM Templates
9 23 (2.20%) React
10 21 (2.01%) GraphQL
11 17 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
12 16 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
13 15 (1.44%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.44%) Node.js
14 14 (1.34%) Middleware
15 12 (1.15%) .NET Core
16 11 (1.05%) Web Services
17 10 (0.96%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.62%) Onboarding
2 64 (6.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 44 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.97%) Cloud Native
6 31 (2.97%) Driving Licence
7 29 (2.78%) Data Centre
7 29 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 25 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
10 23 (2.20%) PKI
11 21 (2.01%) CMDB
11 21 (2.01%) Cyberattack
12 20 (1.92%) Hedge funds
13 19 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
14 16 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
14 16 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
15 15 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 463 (44.35%) Windows
2 248 (23.75%) Windows Server
3 186 (17.82%) Linux
4 67 (6.42%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.69%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.93%) Unix
7 36 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.87%) Android
10 28 (2.68%) Windows Server 2008
11 27 (2.59%) VMS
12 24 (2.30%) Solaris
13 22 (2.11%) HPUX
13 22 (2.11%) Windows 7
13 22 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 18 (1.72%) Apple iOS
16 14 (1.34%) CentOS
16 14 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
17 10 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
2 265 (25.38%) DevOps
3 206 (19.73%) CI/CD
4 194 (18.58%) ITIL
5 188 (18.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 171 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 171 (16.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 164 (15.71%) Cybersecurity
8 142 (13.60%) Disaster Recovery
9 129 (12.36%) Mentoring
10 115 (11.02%) Task Automation
11 114 (10.92%) Agile
12 104 (9.96%) Root Cause Analysis
13 97 (9.29%) Incident Response
14 91 (8.72%) Cloud Security
15 90 (8.62%) Migration
16 86 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
16 86 (8.24%) Computer Science
17 85 (8.14%) Incident Management
18 78 (7.47%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 350 (33.52%) Python
2 225 (21.55%) Bash
3 222 (21.26%) SQL
4 87 (8.33%) C#
5 59 (5.65%) Bicep
6 52 (4.98%) JavaScript
7 47 (4.50%) T-SQL
8 26 (2.49%) Perl
9 22 (2.11%) Go
10 21 (2.01%) Kusto Query Language
11 20 (1.92%) Java
12 15 (1.44%) VB
13 10 (0.96%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.96%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.96%) VBScript
14 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.38%) C++
15 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.38%) PHP
15 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 155 (14.85%) Degree
2 138 (13.22%) Security Cleared
3 95 (9.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 83 (7.95%) SC Cleared
5 76 (7.28%) Azure Certification
6 54 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (3.54%) CISSP
9 36 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 25 (2.39%) AWS Certification
12 22 (2.11%) CREST Certified
13 21 (2.01%) CEH
14 17 (1.63%) CCNA
14 17 (1.63%) CompTIA CySA+
14 17 (1.63%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.53%) GIAC
16 15 (1.44%) Master's Degree
17 14 (1.34%) OSCP
18 12 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (15.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 120 (11.49%) NIST
3 57 (5.46%) GDPR
4 56 (5.36%) SLA
5 36 (3.45%) NCSC
6 28 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (2.39%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.63%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.44%) QA
10 14 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (1.34%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.25%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.57%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.48%) GRC
15 3 (0.29%) DICOM
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
System Software
1 383 (36.69%) Active Directory
2 121 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 92 (8.81%) Docker
4 83 (7.95%) Hyper-V
5 35 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.97%) vSphere
7 25 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (2.11%) Firmware
9 14 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.57%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.57%) XenApp
11 6 (0.57%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.19%) iptables
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
14 2 (0.19%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 198 (18.97%) Terraform
2 164 (15.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 136 (13.03%) Kubernetes
4 119 (11.40%) Ansible
5 45 (4.31%) SCCM
6 38 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (2.68%) Grafana
8 19 (1.82%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (1.44%) WSUS
11 14 (1.34%) SCOM
12 11 (1.05%) Puppet
12 11 (1.05%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.96%) Nessus
14 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.77%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.77%) ZABBIX
16 7 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
16 7 (0.67%) Nagios
16 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 566 (54.21%) Microsoft
2 203 (19.44%) VMware
3 86 (8.24%) Cisco
4 53 (5.08%) Oracle
5 52 (4.98%) ServiceNow
6 45 (4.31%) Veeam
7 39 (3.74%) Google
8 37 (3.54%) Atlassian
9 32 (3.07%) Citrix
9 32 (3.07%) Splunk
10 31 (2.97%) Palo Alto
11 29 (2.78%) Red Hat
12 26 (2.49%) Commvault
13 25 (2.39%) CyberArk
14 22 (2.11%) SolarWinds
15 21 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
15 21 (2.01%) Dell
16 20 (1.92%) Meraki
16 20 (1.92%) SAP
17 19 (1.82%) Fortinet