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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 79 104
Rank change year-on-year -68 +25 -33
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,296 1,558 1,720
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.33% 3.55% 2.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.76% 12.62% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 957 1,040 1,208
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,675
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £45,161
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £59,125
% change year-on-year - -2.75% -1.46%

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 16,711 12,341 21,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.19% 28.13% 30.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12,221 8,236 14,861
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -30 471 £70,000 -3.45% 200
South East -30 246 £52,500 -8.70% 122
North of England -87 228 £50,000 +3.63% 96
Midlands -35 160 £52,500 +5.00% 68
North West -75 133 £50,000 +8.70% 67
East of England -29 101 £57,500 +21.05% 59
South West -78 84 £55,000 +19.57% 48
East Midlands -12 81 £42,500 +21.43% 26
West Midlands -58 79 £55,000 - 42
Yorkshire -45 59 £42,500 -19.05% 21
North East -33 36 £50,000 -6.98% 10
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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
1 225 (17.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 217 (16.74%) SharePoint
3 53 (4.09%) IIS
4 36 (2.78%) Confluence
5 14 (1.08%) nginx
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 72 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (1.93%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.23%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 818 (63.12%) Azure
2 504 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
3 374 (28.86%) Entra ID
4 245 (18.90%) AWS
5 154 (11.88%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.26%) OneDrive
7 103 (7.95%) Power Platform
8 98 (7.56%) SaaS
9 95 (7.33%) IaaS
10 92 (7.10%) GitHub
11 80 (6.17%) Azure Sentinel
12 74 (5.71%) Power Automate
13 73 (5.63%) Azure Monitor
14 67 (5.17%) Azure AKS
15 65 (5.02%) PaaS
16 64 (4.94%) GCP
17 60 (4.63%) Azure Key Vault
18 57 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
19 50 (3.86%) Datadog
20 45 (3.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 300 (23.15%) Firewall
2 278 (21.45%) DNS
3 185 (14.27%) VPN
4 183 (14.12%) DHCP
5 131 (10.11%) TCP/IP
6 81 (6.25%) WAN
7 72 (5.56%) LAN
8 68 (5.25%) Network Security
9 65 (5.02%) VLAN
10 50 (3.86%) Wireless
11 39 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.85%) SAN
13 30 (2.31%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.70%) NAS
14 22 (1.70%) SSL
15 19 (1.47%) Internet
16 18 (1.39%) HTTP
17 13 (1.00%) VoIP
17 13 (1.00%) VSAN
18 10 (0.77%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (10.03%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (4.48%) Power BI
4 24 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.70%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (1.00%) MySQL
10 12 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.93%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.46%) Power Query
13 6 (0.46%) Redis
14 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
15 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 99 (7.64%) Git
2 95 (7.33%) JIRA
3 64 (4.94%) GitLab
4 57 (4.40%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.93%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 11 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.77%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.62%) TestRail
11 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.46%) Selenium
11 6 (0.46%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.39%) Postman
13 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.23%) JMeter
13 3 (0.23%) MSI
13 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
14 2 (0.15%) Apache Ivy
General
1 444 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 214 (16.51%) Finance
3 178 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (8.02%) Law
5 55 (4.24%) Legal
6 53 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.32%) Retail
9 38 (2.93%) Banking
10 35 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.31%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.08%) Aerospace
14 16 (1.23%) Advertising
15 11 (0.85%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.69%) Front Office
17 8 (0.62%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.54%) Aviation
19 6 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 202 (15.59%) Senior
2 181 (13.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 145 (11.19%) Analyst
4 131 (10.11%) Support Engineer
5 129 (9.95%) Azure Engineer
6 126 (9.72%) Cloud Engineer
6 126 (9.72%) IT Engineer
7 114 (8.80%) IT Support
8 95 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
9 69 (5.32%) Platform Engineer
10 66 (5.09%) IT Support Engineer
11 65 (5.02%) Security Engineer
12 64 (4.94%) Lead
13 57 (4.40%) Systems Engineer
14 55 (4.24%) Developer
15 52 (4.01%) Support Analyst
16 51 (3.94%) Consultant
17 45 (3.47%) Automation Engineer
18 41 (3.16%) 2nd Line Support
18 41 (3.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 337 (26.00%) Terraform
2 78 (6.02%) .NET
3 52 (4.01%) ARM Templates
4 45 (3.47%) YAML
5 44 (3.40%) REST
6 41 (3.16%) SAML
7 39 (3.01%) HTML
7 39 (3.01%) Microsoft Graph
8 37 (2.85%) OAuth
9 36 (2.78%) OpenID
10 35 (2.70%) LDAP
11 32 (2.47%) JSON
12 30 (2.31%) .NET Core
12 30 (2.31%) CSS
13 26 (2.01%) SPFx
14 19 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
15 14 (1.08%) ASP.NET
15 14 (1.08%) React
15 14 (1.08%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 111 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.40%) Cloud Native
3 69 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 69 (5.32%) Management Information System
4 66 (5.09%) Security Posture
5 64 (4.94%) Driving Licence
6 47 (3.63%) Data Centre
7 43 (3.32%) Public Cloud
8 42 (3.24%) Security Operations Centre
9 39 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (3.01%) PKI
10 35 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.24%) Replication
12 28 (2.16%) Private Cloud
13 25 (1.93%) Cyber Defence
14 21 (1.62%) CMDB
15 20 (1.54%) Clustering
16 18 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
16 18 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
17 17 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 644 (49.69%) Windows
2 305 (23.53%) Linux
3 299 (23.07%) Windows Server
4 79 (6.10%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.09%) Apple iOS
6 44 (3.40%) Android
7 39 (3.01%) Mac OS
8 37 (2.85%) VMS
9 34 (2.62%) Ubuntu
9 34 (2.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 31 (2.39%) CentOS
11 29 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 26 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
13 12 (0.93%) Unix
14 9 (0.69%) Rocky
15 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
15 5 (0.39%) Solaris
16 4 (0.31%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
2 319 (24.61%) Infrastructure as Code
3 307 (23.69%) CI/CD
4 287 (22.15%) DevOps
5 281 (21.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 273 (21.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 272 (20.99%) ITIL
8 236 (18.21%) Cybersecurity
9 180 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 157 (12.11%) Root Cause Analysis
11 151 (11.65%) Agile
11 151 (11.65%) Mentoring
12 149 (11.50%) Incident Response
13 147 (11.34%) AI
14 145 (11.19%) High Availability
15 126 (9.72%) Cloud Security
15 126 (9.72%) Observability
16 125 (9.65%) Containerisation
17 124 (9.57%) Platform Engineering
18 119 (9.18%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 497 (38.35%) Python
2 285 (21.99%) Bash
3 262 (20.22%) SQL
4 107 (8.26%) Bicep
5 88 (6.79%) C#
6 85 (6.56%) JavaScript
7 50 (3.86%) Kusto Query Language
8 38 (2.93%) Java
9 33 (2.55%) TypeScript
10 32 (2.47%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.77%) VBScript
12 19 (1.47%) C++
13 18 (1.39%) Perl
14 13 (1.00%) PHP
15 11 (0.85%) Ruby
16 10 (0.77%) VB
16 10 (0.77%) VBA
17 9 (0.69%) Go
18 7 (0.54%) C
19 6 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 167 (12.89%) Security Cleared
2 156 (12.04%) Degree
3 145 (11.19%) Azure Certification
4 137 (10.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 113 (8.72%) SC Cleared
6 56 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 54 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 53 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
9 50 (3.86%) CISSP
10 48 (3.70%) DV Cleared
11 40 (3.09%) CCNA
12 28 (2.16%) CEH
13 24 (1.85%) DBS Check
14 22 (1.70%) AWS Certification
15 20 (1.54%) GIAC
15 20 (1.54%) OSCP
16 19 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 16 (1.23%) CISM
18 14 (1.08%) CCNP
18 14 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 58 (4.48%) NIST
4 45 (3.47%) GDPR
5 43 (3.32%) SLA
6 25 (1.93%) QA
7 19 (1.47%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.23%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.00%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 6 (0.46%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.31%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.31%) NCSC
15 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.15%) EMIR
16 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 480 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 217 (16.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (11.19%) Hyper-V
4 129 (9.95%) Docker
5 75 (5.79%) vSphere
6 57 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
7 50 (3.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.77%) BitLocker
9 20 (1.54%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.69%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.62%) KVM
12 8 (0.62%) Squid
13 7 (0.54%) Firmware
14 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.077%) Ceph
17 1 (0.077%) Samba
Systems Management
1 231 (17.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 217 (16.74%) Kubernetes
3 162 (12.50%) Ansible
4 79 (6.10%) Grafana
5 68 (5.25%) SCCM
6 48 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (3.24%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.77%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.62%) QRadar
9 21 (1.62%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.54%) Argo
10 20 (1.54%) Packer
10 20 (1.54%) Proxmox
11 19 (1.47%) Puppet
12 18 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
13 15 (1.16%) Graylog
14 13 (1.00%) FortiGate
14 13 (1.00%) VxRail
15 10 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 8 (0.62%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 835 (64.43%) Microsoft
2 252 (19.44%) VMware
3 112 (8.64%) Cisco
4 106 (8.18%) ServiceNow
5 84 (6.48%) Splunk
6 59 (4.55%) Veeam
7 51 (3.94%) Red Hat
8 43 (3.32%) Meraki
8 43 (3.32%) Oracle
9 40 (3.09%) Citrix
10 34 (2.62%) Sophos
11 33 (2.55%) Dynatrace
12 31 (2.39%) Dell
13 30 (2.31%) Tenable
14 29 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
15 23 (1.77%) CyberArk
15 23 (1.77%) Fortinet
15 23 (1.77%) Sage
16 22 (1.70%) Apple
16 22 (1.70%) Palo Alto