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 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 89 86
Rank change year-on-year -37 -3 +2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,080 1,296 2,314
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.64% 3.35% 3.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.00% 9.66% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 856 1,038 2,009
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,600
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 12,004 13,418 25,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.18% 34.68% 34.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,735 9,446 21,809
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -8 484 £70,000 -12.50% 119
South East -42 192 £56,687 -5.52% 105
North of England -45 137 £47,500 -9.52% 57
South West -10 102 £55,000 +5.26% 52
Midlands -48 91 £52,500 +5.00% 48
Yorkshire -29 67 £47,500 -9.52% 19
East of England -25 57 £40,000 -27.27% 43
North West -41 55 £53,000 +7.83% 26
East Midlands -26 49 £55,000 +12.24% 26
West Midlands -59 41 £48,500 -3.00% 22
North East -22 15 £46,250 -22.92% 13
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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
1 181 (16.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 131 (12.13%) SharePoint
3 33 (3.06%) IIS
4 22 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.20%) Confluence
6 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.28%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 47 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.37%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.093%) Actimize
6 1 (0.093%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.093%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.093%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 678 (62.78%) Azure
2 367 (33.98%) Microsoft 365
3 277 (25.65%) Entra ID
4 185 (17.13%) AWS
5 112 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
6 99 (9.17%) Power Platform
7 82 (7.59%) GitHub
8 74 (6.85%) GCP
9 65 (6.02%) PaaS
10 63 (5.83%) SaaS
11 59 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (5.09%) IaaS
13 52 (4.81%) Azure Monitor
14 48 (4.44%) OneDrive
15 44 (4.07%) Google Workspace
16 40 (3.70%) Power Automate
17 38 (3.52%) Azure Sentinel
18 35 (3.24%) Nutanix
19 34 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
20 31 (2.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 212 (19.63%) DNS
2 203 (18.80%) Firewall
3 162 (15.00%) DHCP
4 129 (11.94%) VPN
5 101 (9.35%) TCP/IP
6 58 (5.37%) WAN
7 54 (5.00%) LAN
8 48 (4.44%) VLAN
9 45 (4.17%) Network Security
10 44 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.15%) SAN
11 34 (3.15%) VoIP
12 31 (2.87%) Wireless
13 28 (2.59%) Broadband
14 27 (2.50%) SD-WAN
15 16 (1.48%) VSAN
16 12 (1.11%) NAS
16 12 (1.11%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.02%) Internet
18 10 (0.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 81 (7.50%) Power BI
3 28 (2.59%) Oracle Database
4 27 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (2.41%) Oracle Database 10g
6 25 (2.31%) MySQL
6 25 (2.31%) Relational Database
7 22 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.39%) Tableau
10 14 (1.30%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.56%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.46%) Metadata
15 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 75 (6.94%) Git
2 73 (6.76%) JIRA
3 62 (5.74%) Jenkins
4 40 (3.70%) GitLab
5 26 (2.41%) Bitbucket
5 26 (2.41%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (1.67%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.83%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.65%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.46%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.37%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) TestRail
13 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.28%) JMeter
General
1 367 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 219 (20.28%) Finance
3 124 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (5.28%) Law
5 45 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (3.61%) Retail
7 38 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.06%) Legal
8 33 (3.06%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.87%) Banking
10 29 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (2.50%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.57%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.02%) Advertising
14 9 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.65%) Front Office
16 7 (0.65%) Investment Banking
17 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 146 (13.52%) Senior
2 135 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 125 (11.57%) Support Engineer
4 105 (9.72%) Analyst
5 94 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
6 88 (8.15%) IT Support
7 75 (6.94%) DevOps Engineer
8 71 (6.57%) Security Engineer
9 64 (5.93%) Cloud Engineer
9 64 (5.93%) IT Engineer
10 61 (5.65%) Developer
11 55 (5.09%) 3rd Line Support
12 53 (4.91%) Lead
13 48 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 48 (4.44%) IT Support Engineer
14 42 (3.89%) Platform Engineer
15 40 (3.70%) 2nd Line Support
16 39 (3.61%) Architect
17 35 (3.24%) Support Analyst
18 32 (2.96%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.74%) .NET
2 59 (5.46%) REST
3 48 (4.44%) OAuth
4 46 (4.26%) SAML
5 43 (3.98%) OpenID
6 33 (3.06%) LDAP
7 32 (2.96%) SOAP
8 29 (2.69%) YAML
9 28 (2.59%) JSON
10 25 (2.31%) GraphQL
11 23 (2.13%) ARM Templates
12 22 (2.04%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
14 17 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.48%) React
16 14 (1.30%) Node.js
17 12 (1.11%) Middleware
17 12 (1.11%) Web Services
18 11 (1.02%) CSS
19 10 (0.93%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.24%) Onboarding
2 74 (6.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (5.09%) Security Posture
4 41 (3.80%) Driving Licence
5 37 (3.43%) Cyber Threat
5 37 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
7 35 (3.24%) Management Information System
8 32 (2.96%) Cloud Native
9 30 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (2.78%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (2.41%) Cyberattack
12 22 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
13 21 (1.94%) PKI
14 19 (1.76%) CMDB
15 17 (1.57%) Replication
16 15 (1.39%) Hedge funds
16 15 (1.39%) Private Cloud
16 15 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 493 (45.65%) Windows
2 255 (23.61%) Windows Server
3 217 (20.09%) Linux
4 65 (6.02%) Windows 10
5 56 (5.19%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.80%) Unix
7 33 (3.06%) Android
8 32 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
9 26 (2.41%) Apple iOS
10 24 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (2.22%) Solaris
10 24 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (2.04%) CentOS
11 22 (2.04%) HPUX
11 22 (2.04%) Windows 7
11 22 (2.04%) Windows Server 2003
12 21 (1.94%) VMS
13 15 (1.39%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
2 244 (22.59%) DevOps
3 213 (19.72%) CI/CD
4 212 (19.63%) ITIL
5 194 (17.96%) Infrastructure as Code
5 194 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 184 (17.04%) Cybersecurity
7 175 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 152 (14.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 132 (12.22%) Incident Response
9 132 (12.22%) Mentoring
10 112 (10.37%) Agile
11 109 (10.09%) Root Cause Analysis
12 101 (9.35%) Task Automation
13 97 (8.98%) Cloud Security
14 93 (8.61%) Computer Science
15 90 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
15 90 (8.33%) Migration
15 90 (8.33%) SIEM
16 87 (8.06%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 382 (35.37%) Python
2 241 (22.31%) Bash
3 224 (20.74%) SQL
4 70 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 63 (5.83%) C#
6 60 (5.56%) Bicep
7 54 (5.00%) T-SQL
8 28 (2.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.41%) Perl
10 16 (1.48%) Java
11 13 (1.20%) Go
12 10 (0.93%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.74%) PHP
14 7 (0.65%) VB
15 6 (0.56%) C++
15 6 (0.56%) Delphi
15 6 (0.56%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.37%) R
17 4 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 162 (15.00%) Degree
2 133 (12.31%) Security Cleared
3 97 (8.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 87 (8.06%) Azure Certification
5 80 (7.41%) SC Cleared
6 54 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 47 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (3.80%) CISSP
9 32 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 28 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.22%) CEH
12 23 (2.13%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.13%) CREST Certified
13 22 (2.04%) GIAC
14 20 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
15 19 (1.76%) CompTIA Security+
15 19 (1.76%) OSCP
16 17 (1.57%) CCNA
17 16 (1.48%) DBS Check
18 13 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (12.69%) NIST
3 64 (5.93%) SLA
4 59 (5.46%) GDPR
5 39 (3.61%) NCSC
6 32 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 22 (2.04%) ISO 22301
8 19 (1.76%) QA
9 17 (1.57%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.39%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.65%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.46%) DICOM
14 5 (0.46%) GRC
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
16 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 405 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 128 (11.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (9.63%) Docker
4 101 (9.35%) Hyper-V
5 41 (3.80%) vSphere
6 35 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.76%) Firmware
8 17 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.56%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.46%) XenApp
12 5 (0.46%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.37%) iptables
13 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.28%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.19%) KVM
Systems Management
1 214 (19.81%) Terraform
2 155 (14.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 149 (13.80%) Kubernetes
4 125 (11.57%) Ansible
5 41 (3.80%) Grafana
6 40 (3.70%) SCCM
7 36 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (2.41%) Prometheus
9 19 (1.76%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.39%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.11%) Puppet
13 11 (1.02%) Nessus
13 11 (1.02%) VxRail
14 10 (0.93%) SCOM
15 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.74%) Nagios
16 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
17 7 (0.65%) Control-M
18 6 (0.56%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 581 (53.80%) Microsoft
2 221 (20.46%) VMware
3 97 (8.98%) Cisco
4 49 (4.54%) Oracle
5 48 (4.44%) Splunk
5 48 (4.44%) Veeam
6 43 (3.98%) ServiceNow
7 40 (3.70%) Red Hat
8 39 (3.61%) Google
9 35 (3.24%) Atlassian
10 33 (3.06%) Commvault
11 32 (2.96%) Palo Alto
12 27 (2.50%) Meraki
13 26 (2.41%) Citrix
13 26 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
14 24 (2.22%) CyberArk
14 24 (2.22%) Dell
15 22 (2.04%) Apple
16 21 (1.94%) Fortinet
17 20 (1.85%) Dynatrace