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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 87 99
Rank change year-on-year -67 +12 -40
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,294 1,480 1,701
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.25% 3.45% 2.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.68% 12.89% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 915 986 1,098
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,780 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -4.56% +0.42%
75th Percentile £73,500 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 16,852 11,480 20,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.27% 26.80% 31.05%
Number of salaries quoted 12,257 7,542 12,779
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,645
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -32 473 £70,000 -0.36% 373
North of England -84 241 £50,000 - 161
South East -43 235 £52,500 -8.70% 136
Midlands -48 160 £52,500 +5.00% 100
North West -72 148 £50,000 +5.26% 90
East of England -45 95 £57,500 +21.05% 50
South West -77 86 £55,000 +15.79% 70
West Midlands -65 81 £55,000 - 58
East Midlands -28 79 £42,500 +21.43% 42
Yorkshire -36 57 £48,445 -7.72% 49
North East -41 36 £51,500 -14.17% 23
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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
1 234 (18.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 219 (16.92%) SharePoint
3 52 (4.02%) IIS
4 41 (3.17%) Confluence
5 15 (1.16%) 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%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.78%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 794 (61.36%) Azure
2 516 (39.88%) Microsoft 365
3 422 (32.61%) Entra ID
4 244 (18.86%) AWS
5 165 (12.75%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.27%) OneDrive
6 107 (8.27%) Power Platform
7 106 (8.19%) SaaS
8 96 (7.42%) GitHub
8 96 (7.42%) IaaS
9 85 (6.57%) Azure Monitor
9 85 (6.57%) Azure Sentinel
10 77 (5.95%) Power Automate
11 72 (5.56%) PaaS
12 70 (5.41%) Azure AKS
13 63 (4.87%) GCP
14 62 (4.79%) Azure Key Vault
15 59 (4.56%) GitHub Actions
16 56 (4.33%) Microsoft Purview
17 51 (3.94%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 305 (23.57%) Firewall
2 295 (22.80%) DNS
3 206 (15.92%) VPN
4 203 (15.69%) DHCP
5 137 (10.59%) TCP/IP
6 86 (6.65%) WAN
7 76 (5.87%) LAN
8 71 (5.49%) VLAN
9 55 (4.25%) Network Security
10 54 (4.17%) Wireless
11 46 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.78%) SAN
13 31 (2.40%) Kerberos
14 26 (2.01%) SSL
15 21 (1.62%) NAS
16 20 (1.55%) HTTP
17 16 (1.24%) Internet
18 12 (0.93%) VSAN
19 10 (0.77%) FTP
19 10 (0.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (10.05%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (4.56%) Power BI
4 22 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (1.55%) MongoDB
6 16 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.93%) MySQL
8 12 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
9 8 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.62%) Power Query
10 7 (0.54%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.54%) Redis
10 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.46%) Metadata
12 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.31%) Db2
13 4 (0.31%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 93 (7.19%) JIRA
2 86 (6.65%) Git
3 69 (5.33%) GitLab
4 60 (4.64%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.62%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
8 10 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.62%) TestRail
10 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.46%) Selenium
11 6 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.39%) MSI
12 5 (0.39%) Postman
12 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.23%) JMeter
14 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 460 (35.55%) Social Skills
2 223 (17.23%) Finance
3 181 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.57%) Law
5 56 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (3.86%) Retail
8 48 (3.71%) Legal
9 43 (3.32%) Banking
10 37 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 34 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.32%) Aerospace
12 30 (2.32%) Public Sector
13 11 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 11 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (0.77%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.70%) Front Office
16 8 (0.62%) Advertising
16 8 (0.62%) Aviation
16 8 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 196 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 196 (15.15%) Senior
2 152 (11.75%) Analyst
3 125 (9.66%) Azure Engineer
4 123 (9.51%) Cloud Engineer
5 121 (9.35%) IT Engineer
6 120 (9.27%) Support Engineer
7 98 (7.57%) IT Support
8 96 (7.42%) DevOps Engineer
9 76 (5.87%) Platform Engineer
10 71 (5.49%) Lead
11 68 (5.26%) Consultant
12 62 (4.79%) IT Support Engineer
12 62 (4.79%) Support Analyst
13 59 (4.56%) Security Engineer
14 53 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
15 48 (3.71%) Developer
16 44 (3.40%) Automation Engineer
17 43 (3.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 42 (3.25%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (26.51%) Terraform
2 64 (4.95%) .NET
3 55 (4.25%) ARM Templates
4 50 (3.86%) REST
5 44 (3.40%) SAML
6 42 (3.25%) YAML
7 39 (3.01%) Microsoft Graph
7 39 (3.01%) OpenID
8 38 (2.94%) LDAP
8 38 (2.94%) OAuth
9 32 (2.47%) HTML
10 28 (2.16%) JSON
11 23 (1.78%) CSS
12 22 (1.70%) SPFx
13 21 (1.62%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.47%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.00%) RESTful
16 12 (0.93%) ASP.NET Core
16 12 (0.93%) Kafka
16 12 (0.93%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.43%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.41%) Cloud Native
3 79 (6.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 75 (5.80%) Management Information System
5 74 (5.72%) Driving Licence
6 67 (5.18%) Security Posture
7 49 (3.79%) PKI
8 47 (3.63%) Data Centre
9 46 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
11 36 (2.78%) Public Cloud
12 33 (2.55%) Replication
13 30 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
14 21 (1.62%) Private Cloud
15 19 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
16 18 (1.39%) Clustering
17 17 (1.31%) CMDB
17 17 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
18 15 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 652 (50.39%) Windows
2 306 (23.65%) Windows Server
3 298 (23.03%) Linux
4 93 (7.19%) Windows 10
5 50 (3.86%) Apple iOS
6 42 (3.25%) Android
7 39 (3.01%) Ubuntu
8 37 (2.86%) VMS
9 34 (2.63%) Mac OS
10 33 (2.55%) CentOS
11 32 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
12 29 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 28 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
14 18 (1.39%) Unix
15 15 (1.16%) Rocky
16 7 (0.54%) Solaris
17 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.31%) Debian
18 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
19 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (30.22%) Problem-Solving
2 324 (25.04%) Infrastructure as Code
3 299 (23.11%) DevOps
4 297 (22.95%) CI/CD
5 294 (22.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 292 (22.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 251 (19.40%) ITIL
8 247 (19.09%) Cybersecurity
9 191 (14.76%) Disaster Recovery
10 165 (12.75%) AI
11 153 (11.82%) Agile
12 146 (11.28%) Mentoring
12 146 (11.28%) Root Cause Analysis
13 140 (10.82%) Cloud Security
14 138 (10.66%) Platform Engineering
15 136 (10.51%) Migration
16 134 (10.36%) High Availability
17 132 (10.20%) Incident Response
18 124 (9.58%) Observability
19 122 (9.43%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 495 (38.25%) Python
2 283 (21.87%) Bash
3 273 (21.10%) SQL
4 118 (9.12%) Bicep
5 82 (6.34%) JavaScript
6 72 (5.56%) C#
7 48 (3.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (2.86%) Java
9 32 (2.47%) T-SQL
10 27 (2.09%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.78%) VBScript
12 18 (1.39%) C++
13 17 (1.31%) Perl
14 13 (1.00%) PHP
15 11 (0.85%) Ruby
15 11 (0.85%) VBA
16 10 (0.77%) VB
17 8 (0.62%) Go
18 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 5 (0.39%) Korn
Qualifications
1 174 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 159 (12.29%) Degree
3 145 (11.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 139 (10.74%) Azure Certification
5 116 (8.96%) SC Cleared
6 59 (4.56%) CISSP
7 52 (4.02%) DV Cleared
8 51 (3.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 51 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 47 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (2.94%) CCNA
11 27 (2.09%) CEH
12 25 (1.93%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.78%) DBS Check
14 20 (1.55%) CISM
15 18 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 16 (1.24%) GIAC
17 15 (1.16%) OSCP
18 13 (1.00%) CompTIA CySA+
18 13 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 51 (3.94%) NIST
4 44 (3.40%) SLA
5 40 (3.09%) GDPR
6 24 (1.85%) QA
7 19 (1.47%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.16%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.00%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.62%) PMO
12 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.46%) NCSC
14 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.31%) ISO 22301
16 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.15%) EMIR
17 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 1 (0.077%) TickIT
System Software
1 493 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 218 (16.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 135 (10.43%) Hyper-V
4 133 (10.28%) Docker
5 78 (6.03%) vSphere
6 69 (5.33%) Virtual Machines
7 58 (4.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.78%) VMware NSX
9 20 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
10 17 (1.31%) BitLocker
11 13 (1.00%) Firmware
12 8 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.62%) KVM
12 8 (0.62%) Squid
13 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
16 2 (0.15%) NFS
17 1 (0.077%) Snort
Systems Management
1 237 (18.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 209 (16.15%) Kubernetes
3 154 (11.90%) Ansible
4 78 (6.03%) Grafana
5 65 (5.02%) SCCM
6 55 (4.25%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (3.25%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.93%) Puppet
9 23 (1.78%) Argo
9 23 (1.78%) vCenter Server
9 23 (1.78%) ZABBIX
10 20 (1.55%) Proxmox
11 19 (1.47%) QRadar
12 16 (1.24%) Packer
13 15 (1.16%) FortiGate
13 15 (1.16%) Graylog
14 13 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.85%) VxRail
16 10 (0.77%) Progress Chef
17 9 (0.70%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 854 (66.00%) Microsoft
2 256 (19.78%) VMware
3 98 (7.57%) ServiceNow
4 97 (7.50%) Cisco
5 83 (6.41%) Splunk
6 65 (5.02%) Veeam
7 46 (3.55%) Oracle
7 46 (3.55%) Red Hat
8 41 (3.17%) Citrix
9 34 (2.63%) Meraki
9 34 (2.63%) Sage
10 32 (2.47%) Dell
11 30 (2.32%) Sophos
12 29 (2.24%) Dynatrace
12 29 (2.24%) SAP
13 26 (2.01%) Fortinet
14 25 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
14 25 (1.93%) SolarWinds
14 25 (1.93%) Tenable
15 24 (1.85%) CyberArk