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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 92 85
Rank change year-on-year -31 -7 +2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,060 1,311 2,325
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.65% 3.32% 3.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.10% 9.49% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 842 1,026 2,010
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,225
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.63% +13.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,188 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.72% +9.73% -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 11,643 13,810 25,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.10% 35.01% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8,485 9,387 21,835
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £101,250
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 10 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 10 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 -8 471 £70,000 -12.50% 126
South East -47 193 £56,687 -5.52% 124
North of England -42 137 £47,500 -9.52% 62
South West -11 100 £55,000 +4.76% 40
Midlands -50 89 £52,500 +5.00% 33
Yorkshire -32 66 £47,500 -9.52% 22
North West -36 56 £51,000 -2.86% 31
East of England -19 53 £40,000 -27.27% 34
East Midlands -25 45 £55,000 +8.91% 17
West Midlands -52 43 £48,000 -4.00% 16
North East -19 15 £46,250 -22.92% 10
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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
1 174 (16.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (11.79%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.92%) IIS
4 22 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.23%) Confluence
6 6 (0.57%) 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 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.094%) Site Server
Applications
1 45 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.38%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.094%) Actimize
6 1 (0.094%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.094%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.094%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 657 (61.98%) Azure
2 364 (34.34%) Microsoft 365
3 276 (26.04%) Entra ID
4 182 (17.17%) AWS
5 110 (10.38%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (9.06%) Power Platform
7 77 (7.26%) GitHub
8 74 (6.98%) GCP
9 65 (6.13%) PaaS
10 64 (6.04%) SaaS
11 56 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (5.00%) IaaS
13 52 (4.91%) Azure Monitor
14 43 (4.06%) Google Workspace
14 43 (4.06%) OneDrive
15 38 (3.58%) Power Automate
16 36 (3.40%) Azure Sentinel
17 34 (3.21%) Nutanix
18 31 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
19 28 (2.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 203 (19.15%) DNS
2 201 (18.96%) Firewall
3 158 (14.91%) DHCP
4 127 (11.98%) VPN
5 97 (9.15%) TCP/IP
6 59 (5.57%) WAN
7 56 (5.28%) LAN
8 46 (4.34%) VLAN
9 45 (4.25%) Wi-Fi
10 43 (4.06%) Network Security
11 32 (3.02%) SAN
11 32 (3.02%) VoIP
12 31 (2.92%) Wireless
13 28 (2.64%) Broadband
14 27 (2.55%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.42%) VSAN
16 12 (1.13%) NAS
16 12 (1.13%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.04%) Internet
18 10 (0.94%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (12.45%) SQL Server
2 78 (7.36%) Power BI
3 28 (2.64%) Oracle Database
3 28 (2.64%) Relational Database
4 27 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (2.45%) Oracle Database 10g
6 25 (2.36%) MySQL
6 25 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.42%) Tableau
9 14 (1.32%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.66%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.47%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.47%) Metadata
13 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 73 (6.89%) Git
2 72 (6.79%) JIRA
3 61 (5.75%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.49%) GitLab
5 25 (2.36%) Bitbucket
5 25 (2.36%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (1.70%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 14 (1.32%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.94%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.85%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.47%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
14 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.28%) JMeter
14 3 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 361 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 223 (21.04%) Finance
3 121 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (4.72%) Law
5 43 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (3.87%) Retail
7 39 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.11%) Banking
8 33 (3.11%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.92%) Legal
10 29 (2.74%) Telecoms
11 27 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (1.70%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.94%) Advertising
13 10 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.66%) Front Office
15 7 (0.66%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.57%) Marketing
17 5 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 139 (13.11%) Senior
2 133 (12.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 125 (11.79%) Support Engineer
4 102 (9.62%) Analyst
5 89 (8.40%) Azure Engineer
6 84 (7.92%) IT Support
7 75 (7.08%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (6.60%) Security Engineer
9 65 (6.13%) IT Engineer
10 63 (5.94%) Developer
11 61 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
12 56 (5.28%) Lead
13 55 (5.19%) 3rd Line Support
14 47 (4.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 47 (4.43%) IT Support Engineer
15 40 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
16 38 (3.58%) Architect
17 36 (3.40%) 2nd Line Support
17 36 (3.40%) Support Analyst
18 30 (2.83%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.94%) REST
2 59 (5.57%) .NET
3 49 (4.62%) OAuth
4 47 (4.43%) SAML
5 44 (4.15%) OpenID
6 33 (3.11%) LDAP
6 33 (3.11%) SOAP
7 28 (2.64%) JSON
7 28 (2.64%) YAML
8 25 (2.36%) GraphQL
9 23 (2.17%) ARM Templates
10 18 (1.70%) .NET Core
10 18 (1.70%) Microsoft Graph
10 18 (1.70%) React
11 16 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (1.23%) Node.js
13 12 (1.13%) Web Services
14 11 (1.04%) Middleware
15 10 (0.94%) AngularJS
15 10 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.58%) Onboarding
2 75 (7.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (5.09%) Security Posture
4 41 (3.87%) Driving Licence
5 37 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
5 37 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (3.40%) Management Information System
7 35 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
8 30 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 30 (2.83%) Cloud Native
8 30 (2.83%) Data Centre
9 29 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (2.45%) Cyberattack
11 21 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
12 20 (1.89%) PKI
13 17 (1.60%) CMDB
14 15 (1.42%) Hedge funds
14 15 (1.42%) Replication
14 15 (1.42%) Virtual Team
15 14 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 482 (45.47%) Windows
2 252 (23.77%) Windows Server
3 209 (19.72%) Linux
4 64 (6.04%) Windows 10
5 55 (5.19%) Mac OS
6 40 (3.77%) Unix
7 32 (3.02%) Android
7 32 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (2.26%) Apple iOS
9 24 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (2.26%) Solaris
9 24 (2.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 22 (2.08%) HPUX
10 22 (2.08%) Windows 7
10 22 (2.08%) Windows Server 2003
11 21 (1.98%) CentOS
12 20 (1.89%) VMS
13 15 (1.42%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (30.28%) Problem-Solving
2 242 (22.83%) DevOps
3 206 (19.43%) CI/CD
4 201 (18.96%) ITIL
5 190 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 186 (17.55%) Infrastructure as Code
7 182 (17.17%) Cybersecurity
8 173 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 148 (13.96%) Disaster Recovery
10 126 (11.89%) Incident Response
11 125 (11.79%) Mentoring
12 109 (10.28%) Agile
13 107 (10.09%) Root Cause Analysis
14 97 (9.15%) Task Automation
15 95 (8.96%) Cloud Security
16 90 (8.49%) Computer Science
16 90 (8.49%) Migration
17 88 (8.30%) Business Intelligence
18 87 (8.21%) SIEM
19 85 (8.02%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 370 (34.91%) Python
2 235 (22.17%) Bash
3 221 (20.85%) SQL
4 66 (6.23%) C#
5 64 (6.04%) JavaScript
6 59 (5.57%) Bicep
7 53 (5.00%) T-SQL
8 27 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.36%) Perl
10 17 (1.60%) Java
11 14 (1.32%) Go
12 10 (0.94%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.66%) PHP
13 7 (0.66%) VB
14 6 (0.57%) C++
14 6 (0.57%) Delphi
15 5 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.47%) VBScript
16 4 (0.38%) R
16 4 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 158 (14.91%) Degree
2 132 (12.45%) Security Cleared
3 96 (9.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 81 (7.64%) Azure Certification
5 79 (7.45%) SC Cleared
6 54 (5.09%) DV Cleared
7 44 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (3.87%) CISSP
9 31 (2.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 28 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.26%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.17%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.17%) CEH
13 22 (2.08%) GIAC
14 19 (1.79%) CompTIA CySA+
15 18 (1.70%) OSCP
16 17 (1.60%) CCNA
16 17 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (1.51%) DBS Check
18 12 (1.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (14.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 136 (12.83%) NIST
3 61 (5.75%) SLA
4 56 (5.28%) GDPR
5 39 (3.68%) NCSC
6 32 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (2.17%) Accessibility
8 21 (1.98%) ISO 22301
9 18 (1.70%) QA
10 17 (1.60%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.42%) PCI DSS
12 14 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.57%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.47%) DICOM
15 5 (0.47%) GRC
16 3 (0.28%) HL7
16 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 399 (37.64%) Active Directory
2 126 (11.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 103 (9.72%) Docker
4 97 (9.15%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.77%) vSphere
6 35 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.79%) Firmware
8 17 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.75%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.47%) XenApp
11 5 (0.47%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.38%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.38%) iptables
12 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.28%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
Systems Management
1 209 (19.72%) Terraform
2 155 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 145 (13.68%) Kubernetes
4 121 (11.42%) Ansible
5 39 (3.68%) Grafana
6 37 (3.49%) SCCM
7 35 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
8 25 (2.36%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (1.32%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.23%) Puppet
13 11 (1.04%) Nessus
14 10 (0.94%) SCOM
14 10 (0.94%) VxRail
15 9 (0.85%) Progress Chef
16 8 (0.75%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.75%) Nagios
17 7 (0.66%) Control-M
18 6 (0.57%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 565 (53.30%) Microsoft
2 218 (20.57%) VMware
3 89 (8.40%) Cisco
4 49 (4.62%) Oracle
5 47 (4.43%) Splunk
5 47 (4.43%) Veeam
6 42 (3.96%) ServiceNow
7 39 (3.68%) Red Hat
8 38 (3.58%) Google
9 34 (3.21%) Atlassian
10 32 (3.02%) Commvault
11 30 (2.83%) Palo Alto
12 26 (2.45%) Citrix
13 25 (2.36%) CrowdStrike
14 24 (2.26%) CyberArk
14 24 (2.26%) Meraki
15 22 (2.08%) Dell
16 21 (1.98%) Apple
16 21 (1.98%) Fortinet
17 20 (1.89%) Dynatrace