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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 86 93
Rank change year-on-year -59 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,104 1,305 2,239
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.42% 3.48% 2.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.97% 10.25% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 855 1,018 1,901
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% +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 13,851 12,733 26,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.76% 33.98% 32.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,716 9,363 22,449
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,643 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -12 517 £70,000 -9.68% 107
South East -80 174 £56,687 -1.41% 98
North of England -48 138 £47,972 -2.40% 53
Midlands -72 105 £50,000 - 39
South West -43 88 £55,000 +15.79% 39
East of England -47 70 £46,250 -15.91% 32
North West -41 68 £55,000 +19.57% 30
East Midlands -43 60 £55,000 +29.41% 18
Yorkshire -40 56 £47,500 -13.64% 11
West Midlands -68 44 £47,500 -5.00% 21
North East -43 14 £45,000 -21.74% 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
1 168 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 137 (12.41%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.35%) IIS
4 16 (1.45%) Confluence
5 12 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (0.54%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.091%) Site Server
Applications
1 48 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.27%) CATIA
3 3 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.27%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.27%) Windchill
4 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.27%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.091%) Actimize
5 1 (0.091%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.091%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 692 (62.68%) Azure
2 395 (35.78%) Microsoft 365
3 284 (25.72%) Entra ID
4 194 (17.57%) AWS
5 105 (9.51%) Azure DevOps
6 95 (8.61%) Power Platform
7 87 (7.88%) GitHub
8 70 (6.34%) SaaS
9 67 (6.07%) GCP
10 66 (5.98%) GitHub Actions
11 64 (5.80%) OneDrive
12 52 (4.71%) IaaS
13 49 (4.44%) PaaS
14 44 (3.99%) Azure Logic Apps
14 44 (3.99%) Azure Monitor
15 42 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 42 (3.80%) Google Workspace
15 42 (3.80%) Power Automate
16 35 (3.17%) Datadog
17 34 (3.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 208 (18.84%) Firewall
2 204 (18.48%) DNS
3 142 (12.86%) DHCP
4 119 (10.78%) VPN
5 91 (8.24%) TCP/IP
6 57 (5.16%) Network Security
6 57 (5.16%) WAN
7 55 (4.98%) LAN
8 46 (4.17%) VLAN
9 45 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.08%) SAN
11 33 (2.99%) VoIP
12 28 (2.54%) Broadband
12 28 (2.54%) Wireless
13 19 (1.72%) SD-WAN
14 13 (1.18%) Internet
15 12 (1.09%) VSAN
15 12 (1.09%) WinSCP
16 11 (1.00%) Kerberos
16 11 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (11.68%) SQL Server
2 80 (7.25%) Power BI
3 41 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (2.17%) MySQL
7 23 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (1.63%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.45%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.36%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.27%) Oracle Database 10g
12 14 (1.27%) Tableau
13 13 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.82%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.72%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.72%) InfluxDB
16 7 (0.63%) Metadata
17 5 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
18 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 91 (8.24%) Git
2 61 (5.53%) Jenkins
3 59 (5.34%) JIRA
4 48 (4.35%) GitLab
5 28 (2.54%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.54%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.18%) Metasploit
9 11 (1.00%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.82%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.72%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.72%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.54%) TestRail
13 4 (0.36%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.36%) MLflow
13 4 (0.36%) Selenium
14 3 (0.27%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.27%) Balsamiq
General
1 353 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 198 (17.93%) Finance
3 143 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (5.89%) Law
5 48 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.89%) Retail
8 41 (3.71%) Legal
9 40 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (2.99%) Public Sector
11 28 (2.54%) Banking
12 19 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.72%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.45%) Advertising
14 13 (1.18%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.91%) Front Office
16 7 (0.63%) Military
17 6 (0.54%) Electronics
17 6 (0.54%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 172 (15.58%) Senior
2 139 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 124 (11.23%) Support Engineer
4 122 (11.05%) Analyst
5 109 (9.87%) Azure Engineer
6 95 (8.61%) IT Support
7 77 (6.97%) Security Engineer
8 76 (6.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 76 (6.88%) IT Engineer
9 62 (5.62%) DevOps Engineer
10 58 (5.25%) Lead
11 57 (5.16%) Developer
12 51 (4.62%) IT Support Engineer
13 49 (4.44%) 2nd Line Support
14 45 (4.08%) 3rd Line Support
15 44 (3.99%) Platform Engineer
16 43 (3.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 39 (3.53%) Architect
18 36 (3.26%) Security Analyst
18 36 (3.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.43%) .NET
2 58 (5.25%) OAuth
3 57 (5.16%) REST
4 53 (4.80%) SAML
5 52 (4.71%) OpenID
6 38 (3.44%) LDAP
7 36 (3.26%) .NET Core
8 34 (3.08%) SOAP
9 32 (2.90%) JSON
10 29 (2.63%) ARM Templates
11 27 (2.45%) CSS
12 26 (2.36%) Microsoft Graph
13 25 (2.26%) GraphQL
13 25 (2.26%) HTML
13 25 (2.26%) YAML
14 24 (2.17%) SPFx
15 18 (1.63%) React
16 16 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
17 15 (1.36%) HTML5 Canvas
17 15 (1.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.42%) Onboarding
2 71 (6.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 60 (5.43%) Security Posture
4 50 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 43 (3.89%) Cloud Native
5 43 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (3.62%) Cyber Threat
7 39 (3.53%) Driving Licence
8 38 (3.44%) Cyber Defence
9 35 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
10 34 (3.08%) Cyberattack
11 30 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
12 27 (2.45%) Data Centre
13 26 (2.36%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.81%) PKI
15 19 (1.72%) CMDB
16 18 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.54%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.54%) Replication
18 15 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 510 (46.20%) Windows
2 250 (22.64%) Windows Server
3 238 (21.56%) Linux
4 71 (6.43%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.53%) Mac OS
6 44 (3.99%) Android
7 43 (3.89%) Apple iOS
8 35 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (2.45%) Unix
9 27 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (2.17%) VMS
12 21 (1.90%) CentOS
13 15 (1.36%) Ubuntu
14 14 (1.27%) Solaris
15 12 (1.09%) HPUX
15 12 (1.09%) Windows 7
15 12 (1.09%) Windows Server 2003
15 12 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (27.36%) Problem-Solving
2 227 (20.56%) Infrastructure as Code
3 226 (20.47%) DevOps
4 222 (20.11%) CI/CD
5 219 (19.84%) Cybersecurity
6 195 (17.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 194 (17.57%) ITIL
8 183 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 152 (13.77%) Incident Response
10 140 (12.68%) Mentoring
11 133 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
12 124 (11.23%) Agile
13 114 (10.33%) Root Cause Analysis
14 109 (9.87%) Cloud Security
15 108 (9.78%) SIEM
16 100 (9.06%) Containerisation
17 95 (8.61%) Task Automation
18 93 (8.42%) Roadmaps
19 90 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
19 90 (8.15%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 433 (39.22%) Python
2 256 (23.19%) Bash
3 233 (21.11%) SQL
4 77 (6.97%) JavaScript
5 76 (6.88%) C#
6 67 (6.07%) Bicep
7 54 (4.89%) T-SQL
8 32 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
9 20 (1.81%) Java
9 20 (1.81%) Perl
10 19 (1.72%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.91%) C++
12 9 (0.82%) Go
12 9 (0.82%) VB
12 9 (0.82%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.72%) VBA
14 7 (0.63%) C
14 7 (0.63%) PHP
14 7 (0.63%) VBScript
15 6 (0.54%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 147 (13.32%) Degree
2 124 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 97 (8.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 84 (7.61%) Azure Certification
5 70 (6.34%) SC Cleared
6 47 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (4.17%) CISSP
8 45 (4.08%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (2.36%) OSCP
11 25 (2.26%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (2.17%) GIAC
13 23 (2.08%) CREST Certified
14 22 (1.99%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.99%) CCNA
14 22 (1.99%) CEH
14 22 (1.99%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (1.54%) DBS Check
16 13 (1.18%) CISA
17 12 (1.09%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (13.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 119 (10.78%) NIST
3 64 (5.80%) GDPR
4 55 (4.98%) SLA
5 32 (2.90%) NCSC
6 29 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.81%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.63%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.45%) QA
10 14 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (1.18%) Accessibility
11 13 (1.18%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.18%) SOC 2
12 11 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.54%) DICOM
14 5 (0.45%) GRC
15 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.18%) COBIT
18 1 (0.091%) HL7
System Software
1 408 (36.96%) Active Directory
2 136 (12.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (10.78%) Docker
4 96 (8.70%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.62%) vSphere
6 33 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.45%) Firmware
9 14 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (1.00%) BitLocker
11 10 (0.91%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 7 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.45%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.36%) iptables
15 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.27%) Squid
17 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 233 (21.11%) Terraform
2 171 (15.49%) Kubernetes
3 163 (14.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 132 (11.96%) Ansible
5 50 (4.53%) Grafana
6 45 (4.08%) SCCM
7 42 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (2.90%) Prometheus
9 20 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.54%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.18%) Nessus
12 13 (1.18%) VxRail
13 12 (1.09%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.82%) Puppet
14 9 (0.82%) QRadar
15 8 (0.72%) logstash
15 8 (0.72%) Packer
15 8 (0.72%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 628 (56.88%) Microsoft
2 206 (18.66%) VMware
3 90 (8.15%) Cisco
4 53 (4.80%) Splunk
5 50 (4.53%) Red Hat
5 50 (4.53%) ServiceNow
6 41 (3.71%) CrowdStrike
7 40 (3.62%) Veeam
8 39 (3.53%) Oracle
9 33 (2.99%) Google
10 32 (2.90%) Commvault
11 29 (2.63%) Dell
11 29 (2.63%) Palo Alto
12 27 (2.45%) Meraki
13 25 (2.26%) CyberArk
14 24 (2.17%) Fortinet
15 23 (2.08%) Apple
15 23 (2.08%) Citrix
16 19 (1.72%) Atlassian
16 19 (1.72%) Dynatrace