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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 102 65
Rank change year-on-year +18 -37 +23
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,488 1,683 2,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.46% 2.46% 4.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.74% 8.06% 10.47%
Number of salaries quoted 983 1,124 1,894
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,575
25th Percentile £42,780 £47,019 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £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 11,681 20,872 22,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.19% 30.54% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 7,668 13,605 18,613
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -3.85% +1.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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 -2 433 £72,500 -3.33% 158
North of England +46 387 £50,000 - 95
North West +70 317 £46,750 -6.50% 49
South East +15 258 £57,500 +12.91% 181
Midlands +51 190 £50,000 - 91
East of England +20 128 £47,500 -10.80% 67
West Midlands +44 122 £55,000 +12.70% 47
South West +34 84 £47,500 -5.94% 63
East Midlands +44 68 £35,000 -30.00% 40
Yorkshire -13 61 £51,625 -5.71% 29
North East -7 9 £55,000 +24.23% 18
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 214 (14.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (10.75%) SharePoint
3 65 (4.37%) IIS
4 60 (4.03%) Confluence
5 18 (1.21%) Skype for Business
6 13 (0.87%) nginx
7 9 (0.60%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.40%) Apache
9 5 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.20%) CMS
11 1 (0.067%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.067%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.067%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.067%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 56 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.54%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) Revit
7 1 (0.067%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.067%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.34%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.27%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.067%) Eikon
6 1 (0.067%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.067%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 725 (48.72%) Azure
2 412 (27.69%) Microsoft 365
3 261 (17.54%) AWS
4 227 (15.26%) Entra ID
5 157 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
6 121 (8.13%) Power Platform
7 109 (7.33%) SaaS
8 103 (6.92%) Power Automate
9 96 (6.45%) PaaS
10 77 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
11 76 (5.11%) IaaS
12 69 (4.64%) GCP
13 55 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 55 (3.70%) GitHub
14 54 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
14 54 (3.63%) PowerApps
15 53 (3.56%) Serverless
15 53 (3.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 49 (3.29%) Amazon S3
17 47 (3.16%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 433 (29.10%) VPN
2 289 (19.42%) Firewall
3 270 (18.15%) Cisco IOS
4 240 (16.13%) DNS
5 180 (12.10%) DHCP
6 176 (11.83%) TCP/IP
7 109 (7.33%) WAN
8 71 (4.77%) LAN
9 62 (4.17%) SAN
9 62 (4.17%) VLAN
10 51 (3.43%) Network Security
11 44 (2.96%) SMTP
11 44 (2.96%) Wireless
12 35 (2.35%) Internet
12 35 (2.35%) NAS
13 34 (2.28%) FTP
14 33 (2.22%) SD-WAN
15 31 (2.08%) HTTP
16 30 (2.02%) VoIP
17 25 (1.68%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 92 (6.18%) Amazon RDS
3 68 (4.57%) Power BI
4 36 (2.42%) MySQL
5 28 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 25 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.08%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (0.54%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.47%) DTS
13 7 (0.47%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.34%) Big Data
15 5 (0.34%) FileMaker
15 5 (0.34%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.27%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 118 (7.93%) Git
2 98 (6.59%) JIRA
3 89 (5.98%) Jenkins
4 64 (4.30%) Cucumber
4 64 (4.30%) Robot Framework
5 42 (2.82%) Vagrant
6 37 (2.49%) GitLab
7 27 (1.81%) MSI
8 15 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 11 (0.74%) Burp Suite
10 11 (0.74%) Metasploit
11 10 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.27%) Toad
14 3 (0.20%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
15 2 (0.13%) SonarQube
15 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 451 (30.31%) Social Skills
2 373 (25.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 335 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 189 (12.70%) Finance
5 93 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 62 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 59 (3.97%) Law
8 50 (3.36%) Banking
9 45 (3.02%) Legal
10 32 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.08%) Manufacturing
12 28 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
13 24 (1.61%) Retail
14 21 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.28%) Front Office
16 15 (1.01%) Advertising
16 15 (1.01%) Automotive
16 15 (1.01%) Local Government
16 15 (1.01%) Marketing
17 12 (0.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 426 (28.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 193 (12.97%) Support Engineer
3 131 (8.80%) Senior
4 112 (7.53%) IT Support
5 99 (6.65%) Analyst
6 97 (6.52%) Azure Engineer
7 87 (5.85%) DevOps Engineer
8 83 (5.58%) IT Engineer
9 74 (4.97%) Lead
10 72 (4.84%) 3rd Line Support
11 70 (4.70%) Infrastructure Support
12 67 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
13 64 (4.30%) Platform Engineer
13 64 (4.30%) Test Automation Engineer
13 64 (4.30%) Test Engineer
14 60 (4.03%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 59 (3.97%) Applications Support
16 57 (3.83%) Security Engineer
17 56 (3.76%) Architect
18 55 (3.70%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (18.28%) Elastic Stack
2 62 (4.17%) YAML
3 58 (3.90%) REST
4 56 (3.76%) .NET
5 40 (2.69%) JSON
6 38 (2.55%) ARM Templates
7 37 (2.49%) SOAP
8 35 (2.35%) LDAP
9 19 (1.28%) React
10 17 (1.14%) Web Services
11 16 (1.08%) XML
12 14 (0.94%) HTML
12 14 (0.94%) SAML
13 13 (0.87%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.81%) AngularJS
15 10 (0.67%) Node.js
15 10 (0.67%) RESTful
16 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
16 9 (0.60%) Middleware
17 8 (0.54%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 263 (17.67%) Cyberattack
2 81 (5.44%) Onboarding
3 75 (5.04%) Linux Command Line
4 54 (3.63%) Data Centre
5 50 (3.36%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.16%) Clustering
7 46 (3.09%) PKI
8 43 (2.89%) Cloud Native
9 37 (2.49%) Replication
10 35 (2.35%) Management Information System
11 33 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
12 28 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (1.55%) Public Cloud
13 23 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.41%) Hedge funds
14 21 (1.41%) Product Ownership
15 19 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (1.28%) Private Cloud
16 17 (1.14%) Driving Licence
16 17 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 913 (61.36%) Windows
2 596 (40.05%) Linux
3 329 (22.11%) Windows Server
4 276 (18.55%) Android
5 79 (5.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 73 (4.91%) VMS
7 66 (4.44%) Windows 10
8 59 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
9 41 (2.76%) Mac OS
10 33 (2.22%) Unix
10 33 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 26 (1.75%) Amazon Linux
12 20 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 19 (1.28%) Apple iOS
14 16 (1.08%) Ubuntu
15 14 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.60%) CentOS
17 6 (0.40%) Windows 7
18 5 (0.34%) Kali Linux
18 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 662 (44.49%) DevOps
2 576 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
3 464 (31.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 397 (26.68%) Task Automation
5 350 (23.52%) Platform Engineering
6 294 (19.76%) Storage Management
7 281 (18.88%) Risk Management
8 265 (17.81%) Mathematics
9 263 (17.67%) Line Management
10 254 (17.07%) CI/CD
11 203 (13.64%) Mentoring
12 186 (12.50%) Agile
13 176 (11.83%) Infrastructure as Code
14 165 (11.09%) ITIL
15 146 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
16 132 (8.87%) Test Automation
17 120 (8.06%) Migration
18 119 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
19 118 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
20 112 (7.53%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 698 (46.91%) Python
2 523 (35.15%) Bash
3 248 (16.67%) SQL
4 112 (7.53%) JavaScript
5 99 (6.65%) C#
6 63 (4.23%) Java
7 62 (4.17%) Bicep
8 44 (2.96%) Groovy
9 29 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
10 24 (1.61%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.61%) VB
11 21 (1.41%) Perl
11 21 (1.41%) TypeScript
12 18 (1.21%) Go
13 13 (0.87%) Shell Script
14 11 (0.74%) VBA
15 10 (0.67%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.54%) VBScript
17 6 (0.40%) C++
17 6 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 240 (16.13%) Degree
2 208 (13.98%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.39%) SC Cleared
4 107 (7.19%) Azure Certification
5 91 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 83 (5.58%) DV Cleared
7 53 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
8 50 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (3.09%) AWS Certification
10 38 (2.55%) CCNA
11 28 (1.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 27 (1.81%) CISSP
12 27 (1.81%) DBS Check
13 24 (1.61%) Master's Degree
14 18 (1.21%) CCNP
15 17 (1.14%) CISM
15 17 (1.14%) OSCP
16 16 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.87%) CEH
17 13 (0.87%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.44%) NIST
3 75 (5.04%) QA
4 74 (4.97%) GDPR
5 46 (3.09%) SLA
6 28 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (1.88%) NCSC
7 13 (0.87%) HIPAA
8 10 (0.67%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.60%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.47%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.40%) GRC
11 6 (0.40%) HL7
12 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.067%) COBIT
13 1 (0.067%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.067%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.067%) WCAG
System Software
1 446 (29.97%) Active Directory
2 418 (28.09%) Hyper-V
3 384 (25.81%) Docker
4 295 (19.83%) vSphere
5 264 (17.74%) VMware NSX
6 231 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
7 56 (3.76%) VMware ESXi
8 55 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
9 29 (1.95%) DFS Replication
10 26 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
11 19 (1.28%) Terminal Services
12 10 (0.67%) Squid
12 10 (0.67%) XenApp
13 9 (0.60%) Dovecot
13 9 (0.60%) Postfix
14 8 (0.54%) BitLocker
14 8 (0.54%) Firmware
14 8 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
15 6 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 489 (32.86%) Terraform
2 424 (28.49%) Ansible
3 217 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 167 (11.22%) Kubernetes
5 79 (5.31%) SCCM
6 73 (4.91%) Single Sign-On
7 71 (4.77%) Grafana
8 69 (4.64%) Prometheus
9 38 (2.55%) WSUS
10 35 (2.35%) vCenter Server
11 30 (2.02%) Puppet
12 29 (1.95%) WMI
13 27 (1.81%) SCOM
14 23 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 20 (1.34%) Progress Chef
16 18 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
17 17 (1.14%) Autotask
17 17 (1.14%) QRadar
18 16 (1.08%) Backup Exec
19 14 (0.94%) vMotion
Vendors
1 709 (47.65%) Microsoft
2 370 (24.87%) Cisco
3 310 (20.83%) Splunk
4 280 (18.82%) VMware
5 279 (18.75%) Juniper
6 262 (17.61%) 3PAR
7 95 (6.38%) ServiceNow
8 75 (5.04%) Citrix
9 61 (4.10%) Veeam
10 53 (3.56%) Oracle
11 46 (3.09%) Meraki
12 39 (2.62%) Google
13 35 (2.35%) Red Hat
14 31 (2.08%) HP
14 31 (2.08%) SolarWinds
15 29 (1.95%) Sophos
16 28 (1.88%) Apple
17 24 (1.61%) Bloomberg
18 22 (1.48%) Palo Alto
18 22 (1.48%) SAP