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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 86 100
Rank change year-on-year -66 +14 -33
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,278 1,508 1,698
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.28% 3.49% 2.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.70% 12.82% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 929 998 1,138
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,750 £46,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -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 16,598 11,766 20,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.58% 27.21% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,141 7,745 13,721
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,733 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +0.37% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
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 14 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 14 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 -28 457 £70,000 -3.45% 455
South East -39 240 £52,500 -8.70% 177
North of England -80 236 £50,000 +1.01% 144
Midlands -52 157 £52,500 +5.00% 84
North West -70 140 £50,000 +8.70% 86
East of England -38 98 £57,500 +21.05% 59
South West -76 84 £55,000 +15.79% 68
East Midlands -18 79 £42,500 +21.43% 36
West Midlands -65 78 £55,000 - 48
Yorkshire -29 60 £42,500 -17.68% 39
North East -35 36 £50,000 - 20
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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
1 224 (17.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 217 (16.98%) SharePoint
3 51 (3.99%) IIS
4 40 (3.13%) Confluence
5 15 (1.17%) nginx
6 8 (0.63%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 70 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.82%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 783 (61.27%) Azure
2 504 (39.44%) Microsoft 365
3 380 (29.73%) Entra ID
4 238 (18.62%) AWS
5 157 (12.28%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (8.22%) OneDrive
7 104 (8.14%) SaaS
8 103 (8.06%) Power Platform
9 95 (7.43%) IaaS
10 88 (6.89%) GitHub
11 78 (6.10%) Azure Sentinel
12 77 (6.03%) Azure Monitor
13 75 (5.87%) Power Automate
14 67 (5.24%) Azure AKS
15 65 (5.09%) PaaS
16 61 (4.77%) GCP
17 60 (4.69%) Azure Key Vault
18 56 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
19 49 (3.83%) Microsoft Purview
20 48 (3.76%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 300 (23.47%) Firewall
2 281 (21.99%) DNS
3 189 (14.79%) VPN
4 188 (14.71%) DHCP
5 132 (10.33%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.42%) WAN
7 73 (5.71%) LAN
8 65 (5.09%) VLAN
9 60 (4.69%) Network Security
10 51 (3.99%) Wireless
11 42 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
12 35 (2.74%) SAN
13 29 (2.27%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.72%) NAS
14 22 (1.72%) SSL
15 18 (1.41%) HTTP
15 18 (1.41%) Internet
16 12 (0.94%) VSAN
17 11 (0.86%) VoIP
18 10 (0.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (9.94%) SQL Server
2 79 (6.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (4.54%) Power BI
4 22 (1.72%) MongoDB
5 21 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.25%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.86%) MySQL
9 11 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.63%) InfluxDB
12 7 (0.55%) Power Query
13 6 (0.47%) Metadata
13 6 (0.47%) Redis
14 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
15 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 97 (7.59%) JIRA
2 92 (7.20%) Git
3 66 (5.16%) GitLab
4 55 (4.30%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.64%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 12 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 9 (0.70%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.63%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.63%) TestRail
10 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.47%) Selenium
10 6 (0.47%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.39%) Postman
12 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.23%) JMeter
13 3 (0.23%) MSI
13 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 455 (35.60%) Social Skills
2 214 (16.74%) Finance
3 179 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.67%) Law
5 54 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (4.15%) Legal
7 51 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.36%) Retail
9 41 (3.21%) Banking
10 36 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.74%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.50%) Public Sector
13 28 (2.19%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.02%) Advertising
15 11 (0.86%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.63%) Aviation
16 8 (0.63%) Front Office
17 7 (0.55%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 196 (15.34%) Senior
2 189 (14.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 147 (11.50%) Analyst
4 129 (10.09%) Azure Engineer
4 129 (10.09%) Support Engineer
5 125 (9.78%) IT Engineer
6 124 (9.70%) Cloud Engineer
7 107 (8.37%) IT Support
8 93 (7.28%) DevOps Engineer
9 72 (5.63%) Platform Engineer
10 66 (5.16%) Lead
11 65 (5.09%) IT Support Engineer
12 61 (4.77%) Consultant
12 61 (4.77%) Security Engineer
13 60 (4.69%) Support Analyst
14 56 (4.38%) Systems Engineer
15 52 (4.07%) Developer
16 46 (3.60%) Automation Engineer
17 40 (3.13%) Administrator
17 40 (3.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 331 (25.90%) Terraform
2 70 (5.48%) .NET
3 50 (3.91%) ARM Templates
4 44 (3.44%) REST
5 43 (3.36%) YAML
6 39 (3.05%) SAML
7 38 (2.97%) Microsoft Graph
8 36 (2.82%) OpenID
9 35 (2.74%) HTML
9 35 (2.74%) OAuth
10 34 (2.66%) LDAP
11 27 (2.11%) JSON
12 26 (2.03%) CSS
13 25 (1.96%) SPFx
14 24 (1.88%) .NET Core
15 19 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
16 16 (1.25%) HTML5 Canvas
17 13 (1.02%) ASP.NET
17 13 (1.02%) ASP.NET Core
17 13 (1.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 118 (9.23%) Onboarding
2 81 (6.34%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 71 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 71 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 65 (5.09%) Security Posture
6 47 (3.68%) Data Centre
7 42 (3.29%) PKI
7 42 (3.29%) Public Cloud
8 40 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
9 35 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (2.27%) Replication
11 26 (2.03%) Private Cloud
12 24 (1.88%) Cyber Defence
13 20 (1.56%) CMDB
14 18 (1.41%) Clustering
14 18 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
15 16 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 634 (49.61%) Windows
2 300 (23.47%) Linux
3 295 (23.08%) Windows Server
4 81 (6.34%) Windows 10
5 51 (3.99%) Apple iOS
6 42 (3.29%) Android
7 39 (3.05%) Ubuntu
8 37 (2.90%) VMS
9 34 (2.66%) CentOS
9 34 (2.66%) Mac OS
9 34 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 28 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 27 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
12 15 (1.17%) Rocky
13 13 (1.02%) Unix
14 7 (0.55%) Solaris
15 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (29.97%) Problem-Solving
2 313 (24.49%) Infrastructure as Code
3 295 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 288 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 283 (22.14%) DevOps
6 280 (21.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 268 (20.97%) ITIL
8 236 (18.47%) Cybersecurity
9 175 (13.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 155 (12.13%) AI
11 151 (11.82%) Mentoring
12 149 (11.66%) Agile
13 146 (11.42%) Root Cause Analysis
14 136 (10.64%) High Availability
15 135 (10.56%) Incident Response
16 130 (10.17%) Cloud Security
17 128 (10.02%) Platform Engineering
18 125 (9.78%) Observability
19 119 (9.31%) Containerisation
20 117 (9.15%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 483 (37.79%) Python
2 277 (21.67%) Bash
3 267 (20.89%) SQL
4 107 (8.37%) Bicep
5 87 (6.81%) JavaScript
6 81 (6.34%) C#
7 46 (3.60%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (2.90%) Java
9 31 (2.43%) T-SQL
10 30 (2.35%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.80%) VBScript
12 20 (1.56%) C++
13 19 (1.49%) Perl
14 13 (1.02%) Ruby
15 12 (0.94%) PHP
16 10 (0.78%) Go
16 10 (0.78%) VB
16 10 (0.78%) VBA
17 7 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 6 (0.47%) C
Qualifications
1 167 (13.07%) Security Cleared
2 154 (12.05%) Degree
3 141 (11.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 138 (10.80%) Azure Certification
5 113 (8.84%) SC Cleared
6 53 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
6 53 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (3.99%) CompTIA Security+
8 49 (3.83%) CISSP
9 48 (3.76%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.21%) CCNA
11 26 (2.03%) CEH
12 23 (1.80%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.64%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.41%) GIAC
14 18 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 17 (1.33%) OSCP
16 16 (1.25%) CISM
17 13 (1.02%) CCNP
17 13 (1.02%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (4.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 52 (4.07%) NIST
4 43 (3.36%) SLA
5 39 (3.05%) GDPR
6 23 (1.80%) QA
7 20 (1.56%) Data Quality
8 15 (1.17%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.02%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.55%) PMO
12 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.39%) NCSC
12 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.31%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 470 (36.78%) Active Directory
2 219 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (10.64%) Hyper-V
4 126 (9.86%) Docker
5 76 (5.95%) vSphere
6 61 (4.77%) Virtual Machines
7 52 (4.07%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.56%) BitLocker
8 20 (1.56%) VMware NSX
9 14 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 8 (0.63%) KVM
10 8 (0.63%) Squid
11 7 (0.55%) Firmware
12 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.078%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 232 (18.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 204 (15.96%) Kubernetes
3 153 (11.97%) Ansible
4 76 (5.95%) Grafana
5 63 (4.93%) SCCM
6 48 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (3.05%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.80%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.64%) Argo
9 21 (1.64%) QRadar
9 21 (1.64%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.56%) Proxmox
11 19 (1.49%) Packer
12 18 (1.41%) Puppet
13 15 (1.17%) FortiGate
13 15 (1.17%) Graylog
13 15 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
14 11 (0.86%) VxRail
15 9 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 8 (0.63%) Kibana
Vendors
1 831 (65.02%) Microsoft
2 253 (19.80%) VMware
3 105 (8.22%) Cisco
3 105 (8.22%) ServiceNow
4 83 (6.49%) Splunk
5 60 (4.69%) Veeam
6 50 (3.91%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.52%) Oracle
8 41 (3.21%) Citrix
9 38 (2.97%) Meraki
10 34 (2.66%) Sage
11 32 (2.50%) Sophos
12 31 (2.43%) Dell
12 31 (2.43%) Dynatrace
13 27 (2.11%) Tenable
14 26 (2.03%) SAP
15 25 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
15 25 (1.96%) Fortinet
16 23 (1.80%) CyberArk
17 22 (1.72%) Apple