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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 87 96
Rank change year-on-year -68 +9 -39
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,283 1,489 1,691
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.24% 3.46% 2.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.76% 13.05% 8.26%
Number of salaries quoted 912 983 1,103
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £37,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,780 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £82,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,076 £57,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year -2.48% -5.74% +1.67%

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 16,528 11,409 20,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.91% 26.48% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 12,015 7,482 12,322
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,000 £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 £112,150
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.79% -3.08%

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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 October 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 October 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 -27 465 £70,000 - 588
South East -41 235 £52,500 -8.70% 195
North of England -88 232 £50,000 - 179
Midlands -44 162 £52,500 +2.24% 95
North West -77 139 £50,000 - 92
East of England -48 95 £57,500 +21.05% 70
South West -70 89 £55,000 +13.40% 104
East Midlands -16 83 £42,500 +21.43% 37
West Midlands -70 79 £55,000 - 58
Yorkshire -47 56 £45,472 -9.06% 62
North East -43 37 £51,500 -14.17% 27
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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
1 239 (18.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 215 (16.76%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.66%) IIS
4 41 (3.20%) Confluence
5 15 (1.17%) nginx
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 36 (2.81%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.70%) 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%) Actimize
7 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 793 (61.81%) Azure
2 524 (40.84%) Microsoft 365
3 436 (33.98%) Entra ID
4 237 (18.47%) AWS
5 163 (12.70%) Azure DevOps
6 110 (8.57%) Power Platform
7 108 (8.42%) SaaS
8 103 (8.03%) OneDrive
9 98 (7.64%) IaaS
10 95 (7.40%) GitHub
11 87 (6.78%) Azure Monitor
12 86 (6.70%) Azure Sentinel
13 74 (5.77%) Power Automate
14 71 (5.53%) PaaS
15 70 (5.46%) Azure AKS
16 62 (4.83%) GCP
17 61 (4.75%) Azure Key Vault
18 59 (4.60%) Microsoft Purview
19 58 (4.52%) Microsoft Copilot
20 57 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 305 (23.77%) DNS
2 304 (23.69%) Firewall
3 216 (16.84%) DHCP
4 215 (16.76%) VPN
5 144 (11.22%) TCP/IP
6 83 (6.47%) WAN
7 75 (5.85%) VLAN
8 73 (5.69%) LAN
9 56 (4.36%) Network Security
9 56 (4.36%) Wireless
10 46 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (2.88%) SAN
12 32 (2.49%) Kerberos
13 31 (2.42%) SSL
14 25 (1.95%) NAS
15 20 (1.56%) HTTP
16 14 (1.09%) Internet
17 12 (0.94%) VSAN
18 11 (0.86%) VoIP
19 10 (0.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (10.21%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (4.60%) Power BI
4 21 (1.64%) MongoDB
5 18 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.25%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.78%) MySQL
10 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
10 8 (0.62%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.62%) Power Query
10 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.55%) Redis
12 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.47%) Metadata
13 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.31%) Db2
14 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 88 (6.86%) JIRA
2 81 (6.31%) Git
3 68 (5.30%) GitLab
4 59 (4.60%) Jenkins
5 19 (1.48%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.78%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.62%) TestRail
9 7 (0.55%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.47%) Selenium
11 5 (0.39%) MSI
11 5 (0.39%) Postman
11 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.31%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 461 (35.93%) Social Skills
2 221 (17.23%) Finance
3 183 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.16%) Law
5 54 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (3.90%) Legal
8 46 (3.59%) Retail
9 43 (3.35%) Banking
10 37 (2.88%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (2.18%) Public Sector
13 26 (2.03%) Aerospace
14 12 (0.94%) Financial Institution
14 12 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (0.78%) Investment Banking
16 9 (0.70%) Advertising
16 9 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.62%) Aviation
18 7 (0.55%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 204 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 185 (14.42%) Senior
3 162 (12.63%) Analyst
4 125 (9.74%) Azure Engineer
5 122 (9.51%) Cloud Engineer
6 120 (9.35%) IT Engineer
7 113 (8.81%) Support Engineer
8 98 (7.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 95 (7.40%) IT Support
10 73 (5.69%) Platform Engineer
11 71 (5.53%) Consultant
12 69 (5.38%) Lead
13 64 (4.99%) Support Analyst
14 62 (4.83%) IT Support Engineer
15 54 (4.21%) Security Engineer
16 48 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
17 41 (3.20%) Developer
17 41 (3.20%) Microsoft Engineer
18 40 (3.12%) Automation Engineer
19 39 (3.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 337 (26.27%) Terraform
2 62 (4.83%) .NET
3 54 (4.21%) ARM Templates
4 48 (3.74%) REST
4 48 (3.74%) SAML
5 40 (3.12%) YAML
6 39 (3.04%) LDAP
7 38 (2.96%) OpenID
8 36 (2.81%) Microsoft Graph
9 35 (2.73%) OAuth
10 29 (2.26%) HTML
11 26 (2.03%) JSON
12 20 (1.56%) CSS
12 20 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.48%) SPFx
14 16 (1.25%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.01%) ADO
15 13 (1.01%) Kafka
16 12 (0.94%) Middleware
16 12 (0.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 115 (8.96%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.47%) Driving Licence
3 80 (6.24%) Cloud Native
4 77 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 71 (5.53%) Security Posture
6 66 (5.14%) Management Information System
7 52 (4.05%) PKI
8 48 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
9 46 (3.59%) Data Centre
10 42 (3.27%) Replication
11 36 (2.81%) Security Operations Centre
12 34 (2.65%) Public Cloud
13 30 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
14 20 (1.56%) Private Cloud
15 19 (1.48%) Clustering
15 19 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
16 18 (1.40%) AI Agents
17 17 (1.33%) CMDB
17 17 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 655 (51.05%) Windows
2 314 (24.47%) Windows Server
3 298 (23.23%) Linux
4 95 (7.40%) Windows 10
5 47 (3.66%) Apple iOS
6 42 (3.27%) Android
7 39 (3.04%) Ubuntu
8 36 (2.81%) Mac OS
8 36 (2.81%) VMS
9 34 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 32 (2.49%) CentOS
10 32 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 25 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 18 (1.40%) Unix
13 16 (1.25%) Rocky
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%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (30.87%) Problem-Solving
2 321 (25.02%) Infrastructure as Code
3 302 (23.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 300 (23.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 293 (22.84%) DevOps
6 287 (22.37%) CI/CD
7 251 (19.56%) ITIL
8 241 (18.78%) Cybersecurity
9 207 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
10 175 (13.64%) AI
11 148 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
12 147 (11.46%) Agile
13 146 (11.38%) Mentoring
14 142 (11.07%) Cloud Security
14 142 (11.07%) Migration
14 142 (11.07%) Platform Engineering
15 136 (10.60%) Incident Response
16 130 (10.13%) High Availability
17 128 (9.98%) Infrastructure Automation
18 125 (9.74%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 486 (37.88%) Python
2 278 (21.67%) Bash
3 265 (20.65%) SQL
4 117 (9.12%) Bicep
5 76 (5.92%) JavaScript
6 67 (5.22%) C#
7 51 (3.98%) Kusto Query Language
8 38 (2.96%) Java
9 30 (2.34%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.95%) TypeScript
11 22 (1.71%) VBScript
12 16 (1.25%) C++
12 16 (1.25%) Perl
13 13 (1.01%) PHP
14 10 (0.78%) Ruby
14 10 (0.78%) VBA
15 8 (0.62%) VB
16 7 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.55%) Go
17 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 179 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 153 (11.93%) Degree
3 147 (11.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 143 (11.15%) Azure Certification
5 115 (8.96%) SC Cleared
6 64 (4.99%) CISSP
7 55 (4.29%) DV Cleared
8 51 (3.98%) CompTIA Security+
9 50 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 45 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
11 36 (2.81%) CCNA
12 27 (2.10%) CEH
13 25 (1.95%) DBS Check
14 23 (1.79%) AWS Certification
15 20 (1.56%) CISM
16 18 (1.40%) GIAC
16 18 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
18 15 (1.17%) OSCP
19 13 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 59 (4.60%) NIST
4 47 (3.66%) SLA
5 34 (2.65%) GDPR
6 23 (1.79%) QA
7 20 (1.56%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.25%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.78%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.62%) PMO
12 7 (0.55%) NCSC
12 7 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.39%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) GRC
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 498 (38.82%) Active Directory
2 217 (16.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (11.07%) Hyper-V
4 125 (9.74%) Docker
5 78 (6.08%) vSphere
6 70 (5.46%) Virtual Machines
7 60 (4.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 28 (2.18%) VMware ESXi
9 27 (2.10%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.33%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.17%) Firmware
12 8 (0.62%) KVM
13 7 (0.55%) Squid
14 5 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.16%) DFS Replication
17 2 (0.16%) NFS
17 2 (0.16%) Snort
Systems Management
1 238 (18.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 206 (16.06%) Kubernetes
3 154 (12.00%) Ansible
4 74 (5.77%) Grafana
5 66 (5.14%) SCCM
6 55 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
7 38 (2.96%) Prometheus
8 32 (2.49%) Puppet
9 27 (2.10%) vCenter Server
10 23 (1.79%) Argo
11 22 (1.71%) ZABBIX
12 20 (1.56%) Proxmox
13 18 (1.40%) QRadar
14 17 (1.33%) FortiGate
15 15 (1.17%) Graylog
16 14 (1.09%) Packer
17 12 (0.94%) Progress Chef
18 11 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 11 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
19 10 (0.78%) VxRail
Vendors
1 861 (67.11%) Microsoft
2 257 (20.03%) VMware
3 100 (7.79%) Cisco
4 94 (7.33%) ServiceNow
5 82 (6.39%) Splunk
6 67 (5.22%) Veeam
7 44 (3.43%) Oracle
8 40 (3.12%) Citrix
8 40 (3.12%) Red Hat
9 34 (2.65%) Sage
10 32 (2.49%) Meraki
11 31 (2.42%) SolarWinds
12 29 (2.26%) Dell
12 29 (2.26%) SAP
12 29 (2.26%) Sophos
13 28 (2.18%) Dynatrace
14 25 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
14 25 (1.95%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.87%) Apple
15 24 (1.87%) Google