PowerShell Jobs in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 91 90
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,237 2,367 3,645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.80% 2.95% 3.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.97% 8.81% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 1,989 2,571
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 13,791 26,881 43,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.26% 33.49% 43.71%
Number of salaries quoted 10,291 22,260 27,459
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,534 £39,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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

PowerShell
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Salary trend for PowerShell in England

PowerShell
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 2 April 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 2 April 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 -1 533 £80,000 +10.34% 500
South East +9 267 £60,000 +14.29% 135
North of England -30 141 £52,500 +5.00% 113
Midlands -32 122 £50,000 +5.26% 56
West Midlands -23 89 £50,000 +6.16% 25
North West -36 82 £48,306 -7.99% 75
South West -40 79 £47,500 -5.00% 59
East of England +4 77 £56,750 +26.11% 39
Yorkshire +2 44 £52,500 +10.53% 28
East Midlands -9 33 £47,500 -1.84% 29
North East +21 15 £57,500 +17.95% 11
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UK

PowerShell
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
1 217 (17.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 149 (12.05%) SharePoint
3 34 (2.75%) IIS
4 11 (0.89%) Confluence
5 7 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.49%) WordPress
7 5 (0.40%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) CMS
8 4 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.24%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.16%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.081%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.081%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.081%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.081%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
Applications
1 83 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.24%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.40%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.24%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.081%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 704 (56.91%) Azure
2 396 (32.01%) Microsoft 365
3 241 (19.48%) Entra ID
4 211 (17.06%) AWS
5 140 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
6 114 (9.22%) IaaS
7 104 (8.41%) Power Platform
8 85 (6.87%) SaaS
9 84 (6.79%) PaaS
10 69 (5.58%) Power Automate
11 62 (5.01%) GCP
12 59 (4.77%) PowerApps
13 57 (4.61%) GitHub
14 55 (4.45%) OneDrive
15 46 (3.72%) Azure Monitor
16 38 (3.07%) Azure Sentinel
17 37 (2.99%) Azure AKS
18 32 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
19 25 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
19 25 (2.02%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 279 (22.55%) Firewall
2 206 (16.65%) DNS
3 148 (11.96%) DHCP
4 111 (8.97%) VPN
5 95 (7.68%) WAN
6 94 (7.60%) TCP/IP
7 92 (7.44%) VLAN
8 82 (6.63%) LAN
8 82 (6.63%) Network Security
9 65 (5.25%) SAN
10 40 (3.23%) VSAN
11 37 (2.99%) BGP
12 34 (2.75%) VoIP
13 31 (2.51%) OSPF
14 29 (2.34%) IPv4
15 28 (2.26%) SD-WAN
15 28 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
16 24 (1.94%) Internet
17 21 (1.70%) SMTP
17 21 (1.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (10.75%) SQL Server
2 57 (4.61%) Power BI
3 39 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
7 21 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.29%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (1.29%) Relational Database
9 11 (0.89%) Big Data
10 10 (0.81%) DB2
10 10 (0.81%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.73%) MySQL
12 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 5 (0.40%) Airbyte
13 5 (0.40%) Metadata
13 5 (0.40%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
13 5 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 59 (4.77%) Git
2 37 (2.99%) JIRA
3 35 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.81%) GitLab
4 10 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.49%) MSI
6 6 (0.49%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.40%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.40%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.40%) Subversion
8 4 (0.32%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.32%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.32%) Selenium
8 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.16%) CMake
10 2 (0.16%) Sinon.JS
General
1 338 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 298 (24.09%) Finance
3 88 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (4.85%) Legal
5 53 (4.28%) Law
6 48 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (3.64%) Retail
8 43 (3.48%) Banking
9 34 (2.75%) Automotive
10 22 (1.78%) German Language
11 19 (1.54%) Electronics
11 19 (1.54%) Public Sector
12 18 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.29%) Advertising
14 15 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 10 (0.81%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.81%) Back Office
15 10 (0.81%) Local Government
15 10 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.73%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 177 (14.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 155 (12.53%) Senior
3 126 (10.19%) Analyst
4 111 (8.97%) Lead
5 105 (8.49%) Cloud Engineer
6 94 (7.60%) IT Engineer
7 87 (7.03%) Azure Engineer
8 84 (6.79%) IT Support
9 79 (6.39%) Support Engineer
10 72 (5.82%) Security Engineer
11 69 (5.58%) Developer
12 64 (5.17%) DevOps Engineer
13 55 (4.45%) Administrator
14 43 (3.48%) VMware Specialist
15 42 (3.40%) Support Analyst
16 41 (3.31%) Systems Engineer
17 39 (3.15%) 3rd Line Support
18 38 (3.07%) IT Support Engineer
19 37 (2.99%) Architect
20 36 (2.91%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.96%) .NET
2 42 (3.40%) YAML
3 34 (2.75%) ARM Templates
4 31 (2.51%) REST
5 30 (2.43%) React
6 27 (2.18%) SailPoint
7 25 (2.02%) HTML
8 24 (1.94%) XML
9 20 (1.62%) Web Services
10 19 (1.54%) JSON
11 18 (1.46%) ASP.NET
11 18 (1.46%) CSS
11 18 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
12 17 (1.37%) Azure Blueprints
12 17 (1.37%) LDAP
13 16 (1.29%) SPFx
14 15 (1.21%) FIX Protocol
15 14 (1.13%) Pandas
16 13 (1.05%) .NET Framework
16 13 (1.05%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 118 (9.54%) Management Information System
2 61 (4.93%) Data Centre
3 54 (4.37%) Onboarding
4 49 (3.96%) Security Posture
5 45 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 37 (2.99%) Cloud Native
7 36 (2.91%) Hedge funds
8 32 (2.59%) Public Cloud
9 29 (2.34%) Clustering
10 26 (2.10%) Private Cloud
11 23 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
11 23 (1.86%) Virtual Team
12 22 (1.78%) IoT
13 20 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (1.54%) Client/Server
14 19 (1.54%) Smartphone
15 16 (1.29%) Driving Licence
16 15 (1.21%) Replication
16 15 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
17 14 (1.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 636 (51.41%) Windows
2 317 (25.63%) Windows Server
3 275 (22.23%) Linux
4 99 (8.00%) Windows 10
5 84 (6.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 82 (6.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 60 (4.85%) Unix
8 41 (3.31%) Ubuntu
9 37 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
10 33 (2.67%) Mac OS
11 26 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 25 (2.02%) VMS
13 24 (1.94%) Android
14 22 (1.78%) Mac OS X
15 17 (1.37%) Apple iOS
15 17 (1.37%) CentOS
16 10 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
17 5 (0.40%) Debian
17 5 (0.40%) VxWorks
18 4 (0.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (23.85%) DevOps
2 280 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
3 239 (19.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 230 (18.59%) CI/CD
5 203 (16.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 181 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
7 169 (13.66%) ITIL
8 146 (11.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 142 (11.48%) Agile
10 117 (9.46%) Computer Science
10 117 (9.46%) Mentoring
11 108 (8.73%) Task Automation
12 96 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 93 (7.52%) Containerisation
13 93 (7.52%) Migration
14 91 (7.36%) High Availability
15 79 (6.39%) SIEM
16 78 (6.31%) Identity Access Management
17 77 (6.22%) Identity Management
17 77 (6.22%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 507 (40.99%) Python
2 248 (20.05%) SQL
3 219 (17.70%) Bash
4 101 (8.16%) C#
5 58 (4.69%) JavaScript
6 37 (2.99%) Java
7 35 (2.83%) Bicep
8 33 (2.67%) Perl
9 32 (2.59%) T-SQL
9 32 (2.59%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 14 (1.13%) Go
12 13 (1.05%) C++
13 11 (0.89%) C
13 11 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (0.89%) Ruby
14 9 (0.73%) VBScript
15 8 (0.65%) R
16 5 (0.40%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 261 (21.10%) Degree
2 164 (13.26%) Security Cleared
3 135 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 116 (9.38%) DV Cleared
5 112 (9.05%) Azure Certification
6 98 (7.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 77 (6.22%) SC Cleared
8 54 (4.37%) CISSP
8 54 (4.37%) CompTIA Security+
9 44 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
10 40 (3.23%) CEH
11 37 (2.99%) MCSE
11 37 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
12 32 (2.59%) OSCP
13 29 (2.34%) AWS Certification
13 29 (2.34%) CCNA
14 28 (2.26%) GCIH
15 25 (2.02%) HND
16 23 (1.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 22 (1.78%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.58%) GDPR
2 61 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (4.28%) NIST
4 25 (2.02%) HIPAA
4 25 (2.02%) PCI DSS
5 24 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (1.94%) SLA
6 19 (1.54%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.29%) QA
8 14 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (1.13%) NCSC
9 13 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (1.05%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.89%) COBIT
11 7 (0.57%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.081%) GRC
13 1 (0.081%) JTAG
13 1 (0.081%) MISRA
13 1 (0.081%) Solvency II
System Software
1 441 (35.65%) Active Directory
2 248 (20.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 103 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 103 (8.33%) vSphere
4 99 (8.00%) Docker
5 78 (6.31%) Virtual Machines
6 56 (4.53%) VMware ESXi
7 55 (4.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 51 (4.12%) VMware NSX
9 23 (1.86%) XenApp
10 10 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.65%) Firmware
12 7 (0.57%) BitLocker
13 6 (0.49%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
16 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.24%) Postfix
17 2 (0.16%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 229 (18.51%) Terraform
2 192 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 146 (11.80%) Ansible
4 145 (11.72%) SCCM
5 135 (10.91%) Kubernetes
6 43 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
7 33 (2.67%) Puppet
8 27 (2.18%) Prometheus
8 27 (2.18%) WSUS
9 26 (2.10%) Grafana
10 23 (1.86%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.62%) Progress Chef
11 20 (1.62%) vRealize
12 19 (1.54%) NetBackup
13 18 (1.46%) SCOM
14 17 (1.37%) CASB
15 16 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 15 (1.21%) Failover Clustering
16 15 (1.21%) vRealize Orchestrator
17 12 (0.97%) QRadar
Vendors
1 629 (50.85%) Microsoft
2 314 (25.38%) VMware
3 128 (10.35%) Cisco
4 89 (7.19%) Citrix
5 57 (4.61%) Veeam
6 53 (4.28%) ServiceNow
7 47 (3.80%) Google
8 42 (3.40%) SolarWinds
9 41 (3.31%) Apple
9 41 (3.31%) Dell
10 40 (3.23%) Fortinet
10 40 (3.23%) Red Hat
11 38 (3.07%) Okta
12 36 (2.91%) Meraki
13 33 (2.67%) Palo Alto
14 31 (2.51%) Oracle
15 30 (2.43%) iManage
16 28 (2.26%) Splunk
17 26 (2.10%) Salesforce
18 24 (1.94%) Ubiquiti