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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 91 92
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,304 2,290 3,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.86% 2.70% 3.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.23% 8.30% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,011 1,882 2,343
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £83,125 £75,000 £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 14,129 27,578 40,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.95% 32.47% 43.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10,350 22,515 26,102
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,050 £39,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £108,750
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

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for PowerShell in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 26 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 26 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 +18 544 £77,500 +5.08% 504
South East +36 294 £57,500 +9.52% 169
Midlands +3 150 £50,000 +6.16% 70
North of England -50 134 £48,306 -3.39% 117
West Midlands +10 96 £50,000 +6.16% 53
East of England +15 90 £55,000 +15.79% 65
North West -43 84 £46,000 -12.38% 72
South West -18 79 £47,500 -5.00% 76
East Midlands +29 54 £40,000 -15.79% 16
Yorkshire -8 35 £55,000 +15.79% 34
North East +29 15 £57,500 +23.66% 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
1 234 (17.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 163 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.07%) IIS
4 8 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.46%) Confluence
5 6 (0.46%) WordPress
6 5 (0.38%) Apache
6 5 (0.38%) CMS
7 4 (0.31%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.077%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.077%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.077%) nginx
9 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.077%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 90 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.23%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.61%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.23%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.077%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.077%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 721 (55.29%) Azure
2 409 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
3 238 (18.25%) Entra ID
4 217 (16.64%) AWS
5 137 (10.51%) Azure DevOps
6 110 (8.44%) Power Platform
7 104 (7.98%) IaaS
8 91 (6.98%) SaaS
9 84 (6.44%) Power Automate
10 79 (6.06%) PaaS
11 73 (5.60%) GCP
12 62 (4.75%) GitHub
13 61 (4.68%) OneDrive
13 61 (4.68%) PowerApps
14 52 (3.99%) Azure Monitor
15 33 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
16 32 (2.45%) Azure AKS
16 32 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
17 26 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
18 25 (1.92%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 268 (20.55%) Firewall
2 204 (15.64%) DNS
3 167 (12.81%) TCP/IP
4 166 (12.73%) VPN
5 165 (12.65%) DHCP
6 95 (7.29%) WAN
7 84 (6.44%) VLAN
8 81 (6.21%) Network Security
9 78 (5.98%) LAN
10 65 (4.98%) SAN
11 43 (3.30%) VSAN
12 40 (3.07%) VoIP
13 29 (2.22%) SD-WAN
14 27 (2.07%) BGP
14 27 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
15 26 (1.99%) NAS
16 25 (1.92%) OSPF
16 25 (1.92%) SMTP
17 24 (1.84%) FTP
18 23 (1.76%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (11.20%) SQL Server
2 65 (4.98%) Power BI
3 37 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
4 33 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 32 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 24 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (1.53%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.92%) Big Data
11 11 (0.84%) MySQL
12 9 (0.69%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 5 (0.38%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.31%) FileMaker
15 4 (0.31%) NoSQL
16 3 (0.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 64 (4.91%) Cucumber
1 64 (4.91%) Robot Framework
2 51 (3.91%) Git
3 38 (2.91%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.91%) JIRA
4 14 (1.07%) GitLab
5 10 (0.77%) MSI
6 9 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.38%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.31%) InstallShield
10 3 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.23%) Subversion
10 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.15%) gulp
11 2 (0.15%) Sinon.JS
11 2 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 413 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 291 (22.32%) Finance
3 120 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (6.13%) Telecoms
6 63 (4.83%) Legal
7 53 (4.06%) Banking
7 53 (4.06%) Law
8 39 (2.99%) Retail
9 31 (2.38%) Automotive
10 22 (1.69%) German Language
11 19 (1.46%) Public Sector
12 18 (1.38%) Advertising
13 15 (1.15%) Electronics
13 15 (1.15%) Local Government
14 14 (1.07%) Back Office
15 13 (1.00%) Front Office
15 13 (1.00%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 177 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 160 (12.27%) Senior
3 134 (10.28%) Analyst
4 111 (8.51%) Lead
5 101 (7.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 101 (7.75%) IT Support
5 101 (7.75%) Support Engineer
6 88 (6.75%) Azure Engineer
6 88 (6.75%) IT Engineer
7 74 (5.67%) Developer
8 65 (4.98%) Security Engineer
9 64 (4.91%) Test Automation Engineer
9 64 (4.91%) Test Engineer
10 60 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
11 57 (4.37%) Administrator
12 47 (3.60%) Support Analyst
13 45 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
14 43 (3.30%) 3rd Line Support
15 42 (3.22%) Applications Support
15 42 (3.22%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.68%) .NET
2 39 (2.99%) YAML
3 38 (2.91%) REST
4 31 (2.38%) ARM Templates
5 29 (2.22%) React
6 28 (2.15%) SailPoint
7 27 (2.07%) JSON
8 26 (1.99%) HTML
8 26 (1.99%) XML
9 22 (1.69%) Web Services
10 20 (1.53%) LDAP
11 18 (1.38%) CSS
12 17 (1.30%) ASP.NET
12 17 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
12 17 (1.30%) SOAP
13 16 (1.23%) Azure Blueprints
14 15 (1.15%) FIX Protocol
14 15 (1.15%) SAML
14 15 (1.15%) SPFx
15 14 (1.07%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.67%) Management Information System
2 77 (5.90%) Linux Command Line
3 60 (4.60%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.91%) Data Centre
4 51 (3.91%) Security Posture
5 44 (3.37%) Clustering
6 43 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (3.14%) Cloud Native
8 39 (2.99%) Hedge funds
9 29 (2.22%) Public Cloud
10 24 (1.84%) Virtual Team
11 23 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
11 23 (1.76%) Private Cloud
12 21 (1.61%) PKI
13 18 (1.38%) IoT
14 17 (1.30%) Client/Server
14 17 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.30%) Smartphone
15 16 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 704 (53.99%) Windows
2 335 (25.69%) Linux
3 329 (25.23%) Windows Server
4 95 (7.29%) Windows 10
5 89 (6.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 85 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (3.22%) Unix
7 42 (3.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 38 (2.91%) Mac OS
9 37 (2.84%) Ubuntu
10 29 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (1.84%) Android
12 22 (1.69%) Apple iOS
13 19 (1.46%) Mac OS X
14 18 (1.38%) VMS
15 17 (1.30%) CentOS
16 11 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.46%) Windows 7
18 5 (0.38%) Debian
18 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (26.84%) DevOps
1 350 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
2 235 (18.02%) CI/CD
3 229 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 189 (14.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 186 (14.26%) Mentoring
6 182 (13.96%) Cybersecurity
7 171 (13.11%) ITIL
8 147 (11.27%) Agile
9 134 (10.28%) Disaster Recovery
10 116 (8.90%) Computer Science
11 106 (8.13%) Task Automation
12 101 (7.75%) Coaching
13 99 (7.59%) High Availability
14 97 (7.44%) Migration
14 97 (7.44%) Test Automation
15 92 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
16 83 (6.37%) Containerisation
16 83 (6.37%) SIEM
17 80 (6.13%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 545 (41.79%) Python
2 278 (21.32%) Bash
3 269 (20.63%) SQL
4 128 (9.82%) JavaScript
5 102 (7.82%) C#
6 40 (3.07%) T-SQL
7 37 (2.84%) Java
8 33 (2.53%) TypeScript
9 31 (2.38%) Bicep
10 26 (1.99%) Perl
11 15 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.92%) C++
13 12 (0.92%) Go
14 9 (0.69%) Ruby
15 8 (0.61%) R
16 7 (0.54%) VBScript
17 5 (0.38%) C
17 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 331 (25.38%) Degree
2 162 (12.42%) Security Cleared
3 129 (9.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 116 (8.90%) DV Cleared
5 111 (8.51%) Azure Certification
6 93 (7.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 73 (5.60%) SC Cleared
8 54 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
9 53 (4.06%) CISSP
10 40 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (2.99%) CEH
12 36 (2.76%) MCSE
13 32 (2.45%) AWS Certification
13 32 (2.45%) OSCP
14 31 (2.38%) GCIH
14 31 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
15 26 (1.99%) CCNA
16 25 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 23 (1.76%) GCIA
17 23 (1.76%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.06%) QA
2 78 (5.98%) GDPR
3 72 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (4.68%) NIST
5 29 (2.22%) SLA
6 25 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (1.76%) HIPAA
8 22 (1.69%) PCI DSS
9 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
10 16 (1.23%) SOC 2
11 15 (1.15%) NCSC
12 13 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.92%) COBIT
13 12 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.54%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.31%) HL7
16 2 (0.15%) GRC
16 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 1 (0.077%) MISRA
17 1 (0.077%) NIST 800
System Software
1 452 (34.66%) Active Directory
2 252 (19.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 122 (9.36%) Hyper-V
4 100 (7.67%) Docker
5 92 (7.06%) vSphere
6 67 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
7 65 (4.98%) VMware ESXi
8 44 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 42 (3.22%) VMware NSX
10 18 (1.38%) XenApp
11 13 (1.00%) BitLocker
12 10 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
13 8 (0.61%) Terminal Services
14 7 (0.54%) Firmware
15 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.23%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.23%) Postfix
16 3 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 214 (16.41%) Terraform
2 211 (16.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 149 (11.43%) Ansible
4 145 (11.12%) Kubernetes
5 136 (10.43%) SCCM
6 51 (3.91%) Single Sign-On
7 44 (3.37%) Puppet
8 30 (2.30%) vCenter Server
9 28 (2.15%) Grafana
9 28 (2.15%) Prometheus
10 23 (1.76%) Progress Chef
10 23 (1.76%) SCOM
10 23 (1.76%) WSUS
11 21 (1.61%) NetBackup
12 18 (1.38%) vRealize
13 17 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 16 (1.23%) CASB
15 14 (1.07%) Failover Clustering
15 14 (1.07%) QRadar
16 13 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 669 (51.30%) Microsoft
2 316 (24.23%) VMware
3 116 (8.90%) Cisco
4 97 (7.44%) Citrix
5 57 (4.37%) Veeam
6 55 (4.22%) ServiceNow
7 49 (3.76%) Google
8 43 (3.30%) Meraki
9 38 (2.91%) Fortinet
9 38 (2.91%) SolarWinds
10 37 (2.84%) Okta
11 36 (2.76%) Apple
12 35 (2.68%) Oracle
12 35 (2.68%) Red Hat
13 32 (2.45%) Dell
13 32 (2.45%) Splunk
14 31 (2.38%) Palo Alto
15 29 (2.22%) iManage
16 26 (1.99%) Salesforce
17 22 (1.69%) Databricks