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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 94 55
Rank change year-on-year +15 -39 +31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,436 1,672 2,304
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.31% 2.75% 4.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.27% 8.60% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,010 1,113 1,871
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,800 £37,844
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £99,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 10,825 19,441 19,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.95% 31.98% 41.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7,680 11,602 16,066
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.77%

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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 5 November 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 5 November 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 -24 418 £75,000 - 551
North of England +53 399 £50,000 - 230
North West +86 317 £51,000 +2.00% 130
South East +4 240 £58,000 +3.11% 510
Midlands +25 148 £52,500 +10.53% 79
East of England +43 110 £47,500 -9.52% 90
West Midlands +33 108 £57,500 +31.43% 48
South West +26 105 £49,250 -2.48% 128
Yorkshire -22 73 £47,500 -12.84% 36
East Midlands +11 40 £38,500 -18.95% 27
North East -6 9 £60,000 +35.52% 64
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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
1 226 (15.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (11.14%) SharePoint
3 63 (4.39%) Confluence
4 55 (3.83%) IIS
5 22 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.32%) Skype for Business
7 13 (0.91%) nginx
8 6 (0.42%) Apache
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.070%) CMS
9 1 (0.070%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.56%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.35%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.14%) CATIA
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) Revit
8 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) Windchill
9 1 (0.070%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 11 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.35%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.35%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.070%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.070%) Eikon
6 1 (0.070%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.070%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 734 (51.11%) Azure
2 403 (28.06%) Microsoft 365
3 249 (17.34%) AWS
4 245 (17.06%) Entra ID
5 172 (11.98%) Azure DevOps
6 120 (8.36%) Power Platform
7 102 (7.10%) PaaS
8 97 (6.75%) SaaS
9 84 (5.85%) Power Automate
10 79 (5.50%) IaaS
11 76 (5.29%) Azure Monitor
12 64 (4.46%) GCP
13 63 (4.39%) GitHub
14 60 (4.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 52 (3.62%) Amazon S3
15 52 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
15 52 (3.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 51 (3.55%) Amazon EC2
16 51 (3.55%) Serverless
17 44 (3.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 370 (25.77%) VPN
2 293 (20.40%) Firewall
3 271 (18.87%) Cisco IOS
4 264 (18.38%) DNS
5 189 (13.16%) DHCP
6 113 (7.87%) TCP/IP
7 110 (7.66%) WAN
8 76 (5.29%) LAN
9 54 (3.76%) VLAN
10 50 (3.48%) SAN
11 41 (2.86%) SD-WAN
11 41 (2.86%) Wireless
12 37 (2.58%) Internet
13 33 (2.30%) Network Security
13 33 (2.30%) SMTP
14 31 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
15 30 (2.09%) HTTP
16 25 (1.74%) FTP
16 25 (1.74%) SSH
17 24 (1.67%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (8.36%) SQL Server
2 75 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
3 70 (4.87%) Power BI
4 31 (2.16%) MySQL
4 31 (2.16%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.02%) Oracle Database
6 26 (1.81%) Oracle Database 10g
7 24 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.04%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (0.84%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (0.63%) DTS
13 8 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.42%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.42%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 125 (8.70%) Git
2 119 (8.29%) JIRA
3 99 (6.89%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.92%) GitLab
5 40 (2.79%) Vagrant
6 21 (1.46%) Octopus Deploy
7 19 (1.32%) MSI
8 13 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (0.84%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.84%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.70%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.56%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.28%) Toad
13 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.21%) CircleCI
15 2 (0.14%) Balsamiq
General
1 415 (28.90%) Social Skills
2 338 (23.54%) Analytical Skills
3 284 (19.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 208 (14.48%) Finance
5 74 (5.15%) Law
6 60 (4.18%) Public Sector
7 40 (2.79%) Banking
8 38 (2.65%) Legal
9 36 (2.51%) Retail
10 34 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 25 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (0.97%) Automotive
16 14 (0.97%) Marketing
17 13 (0.91%) Advertising
17 13 (0.91%) Front Office
18 10 (0.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 412 (28.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 200 (13.93%) Support Engineer
3 117 (8.15%) Senior
4 105 (7.31%) DevOps Engineer
5 94 (6.55%) Azure Engineer
6 93 (6.48%) 3rd Line Support
7 90 (6.27%) Analyst
8 89 (6.20%) IT Support
9 82 (5.71%) IT Engineer
10 69 (4.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 68 (4.74%) Lead
12 67 (4.67%) Cloud Engineer
13 66 (4.60%) Security Engineer
14 65 (4.53%) Platform Engineer
15 63 (4.39%) Developer
16 53 (3.69%) IT Support Engineer
17 51 (3.55%) Applications Support
17 51 (3.55%) Infrastructure Support
18 47 (3.27%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 46 (3.20%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (19.15%) Elastic Stack
2 69 (4.81%) YAML
3 65 (4.53%) .NET
4 57 (3.97%) REST
5 36 (2.51%) JSON
6 32 (2.23%) ARM Templates
7 30 (2.09%) LDAP
8 27 (1.88%) SOAP
9 17 (1.18%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
10 15 (1.04%) React
11 13 (0.91%) .NET Framework
12 12 (0.84%) Node.js
12 12 (0.84%) Web Services
12 12 (0.84%) XML
13 10 (0.70%) Middleware
13 10 (0.70%) Razor View Engine
13 10 (0.70%) SAML
14 8 (0.56%) Jinja
15 7 (0.49%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 263 (18.31%) Cyberattack
2 94 (6.55%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.90%) Data Centre
4 52 (3.62%) Security Posture
5 45 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 39 (2.72%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.65%) PKI
7 38 (2.65%) Replication
8 36 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (2.44%) Management Information System
10 27 (1.88%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.81%) Private Cloud
11 26 (1.81%) Public Cloud
11 26 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.39%) Clustering
13 19 (1.32%) Product Ownership
13 19 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
14 18 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 816 (56.82%) Windows
2 503 (35.03%) Linux
3 313 (21.80%) Windows Server
4 278 (19.36%) Android
5 73 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 67 (4.67%) VMS
7 66 (4.60%) Windows 10
8 53 (3.69%) Unix
9 46 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 43 (2.99%) Mac OS
11 32 (2.23%) Windows Server 2008
12 26 (1.81%) Amazon Linux
13 25 (1.74%) Solaris
14 22 (1.53%) HPUX
14 22 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 22 (1.53%) Windows 7
14 22 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
15 21 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
16 17 (1.18%) Ubuntu
17 11 (0.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 621 (43.25%) DevOps
2 548 (38.16%) Problem-Solving
3 467 (32.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 396 (27.58%) Task Automation
5 350 (24.37%) Platform Engineering
6 292 (20.33%) Storage Management
7 284 (19.78%) Risk Management
8 264 (18.38%) Mathematics
9 263 (18.31%) CI/CD
9 263 (18.31%) Line Management
10 200 (13.93%) ITIL
11 179 (12.47%) Infrastructure as Code
12 157 (10.93%) Agile
13 150 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 139 (9.68%) Mentoring
15 126 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
16 120 (8.36%) Migration
17 119 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
18 109 (7.59%) Cloud Security
19 94 (6.55%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 629 (43.80%) Python
2 463 (32.24%) Bash
3 228 (15.88%) SQL
4 98 (6.82%) C#
5 67 (4.67%) Bicep
6 57 (3.97%) Java
7 43 (2.99%) Groovy
8 42 (2.92%) JavaScript
9 41 (2.86%) Perl
10 24 (1.67%) Go
10 24 (1.67%) VB
11 23 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (1.04%) TypeScript
13 14 (0.97%) Shell Script
13 14 (0.97%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.77%) VBScript
15 8 (0.56%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.42%) Ruby
16 6 (0.42%) VBA
17 5 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 204 (14.21%) Security Cleared
2 169 (11.77%) Degree
3 136 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 110 (7.66%) Azure Certification
5 89 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 70 (4.87%) DV Cleared
7 55 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
8 48 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.13%) AWS Certification
10 36 (2.51%) CCNA
11 26 (1.81%) DBS Check
11 26 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 24 (1.67%) Master's Degree
13 23 (1.60%) CISSP
14 20 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 19 (1.32%) CCNP
16 17 (1.18%) OSCP
17 13 (0.91%) CEH
17 13 (0.91%) MCSA
17 13 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (6.55%) NIST
3 61 (4.25%) SLA
4 53 (3.69%) GDPR
5 33 (2.30%) NCSC
6 27 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (1.53%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.91%) QA
9 9 (0.63%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.49%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.35%) GRC
12 5 (0.35%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.14%) HL7
15 1 (0.070%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.070%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 444 (30.92%) Active Directory
2 393 (27.37%) Hyper-V
3 374 (26.04%) Docker
4 293 (20.40%) vSphere
5 265 (18.45%) VMware NSX
6 200 (13.93%) VMware Infrastructure
7 61 (4.25%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (2.02%) DFS Replication
8 29 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 27 (1.88%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (0.84%) Firmware
10 12 (0.84%) XenApp
11 10 (0.70%) Postfix
11 10 (0.70%) Squid
12 9 (0.63%) Dovecot
12 9 (0.63%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.42%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.28%) KVM
Systems Management
1 493 (34.33%) Terraform
2 403 (28.06%) Ansible
3 210 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 153 (10.65%) Kubernetes
5 72 (5.01%) Grafana
6 70 (4.87%) SCCM
7 68 (4.74%) Prometheus
8 57 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
9 34 (2.37%) WSUS
10 25 (1.74%) SCOM
11 21 (1.46%) vCenter Server
12 19 (1.32%) WMI
13 17 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (1.18%) Autotask
14 16 (1.11%) Backup Exec
15 14 (0.97%) Progress Chef
16 13 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
16 13 (0.91%) Nessus
17 12 (0.84%) Puppet
17 12 (0.84%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 688 (47.91%) Microsoft
2 377 (26.25%) Cisco
3 306 (21.31%) Splunk
4 283 (19.71%) Juniper
5 272 (18.94%) VMware
6 262 (18.25%) 3PAR
7 96 (6.69%) ServiceNow
8 74 (5.15%) Oracle
9 60 (4.18%) Veeam
10 50 (3.48%) Citrix
11 40 (2.79%) Meraki
12 39 (2.72%) Red Hat
13 38 (2.65%) Atlassian
14 31 (2.16%) Google
15 29 (2.02%) SolarWinds
16 28 (1.95%) Palo Alto
17 24 (1.67%) Sophos
18 23 (1.60%) Apple
18 23 (1.60%) SAP
19 21 (1.46%) HP