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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 94 53
Rank change year-on-year -10 -41 +30
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,161 1,692 2,302
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.51% 2.76% 4.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.06% 8.51% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 998 1,166 1,899
10th Percentile £33,687 £37,500 £38,226
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,875 £95,000
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 10,502 19,873 19,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.67% 32.42% 41.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,846 11,963 15,831
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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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 22 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 22 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 -25 425 £75,000 - 293
South East -8 232 £58,000 +2.86% 184
North of England -6 156 £50,000 - 86
Midlands +23 122 £52,500 +10.53% 74
South West +21 112 £52,500 - 66
East of England +26 99 £47,500 -9.52% 45
West Midlands +26 91 £55,000 +12.70% 43
Yorkshire -2 75 £47,500 -10.38% 22
North West -5 69 £52,500 +5.00% 53
East Midlands +14 31 £49,500 +4.21% 30
North East +11 12 £60,000 +35.52% 11
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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
1 217 (18.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (13.78%) SharePoint
3 57 (4.91%) Confluence
4 54 (4.65%) IIS
5 22 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.64%) Skype for Business
7 12 (1.03%) nginx
8 6 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.34%) Apache
9 4 (0.34%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.17%) CMS
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.60%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.52%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.26%) CATIA
6 3 (0.26%) Windchill
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.17%) Revit
7 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.086%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 10 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.52%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.43%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.086%) Eikon
6 1 (0.086%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.086%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 730 (62.88%) Azure
2 403 (34.71%) Microsoft 365
3 234 (20.16%) Entra ID
4 229 (19.72%) AWS
5 162 (13.95%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (9.39%) Power Platform
7 88 (7.58%) PaaS
8 77 (6.63%) SaaS
9 74 (6.37%) GCP
10 71 (6.12%) GitHub
11 67 (5.77%) Power Automate
12 64 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
13 62 (5.34%) IaaS
14 55 (4.74%) Azure Sentinel
15 51 (4.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 50 (4.31%) Serverless
17 49 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
18 42 (3.62%) Amazon S3
19 41 (3.53%) Amazon EC2
20 40 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 270 (23.26%) Firewall
2 243 (20.93%) DNS
3 188 (16.19%) DHCP
4 111 (9.56%) TCP/IP
5 94 (8.10%) VPN
6 91 (7.84%) WAN
7 74 (6.37%) LAN
8 51 (4.39%) VLAN
9 46 (3.96%) SAN
10 42 (3.62%) Wireless
11 38 (3.27%) Internet
12 34 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (2.84%) Network Security
14 25 (2.15%) HTTP
14 25 (2.15%) SD-WAN
14 25 (2.15%) SMTP
15 21 (1.81%) NAS
16 20 (1.72%) FTP
16 20 (1.72%) SSH
16 20 (1.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (10.25%) SQL Server
2 62 (5.34%) Power BI
3 56 (4.82%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.67%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.50%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.24%) Oracle Database 10g
7 18 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.29%) MySQL
10 13 (1.12%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.78%) DTS
12 8 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.60%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.52%) Data Mining
15 5 (0.43%) Tableau
16 4 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 121 (10.42%) JIRA
2 101 (8.70%) Git
3 96 (8.27%) Jenkins
4 44 (3.79%) GitLab
5 31 (2.67%) Vagrant
6 22 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.29%) MSI
8 12 (1.03%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.03%) Burp Suite
8 12 (1.03%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.86%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.52%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.34%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.34%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.34%) Toad
14 3 (0.26%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 422 (36.35%) Social Skills
2 221 (19.04%) Finance
3 83 (7.15%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.29%) Law
5 52 (4.48%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.45%) Banking
6 40 (3.45%) Legal
6 40 (3.45%) Retail
7 36 (3.10%) Manufacturing
8 31 (2.67%) Telecoms
9 29 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.21%) Marketing
14 13 (1.12%) Automotive
15 11 (0.95%) Front Office
16 10 (0.86%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 194 (16.71%) Support Engineer
2 146 (12.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 120 (10.34%) Senior
4 101 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 97 (8.35%) Azure Engineer
6 90 (7.75%) 3rd Line Support
6 90 (7.75%) Analyst
7 79 (6.80%) IT Support
8 74 (6.37%) IT Engineer
8 74 (6.37%) Security Engineer
9 72 (6.20%) Lead
10 71 (6.12%) Developer
11 69 (5.94%) Cloud Engineer
12 67 (5.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 64 (5.51%) Platform Engineer
14 47 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
15 44 (3.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 43 (3.70%) Applications Support
16 43 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
17 42 (3.62%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.68%) YAML
2 59 (5.08%) .NET
3 56 (4.82%) REST
4 38 (3.27%) ARM Templates
5 31 (2.67%) JSON
6 29 (2.50%) LDAP
7 25 (2.15%) SOAP
8 18 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.46%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
10 15 (1.29%) React
11 13 (1.12%) Web Services
12 11 (0.95%) .NET Framework
12 11 (0.95%) Middleware
13 10 (0.86%) Node.js
13 10 (0.86%) Razor View Engine
14 9 (0.78%) OAuth
14 9 (0.78%) OpenID
14 9 (0.78%) SAML
15 8 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (8.18%) Onboarding
2 56 (4.82%) Security Posture
3 52 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 37 (3.19%) Data Centre
4 37 (3.19%) PKI
5 36 (3.10%) Cloud Native
6 35 (3.01%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
8 31 (2.67%) Replication
9 26 (2.24%) Driving Licence
10 24 (2.07%) Private Cloud
11 23 (1.98%) Public Cloud
11 23 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
14 18 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.46%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.46%) IoT
15 17 (1.46%) Product Ownership
16 15 (1.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 538 (46.34%) Windows
2 306 (26.36%) Windows Server
3 231 (19.90%) Linux
4 72 (6.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 70 (6.03%) Windows 10
6 57 (4.91%) VMS
7 47 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 45 (3.88%) Unix
9 42 (3.62%) Mac OS
10 31 (2.67%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.15%) Solaris
12 24 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.89%) HPUX
13 22 (1.89%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.89%) Windows Server 2003
14 20 (1.72%) Amazon Linux
15 19 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
16 17 (1.46%) Android
17 16 (1.38%) Ubuntu
18 12 (1.03%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (29.63%) DevOps
2 301 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 246 (21.19%) CI/CD
4 208 (17.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 191 (16.45%) ITIL
6 176 (15.16%) Infrastructure as Code
7 166 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 138 (11.89%) Agile
9 137 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
10 134 (11.54%) Mentoring
11 130 (11.20%) Task Automation
12 125 (10.77%) Disaster Recovery
13 111 (9.56%) Cloud Security
14 104 (8.96%) Migration
15 92 (7.92%) Change Management
16 91 (7.84%) ITSM
17 89 (7.67%) Containerisation
18 88 (7.58%) Incident Management
19 85 (7.32%) Platform Engineering
20 79 (6.80%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 374 (32.21%) Python
2 212 (18.26%) Bash
3 207 (17.83%) SQL
4 96 (8.27%) C#
5 60 (5.17%) Bicep
6 45 (3.88%) JavaScript
7 40 (3.45%) Java
8 36 (3.10%) Perl
9 34 (2.93%) Groovy
10 26 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
11 25 (2.15%) Go
12 24 (2.07%) VB
13 18 (1.55%) T-SQL
14 14 (1.21%) TypeScript
15 12 (1.03%) Shell Script
15 12 (1.03%) VBScript
16 6 (0.52%) Ruby
17 4 (0.34%) C++
17 4 (0.34%) PHP
17 4 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 188 (16.19%) Security Cleared
2 176 (15.16%) Degree
3 121 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 93 (8.01%) Azure Certification
5 87 (7.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (5.94%) DV Cleared
7 52 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
8 49 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (3.45%) AWS Certification
10 33 (2.84%) CCNA
11 30 (2.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 28 (2.41%) CISSP
13 24 (2.07%) Master's Degree
14 19 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 18 (1.55%) CCNP
16 16 (1.38%) CEH
16 16 (1.38%) CREST Certified
16 16 (1.38%) OSCP
17 13 (1.12%) MCSA
18 12 (1.03%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (11.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (9.04%) NIST
3 57 (4.91%) GDPR
3 57 (4.91%) SLA
4 33 (2.84%) NCSC
5 29 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.07%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.29%) QA
8 9 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.60%) ISO 22301
10 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.43%) GRC
12 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.17%) HL7
14 1 (0.086%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.086%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.086%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 428 (36.86%) Active Directory
2 186 (16.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (10.42%) Hyper-V
4 111 (9.56%) Docker
5 45 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 31 (2.67%) vSphere
7 22 (1.89%) DFS Replication
7 22 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (1.12%) Firmware
9 11 (0.95%) XenApp
10 9 (0.78%) Postfix
10 9 (0.78%) Squid
10 9 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.69%) Dovecot
12 6 (0.52%) Terminal Services
12 6 (0.52%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.26%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 231 (19.90%) Terraform
2 199 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 152 (13.09%) Kubernetes
4 139 (11.97%) Ansible
5 68 (5.86%) SCCM
6 63 (5.43%) Grafana
7 58 (5.00%) Prometheus
8 36 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
9 32 (2.76%) WSUS
10 24 (2.07%) SCOM
11 18 (1.55%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.29%) Autotask
12 15 (1.29%) WMI
13 14 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 13 (1.12%) Backup Exec
15 12 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
15 12 (1.03%) Nessus
16 11 (0.95%) Puppet
16 11 (0.95%) ZABBIX
17 10 (0.86%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 680 (58.57%) Microsoft
2 263 (22.65%) VMware
3 111 (9.56%) Cisco
4 93 (8.01%) ServiceNow
5 66 (5.68%) Oracle
6 56 (4.82%) Veeam
7 45 (3.88%) Atlassian
7 45 (3.88%) Citrix
8 44 (3.79%) Splunk
9 43 (3.70%) Red Hat
10 33 (2.84%) Google
11 30 (2.58%) SolarWinds
12 28 (2.41%) Palo Alto
13 23 (1.98%) Meraki
14 22 (1.89%) Sophos
15 21 (1.81%) SAP
16 20 (1.72%) Apple
16 20 (1.72%) Juniper
17 18 (1.55%) Bloomberg
18 17 (1.46%) HP