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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 82 102
Rank change year-on-year -62 +20 -33
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,302 1,536 1,720
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.34% 3.52% 2.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.81% 12.56% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 959 1,024 1,207
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,225 £36,650
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,500 £45,358
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £59,125
% change year-on-year - -2.75% -1.46%

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 16,669 12,234 21,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.14% 28.04% 30.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,212 8,154 14,868
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -28 467 £70,000 -3.45% 418
South East -21 246 £52,500 -8.70% 161
North of England -82 232 £50,000 +5.26% 116
Midlands -37 161 £52,500 +5.00% 81
North West -72 136 £50,000 +8.70% 70
East of England -31 103 £57,500 +21.05% 64
South West -75 86 £55,000 +19.57% 70
East Midlands -13 82 £42,500 +21.43% 30
West Midlands -53 79 £55,000 - 51
Yorkshire -48 60 £42,500 -16.26% 28
North East -29 36 £50,000 -6.98% 19
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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 (17.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 220 (16.90%) SharePoint
3 53 (4.07%) IIS
4 37 (2.84%) Confluence
5 14 (1.08%) nginx
6 7 (0.54%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (2.23%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.23%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 818 (62.83%) Azure
2 507 (38.94%) Microsoft 365
3 375 (28.80%) Entra ID
4 248 (19.05%) AWS
5 158 (12.14%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (8.37%) OneDrive
7 104 (7.99%) Power Platform
8 100 (7.68%) SaaS
9 95 (7.30%) IaaS
10 94 (7.22%) GitHub
11 83 (6.37%) Azure Sentinel
12 77 (5.91%) Azure Monitor
13 75 (5.76%) Power Automate
14 70 (5.38%) Azure AKS
15 65 (4.99%) PaaS
16 64 (4.92%) GCP
17 62 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
18 59 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
19 50 (3.84%) Datadog
20 45 (3.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 301 (23.12%) Firewall
2 283 (21.74%) DNS
3 190 (14.59%) VPN
4 186 (14.29%) DHCP
5 133 (10.22%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.30%) WAN
7 72 (5.53%) LAN
8 67 (5.15%) VLAN
9 65 (4.99%) Network Security
10 50 (3.84%) Wireless
11 40 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.84%) SAN
13 29 (2.23%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.69%) NAS
14 22 (1.69%) SSL
15 19 (1.46%) Internet
16 18 (1.38%) HTTP
17 13 (1.00%) VoIP
17 13 (1.00%) VSAN
18 10 (0.77%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (9.98%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (4.45%) Power BI
4 23 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.92%) MySQL
10 11 (0.84%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.69%) InfluxDB
11 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.46%) Power Query
12 6 (0.46%) Redis
13 5 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.38%) Metadata
13 5 (0.38%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.31%) Db2
14 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 98 (7.53%) Git
2 96 (7.37%) JIRA
3 68 (5.22%) GitLab
4 58 (4.45%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.92%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 11 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.77%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.69%) Robot Framework
10 9 (0.69%) TestRail
11 7 (0.54%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.54%) Selenium
12 6 (0.46%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.38%) Postman
14 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.23%) JMeter
14 3 (0.23%) MSI
14 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
14 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 452 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 213 (16.36%) Finance
3 178 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (7.91%) Law
5 55 (4.22%) Legal
6 54 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.30%) Retail
9 38 (2.92%) Banking
10 35 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 35 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (2.46%) Public Sector
12 27 (2.07%) Aerospace
13 15 (1.15%) Advertising
14 11 (0.84%) Financial Institution
14 11 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (0.69%) Front Office
16 8 (0.61%) Aviation
16 8 (0.61%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 204 (15.67%) Senior
2 188 (14.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 145 (11.14%) Analyst
4 130 (9.98%) Azure Engineer
4 130 (9.98%) Support Engineer
5 128 (9.83%) Cloud Engineer
6 127 (9.75%) IT Engineer
7 113 (8.68%) IT Support
8 95 (7.30%) DevOps Engineer
9 71 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
10 67 (5.15%) Lead
11 66 (5.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (4.99%) Security Engineer
13 56 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
14 55 (4.22%) Consultant
14 55 (4.22%) Developer
15 53 (4.07%) Support Analyst
16 46 (3.53%) Automation Engineer
17 41 (3.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 41 (3.15%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 341 (26.19%) Terraform
2 76 (5.84%) .NET
3 52 (3.99%) ARM Templates
4 44 (3.38%) REST
4 44 (3.38%) YAML
5 40 (3.07%) Microsoft Graph
5 40 (3.07%) SAML
6 39 (3.00%) HTML
7 36 (2.76%) OAuth
8 35 (2.69%) OpenID
9 34 (2.61%) LDAP
10 32 (2.46%) JSON
11 30 (2.30%) CSS
12 29 (2.23%) .NET Core
13 27 (2.07%) SPFx
14 20 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
16 14 (1.08%) ASP.NET
16 14 (1.08%) RESTful
17 13 (1.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.60%) Onboarding
2 84 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 70 (5.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 69 (5.30%) Management Information System
5 67 (5.15%) Security Posture
6 66 (5.07%) Driving Licence
7 48 (3.69%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.38%) Public Cloud
9 41 (3.15%) Security Operations Centre
10 40 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (3.07%) PKI
11 35 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (2.46%) Replication
13 28 (2.15%) Private Cloud
14 25 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
15 21 (1.61%) CMDB
16 20 (1.54%) Clustering
17 18 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
17 18 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 649 (49.85%) Windows
2 306 (23.50%) Linux
3 298 (22.89%) Windows Server
4 81 (6.22%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.15%) Apple iOS
6 45 (3.46%) Android
7 38 (2.92%) Mac OS
8 37 (2.84%) VMS
9 36 (2.76%) Ubuntu
10 35 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
11 32 (2.46%) CentOS
12 28 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 27 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
14 12 (0.92%) Rocky
14 12 (0.92%) Unix
15 5 (0.38%) CoreOS
15 5 (0.38%) Solaris
16 4 (0.31%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (29.19%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (24.81%) Infrastructure as Code
3 309 (23.73%) CI/CD
4 290 (22.27%) DevOps
5 283 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 279 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 270 (20.74%) ITIL
8 234 (17.97%) Cybersecurity
9 180 (13.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 155 (11.90%) Mentoring
11 152 (11.67%) Agile
11 152 (11.67%) Root Cause Analysis
12 148 (11.37%) AI
12 148 (11.37%) Incident Response
13 144 (11.06%) High Availability
14 129 (9.91%) Observability
15 128 (9.83%) Containerisation
16 127 (9.75%) Cloud Security
16 127 (9.75%) Platform Engineering
17 118 (9.06%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 498 (38.25%) Python
2 286 (21.97%) Bash
3 267 (20.51%) SQL
4 109 (8.37%) Bicep
5 90 (6.91%) JavaScript
6 87 (6.68%) C#
7 50 (3.84%) Kusto Query Language
8 38 (2.92%) Java
9 33 (2.53%) TypeScript
10 32 (2.46%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.77%) VBScript
12 20 (1.54%) C++
13 18 (1.38%) Perl
14 13 (1.00%) PHP
15 11 (0.84%) Ruby
16 10 (0.77%) VB
16 10 (0.77%) VBA
17 9 (0.69%) Go
18 6 (0.46%) C
18 6 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 170 (13.06%) Security Cleared
2 154 (11.83%) Degree
3 145 (11.14%) Azure Certification
4 138 (10.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 116 (8.91%) SC Cleared
6 54 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
6 54 (4.15%) CompTIA Security+
6 54 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.76%) CISSP
7 49 (3.76%) DV Cleared
8 41 (3.15%) CCNA
9 27 (2.07%) CEH
10 24 (1.84%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.69%) AWS Certification
12 20 (1.54%) OSCP
13 19 (1.46%) GIAC
13 19 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 16 (1.23%) CISM
15 14 (1.08%) CCNP
15 14 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 56 (4.30%) NIST
4 45 (3.46%) GDPR
5 42 (3.23%) SLA
6 25 (1.92%) QA
7 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.23%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.00%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 5 (0.38%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.31%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.31%) NCSC
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.15%) EMIR
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 478 (36.71%) Active Directory
2 220 (16.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (10.98%) Hyper-V
4 130 (9.98%) Docker
5 75 (5.76%) vSphere
6 59 (4.53%) Virtual Machines
7 50 (3.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.77%) BitLocker
9 20 (1.54%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.61%) KVM
11 8 (0.61%) Squid
12 7 (0.54%) Firmware
13 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.077%) Ceph
16 1 (0.077%) iptables
Systems Management
1 235 (18.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 217 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 163 (12.52%) Ansible
4 80 (6.14%) Grafana
5 67 (5.15%) SCCM
6 48 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (3.23%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.77%) ZABBIX
9 22 (1.69%) vCenter Server
10 21 (1.61%) QRadar
11 20 (1.54%) Argo
11 20 (1.54%) Packer
11 20 (1.54%) Proxmox
12 19 (1.46%) Puppet
13 18 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
14 15 (1.15%) Graylog
15 14 (1.08%) FortiGate
16 13 (1.00%) VxRail
17 9 (0.69%) Kibana
17 9 (0.69%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 841 (64.59%) Microsoft
2 256 (19.66%) VMware
3 112 (8.60%) Cisco
4 106 (8.14%) ServiceNow
5 85 (6.53%) Splunk
6 62 (4.76%) Veeam
7 50 (3.84%) Red Hat
8 43 (3.30%) Oracle
9 42 (3.23%) Meraki
10 40 (3.07%) Citrix
11 35 (2.69%) Sophos
12 33 (2.53%) Dynatrace
13 32 (2.46%) Dell
14 30 (2.30%) Tenable
15 28 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
16 27 (2.07%) Sage
17 24 (1.84%) Fortinet
18 23 (1.77%) Apple
18 23 (1.77%) CyberArk
19 22 (1.69%) Palo Alto