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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 81 106
Rank change year-on-year -57 +25 -34
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,304 1,581 1,729
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.37% 3.61% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.77% 12.64% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 974 1,052 1,299
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £74,938 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 16,772 12,505 21,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.64% 28.54% 29.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,230 8,350 15,710
10th Percentile £38,735 £33,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,125 £83,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

PowerShell
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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -27 486 £70,000 -6.35% 301
South East -28 249 £53,000 -7.83% 158
North of England -78 223 £50,000 +5.26% 90
Midlands -33 156 £52,500 +5.00% 52
North West -77 125 £51,500 +11.96% 58
East of England -40 99 £57,500 +13.86% 42
South West -75 85 £55,000 +19.57% 59
East Midlands -6 82 £42,500 +21.43% 19
West Midlands -56 74 £55,000 - 33
Yorkshire -33 62 £42,500 -16.26% 21
North East -34 36 £50,000 -16.67% 12
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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
1 223 (17.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 204 (15.64%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.83%) IIS
4 32 (2.45%) Confluence
5 11 (0.84%) nginx
6 6 (0.46%) 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 77 (5.90%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (1.30%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.077%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 836 (64.11%) Azure
2 495 (37.96%) Microsoft 365
3 358 (27.45%) Entra ID
4 246 (18.87%) AWS
5 152 (11.66%) Azure DevOps
6 101 (7.75%) OneDrive
6 101 (7.75%) Power Platform
7 100 (7.67%) IaaS
8 99 (7.59%) SaaS
9 96 (7.36%) GitHub
10 75 (5.75%) Azure Monitor
10 75 (5.75%) Azure Sentinel
11 68 (5.21%) PaaS
12 67 (5.14%) Azure AKS
13 65 (4.98%) Power Automate
14 63 (4.83%) GCP
15 62 (4.75%) Azure Key Vault
16 59 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
17 49 (3.76%) Datadog
18 48 (3.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 299 (22.93%) Firewall
2 277 (21.24%) DNS
3 185 (14.19%) VPN
4 182 (13.96%) DHCP
5 135 (10.35%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.29%) WAN
7 74 (5.67%) LAN
8 71 (5.44%) Network Security
9 61 (4.68%) VLAN
10 43 (3.30%) Wireless
11 40 (3.07%) SAN
11 40 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (2.45%) Kerberos
13 22 (1.69%) NAS
13 22 (1.69%) SSL
14 18 (1.38%) HTTP
14 18 (1.38%) Internet
15 17 (1.30%) VoIP
16 13 (1.00%) VSAN
17 10 (0.77%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (10.66%) SQL Server
2 83 (6.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (4.52%) Power BI
4 27 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.76%) MongoDB
6 17 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.30%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.15%) MySQL
7 15 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.92%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.54%) InfluxDB
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
1 104 (7.98%) Git
2 91 (6.98%) JIRA
3 64 (4.91%) GitLab
4 56 (4.29%) Jenkins
5 29 (2.22%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.84%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.54%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.54%) TestRail
9 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.46%) Selenium
10 5 (0.38%) Postman
10 5 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.23%) JMeter
12 3 (0.23%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.23%) MSI
General
1 430 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 215 (16.49%) Finance
3 178 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.05%) Law
5 57 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (4.29%) Legal
7 46 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.37%) Retail
9 36 (2.76%) Banking
10 32 (2.45%) Manufacturing
10 32 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.30%) Public Sector
12 27 (2.07%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.23%) Advertising
14 12 (0.92%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.69%) Front Office
16 9 (0.69%) Investment Banking
17 8 (0.61%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 204 (15.64%) Senior
2 179 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 142 (10.89%) Analyst
4 133 (10.20%) Azure Engineer
5 130 (9.97%) Support Engineer
6 125 (9.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 123 (9.43%) IT Engineer
8 117 (8.97%) IT Support
9 97 (7.44%) DevOps Engineer
10 68 (5.21%) Security Engineer
11 67 (5.14%) Platform Engineer
12 65 (4.98%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (4.98%) Lead
13 58 (4.45%) Developer
14 55 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
15 49 (3.76%) 2nd Line Support
16 47 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 44 (3.37%) Consultant
17 44 (3.37%) Support Analyst
18 43 (3.30%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.21%) .NET
2 53 (4.06%) ARM Templates
3 45 (3.45%) REST
3 45 (3.45%) SAML
3 45 (3.45%) YAML
4 41 (3.14%) HTML
4 41 (3.14%) OAuth
5 39 (2.99%) Microsoft Graph
6 37 (2.84%) LDAP
6 37 (2.84%) OpenID
7 33 (2.53%) .NET Core
8 32 (2.45%) JSON
9 31 (2.38%) CSS
10 24 (1.84%) SPFx
11 19 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
11 19 (1.46%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (1.15%) RESTful
13 14 (1.07%) ASP.NET
13 14 (1.07%) Middleware
13 14 (1.07%) React
Miscellaneous
1 110 (8.44%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.37%) Cloud Native
3 73 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 66 (5.06%) Security Posture
5 58 (4.45%) Driving Licence
6 46 (3.53%) Data Centre
7 44 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
8 43 (3.30%) Public Cloud
9 39 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (2.76%) PKI
10 36 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
12 28 (2.15%) Replication
13 27 (2.07%) Private Cloud
14 21 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (1.61%) Clustering
14 21 (1.61%) CMDB
14 21 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 641 (49.16%) Windows
2 313 (24.00%) Linux
3 296 (22.70%) Windows Server
4 74 (5.67%) Windows 10
5 50 (3.83%) Apple iOS
6 43 (3.30%) Android
7 41 (3.14%) Mac OS
8 40 (3.07%) VMS
9 36 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 34 (2.61%) CentOS
10 34 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 33 (2.53%) Ubuntu
12 24 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (1.00%) Unix
14 7 (0.54%) Rocky
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
1 359 (27.53%) Problem-Solving
2 320 (24.54%) Infrastructure as Code
3 316 (24.23%) CI/CD
4 292 (22.39%) DevOps
5 271 (20.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 269 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 264 (20.25%) ITIL
8 238 (18.25%) Cybersecurity
9 177 (13.57%) Disaster Recovery
10 163 (12.50%) Incident Response
11 161 (12.35%) Root Cause Analysis
12 155 (11.89%) Agile
13 152 (11.66%) High Availability
14 148 (11.35%) Mentoring
15 136 (10.43%) AI
16 130 (9.97%) Containerisation
17 126 (9.66%) Cloud Security
17 126 (9.66%) SIEM
18 125 (9.59%) Observability
19 122 (9.36%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 507 (38.88%) Python
2 295 (22.62%) Bash
3 265 (20.32%) SQL
4 108 (8.28%) Bicep
5 92 (7.06%) C#
6 86 (6.60%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 40 (3.07%) Java
9 32 (2.45%) T-SQL
9 32 (2.45%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.61%) VBScript
11 19 (1.46%) C++
12 18 (1.38%) Perl
13 14 (1.07%) PHP
14 11 (0.84%) Ruby
15 10 (0.77%) VBA
16 9 (0.69%) Go
17 8 (0.61%) C
17 8 (0.61%) VB
18 6 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 170 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 161 (12.35%) Degree
3 147 (11.27%) Azure Certification
4 132 (10.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 118 (9.05%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 55 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 54 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
8 52 (3.99%) CISSP
9 45 (3.45%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.14%) CCNA
11 28 (2.15%) CEH
12 23 (1.76%) DBS Check
12 23 (1.76%) GIAC
13 22 (1.69%) AWS Certification
14 21 (1.61%) OSCP
15 18 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 17 (1.30%) CISM
17 16 (1.23%) CCNP
18 14 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (7.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (4.91%) NIST
3 63 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 49 (3.76%) GDPR
5 43 (3.30%) SLA
6 26 (1.99%) QA
7 19 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.30%) SOC 2
9 15 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
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%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 479 (36.73%) Active Directory
2 212 (16.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (11.12%) Hyper-V
4 135 (10.35%) Docker
5 78 (5.98%) vSphere
6 52 (3.99%) Virtual Machines
7 48 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.76%) BitLocker
9 19 (1.46%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.84%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.61%) KVM
12 8 (0.61%) Squid
13 7 (0.54%) Firmware
14 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.15%) Samba
18 1 (0.077%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 342 (26.23%) Terraform
2 233 (17.87%) Kubernetes
3 225 (17.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 169 (12.96%) Ansible
5 79 (6.06%) Grafana
6 63 (4.83%) SCCM
7 48 (3.68%) Single Sign-On
8 46 (3.53%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.76%) ZABBIX
10 22 (1.69%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.61%) QRadar
12 20 (1.53%) Argo
12 20 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
12 20 (1.53%) Packer
12 20 (1.53%) Proxmox
13 18 (1.38%) Puppet
14 15 (1.15%) Graylog
15 13 (1.00%) VxRail
16 10 (0.77%) Nagios
16 10 (0.77%) Nessus
Vendors
1 830 (63.65%) Microsoft
2 254 (19.48%) VMware
3 117 (8.97%) Cisco
4 108 (8.28%) ServiceNow
5 90 (6.90%) Splunk
6 61 (4.68%) Red Hat
7 55 (4.22%) Veeam
8 46 (3.53%) Oracle
9 45 (3.45%) Meraki
10 37 (2.84%) Citrix
11 33 (2.53%) Dynatrace
11 33 (2.53%) Sophos
12 32 (2.45%) Dell
13 30 (2.30%) Tenable
14 29 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (1.84%) Apple
15 24 (1.84%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.69%) Okta
17 21 (1.61%) Palo Alto
17 21 (1.61%) Qualys