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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 77 109
Rank change year-on-year -58 +32 -29
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,262 1,616 1,865
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.40% 3.72% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.71% 12.43% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 952 1,053 1,466
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% +3.60% -7.50%

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 16,358 12,999 22,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.14% 29.94% 29.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11,918 8,748 17,595
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -31 468 £70,000 -6.67% 135
South East -21 248 £53,000 -7.83% 96
North of England -94 211 £48,445 +1.13% 66
Midlands -41 146 £50,000 - 36
North West -86 114 £51,500 +11.35% 37
East of England -33 92 £55,000 +4.76% 30
South West -65 84 £55,000 +15.79% 40
East Midlands -11 74 £42,500 +21.43% 16
West Midlands -53 72 £52,500 -4.55% 20
Yorkshire -48 57 £47,500 -5.00% 17
North East -16 40 £48,445 -19.26% 14
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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
1 207 (16.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 183 (14.50%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.72%) IIS
4 27 (2.14%) Confluence
5 7 (0.55%) nginx
6 5 (0.40%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.32%) Apache
7 4 (0.32%) SAS
8 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.079%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.079%) Site Server
9 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.87%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.48%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.079%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.079%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 815 (64.58%) Azure
2 464 (36.77%) Microsoft 365
3 329 (26.07%) Entra ID
4 230 (18.23%) AWS
5 146 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (8.48%) Power Platform
7 103 (8.16%) GitHub
8 98 (7.77%) IaaS
9 92 (7.29%) SaaS
10 84 (6.66%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.18%) Azure Monitor
12 70 (5.55%) PaaS
13 68 (5.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 66 (5.23%) Azure AKS
15 65 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (4.75%) Azure Key Vault
17 59 (4.68%) Power Automate
18 53 (4.20%) GCP
19 48 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
19 48 (3.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 291 (23.06%) Firewall
2 265 (21.00%) DNS
3 182 (14.42%) VPN
4 175 (13.87%) DHCP
5 123 (9.75%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.10%) WAN
7 73 (5.78%) LAN
7 73 (5.78%) Network Security
8 62 (4.91%) VLAN
9 44 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
10 37 (2.93%) Wireless
11 36 (2.85%) SAN
12 34 (2.69%) Kerberos
13 24 (1.90%) VoIP
14 19 (1.51%) SSL
15 18 (1.43%) NAS
16 16 (1.27%) Internet
17 14 (1.11%) HTTP
18 13 (1.03%) BGP
19 11 (0.87%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (11.25%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 69 (5.47%) Power BI
4 36 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 21 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (1.66%) MySQL
6 21 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (1.27%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.87%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
10 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.40%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.40%) Metadata
11 5 (0.40%) Power Query
11 5 (0.40%) Redis
12 4 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.32%) Tableau
12 4 (0.32%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 101 (8.00%) Git
2 82 (6.50%) JIRA
3 67 (5.31%) GitLab
4 59 (4.68%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.38%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.87%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
8 9 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.55%) TestRail
10 6 (0.48%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.48%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.48%) Selenium
11 5 (0.40%) Postman
12 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.24%) JMeter
13 3 (0.24%) MSI
General
1 392 (31.06%) Social Skills
2 198 (15.69%) Finance
3 164 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (8.16%) Law
5 52 (4.12%) Legal
6 51 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
6 51 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (3.33%) Retail
8 39 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 26 (2.06%) Public Sector
10 25 (1.98%) Banking
11 23 (1.82%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.35%) Advertising
13 11 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.79%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.55%) Front Office
15 7 (0.55%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 203 (16.09%) Senior
2 159 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 140 (11.09%) Analyst
4 135 (10.70%) Support Engineer
5 130 (10.30%) Azure Engineer
6 122 (9.67%) IT Engineer
7 117 (9.27%) IT Support
8 115 (9.11%) Cloud Engineer
9 96 (7.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 71 (5.63%) Security Engineer
11 69 (5.47%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
13 59 (4.68%) Developer
13 59 (4.68%) Lead
14 51 (4.04%) 2nd Line Support
15 50 (3.96%) Systems Engineer
16 46 (3.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 41 (3.25%) Administrator
18 38 (3.01%) Architect
18 38 (3.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.50%) .NET
2 56 (4.44%) ARM Templates
3 55 (4.36%) SAML
4 52 (4.12%) OAuth
4 52 (4.12%) REST
5 45 (3.57%) OpenID
6 43 (3.41%) HTML
7 42 (3.33%) LDAP
7 42 (3.33%) YAML
8 40 (3.17%) JSON
9 37 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
10 35 (2.77%) .NET Core
11 32 (2.54%) CSS
12 24 (1.90%) SPFx
13 20 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
15 17 (1.35%) RESTful
15 17 (1.35%) SOAP
16 16 (1.27%) Middleware
17 15 (1.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.92%) Onboarding
2 80 (6.34%) Cloud Native
3 71 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (5.23%) Security Posture
5 59 (4.68%) Management Information System
6 55 (4.36%) Driving Licence
7 48 (3.80%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.49%) Public Cloud
9 42 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
10 38 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (2.93%) PKI
12 36 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (2.46%) Cyber Defence
14 25 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
14 25 (1.98%) Private Cloud
15 22 (1.74%) Replication
16 21 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (1.43%) Clustering
18 16 (1.27%) Cyberattack
19 15 (1.19%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 609 (48.26%) Windows
2 298 (23.61%) Linux
3 286 (22.66%) Windows Server
4 75 (5.94%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 46 (3.65%) VMS
7 42 (3.33%) Android
8 39 (3.09%) Mac OS
9 38 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 35 (2.77%) CentOS
11 33 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (2.14%) Ubuntu
12 27 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
13 10 (0.79%) Unix
14 7 (0.55%) Debian
15 5 (0.40%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.32%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (24.56%) CI/CD
3 299 (23.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 291 (23.06%) DevOps
5 238 (18.86%) Cybersecurity
6 236 (18.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 234 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 225 (17.83%) ITIL
9 164 (13.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 161 (12.76%) Agile
11 153 (12.12%) Incident Response
12 152 (12.04%) Root Cause Analysis
13 143 (11.33%) Mentoring
14 140 (11.09%) High Availability
15 132 (10.46%) Containerisation
16 127 (10.06%) Cloud Security
17 126 (9.98%) AI
18 125 (9.90%) SIEM
19 117 (9.27%) Observability
20 115 (9.11%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 497 (39.38%) Python
2 296 (23.45%) Bash
3 263 (20.84%) SQL
4 102 (8.08%) Bicep
5 96 (7.61%) C#
6 80 (6.34%) JavaScript
7 48 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 42 (3.33%) T-SQL
9 34 (2.69%) Java
10 31 (2.46%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.58%) VBScript
12 18 (1.43%) C++
12 18 (1.43%) PHP
13 13 (1.03%) Perl
14 10 (0.79%) Go
14 10 (0.79%) VB
14 10 (0.79%) VBA
15 8 (0.63%) C
15 8 (0.63%) Ruby
16 6 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 154 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 150 (11.89%) Degree
3 144 (11.41%) Azure Certification
4 126 (9.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 103 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (4.12%) CISSP
8 48 (3.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 47 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.25%) CCNA
11 38 (3.01%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.90%) CEH
12 24 (1.90%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.74%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.74%) GIAC
14 20 (1.58%) OSCP
15 18 (1.43%) CCNP
16 16 (1.27%) CREST Certified
17 15 (1.19%) CISM
18 14 (1.11%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (8.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (5.94%) NIST
3 57 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (4.20%) GDPR
5 39 (3.09%) SLA
6 25 (1.98%) QA
7 21 (1.66%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.43%) SOC 2
9 16 (1.27%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.79%) ISO 22301
11 9 (0.71%) NCSC
12 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.48%) PMO
14 5 (0.40%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.32%) DICOM
15 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.24%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.16%) EMIR
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 462 (36.61%) Active Directory
2 203 (16.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (11.25%) Hyper-V
4 133 (10.54%) Docker
5 75 (5.94%) vSphere
6 51 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.98%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.19%) VMware NSX
10 12 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.79%) KVM
12 8 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.63%) Squid
13 4 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.32%) Firmware
14 3 (0.24%) iptables
14 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 320 (25.36%) Terraform
2 224 (17.75%) Kubernetes
3 203 (16.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 153 (12.12%) Ansible
5 76 (6.02%) Grafana
6 55 (4.36%) SCCM
7 51 (4.04%) Prometheus
8 47 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.82%) ZABBIX
11 20 (1.58%) Argo
11 20 (1.58%) Packer
11 20 (1.58%) vCenter Server
12 19 (1.51%) QRadar
13 17 (1.35%) Proxmox
14 14 (1.11%) Graylog
15 12 (0.95%) VxRail
16 11 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 11 (0.87%) Nagios
16 11 (0.87%) Nessus
Vendors
1 780 (61.81%) Microsoft
2 247 (19.57%) VMware
3 108 (8.56%) Cisco
4 96 (7.61%) ServiceNow
5 86 (6.81%) Splunk
6 58 (4.60%) Red Hat
7 52 (4.12%) Veeam
8 40 (3.17%) Oracle
9 39 (3.09%) Meraki
10 32 (2.54%) Sophos
11 29 (2.30%) Citrix
12 28 (2.22%) Apple
12 28 (2.22%) Dell
12 28 (2.22%) Tenable
13 27 (2.14%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (1.90%) Dynatrace
15 24 (1.90%) Palo Alto
16 21 (1.66%) SolarWinds
17 20 (1.58%) CyberArk