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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 78 107
Rank change year-on-year -52 +29 -25
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,256 1,552 2,235
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 3.86% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.09% 12.20% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 944 983 1,784
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,650 £35,075
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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 15,532 12,720 28,689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.39% 31.62% 30.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,243 8,575 22,839
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,289 £47,500 £45,000
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -11 503 £70,000 -3.45% 107
South East -42 217 £53,000 -7.83% 117
North of England -83 202 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -41 139 £50,000 - 33
North West -79 106 £50,000 +5.26% 42
South West -45 92 £55,000 +15.79% 26
East of England -29 91 £54,000 +10.77% 26
East Midlands -6 77 £45,000 +28.57% 16
Yorkshire -30 62 £45,000 -14.29% 15
West Midlands -70 61 £51,250 -4.54% 17
North East -25 34 £47,500 -20.83% 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
1 199 (15.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 174 (13.85%) SharePoint
3 45 (3.58%) IIS
4 25 (1.99%) Confluence
5 2 (0.16%) Apache
5 2 (0.16%) nginx
5 2 (0.16%) SAS
5 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.080%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.080%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.080%) Site Server
6 1 (0.080%) Tomcat
Applications
1 75 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (0.64%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.24%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.080%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.080%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.080%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.080%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 814 (64.81%) Azure
2 460 (36.62%) Microsoft 365
3 318 (25.32%) Entra ID
4 218 (17.36%) AWS
5 144 (11.46%) Azure DevOps
6 112 (8.92%) Power Platform
7 104 (8.28%) GitHub
8 95 (7.56%) IaaS
9 87 (6.93%) SaaS
10 79 (6.29%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.21%) Azure Monitor
12 66 (5.25%) PaaS
13 65 (5.18%) GitHub Actions
14 60 (4.78%) Azure AKS
14 60 (4.78%) Azure Sentinel
15 57 (4.54%) Azure Key Vault
15 57 (4.54%) Power Automate
16 54 (4.30%) GCP
17 50 (3.98%) Serverless
18 47 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 269 (21.42%) Firewall
2 254 (20.22%) DNS
3 177 (14.09%) VPN
4 167 (13.30%) DHCP
5 113 (9.00%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.13%) Network Security
7 75 (5.97%) LAN
8 74 (5.89%) WAN
9 62 (4.94%) VLAN
10 50 (3.98%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (2.63%) SAN
12 31 (2.47%) Wireless
13 30 (2.39%) VoIP
14 22 (1.75%) Broadband
14 22 (1.75%) Kerberos
15 16 (1.27%) SSL
16 15 (1.19%) BGP
17 14 (1.11%) HTTP
17 14 (1.11%) Internet
18 13 (1.04%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (11.94%) SQL Server
2 76 (6.05%) Power BI
3 75 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 41 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.99%) MySQL
6 25 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.67%) MongoDB
8 17 (1.35%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.04%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.72%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.72%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.64%) Tableau
14 6 (0.48%) Metadata
15 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.32%) Power Query
16 4 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 107 (8.52%) Git
2 75 (5.97%) JIRA
3 63 (5.02%) GitLab
4 61 (4.86%) Jenkins
5 33 (2.63%) Bitbucket
6 15 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.11%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.04%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 11 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.64%) Robot Framework
12 7 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (0.56%) TestRail
13 6 (0.48%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.48%) Selenium
14 5 (0.40%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
16 3 (0.24%) Terragrunt
General
1 377 (30.02%) Social Skills
2 201 (16.00%) Finance
3 156 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (7.64%) Law
5 51 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
5 51 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
7 49 (3.90%) Legal
8 43 (3.42%) Retail
9 29 (2.31%) Public Sector
10 24 (1.91%) Aerospace
11 23 (1.83%) Banking
12 22 (1.75%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.43%) Advertising
14 15 (1.19%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.56%) Aviation
17 6 (0.48%) Front Office
17 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 214 (17.04%) Senior
2 159 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 150 (11.94%) Analyst
4 144 (11.46%) Support Engineer
5 131 (10.43%) Azure Engineer
6 124 (9.87%) IT Engineer
6 124 (9.87%) IT Support
7 106 (8.44%) Cloud Engineer
8 95 (7.56%) DevOps Engineer
9 79 (6.29%) Security Engineer
10 77 (6.13%) IT Support Engineer
11 66 (5.25%) Platform Engineer
12 57 (4.54%) Developer
13 54 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
14 52 (4.14%) Lead
15 46 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
16 44 (3.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 43 (3.42%) Security Analyst
18 39 (3.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 38 (3.03%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (6.77%) .NET
2 61 (4.86%) SAML
3 59 (4.70%) OAuth
3 59 (4.70%) REST
4 52 (4.14%) OpenID
5 50 (3.98%) LDAP
6 44 (3.50%) ARM Templates
7 42 (3.34%) JSON
7 42 (3.34%) YAML
8 40 (3.18%) HTML
9 37 (2.95%) .NET Core
10 36 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
11 34 (2.71%) CSS
12 31 (2.47%) SOAP
13 25 (1.99%) SPFx
14 21 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
14 21 (1.67%) GraphQL
15 19 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (1.35%) React
16 17 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.96%) Onboarding
2 76 (6.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 74 (5.89%) Security Posture
4 72 (5.73%) Cloud Native
5 60 (4.78%) Driving Licence
6 57 (4.54%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.58%) Security Operations Centre
8 44 (3.50%) Public Cloud
9 43 (3.42%) Cyber Defence
10 42 (3.34%) Data Centre
11 38 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
11 38 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (2.95%) PKI
13 29 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
14 28 (2.23%) Cyberattack
15 22 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.75%) Private Cloud
16 21 (1.67%) Replication
17 18 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
18 16 (1.27%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 603 (48.01%) Windows
2 292 (23.25%) Linux
3 287 (22.85%) Windows Server
4 76 (6.05%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.06%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.98%) VMS
7 48 (3.82%) Mac OS
8 41 (3.26%) Android
9 37 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 31 (2.47%) CentOS
11 28 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.23%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.99%) Ubuntu
13 11 (0.88%) Unix
14 8 (0.64%) Debian
15 4 (0.32%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.24%) AIX
17 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 305 (24.28%) Infrastructure as Code
3 296 (23.57%) CI/CD
4 279 (22.21%) DevOps
5 259 (20.62%) Cybersecurity
6 230 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 225 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (16.96%) ITIL
9 170 (13.54%) Agile
10 162 (12.90%) Incident Response
11 158 (12.58%) Root Cause Analysis
12 157 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 157 (12.50%) Mentoring
13 130 (10.35%) Containerisation
14 129 (10.27%) High Availability
15 128 (10.19%) Cloud Security
16 122 (9.71%) AI
17 121 (9.63%) SIEM
18 110 (8.76%) Observability
19 108 (8.60%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 503 (40.05%) Python
2 317 (25.24%) Bash
3 272 (21.66%) SQL
4 95 (7.56%) C#
5 94 (7.48%) Bicep
6 77 (6.13%) JavaScript
7 54 (4.30%) T-SQL
8 41 (3.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 32 (2.55%) Java
10 27 (2.15%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.51%) C++
12 17 (1.35%) VBScript
13 14 (1.11%) PHP
14 13 (1.04%) Perl
15 11 (0.88%) VB
16 10 (0.80%) Go
16 10 (0.80%) VBA
17 9 (0.72%) Ruby
18 8 (0.64%) C
19 6 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 148 (11.78%) Degree
1 148 (11.78%) Security Cleared
2 136 (10.83%) Azure Certification
3 123 (9.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 95 (7.56%) SC Cleared
5 51 (4.06%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (4.06%) CISSP
6 44 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (3.26%) CompTIA Security+
8 37 (2.95%) CCNA
9 34 (2.71%) DV Cleared
10 29 (2.31%) DBS Check
11 28 (2.23%) OSCP
12 26 (2.07%) AWS Certification
13 25 (1.99%) CREST Certified
14 24 (1.91%) GIAC
15 23 (1.83%) CEH
16 16 (1.27%) CCNP
16 16 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
17 13 (1.04%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (10.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (7.64%) NIST
3 61 (4.86%) GDPR
4 53 (4.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 38 (3.03%) SLA
6 22 (1.75%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.59%) NCSC
8 19 (1.51%) QA
9 17 (1.35%) SOC 2
10 16 (1.27%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.96%) ISO 22301
12 11 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.72%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.48%) DICOM
14 6 (0.48%) PMO
15 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.16%) EMIR
17 2 (0.16%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 469 (37.34%) Active Directory
2 198 (15.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (10.83%) Docker
3 136 (10.83%) Hyper-V
4 75 (5.97%) vSphere
5 43 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
6 37 (2.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (1.83%) BitLocker
8 16 (1.27%) VMware NSX
9 12 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.80%) KVM
11 8 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.64%) Squid
12 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.32%) Firmware
13 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 311 (24.76%) Terraform
2 216 (17.20%) Kubernetes
3 188 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 147 (11.70%) Ansible
5 70 (5.57%) Grafana
6 55 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
7 49 (3.90%) Prometheus
8 46 (3.66%) SCCM
9 25 (1.99%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.67%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.59%) Argo
11 20 (1.59%) Packer
12 19 (1.51%) ZABBIX
13 18 (1.43%) QRadar
14 17 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 17 (1.35%) Nessus
15 15 (1.19%) Proxmox
16 14 (1.11%) Graylog
16 14 (1.11%) VxRail
17 12 (0.96%) Nagios
Vendors
1 757 (60.27%) Microsoft
2 245 (19.51%) VMware
3 97 (7.72%) Cisco
4 84 (6.69%) Splunk
5 70 (5.57%) ServiceNow
6 56 (4.46%) Red Hat
7 49 (3.90%) Veeam
8 39 (3.11%) Meraki
8 39 (3.11%) Oracle
9 30 (2.39%) Apple
9 30 (2.39%) CrowdStrike
10 29 (2.31%) Tenable
11 28 (2.23%) Dell
12 27 (2.15%) Sophos
13 26 (2.07%) Google
13 26 (2.07%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.91%) Citrix
14 24 (1.91%) Fortinet
15 23 (1.83%) SolarWinds
16 22 (1.75%) Commvault