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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 85 97
Rank change year-on-year -66 +12 -4
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,085 1,301 2,220
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.36% 3.44% 2.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.77% 10.34% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 834 1,008 1,877
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,700
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 13,964 12,578 26,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.55% 33.25% 32.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,798 9,268 22,404
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £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 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 28 April 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 April 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 -14 509 £70,000 -9.68% 111
South East -91 161 £55,000 -4.35% 120
North of England -48 139 £48,445 +0.29% 65
Midlands -61 110 £52,500 +5.00% 31
South West -44 85 £55,000 +15.79% 44
East of England -39 71 £50,000 -9.09% 30
North West -40 69 £53,750 +16.85% 42
East Midlands -33 63 £55,000 +37.50% 16
Yorkshire -40 56 £47,500 -13.64% 12
West Midlands -67 46 £47,500 -5.00% 15
North East -42 14 £45,000 -21.74% 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
1 158 (14.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 138 (12.72%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.59%) IIS
4 17 (1.57%) Confluence
5 6 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.092%) CMS
8 1 (0.092%) Site Server
8 1 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) CATIA
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.18%) Windchill
4 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.28%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.092%) Actimize
5 1 (0.092%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.092%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 686 (63.23%) Azure
2 392 (36.13%) Microsoft 365
3 280 (25.81%) Entra ID
4 193 (17.79%) AWS
5 100 (9.22%) Azure DevOps
6 95 (8.76%) Power Platform
7 85 (7.83%) GitHub
8 70 (6.45%) SaaS
9 68 (6.27%) OneDrive
10 66 (6.08%) GCP
11 64 (5.90%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (4.88%) IaaS
13 47 (4.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 47 (4.33%) Azure Sentinel
14 45 (4.15%) PaaS
14 45 (4.15%) Power Automate
15 42 (3.87%) Azure Monitor
15 42 (3.87%) Google Workspace
16 36 (3.32%) Azure AKS
17 34 (3.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 203 (18.71%) Firewall
2 201 (18.53%) DNS
3 127 (11.71%) DHCP
4 119 (10.97%) VPN
5 90 (8.29%) TCP/IP
6 59 (5.44%) Network Security
7 56 (5.16%) LAN
7 56 (5.16%) WAN
8 44 (4.06%) VLAN
9 43 (3.96%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (3.13%) SAN
11 33 (3.04%) VoIP
12 28 (2.58%) Broadband
13 25 (2.30%) Wireless
14 17 (1.57%) SD-WAN
15 12 (1.11%) Internet
15 12 (1.11%) Kerberos
15 12 (1.11%) VSAN
15 12 (1.11%) WinSCP
16 10 (0.92%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (11.89%) SQL Server
2 80 (7.37%) Power BI
3 44 (4.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (2.21%) MySQL
7 23 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.57%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.38%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.29%) Tableau
12 13 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.83%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.74%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.74%) InfluxDB
15 7 (0.65%) Metadata
15 7 (0.65%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.46%) Oracle Database 10g
17 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 90 (8.29%) Git
2 61 (5.62%) Jenkins
3 58 (5.35%) JIRA
4 47 (4.33%) GitLab
5 29 (2.67%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.57%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.20%) Metasploit
9 11 (1.01%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.74%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.74%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.55%) TestRail
13 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) Selenium
14 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
General
1 349 (32.17%) Social Skills
2 197 (18.16%) Finance
3 145 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (5.81%) Law
5 48 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (4.15%) Retail
7 43 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
8 42 (3.87%) Legal
9 40 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (2.95%) Public Sector
11 27 (2.49%) Banking
12 21 (1.94%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.47%) Advertising
15 14 (1.29%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.92%) Front Office
17 7 (0.65%) Electronics
17 7 (0.65%) Military
18 6 (0.55%) Police
19 5 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 174 (16.04%) Senior
2 132 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 129 (11.89%) Analyst
4 119 (10.97%) Support Engineer
5 107 (9.86%) Azure Engineer
6 92 (8.48%) IT Support
7 76 (7.00%) Security Engineer
8 75 (6.91%) IT Engineer
9 74 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
10 62 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
11 58 (5.35%) Developer
11 58 (5.35%) Lead
12 49 (4.52%) IT Support Engineer
13 48 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support
14 44 (4.06%) Platform Engineer
15 40 (3.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 40 (3.69%) Architect
15 40 (3.69%) Security Analyst
16 37 (3.41%) Support Analyst
17 32 (2.95%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (6.82%) .NET
2 59 (5.44%) OAuth
3 58 (5.35%) REST
4 54 (4.98%) SAML
5 53 (4.88%) OpenID
6 40 (3.69%) LDAP
7 39 (3.59%) .NET Core
8 34 (3.13%) JSON
8 34 (3.13%) SOAP
9 31 (2.86%) CSS
10 30 (2.76%) Microsoft Graph
11 29 (2.67%) ARM Templates
11 29 (2.67%) HTML
12 27 (2.49%) SPFx
13 25 (2.30%) GraphQL
14 23 (2.12%) YAML
15 19 (1.75%) React
16 18 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
17 16 (1.47%) Node.js
18 15 (1.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.39%) Onboarding
2 71 (6.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (5.07%) Security Posture
4 52 (4.79%) Management Information System
5 43 (3.96%) Cyber Threat
6 42 (3.87%) Cloud Native
6 42 (3.87%) Cyber Defence
7 39 (3.59%) Driving Licence
7 39 (3.59%) Security Operations Centre
8 38 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (3.13%) Cyberattack
10 32 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 26 (2.40%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.40%) Public Cloud
12 20 (1.84%) CMDB
12 20 (1.84%) PKI
13 17 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.57%) Low-Code
14 16 (1.47%) Replication
15 15 (1.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 500 (46.08%) Windows
2 243 (22.40%) Windows Server
3 239 (22.03%) Linux
4 73 (6.73%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.52%) Mac OS
6 46 (4.24%) Android
7 45 (4.15%) Apple iOS
8 36 (3.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 25 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (2.21%) VMS
12 21 (1.94%) CentOS
13 18 (1.66%) Unix
14 15 (1.38%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
16 6 (0.55%) Solaris
17 5 (0.46%) Debian
18 4 (0.37%) HPUX
18 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
18 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
2 225 (20.74%) Infrastructure as Code
3 221 (20.37%) Cybersecurity
4 219 (20.18%) DevOps
5 217 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 193 (17.79%) ITIL
7 188 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 186 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 151 (13.92%) Incident Response
10 136 (12.53%) Mentoring
11 130 (11.98%) Disaster Recovery
12 124 (11.43%) Agile
13 116 (10.69%) Root Cause Analysis
14 109 (10.05%) SIEM
15 108 (9.95%) Cloud Security
16 105 (9.68%) Containerisation
17 94 (8.66%) Security Operations
18 93 (8.57%) Task Automation
19 91 (8.39%) Roadmaps
20 90 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 436 (40.18%) Python
2 255 (23.50%) Bash
3 233 (21.47%) SQL
4 81 (7.47%) C#
5 79 (7.28%) JavaScript
6 66 (6.08%) Bicep
7 53 (4.88%) T-SQL
8 33 (3.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 22 (2.03%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.94%) Java
11 13 (1.20%) Perl
12 12 (1.11%) Go
13 11 (1.01%) C++
14 9 (0.83%) VB
14 9 (0.83%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.83%) VBA
15 8 (0.74%) VBScript
16 7 (0.65%) C
16 7 (0.65%) PHP
17 6 (0.55%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 143 (13.18%) Degree
2 119 (10.97%) Security Cleared
3 98 (9.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 87 (8.02%) Azure Certification
5 67 (6.18%) SC Cleared
6 47 (4.33%) CISSP
7 44 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.32%) DV Cleared
9 33 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (2.30%) CREST Certified
11 25 (2.30%) OSCP
12 23 (2.12%) CCNA
12 23 (2.12%) GIAC
13 22 (2.03%) AWS Certification
13 22 (2.03%) CompTIA CySA+
14 21 (1.94%) CEH
15 17 (1.57%) DBS Check
16 13 (1.20%) CISA
16 13 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (13.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 115 (10.60%) NIST
3 63 (5.81%) GDPR
4 46 (4.24%) SLA
5 30 (2.76%) NCSC
6 29 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.84%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.84%) ISO 22301
8 15 (1.38%) QA
9 14 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (1.20%) Accessibility
10 13 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 13 (1.20%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.55%) DICOM
13 5 (0.46%) GRC
14 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.18%) COBIT
16 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 398 (36.68%) Active Directory
2 134 (12.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (10.88%) Docker
4 92 (8.48%) Hyper-V
5 40 (3.69%) vSphere
6 32 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.38%) Firmware
9 14 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (1.11%) BitLocker
11 11 (1.01%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 6 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.46%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.37%) iptables
15 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.37%) Squid
15 4 (0.37%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 229 (21.11%) Terraform
2 175 (16.13%) Kubernetes
3 159 (14.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 130 (11.98%) Ansible
5 49 (4.52%) Grafana
6 44 (4.06%) SCCM
7 41 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.86%) Prometheus
9 22 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.57%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.20%) Nessus
12 13 (1.20%) VxRail
13 10 (0.92%) FortiGate
13 10 (0.92%) Packer
14 9 (0.83%) Puppet
15 8 (0.74%) logstash
15 8 (0.74%) Progress Chef
15 8 (0.74%) QRadar
15 8 (0.74%) WSUS
Vendors
1 619 (57.05%) Microsoft
2 194 (17.88%) VMware
3 89 (8.20%) Cisco
4 53 (4.88%) Splunk
5 51 (4.70%) Red Hat
6 50 (4.61%) ServiceNow
7 41 (3.78%) CrowdStrike
8 38 (3.50%) Veeam
9 33 (3.04%) Google
10 31 (2.86%) Commvault
11 29 (2.67%) Dell
11 29 (2.67%) Oracle
12 28 (2.58%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.40%) Meraki
14 24 (2.21%) Apple
14 24 (2.21%) Citrix
14 24 (2.21%) Fortinet
15 22 (2.03%) CyberArk
16 19 (1.75%) Atlassian
16 19 (1.75%) Sophos