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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 92 75
Rank change year-on-year -25 -17 +12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,041 1,418 2,290
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.83% 3.08% 3.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.68% 9.04% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 843 1,003 1,996
10th Percentile £32,550 £36,800 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,625 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +7.11% -2.75%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -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 10,755 15,693 23,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.86% 34.06% 36.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,063 9,298 20,467
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 5 February 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 5 February 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 -15 441 £70,000 -7.59% 122
South East -42 188 £57,500 -4.17% 136
North of England -19 134 £50,000 -4.76% 99
South West +11 104 £55,000 - 42
Midlands -30 89 £52,500 +5.00% 51
East of England +12 69 £41,750 -20.48% 28
Yorkshire -17 62 £48,445 -7.72% 30
North West -28 58 £50,000 - 55
West Midlands -35 45 £48,500 -3.00% 24
East Midlands -14 43 £55,000 +8.91% 27
North East -7 14 £48,445 -15.75% 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
1 166 (15.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (12.39%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.75%) IIS
4 22 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2003
5 18 (1.73%) Confluence
6 11 (1.06%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.58%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.58%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) CATIA
5 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.29%) Windchill
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.096%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 9 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.58%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.096%) Actimize
6 1 (0.096%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 654 (62.82%) Azure
2 351 (33.72%) Microsoft 365
3 265 (25.46%) Entra ID
4 190 (18.25%) AWS
5 137 (13.16%) Azure DevOps
6 108 (10.37%) Power Platform
7 72 (6.92%) GCP
8 70 (6.72%) GitHub
9 60 (5.76%) PaaS
10 53 (5.09%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (5.09%) Power Automate
11 46 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
12 42 (4.03%) IaaS
12 42 (4.03%) SaaS
13 41 (3.94%) OneDrive
14 37 (3.55%) Azure Sentinel
15 35 (3.36%) Google Workspace
16 31 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
17 29 (2.79%) PowerApps
18 27 (2.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 196 (18.83%) Firewall
2 192 (18.44%) DNS
3 151 (14.51%) DHCP
4 102 (9.80%) VPN
5 97 (9.32%) TCP/IP
6 70 (6.72%) WAN
7 62 (5.96%) LAN
8 42 (4.03%) VLAN
8 42 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (3.36%) Wireless
10 28 (2.69%) Network Security
11 27 (2.59%) SAN
12 26 (2.50%) SD-WAN
13 22 (2.11%) Broadband
13 22 (2.11%) VoIP
14 17 (1.63%) Internet
14 17 (1.63%) VSAN
15 12 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
15 12 (1.15%) WinSCP
16 11 (1.06%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (12.39%) SQL Server
2 77 (7.40%) Power BI
3 34 (3.27%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.88%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.50%) Oracle Database 10g
7 23 (2.21%) MySQL
8 20 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.25%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.15%) Tableau
14 11 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (0.86%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
17 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
17 5 (0.48%) DTS
17 5 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 76 (7.30%) Git
2 73 (7.01%) JIRA
3 68 (6.53%) Jenkins
4 35 (3.36%) GitLab
5 24 (2.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.63%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.54%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.25%) Burp Suite
8 13 (1.25%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.67%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.58%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
13 4 (0.38%) Toad
14 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.29%) JMeter
14 3 (0.29%) MSI
General
1 367 (35.25%) Social Skills
2 224 (21.52%) Finance
3 112 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (4.61%) Law
5 47 (4.51%) Retail
6 38 (3.65%) Public Sector
7 36 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (3.27%) Banking
8 34 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
8 34 (3.27%) Legal
9 29 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 26 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.40%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.86%) Advertising
15 8 (0.77%) Front Office
16 7 (0.67%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.67%) Local Government
16 7 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 140 (13.45%) Senior
2 137 (13.16%) Support Engineer
3 125 (12.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 89 (8.55%) Analyst
5 87 (8.36%) Azure Engineer
6 76 (7.30%) DevOps Engineer
7 72 (6.92%) Developer
7 72 (6.92%) IT Support
8 69 (6.63%) Security Engineer
9 63 (6.05%) IT Engineer
10 62 (5.96%) Cloud Engineer
11 59 (5.67%) Lead
12 51 (4.90%) 3rd Line Support
13 49 (4.71%) Platform Engineer
14 45 (4.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 44 (4.23%) IT Support Engineer
16 40 (3.84%) Applications Support
17 36 (3.46%) Applications Engineer
17 36 (3.46%) Support Analyst
18 31 (2.98%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.53%) REST
2 64 (6.15%) .NET
3 36 (3.46%) SOAP
4 35 (3.36%) YAML
5 34 (3.27%) OpenID
6 33 (3.17%) OAuth
7 32 (3.07%) JSON
8 30 (2.88%) SAML
9 27 (2.59%) LDAP
10 24 (2.31%) ARM Templates
10 24 (2.31%) React
11 21 (2.02%) GraphQL
12 17 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
13 16 (1.54%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
14 15 (1.44%) Node.js
15 14 (1.34%) Middleware
16 13 (1.25%) .NET Core
17 11 (1.06%) Web Services
18 10 (0.96%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.45%) Onboarding
2 65 (6.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (5.38%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.75%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.07%) Cloud Native
7 31 (2.98%) Driving Licence
8 29 (2.79%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
11 24 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
12 21 (2.02%) CMDB
12 21 (2.02%) Cyberattack
12 21 (2.02%) PKI
13 19 (1.83%) Hedge funds
13 19 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
14 17 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (1.44%) Private Cloud
15 15 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 460 (44.19%) Windows
2 246 (23.63%) Windows Server
3 187 (17.96%) Linux
4 66 (6.34%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.71%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.94%) Unix
7 34 (3.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 34 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 30 (2.88%) Android
9 28 (2.69%) VMS
10 27 (2.59%) Windows Server 2008
11 24 (2.31%) Solaris
12 22 (2.11%) HPUX
12 22 (2.11%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 18 (1.73%) Apple iOS
15 15 (1.44%) CentOS
16 13 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
17 10 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (31.32%) Problem-Solving
2 261 (25.07%) DevOps
3 203 (19.50%) CI/CD
4 195 (18.73%) ITIL
5 185 (17.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 171 (16.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 170 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 165 (15.85%) Cybersecurity
9 145 (13.93%) Disaster Recovery
10 125 (12.01%) Mentoring
11 114 (10.95%) Agile
12 113 (10.85%) Task Automation
13 107 (10.28%) Root Cause Analysis
14 100 (9.61%) Incident Response
15 93 (8.93%) Cloud Security
16 90 (8.65%) Migration
17 87 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
18 86 (8.26%) Computer Science
19 84 (8.07%) Incident Management
20 79 (7.59%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 349 (33.53%) Python
2 225 (21.61%) Bash
3 223 (21.42%) SQL
4 88 (8.45%) C#
5 60 (5.76%) Bicep
6 54 (5.19%) JavaScript
7 47 (4.51%) T-SQL
8 26 (2.50%) Perl
9 23 (2.21%) Go
10 21 (2.02%) Kusto Query Language
11 20 (1.92%) Java
12 13 (1.25%) VB
13 10 (0.96%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.96%) VBScript
14 9 (0.86%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.48%) C++
17 4 (0.38%) PHP
17 4 (0.38%) R
17 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 156 (14.99%) Degree
2 138 (13.26%) Security Cleared
3 97 (9.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 83 (7.97%) SC Cleared
5 76 (7.30%) Azure Certification
6 55 (5.28%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (3.55%) CISSP
9 35 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 24 (2.31%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.21%) CREST Certified
13 21 (2.02%) CEH
14 17 (1.63%) CCNA
14 17 (1.63%) CompTIA CySA+
14 17 (1.63%) DBS Check
14 17 (1.63%) GIAC
15 14 (1.34%) Master's Degree
15 14 (1.34%) OSCP
16 12 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (14.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 121 (11.62%) NIST
3 57 (5.48%) GDPR
4 54 (5.19%) SLA
5 35 (3.36%) NCSC
6 28 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.50%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.63%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.44%) QA
10 14 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (1.34%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.25%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.58%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.48%) GRC
15 3 (0.29%) DICOM
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
System Software
1 379 (36.41%) Active Directory
2 122 (11.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (8.93%) Docker
4 82 (7.88%) Hyper-V
5 36 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
6 32 (3.07%) vSphere
7 24 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (2.02%) Firmware
9 14 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.58%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.58%) XenApp
11 6 (0.58%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.29%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) iptables
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
14 2 (0.19%) Postfix
14 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 197 (18.92%) Terraform
2 164 (15.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 136 (13.06%) Kubernetes
4 118 (11.34%) Ansible
5 44 (4.23%) SCCM
6 37 (3.55%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (2.69%) Grafana
8 19 (1.83%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (1.34%) SCOM
11 13 (1.25%) WSUS
12 12 (1.15%) vCenter Server
13 11 (1.06%) Puppet
14 10 (0.96%) Nessus
15 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.77%) SCVMM
16 8 (0.77%) VxRail
17 7 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
17 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
17 7 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 562 (53.99%) Microsoft
2 204 (19.60%) VMware
3 85 (8.17%) Cisco
4 53 (5.09%) Oracle
4 53 (5.09%) ServiceNow
5 45 (4.32%) Veeam
6 38 (3.65%) Google
7 37 (3.55%) Atlassian
8 33 (3.17%) Splunk
9 32 (3.07%) Palo Alto
10 31 (2.98%) Citrix
11 29 (2.79%) Red Hat
12 26 (2.50%) Commvault
13 25 (2.40%) CyberArk
14 22 (2.11%) SolarWinds
15 21 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
15 21 (2.02%) Dell
16 20 (1.92%) Fortinet
16 20 (1.92%) SAP
17 19 (1.83%) Meraki