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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 76 106
Rank change year-on-year -55 +30 -26
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,262 1,555 2,237
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 3.80% 2.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.07% 12.20% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 950 995 1,791
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
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 £75,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,250
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 15,638 12,744 28,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.42% 31.14% 30.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,332 8,597 22,772
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%

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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 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 28 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 -11 502 £70,000 -3.45% 104
South East -36 222 £54,000 -6.09% 115
North of England -91 203 £47,500 -7.99% 62
Midlands -50 139 £50,000 - 31
North West -84 106 £50,000 +4.38% 39
East of England -15 92 £54,000 +8.00% 27
South West -52 92 £55,000 +15.79% 32
East Midlands -3 77 £45,000 +28.57% 15
Yorkshire -30 63 £45,000 -18.18% 14
West Midlands -69 61 £51,250 -5.69% 16
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
1 200 (15.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 176 (13.95%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.65%) IIS
4 25 (1.98%) Confluence
5 3 (0.24%) nginx
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) SAS
6 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.079%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.079%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.079%) Site Server
7 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 76 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.32%) Raiser’s Edge
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.079%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.079%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.079%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.079%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 818 (64.82%) Azure
2 461 (36.53%) Microsoft 365
3 318 (25.20%) Entra ID
4 217 (17.19%) AWS
5 145 (11.49%) Azure DevOps
6 113 (8.95%) Power Platform
7 104 (8.24%) GitHub
8 97 (7.69%) IaaS
9 86 (6.81%) SaaS
10 80 (6.34%) OneDrive
11 79 (6.26%) Azure Monitor
12 68 (5.39%) PaaS
13 65 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
14 61 (4.83%) Azure AKS
15 60 (4.75%) Azure Sentinel
16 57 (4.52%) Azure Key Vault
16 57 (4.52%) Power Automate
17 54 (4.28%) GCP
18 50 (3.96%) Serverless
19 47 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 274 (21.71%) Firewall
2 256 (20.29%) DNS
3 180 (14.26%) VPN
4 169 (13.39%) DHCP
5 114 (9.03%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.10%) LAN
6 77 (6.10%) Network Security
7 76 (6.02%) WAN
8 64 (5.07%) VLAN
9 50 (3.96%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (2.69%) Wireless
11 33 (2.61%) SAN
12 29 (2.30%) VoIP
13 22 (1.74%) Broadband
13 22 (1.74%) Kerberos
14 16 (1.27%) SSL
15 15 (1.19%) BGP
16 14 (1.11%) HTTP
16 14 (1.11%) Internet
17 13 (1.03%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (12.04%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.10%) Azure SQL Database
3 76 (6.02%) Power BI
4 41 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.98%) MySQL
6 25 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.66%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.03%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.63%) 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
1 106 (8.40%) Git
2 75 (5.94%) JIRA
3 64 (5.07%) GitLab
4 61 (4.83%) Jenkins
5 33 (2.61%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.11%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.03%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 11 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.71%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.63%) Robot Framework
12 7 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (0.55%) 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
1 381 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 202 (16.01%) Finance
3 157 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (7.61%) Law
5 52 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (3.88%) Legal
9 43 (3.41%) Retail
10 29 (2.30%) Public Sector
11 24 (1.90%) Aerospace
12 23 (1.82%) Banking
13 22 (1.74%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.35%) Advertising
15 15 (1.19%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.55%) Aviation
18 6 (0.48%) Front Office
18 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 214 (16.96%) Senior
2 159 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 150 (11.89%) Analyst
4 144 (11.41%) Support Engineer
5 132 (10.46%) Azure Engineer
6 126 (9.98%) IT Engineer
7 125 (9.90%) IT Support
8 107 (8.48%) Cloud Engineer
9 96 (7.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 79 (6.26%) Security Engineer
11 77 (6.10%) IT Support Engineer
12 66 (5.23%) Platform Engineer
13 57 (4.52%) Developer
14 54 (4.28%) 2nd Line Support
15 53 (4.20%) Lead
16 47 (3.72%) Systems Engineer
17 44 (3.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 43 (3.41%) Security Analyst
19 40 (3.17%) Architect
20 39 (3.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (6.74%) .NET
2 62 (4.91%) SAML
3 60 (4.75%) OAuth
4 59 (4.68%) REST
5 53 (4.20%) OpenID
6 50 (3.96%) LDAP
7 47 (3.72%) ARM Templates
8 42 (3.33%) JSON
8 42 (3.33%) YAML
9 40 (3.17%) HTML
10 37 (2.93%) .NET Core
11 36 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
12 33 (2.61%) CSS
13 31 (2.46%) SOAP
14 25 (1.98%) SPFx
15 21 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
15 21 (1.66%) GraphQL
16 19 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (1.35%) XML
18 16 (1.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.92%) Onboarding
2 76 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 74 (5.86%) Cloud Native
4 73 (5.78%) Security Posture
5 61 (4.83%) Driving Licence
6 57 (4.52%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
8 44 (3.49%) Public Cloud
9 43 (3.41%) Cyber Defence
10 42 (3.33%) Data Centre
11 38 (3.01%) Cyber Threat
12 37 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (2.93%) PKI
13 30 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
14 28 (2.22%) Cyberattack
15 22 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.74%) Private Cloud
16 21 (1.66%) Replication
17 18 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
18 16 (1.27%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 605 (47.94%) Windows
2 295 (23.38%) Linux
3 288 (22.82%) Windows Server
4 75 (5.94%) Windows 10
5 50 (3.96%) Apple iOS
5 50 (3.96%) VMS
6 47 (3.72%) Mac OS
7 40 (3.17%) Android
8 37 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (2.46%) CentOS
10 28 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 28 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (1.98%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.87%) Unix
13 8 (0.63%) Debian
14 4 (0.32%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.24%) AIX
16 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (26.94%) Problem-Solving
2 305 (24.17%) Infrastructure as Code
3 299 (23.69%) CI/CD
4 282 (22.35%) DevOps
5 259 (20.52%) Cybersecurity
6 232 (18.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 230 (18.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 214 (16.96%) ITIL
9 170 (13.47%) Agile
10 160 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
10 160 (12.68%) Incident Response
11 158 (12.52%) Mentoring
12 157 (12.44%) Root Cause Analysis
13 132 (10.46%) Containerisation
14 130 (10.30%) High Availability
15 127 (10.06%) Cloud Security
16 121 (9.59%) SIEM
17 120 (9.51%) AI
18 111 (8.80%) Observability
19 110 (8.72%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 504 (39.94%) Python
2 318 (25.20%) Bash
3 273 (21.63%) SQL
4 96 (7.61%) Bicep
4 96 (7.61%) C#
5 76 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 54 (4.28%) T-SQL
7 41 (3.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 32 (2.54%) Java
9 27 (2.14%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.51%) C++
11 17 (1.35%) VBScript
12 15 (1.19%) PHP
13 13 (1.03%) Perl
14 11 (0.87%) Go
14 11 (0.87%) VB
15 10 (0.79%) VBA
16 9 (0.71%) Ruby
17 8 (0.63%) C
18 6 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 151 (11.97%) Security Cleared
2 149 (11.81%) Degree
3 138 (10.94%) Azure Certification
4 123 (9.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 96 (7.61%) SC Cleared
6 52 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
7 51 (4.04%) CISSP
8 45 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (3.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 38 (3.01%) CCNA
11 36 (2.85%) DV Cleared
12 29 (2.30%) DBS Check
13 28 (2.22%) OSCP
14 26 (2.06%) AWS Certification
15 25 (1.98%) CREST Certified
16 24 (1.90%) GIAC
17 23 (1.82%) CEH
18 17 (1.35%) CCNP
19 16 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
20 13 (1.03%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (10.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 97 (7.69%) NIST
3 62 (4.91%) GDPR
4 53 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 38 (3.01%) SLA
6 21 (1.66%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.58%) NCSC
7 20 (1.58%) QA
8 17 (1.35%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.35%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.95%) ISO 22301
10 11 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.71%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.48%) DICOM
12 6 (0.48%) PMO
13 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 471 (37.32%) Active Directory
2 199 (15.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 137 (10.86%) Docker
3 137 (10.86%) Hyper-V
4 77 (6.10%) vSphere
5 44 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
6 37 (2.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (1.82%) BitLocker
8 16 (1.27%) VMware NSX
9 12 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.79%) KVM
11 8 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.63%) 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
1 313 (24.80%) Terraform
2 218 (17.27%) Kubernetes
3 189 (14.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 148 (11.73%) Ansible
5 71 (5.63%) Grafana
6 56 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
7 50 (3.96%) Prometheus
8 46 (3.65%) SCCM
9 25 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.66%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.58%) Argo
11 20 (1.58%) Packer
12 19 (1.51%) ZABBIX
13 18 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 18 (1.43%) QRadar
14 17 (1.35%) Nessus
15 15 (1.19%) Proxmox
16 14 (1.11%) Graylog
16 14 (1.11%) VxRail
17 12 (0.95%) Nagios
Vendors
1 763 (60.46%) Microsoft
2 246 (19.49%) VMware
3 98 (7.77%) Cisco
4 84 (6.66%) Splunk
5 70 (5.55%) ServiceNow
6 56 (4.44%) Red Hat
7 49 (3.88%) Veeam
8 39 (3.09%) Meraki
8 39 (3.09%) Oracle
9 30 (2.38%) Apple
10 29 (2.30%) CrowdStrike
10 29 (2.30%) Tenable
11 28 (2.22%) Dell
12 27 (2.14%) Sophos
13 26 (2.06%) Google
14 25 (1.98%) Palo Alto
15 24 (1.90%) Citrix
16 23 (1.82%) Fortinet
16 23 (1.82%) SolarWinds
17 22 (1.74%) Commvault