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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 78 108
Rank change year-on-year -53 +30 -27
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,255 1,542 2,250
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 3.84% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.08% 12.12% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 938 972 1,798
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,575 £35,250
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 £78,375 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.43% +5.00% -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 15,533 12,725 29,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.39% 31.69% 30.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,240 8,572 23,126
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 25 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 25 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 -16 503 £70,000 -3.45% 99
South East -43 216 £55,000 -4.35% 121
North of England -88 200 £47,500 -9.52% 64
Midlands -38 141 £50,000 - 30
North West -84 105 £50,000 +5.26% 41
South West -42 92 £55,000 +15.79% 23
East of England -20 91 £54,000 +13.68% 28
East Midlands -15 79 £45,000 +28.57% 15
Yorkshire -23 61 £45,000 -21.74% 15
West Midlands -66 61 £51,250 -4.54% 15
North East -27 34 £47,500 -19.15% 11
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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
1 197 (15.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 174 (13.86%) SharePoint
3 45 (3.59%) IIS
4 24 (1.91%) 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 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.20%) 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
5 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
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
1 815 (64.94%) Azure
2 460 (36.65%) Microsoft 365
3 319 (25.42%) Entra ID
4 217 (17.29%) AWS
5 142 (11.31%) Azure DevOps
6 112 (8.92%) Power Platform
7 102 (8.13%) GitHub
8 95 (7.57%) IaaS
9 87 (6.93%) SaaS
10 79 (6.29%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.22%) Azure Monitor
12 66 (5.26%) PaaS
13 63 (5.02%) 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 53 (4.22%) GCP
17 50 (3.98%) Serverless
18 47 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 265 (21.12%) Firewall
2 252 (20.08%) DNS
3 175 (13.94%) VPN
4 165 (13.15%) DHCP
5 112 (8.92%) TCP/IP
6 76 (6.06%) Network Security
7 75 (5.98%) LAN
8 74 (5.90%) WAN
9 60 (4.78%) VLAN
10 49 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (2.55%) SAN
12 30 (2.39%) VoIP
13 29 (2.31%) Wireless
14 27 (2.15%) Broadband
15 21 (1.67%) Kerberos
16 16 (1.27%) SSL
17 15 (1.20%) BGP
18 14 (1.12%) HTTP
18 14 (1.12%) Internet
19 13 (1.04%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (11.71%) SQL Server
2 76 (6.06%) Power BI
3 75 (5.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 41 (3.27%) 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 16 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.04%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.72%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.64%) Tableau
13 7 (0.56%) Metadata
14 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.32%) Power Query
15 4 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 105 (8.37%) Git
2 74 (5.90%) JIRA
3 63 (5.02%) GitLab
4 60 (4.78%) Jenkins
5 33 (2.63%) Bitbucket
6 15 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.12%) 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%) Postman
General
1 373 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 197 (15.70%) Finance
3 154 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (7.57%) Law
5 55 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
6 52 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
8 48 (3.82%) Legal
9 44 (3.51%) Retail
10 29 (2.31%) Public Sector
11 24 (1.91%) Aerospace
12 22 (1.75%) Banking
12 22 (1.75%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.43%) Advertising
14 15 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 8 (0.64%) Aviation
15 8 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.48%) Front Office
16 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 215 (17.13%) Senior
2 159 (12.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 148 (11.79%) Analyst
4 143 (11.39%) Support Engineer
5 131 (10.44%) Azure Engineer
6 123 (9.80%) IT Support
7 122 (9.72%) IT Engineer
8 106 (8.45%) Cloud Engineer
9 93 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
10 78 (6.22%) Security Engineer
11 76 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.18%) Platform Engineer
13 59 (4.70%) Developer
14 54 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
15 53 (4.22%) Lead
16 48 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
17 44 (3.51%) Security Analyst
18 43 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 39 (3.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
20 37 (2.95%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.61%) .NET
2 65 (5.18%) SAML
3 64 (5.10%) REST
4 63 (5.02%) OAuth
5 56 (4.46%) OpenID
6 54 (4.30%) LDAP
7 44 (3.51%) ARM Templates
8 42 (3.35%) JSON
8 42 (3.35%) YAML
9 40 (3.19%) HTML
10 37 (2.95%) .NET Core
11 36 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
11 36 (2.87%) SOAP
12 34 (2.71%) CSS
13 26 (2.07%) GraphQL
13 26 (2.07%) SPFx
14 21 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (1.35%) React
16 17 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (8.05%) Onboarding
2 76 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 73 (5.82%) Security Posture
4 72 (5.74%) Cloud Native
5 60 (4.78%) Driving Licence
6 57 (4.54%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.59%) Security Operations Centre
8 44 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
8 44 (3.51%) Public Cloud
9 43 (3.43%) Cyber Threat
10 42 (3.35%) Data Centre
11 37 (2.95%) PKI
12 36 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
13 33 (2.63%) Cyberattack
14 28 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
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
1 601 (47.89%) Windows
2 292 (23.27%) Linux
3 285 (22.71%) Windows Server
4 76 (6.06%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.06%) Apple iOS
6 50 (3.98%) VMS
7 48 (3.82%) Mac OS
8 42 (3.35%) 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
1 331 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
2 303 (24.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 294 (23.43%) CI/CD
4 278 (22.15%) DevOps
5 264 (21.04%) Cybersecurity
6 229 (18.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 225 (17.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 211 (16.81%) ITIL
9 170 (13.55%) Agile
10 162 (12.91%) Incident Response
11 161 (12.83%) Mentoring
12 158 (12.59%) Root Cause Analysis
13 156 (12.43%) Disaster Recovery
14 130 (10.36%) Containerisation
15 129 (10.28%) High Availability
16 128 (10.20%) Cloud Security
17 121 (9.64%) AI
18 120 (9.56%) SIEM
19 113 (9.00%) Roadmaps
20 110 (8.76%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 498 (39.68%) Python
2 322 (25.66%) Bash
3 275 (21.91%) SQL
4 94 (7.49%) C#
5 92 (7.33%) Bicep
6 77 (6.14%) JavaScript
7 58 (4.62%) T-SQL
8 41 (3.27%) 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 (1.12%) 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
1 149 (11.87%) Security Cleared
2 148 (11.79%) Degree
3 136 (10.84%) Azure Certification
4 123 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 96 (7.65%) SC Cleared
6 51 (4.06%) CISSP
7 50 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
8 45 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (3.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 36 (2.87%) CCNA
11 34 (2.71%) DV Cleared
12 29 (2.31%) DBS Check
13 28 (2.23%) OSCP
14 26 (2.07%) AWS Certification
15 25 (1.99%) CREST Certified
16 24 (1.91%) GIAC
17 23 (1.83%) CEH
18 16 (1.27%) CCNP
18 16 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
19 13 (1.04%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (10.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (8.13%) NIST
3 60 (4.78%) GDPR
4 52 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 38 (3.03%) SLA
6 25 (1.99%) NCSC
7 21 (1.67%) Data Quality
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
1 471 (37.53%) Active Directory
2 197 (15.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (10.84%) Docker
3 136 (10.84%) Hyper-V
4 74 (5.90%) vSphere
5 42 (3.35%) 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%) Firmware
12 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.32%) iptables
14 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 309 (24.62%) Terraform
2 216 (17.21%) Kubernetes
3 188 (14.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 146 (11.63%) Ansible
5 70 (5.58%) Grafana
6 55 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
7 49 (3.90%) Prometheus
8 48 (3.82%) 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 17 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 17 (1.35%) Nessus
13 17 (1.35%) QRadar
14 15 (1.20%) Proxmox
15 14 (1.12%) Graylog
15 14 (1.12%) VxRail
16 12 (0.96%) Nagios
Vendors
1 754 (60.08%) Microsoft
2 244 (19.44%) VMware
3 98 (7.81%) Cisco
4 84 (6.69%) Splunk
5 68 (5.42%) 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 26 (2.07%) Google
12 26 (2.07%) Palo Alto
12 26 (2.07%) Sophos
13 24 (1.91%) Citrix
13 24 (1.91%) Fortinet
14 23 (1.83%) SolarWinds
15 22 (1.75%) Commvault