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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 74 105
Rank change year-on-year -65 +31 -29
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,291 1,617 1,765
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.39% 3.71% 2.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.75% 12.60% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 972 1,057 1,355
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -0.86% -3.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £78,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 16,666 12,832 21,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.90% 29.46% 29.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,143 8,567 16,041
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +4.92% -6.15%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -33 478 £70,000 -6.67% 241
South East -31 248 £54,000 -6.09% 124
North of England -94 217 £50,000 +5.26% 99
Midlands -37 156 £51,250 +2.50% 43
North West -83 120 £53,250 +15.76% 70
East of England -40 97 £57,500 +9.52% 40
South West -72 84 £55,000 +15.79% 47
East Midlands -8 81 £42,500 +21.43% 18
West Midlands -69 75 £54,344 -1.19% 25
Yorkshire -31 60 £42,500 -16.26% 22
North East -25 37 £50,000 -16.67% 9
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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
1 217 (16.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 193 (14.95%) SharePoint
3 49 (3.80%) IIS
4 33 (2.56%) Confluence
5 10 (0.77%) nginx
6 5 (0.39%) Apache
6 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.31%) SAS
8 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.077%) Site Server
9 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 828 (64.14%) Azure
2 486 (37.65%) Microsoft 365
3 348 (26.96%) Entra ID
4 242 (18.75%) AWS
5 151 (11.70%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (7.90%) Power Platform
7 99 (7.67%) IaaS
8 98 (7.59%) GitHub
9 95 (7.36%) SaaS
10 92 (7.13%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.04%) Azure Monitor
12 72 (5.58%) Azure Sentinel
13 68 (5.27%) PaaS
14 67 (5.19%) Azure AKS
15 62 (4.80%) GCP
16 60 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
16 60 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (4.65%) Power Automate
17 48 (3.72%) Datadog
18 46 (3.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 296 (22.93%) Firewall
2 276 (21.38%) DNS
3 183 (14.18%) VPN
4 180 (13.94%) DHCP
5 130 (10.07%) TCP/IP
6 80 (6.20%) WAN
7 74 (5.73%) LAN
8 71 (5.50%) Network Security
9 63 (4.88%) VLAN
10 43 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (3.10%) Wireless
12 39 (3.02%) SAN
13 35 (2.71%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.70%) SSL
15 21 (1.63%) VoIP
16 20 (1.55%) NAS
17 18 (1.39%) HTTP
18 16 (1.24%) Internet
19 12 (0.93%) VSAN
20 11 (0.85%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.15%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 64 (4.96%) Power BI
4 31 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.78%) MongoDB
6 20 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.32%) MySQL
9 14 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.46%) Power Query
14 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.39%) Redis
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
15 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 107 (8.29%) Git
2 90 (6.97%) JIRA
3 66 (5.11%) GitLab
4 57 (4.42%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.40%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.08%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.85%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.54%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 7 (0.54%) TestRail
9 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.46%) Selenium
10 5 (0.39%) Postman
11 4 (0.31%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.23%) JMeter
12 3 (0.23%) MSI
General
1 411 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 209 (16.19%) Finance
3 174 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.13%) Law
5 53 (4.11%) Legal
6 52 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.49%) Retail
9 33 (2.56%) Banking
9 33 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 28 (2.17%) Public Sector
12 25 (1.94%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.32%) Advertising
14 12 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.85%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.77%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.62%) Front Office
17 8 (0.62%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 199 (15.41%) Senior
2 175 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (10.61%) Analyst
4 133 (10.30%) Support Engineer
5 131 (10.15%) Azure Engineer
6 125 (9.68%) IT Engineer
7 123 (9.53%) Cloud Engineer
8 118 (9.14%) IT Support
9 98 (7.59%) DevOps Engineer
10 71 (5.50%) Security Engineer
11 69 (5.34%) IT Support Engineer
12 66 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
13 65 (5.03%) Lead
14 58 (4.49%) Developer
15 51 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support
15 51 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
16 47 (3.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 41 (3.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 40 (3.10%) Administrator
18 40 (3.10%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.27%) .NET
2 55 (4.26%) ARM Templates
3 52 (4.03%) SAML
4 48 (3.72%) OAuth
5 47 (3.64%) REST
6 44 (3.41%) YAML
7 42 (3.25%) HTML
7 42 (3.25%) OpenID
8 40 (3.10%) LDAP
9 38 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
10 34 (2.63%) JSON
11 33 (2.56%) .NET Core
12 31 (2.40%) CSS
13 24 (1.86%) SPFx
14 20 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
16 16 (1.24%) RESTful
17 15 (1.16%) Middleware
18 13 (1.01%) ASP.NET
18 13 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.98%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.43%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.58%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (5.11%) Security Posture
5 65 (5.03%) Management Information System
6 57 (4.42%) Driving Licence
7 48 (3.72%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.41%) Public Cloud
9 42 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
10 38 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (2.79%) PKI
11 36 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
13 26 (2.01%) Private Cloud
13 26 (2.01%) Replication
14 22 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
15 20 (1.55%) Clustering
16 18 (1.39%) CMDB
17 15 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 635 (49.19%) Windows
2 310 (24.01%) Linux
3 297 (23.01%) Windows Server
4 77 (5.96%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.03%) Apple iOS
6 43 (3.33%) Android
6 43 (3.33%) Mac OS
6 43 (3.33%) VMS
7 36 (2.79%) CentOS
8 35 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 35 (2.71%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.48%) Ubuntu
10 26 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (0.93%) Unix
12 6 (0.46%) Debian
13 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.39%) Rocky
14 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.31%) Solaris
14 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (26.65%) Problem-Solving
2 314 (24.32%) CI/CD
2 314 (24.32%) Infrastructure as Code
3 294 (22.77%) DevOps
4 257 (19.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 254 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 246 (19.05%) ITIL
7 238 (18.44%) Cybersecurity
8 169 (13.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 161 (12.47%) Root Cause Analysis
10 158 (12.24%) Agile
10 158 (12.24%) Incident Response
11 146 (11.31%) Mentoring
12 145 (11.23%) High Availability
13 133 (10.30%) AI
14 131 (10.15%) Containerisation
15 128 (9.91%) Observability
16 125 (9.68%) Cloud Security
17 122 (9.45%) Platform Engineering
17 122 (9.45%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 508 (39.35%) Python
2 297 (23.01%) Bash
3 264 (20.45%) SQL
4 107 (8.29%) Bicep
5 94 (7.28%) C#
6 81 (6.27%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 40 (3.10%) Java
9 35 (2.71%) T-SQL
10 31 (2.40%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.63%) VBScript
12 18 (1.39%) C++
13 16 (1.24%) Perl
13 16 (1.24%) PHP
14 10 (0.77%) Ruby
14 10 (0.77%) VB
14 10 (0.77%) VBA
15 9 (0.70%) Go
16 8 (0.62%) C
17 6 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 169 (13.09%) Security Cleared
2 156 (12.08%) Degree
3 149 (11.54%) Azure Certification
4 131 (10.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 113 (8.75%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (4.11%) CISSP
7 53 (4.11%) CompTIA Security+
8 50 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 44 (3.41%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.18%) CCNA
11 26 (2.01%) CEH
12 25 (1.94%) AWS Certification
12 25 (1.94%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.70%) GIAC
14 19 (1.47%) OSCP
15 16 (1.24%) CCNP
15 16 (1.24%) CISM
16 15 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 13 (1.01%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (8.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (5.27%) NIST
3 61 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (4.11%) GDPR
5 43 (3.33%) SLA
6 26 (2.01%) QA
7 20 (1.55%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.32%) SOC 2
9 15 (1.16%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.70%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.39%) NCSC
12 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.31%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.23%) DICOM
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.15%) EMIR
15 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 473 (36.64%) Active Directory
2 210 (16.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (11.23%) Hyper-V
4 136 (10.53%) Docker
5 75 (5.81%) vSphere
6 52 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
7 44 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.78%) BitLocker
9 19 (1.47%) VMware NSX
10 15 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 9 (0.70%) KVM
13 8 (0.62%) Squid
14 6 (0.46%) Firmware
15 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.15%) iptables
17 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 339 (26.26%) Terraform
2 231 (17.89%) Kubernetes
3 216 (16.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 167 (12.94%) Ansible
5 81 (6.27%) Grafana
6 59 (4.57%) SCCM
7 50 (3.87%) Prometheus
7 50 (3.87%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
8 23 (1.78%) ZABBIX
9 21 (1.63%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.55%) Argo
10 20 (1.55%) Packer
10 20 (1.55%) QRadar
11 19 (1.47%) Proxmox
12 16 (1.24%) Puppet
13 14 (1.08%) Graylog
14 12 (0.93%) Nagios
14 12 (0.93%) VxRail
15 10 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 812 (62.90%) Microsoft
2 252 (19.52%) VMware
3 118 (9.14%) Cisco
4 105 (8.13%) ServiceNow
5 91 (7.05%) Splunk
6 62 (4.80%) Red Hat
7 57 (4.42%) Veeam
8 46 (3.56%) Oracle
9 44 (3.41%) Meraki
10 34 (2.63%) Citrix
11 32 (2.48%) Dynatrace
12 31 (2.40%) Sophos
13 30 (2.32%) Apple
13 30 (2.32%) Dell
13 30 (2.32%) Tenable
14 27 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
15 25 (1.94%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.70%) Okta
16 22 (1.70%) Palo Alto
17 21 (1.63%) CyberArk