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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 90 94
Rank change year-on-year -65 +4 -37
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,287 1,419 1,687
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.23% 3.33% 2.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.74% 12.94% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 904 984 1,106
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,250 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% -8.00% +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 16,627 10,963 20,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.86% 25.75% 31.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,152 7,458 12,088
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,329 £47,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -37 459 £70,000 -3.45% 93
South East -38 239 £52,500 -8.70% 77
North of England -92 233 £50,000 - 63
Midlands -29 162 £52,500 +1.94% 36
North West -92 137 £50,000 - 35
East of England -45 96 £57,500 +21.05% 16
South West -67 93 £55,000 +13.40% 42
East Midlands -6 82 £42,500 +15.65% 10
West Midlands -68 80 £55,000 - 26
Yorkshire -52 57 £48,445 -3.11% 18
North East -41 39 £51,500 -14.17% 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
1 243 (18.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 216 (16.78%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.57%) IIS
4 41 (3.19%) Confluence
5 15 (1.17%) nginx
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.16%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.078%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 63 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 36 (2.80%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.078%) Actimize
7 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 801 (62.24%) Azure
2 527 (40.95%) Microsoft 365
3 445 (34.58%) Entra ID
4 231 (17.95%) AWS
5 163 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
6 110 (8.55%) Power Platform
7 109 (8.47%) SaaS
8 104 (8.08%) OneDrive
9 101 (7.85%) IaaS
10 93 (7.23%) GitHub
11 90 (6.99%) Azure Monitor
12 86 (6.68%) Azure Sentinel
13 73 (5.67%) Power Automate
14 72 (5.59%) PaaS
15 71 (5.52%) Azure AKS
16 62 (4.82%) GCP
16 62 (4.82%) Microsoft Purview
17 61 (4.74%) Azure Key Vault
18 60 (4.66%) Microsoft Copilot
19 55 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 312 (24.24%) DNS
2 307 (23.85%) Firewall
3 225 (17.48%) DHCP
3 225 (17.48%) VPN
4 149 (11.58%) TCP/IP
5 83 (6.45%) WAN
6 79 (6.14%) VLAN
7 73 (5.67%) LAN
8 57 (4.43%) Wireless
9 55 (4.27%) Network Security
10 45 (3.50%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (3.03%) SAN
12 31 (2.41%) Kerberos
12 31 (2.41%) SSL
13 26 (2.02%) NAS
14 18 (1.40%) HTTP
15 14 (1.09%) Internet
16 13 (1.01%) VSAN
17 11 (0.85%) SNMP
17 11 (0.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 81 (6.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 56 (4.35%) Power BI
4 22 (1.71%) MongoDB
5 18 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.78%) MySQL
9 10 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.70%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.54%) Redis
13 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.47%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.47%) Metadata
13 6 (0.47%) Power Query
14 5 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
Development Applications
1 88 (6.84%) JIRA
2 80 (6.22%) Git
3 65 (5.05%) GitLab
4 55 (4.27%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.40%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.78%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.47%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.47%) TestRail
10 5 (0.39%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.39%) MSI
10 5 (0.39%) Postman
10 5 (0.39%) Selenium
10 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.31%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 461 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 223 (17.33%) Finance
3 185 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (5.98%) Law
5 52 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
5 52 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (4.04%) Legal
6 45 (3.50%) Retail
7 43 (3.34%) Banking
8 38 (2.95%) Manufacturing
9 36 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (2.41%) Public Sector
11 26 (2.02%) Aerospace
12 12 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 11 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (0.78%) Advertising
14 10 (0.78%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.62%) Aviation
17 6 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 216 (16.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 193 (15.00%) Senior
3 157 (12.20%) Analyst
4 124 (9.63%) Azure Engineer
4 124 (9.63%) Cloud Engineer
5 123 (9.56%) IT Engineer
6 114 (8.86%) Support Engineer
7 100 (7.77%) DevOps Engineer
8 98 (7.61%) IT Support
9 75 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
10 72 (5.59%) Consultant
11 65 (5.05%) IT Support Engineer
11 65 (5.05%) Lead
11 65 (5.05%) Support Analyst
12 53 (4.12%) Security Engineer
13 49 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
14 44 (3.42%) Microsoft Engineer
15 43 (3.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 39 (3.03%) Administrator
16 39 (3.03%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 339 (26.34%) Terraform
2 60 (4.66%) .NET
3 53 (4.12%) ARM Templates
4 49 (3.81%) SAML
5 46 (3.57%) REST
6 38 (2.95%) YAML
7 37 (2.87%) LDAP
8 36 (2.80%) Microsoft Graph
8 36 (2.80%) OpenID
9 33 (2.56%) OAuth
10 26 (2.02%) HTML
11 24 (1.86%) JSON
12 17 (1.32%) CSS
12 17 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
12 17 (1.32%) SPFx
13 14 (1.09%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.09%) ADO
14 13 (1.01%) Kafka
15 12 (0.93%) Middleware
15 12 (0.93%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 120 (9.32%) Onboarding
2 82 (6.37%) Driving Licence
3 79 (6.14%) Cloud Native
4 76 (5.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 67 (5.21%) Security Posture
6 64 (4.97%) Management Information System
7 53 (4.12%) PKI
8 48 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
9 46 (3.57%) Data Centre
9 46 (3.57%) Replication
10 34 (2.64%) Public Cloud
11 33 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
12 28 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.71%) Private Cloud
14 20 (1.55%) Clustering
14 20 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
15 19 (1.48%) AI Agents
15 19 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
16 18 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
17 17 (1.32%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 663 (51.52%) Windows
2 323 (25.10%) Windows Server
3 307 (23.85%) Linux
4 92 (7.15%) Windows 10
5 43 (3.34%) Apple iOS
6 41 (3.19%) Ubuntu
7 38 (2.95%) Android
8 37 (2.87%) macOS
8 37 (2.87%) VMS
9 35 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 32 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 30 (2.33%) CentOS
12 25 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (1.40%) Rocky
13 18 (1.40%) Unix
14 7 (0.54%) Solaris
15 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (31.08%) Problem-Solving
2 320 (24.86%) Infrastructure as Code
3 314 (24.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 304 (23.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 291 (22.61%) DevOps
6 282 (21.91%) CI/CD
7 250 (19.43%) ITIL
8 240 (18.65%) Cybersecurity
9 212 (16.47%) Disaster Recovery
10 177 (13.75%) AI
11 153 (11.89%) Root Cause Analysis
12 145 (11.27%) Platform Engineering
13 144 (11.19%) Cloud Security
13 144 (11.19%) Mentoring
14 143 (11.11%) Migration
15 141 (10.96%) Agile
16 134 (10.41%) High Availability
16 134 (10.41%) Infrastructure Automation
17 131 (10.18%) Incident Response
18 124 (9.63%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 480 (37.30%) Python
2 277 (21.52%) Bash
3 259 (20.12%) SQL
4 118 (9.17%) Bicep
5 72 (5.59%) JavaScript
6 65 (5.05%) C#
7 51 (3.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 41 (3.19%) Java
9 29 (2.25%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.86%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.63%) VBScript
12 16 (1.24%) C++
13 15 (1.17%) Perl
14 13 (1.01%) PHP
15 10 (0.78%) Ruby
16 8 (0.62%) Go
16 8 (0.62%) VB
17 7 (0.54%) VBA
18 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 184 (14.30%) Security Cleared
2 157 (12.20%) Degree
3 148 (11.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 146 (11.34%) Azure Certification
5 118 (9.17%) SC Cleared
6 61 (4.74%) CISSP
7 59 (4.58%) DV Cleared
8 50 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 48 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
10 43 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
11 35 (2.72%) CCNA
12 26 (2.02%) CEH
12 26 (2.02%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.71%) AWS Certification
14 19 (1.48%) CISM
14 19 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 18 (1.40%) GIAC
16 17 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
17 13 (1.01%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (5.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 60 (4.66%) NIST
4 47 (3.65%) SLA
5 34 (2.64%) GDPR
6 23 (1.79%) QA
7 21 (1.63%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.70%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.62%) PMO
12 7 (0.54%) NCSC
12 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.47%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) GRC
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 504 (39.16%) Active Directory
2 225 (17.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 149 (11.58%) Hyper-V
4 121 (9.40%) Docker
5 81 (6.29%) vSphere
6 70 (5.44%) Virtual Machines
7 61 (4.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 34 (2.64%) VMware ESXi
9 30 (2.33%) VMware NSX
10 15 (1.17%) BitLocker
10 15 (1.17%) Firmware
11 8 (0.62%) KVM
12 6 (0.47%) Squid
13 5 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.16%) NFS
16 2 (0.16%) Snort
Systems Management
1 244 (18.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 204 (15.85%) Kubernetes
3 156 (12.12%) Ansible
4 73 (5.67%) Grafana
5 66 (5.13%) SCCM
6 59 (4.58%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (3.03%) Prometheus
8 35 (2.72%) Puppet
9 29 (2.25%) vCenter Server
10 23 (1.79%) Argo
11 21 (1.63%) ZABBIX
12 20 (1.55%) FortiGate
12 20 (1.55%) Proxmox
13 16 (1.24%) QRadar
14 15 (1.17%) Graylog
15 13 (1.01%) Packer
16 12 (0.93%) Progress Chef
17 11 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 11 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
18 10 (0.78%) VxRail
Vendors
1 869 (67.52%) Microsoft
2 268 (20.82%) VMware
3 105 (8.16%) Cisco
4 94 (7.30%) ServiceNow
5 79 (6.14%) Splunk
6 69 (5.36%) Veeam
7 43 (3.34%) Oracle
8 39 (3.03%) Citrix
9 38 (2.95%) Red Hat
10 34 (2.64%) Meraki
10 34 (2.64%) Sage
11 32 (2.49%) Dell
12 31 (2.41%) SolarWinds
13 29 (2.25%) SAP
14 28 (2.18%) Dynatrace
14 28 (2.18%) Sophos
15 26 (2.02%) Google
16 25 (1.94%) CyberArk
17 24 (1.86%) Apple
17 24 (1.86%) Fortinet