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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 87 91
Rank change year-on-year -49 +4 -1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,106 1,226 2,291
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.50% 3.35% 2.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.38% 9.90% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 873 1,007 1,971
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -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 13,196 12,389 26,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.94% 33.89% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,427 9,342 22,283
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,628
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £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 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -6 507 £70,000 -12.50% 123
South East -49 193 £57,500 -2.13% 97
North of England -55 134 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -61 97 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South West -29 96 £55,000 +15.79% 60
North West -45 67 £55,000 +17.02% 35
East of England -46 67 £40,000 -27.27% 34
East Midlands -36 55 £55,000 +15.79% 16
Yorkshire -39 55 £47,500 -9.52% 16
West Midlands -48 41 £48,000 -4.00% 29
North East -29 12 £45,000 -21.74% 15
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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
1 174 (15.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (11.93%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.98%) IIS
4 20 (1.81%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (1.27%) Confluence
6 6 (0.54%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.090%) Site Server
Applications
1 49 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.27%) CATIA
4 3 (0.27%) Siemens NX
4 3 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.27%) Windchill
5 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.27%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.090%) Actimize
5 1 (0.090%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.090%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.090%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 706 (63.83%) Azure
2 387 (34.99%) Microsoft 365
3 280 (25.32%) Entra ID
4 197 (17.81%) AWS
5 105 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
6 95 (8.59%) Power Platform
7 88 (7.96%) GitHub
8 71 (6.42%) GCP
9 66 (5.97%) SaaS
10 64 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
11 57 (5.15%) OneDrive
12 54 (4.88%) PaaS
13 53 (4.79%) IaaS
14 44 (3.98%) Azure Monitor
15 43 (3.89%) Google Workspace
16 40 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
16 40 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
17 39 (3.53%) Power Automate
18 37 (3.35%) Nutanix
19 35 (3.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 212 (19.17%) DNS
2 199 (17.99%) Firewall
3 157 (14.20%) DHCP
4 119 (10.76%) VPN
5 98 (8.86%) TCP/IP
6 56 (5.06%) Network Security
7 53 (4.79%) WAN
8 52 (4.70%) LAN
9 47 (4.25%) VLAN
10 44 (3.98%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.07%) VoIP
12 33 (2.98%) SAN
13 29 (2.62%) Wireless
14 28 (2.53%) Broadband
15 22 (1.99%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.27%) VSAN
17 12 (1.08%) WinSCP
18 11 (0.99%) Internet
19 10 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
19 10 (0.90%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (11.75%) SQL Server
2 80 (7.23%) Power BI
3 33 (2.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.35%) MySQL
5 26 (2.35%) Oracle Database
6 25 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (2.17%) Oracle Database 10g
8 21 (1.90%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.54%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.27%) Tableau
12 11 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.72%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.63%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.54%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.54%) Metadata
16 5 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 86 (7.78%) Git
2 62 (5.61%) Jenkins
3 59 (5.33%) JIRA
4 45 (4.07%) GitLab
5 27 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 20 (1.81%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 13 (1.18%) Metasploit
8 13 (1.18%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.81%) Burp Suite
10 8 (0.72%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.72%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.45%) TestRail
13 4 (0.36%) MLflow
13 4 (0.36%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.27%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 354 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 206 (18.63%) Finance
3 135 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.24%) Law
5 49 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.62%) Legal
7 40 (3.62%) Retail
8 34 (3.07%) Public Sector
9 33 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (2.71%) Banking
11 23 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.63%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.27%) Advertising
14 8 (0.72%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.72%) Front Office
15 6 (0.54%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.45%) Electronics
16 5 (0.45%) Marketing
16 5 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 165 (14.92%) Senior
2 142 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 130 (11.75%) Support Engineer
4 108 (9.76%) Analyst
5 107 (9.67%) Azure Engineer
6 99 (8.95%) IT Support
7 77 (6.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 75 (6.78%) IT Engineer
8 75 (6.78%) Security Engineer
9 65 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
10 57 (5.15%) Lead
11 55 (4.97%) 3rd Line Support
11 55 (4.97%) IT Support Engineer
12 52 (4.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 49 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support
13 49 (4.43%) Developer
14 44 (3.98%) Platform Engineer
15 42 (3.80%) Architect
16 35 (3.16%) Security Analyst
17 32 (2.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.97%) .NET
2 56 (5.06%) REST
3 53 (4.79%) OAuth
4 48 (4.34%) SAML
5 47 (4.25%) OpenID
6 35 (3.16%) LDAP
7 32 (2.89%) SOAP
8 31 (2.80%) .NET Core
9 29 (2.62%) JSON
10 26 (2.35%) YAML
11 25 (2.26%) ARM Templates
11 25 (2.26%) GraphQL
12 22 (1.99%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (1.72%) CSS
14 18 (1.63%) SPFx
15 17 (1.54%) HTML
15 17 (1.54%) Node.js
15 17 (1.54%) React
16 16 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
17 11 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.14%) Onboarding
2 70 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 58 (5.24%) Security Posture
4 43 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (3.89%) Management Information System
5 41 (3.71%) Driving Licence
6 40 (3.62%) Cyber Threat
7 39 (3.53%) Cloud Native
8 38 (3.44%) Cyber Defence
9 31 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
9 31 (2.80%) Cyberattack
10 29 (2.62%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
11 27 (2.44%) Public Cloud
12 24 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.90%) PKI
14 20 (1.81%) CMDB
15 19 (1.72%) Replication
16 18 (1.63%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 520 (47.02%) Windows
2 258 (23.33%) Windows Server
3 239 (21.61%) Linux
4 69 (6.24%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.88%) Mac OS
6 38 (3.44%) Unix
7 37 (3.35%) Android
8 36 (3.25%) Apple iOS
8 36 (3.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 22 (1.99%) CentOS
11 22 (1.99%) Solaris
11 22 (1.99%) VMS
12 20 (1.81%) HPUX
12 20 (1.81%) Windows 7
12 20 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
12 20 (1.81%) Windows Server 2008
13 16 (1.45%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
2 235 (21.25%) DevOps
3 220 (19.89%) CI/CD
4 217 (19.62%) Infrastructure as Code
5 206 (18.63%) ITIL
6 205 (18.54%) Cybersecurity
7 203 (18.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 180 (16.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 144 (13.02%) Incident Response
10 141 (12.75%) Disaster Recovery
11 135 (12.21%) Mentoring
12 123 (11.12%) Agile
13 117 (10.58%) Root Cause Analysis
14 103 (9.31%) Cloud Security
15 101 (9.13%) Task Automation
16 99 (8.95%) Containerisation
16 99 (8.95%) SIEM
17 94 (8.50%) Roadmaps
18 89 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
19 87 (7.87%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 412 (37.25%) Python
2 255 (23.06%) Bash
3 225 (20.34%) SQL
4 68 (6.15%) C#
4 68 (6.15%) JavaScript
5 65 (5.88%) Bicep
6 52 (4.70%) T-SQL
7 30 (2.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 27 (2.44%) Perl
9 18 (1.63%) Java
10 13 (1.18%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.99%) Go
12 9 (0.81%) C++
12 9 (0.81%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.72%) VB
14 7 (0.63%) C
14 7 (0.63%) PHP
15 6 (0.54%) Delphi
15 6 (0.54%) Ruby
16 5 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 147 (13.29%) Degree
2 139 (12.57%) Security Cleared
3 93 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 90 (8.14%) Azure Certification
5 81 (7.32%) SC Cleared
6 57 (5.15%) DV Cleared
7 51 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (3.98%) CISSP
9 31 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (2.26%) AWS Certification
11 24 (2.17%) CREST Certified
11 24 (2.17%) GIAC
12 23 (2.08%) OSCP
13 22 (1.99%) CEH
14 21 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
15 20 (1.81%) CCNA
15 20 (1.81%) CompTIA CySA+
16 15 (1.36%) DBS Check
17 13 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 12 (1.08%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (13.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 128 (11.57%) NIST
3 62 (5.61%) SLA
4 60 (5.42%) GDPR
5 35 (3.16%) NCSC
6 27 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.81%) ISO 22301
8 18 (1.63%) Data Quality
9 16 (1.45%) QA
10 15 (1.36%) Accessibility
10 15 (1.36%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.99%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.54%) DICOM
14 5 (0.45%) GRC
15 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
17 2 (0.18%) COBIT
17 2 (0.18%) HL7
System Software
1 417 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 136 (12.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (10.40%) Docker
4 102 (9.22%) Hyper-V
5 45 (4.07%) vSphere
6 31 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (1.45%) Firmware
7 16 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.81%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.81%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.36%) iptables
12 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.27%) XenApp
14 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.18%) KVM
Systems Management
1 234 (21.16%) Terraform
2 170 (15.37%) Kubernetes
3 163 (14.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 135 (12.21%) Ansible
5 49 (4.43%) Grafana
6 42 (3.80%) SCCM
7 41 (3.71%) Single Sign-On
8 31 (2.80%) Prometheus
9 22 (1.99%) Jamf Pro
10 18 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.63%) vCenter Server
11 13 (1.18%) Nessus
12 12 (1.08%) VxRail
13 9 (0.81%) Puppet
14 8 (0.72%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.72%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.63%) logstash
15 7 (0.63%) WSUS
16 6 (0.54%) Nagios
16 6 (0.54%) QRadar
Vendors
1 614 (55.52%) Microsoft
2 227 (20.52%) VMware
3 101 (9.13%) Cisco
4 53 (4.79%) Splunk
5 52 (4.70%) ServiceNow
6 47 (4.25%) Oracle
6 47 (4.25%) Red Hat
7 44 (3.98%) Veeam
8 35 (3.16%) Google
9 34 (3.07%) Commvault
9 34 (3.07%) Palo Alto
10 32 (2.89%) CrowdStrike
11 28 (2.53%) Dell
12 27 (2.44%) Meraki
13 26 (2.35%) Citrix
14 25 (2.26%) CyberArk
15 24 (2.17%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.99%) Apple
17 21 (1.90%) Dynatrace
18 19 (1.72%) Atlassian