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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 94 86
Rank change year-on-year -32 -8 +1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,069 1,302 2,309
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.64% 3.32% 3.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.99% 9.52% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 846 1,025 2,002
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,775
25th Percentile £42,125 £46,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +12.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,188 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £88,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 11,889 13,673 25,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.23% 34.89% 34.45%
Number of salaries quoted 8,691 9,351 21,784
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -8 477 £70,000 -12.50% 135
South East -46 193 £56,623 -5.63% 115
North of England -49 137 £47,500 -9.52% 59
South West +1 102 £55,000 +4.76% 53
Midlands -57 88 £52,500 +5.00% 43
Yorkshire -39 66 £47,500 -9.52% 20
North West -39 56 £51,000 +2.00% 27
East of England -29 54 £40,000 -27.27% 44
East Midlands -29 47 £55,000 +8.91% 20
West Midlands -57 40 £48,250 -3.50% 23
North East -20 15 £46,250 -22.92% 13
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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
1 177 (16.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (12.07%) SharePoint
3 33 (3.09%) IIS
4 22 (2.06%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (1.22%) Confluence
6 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.28%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.094%) Site Server
Applications
1 45 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) CATIA
5 3 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Windchill
6 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.56%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.37%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.094%) Actimize
6 1 (0.094%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.094%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.094%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 668 (62.49%) Azure
2 365 (34.14%) Microsoft 365
3 277 (25.91%) Entra ID
4 186 (17.40%) AWS
5 112 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
6 98 (9.17%) Power Platform
7 82 (7.67%) GitHub
8 74 (6.92%) GCP
9 65 (6.08%) PaaS
10 62 (5.80%) SaaS
11 59 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (4.86%) Azure Monitor
12 52 (4.86%) IaaS
13 45 (4.21%) OneDrive
14 43 (4.02%) Google Workspace
15 39 (3.65%) Power Automate
16 38 (3.55%) Azure Sentinel
17 35 (3.27%) Nutanix
18 33 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
19 31 (2.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 208 (19.46%) DNS
2 202 (18.90%) Firewall
3 162 (15.15%) DHCP
4 128 (11.97%) VPN
5 100 (9.35%) TCP/IP
6 58 (5.43%) WAN
7 55 (5.14%) LAN
8 48 (4.49%) VLAN
9 45 (4.21%) Network Security
10 43 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.18%) SAN
11 34 (3.18%) VoIP
12 31 (2.90%) Wireless
13 28 (2.62%) Broadband
14 27 (2.53%) SD-WAN
15 16 (1.50%) VSAN
16 12 (1.12%) NAS
16 12 (1.12%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.03%) Internet
18 10 (0.94%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (12.63%) SQL Server
2 81 (7.58%) Power BI
3 28 (2.62%) Oracle Database
4 27 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (2.43%) Oracle Database 10g
6 25 (2.34%) MySQL
6 25 (2.34%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.40%) Tableau
10 14 (1.31%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.56%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.47%) Metadata
15 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 75 (7.02%) Git
2 72 (6.74%) JIRA
3 63 (5.89%) Jenkins
4 40 (3.74%) GitLab
5 26 (2.43%) Bitbucket
5 26 (2.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 18 (1.68%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 14 (1.31%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.94%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.84%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.65%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.47%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.37%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.37%) MLflow
14 4 (0.37%) TestRail
15 3 (0.28%) Balsamiq
15 3 (0.28%) JMeter
15 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 365 (34.14%) Social Skills
2 219 (20.49%) Finance
3 123 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (4.86%) Law
5 44 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
6 39 (3.65%) Retail
7 33 (3.09%) Legal
8 32 (2.99%) Banking
8 32 (2.99%) Public Sector
9 28 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.53%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.59%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.03%) Advertising
13 9 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.75%) Front Office
14 8 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.65%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.47%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 145 (13.56%) Senior
2 135 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 125 (11.69%) Support Engineer
4 103 (9.64%) Analyst
5 90 (8.42%) Azure Engineer
6 85 (7.95%) IT Support
7 75 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
8 71 (6.64%) Security Engineer
9 64 (5.99%) IT Engineer
10 60 (5.61%) Cloud Engineer
10 60 (5.61%) Developer
11 55 (5.14%) 3rd Line Support
11 55 (5.14%) Lead
12 48 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
13 45 (4.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 42 (3.93%) Platform Engineer
15 39 (3.65%) Architect
16 38 (3.55%) 2nd Line Support
17 35 (3.27%) Support Analyst
18 32 (2.99%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.71%) .NET
2 59 (5.52%) REST
3 49 (4.58%) OAuth
4 47 (4.40%) SAML
5 44 (4.12%) OpenID
6 33 (3.09%) LDAP
7 32 (2.99%) SOAP
8 29 (2.71%) YAML
9 27 (2.53%) JSON
10 25 (2.34%) GraphQL
11 23 (2.15%) ARM Templates
12 21 (1.96%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.78%) Microsoft Graph
14 17 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.50%) React
16 14 (1.31%) Node.js
17 12 (1.12%) Middleware
17 12 (1.12%) Web Services
18 10 (0.94%) CSS
19 9 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.23%) Onboarding
2 74 (6.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 55 (5.14%) Security Posture
4 41 (3.84%) Driving Licence
5 37 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
5 37 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (3.37%) Cyber Defence
7 35 (3.27%) Management Information System
8 32 (2.99%) Cloud Native
9 30 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (2.81%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (2.43%) Cyberattack
12 22 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
13 21 (1.96%) PKI
14 18 (1.68%) CMDB
15 17 (1.59%) Replication
16 15 (1.40%) Hedge funds
16 15 (1.40%) Virtual Team
17 14 (1.31%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 488 (45.65%) Windows
2 253 (23.67%) Windows Server
3 215 (20.11%) Linux
4 63 (5.89%) Windows 10
5 56 (5.24%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.84%) Unix
7 32 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 32 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 31 (2.90%) Android
9 24 (2.25%) Apple iOS
9 24 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (2.25%) Solaris
9 24 (2.25%) Windows Server 2008
10 22 (2.06%) CentOS
10 22 (2.06%) HPUX
10 22 (2.06%) VMS
10 22 (2.06%) Windows 7
10 22 (2.06%) Windows Server 2003
11 15 (1.40%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (29.84%) Problem-Solving
2 244 (22.83%) DevOps
3 211 (19.74%) CI/CD
4 205 (19.18%) ITIL
5 194 (18.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 192 (17.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 184 (17.21%) Cybersecurity
8 174 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 150 (14.03%) Disaster Recovery
10 132 (12.35%) Incident Response
11 131 (12.25%) Mentoring
12 109 (10.20%) Agile
13 106 (9.92%) Root Cause Analysis
14 98 (9.17%) Cloud Security
15 96 (8.98%) Task Automation
16 92 (8.61%) Computer Science
17 90 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
17 90 (8.42%) Migration
17 90 (8.42%) SIEM
18 86 (8.04%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 379 (35.45%) Python
2 240 (22.45%) Bash
3 222 (20.77%) SQL
4 68 (6.36%) JavaScript
5 62 (5.80%) C#
6 59 (5.52%) Bicep
7 54 (5.05%) T-SQL
8 28 (2.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.34%) Perl
10 16 (1.50%) Java
11 13 (1.22%) Go
12 10 (0.94%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.75%) PHP
14 7 (0.65%) VB
15 6 (0.56%) C++
15 6 (0.56%) Delphi
16 5 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.47%) TypeScript
17 4 (0.37%) C
17 4 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 159 (14.87%) Degree
2 133 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 96 (8.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 82 (7.67%) Azure Certification
5 80 (7.48%) SC Cleared
6 54 (5.05%) DV Cleared
7 46 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (3.84%) CISSP
9 31 (2.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 27 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.25%) CEH
11 24 (2.25%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.15%) AWS Certification
13 22 (2.06%) GIAC
14 20 (1.87%) CompTIA CySA+
14 20 (1.87%) OSCP
15 19 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (1.50%) CCNA
17 15 (1.40%) DBS Check
18 13 (1.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (15.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (12.82%) NIST
3 63 (5.89%) SLA
4 58 (5.43%) GDPR
5 39 (3.65%) NCSC
6 32 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 22 (2.06%) ISO 22301
8 19 (1.78%) QA
9 17 (1.59%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.40%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.65%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.47%) DICOM
14 5 (0.47%) GRC
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
16 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 404 (37.79%) Active Directory
2 127 (11.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (9.82%) Docker
4 101 (9.45%) Hyper-V
5 41 (3.84%) vSphere
6 35 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (1.78%) Firmware
8 17 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.75%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.47%) XenApp
11 5 (0.47%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.37%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.37%) iptables
12 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.28%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
Systems Management
1 213 (19.93%) Terraform
2 155 (14.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 147 (13.75%) Kubernetes
4 123 (11.51%) Ansible
5 41 (3.84%) Grafana
6 37 (3.46%) SCCM
7 36 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
8 26 (2.43%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
10 16 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (1.40%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.12%) Puppet
13 11 (1.03%) Nessus
13 11 (1.03%) VxRail
14 10 (0.94%) SCOM
15 9 (0.84%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.75%) Nagios
16 8 (0.75%) Progress Chef
17 7 (0.65%) Control-M
18 6 (0.56%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 573 (53.60%) Microsoft
2 220 (20.58%) VMware
3 94 (8.79%) Cisco
4 49 (4.58%) Oracle
5 48 (4.49%) Splunk
5 48 (4.49%) Veeam
6 42 (3.93%) ServiceNow
7 40 (3.74%) Red Hat
8 38 (3.55%) Google
9 35 (3.27%) Atlassian
10 33 (3.09%) Commvault
11 31 (2.90%) Palo Alto
12 26 (2.43%) Citrix
12 26 (2.43%) CrowdStrike
13 24 (2.25%) CyberArk
13 24 (2.25%) Dell
13 24 (2.25%) Meraki
14 21 (1.96%) Apple
14 21 (1.96%) Fortinet
15 20 (1.87%) Dynatrace