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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 77 110
Rank change year-on-year -65 +33 -32
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,267 1,610 1,838
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.40% 3.71% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.71% 12.42% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,047 1,442
10th Percentile £32,350 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +2.68% -6.67%

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 16,441 12,958 22,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.11% 29.83% 29.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,971 8,708 17,187
10th Percentile £37,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,750 £46,250
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -33 475 £70,000 -6.67% 153
South East -27 247 £55,000 -4.35% 106
North of England -98 210 £50,000 +3.51% 78
Midlands -42 149 £50,000 - 44
North West -80 114 £52,000 +11.83% 47
East of England -40 90 £56,250 +7.14% 37
South West -74 84 £55,000 +15.79% 47
East Midlands -6 76 £42,500 +21.43% 21
West Midlands -60 73 £52,500 -4.55% 23
Yorkshire -39 57 £47,500 -5.00% 19
North East -22 39 £49,222 -17.96% 14
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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
1 210 (16.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 182 (14.36%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.71%) IIS
4 29 (2.29%) Confluence
5 8 (0.63%) nginx
6 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.32%) Apache
7 4 (0.32%) SAS
8 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.079%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.079%) Site Server
9 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.87%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.079%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.079%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.079%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 818 (64.56%) Azure
2 465 (36.70%) Microsoft 365
3 334 (26.36%) Entra ID
4 233 (18.39%) AWS
5 147 (11.60%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (8.37%) Power Platform
7 101 (7.97%) GitHub
8 98 (7.73%) IaaS
9 95 (7.50%) SaaS
10 86 (6.79%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.16%) Azure Monitor
12 70 (5.52%) Azure Sentinel
13 69 (5.45%) PaaS
14 66 (5.21%) Azure AKS
15 63 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (4.74%) Azure Key Vault
17 58 (4.58%) Power Automate
18 56 (4.42%) GCP
19 47 (3.71%) Azure Logic Apps
19 47 (3.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 289 (22.81%) Firewall
2 264 (20.84%) DNS
3 183 (14.44%) VPN
4 173 (13.65%) DHCP
5 123 (9.71%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.08%) WAN
7 72 (5.68%) LAN
7 72 (5.68%) Network Security
8 60 (4.74%) VLAN
9 43 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
10 37 (2.92%) SAN
10 37 (2.92%) Wireless
11 34 (2.68%) Kerberos
12 24 (1.89%) VoIP
13 19 (1.50%) SSL
14 18 (1.42%) NAS
15 16 (1.26%) Internet
16 15 (1.18%) HTTP
17 13 (1.03%) BGP
18 11 (0.87%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (11.44%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 69 (5.45%) Power BI
4 36 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.82%) MongoDB
6 21 (1.66%) MySQL
6 21 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.95%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
11 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.39%) Metadata
12 5 (0.39%) Power Query
12 5 (0.39%) Redis
13 4 (0.32%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.32%) Tableau
13 4 (0.32%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 104 (8.21%) Git
2 85 (6.71%) JIRA
3 67 (5.29%) GitLab
4 58 (4.58%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.37%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.87%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
10 7 (0.55%) TestRail
11 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.47%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.47%) Selenium
12 5 (0.39%) Postman
13 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.24%) JMeter
14 3 (0.24%) MSI
General
1 397 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 204 (16.10%) Finance
3 168 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (8.13%) Law
5 53 (4.18%) Legal
6 51 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
8 42 (3.31%) Retail
9 38 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.29%) Banking
11 27 (2.13%) Manufacturing
12 25 (1.97%) Public Sector
13 23 (1.82%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.34%) Advertising
15 11 (0.87%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.79%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.63%) Front Office
17 8 (0.63%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 203 (16.02%) Senior
2 160 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 140 (11.05%) Analyst
4 132 (10.42%) Support Engineer
5 130 (10.26%) Azure Engineer
6 121 (9.55%) IT Engineer
7 118 (9.31%) IT Support
8 117 (9.23%) Cloud Engineer
9 97 (7.66%) DevOps Engineer
10 72 (5.68%) Security Engineer
11 68 (5.37%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
13 60 (4.74%) Lead
14 59 (4.66%) Developer
15 51 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support
16 50 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
17 45 (3.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.16%) Administrator
18 40 (3.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 38 (3.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.47%) .NET
2 56 (4.42%) ARM Templates
3 55 (4.34%) SAML
4 52 (4.10%) OAuth
5 51 (4.03%) REST
6 45 (3.55%) OpenID
7 43 (3.39%) YAML
8 42 (3.31%) HTML
8 42 (3.31%) LDAP
9 39 (3.08%) JSON
10 37 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
11 35 (2.76%) .NET Core
12 31 (2.45%) CSS
13 24 (1.89%) SPFx
14 20 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
16 17 (1.34%) SOAP
17 16 (1.26%) RESTful
18 15 (1.18%) Middleware
18 15 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.89%) Onboarding
2 80 (6.31%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (5.21%) Security Posture
5 60 (4.74%) Management Information System
6 54 (4.26%) Driving Licence
7 48 (3.79%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.47%) Public Cloud
9 42 (3.31%) Security Operations Centre
10 37 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
10 37 (2.92%) PKI
11 36 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (2.45%) Cyber Defence
13 25 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
13 25 (1.97%) Private Cloud
14 24 (1.89%) Replication
15 21 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (1.50%) Clustering
17 16 (1.26%) CMDB
17 16 (1.26%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 615 (48.54%) Windows
2 302 (23.84%) Linux
3 287 (22.65%) Windows Server
4 74 (5.84%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.18%) Apple iOS
6 45 (3.55%) VMS
7 43 (3.39%) Android
8 41 (3.24%) Mac OS
9 37 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.84%) CentOS
11 34 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 28 (2.21%) Ubuntu
13 27 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
14 11 (0.87%) Unix
15 7 (0.55%) Debian
16 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.32%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
18 3 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (24.39%) CI/CD
3 300 (23.68%) Infrastructure as Code
4 290 (22.89%) DevOps
5 238 (18.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 237 (18.71%) Cybersecurity
6 237 (18.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 231 (18.23%) ITIL
8 165 (13.02%) Disaster Recovery
9 162 (12.79%) Agile
10 156 (12.31%) Root Cause Analysis
11 154 (12.15%) Incident Response
12 143 (11.29%) Mentoring
13 141 (11.13%) High Availability
14 131 (10.34%) Containerisation
15 127 (10.02%) AI
15 127 (10.02%) Cloud Security
16 124 (9.79%) SIEM
17 120 (9.47%) Observability
18 116 (9.16%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 500 (39.46%) Python
2 298 (23.52%) Bash
3 264 (20.84%) SQL
4 103 (8.13%) Bicep
5 96 (7.58%) C#
6 80 (6.31%) JavaScript
7 48 (3.79%) Kusto Query Language
8 42 (3.31%) T-SQL
9 35 (2.76%) Java
10 31 (2.45%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.58%) VBScript
12 18 (1.42%) C++
13 17 (1.34%) PHP
14 14 (1.10%) Perl
15 10 (0.79%) Go
15 10 (0.79%) VB
15 10 (0.79%) VBA
16 9 (0.71%) Ruby
17 8 (0.63%) C
18 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 157 (12.39%) Security Cleared
2 151 (11.92%) Degree
3 145 (11.44%) Azure Certification
4 126 (9.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 105 (8.29%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.34%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (4.10%) CISSP
8 48 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
9 47 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.24%) CCNA
11 38 (3.00%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.89%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.82%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.82%) CEH
14 22 (1.74%) GIAC
15 20 (1.58%) OSCP
16 18 (1.42%) CCNP
17 16 (1.26%) CREST Certified
18 15 (1.18%) CISM
19 14 (1.10%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (8.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (5.92%) NIST
3 58 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (4.18%) GDPR
5 40 (3.16%) SLA
6 26 (2.05%) QA
7 21 (1.66%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.42%) SOC 2
9 16 (1.26%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.71%) ISO 22301
10 9 (0.71%) NCSC
11 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.47%) PMO
13 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.32%) DICOM
14 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.24%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.16%) EMIR
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 465 (36.70%) Active Directory
2 207 (16.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (11.21%) Hyper-V
4 133 (10.50%) Docker
5 78 (6.16%) vSphere
6 51 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.97%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.26%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.79%) KVM
12 9 (0.71%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 8 (0.63%) Squid
14 5 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 5 (0.39%) Firmware
15 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.16%) iptables
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 322 (25.41%) Terraform
2 224 (17.68%) Kubernetes
3 207 (16.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 156 (12.31%) Ansible
5 77 (6.08%) Grafana
6 57 (4.50%) SCCM
7 50 (3.95%) Prometheus
8 47 (3.71%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.82%) ZABBIX
11 20 (1.58%) Argo
11 20 (1.58%) Packer
12 19 (1.50%) QRadar
12 19 (1.50%) vCenter Server
13 18 (1.42%) Proxmox
14 14 (1.10%) Graylog
15 13 (1.03%) VxRail
16 12 (0.95%) Nagios
17 11 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 11 (0.87%) Nessus
Vendors
1 783 (61.80%) Microsoft
2 248 (19.57%) VMware
3 110 (8.68%) Cisco
4 97 (7.66%) ServiceNow
5 87 (6.87%) Splunk
6 60 (4.74%) Red Hat
7 55 (4.34%) Veeam
8 43 (3.39%) Oracle
9 40 (3.16%) Meraki
10 32 (2.53%) Sophos
11 30 (2.37%) Citrix
12 29 (2.29%) Apple
12 29 (2.29%) Dell
13 28 (2.21%) Tenable
14 27 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
14 27 (2.13%) Dynatrace
14 27 (2.13%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.89%) Palo Alto
16 20 (1.58%) SolarWinds
17 19 (1.50%) CyberArk