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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 77 107
Rank change year-on-year -53 +30 -28
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,272 1,559 2,228
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 3.79% 2.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.08% 12.22% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 958 999 1,783
10th Percentile £31,775 £36,100 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 15,741 12,759 28,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.40% 31.05% 30.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11,425 8,606 22,670
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,289 £47,500 £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 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 30 June 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 June 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 -15 503 £70,000 -3.45% 94
South East -37 227 £53,000 -7.83% 110
North of England -91 204 £47,500 -9.52% 59
Midlands -48 139 £50,000 - 30
North West -87 106 £50,000 +3.51% 37
East of England -20 95 £54,000 +10.77% 26
South West -49 92 £55,000 +15.79% 28
East Midlands -10 77 £45,000 +28.57% 13
Yorkshire -26 63 £45,000 -18.18% 14
West Midlands -76 61 £51,250 -5.69% 17
North East -26 35 £47,972 -20.05% 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
1 203 (15.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 177 (13.92%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.62%) IIS
4 25 (1.97%) Confluence
5 3 (0.24%) nginx
5 3 (0.24%) SAS
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.079%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.079%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.079%) Site Server
7 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 76 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.079%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.079%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.079%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.079%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 825 (64.86%) Azure
2 465 (36.56%) Microsoft 365
3 322 (25.31%) Entra ID
4 219 (17.22%) AWS
5 144 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
6 113 (8.88%) Power Platform
7 104 (8.18%) GitHub
8 97 (7.63%) IaaS
9 86 (6.76%) SaaS
10 80 (6.29%) OneDrive
11 79 (6.21%) Azure Monitor
12 68 (5.35%) PaaS
13 65 (5.11%) GitHub Actions
14 61 (4.80%) Azure AKS
14 61 (4.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 58 (4.56%) Power Automate
16 57 (4.48%) Azure Key Vault
17 55 (4.32%) GCP
18 51 (4.01%) Serverless
19 48 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 278 (21.86%) Firewall
2 257 (20.20%) DNS
3 183 (14.39%) VPN
4 170 (13.36%) DHCP
5 114 (8.96%) TCP/IP
6 79 (6.21%) LAN
6 79 (6.21%) Network Security
7 78 (6.13%) WAN
8 64 (5.03%) VLAN
9 51 (4.01%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (2.67%) SAN
10 34 (2.67%) Wireless
11 29 (2.28%) VoIP
12 23 (1.81%) Kerberos
13 22 (1.73%) Broadband
14 16 (1.26%) SSL
15 15 (1.18%) BGP
16 14 (1.10%) HTTP
16 14 (1.10%) Internet
16 14 (1.10%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (12.03%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 76 (5.97%) Power BI
4 41 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.97%) MySQL
6 25 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (1.65%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.02%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
13 8 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.63%) Tableau
14 6 (0.47%) Metadata
15 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.31%) Power Query
16 4 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 106 (8.33%) Git
2 77 (6.05%) JIRA
3 65 (5.11%) GitLab
4 62 (4.87%) Jenkins
5 33 (2.59%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.10%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 12 (0.94%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.63%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.63%) Robot Framework
12 7 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (0.55%) TestRail
13 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.47%) Selenium
14 5 (0.39%) CircleCI
14 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
16 3 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 387 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 204 (16.04%) Finance
3 158 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (7.55%) Law
5 52 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
5 52 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
6 50 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.85%) Legal
8 43 (3.38%) Retail
9 29 (2.28%) Public Sector
10 24 (1.89%) Aerospace
11 23 (1.81%) Banking
12 22 (1.73%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.34%) Advertising
14 15 (1.18%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.55%) Aviation
17 6 (0.47%) Front Office
17 6 (0.47%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 214 (16.82%) Senior
2 161 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 150 (11.79%) Analyst
4 144 (11.32%) Support Engineer
5 131 (10.30%) Azure Engineer
6 127 (9.98%) IT Engineer
7 125 (9.83%) IT Support
8 107 (8.41%) Cloud Engineer
9 97 (7.63%) DevOps Engineer
10 80 (6.29%) Security Engineer
11 77 (6.05%) IT Support Engineer
12 66 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
13 58 (4.56%) Developer
14 54 (4.25%) 2nd Line Support
15 53 (4.17%) Lead
16 48 (3.77%) Systems Engineer
17 44 (3.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 42 (3.30%) Security Analyst
19 40 (3.14%) Architect
20 39 (3.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (6.68%) .NET
2 62 (4.87%) SAML
3 60 (4.72%) OAuth
4 59 (4.64%) REST
5 53 (4.17%) OpenID
6 50 (3.93%) LDAP
7 47 (3.69%) ARM Templates
8 42 (3.30%) JSON
8 42 (3.30%) YAML
9 41 (3.22%) HTML
10 37 (2.91%) .NET Core
11 36 (2.83%) Microsoft Graph
12 33 (2.59%) CSS
13 31 (2.44%) SOAP
14 25 (1.97%) SPFx
15 21 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
15 21 (1.65%) GraphQL
16 19 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (1.34%) XML
18 16 (1.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 101 (7.94%) Onboarding
2 78 (6.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 75 (5.90%) Cloud Native
4 72 (5.66%) Security Posture
5 62 (4.87%) Driving Licence
6 57 (4.48%) Management Information System
7 45 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
8 44 (3.46%) Public Cloud
9 43 (3.38%) Data Centre
10 42 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
11 39 (3.07%) PKI
12 38 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
12 38 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
13 33 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
14 28 (2.20%) Cyberattack
15 23 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 23 (1.81%) Private Cloud
15 23 (1.81%) Replication
16 18 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
17 16 (1.26%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 609 (47.88%) Windows
2 297 (23.35%) Linux
3 291 (22.88%) Windows Server
4 76 (5.97%) Windows 10
5 50 (3.93%) Apple iOS
5 50 (3.93%) VMS
6 47 (3.69%) Mac OS
7 40 (3.14%) Android
8 38 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (2.52%) CentOS
10 29 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 28 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 25 (1.97%) Ubuntu
13 11 (0.86%) Unix
14 8 (0.63%) Debian
15 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.24%) AIX
17 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (27.04%) Problem-Solving
2 306 (24.06%) Infrastructure as Code
3 300 (23.58%) CI/CD
4 284 (22.33%) DevOps
5 260 (20.44%) Cybersecurity
6 234 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 234 (18.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 217 (17.06%) ITIL
8 172 (13.52%) Agile
9 162 (12.74%) Incident Response
10 160 (12.58%) Disaster Recovery
11 159 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
12 157 (12.34%) Mentoring
13 133 (10.46%) Containerisation
14 131 (10.30%) High Availability
15 128 (10.06%) Cloud Security
16 122 (9.59%) SIEM
17 120 (9.43%) AI
18 112 (8.81%) Roadmaps
19 111 (8.73%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 506 (39.78%) Python
2 320 (25.16%) Bash
3 276 (21.70%) SQL
4 96 (7.55%) Bicep
4 96 (7.55%) C#
5 76 (5.97%) JavaScript
6 55 (4.32%) T-SQL
7 42 (3.30%) Kusto Query Language
8 32 (2.52%) Java
9 28 (2.20%) TypeScript
10 19 (1.49%) C++
11 17 (1.34%) VBScript
12 15 (1.18%) PHP
13 13 (1.02%) Perl
14 11 (0.86%) Go
14 11 (0.86%) VB
15 10 (0.79%) VBA
16 9 (0.71%) Ruby
17 8 (0.63%) C
18 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 153 (12.03%) Security Cleared
2 149 (11.71%) Degree
3 139 (10.93%) Azure Certification
4 125 (9.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 98 (7.70%) SC Cleared
6 53 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 51 (4.01%) CISSP
8 45 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 42 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
10 39 (3.07%) CCNA
11 36 (2.83%) DV Cleared
12 29 (2.28%) DBS Check
13 27 (2.12%) OSCP
14 26 (2.04%) AWS Certification
15 24 (1.89%) CREST Certified
15 24 (1.89%) GIAC
16 23 (1.81%) CEH
17 17 (1.34%) CCNP
18 16 (1.26%) CompTIA CySA+
19 13 (1.02%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (10.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (7.70%) NIST
3 62 (4.87%) GDPR
4 54 (4.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 39 (3.07%) SLA
6 21 (1.65%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.57%) NCSC
7 20 (1.57%) QA
8 18 (1.42%) SOC 2
9 17 (1.34%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.94%) ISO 22301
11 11 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.71%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.47%) DICOM
13 6 (0.47%) PMO
14 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.16%) EMIR
16 2 (0.16%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 475 (37.34%) Active Directory
2 199 (15.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 138 (10.85%) Docker
4 137 (10.77%) Hyper-V
5 77 (6.05%) vSphere
6 44 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
7 37 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.81%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.26%) VMware NSX
10 12 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.79%) KVM
12 8 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.63%) Squid
13 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.31%) Firmware
14 4 (0.31%) iptables
15 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 313 (24.61%) Terraform
2 219 (17.22%) Kubernetes
3 192 (15.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 151 (11.87%) Ansible
5 71 (5.58%) Grafana
6 56 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
7 50 (3.93%) Prometheus
8 48 (3.77%) SCCM
9 25 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.65%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.57%) Argo
11 20 (1.57%) Packer
11 20 (1.57%) ZABBIX
12 18 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 18 (1.42%) QRadar
13 16 (1.26%) Nessus
14 15 (1.18%) Proxmox
15 14 (1.10%) Graylog
15 14 (1.10%) VxRail
16 12 (0.94%) Nagios
Vendors
1 768 (60.38%) Microsoft
2 247 (19.42%) VMware
3 99 (7.78%) Cisco
4 85 (6.68%) Splunk
5 72 (5.66%) ServiceNow
6 56 (4.40%) Red Hat
7 51 (4.01%) Veeam
8 39 (3.07%) Meraki
8 39 (3.07%) Oracle
9 30 (2.36%) Apple
9 30 (2.36%) Tenable
10 29 (2.28%) CrowdStrike
10 29 (2.28%) Dell
11 27 (2.12%) Sophos
12 26 (2.04%) Google
12 26 (2.04%) Palo Alto
13 24 (1.89%) Citrix
13 24 (1.89%) Fortinet
14 23 (1.81%) SolarWinds
15 22 (1.73%) Commvault