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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 78 103
Rank change year-on-year -62 +25 -26
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,291 1,611 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.37% 3.69% 2.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.71% 12.67% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 964 1,058 1,343
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £74,563 £77,500 £78,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 16,755 12,719 21,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.81% 29.13% 29.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,169 8,481 15,921
10th Percentile £38,000 £34,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,918
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +2.60% -6.28%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -27 479 £70,000 -6.35% 240
South East -42 244 £53,000 -7.83% 123
North of England -87 219 £50,000 +5.26% 92
Midlands -38 158 £52,500 +5.00% 42
North West -81 122 £52,500 +14.13% 63
East of England -49 96 £57,500 +9.52% 42
South West -82 85 £55,000 +15.79% 47
East Midlands -7 82 £42,500 +21.43% 18
West Midlands -67 76 £55,000 - 24
Yorkshire -41 61 £42,500 -17.68% 21
North East -31 36 £50,000 -16.67% 10
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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
1 220 (17.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 200 (15.49%) SharePoint
3 51 (3.95%) IIS
4 32 (2.48%) Confluence
5 11 (0.85%) nginx
6 6 (0.46%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.23%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 829 (64.21%) Azure
2 487 (37.72%) Microsoft 365
3 350 (27.11%) Entra ID
4 243 (18.82%) AWS
5 151 (11.70%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (7.90%) Power Platform
7 99 (7.67%) IaaS
8 96 (7.44%) GitHub
8 96 (7.44%) OneDrive
8 96 (7.44%) SaaS
9 74 (5.73%) Azure Monitor
10 73 (5.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 68 (5.27%) PaaS
12 67 (5.19%) Azure AKS
13 63 (4.88%) Power Automate
14 61 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
14 61 (4.73%) GCP
15 59 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
16 47 (3.64%) Datadog
17 45 (3.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 297 (23.01%) Firewall
2 276 (21.38%) DNS
3 180 (13.94%) DHCP
3 180 (13.94%) VPN
4 131 (10.15%) TCP/IP
5 79 (6.12%) WAN
6 72 (5.58%) LAN
6 72 (5.58%) Network Security
7 62 (4.80%) VLAN
8 42 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
9 41 (3.18%) Wireless
10 40 (3.10%) SAN
11 35 (2.71%) Kerberos
12 23 (1.78%) SSL
13 21 (1.63%) NAS
14 18 (1.39%) HTTP
14 18 (1.39%) VoIP
15 17 (1.32%) Internet
16 13 (1.01%) VSAN
17 11 (0.85%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (11.08%) SQL Server
2 81 (6.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 62 (4.80%) Power BI
4 29 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.78%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.24%) MySQL
9 14 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.93%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.46%) Power Query
13 6 (0.46%) Redis
14 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
15 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 106 (8.21%) Git
2 89 (6.89%) JIRA
3 63 (4.88%) GitLab
4 56 (4.34%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.40%) Bitbucket
6 13 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.85%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.54%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.54%) TestRail
9 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.46%) Selenium
9 6 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.39%) Postman
11 4 (0.31%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.23%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.23%) JMeter
12 3 (0.23%) MSI
General
1 417 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 211 (16.34%) Finance
3 174 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.13%) Law
5 56 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (4.18%) Legal
7 47 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.56%) Retail
9 34 (2.63%) Banking
10 32 (2.48%) Manufacturing
10 32 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.32%) Public Sector
12 25 (1.94%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.32%) Advertising
14 12 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.85%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.70%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.62%) Front Office
17 8 (0.62%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 202 (15.65%) Senior
2 175 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (10.61%) Analyst
4 132 (10.22%) Support Engineer
5 128 (9.91%) Azure Engineer
6 124 (9.60%) Cloud Engineer
6 124 (9.60%) IT Engineer
7 116 (8.99%) IT Support
8 97 (7.51%) DevOps Engineer
9 70 (5.42%) Security Engineer
10 67 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
11 65 (5.03%) Lead
11 65 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
12 58 (4.49%) Developer
13 54 (4.18%) Systems Engineer
14 49 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support
15 47 (3.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 41 (3.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 41 (3.18%) Support Analyst
17 39 (3.02%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.35%) .NET
2 53 (4.11%) ARM Templates
3 50 (3.87%) SAML
4 48 (3.72%) REST
5 46 (3.56%) OAuth
6 45 (3.49%) YAML
7 41 (3.18%) HTML
7 41 (3.18%) OpenID
8 39 (3.02%) LDAP
9 38 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
10 34 (2.63%) .NET Core
11 33 (2.56%) JSON
12 31 (2.40%) CSS
13 24 (1.86%) SPFx
14 20 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
16 16 (1.24%) RESTful
17 15 (1.16%) Middleware
18 14 (1.08%) ASP.NET
18 14 (1.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.21%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.43%) Cloud Native
3 71 (5.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 68 (5.27%) Management Information System
5 67 (5.19%) Security Posture
6 57 (4.42%) Driving Licence
7 48 (3.72%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.41%) Public Cloud
9 42 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
10 39 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (2.79%) PKI
11 36 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
13 26 (2.01%) Private Cloud
13 26 (2.01%) Replication
14 21 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
15 20 (1.55%) Clustering
15 20 (1.55%) CMDB
16 15 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 636 (49.26%) Windows
2 312 (24.17%) Linux
3 297 (23.01%) Windows Server
4 75 (5.81%) Windows 10
5 51 (3.95%) Apple iOS
6 43 (3.33%) Android
6 43 (3.33%) Mac OS
7 42 (3.25%) VMS
8 36 (2.79%) CentOS
8 36 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 35 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 33 (2.56%) Ubuntu
11 25 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
12 14 (1.08%) Unix
13 6 (0.46%) Rocky
14 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.39%) Debian
14 5 (0.39%) Solaris
15 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (26.72%) Problem-Solving
2 313 (24.24%) Infrastructure as Code
3 312 (24.17%) CI/CD
4 291 (22.54%) DevOps
5 260 (20.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 257 (19.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 255 (19.75%) ITIL
8 237 (18.36%) Cybersecurity
9 173 (13.40%) Disaster Recovery
10 162 (12.55%) Incident Response
11 160 (12.39%) Root Cause Analysis
12 157 (12.16%) Agile
13 146 (11.31%) Mentoring
14 145 (11.23%) High Availability
15 136 (10.53%) AI
16 131 (10.15%) Containerisation
17 126 (9.76%) Observability
18 123 (9.53%) SIEM
19 121 (9.37%) Cloud Security
19 121 (9.37%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 505 (39.12%) Python
2 295 (22.85%) Bash
3 259 (20.06%) SQL
4 106 (8.21%) Bicep
5 95 (7.36%) C#
6 81 (6.27%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 40 (3.10%) Java
9 33 (2.56%) T-SQL
10 31 (2.40%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.63%) VBScript
12 18 (1.39%) C++
13 17 (1.32%) Perl
14 14 (1.08%) PHP
15 11 (0.85%) Ruby
16 10 (0.77%) VBA
17 9 (0.70%) Go
17 9 (0.70%) VB
18 8 (0.62%) C
19 6 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 170 (13.17%) Security Cleared
2 159 (12.32%) Degree
3 148 (11.46%) Azure Certification
4 130 (10.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 116 (8.99%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.26%) CISSP
7 54 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
7 54 (4.18%) CompTIA Security+
8 53 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (3.33%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.18%) CCNA
11 27 (2.09%) CEH
12 24 (1.86%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.78%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.70%) GIAC
15 20 (1.55%) OSCP
16 16 (1.24%) CCNP
16 16 (1.24%) CISM
16 16 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 14 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (5.11%) NIST
3 61 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (4.11%) GDPR
5 43 (3.33%) SLA
6 27 (2.09%) QA
7 19 (1.47%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.32%) SOC 2
9 15 (1.16%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.70%) ISO 22301
11 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.54%) PMO
13 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.31%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.31%) NCSC
15 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.15%) EMIR
16 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 471 (36.48%) Active Directory
2 210 (16.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (11.08%) Hyper-V
4 136 (10.53%) Docker
5 76 (5.89%) vSphere
6 52 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
7 45 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.78%) BitLocker
9 19 (1.47%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 9 (0.70%) KVM
13 8 (0.62%) Squid
14 6 (0.46%) Firmware
15 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
16 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
18 2 (0.15%) iptables
18 2 (0.15%) Samba
Systems Management
1 335 (25.95%) Terraform
2 232 (17.97%) Kubernetes
3 220 (17.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 164 (12.70%) Ansible
5 80 (6.20%) Grafana
6 61 (4.73%) SCCM
7 50 (3.87%) Single Sign-On
8 48 (3.72%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.78%) ZABBIX
10 22 (1.70%) Jamf Pro
11 21 (1.63%) vCenter Server
12 20 (1.55%) Argo
12 20 (1.55%) Packer
12 20 (1.55%) Proxmox
12 20 (1.55%) QRadar
13 16 (1.24%) Puppet
14 14 (1.08%) Graylog
15 13 (1.01%) VxRail
16 11 (0.85%) Nagios
17 10 (0.77%) Nessus
Vendors
1 817 (63.28%) Microsoft
2 252 (19.52%) VMware
3 117 (9.06%) Cisco
4 108 (8.37%) ServiceNow
5 89 (6.89%) Splunk
6 63 (4.88%) Red Hat
7 57 (4.42%) Veeam
8 46 (3.56%) Oracle
9 45 (3.49%) Meraki
10 35 (2.71%) Citrix
11 32 (2.48%) Dynatrace
11 32 (2.48%) Sophos
12 31 (2.40%) Dell
13 30 (2.32%) Tenable
14 28 (2.17%) Apple
14 28 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (1.86%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.70%) Okta
17 21 (1.63%) CyberArk
17 21 (1.63%) Palo Alto