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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 93 74
Rank change year-on-year -25 -19 +13
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,044 1,414 2,300
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.82% 3.07% 3.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.66% 9.03% 9.54%
Number of salaries quoted 842 999 2,004
10th Percentile £32,525 £36,950 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £58,175
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +7.43% -3.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -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 10,805 15,664 24,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.88% 34.05% 37.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,063 9,285 20,583
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
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 £81,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 6 February 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 6 February 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 -13 446 £70,000 -8.50% 118
South East -37 188 £57,500 -4.17% 120
North of England -30 133 £48,445 -7.72% 96
South West +12 103 £55,000 - 44
Midlands -36 90 £52,500 +5.00% 50
East of England +12 68 £40,500 -22.86% 28
Yorkshire -17 61 £47,972 -8.62% 29
North West -24 57 £50,000 -2.44% 54
West Midlands -34 46 £48,000 -4.00% 24
East Midlands -17 43 £55,000 +8.91% 26
North East -5 15 £47,972 -16.57% 13
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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
1 166 (15.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 128 (12.26%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.64%) IIS
4 22 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2003
5 18 (1.72%) Confluence
6 10 (0.96%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.57%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) CATIA
5 3 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.29%) Windchill
6 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.096%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 8 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.48%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.096%) Actimize
6 1 (0.096%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 659 (63.12%) Azure
2 354 (33.91%) Microsoft 365
3 270 (25.86%) Entra ID
4 190 (18.20%) AWS
5 137 (13.12%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (10.44%) Power Platform
7 73 (6.99%) GCP
8 71 (6.80%) GitHub
9 60 (5.75%) PaaS
10 54 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (5.08%) Power Automate
12 46 (4.41%) Azure Monitor
13 44 (4.21%) SaaS
14 42 (4.02%) IaaS
15 41 (3.93%) OneDrive
16 38 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
16 38 (3.64%) Google Workspace
17 30 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (2.78%) PowerApps
19 27 (2.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 197 (18.87%) Firewall
2 192 (18.39%) DNS
3 151 (14.46%) DHCP
4 103 (9.87%) VPN
5 97 (9.29%) TCP/IP
6 69 (6.61%) WAN
7 61 (5.84%) LAN
8 42 (4.02%) VLAN
8 42 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (3.35%) Wireless
10 30 (2.87%) Network Security
11 27 (2.59%) SAN
12 26 (2.49%) SD-WAN
13 25 (2.39%) Broadband
14 22 (2.11%) VoIP
15 16 (1.53%) Internet
15 16 (1.53%) VSAN
16 12 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
16 12 (1.15%) WinSCP
17 11 (1.05%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (12.36%) SQL Server
2 78 (7.47%) Power BI
3 34 (3.26%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.87%) Oracle Database
5 29 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.49%) Oracle Database 10g
7 24 (2.30%) MySQL
8 21 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.25%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (1.15%) Tableau
14 9 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
16 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
16 5 (0.48%) DTS
16 5 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 76 (7.28%) Git
2 73 (6.99%) JIRA
3 68 (6.51%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.26%) GitLab
5 24 (2.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 17 (1.63%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.53%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.25%) Burp Suite
8 13 (1.25%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.67%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.57%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.38%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.38%) MLflow
13 4 (0.38%) Toad
14 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.29%) JMeter
14 3 (0.29%) MSI
General
1 364 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 224 (21.46%) Finance
3 112 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (4.50%) Law
4 47 (4.50%) Retail
5 39 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (3.64%) Public Sector
7 34 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.16%) Banking
8 33 (3.16%) Legal
9 29 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 26 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.39%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.86%) Advertising
15 8 (0.77%) Front Office
16 7 (0.67%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.67%) Local Government
17 6 (0.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 139 (13.31%) Senior
2 136 (13.03%) Support Engineer
3 125 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 90 (8.62%) Analyst
5 87 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
6 76 (7.28%) DevOps Engineer
7 73 (6.99%) Developer
8 72 (6.90%) IT Support
9 69 (6.61%) Security Engineer
10 63 (6.03%) IT Engineer
11 61 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
12 59 (5.65%) Lead
13 51 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
14 49 (4.69%) Platform Engineer
15 45 (4.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 44 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
17 39 (3.74%) Applications Support
18 35 (3.35%) Support Analyst
19 34 (3.26%) Applications Engineer
20 30 (2.87%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (6.70%) REST
2 64 (6.13%) .NET
3 38 (3.64%) SOAP
4 37 (3.54%) OpenID
5 36 (3.45%) OAuth
6 35 (3.35%) YAML
7 33 (3.16%) JSON
7 33 (3.16%) SAML
8 29 (2.78%) LDAP
9 24 (2.30%) ARM Templates
9 24 (2.30%) GraphQL
9 24 (2.30%) React
10 17 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
11 16 (1.53%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
12 15 (1.44%) Node.js
13 14 (1.34%) Middleware
14 13 (1.25%) .NET Core
15 11 (1.05%) Web Services
16 10 (0.96%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.43%) Onboarding
2 66 (6.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 57 (5.46%) Security Posture
4 43 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.07%) Cloud Native
7 31 (2.97%) Driving Licence
8 29 (2.78%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
10 25 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (2.39%) Cyber Defence
11 24 (2.30%) Cyberattack
12 21 (2.01%) CMDB
13 20 (1.92%) PKI
14 19 (1.82%) Hedge funds
14 19 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
16 15 (1.44%) Private Cloud
16 15 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 462 (44.25%) Windows
2 247 (23.66%) Windows Server
3 188 (18.01%) Linux
4 65 (6.23%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.69%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.93%) Unix
7 33 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 33 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 30 (2.87%) Android
9 28 (2.68%) VMS
10 27 (2.59%) Windows Server 2008
11 24 (2.30%) Solaris
12 22 (2.11%) HPUX
12 22 (2.11%) Windows 7
12 22 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 18 (1.72%) Apple iOS
13 18 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 15 (1.44%) CentOS
15 13 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
16 10 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 261 (25.00%) DevOps
3 203 (19.44%) CI/CD
4 197 (18.87%) ITIL
5 185 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 171 (16.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 170 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 169 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
9 147 (14.08%) Disaster Recovery
10 127 (12.16%) Mentoring
11 115 (11.02%) Agile
12 113 (10.82%) Task Automation
13 106 (10.15%) Root Cause Analysis
14 102 (9.77%) Incident Response
15 94 (9.00%) Cloud Security
16 90 (8.62%) Migration
17 88 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
18 86 (8.24%) Computer Science
19 84 (8.05%) Incident Management
20 79 (7.57%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 351 (33.62%) Python
2 228 (21.84%) Bash
3 224 (21.46%) SQL
4 87 (8.33%) C#
5 60 (5.75%) Bicep
6 54 (5.17%) JavaScript
7 51 (4.89%) T-SQL
8 26 (2.49%) Perl
9 23 (2.20%) Go
10 21 (2.01%) Kusto Query Language
11 19 (1.82%) Java
12 12 (1.15%) VB
13 10 (0.96%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.96%) VBScript
14 8 (0.77%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.67%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.48%) C++
17 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.38%) PHP
17 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 156 (14.94%) Degree
2 136 (13.03%) Security Cleared
3 97 (9.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 82 (7.85%) SC Cleared
5 77 (7.38%) Azure Certification
6 54 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (3.64%) CISSP
9 37 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 23 (2.20%) AWS Certification
11 23 (2.20%) CREST Certified
12 21 (2.01%) CEH
13 18 (1.72%) CCNA
13 18 (1.72%) CompTIA CySA+
14 17 (1.63%) DBS Check
14 17 (1.63%) GIAC
15 15 (1.44%) OSCP
16 14 (1.34%) Master's Degree
17 13 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (15.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (11.97%) NIST
3 57 (5.46%) GDPR
4 52 (4.98%) SLA
5 38 (3.64%) NCSC
6 29 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (2.49%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.63%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.44%) Data Quality
9 15 (1.44%) QA
10 14 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.25%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.67%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.48%) GRC
15 3 (0.29%) DICOM
15 3 (0.29%) HL7
15 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
System Software
1 383 (36.69%) Active Directory
2 124 (11.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (8.91%) Docker
4 84 (8.05%) Hyper-V
5 36 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.97%) vSphere
7 24 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.92%) Firmware
9 14 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.57%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.57%) XenApp
11 6 (0.57%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.29%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.29%) vCloud
14 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.19%) iptables
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
14 2 (0.19%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 198 (18.97%) Terraform
2 164 (15.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 135 (12.93%) Kubernetes
4 117 (11.21%) Ansible
5 44 (4.21%) SCCM
6 37 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
7 29 (2.78%) Grafana
8 19 (1.82%) Prometheus
9 18 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (1.25%) SCOM
11 12 (1.15%) vCenter Server
12 11 (1.05%) Puppet
12 11 (1.05%) WSUS
13 10 (0.96%) Nessus
14 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.77%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.77%) VxRail
16 7 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
16 7 (0.67%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 560 (53.64%) Microsoft
2 205 (19.64%) VMware
3 85 (8.14%) Cisco
4 53 (5.08%) Oracle
4 53 (5.08%) ServiceNow
5 46 (4.41%) Veeam
6 38 (3.64%) Google
7 37 (3.54%) Atlassian
8 34 (3.26%) Splunk
9 32 (3.07%) Palo Alto
10 31 (2.97%) Citrix
11 28 (2.68%) Red Hat
12 26 (2.49%) Commvault
13 25 (2.39%) CyberArk
14 22 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
14 22 (2.11%) SolarWinds
15 21 (2.01%) Dell
15 21 (2.01%) Fortinet
16 20 (1.92%) SAP
17 19 (1.82%) Meraki