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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 74 103
Rank change year-on-year -68 +29 -14
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,183 1,496 2,198
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.42% 3.91% 2.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.91% 12.25% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 903 924 1,783
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,400 £35,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £78,969 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,950 £90,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -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 14,954 12,217 27,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.98% 31.90% 31.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,658 8,297 22,538
10th Percentile £36,535 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -14 520 £70,000 -6.67% 98
South East -75 179 £55,000 -4.35% 87
North of England -105 179 £47,500 -5.71% 64
Midlands -45 128 £50,000 - 36
North West -97 94 £50,101 +8.92% 41
South West -37 86 £55,000 +15.79% 34
East of England -27 81 £57,500 +21.05% 25
East Midlands -15 77 £51,250 +46.43% 16
Yorkshire -35 60 £45,000 -28.00% 13
West Midlands -83 50 £48,000 -4.00% 20
North East -25 25 £47,472 -17.44% 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
1 169 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 153 (12.93%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.30%) IIS
4 21 (1.78%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.085%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.085%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.085%) Site Server
Applications
1 68 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.085%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
1 5 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.25%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.085%) Actimize
3 1 (0.085%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.085%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.085%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.085%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 758 (64.07%) Azure
2 428 (36.18%) Microsoft 365
3 301 (25.44%) Entra ID
4 205 (17.33%) AWS
5 120 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (8.45%) Power Platform
7 89 (7.52%) GitHub
8 79 (6.68%) SaaS
9 78 (6.59%) IaaS
10 72 (6.09%) OneDrive
11 62 (5.24%) GitHub Actions
12 59 (4.99%) GCP
13 57 (4.82%) Azure Monitor
14 56 (4.73%) Azure AKS
15 55 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
16 50 (4.23%) Power Automate
17 48 (4.06%) PaaS
18 45 (3.80%) Azure Key Vault
19 41 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
19 41 (3.47%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 244 (20.63%) Firewall
2 231 (19.53%) DNS
3 138 (11.67%) VPN
4 136 (11.50%) DHCP
5 100 (8.45%) TCP/IP
6 67 (5.66%) Network Security
6 67 (5.66%) WAN
7 66 (5.58%) LAN
8 46 (3.89%) VLAN
9 44 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (2.87%) SAN
10 34 (2.87%) VoIP
11 27 (2.28%) Broadband
12 21 (1.78%) Wireless
13 16 (1.35%) Kerberos
14 13 (1.10%) BGP
14 13 (1.10%) HTTP
14 13 (1.10%) SSL
15 12 (1.01%) Internet
15 12 (1.01%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 74 (6.26%) Power BI
3 56 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 34 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.20%) MySQL
7 23 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.69%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.35%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.27%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.01%) Tableau
13 9 (0.76%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.59%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.51%) Metadata
16 5 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 3 (0.25%) DynamoDB
17 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 91 (7.69%) Git
2 63 (5.33%) JIRA
3 57 (4.82%) GitLab
3 57 (4.82%) Jenkins
4 30 (2.54%) Bitbucket
5 16 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
6 13 (1.10%) Metasploit
6 13 (1.10%) TeamCity
7 12 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 10 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.76%) Burp Suite
10 8 (0.68%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.51%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.42%) TestRail
13 4 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.34%) MLflow
13 4 (0.34%) Selenium
14 3 (0.25%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.25%) Terragrunt
General
1 351 (29.67%) Social Skills
2 202 (17.08%) Finance
3 158 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (6.76%) Law
5 50 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (3.97%) Legal
8 45 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
9 44 (3.72%) Retail
10 34 (2.87%) Public Sector
11 26 (2.20%) Banking
12 23 (1.94%) Aerospace
13 21 (1.78%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.69%) Advertising
15 14 (1.18%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.59%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.51%) Aviation
17 6 (0.51%) Electronics
17 6 (0.51%) Police
18 5 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 201 (16.99%) Senior
2 149 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 139 (11.75%) Analyst
4 129 (10.90%) Azure Engineer
5 125 (10.57%) Support Engineer
6 112 (9.47%) IT Support
7 100 (8.45%) IT Engineer
8 98 (8.28%) Cloud Engineer
9 85 (7.19%) DevOps Engineer
10 75 (6.34%) Security Engineer
11 65 (5.49%) IT Support Engineer
12 55 (4.65%) Lead
13 53 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support
13 53 (4.48%) Developer
14 51 (4.31%) Platform Engineer
15 44 (3.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 42 (3.55%) Security Analyst
17 41 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
18 37 (3.13%) Architect
18 37 (3.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (7.10%) .NET
2 63 (5.33%) OAuth
3 62 (5.24%) SAML
4 59 (4.99%) REST
5 56 (4.73%) OpenID
6 49 (4.14%) LDAP
7 38 (3.21%) .NET Core
7 38 (3.21%) JSON
8 37 (3.13%) YAML
9 36 (3.04%) ARM Templates
9 36 (3.04%) Microsoft Graph
10 35 (2.96%) HTML
11 34 (2.87%) CSS
12 33 (2.79%) SOAP
13 26 (2.20%) SPFx
14 24 (2.03%) GraphQL
15 20 (1.69%) React
16 19 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
17 15 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
18 14 (1.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 67 (5.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 61 (5.16%) Cloud Native
4 56 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 54 (4.56%) Security Posture
6 44 (3.72%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.63%) Cyber Threat
7 43 (3.63%) Driving Licence
7 43 (3.63%) Security Operations Centre
8 37 (3.13%) Data Centre
9 35 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (2.87%) Cyberattack
11 30 (2.54%) PKI
12 29 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 29 (2.45%) Public Cloud
13 22 (1.86%) CMDB
14 20 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.69%) Replication
15 19 (1.61%) Private Cloud
16 17 (1.44%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 556 (47.00%) Windows
2 268 (22.65%) Linux
3 265 (22.40%) Windows Server
4 76 (6.42%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.23%) Android
5 50 (4.23%) Mac OS
6 49 (4.14%) Apple iOS
7 37 (3.13%) VMS
8 35 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (2.28%) CentOS
9 27 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 25 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 21 (1.78%) Ubuntu
12 12 (1.01%) Unix
13 5 (0.42%) Debian
13 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.34%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.34%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.17%) AIX
15 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (25.02%) Problem-Solving
2 272 (22.99%) Infrastructure as Code
3 261 (22.06%) CI/CD
4 253 (21.39%) Cybersecurity
5 247 (20.88%) DevOps
6 211 (17.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 201 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 201 (16.99%) ITIL
8 158 (13.36%) Incident Response
9 150 (12.68%) Mentoring
10 143 (12.09%) Agile
11 139 (11.75%) Disaster Recovery
11 139 (11.75%) Root Cause Analysis
12 124 (10.48%) Containerisation
13 122 (10.31%) SIEM
14 111 (9.38%) Cloud Security
15 110 (9.30%) High Availability
16 103 (8.71%) AI
16 103 (8.71%) Roadmaps
17 100 (8.45%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 478 (40.41%) Python
2 292 (24.68%) Bash
3 254 (21.47%) SQL
4 90 (7.61%) C#
5 77 (6.51%) JavaScript
6 73 (6.17%) Bicep
7 51 (4.31%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.11%) Java
10 24 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.44%) C++
12 14 (1.18%) Perl
13 12 (1.01%) VBScript
14 11 (0.93%) VB
14 11 (0.93%) VBA
15 10 (0.85%) PHP
15 10 (0.85%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.76%) Go
17 7 (0.59%) C
18 6 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 144 (12.17%) Degree
2 139 (11.75%) Security Cleared
3 116 (9.81%) Azure Certification
4 114 (9.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 84 (7.10%) SC Cleared
6 47 (3.97%) CISSP
7 42 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 34 (2.87%) DV Cleared
11 30 (2.54%) CCNA
12 28 (2.37%) OSCP
13 26 (2.20%) CREST Certified
14 25 (2.11%) AWS Certification
14 25 (2.11%) CEH
14 25 (2.11%) GIAC
15 24 (2.03%) DBS Check
16 17 (1.44%) CompTIA CySA+
17 12 (1.01%) CCNP
17 12 (1.01%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (11.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 103 (8.71%) NIST
3 55 (4.65%) GDPR
4 43 (3.63%) SLA
5 41 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (2.11%) NCSC
7 20 (1.69%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.35%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.27%) SOC 2
10 14 (1.18%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.10%) QA
12 12 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.93%) Accessibility
13 11 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.51%) DICOM
15 5 (0.42%) GRC
15 5 (0.42%) PMO
16 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 433 (36.60%) Active Directory
2 163 (13.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (10.99%) Docker
4 119 (10.06%) Hyper-V
5 53 (4.48%) vSphere
6 34 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.69%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.27%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
11 12 (1.01%) Firmware
12 10 (0.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 10 (0.85%) KVM
13 7 (0.59%) Squid
14 6 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.34%) iptables
16 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 277 (23.42%) Terraform
2 205 (17.33%) Kubernetes
3 181 (15.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 136 (11.50%) Ansible
5 59 (4.99%) Grafana
6 54 (4.56%) Single Sign-On
7 46 (3.89%) SCCM
8 42 (3.55%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.61%) vCenter Server
11 17 (1.44%) ZABBIX
12 16 (1.35%) Nessus
12 16 (1.35%) Packer
12 16 (1.35%) QRadar
13 15 (1.27%) VxRail
14 13 (1.10%) Graylog
15 12 (1.01%) Proxmox
16 11 (0.93%) Argo
16 11 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 692 (58.50%) Microsoft
2 214 (18.09%) VMware
3 95 (8.03%) Cisco
4 71 (6.00%) Splunk
5 55 (4.65%) ServiceNow
6 52 (4.40%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.80%) Veeam
8 37 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
9 33 (2.79%) Meraki
10 32 (2.70%) Oracle
11 29 (2.45%) Dell
11 29 (2.45%) Google
12 28 (2.37%) Citrix
13 27 (2.28%) Apple
13 27 (2.28%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.20%) Commvault
15 24 (2.03%) Tenable
16 23 (1.94%) Palo Alto
16 23 (1.94%) Sophos
17 21 (1.78%) SolarWinds