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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 84 99
Rank change year-on-year -59 +15 -5
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,088 1,289 2,221
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.36% 3.41% 2.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.78% 10.33% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 830 995 1,871
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,875 £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 £75,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £88,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 13,988 12,478 27,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.46% 33.01% 32.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,808 9,198 22,500
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £48,000 £47,526 £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 £87,500 £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%

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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 2 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 2 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 -14 509 £70,000 -9.68% 130
South East -86 159 £55,000 -4.35% 123
North of England -48 141 £48,445 -1.44% 64
Midlands -63 113 £50,000 - 44
South West -44 84 £55,000 +15.79% 42
East of England -32 71 £58,750 +17.50% 33
North West -35 69 £53,750 +16.85% 35
East Midlands -31 67 £55,000 +37.50% 20
Yorkshire -40 58 £47,500 -14.03% 16
West Midlands -65 45 £47,500 -5.00% 24
North East -39 14 £45,000 -21.74% 13
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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
1 155 (14.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (12.78%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.49%) IIS
4 16 (1.47%) Confluence
5 5 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.092%) CMS
7 1 (0.092%) Site Server
7 1 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) CATIA
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.18%) Windchill
4 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.28%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.092%) Actimize
5 1 (0.092%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.092%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.092%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.092%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.092%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 696 (63.97%) Azure
2 394 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
3 282 (25.92%) Entra ID
4 197 (18.11%) AWS
5 102 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (8.82%) Power Platform
7 82 (7.54%) GitHub
8 72 (6.62%) SaaS
9 68 (6.25%) OneDrive
10 63 (5.79%) GCP
11 61 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
12 56 (5.15%) IaaS
13 51 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 45 (4.14%) Azure Logic Apps
14 45 (4.14%) Power Automate
15 44 (4.04%) PaaS
16 42 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
16 42 (3.86%) Google Workspace
17 40 (3.68%) Azure AKS
18 35 (3.22%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 206 (18.93%) Firewall
2 203 (18.66%) DNS
3 123 (11.31%) DHCP
4 119 (10.94%) VPN
5 89 (8.18%) TCP/IP
6 59 (5.42%) Network Security
7 52 (4.78%) LAN
7 52 (4.78%) WAN
8 43 (3.95%) VLAN
9 41 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
10 36 (3.31%) SAN
11 34 (3.13%) VoIP
12 28 (2.57%) Broadband
13 23 (2.11%) Wireless
14 14 (1.29%) SD-WAN
15 13 (1.19%) Kerberos
15 13 (1.19%) VSAN
16 12 (1.10%) Internet
16 12 (1.10%) WinSCP
17 10 (0.92%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (12.13%) SQL Server
2 80 (7.35%) Power BI
3 47 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (2.30%) MySQL
7 23 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.47%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.38%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.29%) Tableau
12 13 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (1.01%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.83%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.74%) InfluxDB
15 8 (0.74%) Metadata
16 5 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 3 (0.28%) Power Query
18 3 (0.28%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 88 (8.09%) Git
2 58 (5.33%) Jenkins
3 57 (5.24%) JIRA
4 48 (4.41%) GitLab
5 28 (2.57%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.47%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.19%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.83%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.74%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.74%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.55%) TestRail
12 5 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) Selenium
14 3 (0.28%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 347 (31.89%) Social Skills
2 192 (17.65%) Finance
3 144 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (6.16%) Law
5 48 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (4.04%) Retail
7 43 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (3.95%) Legal
8 33 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 24 (2.21%) Banking
10 23 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 17 (1.56%) Advertising
12 16 (1.47%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.29%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.74%) Front Office
15 7 (0.64%) Electronics
16 6 (0.55%) Military
16 6 (0.55%) Police
17 4 (0.37%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 183 (16.82%) Senior
2 136 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 129 (11.86%) Analyst
4 114 (10.48%) Support Engineer
5 109 (10.02%) Azure Engineer
6 91 (8.36%) IT Support
7 80 (7.35%) Cloud Engineer
8 79 (7.26%) Security Engineer
9 76 (6.99%) IT Engineer
10 64 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
11 59 (5.42%) Developer
12 56 (5.15%) Lead
13 49 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support
14 48 (4.41%) IT Support Engineer
15 45 (4.14%) Platform Engineer
16 41 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 40 (3.68%) Security Analyst
18 38 (3.49%) Architect
19 35 (3.22%) Support Analyst
20 31 (2.85%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (6.89%) .NET
2 61 (5.61%) OAuth
3 57 (5.24%) REST
3 57 (5.24%) SAML
4 56 (5.15%) OpenID
5 41 (3.77%) LDAP
6 39 (3.58%) .NET Core
7 35 (3.22%) JSON
8 33 (3.03%) SOAP
9 32 (2.94%) CSS
10 31 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
11 30 (2.76%) HTML
12 29 (2.67%) SPFx
13 28 (2.57%) ARM Templates
14 25 (2.30%) GraphQL
15 22 (2.02%) YAML
16 20 (1.84%) React
17 19 (1.75%) HTML5 Canvas
18 15 (1.38%) Node.js
19 14 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.27%) Onboarding
2 70 (6.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (4.96%) Security Posture
4 52 (4.78%) Management Information System
5 48 (4.41%) Cloud Native
6 43 (3.95%) Cyber Defence
6 43 (3.95%) Cyber Threat
7 41 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
8 38 (3.49%) Driving Licence
9 37 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (3.13%) Cyberattack
11 31 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 29 (2.67%) Data Centre
13 27 (2.48%) Public Cloud
14 22 (2.02%) PKI
15 20 (1.84%) CMDB
16 17 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
17 16 (1.47%) Low-Code
17 16 (1.47%) Private Cloud
17 16 (1.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 496 (45.59%) Windows
2 241 (22.15%) Linux
3 240 (22.06%) Windows Server
4 72 (6.62%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.41%) Mac OS
6 44 (4.04%) Android
6 44 (4.04%) Apple iOS
7 34 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (2.48%) VMS
9 25 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 21 (1.93%) CentOS
12 14 (1.29%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.10%) Unix
14 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.46%) Debian
16 4 (0.37%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.28%) CoreOS
18 1 (0.092%) OpenBSD
18 1 (0.092%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 232 (21.32%) Infrastructure as Code
3 225 (20.68%) Cybersecurity
4 223 (20.50%) DevOps
5 221 (20.31%) CI/CD
6 193 (17.74%) ITIL
7 189 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 188 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 153 (14.06%) Incident Response
10 139 (12.78%) Mentoring
11 127 (11.67%) Agile
12 126 (11.58%) Disaster Recovery
13 120 (11.03%) Root Cause Analysis
14 114 (10.48%) SIEM
15 113 (10.39%) Cloud Security
16 108 (9.93%) Containerisation
17 95 (8.73%) Security Operations
18 93 (8.55%) Roadmaps
19 92 (8.46%) Task Automation
20 91 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 440 (40.44%) Python
2 261 (23.99%) Bash
3 234 (21.51%) SQL
4 81 (7.44%) C#
5 79 (7.26%) JavaScript
6 67 (6.16%) Bicep
7 50 (4.60%) T-SQL
8 33 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 20 (1.84%) Java
11 11 (1.01%) C++
11 11 (1.01%) Go
12 10 (0.92%) VB.NET
13 9 (0.83%) Perl
13 9 (0.83%) VB
13 9 (0.83%) VBA
14 7 (0.64%) C
14 7 (0.64%) PHP
15 6 (0.55%) Delphi
15 6 (0.55%) Korn
Qualifications
1 146 (13.42%) Degree
2 117 (10.75%) Security Cleared
3 98 (9.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 89 (8.18%) Azure Certification
5 63 (5.79%) SC Cleared
6 45 (4.14%) CISSP
7 43 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 32 (2.94%) DV Cleared
9 31 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (2.30%) OSCP
11 23 (2.11%) CCNA
11 23 (2.11%) CREST Certified
11 23 (2.11%) GIAC
12 22 (2.02%) CompTIA CySA+
13 21 (1.93%) AWS Certification
13 21 (1.93%) CEH
14 17 (1.56%) DBS Check
15 14 (1.29%) CISA
16 13 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (13.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 111 (10.20%) NIST
3 63 (5.79%) GDPR
4 41 (3.77%) SLA
5 29 (2.67%) NCSC
6 28 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.84%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.75%) ISO 22301
9 16 (1.47%) QA
10 15 (1.38%) SOC 2
11 14 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (1.19%) Accessibility
12 13 (1.19%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.55%) DICOM
15 5 (0.46%) GRC
16 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
18 2 (0.18%) COBIT
18 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 395 (36.31%) Active Directory
2 139 (12.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (10.85%) Docker
4 94 (8.64%) Hyper-V
5 41 (3.77%) vSphere
6 29 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (1.38%) Firmware
9 14 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (1.19%) BitLocker
11 11 (1.01%) VMware NSX
12 10 (0.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.46%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.37%) iptables
14 4 (0.37%) KVM
14 4 (0.37%) Squid
14 4 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.37%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 237 (21.78%) Terraform
2 181 (16.64%) Kubernetes
3 161 (14.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 128 (11.76%) Ansible
5 50 (4.60%) Grafana
6 45 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (3.86%) SCCM
8 32 (2.94%) Prometheus
9 23 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.56%) vCenter Server
12 14 (1.29%) VxRail
13 13 (1.19%) Nessus
14 10 (0.92%) Packer
15 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.83%) WSUS
16 8 (0.74%) logstash
16 8 (0.74%) Puppet
16 8 (0.74%) QRadar
17 7 (0.64%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 612 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 192 (17.65%) VMware
3 88 (8.09%) Cisco
4 53 (4.87%) Splunk
5 52 (4.78%) ServiceNow
6 50 (4.60%) Red Hat
7 43 (3.95%) CrowdStrike
8 37 (3.40%) Veeam
9 32 (2.94%) Google
10 31 (2.85%) Dell
11 30 (2.76%) Commvault
12 26 (2.39%) Citrix
12 26 (2.39%) Meraki
12 26 (2.39%) Palo Alto
13 24 (2.21%) Apple
13 24 (2.21%) Fortinet
14 23 (2.11%) Oracle
15 22 (2.02%) CyberArk
16 20 (1.84%) Tenable
17 19 (1.75%) Sophos