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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 78 106
Rank change year-on-year -56 +28 -27
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,277 1,614 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.46% 3.72% 2.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.98% 12.34% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 967 1,052 1,720
10th Percentile £32,300 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,668
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £75,344
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £91,325
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 15,997 13,083 27,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.26% 30.19% 30.74%
Number of salaries quoted 11,643 8,853 21,362
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,663 £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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -20 487 £70,000 -5.88% 109
South East -26 244 £55,000 -4.35% 130
North of England -85 208 £48,445 -3.11% 80
Midlands -43 142 £50,000 - 51
North West -87 111 £50,000 +6.38% 47
East of England -32 96 £54,500 +9.00% 37
South West -66 86 £55,000 +15.79% 45
East Midlands -9 76 £45,000 +20.00% 24
West Midlands -69 65 £52,500 -4.55% 27
Yorkshire -37 59 £47,500 -7.99% 19
North East -31 38 £47,972 -20.05% 15
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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
1 206 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 177 (13.86%) SharePoint
3 49 (3.84%) IIS
4 26 (2.04%) Confluence
5 5 (0.39%) nginx
6 4 (0.31%) SAS
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.078%) Site Server
8 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.078%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 827 (64.76%) Azure
2 462 (36.18%) Microsoft 365
3 326 (25.53%) Entra ID
4 233 (18.25%) AWS
5 142 (11.12%) Azure DevOps
6 110 (8.61%) Power Platform
7 105 (8.22%) GitHub
8 96 (7.52%) IaaS
9 86 (6.73%) SaaS
10 80 (6.26%) Azure Monitor
11 79 (6.19%) OneDrive
12 70 (5.48%) PaaS
13 67 (5.25%) GitHub Actions
14 64 (5.01%) Azure AKS
14 64 (5.01%) Azure Sentinel
15 57 (4.46%) Azure Key Vault
15 57 (4.46%) Power Automate
16 54 (4.23%) GCP
17 49 (3.84%) Azure Logic Apps
17 49 (3.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 285 (22.32%) Firewall
2 262 (20.52%) DNS
3 185 (14.49%) VPN
4 175 (13.70%) DHCP
5 118 (9.24%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.03%) WAN
7 75 (5.87%) Network Security
8 74 (5.79%) LAN
9 65 (5.09%) VLAN
10 47 (3.68%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.98%) Wireless
12 33 (2.58%) SAN
13 31 (2.43%) Kerberos
14 28 (2.19%) VoIP
15 16 (1.25%) Broadband
15 16 (1.25%) SSL
16 15 (1.17%) Internet
16 15 (1.17%) NAS
17 14 (1.10%) BGP
17 14 (1.10%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (11.98%) SQL Server
2 80 (6.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 74 (5.79%) Power BI
4 39 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (1.96%) MySQL
6 24 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (1.72%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.10%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (1.02%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.78%) InfluxDB
12 8 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) Tableau
15 4 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.31%) Power Query
15 4 (0.31%) Redis
15 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 103 (8.07%) Git
2 78 (6.11%) JIRA
3 67 (5.25%) GitLab
4 63 (4.93%) Jenkins
5 32 (2.51%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 11 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (0.78%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.78%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (0.70%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.63%) TestRail
12 7 (0.55%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.55%) Selenium
13 6 (0.47%) Burp Suite
14 5 (0.39%) Postman
14 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.31%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.31%) JMeter
General
1 389 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 205 (16.05%) Finance
3 159 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (7.91%) Law
5 53 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
6 51 (3.99%) Legal
7 49 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (3.05%) Retail
10 28 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 24 (1.88%) Banking
12 22 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 22 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.33%) Advertising
14 13 (1.02%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.70%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.55%) Front Office
17 7 (0.55%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 213 (16.68%) Senior
2 167 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 148 (11.59%) Analyst
4 142 (11.12%) Support Engineer
5 131 (10.26%) Azure Engineer
6 129 (10.10%) IT Engineer
7 122 (9.55%) IT Support
8 111 (8.69%) Cloud Engineer
9 97 (7.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 78 (6.11%) Security Engineer
11 74 (5.79%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.09%) Platform Engineer
13 58 (4.54%) Developer
14 57 (4.46%) Lead
15 54 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support
16 49 (3.84%) Systems Engineer
17 47 (3.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 39 (3.05%) Architect
19 39 (3.05%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.50%) .NET
2 61 (4.78%) SAML
3 59 (4.62%) OAuth
4 54 (4.23%) ARM Templates
5 53 (4.15%) REST
6 52 (4.07%) OpenID
7 46 (3.60%) LDAP
8 43 (3.37%) YAML
9 42 (3.29%) HTML
9 42 (3.29%) JSON
10 37 (2.90%) .NET Core
11 36 (2.82%) Microsoft Graph
12 32 (2.51%) CSS
13 25 (1.96%) SOAP
14 24 (1.88%) SPFx
15 22 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
17 17 (1.33%) XML
18 16 (1.25%) Middleware
19 15 (1.17%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 105 (8.22%) Onboarding
2 79 (6.19%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 70 (5.48%) Security Posture
5 61 (4.78%) Driving Licence
6 56 (4.39%) Management Information System
7 47 (3.68%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.45%) Public Cloud
8 44 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
9 43 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (3.13%) PKI
11 37 (2.90%) Cyber Defence
12 36 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
13 32 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
14 24 (1.88%) Private Cloud
15 22 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.72%) Cyberattack
15 22 (1.72%) Replication
16 19 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
17 17 (1.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 609 (47.69%) Windows
2 299 (23.41%) Linux
3 289 (22.63%) Windows Server
4 74 (5.79%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.07%) Apple iOS
6 49 (3.84%) VMS
7 43 (3.37%) Mac OS
8 40 (3.13%) Android
9 39 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
10 34 (2.66%) CentOS
11 31 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 28 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
13 24 (1.88%) Ubuntu
14 11 (0.86%) Unix
15 8 (0.63%) Debian
16 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
17 3 (0.23%) AIX
18 2 (0.16%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (27.09%) Problem-Solving
2 311 (24.35%) Infrastructure as Code
3 307 (24.04%) CI/CD
4 289 (22.63%) DevOps
5 251 (19.66%) Cybersecurity
6 244 (19.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 240 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 218 (17.07%) ITIL
9 167 (13.08%) Agile
10 161 (12.61%) Incident Response
11 158 (12.37%) Disaster Recovery
11 158 (12.37%) Root Cause Analysis
12 156 (12.22%) Mentoring
13 136 (10.65%) High Availability
14 135 (10.57%) Containerisation
15 128 (10.02%) Cloud Security
16 127 (9.95%) SIEM
17 120 (9.40%) AI
18 113 (8.85%) Observability
18 113 (8.85%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 508 (39.78%) Python
2 319 (24.98%) Bash
3 271 (21.22%) SQL
4 102 (7.99%) Bicep
5 97 (7.60%) C#
6 79 (6.19%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.84%) T-SQL
8 47 (3.68%) Kusto Query Language
9 34 (2.66%) Java
10 30 (2.35%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.49%) C++
12 18 (1.41%) VBScript
13 17 (1.33%) PHP
14 12 (0.94%) Perl
15 11 (0.86%) Go
15 11 (0.86%) VB
16 10 (0.78%) VBA
17 9 (0.70%) Ruby
18 8 (0.63%) C
19 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 151 (11.82%) Security Cleared
2 150 (11.75%) Degree
3 141 (11.04%) Azure Certification
4 122 (9.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 96 (7.52%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (4.07%) CISSP
8 45 (3.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 45 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (3.13%) CCNA
10 36 (2.82%) DV Cleared
11 27 (2.11%) DBS Check
12 25 (1.96%) CEH
12 25 (1.96%) OSCP
13 24 (1.88%) GIAC
14 23 (1.80%) AWS Certification
15 22 (1.72%) CREST Certified
16 17 (1.33%) CCNP
17 15 (1.17%) CISM
17 15 (1.17%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (9.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 92 (7.20%) NIST
3 60 (4.70%) GDPR
4 55 (4.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (3.13%) SLA
6 24 (1.88%) QA
7 20 (1.57%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.41%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 14 (1.10%) NCSC
10 13 (1.02%) ISO 22301
11 9 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.47%) PMO
14 5 (0.39%) DICOM
15 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.16%) EMIR
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 469 (36.73%) Active Directory
2 202 (15.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (11.12%) Hyper-V
4 137 (10.73%) Docker
5 76 (5.95%) vSphere
6 48 (3.76%) Virtual Machines
7 39 (3.05%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.80%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.17%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.78%) KVM
12 8 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.63%) Squid
13 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.23%) iptables
14 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.16%) Firmware
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 319 (24.98%) Terraform
2 225 (17.62%) Kubernetes
3 194 (15.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 153 (11.98%) Ansible
5 77 (6.03%) Grafana
6 53 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (3.99%) Prometheus
7 51 (3.99%) SCCM
8 25 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
9 22 (1.72%) vCenter Server
9 22 (1.72%) ZABBIX
10 20 (1.57%) Argo
10 20 (1.57%) Packer
11 19 (1.49%) QRadar
12 16 (1.25%) Proxmox
13 14 (1.10%) Graylog
13 14 (1.10%) Nessus
14 13 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 12 (0.94%) VxRail
16 11 (0.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 770 (60.30%) Microsoft
2 249 (19.50%) VMware
3 101 (7.91%) Cisco
4 91 (7.13%) Splunk
5 79 (6.19%) ServiceNow
6 58 (4.54%) Red Hat
7 51 (3.99%) Veeam
8 41 (3.21%) Oracle
9 38 (2.98%) Meraki
10 32 (2.51%) Tenable
11 30 (2.35%) Apple
11 30 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (2.19%) Sophos
13 27 (2.11%) Citrix
13 27 (2.11%) Dell
13 27 (2.11%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.88%) CyberArk
14 24 (1.88%) Fortinet
15 23 (1.80%) SolarWinds
16 22 (1.72%) Dynatrace