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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 75 102
Rank change year-on-year -68 +27 -12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,168 1,491 2,187
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.41% 3.93% 2.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.89% 12.37% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 894 923 1,787
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £35,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,938 £79,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,000 £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 14,806 12,050 27,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.85% 31.74% 31.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10,557 8,181 22,505
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,289 £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 £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%

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 27 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 27 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 -12 520 £70,000 -6.67% 96
South East -61 177 £55,875 -2.83% 91
North of England -95 172 £47,500 -6.40% 73
Midlands -51 126 £50,000 - 30
North West -97 90 £50,101 +8.92% 46
South West -42 83 £55,000 +15.79% 39
East of England -34 80 £57,500 +21.05% 26
East Midlands -20 75 £52,500 +44.83% 16
Yorkshire -22 58 £45,000 -28.00% 16
West Midlands -84 50 £48,000 -4.00% 14
North East -28 24 £46,500 -19.13% 11
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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
1 167 (14.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 151 (12.93%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.42%) IIS
4 22 (1.88%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.086%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.086%) Site Server
6 1 (0.086%) Tomcat
Applications
1 68 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.43%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.26%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.086%) Actimize
4 1 (0.086%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.086%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.086%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 753 (64.47%) Azure
2 425 (36.39%) Microsoft 365
3 299 (25.60%) Entra ID
4 207 (17.72%) AWS
5 119 (10.19%) Azure DevOps
6 101 (8.65%) Power Platform
7 91 (7.79%) GitHub
8 80 (6.85%) SaaS
9 77 (6.59%) IaaS
10 72 (6.16%) OneDrive
11 64 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (4.97%) GCP
13 56 (4.79%) Azure Sentinel
14 55 (4.71%) Azure AKS
15 54 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
16 49 (4.20%) PaaS
17 48 (4.11%) Power Automate
18 43 (3.68%) Azure Key Vault
19 41 (3.51%) Azure Storage
20 40 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 239 (20.46%) Firewall
2 228 (19.52%) DNS
3 137 (11.73%) VPN
4 135 (11.56%) DHCP
5 98 (8.39%) TCP/IP
6 66 (5.65%) Network Security
7 65 (5.57%) WAN
8 64 (5.48%) LAN
9 46 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (3.77%) VLAN
11 34 (2.91%) SAN
11 34 (2.91%) VoIP
12 27 (2.31%) Broadband
13 20 (1.71%) Wireless
14 16 (1.37%) Kerberos
15 14 (1.20%) Internet
16 13 (1.11%) HTTP
17 12 (1.03%) BGP
17 12 (1.03%) SSL
17 12 (1.03%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (12.16%) SQL Server
2 75 (6.42%) Power BI
3 55 (4.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.23%) MySQL
7 23 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.71%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.11%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.03%) Tableau
13 10 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.77%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.60%) InfluxDB
16 6 (0.51%) Metadata
17 5 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
17 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 3 (0.26%) DynamoDB
18 3 (0.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 92 (7.88%) Git
2 64 (5.48%) JIRA
3 57 (4.88%) GitLab
3 57 (4.88%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.40%) Bitbucket
5 17 (1.46%) Octopus Deploy
6 14 (1.20%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.11%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 10 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.77%) Burp Suite
10 8 (0.68%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.51%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.43%) TestRail
13 4 (0.34%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.34%) MLflow
13 4 (0.34%) Selenium
14 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.26%) Terragrunt
General
1 350 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 199 (17.04%) Finance
3 156 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.76%) Law
5 49 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (4.02%) Legal
7 45 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 45 (3.85%) Retail
8 33 (2.83%) Public Sector
9 27 (2.31%) Banking
10 23 (1.97%) Aerospace
11 21 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.63%) Advertising
13 14 (1.20%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.60%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.51%) Aviation
15 6 (0.51%) Electronics
15 6 (0.51%) Front Office
15 6 (0.51%) Police
Job Titles
1 199 (17.04%) Senior
2 146 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 138 (11.82%) Analyst
4 127 (10.87%) Azure Engineer
5 124 (10.62%) Support Engineer
6 110 (9.42%) IT Support
7 98 (8.39%) IT Engineer
8 96 (8.22%) Cloud Engineer
9 82 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 75 (6.42%) Security Engineer
11 64 (5.48%) IT Support Engineer
12 54 (4.62%) Lead
13 53 (4.54%) 2nd Line Support
14 52 (4.45%) Developer
15 49 (4.20%) Platform Engineer
16 45 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 42 (3.60%) Security Analyst
18 40 (3.42%) Systems Engineer
19 37 (3.17%) Architect
20 36 (3.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.11%) .NET
2 63 (5.39%) OAuth
3 62 (5.31%) SAML
4 59 (5.05%) REST
5 56 (4.79%) OpenID
6 49 (4.20%) LDAP
7 38 (3.25%) .NET Core
8 36 (3.08%) ARM Templates
8 36 (3.08%) JSON
8 36 (3.08%) Microsoft Graph
9 35 (3.00%) YAML
10 34 (2.91%) CSS
10 34 (2.91%) HTML
11 33 (2.83%) SOAP
12 26 (2.23%) SPFx
13 24 (2.05%) GraphQL
14 20 (1.71%) React
15 19 (1.63%) HTML5 Canvas
16 15 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
17 14 (1.20%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.88%) Onboarding
2 69 (5.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (4.79%) Cloud Native
4 54 (4.62%) Management Information System
4 54 (4.62%) Security Posture
5 45 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
5 45 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 43 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
7 41 (3.51%) Driving Licence
8 36 (3.08%) Data Centre
9 35 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (2.91%) Cyberattack
11 30 (2.57%) PKI
12 29 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 29 (2.48%) Public Cloud
13 22 (1.88%) CMDB
14 20 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.71%) Replication
15 19 (1.63%) Private Cloud
16 17 (1.46%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 549 (47.00%) Windows
2 266 (22.77%) Linux
3 260 (22.26%) Windows Server
4 76 (6.51%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.28%) Mac OS
6 49 (4.20%) Android
7 48 (4.11%) Apple iOS
8 35 (3.00%) VMS
9 34 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 27 (2.31%) CentOS
11 25 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
12 21 (1.80%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.03%) Unix
14 5 (0.43%) Debian
14 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.34%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.34%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.17%) AIX
16 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (25.09%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (23.20%) Infrastructure as Code
3 256 (21.92%) CI/CD
4 249 (21.32%) Cybersecurity
5 242 (20.72%) DevOps
6 207 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 200 (17.12%) ITIL
8 198 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 158 (13.53%) Incident Response
10 146 (12.50%) Mentoring
11 143 (12.24%) Agile
12 138 (11.82%) Root Cause Analysis
13 137 (11.73%) Disaster Recovery
14 122 (10.45%) Containerisation
14 122 (10.45%) SIEM
15 111 (9.50%) Cloud Security
16 107 (9.16%) High Availability
17 101 (8.65%) AI
17 101 (8.65%) Roadmaps
18 100 (8.56%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 478 (40.92%) Python
2 287 (24.57%) Bash
3 251 (21.49%) SQL
4 87 (7.45%) C#
5 77 (6.59%) JavaScript
6 73 (6.25%) Bicep
7 51 (4.37%) T-SQL
8 29 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.14%) Java
10 24 (2.05%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.46%) C++
12 14 (1.20%) Perl
13 12 (1.03%) VBScript
14 11 (0.94%) VB
14 11 (0.94%) VBA
15 10 (0.86%) PHP
15 10 (0.86%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.77%) Go
17 7 (0.60%) C
18 6 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 142 (12.16%) Degree
2 136 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 112 (9.59%) Azure Certification
3 112 (9.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 81 (6.93%) SC Cleared
5 45 (3.85%) CISSP
6 40 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
6 40 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
8 31 (2.65%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.57%) CCNA
10 28 (2.40%) OSCP
11 26 (2.23%) CREST Certified
12 25 (2.14%) AWS Certification
12 25 (2.14%) GIAC
13 24 (2.05%) CEH
14 23 (1.97%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.37%) CompTIA CySA+
16 12 (1.03%) CCNP
16 12 (1.03%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (11.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (8.99%) NIST
3 57 (4.88%) GDPR
4 43 (3.68%) SLA
5 38 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.05%) NCSC
7 20 (1.71%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.37%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.28%) SOC 2
10 14 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 14 (1.20%) QA
11 12 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.94%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.51%) DICOM
15 5 (0.43%) GRC
16 4 (0.34%) PMO
17 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
17 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 429 (36.73%) Active Directory
2 161 (13.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 131 (11.22%) Docker
4 114 (9.76%) Hyper-V
5 51 (4.37%) vSphere
6 33 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.71%) BitLocker
9 14 (1.20%) Firmware
10 13 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (1.11%) VMware NSX
11 10 (0.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 10 (0.86%) KVM
12 7 (0.60%) Squid
13 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.34%) iptables
14 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 277 (23.72%) Terraform
2 203 (17.38%) Kubernetes
3 180 (15.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 135 (11.56%) Ansible
5 59 (5.05%) Grafana
6 54 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
7 48 (4.11%) SCCM
8 42 (3.60%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.63%) vCenter Server
11 16 (1.37%) Nessus
11 16 (1.37%) Packer
11 16 (1.37%) QRadar
11 16 (1.37%) ZABBIX
12 15 (1.28%) VxRail
13 13 (1.11%) Graylog
14 11 (0.94%) Proxmox
15 10 (0.86%) Nagios
15 10 (0.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 683 (58.48%) Microsoft
2 210 (17.98%) VMware
3 93 (7.96%) Cisco
4 70 (5.99%) Splunk
5 55 (4.71%) ServiceNow
6 52 (4.45%) Red Hat
7 46 (3.94%) Veeam
8 39 (3.34%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.74%) Oracle
10 31 (2.65%) Meraki
11 29 (2.48%) Dell
11 29 (2.48%) Google
12 28 (2.40%) Citrix
13 27 (2.31%) Apple
13 27 (2.31%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.23%) Commvault
15 25 (2.14%) Palo Alto
16 24 (2.05%) Tenable
17 22 (1.88%) Sophos
18 19 (1.63%) Adobe