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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 74 103
Rank change year-on-year -69 +29 -13
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,175 1,494 2,183
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.41% 3.92% 2.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.88% 12.32% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 899 925 1,781
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £74,625 £79,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,750 £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 14,920 12,127 27,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.94% 31.80% 31.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,634 8,243 22,503
10th Percentile £36,500 £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 £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 28 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 28 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 -15 522 £70,000 -6.67% 114
South East -68 177 £55,875 -2.83% 94
North of England -104 176 £47,500 -6.40% 75
Midlands -48 126 £50,000 - 36
North West -96 93 £50,801 +10.44% 47
South West -42 84 £55,000 +15.79% 38
East of England -33 80 £57,500 +21.05% 27
East Midlands -16 75 £52,500 +50.00% 18
Yorkshire -34 58 £45,000 -28.00% 17
West Midlands -77 50 £48,000 -4.00% 18
North East -33 25 £47,472 -17.44% 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 (14.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 150 (12.77%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.40%) IIS
4 21 (1.79%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.085%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.085%) Site Server
6 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
Applications
1 68 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.11%) 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 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.43%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.26%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.085%) Actimize
5 1 (0.085%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.085%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.085%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 755 (64.26%) Azure
2 422 (35.91%) Microsoft 365
3 297 (25.28%) Entra ID
4 206 (17.53%) AWS
5 120 (10.21%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.68%) Power Platform
7 91 (7.74%) GitHub
8 80 (6.81%) SaaS
9 77 (6.55%) IaaS
10 72 (6.13%) OneDrive
11 64 (5.45%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (4.94%) GCP
13 56 (4.77%) Azure AKS
13 56 (4.77%) Azure Sentinel
14 55 (4.68%) Azure Monitor
15 50 (4.26%) Power Automate
16 49 (4.17%) PaaS
17 43 (3.66%) Azure Key Vault
18 41 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
18 41 (3.49%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 239 (20.34%) Firewall
2 227 (19.32%) DNS
3 137 (11.66%) VPN
4 133 (11.32%) DHCP
5 98 (8.34%) TCP/IP
6 68 (5.79%) Network Security
7 65 (5.53%) WAN
8 64 (5.45%) LAN
9 46 (3.91%) VLAN
10 44 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (2.89%) SAN
11 34 (2.89%) VoIP
12 27 (2.30%) Broadband
13 21 (1.79%) Wireless
14 16 (1.36%) Kerberos
15 13 (1.11%) BGP
15 13 (1.11%) HTTP
16 12 (1.02%) Internet
16 12 (1.02%) SSL
16 12 (1.02%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (12.09%) SQL Server
2 75 (6.38%) Power BI
3 55 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 34 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.21%) MySQL
7 23 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.70%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.36%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.28%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.02%) Tableau
13 10 (0.85%) 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 93 (7.91%) Git
2 63 (5.36%) JIRA
3 57 (4.85%) GitLab
3 57 (4.85%) Jenkins
4 30 (2.55%) Bitbucket
5 17 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
6 14 (1.19%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.11%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 10 (0.85%) 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%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.34%) MLflow
13 4 (0.34%) Selenium
14 3 (0.26%) Terragrunt
General
1 349 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 202 (17.19%) Finance
3 158 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (6.81%) Law
5 49 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 47 (4.00%) Legal
7 45 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.74%) Retail
9 34 (2.89%) Public Sector
10 26 (2.21%) Banking
11 23 (1.96%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.79%) Manufacturing
13 19 (1.62%) Advertising
14 14 (1.19%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.60%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.51%) Aviation
16 6 (0.51%) Electronics
16 6 (0.51%) Police
17 5 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 201 (17.11%) Senior
2 146 (12.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 139 (11.83%) Analyst
4 127 (10.81%) Azure Engineer
5 124 (10.55%) Support Engineer
6 111 (9.45%) IT Support
7 98 (8.34%) IT Engineer
8 97 (8.26%) Cloud Engineer
9 84 (7.15%) DevOps Engineer
10 75 (6.38%) Security Engineer
11 64 (5.45%) IT Support Engineer
12 54 (4.60%) Lead
13 53 (4.51%) 2nd Line Support
13 53 (4.51%) Developer
14 51 (4.34%) Platform Engineer
15 44 (3.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 43 (3.66%) Security Analyst
17 41 (3.49%) Systems Engineer
18 37 (3.15%) Architect
19 36 (3.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (7.15%) .NET
2 63 (5.36%) OAuth
3 62 (5.28%) SAML
4 59 (5.02%) REST
5 56 (4.77%) OpenID
6 49 (4.17%) LDAP
7 38 (3.23%) .NET Core
8 37 (3.15%) JSON
9 36 (3.06%) Microsoft Graph
10 35 (2.98%) ARM Templates
10 35 (2.98%) YAML
11 34 (2.89%) CSS
11 34 (2.89%) HTML
12 33 (2.81%) SOAP
13 26 (2.21%) SPFx
14 24 (2.04%) GraphQL
15 20 (1.70%) React
16 19 (1.62%) HTML5 Canvas
17 15 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
18 14 (1.19%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.74%) Onboarding
2 66 (5.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 61 (5.19%) Cloud Native
4 56 (4.77%) Management Information System
5 54 (4.60%) Security Posture
6 45 (3.83%) Cyber Defence
7 44 (3.74%) Security Operations Centre
8 43 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
9 42 (3.57%) Driving Licence
10 36 (3.06%) Data Centre
11 35 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (2.89%) Cyberattack
13 30 (2.55%) PKI
14 29 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
14 29 (2.47%) Public Cloud
15 22 (1.87%) CMDB
16 20 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
16 20 (1.70%) Replication
17 19 (1.62%) Private Cloud
18 17 (1.45%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 550 (46.81%) Windows
2 268 (22.81%) Linux
3 259 (22.04%) Windows Server
4 75 (6.38%) Windows 10
5 50 (4.26%) Mac OS
6 49 (4.17%) Android
7 48 (4.09%) Apple iOS
8 35 (2.98%) VMS
8 35 (2.98%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (2.30%) CentOS
10 26 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 21 (1.79%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.02%) 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 (24.94%) Problem-Solving
2 270 (22.98%) Infrastructure as Code
3 260 (22.13%) CI/CD
4 251 (21.36%) Cybersecurity
5 247 (21.02%) DevOps
6 206 (17.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 200 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 200 (17.02%) ITIL
8 160 (13.62%) Incident Response
9 148 (12.60%) Mentoring
10 145 (12.34%) Agile
11 139 (11.83%) Root Cause Analysis
12 137 (11.66%) Disaster Recovery
13 123 (10.47%) Containerisation
13 123 (10.47%) SIEM
14 112 (9.53%) Cloud Security
15 108 (9.19%) High Availability
16 103 (8.77%) AI
16 103 (8.77%) Roadmaps
17 101 (8.60%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 482 (41.02%) Python
2 293 (24.94%) Bash
3 252 (21.45%) SQL
4 88 (7.49%) C#
5 77 (6.55%) JavaScript
6 74 (6.30%) Bicep
7 51 (4.34%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.13%) Java
10 24 (2.04%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.45%) C++
12 14 (1.19%) Perl
13 12 (1.02%) VBScript
14 11 (0.94%) VB
14 11 (0.94%) VBA
15 10 (0.85%) PHP
15 10 (0.85%) VB.NET
16 9 (0.77%) Go
17 7 (0.60%) C
18 6 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 144 (12.26%) Degree
2 138 (11.74%) Security Cleared
3 113 (9.62%) Azure Certification
3 113 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 83 (7.06%) SC Cleared
5 47 (4.00%) CISSP
6 42 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (3.15%) CompTIA Security+
9 33 (2.81%) DV Cleared
10 30 (2.55%) CCNA
11 28 (2.38%) OSCP
12 26 (2.21%) CREST Certified
12 26 (2.21%) GIAC
13 25 (2.13%) AWS Certification
13 25 (2.13%) CEH
14 24 (2.04%) DBS Check
15 17 (1.45%) CompTIA CySA+
16 12 (1.02%) CCNP
16 12 (1.02%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (8.94%) NIST
3 56 (4.77%) GDPR
4 43 (3.66%) SLA
5 39 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.04%) NCSC
7 20 (1.70%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.36%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.28%) SOC 2
10 14 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 14 (1.19%) QA
11 12 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.94%) Accessibility
12 11 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.51%) DICOM
14 5 (0.43%) GRC
14 5 (0.43%) PMO
15 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 428 (36.43%) Active Directory
2 162 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 131 (11.15%) Docker
4 116 (9.87%) Hyper-V
5 52 (4.43%) vSphere
6 33 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.70%) BitLocker
9 14 (1.19%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
11 12 (1.02%) Firmware
12 10 (0.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 10 (0.85%) KVM
13 7 (0.60%) Squid
14 6 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.34%) iptables
16 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 277 (23.57%) Terraform
2 206 (17.53%) Kubernetes
3 180 (15.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 136 (11.57%) Ansible
5 59 (5.02%) Grafana
6 54 (4.60%) Single Sign-On
7 46 (3.91%) SCCM
8 42 (3.57%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.62%) vCenter Server
11 17 (1.45%) ZABBIX
12 16 (1.36%) Nessus
12 16 (1.36%) Packer
12 16 (1.36%) QRadar
13 15 (1.28%) VxRail
14 13 (1.11%) Graylog
15 11 (0.94%) Argo
15 11 (0.94%) Nagios
15 11 (0.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 685 (58.30%) Microsoft
2 212 (18.04%) VMware
3 93 (7.91%) Cisco
4 71 (6.04%) Splunk
5 55 (4.68%) ServiceNow
6 52 (4.43%) Red Hat
7 45 (3.83%) Veeam
8 38 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.72%) Meraki
9 32 (2.72%) Oracle
10 29 (2.47%) Dell
10 29 (2.47%) Google
11 28 (2.38%) Citrix
12 27 (2.30%) Apple
12 27 (2.30%) Fortinet
13 26 (2.21%) Commvault
14 24 (2.04%) Tenable
15 23 (1.96%) Palo Alto
16 22 (1.87%) Sophos
17 21 (1.79%) SolarWinds