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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 77 103
Rank change year-on-year -62 +26 -26
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,274 1,618 1,773
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.39% 3.71% 2.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.70% 12.55% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 959 1,055 1,363
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year - -1.46% -2.75%
75th Percentile £74,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.17%

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 16,548 12,889 21,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.01% 29.57% 29.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,028 8,626 16,146
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,313 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,375
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.00% -7.12%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -29 475 £70,000 -6.67% 193
South East -36 244 £53,000 -7.83% 119
North of England -96 215 £49,222 +3.63% 91
Midlands -48 152 £52,500 +5.00% 44
North West -88 117 £52,500 +14.13% 64
East of England -39 94 £57,500 +11.65% 35
South West -71 83 £55,000 +15.79% 56
East Midlands -2 79 £42,500 +21.43% 22
West Midlands -64 73 £53,688 -2.39% 22
Yorkshire -41 60 £42,500 -15.63% 18
North East -24 38 £50,000 -16.67% 11
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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
1 211 (16.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 189 (14.84%) SharePoint
3 49 (3.85%) IIS
4 32 (2.51%) Confluence
5 9 (0.71%) nginx
6 5 (0.39%) Apache
6 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.31%) SAS
8 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.078%) Site Server
9 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 76 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.078%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.078%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 822 (64.52%) Azure
2 474 (37.21%) Microsoft 365
3 343 (26.92%) Entra ID
4 237 (18.60%) AWS
5 149 (11.70%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.01%) Power Platform
7 100 (7.85%) GitHub
8 96 (7.54%) IaaS
9 95 (7.46%) SaaS
10 92 (7.22%) OneDrive
11 77 (6.04%) Azure Monitor
12 73 (5.73%) Azure Sentinel
13 68 (5.34%) PaaS
14 67 (5.26%) Azure AKS
15 62 (4.87%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (4.71%) Azure Key Vault
16 60 (4.71%) Power Automate
17 59 (4.63%) GCP
18 46 (3.61%) Datadog
19 45 (3.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 293 (23.00%) Firewall
2 269 (21.11%) DNS
3 180 (14.13%) VPN
4 176 (13.81%) DHCP
5 127 (9.97%) TCP/IP
6 79 (6.20%) WAN
7 73 (5.73%) LAN
8 72 (5.65%) Network Security
9 62 (4.87%) VLAN
10 42 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (3.06%) SAN
12 38 (2.98%) Wireless
13 35 (2.75%) Kerberos
14 21 (1.65%) SSL
14 21 (1.65%) VoIP
15 20 (1.57%) NAS
16 16 (1.26%) HTTP
16 16 (1.26%) Internet
17 12 (0.94%) VSAN
18 11 (0.86%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.30%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 64 (5.02%) Power BI
4 32 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.81%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (1.41%) MySQL
7 18 (1.41%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
10 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.39%) Metadata
11 5 (0.39%) Power Query
11 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.39%) Redis
12 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.31%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 105 (8.24%) Git
2 88 (6.91%) JIRA
3 67 (5.26%) GitLab
4 57 (4.47%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.35%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.86%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (0.55%) TestRail
10 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.47%) Selenium
11 5 (0.39%) Postman
12 4 (0.31%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.24%) JMeter
13 3 (0.24%) MSI
General
1 401 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 202 (15.86%) Finance
3 172 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.24%) Law
5 52 (4.08%) Legal
6 50 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.38%) Retail
9 37 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (2.35%) Banking
11 28 (2.20%) Manufacturing
12 27 (2.12%) Public Sector
13 25 (1.96%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.33%) Advertising
15 12 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.86%) Financial Institution
17 10 (0.78%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.63%) Front Office
18 8 (0.63%) Investment Banking
19 7 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 200 (15.70%) Senior
2 166 (13.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (10.75%) Analyst
4 131 (10.28%) Support Engineer
5 129 (10.13%) Azure Engineer
6 122 (9.58%) IT Engineer
7 117 (9.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 115 (9.03%) IT Support
9 97 (7.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 69 (5.42%) Security Engineer
11 67 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
12 66 (5.18%) Platform Engineer
13 65 (5.10%) Lead
14 59 (4.63%) Developer
15 51 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
16 50 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
17 47 (3.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.14%) Administrator
18 40 (3.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 38 (2.98%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.36%) .NET
2 55 (4.32%) ARM Templates
2 55 (4.32%) SAML
3 52 (4.08%) OAuth
4 51 (4.00%) REST
5 45 (3.53%) OpenID
6 44 (3.45%) LDAP
6 44 (3.45%) YAML
7 42 (3.30%) HTML
8 38 (2.98%) Microsoft Graph
9 35 (2.75%) JSON
10 33 (2.59%) .NET Core
11 31 (2.43%) CSS
12 24 (1.88%) SPFx
13 20 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
15 16 (1.26%) RESTful
15 16 (1.26%) SOAP
16 15 (1.18%) Middleware
17 13 (1.02%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.85%) Onboarding
2 81 (6.36%) Cloud Native
3 73 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 66 (5.18%) Security Posture
5 63 (4.95%) Management Information System
6 56 (4.40%) Driving Licence
7 47 (3.69%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.45%) Public Cloud
9 42 (3.30%) Security Operations Centre
10 38 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (2.83%) PKI
11 36 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (2.28%) Cyber Defence
13 26 (2.04%) Private Cloud
14 25 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
14 25 (1.96%) Replication
15 22 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (1.57%) Clustering
17 17 (1.33%) CMDB
18 15 (1.18%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 622 (48.82%) Windows
2 302 (23.70%) Linux
3 295 (23.16%) Windows Server
4 76 (5.97%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.00%) Apple iOS
6 43 (3.38%) Android
7 42 (3.30%) VMS
8 40 (3.14%) Mac OS
9 36 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 35 (2.75%) CentOS
10 35 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 30 (2.35%) Ubuntu
12 26 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
13 11 (0.86%) Unix
14 6 (0.47%) Debian
15 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
17 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
2 313 (24.57%) CI/CD
3 306 (24.02%) Infrastructure as Code
4 293 (23.00%) DevOps
5 246 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 246 (19.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 240 (18.84%) ITIL
7 237 (18.60%) Cybersecurity
8 167 (13.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 158 (12.40%) Agile
10 156 (12.24%) Incident Response
11 155 (12.17%) Root Cause Analysis
12 149 (11.70%) Mentoring
13 142 (11.15%) High Availability
14 131 (10.28%) Containerisation
15 127 (9.97%) AI
15 127 (9.97%) Cloud Security
16 125 (9.81%) Observability
17 124 (9.73%) SIEM
18 121 (9.50%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 497 (39.01%) Python
2 296 (23.23%) Bash
3 265 (20.80%) SQL
4 105 (8.24%) Bicep
5 94 (7.38%) C#
6 80 (6.28%) JavaScript
7 47 (3.69%) Kusto Query Language
8 40 (3.14%) T-SQL
9 35 (2.75%) Java
10 31 (2.43%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.65%) VBScript
12 18 (1.41%) C++
13 16 (1.26%) PHP
14 15 (1.18%) Perl
15 10 (0.78%) VBA
16 9 (0.71%) Go
16 9 (0.71%) Ruby
16 9 (0.71%) VB
17 8 (0.63%) C
18 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 161 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 153 (12.01%) Degree
3 147 (11.54%) Azure Certification
4 127 (9.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 109 (8.56%) SC Cleared
6 56 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
7 51 (4.00%) CISSP
7 51 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 48 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (3.22%) CCNA
10 40 (3.14%) DV Cleared
11 24 (1.88%) DBS Check
12 23 (1.81%) CEH
13 22 (1.73%) AWS Certification
14 21 (1.65%) GIAC
15 18 (1.41%) OSCP
16 17 (1.33%) CCNP
17 16 (1.26%) CISM
18 14 (1.10%) CompTIA CySA+
18 14 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (8.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (5.65%) NIST
3 59 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (4.16%) GDPR
5 41 (3.22%) SLA
6 26 (2.04%) QA
7 21 (1.65%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 15 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.71%) ISO 22301
11 8 (0.63%) NCSC
12 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.47%) PMO
14 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.31%) Accessibility
16 3 (0.24%) DICOM
16 3 (0.24%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.16%) EMIR
17 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 468 (36.73%) Active Directory
2 208 (16.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (11.38%) Hyper-V
4 135 (10.60%) Docker
5 75 (5.89%) vSphere
6 52 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
7 44 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.81%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.18%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.71%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 9 (0.71%) KVM
12 8 (0.63%) Squid
13 5 (0.39%) Firmware
14 4 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.16%) iptables
16 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 331 (25.98%) Terraform
2 226 (17.74%) Kubernetes
3 211 (16.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 160 (12.56%) Ansible
5 80 (6.28%) Grafana
6 58 (4.55%) SCCM
7 50 (3.92%) Prometheus
8 47 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
9 23 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
9 23 (1.81%) ZABBIX
10 20 (1.57%) Argo
10 20 (1.57%) Packer
10 20 (1.57%) QRadar
11 19 (1.49%) Proxmox
12 17 (1.33%) vCenter Server
13 14 (1.10%) Graylog
14 12 (0.94%) Nagios
14 12 (0.94%) VxRail
15 10 (0.78%) Nessus
15 10 (0.78%) Puppet
Vendors
1 797 (62.56%) Microsoft
2 249 (19.54%) VMware
3 114 (8.95%) Cisco
4 103 (8.08%) ServiceNow
5 89 (6.99%) Splunk
6 60 (4.71%) Red Hat
7 56 (4.40%) Veeam
8 45 (3.53%) Oracle
9 43 (3.38%) Meraki
10 32 (2.51%) Citrix
10 32 (2.51%) Sophos
11 31 (2.43%) Tenable
12 30 (2.35%) Dynatrace
13 29 (2.28%) Dell
14 28 (2.20%) Apple
14 28 (2.20%) CrowdStrike
15 26 (2.04%) Fortinet
16 22 (1.73%) Palo Alto
17 21 (1.65%) CyberArk
18 20 (1.57%) Okta