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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 93 56
Rank change year-on-year -11 -37 +31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,146 1,667 2,232
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.44% 2.78% 4.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.88% 8.47% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 988 1,164 1,869
10th Percentile £33,687 £37,825 £39,254
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 10,532 19,678 18,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.45% 32.87% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 7,860 11,802 15,499
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,683 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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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 28 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -20 426 £75,500 +0.67% 139
South East -19 226 £58,000 +2.86% 149
North of England -8 153 £50,000 - 49
Midlands +17 117 £52,500 +10.53% 70
South West +16 112 £52,500 - 58
East of England +35 97 £47,500 -9.52% 36
West Midlands +21 87 £55,000 +17.27% 34
Yorkshire +2 72 £47,500 -10.38% 17
North West +4 69 £52,500 +5.00% 27
East Midlands +5 30 £50,000 +5.26% 35
North East +9 12 £60,000 +27.29% 5
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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
1 212 (18.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 161 (14.05%) SharePoint
3 55 (4.80%) Confluence
4 52 (4.54%) IIS
5 22 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.66%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.96%) nginx
8 6 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.44%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.17%) CMS
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.52%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 6 (0.52%) Siemens NX
4 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.26%) CATIA
5 3 (0.26%) Windchill
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.17%) Revit
6 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.087%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 10 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.52%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.44%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.087%) Eikon
6 1 (0.087%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.087%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 728 (63.53%) Azure
2 406 (35.43%) Microsoft 365
3 235 (20.51%) Entra ID
4 226 (19.72%) AWS
5 161 (14.05%) Azure DevOps
6 107 (9.34%) Power Platform
7 87 (7.59%) PaaS
8 76 (6.63%) GCP
9 75 (6.54%) SaaS
10 70 (6.11%) GitHub
11 66 (5.76%) Power Automate
12 65 (5.67%) Azure Monitor
13 62 (5.41%) IaaS
14 56 (4.89%) Azure Sentinel
15 49 (4.28%) GitHub Actions
15 49 (4.28%) Serverless
16 48 (4.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 39 (3.40%) Amazon S3
17 39 (3.40%) PowerApps
18 36 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 266 (23.21%) Firewall
2 237 (20.68%) DNS
3 189 (16.49%) DHCP
4 111 (9.69%) TCP/IP
5 95 (8.29%) VPN
6 90 (7.85%) WAN
7 73 (6.37%) LAN
8 50 (4.36%) VLAN
9 46 (4.01%) SAN
10 41 (3.58%) Wireless
11 39 (3.40%) Internet
12 35 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (2.88%) Network Security
14 26 (2.27%) SD-WAN
15 23 (2.01%) HTTP
16 20 (1.75%) NAS
16 20 (1.75%) SMTP
16 20 (1.75%) VoIP
17 19 (1.66%) Skype
18 18 (1.57%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (10.21%) SQL Server
2 61 (5.32%) Power BI
3 49 (4.28%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (2.62%) Oracle Database
4 30 (2.62%) Relational Database
5 26 (2.27%) Oracle Database 10g
6 16 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.31%) MySQL
8 14 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.13%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.79%) DTS
11 7 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (0.61%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.52%) Data Mining
12 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.44%) Tableau
14 4 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 118 (10.30%) JIRA
2 99 (8.64%) Git
3 92 (8.03%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.75%) GitLab
5 28 (2.44%) Vagrant
6 22 (1.92%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (1.22%) MSI
8 13 (1.13%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.05%) Burp Suite
9 12 (1.05%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.87%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.52%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.35%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.35%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.35%) Toad
14 3 (0.26%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 420 (36.65%) Social Skills
2 220 (19.20%) Finance
3 84 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (6.46%) Law
5 48 (4.19%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.49%) Banking
6 40 (3.49%) Retail
7 39 (3.40%) Legal
8 36 (3.14%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.71%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
11 26 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.22%) Marketing
15 13 (1.13%) Automotive
16 11 (0.96%) Front Office
17 10 (0.87%) Aerospace
18 9 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 190 (16.58%) Support Engineer
2 139 (12.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 120 (10.47%) Senior
4 98 (8.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 94 (8.20%) Azure Engineer
6 89 (7.77%) 3rd Line Support
7 88 (7.68%) Analyst
8 77 (6.72%) IT Support
9 74 (6.46%) Security Engineer
10 71 (6.20%) IT Engineer
11 70 (6.11%) Cloud Engineer
11 70 (6.11%) Developer
11 70 (6.11%) Lead
12 67 (5.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 62 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
14 45 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
15 43 (3.75%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 42 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
17 41 (3.58%) Applications Engineer
17 41 (3.58%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.32%) YAML
2 59 (5.15%) .NET
3 56 (4.89%) REST
4 39 (3.40%) ARM Templates
5 31 (2.71%) JSON
6 27 (2.36%) LDAP
7 24 (2.09%) SOAP
8 17 (1.48%) AngularJS
8 17 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
8 17 (1.48%) Microsoft Graph
9 15 (1.31%) React
10 13 (1.13%) Web Services
11 11 (0.96%) .NET Framework
11 11 (0.96%) Middleware
11 11 (0.96%) Node.js
12 10 (0.87%) Razor View Engine
13 9 (0.79%) OpenID
14 8 (0.70%) Jinja
14 8 (0.70%) OAuth
15 7 (0.61%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.20%) Onboarding
2 55 (4.80%) Security Posture
3 54 (4.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 36 (3.14%) Data Centre
6 35 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (3.05%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.97%) PKI
8 29 (2.53%) Replication
9 26 (2.27%) Driving Licence
10 24 (2.09%) Private Cloud
11 23 (2.01%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
14 19 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.48%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.48%) IoT
15 17 (1.48%) Product Ownership
16 14 (1.22%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 532 (46.42%) Windows
2 306 (26.70%) Windows Server
3 227 (19.81%) Linux
4 71 (6.20%) Windows 10
5 70 (6.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 53 (4.62%) VMS
7 45 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 43 (3.75%) Unix
9 40 (3.49%) Mac OS
10 31 (2.71%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.18%) Solaris
12 24 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.92%) HPUX
13 22 (1.92%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.92%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
15 18 (1.57%) Amazon Linux
16 17 (1.48%) Android
17 15 (1.31%) Ubuntu
18 12 (1.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (29.23%) DevOps
2 305 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
3 243 (21.20%) CI/CD
4 204 (17.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 191 (16.67%) ITIL
6 178 (15.53%) Infrastructure as Code
7 164 (14.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 135 (11.78%) Agile
8 135 (11.78%) Cybersecurity
9 131 (11.43%) Mentoring
10 127 (11.08%) Task Automation
11 122 (10.65%) Disaster Recovery
12 110 (9.60%) Cloud Security
13 106 (9.25%) Migration
14 91 (7.94%) Change Management
15 90 (7.85%) Containerisation
15 90 (7.85%) ITSM
16 88 (7.68%) Incident Management
17 81 (7.07%) Platform Engineering
18 77 (6.72%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 370 (32.29%) Python
2 210 (18.32%) Bash
3 202 (17.63%) SQL
4 97 (8.46%) C#
5 61 (5.32%) Bicep
6 45 (3.93%) JavaScript
7 37 (3.23%) Java
8 36 (3.14%) Perl
9 31 (2.71%) Groovy
10 27 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
11 26 (2.27%) Go
12 24 (2.09%) VB
13 18 (1.57%) T-SQL
14 14 (1.22%) TypeScript
15 12 (1.05%) VBScript
16 11 (0.96%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.61%) Ruby
18 4 (0.35%) C++
18 4 (0.35%) VB.NET
19 3 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 178 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 174 (15.18%) Degree
3 116 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 92 (8.03%) Azure Certification
5 85 (7.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 64 (5.58%) DV Cleared
7 50 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
8 47 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (3.40%) AWS Certification
10 31 (2.71%) CCNA
11 30 (2.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 28 (2.44%) CISSP
13 24 (2.09%) Master's Degree
14 19 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 17 (1.48%) CEH
16 16 (1.40%) CCNP
16 16 (1.40%) CREST Certified
16 16 (1.40%) OSCP
17 13 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (1.13%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (11.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (9.16%) NIST
3 58 (5.06%) GDPR
4 54 (4.71%) SLA
5 32 (2.79%) NCSC
6 29 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (2.09%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.31%) QA
9 9 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.70%) ISO 22301
10 8 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.44%) GRC
13 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.17%) HL7
15 1 (0.087%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.087%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 419 (36.56%) Active Directory
2 177 (15.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (10.38%) Hyper-V
4 111 (9.69%) Docker
5 44 (3.84%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 31 (2.71%) vSphere
7 22 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (1.75%) DFS Replication
9 14 (1.22%) Firmware
10 10 (0.87%) XenApp
11 9 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.70%) Postfix
13 7 (0.61%) Dovecot
13 7 (0.61%) Squid
14 6 (0.52%) XenDesktop
15 5 (0.44%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.35%) VMware NSX
17 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.26%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 228 (19.90%) Terraform
2 196 (17.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 153 (13.35%) Kubernetes
4 135 (11.78%) Ansible
5 68 (5.93%) SCCM
6 60 (5.24%) Grafana
7 55 (4.80%) Prometheus
8 34 (2.97%) Single Sign-On
9 32 (2.79%) WSUS
10 23 (2.01%) SCOM
11 19 (1.66%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.31%) Autotask
13 14 (1.22%) WMI
14 13 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 12 (1.05%) Backup Exec
16 11 (0.96%) Nessus
16 11 (0.96%) Puppet
16 11 (0.96%) ZABBIX
17 10 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
17 10 (0.87%) QRadar
Vendors
1 675 (58.90%) Microsoft
2 252 (21.99%) VMware
3 108 (9.42%) Cisco
4 90 (7.85%) ServiceNow
5 65 (5.67%) Oracle
6 54 (4.71%) Veeam
7 45 (3.93%) Atlassian
7 45 (3.93%) Citrix
8 44 (3.84%) Red Hat
9 42 (3.66%) Splunk
10 33 (2.88%) Google
11 29 (2.53%) Palo Alto
11 29 (2.53%) SolarWinds
12 22 (1.92%) SAP
13 21 (1.83%) Meraki
14 20 (1.75%) Juniper
14 20 (1.75%) Sophos
15 19 (1.66%) Apple
16 18 (1.57%) Bloomberg
16 18 (1.57%) Dell