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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 75 107
Rank change year-on-year -65 +32 -29
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,273 1,626 1,758
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.38% 3.72% 2.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.68% 12.52% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 957 1,060 1,364
10th Percentile £32,300 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £58,425
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -1.58% -2.63%
75th Percentile £74,750 £78,750 £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 16,565 12,988 21,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.02% 29.70% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12,070 8,734 16,155
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,750 £46,250
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 3 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 3 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 -36 472 £70,000 -6.67% 198
South East -29 246 £54,000 -6.09% 124
North of England -95 213 £50,000 +5.26% 85
Midlands -33 152 £52,500 +3.70% 42
North West -84 117 £52,500 +14.13% 53
East of England -37 91 £57,500 +11.65% 36
South West -78 85 £55,000 +15.79% 55
East Midlands -4 78 £42,500 +17.24% 21
West Midlands -59 74 £53,688 -2.39% 21
Yorkshire -43 58 £42,500 -15.00% 21
North East -26 38 £50,000 -16.67% 13
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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
1 209 (16.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 186 (14.61%) 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 (0.079%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.079%) Site Server
9 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 75 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.86%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.079%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.079%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 820 (64.41%) Azure
2 470 (36.92%) Microsoft 365
3 339 (26.63%) Entra ID
4 237 (18.62%) AWS
5 147 (11.55%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (8.09%) Power Platform
7 101 (7.93%) GitHub
8 98 (7.70%) IaaS
9 95 (7.46%) SaaS
10 89 (6.99%) OneDrive
11 76 (5.97%) Azure Monitor
12 72 (5.66%) Azure Sentinel
13 70 (5.50%) PaaS
14 66 (5.18%) Azure AKS
15 63 (4.95%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (4.71%) Azure Key Vault
16 60 (4.71%) GCP
16 60 (4.71%) Power Automate
17 46 (3.61%) Serverless
18 45 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 292 (22.94%) Firewall
2 268 (21.05%) DNS
3 181 (14.22%) VPN
4 175 (13.75%) DHCP
5 126 (9.90%) TCP/IP
6 78 (6.13%) WAN
7 74 (5.81%) Network Security
8 72 (5.66%) LAN
9 63 (4.95%) VLAN
10 42 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (3.06%) SAN
12 38 (2.99%) Wireless
13 35 (2.75%) Kerberos
14 22 (1.73%) VoIP
15 21 (1.65%) SSL
16 20 (1.57%) NAS
17 17 (1.34%) Internet
18 16 (1.26%) HTTP
19 12 (0.94%) VSAN
20 11 (0.86%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.31%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 65 (5.11%) Power BI
4 33 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.89%) MongoDB
6 20 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (1.49%) MySQL
7 19 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.18%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.94%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
11 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.39%) Metadata
12 5 (0.39%) Power Query
12 5 (0.39%) Redis
13 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.31%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.31%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 104 (8.17%) Git
2 89 (6.99%) JIRA
3 67 (5.26%) GitLab
4 58 (4.56%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.36%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.86%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.79%) 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
1 399 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 202 (15.87%) Finance
3 169 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.25%) Law
5 52 (4.08%) Legal
6 51 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.38%) Retail
9 37 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.28%) Banking
10 29 (2.28%) Manufacturing
11 26 (2.04%) Public Sector
12 24 (1.89%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.34%) Advertising
14 12 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.86%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.79%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.63%) Front Office
17 8 (0.63%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 203 (15.95%) Senior
2 164 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 136 (10.68%) Analyst
4 132 (10.37%) Support Engineer
5 129 (10.13%) Azure Engineer
6 121 (9.51%) IT Engineer
7 118 (9.27%) Cloud Engineer
8 117 (9.19%) IT Support
9 97 (7.62%) DevOps Engineer
10 70 (5.50%) Security Engineer
11 67 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
13 63 (4.95%) Lead
14 59 (4.63%) Developer
15 51 (4.01%) Systems Engineer
16 50 (3.93%) 2nd Line Support
17 46 (3.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.14%) Administrator
18 40 (3.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 38 (2.99%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.44%) .NET
2 56 (4.40%) ARM Templates
3 55 (4.32%) SAML
4 52 (4.08%) OAuth
5 51 (4.01%) REST
6 45 (3.53%) OpenID
7 44 (3.46%) LDAP
8 43 (3.38%) YAML
9 42 (3.30%) HTML
10 37 (2.91%) Microsoft Graph
11 36 (2.83%) JSON
12 34 (2.67%) .NET Core
13 31 (2.44%) CSS
14 24 (1.89%) SPFx
15 20 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
17 16 (1.26%) RESTful
17 16 (1.26%) SOAP
18 15 (1.18%) Middleware
19 14 (1.10%) React
Miscellaneous
1 99 (7.78%) Onboarding
2 80 (6.28%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 63 (4.95%) Management Information System
6 54 (4.24%) Driving Licence
7 48 (3.77%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.46%) Public Cloud
9 43 (3.38%) Security Operations Centre
10 38 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (2.83%) PKI
11 36 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (2.36%) Cyber Defence
13 26 (2.04%) Private Cloud
14 25 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
14 25 (1.96%) Replication
15 21 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (1.65%) Clustering
16 18 (1.41%) CMDB
17 15 (1.18%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 619 (48.63%) Windows
2 305 (23.96%) Linux
3 292 (22.94%) Windows Server
4 73 (5.73%) Windows 10
5 50 (3.93%) Apple iOS
6 44 (3.46%) VMS
7 42 (3.30%) Android
8 40 (3.14%) Mac OS
9 37 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 36 (2.83%) CentOS
11 35 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 30 (2.36%) Ubuntu
13 26 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
14 11 (0.86%) Unix
15 6 (0.47%) Debian
16 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.24%) AIX
18 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 311 (24.43%) CI/CD
3 305 (23.96%) Infrastructure as Code
4 292 (22.94%) DevOps
5 245 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 240 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 239 (18.77%) Cybersecurity
8 236 (18.54%) ITIL
9 167 (13.12%) Disaster Recovery
10 160 (12.57%) Agile
11 159 (12.49%) Incident Response
12 157 (12.33%) Root Cause Analysis
13 145 (11.39%) Mentoring
14 141 (11.08%) High Availability
15 132 (10.37%) Containerisation
16 129 (10.13%) AI
17 127 (9.98%) SIEM
18 125 (9.82%) Cloud Security
19 124 (9.74%) Observability
20 119 (9.35%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 500 (39.28%) Python
2 299 (23.49%) Bash
3 262 (20.58%) SQL
4 104 (8.17%) Bicep
5 95 (7.46%) C#
6 82 (6.44%) JavaScript
7 48 (3.77%) Kusto Query Language
8 39 (3.06%) T-SQL
9 36 (2.83%) Java
10 31 (2.44%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.65%) VBScript
12 19 (1.49%) C++
13 16 (1.26%) PHP
14 15 (1.18%) Perl
15 10 (0.79%) Go
15 10 (0.79%) VBA
16 9 (0.71%) Ruby
16 9 (0.71%) VB
17 8 (0.63%) C
18 6 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 161 (12.65%) Security Cleared
2 154 (12.10%) Degree
3 145 (11.39%) Azure Certification
4 127 (9.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 109 (8.56%) SC Cleared
6 57 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (4.08%) CISSP
8 50 (3.93%) CompTIA Security+
9 49 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 42 (3.30%) CCNA
11 40 (3.14%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.89%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.81%) CEH
14 22 (1.73%) AWS Certification
14 22 (1.73%) GIAC
15 18 (1.41%) CCNP
15 18 (1.41%) OSCP
16 16 (1.26%) CISM
17 14 (1.10%) CREST Certified
17 14 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (8.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (5.81%) NIST
3 59 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (4.16%) GDPR
5 39 (3.06%) SLA
6 26 (2.04%) QA
7 20 (1.57%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 16 (1.26%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.71%) ISO 22301
11 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.63%) NCSC
12 6 (0.47%) PMO
13 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.24%) DICOM
14 3 (0.24%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.16%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 465 (36.53%) Active Directory
2 208 (16.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (11.15%) Hyper-V
4 135 (10.60%) Docker
5 76 (5.97%) vSphere
6 51 (4.01%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 24 (1.89%) 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%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 5 (0.39%) Firmware
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
1 328 (25.77%) Terraform
2 226 (17.75%) Kubernetes
3 211 (16.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 159 (12.49%) Ansible
5 80 (6.28%) Grafana
6 57 (4.48%) SCCM
7 50 (3.93%) 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 18 (1.41%) vCenter Server
13 14 (1.10%) Graylog
14 13 (1.02%) VxRail
15 12 (0.94%) Nagios
16 10 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 10 (0.79%) Nessus
Vendors
1 793 (62.29%) Microsoft
2 249 (19.56%) VMware
3 115 (9.03%) Cisco
4 102 (8.01%) ServiceNow
5 90 (7.07%) Splunk
6 61 (4.79%) Red Hat
7 55 (4.32%) Veeam
8 44 (3.46%) Oracle
9 43 (3.38%) Meraki
10 32 (2.51%) Sophos
11 31 (2.44%) Citrix
11 31 (2.44%) Tenable
12 30 (2.36%) Dynatrace
13 29 (2.28%) Dell
14 28 (2.20%) Apple
14 28 (2.20%) CrowdStrike
15 27 (2.12%) Fortinet
16 23 (1.81%) Palo Alto
17 21 (1.65%) CyberArk
18 20 (1.57%) SolarWinds