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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 74 103
Rank change year-on-year -71 +29 -13
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,152 1,502 2,184
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.39% 3.92% 2.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.83% 12.35% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 884 932 1,787
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,300 £35,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,700 £92,450 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.52% +8.18% -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 14,707 12,160 27,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.76% 31.73% 31.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,465 8,275 22,444
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £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%

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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 24 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 24 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 -15 519 £70,000 -6.67% 100
South East -75 172 £56,750 -1.30% 96
North of England -103 165 £47,500 -6.40% 86
Midlands -46 126 £50,000 +2.56% 40
North West -95 86 £51,500 +11.96% 56
South West -51 81 £55,000 +15.79% 40
East of England -29 79 £57,500 +17.95% 28
East Midlands -15 74 £51,250 +41.38% 22
Yorkshire -27 57 £45,000 -28.00% 18
West Midlands -75 51 £48,250 -3.50% 18
North East -33 22 £46,500 -19.13% 12
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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
1 166 (14.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 145 (12.59%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.47%) IIS
4 21 (1.82%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.087%) Site Server
Applications
1 66 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.087%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.087%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.26%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.087%) Actimize
5 1 (0.087%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.087%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.087%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 741 (64.32%) Azure
2 422 (36.63%) Microsoft 365
3 298 (25.87%) Entra ID
4 203 (17.62%) AWS
5 113 (9.81%) Azure DevOps
6 99 (8.59%) Power Platform
7 88 (7.64%) GitHub
8 80 (6.94%) SaaS
9 74 (6.42%) IaaS
10 71 (6.16%) OneDrive
11 63 (5.47%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (4.95%) GCP
13 54 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 53 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
15 52 (4.51%) Azure AKS
16 48 (4.17%) PaaS
17 46 (3.99%) Power Automate
18 42 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
19 41 (3.56%) Azure Key Vault
20 40 (3.47%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 234 (20.31%) Firewall
2 224 (19.44%) DNS
3 137 (11.89%) VPN
4 134 (11.63%) DHCP
5 96 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 66 (5.73%) WAN
7 65 (5.64%) Network Security
8 64 (5.56%) LAN
9 45 (3.91%) VLAN
10 44 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (3.04%) SAN
12 34 (2.95%) VoIP
13 27 (2.34%) Broadband
14 20 (1.74%) Wireless
15 16 (1.39%) Kerberos
16 14 (1.22%) SD-WAN
17 13 (1.13%) HTTP
17 13 (1.13%) Internet
17 13 (1.13%) VSAN
18 12 (1.04%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 75 (6.51%) Power BI
3 55 (4.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
6 26 (2.26%) MySQL
7 22 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (1.65%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.39%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.13%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.04%) Tableau
13 10 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.78%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.61%) InfluxDB
16 6 (0.52%) Metadata
17 5 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
18 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
19 3 (0.26%) DynamoDB
20 2 (0.17%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 92 (7.99%) Git
2 60 (5.21%) JIRA
3 58 (5.03%) GitLab
4 57 (4.95%) Jenkins
5 29 (2.52%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.48%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.13%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (1.13%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (0.78%) Burp Suite
10 8 (0.69%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.52%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.43%) TestRail
13 4 (0.35%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.35%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.35%) MLflow
13 4 (0.35%) Selenium
14 3 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 345 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 196 (17.01%) Finance
3 157 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.77%) Law
5 49 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
6 48 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (4.08%) Legal
8 44 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
9 42 (3.65%) Retail
10 33 (2.86%) Public Sector
11 23 (2.00%) Aerospace
11 23 (2.00%) Banking
12 20 (1.74%) Manufacturing
13 19 (1.65%) Advertising
14 14 (1.22%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.52%) Electronics
15 6 (0.52%) Front Office
15 6 (0.52%) Police
16 5 (0.43%) Aviation
16 5 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (17.10%) Senior
2 147 (12.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (11.89%) Analyst
4 123 (10.68%) Azure Engineer
5 120 (10.42%) Support Engineer
6 105 (9.11%) IT Support
7 95 (8.25%) Cloud Engineer
8 94 (8.16%) IT Engineer
9 79 (6.86%) DevOps Engineer
10 74 (6.42%) Security Engineer
11 60 (5.21%) IT Support Engineer
12 53 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support
12 53 (4.60%) Lead
13 52 (4.51%) Developer
14 48 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
15 45 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 41 (3.56%) Security Analyst
17 40 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
18 39 (3.39%) Architect
19 35 (3.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.94%) .NET
2 63 (5.47%) OAuth
3 61 (5.30%) SAML
4 56 (4.86%) OpenID
4 56 (4.86%) REST
5 49 (4.25%) LDAP
6 39 (3.39%) .NET Core
7 36 (3.13%) JSON
8 35 (3.04%) Microsoft Graph
9 34 (2.95%) ARM Templates
9 34 (2.95%) CSS
9 34 (2.95%) HTML
10 33 (2.86%) SOAP
10 33 (2.86%) YAML
11 26 (2.26%) SPFx
12 24 (2.08%) GraphQL
13 19 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
13 19 (1.65%) React
14 15 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
14 15 (1.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.90%) Onboarding
2 67 (5.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 58 (5.03%) Cloud Native
4 54 (4.69%) Management Information System
5 53 (4.60%) Security Posture
6 45 (3.91%) Cyber Defence
6 45 (3.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 43 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
8 41 (3.56%) Driving Licence
9 36 (3.13%) Data Centre
9 36 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (2.95%) Cyberattack
11 29 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
12 28 (2.43%) Public Cloud
13 27 (2.34%) PKI
14 21 (1.82%) CMDB
15 20 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.65%) Private Cloud
17 18 (1.56%) Replication
18 17 (1.48%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 541 (46.96%) Windows
2 261 (22.66%) Linux
3 259 (22.48%) Windows Server
4 75 (6.51%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.17%) Android
5 48 (4.17%) Mac OS
6 47 (4.08%) Apple iOS
7 34 (2.95%) VMS
7 34 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (2.34%) CentOS
9 26 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 25 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
11 20 (1.74%) Ubuntu
12 12 (1.04%) Unix
13 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.43%) Debian
15 4 (0.35%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.35%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.17%) AIX
16 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (25.26%) Problem-Solving
2 264 (22.92%) Infrastructure as Code
3 250 (21.70%) CI/CD
4 246 (21.35%) Cybersecurity
5 235 (20.40%) DevOps
6 207 (17.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 197 (17.10%) ITIL
8 193 (16.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 155 (13.45%) Incident Response
10 144 (12.50%) Mentoring
11 142 (12.33%) Agile
12 135 (11.72%) Root Cause Analysis
13 133 (11.55%) Disaster Recovery
14 120 (10.42%) Containerisation
14 120 (10.42%) SIEM
15 110 (9.55%) Cloud Security
16 102 (8.85%) High Availability
16 102 (8.85%) Roadmaps
17 99 (8.59%) Security Operations
18 97 (8.42%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 468 (40.63%) Python
2 281 (24.39%) Bash
3 250 (21.70%) SQL
4 87 (7.55%) C#
5 73 (6.34%) JavaScript
6 70 (6.08%) Bicep
7 49 (4.25%) T-SQL
8 30 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (2.17%) Java
10 23 (2.00%) TypeScript
11 17 (1.48%) C++
12 15 (1.30%) Perl
13 12 (1.04%) VBScript
14 11 (0.95%) VB
14 11 (0.95%) VBA
15 10 (0.87%) Go
15 10 (0.87%) PHP
15 10 (0.87%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.61%) C
17 6 (0.52%) Korn
Qualifications
1 145 (12.59%) Degree
2 136 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 111 (9.64%) Azure Certification
4 108 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 80 (6.94%) SC Cleared
6 45 (3.91%) CISSP
7 41 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (2.69%) DV Cleared
11 28 (2.43%) CCNA
11 28 (2.43%) OSCP
12 26 (2.26%) CREST Certified
13 25 (2.17%) AWS Certification
13 25 (2.17%) CEH
13 25 (2.17%) GIAC
14 23 (2.00%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.39%) CompTIA CySA+
16 12 (1.04%) CCSAM
17 11 (0.95%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (11.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 103 (8.94%) NIST
3 58 (5.03%) GDPR
4 43 (3.73%) SLA
5 36 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.08%) NCSC
7 20 (1.74%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.48%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.30%) PCI DSS
9 15 (1.30%) QA
9 15 (1.30%) SOC 2
10 12 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.95%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.52%) DICOM
14 5 (0.43%) GRC
15 4 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.26%) PMO
17 2 (0.17%) COBIT
System Software
1 422 (36.63%) Active Directory
2 156 (13.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (11.28%) Docker
4 110 (9.55%) Hyper-V
5 51 (4.43%) vSphere
6 32 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (1.74%) BitLocker
9 14 (1.22%) Firmware
9 14 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.22%) VMware NSX
10 10 (0.87%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.69%) KVM
12 7 (0.61%) Squid
13 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.35%) iptables
14 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.35%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.35%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.17%) Samba
Systems Management
1 266 (23.09%) Terraform
2 202 (17.53%) Kubernetes
3 177 (15.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 135 (11.72%) Ansible
5 60 (5.21%) Grafana
6 54 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
7 48 (4.17%) SCCM
8 42 (3.65%) Prometheus
9 23 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
10 20 (1.74%) vCenter Server
11 19 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (1.39%) Nessus
12 16 (1.39%) QRadar
13 15 (1.30%) Packer
13 15 (1.30%) VxRail
14 14 (1.22%) ZABBIX
15 11 (0.95%) Graylog
16 10 (0.87%) Nagios
16 10 (0.87%) WSUS
17 9 (0.78%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 671 (58.25%) Microsoft
2 206 (17.88%) VMware
3 91 (7.90%) Cisco
4 69 (5.99%) Splunk
5 53 (4.60%) Red Hat
5 53 (4.60%) ServiceNow
6 42 (3.65%) Veeam
7 39 (3.39%) CrowdStrike
8 31 (2.69%) Meraki
9 30 (2.60%) Dell
10 29 (2.52%) Citrix
10 29 (2.52%) Google
11 28 (2.43%) Oracle
12 27 (2.34%) Commvault
13 26 (2.26%) Apple
13 26 (2.26%) Fortinet
14 25 (2.17%) Palo Alto
15 23 (2.00%) Tenable
16 21 (1.82%) CyberArk
16 21 (1.82%) Sophos