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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 74 104
Rank change year-on-year -72 +30 -14
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,118 1,549 2,151
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.36% 3.93% 2.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.68% 12.21% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 859 973 1,785
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £35,100
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 £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 14,550 12,686 27,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.70% 32.20% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 10,297 8,850 22,385
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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 20 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 20 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 -18 508 £70,000 -6.67% 119
South East -78 164 £56,750 -1.30% 117
North of England -103 160 £47,500 -5.00% 82
Midlands -50 121 £52,500 +5.00% 36
North West -102 82 £50,000 +8.70% 51
South West -54 81 £55,000 +15.79% 38
East of England -29 74 £57,500 +21.05% 24
East Midlands -21 71 £55,000 +42.86% 20
Yorkshire -28 58 £45,000 -23.73% 19
West Midlands -78 49 £48,000 -4.00% 16
North East -33 20 £48,445 -15.75% 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
1 159 (14.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.31%) IIS
4 20 (1.79%) Confluence
5 2 (0.18%) Apache
5 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.18%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.089%) Site Server
Applications
1 62 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.089%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.27%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.089%) Actimize
4 1 (0.089%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.089%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.089%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 725 (64.85%) Azure
2 408 (36.49%) Microsoft 365
3 288 (25.76%) Entra ID
4 197 (17.62%) AWS
5 107 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
6 94 (8.41%) Power Platform
7 85 (7.60%) GitHub
8 79 (7.07%) SaaS
9 72 (6.44%) IaaS
10 69 (6.17%) OneDrive
11 61 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (5.19%) GCP
13 54 (4.83%) Azure Sentinel
14 52 (4.65%) Azure AKS
15 49 (4.38%) Azure Monitor
16 47 (4.20%) PaaS
17 46 (4.11%) Power Automate
18 42 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
19 40 (3.58%) Azure Storage
19 40 (3.58%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 226 (20.21%) Firewall
2 219 (19.59%) DNS
3 132 (11.81%) VPN
4 131 (11.72%) DHCP
5 94 (8.41%) TCP/IP
6 65 (5.81%) Network Security
7 64 (5.72%) WAN
8 62 (5.55%) LAN
9 44 (3.94%) VLAN
10 43 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (3.04%) SAN
11 34 (3.04%) VoIP
12 27 (2.42%) Broadband
13 20 (1.79%) Wireless
14 16 (1.43%) Kerberos
15 14 (1.25%) SD-WAN
16 13 (1.16%) Internet
16 13 (1.16%) VSAN
17 12 (1.07%) HTTP
17 12 (1.07%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (11.99%) SQL Server
2 72 (6.44%) Power BI
3 51 (4.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.24%) MySQL
6 22 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.70%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.43%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.16%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.07%) Tableau
12 11 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.81%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.63%) InfluxDB
15 6 (0.54%) Metadata
16 5 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
17 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 3 (0.27%) DynamoDB
19 2 (0.18%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 90 (8.05%) Git
2 57 (5.10%) JIRA
3 52 (4.65%) Jenkins
4 51 (4.56%) GitLab
5 27 (2.42%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.43%) Octopus Deploy
7 13 (1.16%) Metasploit
7 13 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 12 (1.07%) TeamCity
9 10 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.81%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.72%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.54%) Robot Framework
13 5 (0.45%) TestRail
14 4 (0.36%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.36%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.36%) MLflow
14 4 (0.36%) Selenium
15 3 (0.27%) SonarQube
16 2 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 339 (30.32%) Social Skills
2 188 (16.82%) Finance
3 151 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (6.71%) Law
5 48 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (3.94%) Legal
7 43 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 40 (3.58%) Retail
9 33 (2.95%) Public Sector
10 22 (1.97%) Banking
11 21 (1.88%) Aerospace
12 19 (1.70%) Advertising
12 19 (1.70%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.25%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.63%) Front Office
15 6 (0.54%) Electronics
15 6 (0.54%) Police
16 5 (0.45%) Aviation
16 5 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 194 (17.35%) Senior
2 142 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 136 (12.16%) Analyst
4 119 (10.64%) Azure Engineer
5 116 (10.38%) Support Engineer
6 100 (8.94%) IT Support
7 88 (7.87%) IT Engineer
8 86 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
9 75 (6.71%) Security Engineer
10 74 (6.62%) DevOps Engineer
11 57 (5.10%) IT Support Engineer
12 54 (4.83%) Lead
13 52 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support
14 49 (4.38%) Developer
15 45 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 44 (3.94%) Platform Engineer
17 41 (3.67%) Security Analyst
18 39 (3.49%) Architect
18 39 (3.49%) Systems Engineer
19 35 (3.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (7.07%) .NET
2 63 (5.64%) OAuth
3 60 (5.37%) SAML
4 57 (5.10%) OpenID
5 54 (4.83%) REST
6 48 (4.29%) LDAP
7 39 (3.49%) .NET Core
8 36 (3.22%) JSON
9 35 (3.13%) Microsoft Graph
10 33 (2.95%) ARM Templates
11 32 (2.86%) CSS
11 32 (2.86%) HTML
11 32 (2.86%) SOAP
12 28 (2.50%) YAML
13 26 (2.33%) SPFx
14 24 (2.15%) GraphQL
15 19 (1.70%) HTML5 Canvas
15 19 (1.70%) React
16 15 (1.34%) Node.js
17 14 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 89 (7.96%) Onboarding
2 66 (5.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 53 (4.74%) Security Posture
4 52 (4.65%) Cloud Native
5 51 (4.56%) Management Information System
6 44 (3.94%) Cyber Defence
7 43 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
8 42 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
9 40 (3.58%) Driving Licence
10 36 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
11 34 (3.04%) Cyberattack
11 34 (3.04%) Data Centre
12 29 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
13 28 (2.50%) Public Cloud
14 26 (2.33%) PKI
15 21 (1.88%) CMDB
16 19 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
17 18 (1.61%) Private Cloud
17 18 (1.61%) Replication
18 16 (1.43%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 521 (46.60%) Windows
2 250 (22.36%) Linux
3 245 (21.91%) Windows Server
4 74 (6.62%) Windows 10
5 47 (4.20%) Android
5 47 (4.20%) Mac OS
6 46 (4.11%) Apple iOS
7 32 (2.86%) VMS
7 32 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (2.24%) CentOS
8 25 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (2.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (1.61%) Ubuntu
10 12 (1.07%) Unix
11 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.45%) Debian
13 4 (0.36%) CoreOS
13 4 (0.36%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.18%) AIX
14 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
2 249 (22.27%) Infrastructure as Code
3 241 (21.56%) Cybersecurity
4 235 (21.02%) CI/CD
5 225 (20.13%) DevOps
6 199 (17.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 195 (17.44%) ITIL
8 187 (16.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 153 (13.69%) Incident Response
10 142 (12.70%) Mentoring
11 133 (11.90%) Agile
11 133 (11.90%) Root Cause Analysis
12 129 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
13 118 (10.55%) SIEM
14 113 (10.11%) Containerisation
15 110 (9.84%) Cloud Security
16 102 (9.12%) Roadmaps
17 97 (8.68%) High Availability
17 97 (8.68%) Security Operations
18 93 (8.32%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 454 (40.61%) Python
2 270 (24.15%) Bash
3 238 (21.29%) SQL
4 87 (7.78%) C#
5 73 (6.53%) JavaScript
6 69 (6.17%) Bicep
7 47 (4.20%) T-SQL
8 31 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 23 (2.06%) Java
9 23 (2.06%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.43%) C++
11 14 (1.25%) Perl
12 11 (0.98%) VB
13 10 (0.89%) Go
13 10 (0.89%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.81%) PHP
14 9 (0.81%) VBA
14 9 (0.81%) VBScript
15 7 (0.63%) C
16 6 (0.54%) Korn
Qualifications
1 141 (12.61%) Degree
2 127 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 108 (9.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 106 (9.48%) Azure Certification
5 71 (6.35%) SC Cleared
6 44 (3.94%) CISSP
7 39 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (2.77%) DV Cleared
11 27 (2.42%) CCNA
11 27 (2.42%) OSCP
12 25 (2.24%) CREST Certified
13 24 (2.15%) GIAC
14 23 (2.06%) AWS Certification
14 23 (2.06%) CEH
15 22 (1.97%) DBS Check
16 16 (1.43%) CompTIA CySA+
17 12 (1.07%) CCSAM
18 11 (0.98%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (12.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 103 (9.21%) NIST
3 59 (5.28%) GDPR
4 43 (3.85%) SLA
5 33 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.15%) NCSC
7 20 (1.79%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.52%) ISO 22301
9 15 (1.34%) QA
9 15 (1.34%) SOC 2
10 14 (1.25%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.98%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.54%) DICOM
15 5 (0.45%) GRC
16 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
17 3 (0.27%) PMO
18 2 (0.18%) COBIT
System Software
1 410 (36.67%) Active Directory
2 152 (13.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (10.82%) Docker
4 105 (9.39%) Hyper-V
5 50 (4.47%) vSphere
6 32 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (1.70%) BitLocker
9 14 (1.25%) Firmware
9 14 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (1.16%) VMware NSX
11 10 (0.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.72%) KVM
13 6 (0.54%) Squid
14 5 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.36%) iptables
15 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.18%) Samba
Systems Management
1 254 (22.72%) Terraform
2 193 (17.26%) Kubernetes
3 174 (15.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 131 (11.72%) Ansible
5 53 (4.74%) Grafana
6 51 (4.56%) Single Sign-On
7 47 (4.20%) SCCM
8 35 (3.13%) Prometheus
9 23 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
10 19 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.70%) vCenter Server
11 15 (1.34%) Nessus
11 15 (1.34%) QRadar
11 15 (1.34%) VxRail
12 13 (1.16%) Packer
12 13 (1.16%) ZABBIX
13 10 (0.89%) Graylog
13 10 (0.89%) WSUS
14 9 (0.81%) Nagios
15 8 (0.72%) logstash
Vendors
1 654 (58.50%) Microsoft
2 201 (17.98%) VMware
3 89 (7.96%) Cisco
4 63 (5.64%) Splunk
5 52 (4.65%) ServiceNow
6 51 (4.56%) Red Hat
7 41 (3.67%) Veeam
8 40 (3.58%) CrowdStrike
9 31 (2.77%) Meraki
10 30 (2.68%) Dell
11 28 (2.50%) Citrix
11 28 (2.50%) Google
12 27 (2.42%) Commvault
13 26 (2.33%) Apple
13 26 (2.33%) Fortinet
14 25 (2.24%) Palo Alto
15 24 (2.15%) Oracle
16 23 (2.06%) Tenable
17 22 (1.97%) CyberArk
18 20 (1.79%) Sophos