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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 90 95
Rank change year-on-year -65 +5 -38
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,293 1,417 1,696
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.25% 3.31% 2.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.83% 12.63% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 908 980 1,110
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,945 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% -6.50% +2.50%

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 16,511 11,215 20,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.91% 26.17% 31.59%
Number of salaries quoted 12,026 7,435 12,257
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,112
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.97% -2.90%

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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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -31 471 £70,000 - 416
South East -28 236 £52,500 -8.70% 154
North of England -93 231 £50,000 - 148
Midlands -36 160 £52,500 +1.94% 74
North West -78 138 £50,000 - 75
East of England -37 98 £57,500 +21.05% 50
South West -70 92 £55,000 +13.40% 78
East Midlands +2 83 £42,500 +15.65% 29
West Midlands -67 77 £55,000 - 45
Yorkshire -57 56 £45,472 -9.06% 50
North East -39 37 £51,500 -14.17% 24
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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
1 242 (18.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 216 (16.71%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.63%) IIS
4 41 (3.17%) Confluence
5 15 (1.16%) nginx
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.077%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.077%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 36 (2.78%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
4 5 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.077%) Actimize
7 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 798 (61.72%) Azure
2 529 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
3 444 (34.34%) Entra ID
4 236 (18.25%) AWS
5 162 (12.53%) Azure DevOps
6 111 (8.58%) Power Platform
7 109 (8.43%) SaaS
8 105 (8.12%) OneDrive
9 99 (7.66%) IaaS
10 94 (7.27%) GitHub
11 89 (6.88%) Azure Monitor
12 87 (6.73%) Azure Sentinel
13 74 (5.72%) Power Automate
14 71 (5.49%) Azure AKS
14 71 (5.49%) PaaS
15 63 (4.87%) GCP
16 61 (4.72%) Azure Key Vault
16 61 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
17 59 (4.56%) Microsoft Copilot
18 56 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 309 (23.90%) DNS
2 307 (23.74%) Firewall
3 221 (17.09%) DHCP
4 219 (16.94%) VPN
5 146 (11.29%) TCP/IP
6 83 (6.42%) WAN
7 78 (6.03%) VLAN
8 73 (5.65%) LAN
9 57 (4.41%) Network Security
10 56 (4.33%) Wireless
11 46 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (3.02%) SAN
13 33 (2.55%) Kerberos
14 31 (2.40%) SSL
15 26 (2.01%) NAS
16 19 (1.47%) HTTP
17 14 (1.08%) Internet
18 12 (0.93%) VSAN
19 11 (0.85%) SNMP
19 11 (0.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (10.05%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (4.56%) Power BI
4 22 (1.70%) MongoDB
5 18 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.77%) MySQL
10 9 (0.70%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
11 8 (0.62%) Power Query
11 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.54%) Redis
13 6 (0.46%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.46%) Metadata
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 88 (6.81%) JIRA
2 81 (6.26%) Git
3 69 (5.34%) GitLab
4 59 (4.56%) Jenkins
5 19 (1.47%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
7 10 (0.77%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.62%) TestRail
9 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.46%) Selenium
11 5 (0.39%) MSI
11 5 (0.39%) Postman
11 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.31%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.23%) JMeter
General
1 461 (35.65%) Social Skills
2 221 (17.09%) Finance
3 186 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (6.19%) Law
5 55 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
7 51 (3.94%) Legal
8 46 (3.56%) Retail
9 43 (3.33%) Banking
10 38 (2.94%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (2.24%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.09%) Aerospace
14 12 (0.93%) Financial Institution
14 12 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (0.77%) Investment Banking
16 9 (0.70%) Advertising
16 9 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.62%) Aviation
18 7 (0.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 213 (16.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 189 (14.62%) Senior
3 162 (12.53%) Analyst
4 125 (9.67%) Azure Engineer
5 122 (9.44%) Cloud Engineer
6 121 (9.36%) IT Engineer
7 113 (8.74%) Support Engineer
8 99 (7.66%) DevOps Engineer
9 95 (7.35%) IT Support
10 72 (5.57%) Platform Engineer
11 71 (5.49%) Consultant
12 68 (5.26%) Lead
13 64 (4.95%) Support Analyst
14 62 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
15 54 (4.18%) Security Engineer
16 48 (3.71%) Systems Engineer
17 42 (3.25%) Microsoft Engineer
17 42 (3.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 41 (3.17%) Architect
18 41 (3.17%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 339 (26.22%) Terraform
2 61 (4.72%) .NET
3 53 (4.10%) ARM Templates
4 50 (3.87%) SAML
5 48 (3.71%) REST
6 40 (3.09%) LDAP
7 39 (3.02%) OpenID
7 39 (3.02%) YAML
8 37 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
9 36 (2.78%) OAuth
10 29 (2.24%) HTML
11 26 (2.01%) JSON
12 20 (1.55%) CSS
12 20 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.47%) SPFx
14 16 (1.24%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.01%) ADO
15 13 (1.01%) Kafka
15 13 (1.01%) RESTful
16 12 (0.93%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 117 (9.05%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.42%) Driving Licence
3 80 (6.19%) Cloud Native
4 77 (5.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 70 (5.41%) Security Posture
6 66 (5.10%) Management Information System
7 52 (4.02%) PKI
8 50 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
9 47 (3.63%) Data Centre
10 44 (3.40%) Replication
11 35 (2.71%) Security Operations Centre
12 34 (2.63%) Public Cloud
13 30 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.62%) Private Cloud
15 20 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
16 19 (1.47%) AI Agents
16 19 (1.47%) Clustering
16 19 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
17 17 (1.31%) CMDB
17 17 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 664 (51.35%) Windows
2 318 (24.59%) Windows Server
3 307 (23.74%) Linux
4 96 (7.42%) Windows 10
5 46 (3.56%) Apple iOS
6 41 (3.17%) Android
7 40 (3.09%) Ubuntu
8 37 (2.86%) VMS
9 36 (2.78%) macOS
10 35 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
11 33 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
12 32 (2.47%) CentOS
13 25 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 18 (1.39%) Unix
15 17 (1.31%) Rocky
16 7 (0.54%) Solaris
17 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.31%) Debian
18 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
19 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (30.70%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (24.98%) Infrastructure as Code
3 311 (24.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 302 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 291 (22.51%) DevOps
6 286 (22.12%) CI/CD
7 254 (19.64%) ITIL
8 244 (18.87%) Cybersecurity
9 209 (16.16%) Disaster Recovery
10 175 (13.53%) AI
11 149 (11.52%) Root Cause Analysis
12 146 (11.29%) Agile
13 145 (11.21%) Mentoring
14 144 (11.14%) Migration
15 143 (11.06%) Platform Engineering
16 142 (10.98%) Cloud Security
17 135 (10.44%) Infrastructure Automation
18 134 (10.36%) Incident Response
19 131 (10.13%) High Availability
20 126 (9.74%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 485 (37.51%) Python
2 281 (21.73%) Bash
3 264 (20.42%) SQL
4 118 (9.13%) Bicep
5 76 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 66 (5.10%) C#
7 51 (3.94%) Kusto Query Language
8 42 (3.25%) Java
9 30 (2.32%) T-SQL
10 26 (2.01%) TypeScript
11 22 (1.70%) VBScript
12 17 (1.31%) C++
13 16 (1.24%) Perl
14 13 (1.01%) PHP
15 10 (0.77%) Ruby
15 10 (0.77%) VBA
16 8 (0.62%) VB
17 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.54%) Go
18 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 186 (14.39%) Security Cleared
2 156 (12.06%) Degree
3 149 (11.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 144 (11.14%) Azure Certification
5 118 (9.13%) SC Cleared
6 65 (5.03%) CISSP
7 59 (4.56%) DV Cleared
8 51 (3.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 51 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (2.78%) CCNA
11 27 (2.09%) CEH
12 25 (1.93%) DBS Check
13 23 (1.78%) AWS Certification
14 20 (1.55%) CISM
15 18 (1.39%) GIAC
15 18 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 17 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (1.16%) OSCP
18 13 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 59 (4.56%) NIST
4 47 (3.63%) SLA
5 34 (2.63%) GDPR
6 23 (1.78%) QA
7 20 (1.55%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.77%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.62%) PMO
12 7 (0.54%) NCSC
12 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.46%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
15 2 (0.15%) EMIR
15 2 (0.15%) GRC
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 504 (38.98%) Active Directory
2 224 (17.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (11.14%) Hyper-V
4 125 (9.67%) Docker
5 81 (6.26%) vSphere
6 71 (5.49%) Virtual Machines
7 60 (4.64%) Virtual Desktop
8 33 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
9 30 (2.32%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.31%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.16%) Firmware
12 8 (0.62%) KVM
13 7 (0.54%) Squid
14 5 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
17 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 242 (18.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 209 (16.16%) Kubernetes
3 158 (12.22%) Ansible
4 75 (5.80%) Grafana
5 69 (5.34%) SCCM
6 58 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (3.02%) Prometheus
8 35 (2.71%) Puppet
9 30 (2.32%) vCenter Server
10 23 (1.78%) Argo
11 22 (1.70%) ZABBIX
12 20 (1.55%) Proxmox
13 19 (1.47%) FortiGate
14 18 (1.39%) QRadar
15 15 (1.16%) Graylog
16 14 (1.08%) Packer
17 12 (0.93%) Progress Chef
18 11 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 11 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
19 10 (0.77%) VxRail
Vendors
1 871 (67.36%) Microsoft
2 265 (20.49%) VMware
3 101 (7.81%) Cisco
4 95 (7.35%) ServiceNow
5 83 (6.42%) Splunk
6 68 (5.26%) Veeam
7 44 (3.40%) Oracle
8 40 (3.09%) Citrix
8 40 (3.09%) Red Hat
9 34 (2.63%) Sage
10 33 (2.55%) Meraki
11 31 (2.40%) SolarWinds
12 30 (2.32%) Dell
13 29 (2.24%) SAP
13 29 (2.24%) Sophos
14 28 (2.17%) Dynatrace
15 25 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
15 25 (1.93%) Fortinet
15 25 (1.93%) Google
16 24 (1.86%) CyberArk