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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 91 96
Rank change year-on-year -63 +5 -40
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,297 1,421 1,690
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.24% 3.32% 2.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.81% 12.68% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 909 985 1,105
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,250 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% -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 16,609 11,203 20,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.89% 26.14% 31.80%
Number of salaries quoted 12,144 7,468 12,170
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,918 £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 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

PowerShell
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

PowerShell
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 15 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 15 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 -36 466 £70,000 -3.45% 474
South East -34 239 £52,500 -8.70% 174
North of England -91 233 £50,000 - 153
Midlands -29 162 £52,500 +1.94% 87
North West -83 139 £50,000 - 76
East of England -42 98 £57,500 +21.05% 58
South West -67 94 £55,000 +13.40% 89
East Midlands 0 83 £42,500 +15.65% 34
West Midlands -66 79 £55,000 - 53
Yorkshire -50 57 £48,445 -3.11% 53
North East -35 37 £51,500 -14.17% 25
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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
1 247 (19.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 220 (16.96%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.55%) IIS
4 41 (3.16%) 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 63 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.077%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 36 (2.78%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.69%) 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
1 808 (62.30%) Azure
2 533 (41.09%) Microsoft 365
3 450 (34.70%) Entra ID
4 234 (18.04%) AWS
5 163 (12.57%) Azure DevOps
6 112 (8.64%) Power Platform
7 109 (8.40%) SaaS
8 107 (8.25%) OneDrive
9 100 (7.71%) IaaS
10 93 (7.17%) GitHub
11 89 (6.86%) Azure Monitor
12 87 (6.71%) Azure Sentinel
13 74 (5.71%) Power Automate
14 71 (5.47%) Azure AKS
14 71 (5.47%) PaaS
15 62 (4.78%) GCP
15 62 (4.78%) Microsoft Purview
16 61 (4.70%) Azure Key Vault
17 60 (4.63%) Microsoft Copilot
18 55 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 314 (24.21%) DNS
2 311 (23.98%) Firewall
3 225 (17.35%) DHCP
3 225 (17.35%) VPN
4 150 (11.57%) TCP/IP
5 83 (6.40%) WAN
6 78 (6.01%) VLAN
7 73 (5.63%) LAN
8 56 (4.32%) Network Security
8 56 (4.32%) Wireless
9 45 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
10 39 (3.01%) SAN
11 33 (2.54%) Kerberos
12 31 (2.39%) SSL
13 26 (2.00%) NAS
14 19 (1.46%) HTTP
15 13 (1.00%) Internet
15 13 (1.00%) VSAN
16 11 (0.85%) SNMP
16 11 (0.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (10.18%) SQL Server
2 82 (6.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (4.47%) Power BI
4 22 (1.70%) MongoDB
5 18 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.23%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.77%) MySQL
9 10 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.69%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
11 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.54%) Metadata
12 7 (0.54%) Power Query
12 7 (0.54%) Redis
13 6 (0.46%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.31%) Db2
Development Applications
1 88 (6.78%) JIRA
2 81 (6.25%) Git
3 66 (5.09%) GitLab
4 57 (4.39%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.39%) 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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 464 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 223 (17.19%) Finance
3 184 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.01%) Law
5 54 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
6 52 (4.01%) Legal
7 45 (3.47%) Retail
8 43 (3.32%) Banking
9 38 (2.93%) Manufacturing
10 36 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.31%) Public Sector
12 27 (2.08%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 12 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (0.77%) Advertising
14 10 (0.77%) Investment Banking
15 9 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.62%) Aviation
17 6 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 218 (16.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 192 (14.80%) Senior
3 159 (12.26%) Analyst
4 125 (9.64%) Azure Engineer
4 125 (9.64%) IT Engineer
5 124 (9.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 115 (8.87%) Support Engineer
7 100 (7.71%) DevOps Engineer
8 98 (7.56%) IT Support
9 74 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
10 72 (5.55%) Consultant
11 67 (5.17%) Lead
12 65 (5.01%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.01%) Support Analyst
13 54 (4.16%) Security Engineer
14 50 (3.86%) Systems Engineer
15 44 (3.39%) Microsoft Engineer
16 43 (3.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 41 (3.16%) Architect
18 40 (3.08%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 338 (26.06%) Terraform
2 61 (4.70%) .NET
3 53 (4.09%) ARM Templates
4 51 (3.93%) SAML
5 48 (3.70%) REST
6 40 (3.08%) LDAP
7 39 (3.01%) YAML
8 38 (2.93%) OpenID
9 37 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
10 35 (2.70%) OAuth
11 27 (2.08%) HTML
12 25 (1.93%) JSON
13 20 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.46%) SPFx
15 18 (1.39%) CSS
16 15 (1.16%) .NET Core
17 13 (1.00%) ADO
17 13 (1.00%) Kafka
18 12 (0.93%) ASP.NET
18 12 (0.93%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 121 (9.33%) Onboarding
2 82 (6.32%) Driving Licence
3 79 (6.09%) Cloud Native
4 77 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 68 (5.24%) Security Posture
6 65 (5.01%) Management Information System
7 53 (4.09%) PKI
8 49 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
9 47 (3.62%) Data Centre
10 45 (3.47%) Replication
11 35 (2.70%) Public Cloud
11 35 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
12 30 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.70%) Private Cloud
14 20 (1.54%) Clustering
14 20 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
15 19 (1.46%) AI Agents
15 19 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
16 17 (1.31%) CMDB
16 17 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 670 (51.66%) Windows
2 324 (24.98%) Windows Server
3 311 (23.98%) Linux
4 94 (7.25%) Windows 10
5 46 (3.55%) Apple iOS
6 41 (3.16%) Android
6 41 (3.16%) Ubuntu
7 37 (2.85%) macOS
7 37 (2.85%) VMS
8 35 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 32 (2.47%) CentOS
9 32 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 25 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 18 (1.39%) Rocky
11 18 (1.39%) Unix
12 7 (0.54%) Solaris
13 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.31%) Debian
14 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (30.84%) Problem-Solving
2 321 (24.75%) Infrastructure as Code
3 316 (24.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 305 (23.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 292 (22.51%) DevOps
6 283 (21.82%) CI/CD
7 252 (19.43%) ITIL
8 244 (18.81%) Cybersecurity
9 211 (16.27%) Disaster Recovery
10 177 (13.65%) AI
11 149 (11.49%) Root Cause Analysis
12 148 (11.41%) Mentoring
13 144 (11.10%) Agile
13 144 (11.10%) Platform Engineering
14 143 (11.03%) Cloud Security
14 143 (11.03%) Migration
15 136 (10.49%) Infrastructure Automation
16 133 (10.25%) High Availability
17 131 (10.10%) Incident Response
18 126 (9.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 482 (37.16%) Python
2 279 (21.51%) Bash
3 261 (20.12%) SQL
4 117 (9.02%) Bicep
5 75 (5.78%) JavaScript
6 66 (5.09%) C#
7 51 (3.93%) Kusto Query Language
8 41 (3.16%) Java
9 29 (2.24%) T-SQL
10 26 (2.00%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.62%) VBScript
12 17 (1.31%) C++
13 16 (1.23%) Perl
14 13 (1.00%) PHP
15 10 (0.77%) Ruby
16 8 (0.62%) Go
16 8 (0.62%) VB
16 8 (0.62%) VBA
17 6 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 186 (14.34%) Security Cleared
2 158 (12.18%) Degree
3 150 (11.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 145 (11.18%) Azure Certification
5 119 (9.18%) SC Cleared
6 63 (4.86%) CISSP
7 59 (4.55%) DV Cleared
8 51 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 50 (3.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 43 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
11 35 (2.70%) CCNA
12 27 (2.08%) CEH
13 26 (2.00%) DBS Check
14 22 (1.70%) AWS Certification
15 19 (1.46%) CISM
15 19 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 18 (1.39%) GIAC
17 17 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
18 13 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
18 13 (1.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 60 (4.63%) NIST
4 47 (3.62%) SLA
5 34 (2.62%) GDPR
6 23 (1.77%) QA
7 21 (1.62%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.69%) 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
1 510 (39.32%) Active Directory
2 228 (17.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 149 (11.49%) Hyper-V
4 124 (9.56%) Docker
5 81 (6.25%) vSphere
6 71 (5.47%) Virtual Machines
7 61 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 34 (2.62%) VMware ESXi
9 30 (2.31%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.31%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.16%) Firmware
12 8 (0.62%) KVM
13 6 (0.46%) 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%) NFS
17 2 (0.15%) Snort
Systems Management
1 247 (19.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 208 (16.04%) Kubernetes
3 158 (12.18%) Ansible
4 76 (5.86%) Grafana
5 68 (5.24%) SCCM
6 60 (4.63%) Single Sign-On
7 40 (3.08%) Prometheus
8 35 (2.70%) Puppet
9 30 (2.31%) vCenter Server
10 23 (1.77%) Argo
11 21 (1.62%) ZABBIX
12 20 (1.54%) FortiGate
12 20 (1.54%) Proxmox
13 18 (1.39%) QRadar
14 15 (1.16%) Graylog
15 13 (1.00%) Packer
16 12 (0.93%) Progress Chef
17 11 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 11 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
18 10 (0.77%) VxRail
Vendors
1 875 (67.46%) Microsoft
2 270 (20.82%) VMware
3 103 (7.94%) Cisco
4 93 (7.17%) ServiceNow
5 82 (6.32%) Splunk
6 69 (5.32%) Veeam
7 43 (3.32%) Oracle
8 40 (3.08%) Citrix
8 40 (3.08%) Red Hat
9 34 (2.62%) Sage
10 33 (2.54%) Meraki
11 32 (2.47%) Dell
12 31 (2.39%) SolarWinds
13 29 (2.24%) SAP
13 29 (2.24%) Sophos
14 28 (2.16%) Dynatrace
15 26 (2.00%) Google
16 25 (1.93%) CyberArk
16 25 (1.93%) Fortinet
17 24 (1.85%) Apple