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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 79 106
Rank change year-on-year -56 +27 -28
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,261 1,612 1,898
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.41% 3.72% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.76% 12.37% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 952 1,051 1,497
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,938 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.54% -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 16,251 13,034 23,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.19% 30.10% 30.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11,846 8,790 18,112
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,713 £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 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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

PowerShell
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 25 July 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in England

PowerShell
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 25 July 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 -29 473 £70,000 -6.67% 129
South East -40 244 £53,000 -7.83% 95
North of England -87 211 £48,445 +0.29% 69
Midlands -42 146 £50,000 - 34
North West -88 114 £51,500 +10.75% 40
East of England -23 92 £55,000 +4.76% 29
South West -74 82 £55,000 +15.79% 36
East Midlands -15 75 £42,500 +21.43% 15
West Midlands -60 71 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Yorkshire -47 57 £47,500 -5.71% 19
North East -19 40 £48,445 -19.26% 12
PowerShell
UK

PowerShell
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
1 206 (16.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 179 (14.20%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.97%) IIS
4 26 (2.06%) Confluence
5 7 (0.56%) nginx
6 5 (0.40%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.32%) Apache
7 4 (0.32%) 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 78 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (0.87%) NetSuite
1 11 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.48%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.079%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.079%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 815 (64.63%) Azure
2 464 (36.80%) Microsoft 365
3 329 (26.09%) Entra ID
4 231 (18.32%) AWS
5 144 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
6 106 (8.41%) Power Platform
7 102 (8.09%) GitHub
8 96 (7.61%) IaaS
9 90 (7.14%) SaaS
10 83 (6.58%) OneDrive
11 79 (6.26%) Azure Monitor
12 69 (5.47%) PaaS
13 67 (5.31%) Azure Sentinel
14 64 (5.08%) Azure AKS
14 64 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
15 59 (4.68%) Azure Key Vault
16 58 (4.60%) Power Automate
17 54 (4.28%) GCP
18 48 (3.81%) Azure Logic Apps
18 48 (3.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 288 (22.84%) Firewall
2 265 (21.02%) DNS
3 182 (14.43%) VPN
4 174 (13.80%) DHCP
5 123 (9.75%) TCP/IP
6 76 (6.03%) WAN
7 73 (5.79%) Network Security
8 72 (5.71%) LAN
9 62 (4.92%) VLAN
10 44 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (3.01%) Wireless
12 36 (2.85%) SAN
13 33 (2.62%) Kerberos
14 24 (1.90%) VoIP
15 18 (1.43%) NAS
15 18 (1.43%) SSL
16 16 (1.27%) Internet
17 14 (1.11%) HTTP
18 13 (1.03%) BGP
19 11 (0.87%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (11.34%) SQL Server
2 80 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 69 (5.47%) Power BI
4 37 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
5 22 (1.74%) MySQL
6 21 (1.67%) MongoDB
6 21 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (1.19%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.03%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.71%) InfluxDB
10 7 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.40%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.40%) Metadata
11 5 (0.40%) Power Query
11 5 (0.40%) Redis
11 5 (0.40%) Tableau
12 4 (0.32%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.24%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 102 (8.09%) Git
2 81 (6.42%) JIRA
3 66 (5.23%) GitLab
4 58 (4.60%) Jenkins
5 30 (2.38%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (0.87%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
8 9 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (0.56%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.56%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.56%) TestRail
10 6 (0.48%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.48%) Selenium
11 5 (0.40%) Postman
12 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.24%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.24%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 388 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 200 (15.86%) Finance
3 162 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (8.17%) Law
5 51 (4.04%) Legal
6 50 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
6 50 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (3.09%) Retail
9 25 (1.98%) Banking
10 24 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.82%) Public Sector
12 21 (1.67%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.35%) Advertising
14 10 (0.79%) Financial Institution
14 10 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (0.79%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.56%) Front Office
15 7 (0.56%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 206 (16.34%) Senior
2 159 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 145 (11.50%) Analyst
4 136 (10.79%) Support Engineer
5 129 (10.23%) Azure Engineer
6 122 (9.67%) IT Engineer
7 118 (9.36%) IT Support
8 115 (9.12%) Cloud Engineer
9 97 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 73 (5.79%) Security Engineer
11 70 (5.55%) IT Support Engineer
12 65 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
13 59 (4.68%) Developer
14 58 (4.60%) Lead
15 52 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support
16 49 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
17 47 (3.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 40 (3.17%) Administrator
18 40 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 38 (3.01%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.50%) .NET
2 56 (4.44%) SAML
3 55 (4.36%) ARM Templates
4 53 (4.20%) OAuth
5 52 (4.12%) REST
6 46 (3.65%) OpenID
7 43 (3.41%) HTML
7 43 (3.41%) LDAP
7 43 (3.41%) YAML
8 41 (3.25%) JSON
9 37 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
10 36 (2.85%) .NET Core
11 32 (2.54%) CSS
12 24 (1.90%) SPFx
13 20 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
14 19 (1.51%) SOAP
15 17 (1.35%) RESTful
16 16 (1.27%) Middleware
16 16 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (8.01%) Onboarding
2 80 (6.34%) Cloud Native
3 73 (5.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 67 (5.31%) Security Posture
5 60 (4.76%) Management Information System
6 55 (4.36%) Driving Licence
7 48 (3.81%) Data Centre
8 44 (3.49%) Public Cloud
8 44 (3.49%) Security Operations Centre
9 37 (2.93%) PKI
10 36 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
11 35 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
12 33 (2.62%) Cyber Defence
13 27 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
14 25 (1.98%) Private Cloud
15 21 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (1.67%) Replication
16 18 (1.43%) Clustering
16 18 (1.43%) Cyberattack
17 15 (1.19%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 611 (48.45%) Windows
2 298 (23.63%) Linux
3 289 (22.92%) Windows Server
4 74 (5.87%) Windows 10
5 51 (4.04%) Apple iOS
6 46 (3.65%) VMS
7 41 (3.25%) Android
8 40 (3.17%) Mac OS
9 37 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
10 34 (2.70%) CentOS
11 31 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 27 (2.14%) Ubuntu
13 26 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
14 10 (0.79%) Unix
15 7 (0.56%) Debian
16 4 (0.32%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.32%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.32%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
17 3 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (26.49%) Problem-Solving
2 307 (24.35%) CI/CD
3 303 (24.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 289 (22.92%) DevOps
5 242 (19.19%) Cybersecurity
6 238 (18.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 233 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 223 (17.68%) ITIL
9 163 (12.93%) Disaster Recovery
10 162 (12.85%) Agile
11 156 (12.37%) Incident Response
12 153 (12.13%) Root Cause Analysis
13 145 (11.50%) Mentoring
14 136 (10.79%) High Availability
15 131 (10.39%) Containerisation
16 127 (10.07%) Cloud Security
16 127 (10.07%) SIEM
17 123 (9.75%) AI
18 116 (9.20%) Observability
19 111 (8.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 495 (39.25%) Python
2 301 (23.87%) Bash
3 261 (20.70%) SQL
4 102 (8.09%) Bicep
5 95 (7.53%) C#
6 78 (6.19%) JavaScript
7 48 (3.81%) Kusto Query Language
8 42 (3.33%) T-SQL
9 34 (2.70%) Java
10 30 (2.38%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.59%) VBScript
12 18 (1.43%) C++
13 17 (1.35%) PHP
14 12 (0.95%) Perl
15 10 (0.79%) Go
15 10 (0.79%) VB
15 10 (0.79%) VBA
16 8 (0.63%) C
16 8 (0.63%) Ruby
17 6 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 152 (12.05%) Security Cleared
2 151 (11.97%) Degree
3 144 (11.42%) Azure Certification
4 123 (9.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 102 (8.09%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (4.20%) CISSP
8 48 (3.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 47 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.25%) CCNA
11 36 (2.85%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.90%) CEH
12 24 (1.90%) DBS Check
12 24 (1.90%) GIAC
13 22 (1.74%) AWS Certification
14 21 (1.67%) OSCP
15 18 (1.43%) CCNP
16 17 (1.35%) CREST Certified
17 15 (1.19%) CISM
17 15 (1.19%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (6.34%) NIST
3 55 (4.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (4.28%) GDPR
5 41 (3.25%) SLA
6 25 (1.98%) QA
7 20 (1.59%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.43%) SOC 2
9 17 (1.35%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.79%) ISO 22301
10 10 (0.79%) NCSC
11 7 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.48%) PMO
13 5 (0.40%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.32%) DICOM
14 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.24%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.16%) EMIR
16 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 464 (36.80%) Active Directory
2 204 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (11.18%) Hyper-V
4 133 (10.55%) Docker
5 76 (6.03%) vSphere
6 50 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (1.98%) BitLocker
9 15 (1.19%) VMware NSX
10 13 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.79%) KVM
12 8 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.63%) Squid
13 4 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.32%) Firmware
14 3 (0.24%) iptables
14 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 320 (25.38%) Terraform
2 223 (17.68%) Kubernetes
3 201 (15.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 152 (12.05%) Ansible
5 77 (6.11%) Grafana
6 55 (4.36%) SCCM
7 51 (4.04%) Prometheus
8 47 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
9 24 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
10 23 (1.82%) ZABBIX
11 21 (1.67%) vCenter Server
12 20 (1.59%) Argo
12 20 (1.59%) Packer
13 19 (1.51%) QRadar
14 17 (1.35%) Proxmox
15 14 (1.11%) Graylog
16 13 (1.03%) VxRail
17 12 (0.95%) Nessus
18 11 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 11 (0.87%) Nagios
Vendors
1 780 (61.86%) Microsoft
2 249 (19.75%) VMware
3 108 (8.56%) Cisco
4 93 (7.38%) ServiceNow
5 86 (6.82%) Splunk
6 57 (4.52%) Red Hat
7 52 (4.12%) Veeam
8 40 (3.17%) Meraki
9 38 (3.01%) Oracle
10 31 (2.46%) Sophos
11 29 (2.30%) Citrix
11 29 (2.30%) Tenable
12 28 (2.22%) Apple
12 28 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
12 28 (2.22%) Dell
13 27 (2.14%) Fortinet
14 25 (1.98%) Dynatrace
15 24 (1.90%) Palo Alto
16 21 (1.67%) SolarWinds
17 19 (1.51%) CyberArk