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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 91 101
Rank change year-on-year -63 +10 -40
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,292 1,488 1,697
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.24% 3.44% 2.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.71% 12.88% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 914 990 1,099
10th Percentile £34,225 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £60,918
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -5.61% +1.53%
75th Percentile £73,625 £76,188 £82,500
90th Percentile £89,700 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 16,765 11,555 20,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.13% 26.72% 31.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12,230 7,598 12,802
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £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 £84,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% 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

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 2 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 2 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 -30 475 £70,000 -0.71% 546
North of England -79 240 £50,000 - 184
South East -42 238 £52,500 -8.70% 217
Midlands -55 159 £52,500 +5.00% 106
North West -67 147 £50,000 +5.26% 103
East of England -53 93 £57,500 +21.05% 69
South West -70 83 £57,500 +21.05% 95
West Midlands -71 80 £55,000 - 58
East Midlands -25 79 £42,500 +21.43% 48
Yorkshire -41 57 £48,445 -6.16% 53
North East -35 36 £51,500 -14.17% 30
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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
1 236 (18.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 216 (16.72%) SharePoint
3 52 (4.02%) IIS
4 42 (3.25%) 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%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 63 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (2.79%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.62%) 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
1 797 (61.69%) Azure
2 514 (39.78%) Microsoft 365
3 425 (32.89%) Entra ID
4 244 (18.89%) AWS
5 167 (12.93%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (8.44%) Power Platform
7 106 (8.20%) SaaS
8 105 (8.13%) OneDrive
9 99 (7.66%) IaaS
10 97 (7.51%) GitHub
11 86 (6.66%) Azure Sentinel
12 85 (6.58%) Azure Monitor
13 76 (5.88%) Power Automate
14 74 (5.73%) PaaS
15 70 (5.42%) Azure AKS
16 63 (4.88%) GCP
17 62 (4.80%) Azure Key Vault
18 59 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
19 54 (4.18%) Microsoft Purview
20 51 (3.95%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 304 (23.53%) Firewall
2 296 (22.91%) DNS
3 211 (16.33%) VPN
4 205 (15.87%) DHCP
5 140 (10.84%) TCP/IP
6 87 (6.73%) WAN
7 76 (5.88%) LAN
8 72 (5.57%) VLAN
9 56 (4.33%) Network Security
10 54 (4.18%) Wireless
11 45 (3.48%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (2.79%) SAN
13 32 (2.48%) Kerberos
14 27 (2.09%) SSL
15 21 (1.63%) NAS
16 20 (1.55%) HTTP
17 15 (1.16%) Internet
18 12 (0.93%) VSAN
19 10 (0.77%) FTP
19 10 (0.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (9.98%) SQL Server
2 84 (6.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (4.64%) Power BI
4 21 (1.63%) MongoDB
4 21 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.93%) MySQL
8 12 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.70%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.62%) InfluxDB
10 8 (0.62%) Power Query
10 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.54%) Redis
12 6 (0.46%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.46%) Metadata
13 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.31%) Db2
14 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 93 (7.20%) JIRA
2 87 (6.73%) Git
3 68 (5.26%) GitLab
4 60 (4.64%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.63%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
8 10 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
9 8 (0.62%) TestRail
10 7 (0.54%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.46%) Selenium
11 6 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.39%) MSI
12 5 (0.39%) Postman
12 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.23%) JMeter
14 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 461 (35.68%) Social Skills
2 225 (17.41%) Finance
3 181 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.42%) Law
5 55 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (3.79%) Legal
7 49 (3.79%) Retail
8 43 (3.33%) Banking
9 37 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 34 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.32%) Aerospace
11 30 (2.32%) Public Sector
12 12 (0.93%) Financial Institution
12 12 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.62%) Advertising
15 8 (0.62%) Aviation
15 8 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 196 (15.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 194 (15.02%) Senior
3 157 (12.15%) Analyst
4 126 (9.75%) Azure Engineer
4 126 (9.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 120 (9.29%) IT Engineer
6 119 (9.21%) Support Engineer
7 97 (7.51%) DevOps Engineer
8 96 (7.43%) IT Support
9 76 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
10 73 (5.65%) Lead
11 66 (5.11%) Consultant
12 62 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
12 62 (4.80%) Support Analyst
13 61 (4.72%) Security Engineer
14 51 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
15 46 (3.56%) Developer
16 43 (3.33%) Automation Engineer
17 42 (3.25%) Microsoft Engineer
17 42 (3.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 344 (26.63%) Terraform
2 64 (4.95%) .NET
3 58 (4.49%) ARM Templates
4 51 (3.95%) REST
5 46 (3.56%) SAML
6 43 (3.33%) YAML
7 40 (3.10%) OpenID
8 39 (3.02%) LDAP
8 39 (3.02%) Microsoft Graph
8 39 (3.02%) OAuth
9 31 (2.40%) HTML
10 28 (2.17%) JSON
11 22 (1.70%) CSS
12 21 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
12 21 (1.63%) SPFx
13 18 (1.39%) .NET Core
14 13 (1.01%) Kafka
15 12 (0.93%) ADO
15 12 (0.93%) ASP.NET
15 12 (0.93%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.44%) Onboarding
2 84 (6.50%) Cloud Native
3 79 (6.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 74 (5.73%) Driving Licence
5 73 (5.65%) Management Information System
6 68 (5.26%) Security Posture
7 49 (3.79%) PKI
8 47 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
9 46 (3.56%) Data Centre
10 41 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
11 35 (2.71%) Public Cloud
12 34 (2.63%) Replication
13 29 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
14 21 (1.63%) Private Cloud
15 20 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
16 18 (1.39%) Clustering
17 17 (1.32%) CMDB
17 17 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
18 14 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 652 (50.46%) Windows
2 307 (23.76%) Windows Server
3 300 (23.22%) Linux
4 93 (7.20%) Windows 10
5 49 (3.79%) Apple iOS
6 41 (3.17%) Android
7 40 (3.10%) Ubuntu
8 36 (2.79%) VMS
9 34 (2.63%) Mac OS
9 34 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 33 (2.55%) CentOS
11 30 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 29 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (1.39%) Unix
14 16 (1.24%) Rocky
15 7 (0.54%) Solaris
16 5 (0.39%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.31%) Debian
17 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (30.34%) Problem-Solving
2 326 (25.23%) Infrastructure as Code
3 300 (23.22%) DevOps
4 298 (23.07%) CI/CD
5 295 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 294 (22.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 250 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
7 250 (19.35%) ITIL
8 195 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 166 (12.85%) AI
10 153 (11.84%) Agile
11 147 (11.38%) Root Cause Analysis
12 146 (11.30%) Mentoring
13 143 (11.07%) Cloud Security
14 140 (10.84%) Platform Engineering
15 137 (10.60%) Migration
16 135 (10.45%) High Availability
17 133 (10.29%) Incident Response
18 126 (9.75%) Infrastructure Automation
19 124 (9.60%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 497 (38.47%) Python
2 282 (21.83%) Bash
3 271 (20.98%) SQL
4 119 (9.21%) Bicep
5 80 (6.19%) JavaScript
6 70 (5.42%) C#
7 48 (3.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 36 (2.79%) Java
9 31 (2.40%) T-SQL
10 26 (2.01%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.78%) VBScript
12 17 (1.32%) C++
13 16 (1.24%) Perl
14 13 (1.01%) PHP
15 11 (0.85%) VBA
16 10 (0.77%) Ruby
16 10 (0.77%) VB
17 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.54%) Go
18 5 (0.39%) Korn
Qualifications
1 173 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 158 (12.23%) Degree
3 142 (10.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 138 (10.68%) Azure Certification
5 115 (8.90%) SC Cleared
6 60 (4.64%) CISSP
7 53 (4.10%) CompTIA Security+
7 53 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 51 (3.95%) DV Cleared
9 47 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (2.94%) CCNA
11 27 (2.09%) CEH
12 25 (1.93%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.78%) DBS Check
14 20 (1.55%) CISM
15 18 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 17 (1.32%) GIAC
17 15 (1.16%) OSCP
18 14 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
19 13 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 55 (4.26%) NIST
4 44 (3.41%) SLA
5 40 (3.10%) GDPR
6 24 (1.86%) QA
7 20 (1.55%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.32%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.01%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.62%) PMO
12 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.46%) NCSC
14 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.31%) ISO 22301
16 3 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
17 2 (0.15%) EMIR
17 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 1 (0.077%) TickIT
System Software
1 498 (38.54%) Active Directory
2 215 (16.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 135 (10.45%) Docker
3 135 (10.45%) Hyper-V
4 77 (5.96%) vSphere
5 70 (5.42%) Virtual Machines
6 59 (4.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (1.78%) VMware NSX
8 20 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.32%) BitLocker
10 14 (1.08%) Firmware
11 8 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 8 (0.62%) KVM
11 8 (0.62%) Squid
12 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.15%) NFS
15 2 (0.15%) Snort
15 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 237 (18.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 212 (16.41%) Kubernetes
3 154 (11.92%) Ansible
4 78 (6.04%) Grafana
5 65 (5.03%) SCCM
6 56 (4.33%) Single Sign-On
7 42 (3.25%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.93%) Puppet
9 23 (1.78%) Argo
9 23 (1.78%) vCenter Server
9 23 (1.78%) ZABBIX
10 20 (1.55%) Proxmox
11 19 (1.47%) QRadar
12 16 (1.24%) FortiGate
12 16 (1.24%) Packer
13 15 (1.16%) Graylog
14 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.85%) VxRail
16 10 (0.77%) Progress Chef
17 9 (0.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 859 (66.49%) Microsoft
2 256 (19.81%) VMware
3 97 (7.51%) ServiceNow
4 96 (7.43%) Cisco
5 84 (6.50%) Splunk
6 66 (5.11%) Veeam
7 46 (3.56%) Red Hat
8 45 (3.48%) Oracle
9 40 (3.10%) Citrix
10 34 (2.63%) Sage
11 33 (2.55%) Dell
11 33 (2.55%) Meraki
12 30 (2.32%) Sophos
13 29 (2.24%) Dynatrace
13 29 (2.24%) SAP
14 26 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
14 26 (2.01%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.01%) Google
14 26 (2.01%) SolarWinds
15 25 (1.93%) Tenable