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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 94 54
Rank change year-on-year -11 -40 +30
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1,154 1,685 2,272
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.50% 2.74% 4.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.05% 8.44% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 992 1,172 1,880
10th Percentile £33,560 £37,500 £38,130
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 10,444 19,959 19,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.61% 32.45% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,808 12,041 15,742
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 -27 423 £75,250 +0.33% 116
South East -14 230 £58,000 +2.61% 141
North of England -10 156 £50,000 - 50
Midlands +18 119 £52,500 +7.58% 55
South West +23 112 £52,500 - 49
East of England +37 99 £47,500 -9.52% 33
West Midlands +25 89 £55,000 +12.70% 29
Yorkshire -1 75 £47,500 -10.38% 16
North West -1 69 £52,500 +5.00% 28
East Midlands +13 30 £50,000 +2.56% 25
North East +10 12 £60,000 +35.52% 6
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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
1 214 (18.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (13.86%) SharePoint
3 56 (4.85%) Confluence
4 52 (4.51%) IIS
5 22 (1.91%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (1.65%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.95%) nginx
8 6 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.35%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.17%) Apache
10 2 (0.17%) CMS
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.52%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 6 (0.52%) Siemens NX
4 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.26%) CATIA
5 3 (0.26%) Windchill
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.17%) Revit
6 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.087%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 10 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.52%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.43%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.17%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.087%) Eikon
6 1 (0.087%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.087%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 726 (62.91%) Azure
2 400 (34.66%) Microsoft 365
3 233 (20.19%) Entra ID
4 227 (19.67%) AWS
5 162 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
6 109 (9.45%) Power Platform
7 88 (7.63%) PaaS
8 76 (6.59%) SaaS
9 74 (6.41%) GCP
10 71 (6.15%) GitHub
11 67 (5.81%) Power Automate
12 63 (5.46%) Azure Monitor
13 62 (5.37%) IaaS
14 54 (4.68%) Azure Sentinel
15 50 (4.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 49 (4.25%) GitHub Actions
16 49 (4.25%) Serverless
17 41 (3.55%) Amazon S3
18 40 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
18 40 (3.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 268 (23.22%) Firewall
2 240 (20.80%) DNS
3 188 (16.29%) DHCP
4 111 (9.62%) TCP/IP
5 94 (8.15%) VPN
6 90 (7.80%) WAN
7 73 (6.33%) LAN
8 51 (4.42%) VLAN
9 46 (3.99%) SAN
10 42 (3.64%) Wireless
11 38 (3.29%) Internet
12 34 (2.95%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (2.86%) Network Security
14 25 (2.17%) SD-WAN
15 24 (2.08%) HTTP
16 22 (1.91%) SMTP
17 21 (1.82%) NAS
18 20 (1.73%) VoIP
19 19 (1.65%) FTP
19 19 (1.65%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (10.31%) SQL Server
2 62 (5.37%) Power BI
3 55 (4.77%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.69%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.51%) Oracle Database
6 26 (2.25%) Oracle Database 10g
7 18 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.30%) MySQL
10 13 (1.13%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.78%) DTS
12 7 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (0.61%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.52%) Data Mining
14 5 (0.43%) Tableau
15 4 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 120 (10.40%) JIRA
2 100 (8.67%) Git
3 95 (8.23%) Jenkins
4 44 (3.81%) GitLab
5 30 (2.60%) Vagrant
6 22 (1.91%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.30%) MSI
8 12 (1.04%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.04%) Burp Suite
8 12 (1.04%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.87%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.52%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.35%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.35%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.35%) Toad
14 3 (0.26%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 419 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 221 (19.15%) Finance
3 83 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (6.24%) Law
5 51 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 40 (3.47%) Banking
6 40 (3.47%) Legal
6 40 (3.47%) Retail
7 36 (3.12%) Manufacturing
8 31 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 28 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.21%) Marketing
14 13 (1.13%) Automotive
15 11 (0.95%) Front Office
16 10 (0.87%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 193 (16.72%) Support Engineer
2 144 (12.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 119 (10.31%) Senior
4 100 (8.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 96 (8.32%) Azure Engineer
6 89 (7.71%) 3rd Line Support
7 88 (7.63%) Analyst
8 79 (6.85%) IT Support
9 74 (6.41%) Security Engineer
10 73 (6.33%) IT Engineer
11 71 (6.15%) Developer
11 71 (6.15%) Lead
12 69 (5.98%) Cloud Engineer
13 66 (5.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 63 (5.46%) Platform Engineer
15 47 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
16 43 (3.73%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 43 (3.73%) Applications Support
17 42 (3.64%) Infrastructure Support
17 42 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (5.55%) YAML
2 59 (5.11%) .NET
3 56 (4.85%) REST
4 38 (3.29%) ARM Templates
5 31 (2.69%) JSON
6 28 (2.43%) LDAP
7 25 (2.17%) SOAP
8 18 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
9 17 (1.47%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
10 15 (1.30%) React
11 13 (1.13%) Web Services
12 11 (0.95%) .NET Framework
12 11 (0.95%) Middleware
13 10 (0.87%) Node.js
13 10 (0.87%) Razor View Engine
14 9 (0.78%) OAuth
14 9 (0.78%) OpenID
14 9 (0.78%) SAML
15 8 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.15%) Onboarding
2 56 (4.85%) Security Posture
3 52 (4.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 37 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 36 (3.12%) Cloud Native
6 35 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 35 (3.03%) PKI
7 34 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (2.60%) Replication
9 26 (2.25%) Driving Licence
10 24 (2.08%) Private Cloud
11 23 (1.99%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
14 18 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.47%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.47%) IoT
15 17 (1.47%) Product Ownership
16 15 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 535 (46.36%) Windows
2 304 (26.34%) Windows Server
3 230 (19.93%) Linux
4 71 (6.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 70 (6.07%) Windows 10
6 56 (4.85%) VMS
7 46 (3.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 45 (3.90%) Unix
9 42 (3.64%) Mac OS
10 31 (2.69%) Windows Server 2008
11 25 (2.17%) Solaris
12 24 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 22 (1.91%) HPUX
13 22 (1.91%) Windows 7
13 22 (1.91%) Windows Server 2003
14 19 (1.65%) Amazon Linux
14 19 (1.65%) Windows Server 2012
15 17 (1.47%) Android
16 15 (1.30%) Ubuntu
17 12 (1.04%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (29.38%) DevOps
2 300 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
3 245 (21.23%) CI/CD
4 206 (17.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 191 (16.55%) ITIL
6 176 (15.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 163 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 136 (11.79%) Agile
8 136 (11.79%) Cybersecurity
9 133 (11.53%) Mentoring
10 128 (11.09%) Task Automation
11 125 (10.83%) Disaster Recovery
12 110 (9.53%) Cloud Security
13 104 (9.01%) Migration
14 91 (7.89%) Change Management
14 91 (7.89%) ITSM
15 89 (7.71%) Containerisation
16 88 (7.63%) Incident Management
17 84 (7.28%) Platform Engineering
18 79 (6.85%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 371 (32.15%) Python
2 211 (18.28%) Bash
3 205 (17.76%) SQL
4 96 (8.32%) C#
5 60 (5.20%) Bicep
6 45 (3.90%) JavaScript
7 40 (3.47%) Java
8 36 (3.12%) Perl
9 33 (2.86%) Groovy
10 25 (2.17%) Go
10 25 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
11 24 (2.08%) VB
12 18 (1.56%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.21%) TypeScript
14 12 (1.04%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.04%) VBScript
15 6 (0.52%) Ruby
16 4 (0.35%) C++
16 4 (0.35%) PHP
16 4 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 184 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 175 (15.16%) Degree
3 120 (10.40%) SC Cleared
4 91 (7.89%) Azure Certification
5 86 (7.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 67 (5.81%) DV Cleared
7 52 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
8 49 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (3.38%) AWS Certification
10 33 (2.86%) CCNA
11 30 (2.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 28 (2.43%) CISSP
13 24 (2.08%) Master's Degree
14 19 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 18 (1.56%) CCNP
16 16 (1.39%) CEH
16 16 (1.39%) CREST Certified
16 16 (1.39%) OSCP
17 13 (1.13%) MCSA
18 12 (1.04%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (11.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (9.10%) NIST
3 57 (4.94%) GDPR
3 57 (4.94%) SLA
4 33 (2.86%) NCSC
5 29 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.30%) QA
8 9 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.61%) ISO 22301
10 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.43%) GRC
12 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.17%) HL7
14 1 (0.087%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.087%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 424 (36.74%) Active Directory
2 185 (16.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (10.49%) Hyper-V
4 110 (9.53%) Docker
5 45 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (2.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 31 (2.69%) vSphere
7 22 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.82%) DFS Replication
9 13 (1.13%) Firmware
10 10 (0.87%) XenApp
11 9 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.69%) Postfix
12 8 (0.69%) Squid
13 7 (0.61%) Dovecot
14 6 (0.52%) Terminal Services
14 6 (0.52%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.26%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 230 (19.93%) Terraform
2 197 (17.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 152 (13.17%) Kubernetes
4 137 (11.87%) Ansible
5 68 (5.89%) SCCM
6 62 (5.37%) Grafana
7 57 (4.94%) Prometheus
8 36 (3.12%) Single Sign-On
9 32 (2.77%) WSUS
10 24 (2.08%) SCOM
11 18 (1.56%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.30%) Autotask
12 15 (1.30%) WMI
13 14 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 13 (1.13%) Backup Exec
15 11 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.95%) Nessus
15 11 (0.95%) Puppet
15 11 (0.95%) ZABBIX
16 10 (0.87%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 679 (58.84%) Microsoft
2 259 (22.44%) VMware
3 110 (9.53%) Cisco
4 92 (7.97%) ServiceNow
5 66 (5.72%) Oracle
6 55 (4.77%) Veeam
7 45 (3.90%) Atlassian
8 44 (3.81%) Citrix
9 43 (3.73%) Red Hat
9 43 (3.73%) Splunk
10 33 (2.86%) Google
11 30 (2.60%) SolarWinds
12 28 (2.43%) Palo Alto
13 22 (1.91%) Meraki
13 22 (1.91%) Sophos
14 21 (1.82%) SAP
15 20 (1.73%) Apple
15 20 (1.73%) Juniper
16 18 (1.56%) Bloomberg
17 17 (1.47%) HP