PowerShell Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Windows PowerShell
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 69 55
Rank change year-on-year +31 -14 0
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 45 29 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 4.71% 2.04% 2.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.83% 10.00% 10.97%
Number of salaries quoted 44 27 13
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,150 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,976 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,000 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -2.38%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 216 290 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 22.62% 20.37% 21.47%
Number of salaries quoted 182 146 118
10th Percentile £28,750 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £47,971 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,375 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.12% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,125 £95,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

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Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in Hertfordshire

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Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Watford +11 22 £43,000 -10.42% 1
Stevenage +14 11 £50,500 -8.18%
Hemel Hempstead +6 5 £57,500 +21.05% 3
Hertford - 3 £70,000 -
St Albans - 1 £62,500 -
Hatfield - 1 £55,000 - 2
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East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (15.56%) Skype for Business
3 4 (8.89%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (4.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (8.89%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 27 (60.00%) Azure
2 22 (48.89%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (28.89%) Entra ID
4 10 (22.22%) AWS
5 8 (17.78%) IaaS
6 5 (11.11%) PaaS
7 4 (8.89%) Google Workspace
8 3 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (6.67%) Cohesity
8 3 (6.67%) Power Platform
8 3 (6.67%) SaaS
9 2 (4.44%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (4.44%) GCP
9 2 (4.44%) Power Automate
9 2 (4.44%) PowerApps
10 1 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (2.22%) Nutanix
10 1 (2.22%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 22 (48.89%) Firewall
2 9 (20.00%) VPN
3 7 (15.56%) IP Telephony
3 7 (15.56%) Skype
4 6 (13.33%) DHCP
5 5 (11.11%) DNS
5 5 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (8.89%) SAN
6 4 (8.89%) WAN
7 3 (6.67%) SD-WAN
7 3 (6.67%) VSAN
8 2 (4.44%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.22%) FTP
9 1 (2.22%) HTTP
9 1 (2.22%) Internet
9 1 (2.22%) iSCSI
9 1 (2.22%) Network Security
9 1 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.22%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.89%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (8.89%) MS Access
2 4 (8.89%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (4.44%) Power BI
5 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) JIRA
2 4 (8.89%) Toad
3 3 (6.67%) GitLab
4 1 (2.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.89%) Aerospace
2 4 (8.89%) Legal
2 4 (8.89%) Local Government
2 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
2 4 (8.89%) Retail
3 2 (4.44%) Finance
3 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (17.78%) Senior
3 7 (15.56%) IT Engineer
3 7 (15.56%) Support Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Administrator
4 6 (13.33%) Analyst
4 6 (13.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) IT Analyst
5 5 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Applications Support
6 4 (8.89%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) IT Operations Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Operations Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Senior Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) LDAP
2 2 (4.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.89%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (8.89%) iPad
3 3 (6.67%) Blackberry
3 3 (6.67%) Clustering
3 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.67%) PKI
3 3 (6.67%) RSA SecurID
4 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (84.44%) Windows
2 28 (62.22%) Windows Server
3 13 (28.89%) Linux
4 8 (17.78%) Android
4 8 (17.78%) Mac OS
5 7 (15.56%) Windows 10
6 4 (8.89%) Unix
7 3 (6.67%) Apple iOS
7 3 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (6.67%) VMS
8 1 (2.22%) Windows 2000
8 1 (2.22%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) ITSM
2 14 (31.11%) ITIL
3 13 (28.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (22.22%) DevOps
5 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.56%) Task Automation
7 6 (13.33%) Change Control
7 6 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 6 (13.33%) Migration
8 5 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (8.89%) Agile
9 4 (8.89%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 4 (8.89%) Digital Strategy
9 4 (8.89%) Proactive Management
9 4 (8.89%) Service Delivery
9 4 (8.89%) Workflow
10 3 (6.67%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) Python
2 7 (15.56%) Bash
3 6 (13.33%) SQL
4 4 (8.89%) Shell Script
4 4 (8.89%) VB
5 1 (2.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Degree
2 10 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 8 (17.78%) CCNA
3 8 (17.78%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (17.78%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.33%) DBS Check
5 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
5 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (6.67%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.44%) MCSA
8 1 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (2.22%) GCIA
8 1 (2.22%) GCIH
8 1 (2.22%) GSEC
8 1 (2.22%) HNC
8 1 (2.22%) HND
8 1 (2.22%) MCDST
8 1 (2.22%) MCITP
8 1 (2.22%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) PCI DSS
1 3 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.78%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.67%) vSphere
4 2 (4.44%) Docker
5 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (33.33%) SCCM
3 7 (15.56%) SCOM
3 7 (15.56%) WSUS
4 4 (8.89%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (6.67%) Ansible
5 3 (6.67%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (6.67%) Terraform
6 2 (4.44%) Kubernetes
7 1 (2.22%) NetBackup
7 1 (2.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 32 (71.11%) Microsoft
2 11 (24.44%) ServiceNow
3 7 (15.56%) Cisco
3 7 (15.56%) VMware
4 6 (13.33%) Apple
4 6 (13.33%) Remedy
5 4 (8.89%) Google
5 4 (8.89%) HP
5 4 (8.89%) NEC
5 4 (8.89%) Okta
5 4 (8.89%) Oracle
5 4 (8.89%) SAP
6 3 (6.67%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (6.67%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.22%) Commvault
7 1 (2.22%) Dell
7 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.22%) Splunk
7 1 (2.22%) Veeam
7 1 (2.22%) Zerto