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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 71 48
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 +14
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 42 33 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 3.36% 2.27% 2.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.49% 9.14% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41 31 17
10th Percentile £38,500 £26,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £45,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.66% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £54,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £67,700
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% -8.70% +4.55%

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 205 361 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 16.39% 24.79% 22.70%
Number of salaries quoted 171 191 124
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £41,625
25th Percentile £38,000 £48,441 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £52,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.13% +3.33% +4.35%

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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 25 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 25 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 +9 22 £43,000 -9.47% 3
Stevenage +5 11 £50,500 -8.18% 5
Hertford - 2 £67,500 -
Hemel Hempstead +3 1 £57,500 +21.05% 1
Hoddesdon - 1 - - 2
Hatfield - 1 £55,000 - 1
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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 14 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (16.67%) Skype for Business
3 4 (9.52%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (9.52%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 24 (57.14%) Azure
2 23 (54.76%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (30.95%) Entra ID
4 8 (19.05%) IaaS
5 6 (14.29%) AWS
5 6 (14.29%) PaaS
6 4 (9.52%) Google Workspace
6 4 (9.52%) SaaS
7 3 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (7.14%) Cohesity
7 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
8 2 (4.76%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (4.76%) GCP
8 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
8 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (52.38%) Firewall
2 8 (19.05%) VPN
3 7 (16.67%) DHCP
3 7 (16.67%) IP Telephony
3 7 (16.67%) Skype
4 6 (14.29%) DNS
5 5 (11.90%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (9.52%) SAN
7 3 (7.14%) SD-WAN
7 3 (7.14%) VSAN
7 3 (7.14%) WAN
8 2 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.38%) Internet
9 1 (2.38%) IPv4
9 1 (2.38%) IPv6
9 1 (2.38%) iSCSI
9 1 (2.38%) MPLS
9 1 (2.38%) Network Security
9 1 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.52%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (9.52%) MS Access
2 4 (9.52%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (4.76%) Power BI
4 1 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (14.29%) JIRA
2 4 (9.52%) Toad
3 3 (7.14%) GitLab
4 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Legal
2 4 (9.52%) Local Government
2 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.76%) Finance
4 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Retail
5 1 (2.38%) Advertising
5 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (19.05%) Analyst
2 8 (19.05%) Senior
3 7 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 6 (14.29%) IT Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Administrator
5 5 (11.90%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) IT Operations Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Operations Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Senior Support Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Wintel Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Applications Support
6 4 (9.52%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) LDAP
1 2 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Data Centre
1 4 (9.52%) iPad
2 3 (7.14%) Blackberry
2 3 (7.14%) Clustering
2 3 (7.14%) PKI
2 3 (7.14%) RSA SecurID
3 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (85.71%) Windows
2 30 (71.43%) Windows Server
3 9 (21.43%) Linux
4 8 (19.05%) Android
5 7 (16.67%) Windows 10
6 6 (14.29%) Mac OS
7 4 (9.52%) Unix
8 3 (7.14%) Apple iOS
8 3 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (4.76%) VMS
10 1 (2.38%) Windows 2000
10 1 (2.38%) Windows 8
10 1 (2.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) ITSM
2 14 (33.33%) ITIL
3 13 (30.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (16.67%) DevOps
6 7 (16.67%) Task Automation
7 6 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (11.90%) Change Control
8 5 (11.90%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (11.90%) Decision-Making
8 5 (11.90%) Migration
8 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
8 5 (11.90%) Workflow
9 4 (9.52%) Agile
9 4 (9.52%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 4 (9.52%) Digital Strategy
9 4 (9.52%) Proactive Management
10 3 (7.14%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) Python
2 6 (14.29%) SQL
3 4 (9.52%) Shell Script
3 4 (9.52%) VB
4 3 (7.14%) Bash
5 1 (2.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) Degree
2 9 (21.43%) CCNA
2 9 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 6 (14.29%) DBS Check
5 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 3 (7.14%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (4.76%) GSEC
7 2 (4.76%) MCSA
8 1 (2.38%) CCNP
8 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.38%) HNC
8 1 (2.38%) HND
8 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (2.38%) MCSE
8 1 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) SLA
2 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (73.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 3 (7.14%) vSphere
4 2 (4.76%) Docker
4 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (38.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (35.71%) SCCM
3 7 (16.67%) SCOM
3 7 (16.67%) WSUS
4 4 (9.52%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (7.14%) Ansible
5 3 (7.14%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
6 2 (4.76%) Terraform
7 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 31 (73.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 7 (16.67%) Cisco
3 7 (16.67%) VMware
4 6 (14.29%) Apple
4 6 (14.29%) Remedy
5 5 (11.90%) SAP
6 4 (9.52%) Google
6 4 (9.52%) HP
6 4 (9.52%) NEC
6 4 (9.52%) Okta
6 4 (9.52%) Oracle
7 3 (7.14%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.76%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (2.38%) Dell
9 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.38%) Veeam
9 1 (2.38%) Zscaler