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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 72 44
Rank change year-on-year +20 -28 +24
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 40 32 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 2.56% 2.47% 3.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.10% 9.47% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 37 32 18
10th Percentile £35,400 £27,025 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £45,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.66% -15.38% +15.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £67,650
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 199 338 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 12.72% 26.12% 23.79%
Number of salaries quoted 163 178 121
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +10.42% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £95,000 £82,500
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 20 December 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 20 December 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 +12 20 £42,276 -11.00% 1
Stevenage +4 11 £50,500 -8.18% 17
Hoddesdon - 3 - - 1
Hertford - 1 £65,000 -
Hatfield - 1 £55,000 -
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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 (32.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (17.50%) Skype for Business
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (10.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 22 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (52.50%) Azure
3 11 (27.50%) Entra ID
4 6 (15.00%) IaaS
5 4 (10.00%) AWS
5 4 (10.00%) PaaS
5 4 (10.00%) SaaS
6 3 (7.50%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (7.50%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (7.50%) Cohesity
6 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.00%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (5.00%) GCP
7 2 (5.00%) Google Workspace
7 2 (5.00%) Power Automate
7 2 (5.00%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (47.50%) Firewall
2 7 (17.50%) IP Telephony
2 7 (17.50%) Skype
3 6 (15.00%) VPN
4 5 (12.50%) DHCP
4 5 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (10.00%) DNS
5 4 (10.00%) SAN
6 3 (7.50%) SD-WAN
6 3 (7.50%) VSAN
6 3 (7.50%) WAN
7 2 (5.00%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.50%) Internet
8 1 (2.50%) IPv4
8 1 (2.50%) IPv6
8 1 (2.50%) iSCSI
8 1 (2.50%) LAN
8 1 (2.50%) Network Security
8 1 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (10.00%) MS Access
2 4 (10.00%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
1 4 (10.00%) Toad
2 3 (7.50%) GitLab
3 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Local Government
2 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.50%) Aerospace
4 2 (5.00%) Finance
4 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.00%) Legal
4 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Advertising
5 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Senior
3 7 (17.50%) Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Applications Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) IT Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Administrator
5 5 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Senior Support Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Applications Support
6 4 (10.00%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) IT Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Applications Support
7 3 (7.50%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Core Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Web Services
2 1 (2.50%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) iPad
2 3 (7.50%) Blackberry
2 3 (7.50%) Clustering
2 3 (7.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.50%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.50%) PKI
2 3 (7.50%) RSA SecurID
3 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (82.50%) Windows
2 29 (72.50%) Windows Server
3 8 (20.00%) Android
4 7 (17.50%) Linux
4 7 (17.50%) Windows 10
5 4 (10.00%) Unix
6 3 (7.50%) Apple iOS
6 3 (7.50%) Mac OS
6 3 (7.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (5.00%) VMS
8 1 (2.50%) Windows 2000
8 1 (2.50%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (32.50%) ITIL
3 12 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (30.00%) ITSM
4 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (17.50%) Task Automation
6 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (15.00%) Workflow
7 5 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 5 (12.50%) DevOps
7 5 (12.50%) Migration
7 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
8 4 (10.00%) Agile
8 4 (10.00%) Change Control
8 4 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 4 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
8 4 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (7.50%) Change Management
9 3 (7.50%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) SQL
2 5 (12.50%) Python
3 4 (10.00%) Shell Script
3 4 (10.00%) VB
4 1 (2.50%) Bash
4 1 (2.50%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Degree
2 9 (22.50%) CCNA
2 9 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (22.50%) Security Cleared
3 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (15.00%) DBS Check
5 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
6 3 (7.50%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (5.00%) GSEC
7 2 (5.00%) MCSA
8 1 (2.50%) CCNP
8 1 (2.50%) HNC
8 1 (2.50%) HND
8 1 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (2.50%) MCDST
8 1 (2.50%) MCSE
8 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) SLA
2 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (72.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 3 (7.50%) vSphere
4 2 (5.00%) Docker
4 2 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (32.50%) SCCM
2 7 (17.50%) SCOM
2 7 (17.50%) WSUS
3 3 (7.50%) Ansible
3 3 (7.50%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.00%) Terraform
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 30 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (17.50%) Cisco
3 7 (17.50%) VMware
4 6 (15.00%) Apple
4 6 (15.00%) Remedy
4 6 (15.00%) SAP
5 4 (10.00%) HP
5 4 (10.00%) NEC
5 4 (10.00%) Oracle
6 3 (7.50%) Red Hat
7 2 (5.00%) Google
7 2 (5.00%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (5.00%) Okta
8 1 (2.50%) Dell
8 1 (2.50%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.50%) Veeam
8 1 (2.50%) Zscaler