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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 63 54
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +19
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 32 34 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 1.71% 3.14% 3.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.18% 10.90% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 29 34 48
10th Percentile £26,050 £26,000 £22,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £46,250 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.66% +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £52,500 £69,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £85,000 £68,750
East of England median annual salary £40,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.86% +16.67% -21.74%

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 176 312 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 9.43% 28.78% 29.12%
Number of salaries quoted 144 161 373
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,625 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -7.17%

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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 7 February 2026.

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 7 February 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
Watford +14 17 £40,000 -15.79% 2
Stevenage -11 7 £43,085 -21.66% 2
Hoddesdon - 3 - - 1
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 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (9.38%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) NEC Housing
1 4 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (46.88%) Azure
3 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.50%) Google Workspace
5 3 (9.38%) IaaS
5 3 (9.38%) PaaS
5 3 (9.38%) SaaS
6 2 (6.25%) AWS
6 2 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (6.25%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (6.25%) GCP
6 2 (6.25%) Power Automate
6 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 2 (6.25%) PowerApps
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) Firewall
2 5 (15.63%) IP Telephony
3 4 (12.50%) DHCP
3 4 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (9.38%) DNS
4 3 (9.38%) Skype
4 3 (9.38%) VPN
4 3 (9.38%) Wireless
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (3.13%) Internet
5 1 (3.13%) IPv4
5 1 (3.13%) IPv6
5 1 (3.13%) LAN
5 1 (3.13%) MPLS
5 1 (3.13%) Network Security
5 1 (3.13%) SAN
5 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (12.50%) MS Access
2 4 (12.50%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Toad
2 3 (9.38%) JIRA
3 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Local Government
2 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.25%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Support Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Applications Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) IT Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Senior
3 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Administrator
4 4 (12.50%) Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Applications Support
4 4 (12.50%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) IT Support
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Applications Support
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Core Network Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) IT Administrator
5 3 (9.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Driving Licence
1 3 (9.38%) iPad
2 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.13%) Clustering
3 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (75.00%) Windows
2 22 (68.75%) Windows Server
3 8 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 6 (18.75%) Android
5 5 (15.63%) Apple iOS
6 4 (12.50%) Unix
7 3 (9.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (6.25%) VMS
9 1 (3.13%) Linux
9 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (3.13%) Windows 2000
9 1 (3.13%) Windows 8
9 1 (3.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (34.38%) ITIL
3 9 (28.13%) ITSM
4 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (21.88%) Workflow
5 6 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (18.75%) Task Automation
6 5 (15.63%) Migration
7 4 (12.50%) Agile
7 4 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.50%) Digital Strategy
7 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
8 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
8 3 (9.38%) DevOps
8 3 (9.38%) Incident Response
8 3 (9.38%) Time Management
8 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (6.25%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) SQL
1 7 (21.88%) VB
2 5 (15.63%) Python
3 4 (12.50%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.13%) Bash
4 1 (3.13%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) DBS Check
3 6 (18.75%) CCNA
3 6 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (6.25%) GSEC
6 2 (6.25%) MCSA
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.13%) CCNP
7 1 (3.13%) MCDST
7 1 (3.13%) MCITP
7 1 (3.13%) MCSE
7 1 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 20 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.38%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.25%) Docker
4 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (25.00%) SCCM
2 3 (9.38%) SCOM
2 3 (9.38%) Terraform
2 3 (9.38%) WSUS
3 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.13%) Ansible
4 1 (3.13%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) Apple
2 7 (21.88%) ServiceNow
3 6 (18.75%) SAP
4 5 (15.63%) Cisco
5 4 (12.50%) Google
5 4 (12.50%) NEC
5 4 (12.50%) Oracle
5 4 (12.50%) Remedy
6 3 (9.38%) VMware
7 1 (3.13%) Dell
7 1 (3.13%) HP
7 1 (3.13%) Okta
7 1 (3.13%) Veeam