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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 63 47
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 +31
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 36 34 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 2.02% 2.97% 3.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.35% 10.59% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 33 34 31
10th Percentile £30,465 £26,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £45,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.66% -15.38% +13.04%
75th Percentile £53,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £68,750
East of England median annual salary £43,085 £52,500 £49,250
% change year-on-year -17.93% +6.60% -14.35%

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 186 321 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 10.46% 28.01% 27.89%
Number of salaries quoted 154 163 261
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,750 £81,250
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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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 24 January 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 24 January 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 +15 17 £40,000 -15.79% 3
Stevenage -2 10 £50,500 -8.18% 5
Hoddesdon - 3 - - 3
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 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (16.67%) Skype for Business
3 4 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (11.11%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (47.22%) Azure
3 6 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (11.11%) SaaS
5 3 (8.33%) AWS
5 3 (8.33%) Cohesity
5 3 (8.33%) IaaS
5 3 (8.33%) PaaS
6 2 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (5.56%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (5.56%) GCP
6 2 (5.56%) Google Workspace
6 2 (5.56%) Power Automate
6 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.56%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (41.67%) Firewall
2 7 (19.44%) IP Telephony
3 6 (16.67%) Skype
4 5 (13.89%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (11.11%) DHCP
6 3 (8.33%) DNS
6 3 (8.33%) VPN
6 3 (8.33%) VSAN
7 2 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.78%) Internet
8 1 (2.78%) IPv4
8 1 (2.78%) IPv6
8 1 (2.78%) LAN
8 1 (2.78%) MPLS
8 1 (2.78%) Network Security
8 1 (2.78%) SAN
8 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.78%) WAN
8 1 (2.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (11.11%) MS Access
2 4 (11.11%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Toad
2 3 (8.33%) GitLab
2 3 (8.33%) JIRA
3 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Local Government
2 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.56%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.56%) Finance
3 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Advertising
4 1 (2.78%) Legal
4 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 7 (19.44%) Support Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Senior
3 5 (13.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Administrator
3 5 (13.89%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Applications Support
4 4 (11.11%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Applications Support
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Core Network Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) IT Administrator
5 3 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) Web Services
2 1 (2.78%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Blackberry
1 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 3 (8.33%) iPad
1 3 (8.33%) PKI
1 3 (8.33%) RSA SecurID
2 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.78%) Clustering
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (77.78%) Windows
2 25 (69.44%) Windows Server
3 7 (19.44%) Android
3 7 (19.44%) Windows 10
4 5 (13.89%) Linux
5 4 (11.11%) Unix
6 3 (8.33%) Apple iOS
6 3 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (5.56%) VMS
8 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.78%) Windows 2000
8 1 (2.78%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (2.78%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (30.56%) ITIL
3 10 (27.78%) ITSM
4 9 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (19.44%) Task Automation
6 7 (19.44%) Workflow
7 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (13.89%) DevOps
8 5 (13.89%) Migration
9 4 (11.11%) Agile
9 4 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 4 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
9 4 (11.11%) Service Delivery
10 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (8.33%) Customer Service
10 3 (8.33%) Incident Response
10 3 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
11 2 (5.56%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) SQL
2 6 (16.67%) Python
3 5 (13.89%) VB
4 4 (11.11%) Shell Script
5 2 (5.56%) Bash
6 1 (2.78%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) CCNA
1 8 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (22.22%) Degree
2 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
3 6 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
5 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (8.33%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (5.56%) GSEC
7 2 (5.56%) MCSA
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.78%) CCNP
8 1 (2.78%) MCDST
8 1 (2.78%) MCITP
8 1 (2.78%) MCSE
8 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.33%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.33%) vSphere
3 2 (5.56%) Docker
4 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (27.78%) SCCM
2 6 (16.67%) SCOM
2 6 (16.67%) WSUS
3 4 (11.11%) Ansible
4 3 (8.33%) Terraform
5 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.78%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 26 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.22%) ServiceNow
3 7 (19.44%) Cisco
4 6 (16.67%) Apple
4 6 (16.67%) SAP
4 6 (16.67%) VMware
5 5 (13.89%) Remedy
6 4 (11.11%) HP
6 4 (11.11%) NEC
6 4 (11.11%) Oracle
7 3 (8.33%) Red Hat
8 2 (5.56%) Google
9 1 (2.78%) Dell
9 1 (2.78%) Okta
9 1 (2.78%) Veeam