PowerShell Job Trends in London

Windows PowerShell
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 74 76
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 503 536 796
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.67% 4.16% 3.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.01% 10.01% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 352 432 714
10th Percentile £38,250 £51,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,188 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.47% +5.36%
75th Percentile £85,813 £92,813 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -8.33%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,026 5,354 9,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.67% 41.55% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 3,935 7,627
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £128,750 £126,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PowerShell job vacancy trend in London

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Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in London over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the London region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Central London +18 142 £70,000 -13.85% 34
West London -9 16 £65,000 -15.03% 4
South London +30 13 £80,000 +28.00% 3
North London - 7 £55,000 - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 46 (9.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (6.36%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.19%) Confluence
3 11 (2.19%) IIS
4 6 (1.19%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.20%) Site Server
Applications
1 20 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.20%) Actimize
3 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 330 (65.61%) Azure
2 145 (28.83%) Entra ID
3 143 (28.43%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (16.70%) AWS
5 53 (10.54%) Power Platform
6 46 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (8.15%) GCP
8 40 (7.95%) SaaS
9 36 (7.16%) GitHub
10 29 (5.77%) Nutanix
11 28 (5.57%) Google Workspace
12 22 (4.37%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (4.17%) PaaS
14 20 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
15 18 (3.58%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (3.58%) Power Automate
15 18 (3.58%) Serverless
16 17 (3.38%) OneDrive
17 15 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
17 15 (2.98%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 81 (16.10%) Firewall
2 57 (11.33%) DNS
3 42 (8.35%) VPN
4 40 (7.95%) Network Security
5 35 (6.96%) DHCP
6 33 (6.56%) TCP/IP
7 19 (3.78%) Broadband
8 16 (3.18%) WAN
9 15 (2.98%) LAN
9 15 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (2.39%) WinSCP
11 10 (1.99%) Wireless
12 9 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
12 9 (1.79%) Kerberos
12 9 (1.79%) WAAS
13 8 (1.59%) HTTPS
13 8 (1.59%) SD-WAN
14 7 (1.39%) Cisco ISE
14 7 (1.39%) Internet
14 7 (1.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (11.53%) SQL Server
2 45 (8.95%) Power BI
3 21 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (2.98%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (2.78%) Tableau
6 11 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.39%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.19%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.80%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.80%) Metadata
11 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.60%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.60%) MySQL
12 3 (0.60%) SQLite
13 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.40%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 44 (8.75%) Git
2 26 (5.17%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.57%) GitLab
3 23 (4.57%) JIRA
4 20 (3.98%) Bitbucket
5 13 (2.58%) Metasploit
6 11 (2.19%) TeamCity
7 10 (1.99%) Octopus Deploy
8 9 (1.79%) Burp Suite
8 9 (1.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 8 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.80%) MLflow
12 3 (0.60%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.60%) JMeter
12 3 (0.60%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
14 1 (0.20%) MSI
14 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 175 (34.79%) Social Skills
2 129 (25.65%) Finance
3 63 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (6.56%) Law
5 27 (5.37%) Banking
6 26 (5.17%) Legal
7 24 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.79%) Front Office
11 8 (1.59%) Advertising
11 8 (1.59%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.59%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.19%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.60%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.60%) Aviation
14 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.60%) Retail
15 1 (0.20%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 77 (15.31%) Analyst
2 64 (12.72%) Senior
3 61 (12.13%) Azure Engineer
4 50 (9.94%) Support Engineer
5 41 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 36 (7.16%) Platform Engineer
7 34 (6.76%) Lead
8 32 (6.36%) Security Engineer
9 31 (6.16%) Security Analyst
10 29 (5.77%) DevOps Engineer
11 26 (5.17%) Architect
12 25 (4.97%) Cloud Engineer
13 24 (4.77%) Support Analyst
14 21 (4.17%) Security Specialist
15 20 (3.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 20 (3.98%) PowerShell Engineer
16 19 (3.78%) 3rd Line Support
17 18 (3.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 17 (3.38%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 17 (3.38%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.55%) .NET
2 37 (7.36%) REST
3 34 (6.76%) OpenID
4 32 (6.36%) OAuth
5 30 (5.96%) SAML
6 28 (5.57%) LDAP
7 23 (4.57%) SOAP
8 18 (3.58%) GraphQL
9 13 (2.58%) .NET Core
10 10 (1.99%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (1.99%) YAML
11 7 (1.39%) CSS
11 7 (1.39%) Middleware
12 6 (1.19%) Kafka
12 6 (1.19%) Web Services
13 5 (0.99%) HTML
13 5 (0.99%) React
13 5 (0.99%) SailPoint
14 4 (0.80%) Pandas
14 4 (0.80%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 39 (7.75%) Security Posture
3 38 (7.55%) Onboarding
4 37 (7.36%) Cyber Defence
5 33 (6.56%) Cyber Threat
6 26 (5.17%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (3.78%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (3.58%) Cyberattack
9 17 (3.38%) Data Centre
10 15 (2.98%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.98%) CMDB
10 15 (2.98%) Hedge funds
10 15 (2.98%) Private Cloud
10 15 (2.98%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (1.99%) PKI
13 10 (1.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 241 (47.91%) Windows
2 126 (25.05%) Linux
3 103 (20.48%) Windows Server
4 28 (5.57%) Windows 10
5 22 (4.37%) Mac OS
6 17 (3.38%) Unix
7 16 (3.18%) Android
8 15 (2.98%) VMS
8 15 (2.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (2.58%) Apple iOS
9 13 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.80%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.80%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.40%) Solaris
14 1 (0.20%) CentOS
14 1 (0.20%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.20%) SUSE
14 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (23.86%) Cybersecurity
1 120 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
2 115 (22.86%) CI/CD
3 110 (21.87%) DevOps
4 102 (20.28%) Incident Response
5 90 (17.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 88 (17.50%) ITIL
7 79 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 74 (14.71%) Mentoring
9 69 (13.72%) Disaster Recovery
10 64 (12.72%) Root Cause Analysis
11 59 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (11.53%) SIEM
13 52 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
13 52 (10.34%) Information Security
14 51 (10.14%) Agile
14 51 (10.14%) Runbook
15 48 (9.54%) Roadmaps
15 48 (9.54%) Vulnerability Management
16 47 (9.34%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 231 (45.92%) Python
2 132 (26.24%) SQL
3 103 (20.48%) Bash
4 38 (7.55%) C#
5 31 (6.16%) JavaScript
6 30 (5.96%) T-SQL
7 25 (4.97%) Kusto Query Language
8 19 (3.78%) Bicep
9 14 (2.78%) Java
10 9 (1.79%) VB.NET
11 8 (1.59%) C++
12 7 (1.39%) Go
12 7 (1.39%) Perl
13 6 (1.19%) Ruby
14 5 (0.99%) C
15 4 (0.80%) Delphi
15 4 (0.80%) Pascal
15 4 (0.80%) PHP
15 4 (0.80%) R
16 3 (0.60%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 68 (13.52%) Degree
2 43 (8.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (8.15%) Security Cleared
4 36 (7.16%) Azure Certification
5 30 (5.96%) CISSP
6 25 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (4.17%) GIAC
7 21 (4.17%) SC Cleared
8 20 (3.98%) OSCP
9 15 (2.98%) CEH
10 14 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (2.78%) CompTIA CySA+
11 13 (2.58%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (2.39%) CCSAM
12 12 (2.39%) CREST Certified
13 11 (2.19%) CISA
14 9 (1.79%) CCNA
14 9 (1.79%) CHECK Team Leader
14 9 (1.79%) CHECK Team Member
14 9 (1.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (19.48%) NIST
2 94 (18.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.97%) NCSC
4 20 (3.98%) GDPR
5 19 (3.78%) SLA
6 15 (2.98%) ISO 22301
7 13 (2.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (2.39%) QA
9 9 (1.79%) Data Quality
10 8 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.19%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.99%) GRC
12 5 (0.99%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 164 (32.60%) Active Directory
2 55 (10.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (7.95%) Docker
4 22 (4.37%) vSphere
5 21 (4.17%) Hyper-V
6 14 (2.78%) Firmware
7 11 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (1.39%) BitLocker
10 6 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.80%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.20%) Postfix
13 1 (0.20%) Squid
13 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 107 (21.27%) Terraform
2 82 (16.30%) Kubernetes
2 82 (16.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 69 (13.72%) Ansible
4 31 (6.16%) SCCM
5 27 (5.37%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (2.19%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.99%) Grafana
8 9 (1.79%) Nessus
9 7 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (1.39%) VxRail
10 6 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (1.19%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.99%) Packer
12 4 (0.80%) logstash
12 4 (0.80%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.80%) Puppet
13 3 (0.60%) Control-M
13 3 (0.60%) QRadar
14 2 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 271 (53.88%) Microsoft
2 100 (19.88%) VMware
3 51 (10.14%) Cisco
4 35 (6.96%) ServiceNow
5 28 (5.57%) Commvault
6 27 (5.37%) Splunk
7 23 (4.57%) Google
8 22 (4.37%) Palo Alto
9 19 (3.78%) CyberArk
10 16 (3.18%) CrowdStrike
10 16 (3.18%) Fortinet
11 15 (2.98%) Red Hat
12 14 (2.78%) Oracle
13 13 (2.58%) Citrix
13 13 (2.58%) Dell
14 12 (2.39%) EMC
15 11 (2.19%) Tenable
16 10 (1.99%) Okta
16 10 (1.99%) OpenAI
16 10 (1.99%) Zscaler