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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 93 68
Rank change year-on-year -26 -25 -17
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 468 414 740
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.81% 3.53% 4.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.50% 9.22% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 315 349 540
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,312 £50,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £88,125 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,000 £100,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%

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 5,505 4,490 7,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.24% 38.26% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,610 3,004 5,098
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,150 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £132,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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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 October 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 October 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 -11 61 £65,000 -7.14% 63
East London - 14 £65,000 - 4
West London -10 13 £60,000 +37.97% 8
North London +10 12 £60,000 -11.11% 2
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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 78 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.85%) Confluence
4 6 (1.28%) IIS
5 4 (0.85%) SAS
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.07%) Fidessa
1 5 (1.07%) NetSuite
1 5 (1.07%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.21%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 296 (63.25%) Azure
2 187 (39.96%) Entra ID
3 165 (35.26%) Microsoft 365
4 93 (19.87%) AWS
5 68 (14.53%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (9.40%) GitHub
7 41 (8.76%) OneDrive
7 41 (8.76%) Power Platform
8 40 (8.55%) Azure Monitor
9 35 (7.48%) GCP
10 34 (7.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 32 (6.84%) Azure AKS
11 32 (6.84%) Datadog
11 32 (6.84%) SaaS
12 27 (5.77%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (5.77%) PaaS
13 24 (5.13%) IaaS
13 24 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
14 23 (4.91%) Microsoft Copilot
15 21 (4.49%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 81 (17.31%) Firewall
2 73 (15.60%) DNS
3 58 (12.39%) VPN
4 55 (11.75%) DHCP
5 41 (8.76%) TCP/IP
6 34 (7.26%) Network Security
7 28 (5.98%) Kerberos
8 15 (3.21%) VLAN
9 13 (2.78%) SAN
9 13 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (2.56%) NAS
11 10 (2.14%) Wireless
12 8 (1.71%) SSL
13 6 (1.28%) WAN
14 5 (1.07%) FIX Connectivity
14 5 (1.07%) iSCSI
14 5 (1.07%) LAN
15 3 (0.64%) IPv4
15 3 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
15 3 (0.64%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (14.53%) SQL Server
2 41 (8.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 26 (5.56%) Power BI
4 11 (2.35%) MongoDB
5 9 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.07%) MySQL
7 5 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.85%) Db2
8 4 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.85%) Redis
8 4 (0.85%) WhereScape RED
9 3 (0.64%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.64%) Power Query
10 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 33 (7.05%) JIRA
2 27 (5.77%) Git
3 21 (4.49%) Jenkins
4 18 (3.85%) GitLab
5 6 (1.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (1.28%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.28%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.85%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.64%) JMeter
7 3 (0.64%) Postman
7 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.43%) MSI
8 2 (0.43%) NUnit
9 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.21%) InstallShield
9 1 (0.21%) Snyk
9 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 161 (34.40%) Social Skills
2 135 (28.85%) Finance
3 80 (17.09%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.19%) Banking
5 26 (5.56%) Law
6 23 (4.91%) Legal
7 13 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.14%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.14%) Retail
11 9 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.50%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.50%) Front Office
12 7 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Aviation
13 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.85%) Advertising
15 3 (0.64%) Electronics
15 3 (0.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 68 (14.53%) Senior
2 63 (13.46%) Azure Engineer
3 52 (11.11%) Analyst
4 48 (10.26%) Platform Engineer
5 41 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (7.48%) Consultant
8 33 (7.05%) DevOps Engineer
9 31 (6.62%) Support Analyst
10 29 (6.20%) Lead
11 28 (5.98%) Architect
11 28 (5.98%) Security Engineer
12 27 (5.77%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 24 (5.13%) Automation Engineer
14 23 (4.91%) AWS Engineer
14 23 (4.91%) Desktop Support
15 22 (4.70%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 20 (4.27%) Site Engineer
16 20 (4.27%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 19 (4.06%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (32.91%) Terraform
2 38 (8.12%) REST
3 35 (7.48%) SAML
4 28 (5.98%) OpenID
5 26 (5.56%) LDAP
5 26 (5.56%) OAuth
6 15 (3.21%) Microsoft Graph
6 15 (3.21%) YAML
7 13 (2.78%) ARM Templates
8 11 (2.35%) RESTful
9 10 (2.14%) .NET
9 10 (2.14%) ADO
10 8 (1.71%) CSS
10 8 (1.71%) HTML
11 6 (1.28%) JSON
11 6 (1.28%) NumPy
11 6 (1.28%) Pandas
12 5 (1.07%) Matplotlib
12 5 (1.07%) Pulumi
12 5 (1.07%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.97%) Onboarding
2 39 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 39 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 36 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 28 (5.98%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (4.27%) Data Centre
7 17 (3.63%) PKI
8 16 (3.42%) Public Cloud
8 16 (3.42%) Replication
9 15 (3.21%) Driving Licence
10 14 (2.99%) Hedge funds
11 8 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.50%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (1.07%) Enterprise Storage
14 5 (1.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 200 (42.74%) Windows
2 96 (20.51%) Windows Server
3 86 (18.38%) Linux
4 40 (8.55%) Windows 10
5 16 (3.42%) VMS
6 14 (2.99%) macOS
6 14 (2.99%) Unix
7 11 (2.35%) Apple iOS
7 11 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (2.14%) Android
9 9 (1.92%) Ubuntu
10 7 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.28%) CentOS
11 6 (1.28%) Rocky
11 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (1.07%) Solaris
13 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (30.98%) Infrastructure as Code
2 124 (26.50%) CI/CD
3 117 (25.00%) DevOps
4 111 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (20.09%) Cybersecurity
6 92 (19.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 79 (16.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 79 (16.88%) ITIL
8 75 (16.03%) Platform Engineering
9 68 (14.53%) Disaster Recovery
10 67 (14.32%) Infrastructure Automation
11 66 (14.10%) AI
11 66 (14.10%) Identity Access Management
11 66 (14.10%) Migration
12 62 (13.25%) Cloud Security
12 62 (13.25%) Roadmaps
13 59 (12.61%) RBAC
14 56 (11.97%) Zero Trust
15 53 (11.32%) Mentoring
16 52 (11.11%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 215 (45.94%) Python
2 100 (21.37%) SQL
3 95 (20.30%) Bash
4 38 (8.12%) Bicep
5 20 (4.27%) T-SQL
6 19 (4.06%) JavaScript
7 16 (3.42%) Java
8 14 (2.99%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (2.56%) C#
10 9 (1.92%) VBA
11 6 (1.28%) Perl
11 6 (1.28%) VBScript
12 5 (1.07%) Ruby
12 5 (1.07%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.64%) Go
14 2 (0.43%) C++
14 2 (0.43%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 64 (13.68%) Degree
2 51 (10.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (9.62%) CISSP
4 41 (8.76%) Azure Certification
5 31 (6.62%) Security Cleared
6 27 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (3.63%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.35%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (2.35%) OSCP
9 10 (2.14%) CISM
10 8 (1.71%) A+ Certification
10 8 (1.71%) CCNA
10 8 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.50%) CCNP
11 7 (1.50%) CCSP
12 6 (1.28%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.56%) NIST
3 18 (3.85%) SLA
4 12 (2.56%) GDPR
5 10 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.71%) PMO
7 7 (1.50%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.07%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.85%) ISO 22301
9 4 (0.85%) QA
10 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.43%) EMIR
11 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.21%) IASME
12 1 (0.21%) NCSC
12 1 (0.21%) TickIT
System Software
1 195 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 55 (11.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (8.76%) Docker
4 27 (5.77%) Hyper-V
5 23 (4.91%) vSphere
6 22 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.71%) BitLocker
10 7 (1.50%) Firmware
11 6 (1.28%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.64%) Squid
13 2 (0.43%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.21%) HDFS
14 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.21%) XenApp
14 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 82 (17.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 68 (14.53%) Ansible
3 61 (13.03%) Kubernetes
4 35 (7.48%) Grafana
5 34 (7.26%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (5.98%) SCCM
7 16 (3.42%) Prometheus
8 12 (2.56%) Puppet
9 10 (2.14%) Argo
9 10 (2.14%) Packer
10 8 (1.71%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.71%) ZABBIX
11 6 (1.28%) Rundeck
12 5 (1.07%) QRadar
13 4 (0.85%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.85%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.64%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.64%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 291 (62.18%) Microsoft
2 68 (14.53%) VMware
3 49 (10.47%) ServiceNow
4 34 (7.26%) Splunk
5 30 (6.41%) Oracle
6 25 (5.34%) Cisco
6 25 (5.34%) Dynatrace
7 19 (4.06%) Citrix
8 17 (3.63%) Tenable
9 15 (3.21%) Veeam
10 14 (2.99%) Red Hat
11 13 (2.78%) CyberArk
11 13 (2.78%) Qualys
12 11 (2.35%) Bloomberg
12 11 (2.35%) iManage
12 11 (2.35%) Palo Alto
13 10 (2.14%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.92%) Databricks
14 9 (1.92%) OpenAI
14 9 (1.92%) Sophos