PowerShell Job Trends in Portsmouth

Windows PowerShell
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 32 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +39
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 7 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 2.16% 3.73% 4.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.73% 15.07% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 11
10th Percentile £46,450 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £45,000 £42,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.73% +7.84% +0.68%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £59,073
90th Percentile - £83,750 £66,640
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £51,750
% change year-on-year -14.29% +35.27% +2.16%

All Programming Languages
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 55 73 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 16.98% 24.75% 32.68%
Number of salaries quoted 33 49 70
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

PowerShell job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

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Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in Portsmouth

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Security Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (71.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (57.14%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
4 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Collaborative Culture
2 6 (85.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
2 6 (85.71%) SIEM
3 5 (71.43%) Cloud Security
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (71.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (57.14%) Analytics
4 4 (57.14%) Client Onboarding
4 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (57.14%) ITSM
4 4 (57.14%) Process Improvement
4 4 (57.14%) SOAR
4 4 (57.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 4 (57.14%) Threat Detection
4 4 (57.14%) Use Case
5 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) Bicep
2 4 (57.14%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (28.57%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CEH
1 2 (28.57%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Terraform
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 4 (57.14%) Splunk