PowerShell Jobs in the South East

Windows PowerShell
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 112 81
Rank change year-on-year +22 -31 +27
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 292 421 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.02% 2.49% 3.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.51% 8.47% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 195 342 311
10th Percentile £33,200 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,538 4,971 5,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 26.28% 29.46% 40.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,771 3,993 3,785
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the South East.

Salary trend for PowerShell in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +28 111 £75,000 +57.89% 73
Thames Valley +25 92 £45,000 -17.43% 57
Surrey +30 63 £57,500 -4.17% 34
Buckinghamshire +72 57 £46,250 -22.92% 17
Middlesex -6 20 - - 1
Berkshire -34 19 £41,250 -25.00% 30
Oxfordshire +39 16 £42,500 +32.81% 15
East Sussex -5 3 £44,323 -33.35% 6
Kent +27 2 £57,500 +53.33% 10
West Sussex +31 1 £60,000 +71.43% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 51 (17.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (7.88%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.74%) IIS
4 6 (2.05%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.71%) Apache
6 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 115 (39.38%) Azure
2 47 (16.10%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (13.70%) AWS
5 39 (13.36%) IaaS
6 33 (11.30%) Entra ID
7 27 (9.25%) Power Platform
8 26 (8.90%) PaaS
9 17 (5.82%) GCP
9 17 (5.82%) GitHub
10 13 (4.45%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (4.45%) Power Automate
11 12 (4.11%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (4.11%) PowerApps
11 12 (4.11%) SaaS
12 8 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 56 (19.18%) VPN
2 44 (15.07%) DNS
3 42 (14.38%) TCP/IP
4 41 (14.04%) Firewall
5 37 (12.67%) VSAN
6 26 (8.90%) NAS
6 26 (8.90%) SAN
7 22 (7.53%) DHCP
8 12 (4.11%) Network Security
9 11 (3.77%) SMTP
10 9 (3.08%) 5G
10 9 (3.08%) Bluetooth
10 9 (3.08%) LTE
10 9 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (2.74%) IP Telephony
12 6 (2.05%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.37%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.37%) WAN
14 3 (1.03%) Internet
14 3 (1.03%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.53%) Power BI
3 17 (5.82%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (2.40%) Big Data
8 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (1.71%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.71%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.37%) MySQL
11 2 (0.68%) Airbyte
11 2 (0.68%) Metadata
11 2 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.34%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (11.64%) Cucumber
1 34 (11.64%) Robot Framework
2 14 (4.79%) MSI
3 7 (2.40%) Git
4 4 (1.37%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.34%) CMake
6 1 (0.34%) ESLint
6 1 (0.34%) GitLab
6 1 (0.34%) JIRA
6 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.34%) Postman
6 1 (0.34%) Sinon.JS
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.34%) TestRail
6 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 102 (34.93%) Social Skills
2 60 (20.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 40 (13.70%) Telecoms
4 22 (7.53%) Finance
5 11 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.08%) Electronics
7 6 (2.05%) Automotive
7 6 (2.05%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.71%) Advertising
8 5 (1.71%) Back Office
8 5 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.71%) Games
8 5 (1.71%) German Language
8 5 (1.71%) Local Government
9 3 (1.03%) Law
10 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 46 (15.75%) Support Engineer
2 44 (15.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (11.99%) VMware Specialist
4 34 (11.64%) Test Automation Engineer
4 34 (11.64%) Test Engineer
5 29 (9.93%) Infrastructure Support
5 29 (9.93%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 24 (8.22%) Analyst
6 24 (8.22%) Architect
6 24 (8.22%) IT Support
6 24 (8.22%) Lead
7 23 (7.88%) IT Engineer
8 22 (7.53%) Senior
9 21 (7.19%) IT Support Engineer
10 20 (6.85%) Security Engineer
11 17 (5.82%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (4.45%) Applications Support
13 12 (4.11%) Infrastructure Architect
14 11 (3.77%) Developer
14 11 (3.77%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.19%) YAML
2 9 (3.08%) .NET
3 8 (2.74%) Pandas
3 8 (2.74%) XML
4 7 (2.40%) HTML
5 6 (2.05%) HTML5
5 6 (2.05%) React
6 5 (1.71%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.71%) CSS
6 5 (1.71%) SailPoint
6 5 (1.71%) SPFx
7 3 (1.03%) EDI
7 3 (1.03%) JSON
7 3 (1.03%) REST
8 2 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.68%) Middleware
8 2 (0.68%) NumPy
8 2 (0.68%) SOAP
8 2 (0.68%) SQLAlchemy
9 1 (0.34%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.64%) Linux Command Line
2 28 (9.59%) Clustering
3 20 (6.85%) Security Posture
4 15 (5.14%) Data Centre
4 15 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.42%) IoT
5 10 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.08%) NB-IoT
7 8 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.74%) PKI
8 7 (2.40%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.05%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.05%) NHS
9 6 (2.05%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.37%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.03%) Blackberry
12 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.03%) Replication
12 3 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 159 (54.45%) Windows
2 88 (30.14%) Linux
3 51 (17.47%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.40%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.05%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.03%) VMS
8 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.68%) CentOS
9 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) Unix
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.51%) DevOps
2 88 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (23.97%) Mentoring
4 58 (19.86%) Agile
5 57 (19.52%) Test Automation
6 56 (19.18%) Coaching
7 55 (18.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 45 (15.41%) CI/CD
9 43 (14.73%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (14.73%) High Availability
10 36 (12.33%) Analytics
10 36 (12.33%) Computer Science
11 34 (11.64%) System Testing
11 34 (11.64%) Test Management
12 33 (11.30%) ITIL
13 32 (10.96%) Disaster Recovery
14 31 (10.62%) Infrastructure as Code
15 24 (8.22%) Incident Management
16 23 (7.88%) Virtual Environments
17 21 (7.19%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 149 (51.03%) Python
2 73 (25.00%) Bash
3 61 (20.89%) SQL
4 44 (15.07%) JavaScript
5 18 (6.16%) C#
6 13 (4.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (3.42%) Bicep
7 10 (3.42%) Java
8 5 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.03%) VBScript
11 2 (0.68%) Go
12 1 (0.34%) C
12 1 (0.34%) C++
12 1 (0.34%) C-shell
12 1 (0.34%) Fortran
12 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (35.27%) Degree
2 99 (33.90%) Security Cleared
3 88 (30.14%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.56%) SC Cleared
5 21 (7.19%) Azure Certification
5 21 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (5.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (4.79%) Master's Degree
7 14 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (3.42%) HND
9 9 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.74%) CEH
10 8 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.71%) CISSP
12 4 (1.37%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.03%) CISM
13 3 (1.03%) CompTIA CySA+
13 3 (1.03%) GCIH
13 3 (1.03%) OSCP
14 2 (0.68%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.64%) QA
2 27 (9.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (7.19%) GDPR
3 21 (7.19%) NIST
4 14 (4.79%) NCSC
5 7 (2.40%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.40%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.03%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 87 (29.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 80 (27.40%) Active Directory
3 54 (18.49%) vSphere
4 31 (10.62%) VMware NSX
5 25 (8.56%) Hyper-V
6 21 (7.19%) Docker
7 18 (6.16%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (5.82%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (4.45%) Terminal Services
10 9 (3.08%) BitLocker
10 9 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (2.74%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.34%) NFS
12 1 (0.34%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 32 (10.96%) Ansible
2 30 (10.27%) Terraform
3 25 (8.56%) Kubernetes
4 24 (8.22%) Puppet
5 17 (5.82%) vCenter Server
6 16 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (5.48%) WMI
7 14 (4.79%) vMotion
8 9 (3.08%) vRealize
9 8 (2.74%) PowerCLI
10 6 (2.05%) Nagios
11 5 (1.71%) SCCM
11 5 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.37%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (1.03%) QRadar
13 3 (1.03%) WSUS
14 2 (0.68%) Grafana
14 2 (0.68%) Graylog
14 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 145 (49.66%) Microsoft
2 96 (32.88%) VMware
3 26 (8.90%) Citrix
4 17 (5.82%) Databricks
5 14 (4.79%) Apple
6 13 (4.45%) HP
7 11 (3.77%) Red Hat
8 10 (3.42%) Veeam
9 9 (3.08%) Cisco
9 9 (3.08%) SAP
10 6 (2.05%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.05%) Google
10 6 (2.05%) Meraki
10 6 (2.05%) Symantec
11 5 (1.71%) Okta
11 5 (1.71%) Oracle
11 5 (1.71%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.03%) Fujitsu
12 3 (1.03%) McAfee
12 3 (1.03%) SolarWinds