PowerShell Job Trends in the South West

Windows PowerShell
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 74 120
Rank change year-on-year -80 +46 -34
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 85 99 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.98% 2.86% 1.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.85% 11.99% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 49 83 100
10th Percentile £38,250 £35,000 £31,350
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £73,250 £57,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £64,750 £61,375
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -0.86% -3.33%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,453 826 2,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.67% 23.87% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 551 1,584
10th Percentile £32,725 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £81,250
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 the South West

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

PowerShell job vacancy trend in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the South West over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Bristol -24 35 £55,000 +13.40% 9
Gloucestershire -27 30 £60,500 +10.00% 21
Dorset -16 8 £47,500 +18.75% 3
Somerset -47 5 £37,500 -6.25% 9
Wiltshire -24 4 £47,500 +31.94% 5
Devon -29 3 £52,500 +5.00% 3
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 22 (25.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (15.29%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.88%) Confluence
4 2 (2.35%) IIS
5 1 (1.18%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (2.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 39 (45.88%) Azure
2 24 (28.24%) AWS
3 20 (23.53%) Serverless
4 19 (22.35%) GitHub
4 19 (22.35%) IaaS
5 18 (21.18%) PaaS
6 17 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (15.29%) Entra ID
8 12 (14.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (14.12%) Azure Functions
8 12 (14.12%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (14.12%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (10.59%) OpenShift
10 7 (8.24%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (8.24%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (7.06%) Amazon S3
12 5 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.00%) VPN
2 13 (15.29%) TCP/IP
3 9 (10.59%) DNS
4 8 (9.41%) Firewall
5 7 (8.24%) DHCP
6 4 (4.71%) IPv4
6 4 (4.71%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (3.53%) LAN
7 3 (3.53%) Network Security
8 2 (2.35%) SNMP
8 2 (2.35%) VSAN
8 2 (2.35%) WAN
9 1 (1.18%) DKIM
9 1 (1.18%) DMARC
9 1 (1.18%) LTE
9 1 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (8.24%) InfluxDB
3 6 (7.06%) SQL Server
4 5 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.35%) Power Query
6 1 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.18%) Big Data
6 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.18%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.18%) MySQL
6 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 30 (35.29%) Git
2 19 (22.35%) Jenkins
3 13 (15.29%) GitLab
4 9 (10.59%) JIRA
5 7 (8.24%) Bitbucket
5 7 (8.24%) Robot Framework
5 7 (8.24%) TestRail
6 6 (7.06%) Cypress.io
6 6 (7.06%) Selenium
7 1 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (1.18%) Balsamiq
7 1 (1.18%) CircleCI
7 1 (1.18%) git-flow
7 1 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 31 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 14 (16.47%) Law
3 9 (10.59%) Aerospace
3 9 (10.59%) Finance
4 8 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Military
5 4 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.18%) Advertising
6 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (22.35%) Senior
2 16 (18.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (15.29%) Analyst
4 12 (14.12%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 9 (10.59%) IT Support
6 8 (9.41%) Support Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) IT Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) Lead
7 6 (7.06%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (7.06%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
7 6 (7.06%) Test Automation Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) Test Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Administrator
8 5 (5.88%) Consultant
8 5 (5.88%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Support Consultant
9 4 (4.71%) Software Engineer
9 4 (4.71%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.24%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (7.06%) Playwright
2 6 (7.06%) pytest
3 4 (4.71%) boto
4 2 (2.35%) JSON
4 2 (2.35%) Node.js
4 2 (2.35%) OAuth
4 2 (2.35%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.35%) OpenID
4 2 (2.35%) REST
4 2 (2.35%) SAML
4 2 (2.35%) XML
5 1 (1.18%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.18%) AWS CDK
5 1 (1.18%) React
5 1 (1.18%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.29%) Public Cloud
1 13 (15.29%) Security Posture
2 12 (14.12%) Podcast
3 8 (9.41%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (8.24%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) Fat Client
6 3 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.53%) Thin Client
7 2 (2.35%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.35%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.35%) Educational Technology
7 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.18%) Replication
8 1 (1.18%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 53 (62.35%) Windows
2 37 (43.53%) Linux
3 18 (21.18%) Windows Server
4 16 (18.82%) VMS
5 12 (14.12%) CentOS
6 4 (4.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (4.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.35%) Android
7 2 (2.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.35%) CoreOS
7 2 (2.35%) Debian
7 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.35%) Ubuntu
7 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (42.35%) CI/CD
2 34 (40.00%) Agile
2 34 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 29 (34.12%) DevOps
4 27 (31.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (24.71%) DevSecOps
6 19 (22.35%) Cloud Security
6 19 (22.35%) Scrum
7 18 (21.18%) Observability
8 17 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (20.00%) Task Automation
9 16 (18.82%) AI
9 16 (18.82%) Containerisation
9 16 (18.82%) Performance Tuning
10 15 (17.65%) Analytics
10 15 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
11 14 (16.47%) Generative AI
12 13 (15.29%) Mentoring
12 13 (15.29%) Test Automation
13 12 (14.12%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (58.82%) Bash
2 42 (49.41%) Python
3 21 (24.71%) SQL
4 13 (15.29%) Bicep
5 12 (14.12%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (12.94%) JavaScript
7 6 (7.06%) Java
8 4 (4.71%) Go
9 3 (3.53%) T-SQL
10 2 (2.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (2.35%) PHP
10 2 (2.35%) Ruby
10 2 (2.35%) VBScript
11 1 (1.18%) C#
11 1 (1.18%) C++
11 1 (1.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 20 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (20.00%) Azure Certification
4 11 (12.94%) DV Cleared
5 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
6 7 (8.24%) AWS Certification
6 7 (8.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (8.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (5.88%) CCNA
7 5 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (4.71%) Degree
8 4 (4.71%) ISTQB
8 4 (4.71%) OSCP
8 4 (4.71%) RHCE
8 4 (4.71%) RHCSA
9 2 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.35%) CISSP
9 2 (2.35%) CREST Certified
9 2 (2.35%) SANS
10 1 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.24%) GDPR
2 3 (3.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.35%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.35%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.18%) NIST
4 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (44.71%) Active Directory
2 29 (34.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (18.82%) Docker
3 16 (18.82%) vSphere
4 15 (17.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (10.59%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (8.24%) Hyper-V
7 4 (4.71%) Squid
7 4 (4.71%) VMware NSX
8 2 (2.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 32 (37.65%) Terraform
2 25 (29.41%) Ansible
3 13 (15.29%) Kubernetes
4 12 (14.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (12.94%) Grafana
6 6 (7.06%) Kibana
6 6 (7.06%) logstash
6 6 (7.06%) vCenter Server
6 6 (7.06%) ZABBIX
7 5 (5.88%) Packer
8 3 (3.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (3.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (3.53%) Puppet
8 3 (3.53%) SCCM
8 3 (3.53%) SCOM
8 3 (3.53%) SCOrch
8 3 (3.53%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (2.35%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (2.35%) Progress Chef
9 2 (2.35%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 46 (54.12%) Microsoft
2 29 (34.12%) VMware
3 18 (21.18%) Red Hat
4 12 (14.12%) ScienceLogic
5 11 (12.94%) Splunk
6 8 (9.41%) Cisco
7 7 (8.24%) Atlassian
8 6 (7.06%) Oracle
9 3 (3.53%) Meraki
9 3 (3.53%) Veeam
10 2 (2.35%) BMC
10 2 (2.35%) Dell
10 2 (2.35%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.35%) HP
10 2 (2.35%) Juniper
10 2 (2.35%) McAfee
10 2 (2.35%) SAP
10 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.18%) arcserve
11 1 (1.18%) Sophos