PowerShell Jobs in the South West

Windows PowerShell
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 87 97
Rank change year-on-year -26 +10 -8
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 76 281 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.11% 3.03% 2.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.19% 9.26% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 61 196 104
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,875 £25,026
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £81,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 1,057 3,033 2,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.39% 32.67% 37.63%
Number of salaries quoted 792 2,405 1,656
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for PowerShell in the South West

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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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
Bristol +38 20 £67,500 +35.00% 27
Somerset +20 18 £40,000 -3.03% 4
Gloucestershire -21 12 £43,750 -16.67% 28
Dorset +46 10 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Devon +4 8 £47,500 +18.75% 9
Wiltshire -2 7 £46,500 -5.10% 10
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (14.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (13.16%) IIS
3 8 (10.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (11.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (64.47%) Azure
2 38 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (22.37%) AWS
4 15 (19.74%) Entra ID
5 11 (14.47%) SaaS
6 10 (13.16%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (11.84%) IaaS
8 7 (9.21%) Power Automate
8 7 (9.21%) Power Platform
9 6 (7.89%) PaaS
10 4 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (5.26%) Azure AKS
10 4 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (5.26%) Serverless
11 3 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (3.95%) GCP
12 2 (2.63%) PowerApps
12 2 (2.63%) Stackdriver
13 1 (1.32%) Azure AI
13 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (40.79%) Firewall
2 24 (31.58%) DNS
3 23 (30.26%) VPN
4 22 (28.95%) DHCP
5 15 (19.74%) VoIP
6 13 (17.11%) VLAN
7 10 (13.16%) ADSL
8 8 (10.53%) MPLS
8 8 (10.53%) WAN
9 7 (9.21%) Network Security
9 7 (9.21%) SD-WAN
10 6 (7.89%) SAN
10 6 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (6.58%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (6.58%) VPLS
12 4 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (5.26%) IPv4
12 4 (5.26%) LAN
12 4 (5.26%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.16%) Amazon RDS
1 10 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.58%) Power BI
3 4 (5.26%) FileMaker
3 4 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.63%) MySQL
6 1 (1.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.32%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.32%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.32%) Git
2 1 (1.32%) Robot Framework
General
1 20 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Finance
3 6 (7.89%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.26%) Electronics
4 4 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.95%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.95%) Automotive
6 2 (2.63%) Banking
6 2 (2.63%) Local Government
7 1 (1.32%) Marketing
7 1 (1.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Analyst
2 17 (22.37%) IT Support
3 16 (21.05%) IT Analyst
3 16 (21.05%) IT Support Analyst
3 16 (21.05%) Support Analyst
4 14 (18.42%) 3rd Line Support
4 14 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (15.79%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (13.16%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 8 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (9.21%) Senior
9 6 (7.89%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (7.89%) Developer
10 5 (6.58%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (6.58%) IT Engineer
10 5 (6.58%) Network Engineer
11 4 (5.26%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 4 (5.26%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 4 (5.26%) DevOps Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.32%) .NET
1 1 (1.32%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (7.89%) Public Cloud
3 5 (6.58%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.95%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.95%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.95%) FMCG
5 3 (3.95%) IoT
5 3 (3.95%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.95%) Replication
5 3 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.63%) PKI
6 2 (2.63%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (59.21%) Windows
2 29 (38.16%) Linux
3 26 (34.21%) Windows Server
4 7 (9.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (6.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (5.26%) Android
6 4 (5.26%) Apple iOS
6 4 (5.26%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.63%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (30.26%) ITIL
3 22 (28.95%) DevOps
4 17 (22.37%) Infrastructure as Code
5 16 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (19.74%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (18.42%) CI/CD
8 11 (14.47%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (14.47%) Migration
9 9 (11.84%) Containerisation
10 8 (10.53%) Computer Science
11 7 (9.21%) Artificial Intelligence
11 7 (9.21%) Project Delivery
12 6 (7.89%) Cloud Security
12 6 (7.89%) Service Management
13 5 (6.58%) Business Intelligence
13 5 (6.58%) Configuration Management
13 5 (6.58%) Kalman Filter
13 5 (6.58%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (35.53%) Python
2 21 (27.63%) SQL
3 20 (26.32%) Bash
4 5 (6.58%) Bicep
5 4 (5.26%) C#
5 4 (5.26%) R
5 4 (5.26%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.63%) Go
6 2 (2.63%) Java
7 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.32%) VB
7 1 (1.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.11%) Degree
3 12 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 8 (10.53%) CCNA
4 8 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (9.21%) Azure Certification
5 7 (9.21%) CCNP
6 6 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (7.89%) DV Cleared
7 5 (6.58%) A+ Certification
7 5 (6.58%) AWS Certification
7 5 (6.58%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (3.95%) DBS Check
8 3 (3.95%) MCP
9 2 (2.63%) CCA
9 2 (2.63%) MCSA
9 2 (2.63%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.63%) PMP
9 2 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.26%) GDPR
1 4 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.95%) SLA
3 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (2.63%) NIST
3 2 (2.63%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.32%) NCSC
4 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 30 (39.47%) Active Directory
2 18 (23.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (11.84%) Docker
4 7 (9.21%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (9.21%) vSphere
5 5 (6.58%) Hyper-V
6 3 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (2.63%) XenApp
7 2 (2.63%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.32%) BitLocker
8 1 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 23 (30.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (17.11%) Terraform
3 12 (15.79%) Ansible
4 7 (9.21%) Kubernetes
4 7 (9.21%) SCCM
5 6 (7.89%) Puppet
6 3 (3.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.63%) Backup Exec
7 2 (2.63%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (2.63%) SmoothWall
7 2 (2.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (1.32%) Grafana
8 1 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (1.32%) Nagios
8 1 (1.32%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.32%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (61.84%) Microsoft
2 22 (28.95%) VMware
3 13 (17.11%) Cisco
4 11 (14.47%) Fortinet
5 10 (13.16%) SolarWinds
6 7 (9.21%) HP
7 6 (7.89%) Citrix
8 5 (6.58%) Meraki
8 5 (6.58%) Veeam
8 5 (6.58%) Zscaler
9 4 (5.26%) Google
10 3 (3.95%) Aruba
10 3 (3.95%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.95%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (3.95%) Okta
10 3 (3.95%) Symantec
11 2 (2.63%) Dynatrace
11 2 (2.63%) N-able
11 2 (2.63%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (2.63%) Palo Alto