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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 82 90
Rank change year-on-year -32 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 69 290 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.98% 3.08% 3.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.69% 9.55% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 54 192 105
10th Percentile - £36,250 £26,550
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £67,500 £80,000
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 1,032 3,038 2,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.64% 32.30% 37.76%
Number of salaries quoted 739 2,399 1,629
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
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 £65,000 £65,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £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 23 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 23 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 +27 15 £60,000 +20.00% 65
Somerset +15 15 £40,000 -5.88% 40
Gloucestershire -24 12 £43,750 -16.67% 90
Dorset +49 11 £47,500 -5.00% 33
Devon +2 8 £47,500 +18.75% 62
Wiltshire -1 7 £46,500 -5.10% 41
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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 10 (14.49%) IIS
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (11.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 44 (63.77%) Azure
2 35 (50.72%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (24.64%) AWS
4 15 (21.74%) Entra ID
5 9 (13.04%) SaaS
6 7 (10.14%) IaaS
6 7 (10.14%) Power Automate
6 7 (10.14%) Power Platform
7 6 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (5.80%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (5.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (5.80%) PaaS
8 4 (5.80%) Serverless
9 3 (4.35%) GCP
10 2 (2.90%) Azure AKS
10 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.90%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.90%) Stackdriver
11 1 (1.45%) Azure AI
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 28 (40.58%) Firewall
2 24 (34.78%) VPN
3 23 (33.33%) DNS
4 21 (30.43%) DHCP
5 15 (21.74%) VoIP
6 13 (18.84%) VLAN
7 10 (14.49%) ADSL
8 8 (11.59%) MPLS
8 8 (11.59%) WAN
9 7 (10.14%) Network Security
9 7 (10.14%) SD-WAN
10 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (7.25%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (7.25%) VPLS
12 4 (5.80%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (5.80%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (5.80%) IPv4
12 4 (5.80%) LAN
12 4 (5.80%) PBX
12 4 (5.80%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) Amazon RDS
1 10 (14.49%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.25%) Power BI
3 4 (5.80%) FileMaker
3 4 (5.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (5.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.90%) MySQL
6 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.45%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) Robot Framework
General
1 18 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Finance
3 6 (8.70%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.80%) Electronics
4 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.35%) Automotive
6 2 (2.90%) Banking
6 2 (2.90%) Local Government
7 1 (1.45%) Marketing
7 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (24.64%) Analyst
1 17 (24.64%) IT Support
2 16 (23.19%) IT Analyst
2 16 (23.19%) IT Support Analyst
2 16 (23.19%) Support Analyst
3 14 (20.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (18.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (14.49%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 10 (14.49%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Developer
6 6 (8.70%) Senior
7 5 (7.25%) IT Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Network Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Administrator
8 4 (5.80%) Analyst Developer
8 4 (5.80%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (5.80%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) .NET
1 1 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.45%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (8.70%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.80%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (4.35%) FMCG
4 3 (4.35%) IoT
4 3 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.90%) PKI
5 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) CCTV
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.45%) NHS
6 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (60.87%) Windows
2 28 (40.58%) Linux
3 25 (36.23%) Windows Server
4 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (7.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (5.80%) Windows 10
7 3 (4.35%) Android
8 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (27.54%) DevOps
2 19 (27.54%) ITIL
3 15 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
3 15 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (20.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (15.94%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (14.49%) CI/CD
7 9 (13.04%) Migration
8 7 (10.14%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (10.14%) Computer Science
8 7 (10.14%) Containerisation
8 7 (10.14%) Project Delivery
9 6 (8.70%) Service Management
9 6 (8.70%) Task Automation
10 5 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (7.25%) Configuration Management
10 5 (7.25%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (7.25%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 23 (33.33%) Python
2 21 (30.43%) SQL
3 18 (26.09%) Bash
4 4 (5.80%) C#
4 4 (5.80%) R
4 4 (5.80%) T-SQL
5 3 (4.35%) Bicep
6 2 (2.90%) Go
6 2 (2.90%) Java
7 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.45%) VB
7 1 (1.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 12 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.94%) Degree
4 8 (11.59%) CCNA
4 8 (11.59%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (10.14%) CCNP
6 6 (8.70%) DV Cleared
7 5 (7.25%) A+ Certification
7 5 (7.25%) AWS Certification
7 5 (7.25%) Azure Certification
7 5 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (7.25%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (4.35%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.90%) CISSP
9 2 (2.90%) MCSA
9 2 (2.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.45%) PMP
10 1 (1.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) GDPR
1 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (2.90%) NIST
2 2 (2.90%) SLA
3 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.45%) NCSC
3 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 27 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 16 (23.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (11.59%) Docker
4 7 (10.14%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (10.14%) vSphere
5 3 (4.35%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.90%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.45%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (20.29%) Terraform
3 13 (18.84%) Ansible
4 6 (8.70%) SCCM
5 5 (7.25%) Kubernetes
5 5 (7.25%) Puppet
6 3 (4.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.90%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (2.90%) SmoothWall
8 1 (1.45%) Grafana
8 1 (1.45%) Nagios
8 1 (1.45%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.45%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 20 (28.99%) VMware
3 14 (20.29%) Cisco
4 9 (13.04%) Fortinet
4 9 (13.04%) SolarWinds
5 7 (10.14%) HP
6 5 (7.25%) Meraki
7 4 (5.80%) Citrix
7 4 (5.80%) Google
7 4 (5.80%) Zscaler
8 3 (4.35%) Aruba
8 3 (4.35%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.35%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (4.35%) Okta
9 2 (2.90%) Dynatrace
9 2 (2.90%) EMC
9 2 (2.90%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.90%) Splunk
9 2 (2.90%) Veeam
10 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow