PowerShell Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Windows PowerShell
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 98 70
Rank change year-on-year -32 -28 +12
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 37 80 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.87% 2.36% 3.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.15% 7.30% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 36 49 134
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,400 £30,650
25th Percentile £44,063 £41,250 £37,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.61% +0.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £58,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,125 £70,175
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -4.55%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 602 1,096 1,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.16% 32.32% 34.34%
Number of salaries quoted 452 633 1,405
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £86,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PowerShell job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
Berkshire -16 22 £45,000 -18.18% 16
Buckinghamshire -22 12 £70,000 +47.37% 10
Oxfordshire +19 3 £56,623 +47.07% 5
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 15 (40.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (24.32%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.41%) CMS
3 2 (5.41%) IIS
3 2 (5.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 27 (72.97%) Azure
2 18 (48.65%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (45.95%) Entra ID
4 6 (16.22%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (16.22%) Azure Key Vault
4 6 (16.22%) GitHub
4 6 (16.22%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (10.81%) AWS
6 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 14 (37.84%) Firewall
2 9 (24.32%) DNS
3 8 (21.62%) Wireless
4 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
5 6 (16.22%) DHCP
6 5 (13.51%) VPN
7 4 (10.81%) WAN
8 3 (8.11%) VLAN
9 2 (5.41%) Ethernet
9 2 (5.41%) LAN
9 2 (5.41%) SSL
10 1 (2.70%) Intranet
10 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) Data Mining
3 2 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.41%) MySQL
3 2 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.41%) Power BI
3 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
3 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Git
2 6 (16.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.70%) Browser DevTools
General
1 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 11 (29.73%) Project Engineer
2 10 (27.03%) Azure Engineer
3 9 (24.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Lead
4 8 (21.62%) Support Engineer
5 6 (16.22%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (16.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (16.22%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) Server Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) SOC Engineer
9 2 (5.41%) Head of IT
9 2 (5.41%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) ARM Templates
2 2 (5.41%) Web Services
3 1 (2.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (51.35%) Onboarding
2 6 (16.22%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.41%) Clustering
4 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.41%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (5.41%) Replication
5 1 (2.70%) CMDB
5 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (43.24%) Windows
2 11 (29.73%) Linux
2 11 (29.73%) Windows Server
3 6 (16.22%) VMS
4 3 (8.11%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.41%) Android
5 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (35.14%) Task Automation
3 8 (21.62%) CI/CD
4 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (18.92%) ITIL
4 7 (18.92%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (16.22%) Containerisation
5 6 (16.22%) DevOps
5 6 (16.22%) Matrix Management
5 6 (16.22%) Network Virtualisation
5 6 (16.22%) Observability
5 6 (16.22%) Platform Engineering
5 6 (16.22%) RBAC
5 6 (16.22%) Resource Management
5 6 (16.22%) Servant Leadership
6 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (8.11%) High Availability
7 3 (8.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) Bash
2 6 (16.22%) Python
2 6 (16.22%) SQL
3 4 (10.81%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.70%) Bicep
4 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) CCNA
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.70%) CCIE
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) HND
4 1 (2.70%) MCSA
4 1 (2.70%) MCSE
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 21 (56.76%) Active Directory
2 10 (27.03%) Hyper-V
3 8 (21.62%) Docker
4 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (8.11%) vSphere
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (27.03%) Terraform
3 6 (16.22%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.41%) Ansible
4 2 (5.41%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (5.41%) SCCM
4 2 (5.41%) SCOM
4 2 (5.41%) SCSM
5 1 (2.70%) Control-M
5 1 (2.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 28 (75.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) VMware
3 4 (10.81%) Veeam
4 3 (8.11%) Trend Micro
5 2 (5.41%) Cisco
6 1 (2.70%) 3PAR
6 1 (2.70%) Dynatrace
6 1 (2.70%) HP
6 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds