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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 101 101
Rank change year-on-year -32 0 -33
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 39 64 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.76% 2.33% 2.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.08% 8.17% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 33 48 113
10th Percentile - £31,775 £34,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,375 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -12.04% +12.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £69,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.13% +11.90% -

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 768 783 1,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.98% 28.47% 30.19%
Number of salaries quoted 555 559 1,605
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +7 20 £45,000 -18.18% 18
Buckinghamshire -47 10 £60,000 +26.32% 11
Oxfordshire -5 9 £42,500 - 4
PowerShell
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 19 (48.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (23.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.13%) Apache
3 2 (5.13%) CMS
3 2 (5.13%) WordPress
4 1 (2.56%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 24 (61.54%) Azure
1 24 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (28.21%) AWS
3 10 (25.64%) Entra ID
4 6 (15.38%) IaaS
5 4 (10.26%) Azure AKS
5 4 (10.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (10.26%) Azure Key Vault
5 4 (10.26%) Azure Storage
6 2 (5.13%) PaaS
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (2.56%) Datadog
7 1 (2.56%) Mimecast
7 1 (2.56%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (46.15%) Firewall
2 13 (33.33%) DNS
3 8 (20.51%) VPN
3 8 (20.51%) Wireless
4 7 (17.95%) DHCP
5 5 (12.82%) iSCSI
5 5 (12.82%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (12.82%) SAN
5 5 (12.82%) VLAN
5 5 (12.82%) WAN
6 3 (7.69%) LAN
6 3 (7.69%) SSL
6 3 (7.69%) TCP/IP
7 2 (5.13%) Ethernet
7 2 (5.13%) Network Security
7 2 (5.13%) PBX
8 1 (2.56%) HTTP
8 1 (2.56%) HTTPS
8 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.56%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.95%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) MySQL
2 5 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (7.69%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (2.56%) Git
General
1 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Law
4 2 (5.13%) Retail
5 1 (2.56%) Aviation
5 1 (2.56%) Finance
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Azure Engineer
2 11 (28.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) Project Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Senior
4 7 (17.95%) Support Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Linux Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Support
7 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Exchange Support
7 3 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Web Services
2 1 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Onboarding
2 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.13%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (5.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Clustering
5 1 (2.56%) CMDB
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Life Science
5 1 (2.56%) PKI
5 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.56%) Replication
5 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (38.46%) Linux
2 14 (35.90%) Windows
3 11 (28.21%) Windows Server
4 5 (12.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (7.69%) Mac OS
5 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
6 2 (5.13%) Android
6 2 (5.13%) Apple iOS
6 2 (5.13%) CentOS
7 1 (2.56%) FreeBSD
7 1 (2.56%) OpenBSD
7 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (33.33%) ITIL
3 11 (28.21%) High Availability
4 9 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (15.38%) Task Automation
6 5 (12.82%) Agile
6 5 (12.82%) Containerisation
6 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.82%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (12.82%) Time Management
7 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (10.26%) Load Balancing
8 3 (7.69%) Business Continuity
8 3 (7.69%) Cloud Security
8 3 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery
8 3 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) Bash
2 4 (10.26%) Python
2 4 (10.26%) SQL
3 3 (7.69%) Korn
4 2 (5.13%) C
4 2 (5.13%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.56%) Bicep
5 1 (2.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) CCNA
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.13%) MCSE
4 2 (5.13%) RHCE
4 2 (5.13%) RHCSA
4 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) CCIE
5 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) HND
5 1 (2.56%) MCSA
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) SLA
2 3 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) NIST
3 1 (2.56%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (58.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 10 (25.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (17.95%) Docker
5 5 (12.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 3 (7.69%) vSphere
7 2 (5.13%) Samba
7 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (2.56%) KVM
8 1 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (2.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (25.64%) Kubernetes
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (15.38%) Terraform
3 4 (10.26%) Ansible
4 2 (5.13%) SCCM
4 2 (5.13%) SCOM
4 2 (5.13%) SCSM
5 1 (2.56%) Control-M
5 1 (2.56%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.56%) Grafana
5 1 (2.56%) Kibana
5 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.56%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 28 (71.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.64%) VMware
3 5 (12.82%) Dell
3 5 (12.82%) Red Hat
4 4 (10.26%) Veeam
5 3 (7.69%) Trend Micro
6 2 (5.13%) Cisco
6 2 (5.13%) D-Link
7 1 (2.56%) 3PAR
7 1 (2.56%) Dynatrace
7 1 (2.56%) HP
7 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds