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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 112 101
Rank change year-on-year +28 -11 -67
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 133 91 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.79% 2.42% 2.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.99% 13.89% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 116 45 61
10th Percentile £37,500 - £38,130
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £46,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% -10.42% -5.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £58,025
90th Percentile £64,000 £85,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.98% -6.64%

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 1,109 655 1,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.96% 17.45% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 869 392 817
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,770 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 25 September 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 25 September 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
Buckinghamshire +1 53 £60,000 +33.33% 16
Berkshire +30 46 £47,500 -5.00% 20
Oxfordshire -14 34 £46,083 +5.94% 18
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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 34 (25.56%) SharePoint
2 30 (22.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.51%) Confluence
4 2 (1.50%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 12 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (10.53%) NetSuite
2 6 (4.51%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 80 (60.15%) Azure
2 75 (56.39%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (39.85%) Entra ID
4 30 (22.56%) AWS
5 24 (18.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 18 (13.53%) IaaS
7 15 (11.28%) Power Automate
8 14 (10.53%) Cloudflare
9 12 (9.02%) Power Platform
10 11 (8.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 9 (6.77%) Azure AKS
12 8 (6.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (6.02%) Azure Storage
13 7 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (5.26%) SaaS
14 5 (3.76%) Google Workspace
15 4 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
16 3 (2.26%) Datadog
16 3 (2.26%) PaaS
16 3 (2.26%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 62 (46.62%) DNS
2 54 (40.60%) Firewall
3 37 (27.82%) VPN
4 34 (25.56%) DHCP
5 24 (18.05%) TCP/IP
6 21 (15.79%) VLAN
7 12 (9.02%) SSL
7 12 (9.02%) Wireless
8 11 (8.27%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.51%) LAN
9 6 (4.51%) WAN
10 5 (3.76%) iSCSI
10 5 (3.76%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (3.76%) SAN
11 4 (3.01%) HTTP
11 4 (3.01%) Network Security
12 1 (0.75%) DKIM
12 1 (0.75%) DMARC
12 1 (0.75%) SNMP
12 1 (0.75%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.02%) Power BI
2 8 (6.02%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.51%) MySQL
4 5 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.50%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.50%) GIS
6 2 (1.50%) QGIS
6 2 (1.50%) Spotfire
7 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (8.27%) JIRA
2 2 (1.50%) GitLab
General
1 58 (43.61%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.77%) Finance
4 9 (6.77%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.02%) Law
5 8 (6.02%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.26%) Retail
7 6 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.50%) Legal
10 1 (0.75%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 37 (27.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (25.56%) Analyst
3 24 (18.05%) IT Engineer
4 22 (16.54%) IT Support
5 21 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (14.29%) Support Engineer
7 17 (12.78%) SOC Analyst
8 16 (12.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (10.53%) Network Engineer
10 13 (9.77%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (9.77%) Security Analyst
11 12 (9.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 11 (8.27%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (8.27%) Senior
12 11 (8.27%) Support Analyst
13 8 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (6.02%) Infrastructure Support
13 8 (6.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 8 (6.02%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (5.26%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.76%) HTML
1 5 (3.76%) ODBC
1 5 (3.76%) Terraform
2 2 (1.50%) JSON
2 2 (1.50%) Kafka
2 2 (1.50%) RESTful
2 2 (1.50%) XML
3 1 (0.75%) .NET
3 1 (0.75%) OpenID
3 1 (0.75%) React
3 1 (0.75%) SAML
3 1 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 17 (12.78%) Driving Licence
3 12 (9.02%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (7.52%) Onboarding
5 9 (6.77%) Management Information System
6 8 (6.02%) PKI
7 7 (5.26%) Cloud Native
7 7 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (4.51%) CCTV
8 6 (4.51%) CSOC
9 5 (3.76%) Replication
9 5 (3.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (3.01%) Life Science
10 4 (3.01%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (2.26%) Security Posture
12 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (1.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (45.86%) Windows
2 56 (42.11%) Linux
3 13 (9.77%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.02%) Mac OS
5 5 (3.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.76%) Rocky
5 5 (3.76%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.26%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (38.35%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (37.59%) ITIL
3 41 (30.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (30.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (24.81%) SIEM
5 29 (21.80%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (17.29%) High Availability
7 21 (15.79%) Security Operations
8 20 (15.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (15.04%) Incident Response
8 20 (15.04%) Process Improvement
9 19 (14.29%) ERP
10 17 (12.78%) Zero Trust
11 16 (12.03%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 16 (12.03%) Runbook
11 16 (12.03%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (11.28%) Identity Access Management
13 14 (10.53%) Migration
13 14 (10.53%) Project Delivery
13 14 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 43 (32.33%) Python
2 23 (17.29%) Bash
3 19 (14.29%) SQL
4 16 (12.03%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (3.76%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.76%) Korn
6 3 (2.26%) Bicep
6 3 (2.26%) C#
7 2 (1.50%) Go
7 2 (1.50%) Java
8 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (17.29%) CompTIA Security+
2 19 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 17 (12.78%) Security Cleared
4 16 (12.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (12.03%) SC Cleared
5 13 (9.77%) Degree
6 7 (5.26%) CISSP
6 7 (5.26%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (4.51%) GCIA
7 6 (4.51%) GIAC
7 6 (4.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (3.76%) CCNA CyberOps
8 5 (3.76%) CEH
9 4 (3.01%) CCNA
9 4 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.50%) SANS
12 1 (0.75%) MCSE
12 1 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (7.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.26%) GDPR
4 5 (3.76%) SOC 2
5 4 (3.01%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.01%) NCSC
6 3 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.50%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.50%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.50%) NIST
7 2 (1.50%) QA
8 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (40.60%) Active Directory
2 23 (17.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (15.04%) Hyper-V
4 8 (6.02%) KVM
5 7 (5.26%) Docker
5 7 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (4.51%) vSphere
7 5 (3.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (25.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (12.03%) Kubernetes
3 15 (11.28%) Graylog
4 8 (6.02%) Proxmox
4 8 (6.02%) ZABBIX
5 2 (1.50%) Ansible
5 2 (1.50%) Grafana
5 2 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.50%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.75%) Kibana
6 1 (0.75%) QRadar
6 1 (0.75%) WMI
Vendors
1 107 (80.45%) Microsoft
2 28 (21.05%) VMware
3 14 (10.53%) Sage
4 13 (9.77%) Veeam
5 10 (7.52%) Dell
6 8 (6.02%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (5.26%) Cisco
8 6 (4.51%) Google
8 6 (4.51%) Okta
9 5 (3.76%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.76%) Red Hat
10 4 (3.01%) IBM
11 3 (2.26%) SAP
11 3 (2.26%) Splunk
12 2 (1.50%) Darktrace
12 2 (1.50%) Meraki
13 1 (0.75%) Carbon Black
13 1 (0.75%) LogicMonitor
13 1 (0.75%) Nimble Storage
13 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow