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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 98 102
Rank change year-on-year +19 +4 -64
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 123 92 109
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.84% 2.54% 2.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.78% 12.45% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 103 45 73
10th Percentile £35,750 - £41,732
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -21.62% +1.83%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £67,000 £85,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 1,044 739 1,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.63% 20.43% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 794 434 990
10th Percentile £36,625 £36,900 £38,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,750 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,188 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -6.78%

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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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +2 53 £60,000 +60.00% 10
Berkshire +30 38 £50,500 +9.78% 21
Oxfordshire -10 32 £40,000 -8.05% 16
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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 32 (26.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (23.58%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.88%) Confluence
4 2 (1.63%) Apache
4 2 (1.63%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.81%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.88%) NetSuite
1 6 (4.88%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 75 (60.98%) Azure
2 67 (54.47%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (34.96%) Entra ID
4 34 (27.64%) AWS
5 20 (16.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (16.26%) IaaS
6 14 (11.38%) Azure Key Vault
7 13 (10.57%) Cloudflare
8 12 (9.76%) Azure AKS
8 12 (9.76%) Power Automate
9 11 (8.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 11 (8.94%) Azure Storage
10 6 (4.88%) Power Platform
11 4 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (3.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (3.25%) Datadog
11 4 (3.25%) SaaS
12 3 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (2.44%) PaaS
12 3 (2.44%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 59 (47.97%) DNS
2 55 (44.72%) Firewall
3 34 (27.64%) VPN
4 29 (23.58%) DHCP
5 18 (14.63%) TCP/IP
6 15 (12.20%) VLAN
7 12 (9.76%) SSL
8 10 (8.13%) Wireless
9 9 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (6.50%) iSCSI
10 8 (6.50%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (6.50%) SAN
11 5 (4.07%) HTTP
12 4 (3.25%) LAN
12 4 (3.25%) Network Security
12 4 (3.25%) WAN
13 2 (1.63%) PBX
14 1 (0.81%) DNSSEC
14 1 (0.81%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.81%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.32%) MySQL
3 8 (6.50%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.88%) Power BI
5 3 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.63%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.63%) GIS
6 2 (1.63%) QGIS
6 2 (1.63%) Spotfire
7 1 (0.81%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (8.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.63%) GitLab
3 1 (0.81%) Git
General
1 48 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (10.57%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (8.94%) Law
4 9 (7.32%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.50%) Finance
6 6 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.88%) Retail
7 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.63%) Legal
9 1 (0.81%) Aviation
9 1 (0.81%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 30 (24.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (21.14%) Analyst
3 24 (19.51%) Azure Engineer
4 20 (16.26%) IT Engineer
5 17 (13.82%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (13.82%) IT Support
6 16 (13.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 16 (13.01%) SOC Analyst
6 16 (13.01%) Support Engineer
7 14 (11.38%) Network Engineer
8 13 (10.57%) Senior
9 12 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (8.94%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (8.13%) Security Analyst
12 8 (6.50%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (6.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (6.50%) Senior Linux Engineer
13 7 (5.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 7 (5.69%) Security Engineer
14 6 (4.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.07%) HTML
1 5 (4.07%) ODBC
2 2 (1.63%) JSON
2 2 (1.63%) Kafka
2 2 (1.63%) RESTful
2 2 (1.63%) XML
3 1 (0.81%) .NET
3 1 (0.81%) OpenID
3 1 (0.81%) React
3 1 (0.81%) SAML
3 1 (0.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.38%) Security Operations Centre
2 13 (10.57%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (8.94%) Driving Licence
4 10 (8.13%) Management Information System
5 8 (6.50%) Cloud Native
5 8 (6.50%) PKI
6 6 (4.88%) CCTV
6 6 (4.88%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (4.07%) CSOC
7 5 (4.07%) Life Science
7 5 (4.07%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (4.07%) Security Posture
7 5 (4.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.25%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (2.44%) Private Cloud
9 3 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (43.09%) Windows
2 52 (42.28%) Linux
3 11 (8.94%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.32%) Mac OS
5 8 (6.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.44%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.63%) CentOS
8 1 (0.81%) Android
8 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.81%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.81%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.81%) Rocky
8 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (36.59%) ITIL
2 38 (30.89%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (27.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (26.02%) SIEM
5 30 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (22.76%) High Availability
7 26 (21.14%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (16.26%) Incident Response
9 18 (14.63%) Vulnerability Management
10 17 (13.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (13.82%) Security Operations
11 16 (13.01%) Agile
11 16 (13.01%) Zero Trust
12 15 (12.20%) Process Improvement
12 15 (12.20%) Time Management
13 14 (11.38%) Containerisation
13 14 (11.38%) Identity Access Management
13 14 (11.38%) Root Cause Analysis
14 13 (10.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 13 (10.57%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 41 (33.33%) Python
2 27 (21.95%) Bash
3 13 (10.57%) Kusto Query Language
4 11 (8.94%) SQL
5 6 (4.88%) Korn
6 3 (2.44%) Bicep
6 3 (2.44%) C#
7 2 (1.63%) C
7 2 (1.63%) Go
7 2 (1.63%) Java
8 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (17.07%) CompTIA Security+
2 19 (15.45%) Azure Certification
3 14 (11.38%) Degree
3 14 (11.38%) Security Cleared
4 13 (10.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (10.57%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.88%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (4.07%) GCIA
6 5 (4.07%) GIAC
6 5 (4.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (3.25%) CCNA
7 4 (3.25%) CCNA CyberOps
7 4 (3.25%) CEH
7 4 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.25%) CISSP
7 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.63%) RHCE
8 2 (1.63%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.81%) MCSE
9 1 (0.81%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.69%) GDPR
4 6 (4.88%) SOC 2
5 5 (4.07%) SLA
6 4 (3.25%) NCSC
7 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.44%) Data Quality
7 3 (2.44%) QA
8 2 (1.63%) ISO 22301
8 2 (1.63%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 52 (42.28%) Active Directory
2 24 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (18.70%) Hyper-V
4 12 (9.76%) Docker
5 9 (7.32%) KVM
6 8 (6.50%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 7 (5.69%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (4.88%) vSphere
9 2 (1.63%) Samba
10 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (22.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (18.70%) Kubernetes
3 14 (11.38%) Graylog
4 9 (7.32%) Proxmox
5 8 (6.50%) ZABBIX
6 7 (5.69%) Terraform
7 4 (3.25%) Ansible
8 3 (2.44%) Grafana
8 3 (2.44%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.81%) Kibana
10 1 (0.81%) QRadar
Vendors
1 95 (77.24%) Microsoft
2 25 (20.33%) VMware
3 9 (7.32%) Dell
3 9 (7.32%) Veeam
4 8 (6.50%) Red Hat
5 7 (5.69%) Cisco
6 6 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (4.88%) Okta
6 6 (4.88%) Sage
7 4 (3.25%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.25%) IBM
8 3 (2.44%) Splunk
9 2 (1.63%) D-Link
9 2 (1.63%) Google
9 2 (1.63%) Meraki
10 1 (0.81%) Apple
10 1 (0.81%) Carbon Black
10 1 (0.81%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
10 1 (0.81%) SolarWinds