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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 119 108
Rank change year-on-year +52 -11 -65
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 134 90 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.93% 2.31% 2.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.64% 12.55% 7.85%
Number of salaries quoted 115 44 66
10th Percentile £36,750 - £39,065
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £55,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -18.55% +1.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £64,400 £85,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -9.09%

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 1,060 717 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.29% 18.40% 26.72%
Number of salaries quoted 823 421 920
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,565 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.98% +1.03% -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 31 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 31 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 0 55 £60,000 +33.33% 5
Berkshire +47 43 £48,000 +4.35% 17
Oxfordshire -2 36 £41,250 -5.17% 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 34 (25.37%) SharePoint
2 33 (24.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.48%) Confluence
4 2 (1.49%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.75%) Apache
5 1 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (8.21%) NetSuite
2 6 (4.48%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 81 (60.45%) Azure
2 74 (55.22%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (36.57%) Entra ID
4 32 (23.88%) AWS
5 22 (16.42%) Azure Sentinel
6 20 (14.93%) IaaS
7 14 (10.45%) Cloudflare
8 13 (9.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 13 (9.70%) Power Automate
9 11 (8.21%) Azure AKS
10 10 (7.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 10 (7.46%) Azure Storage
10 10 (7.46%) Power Platform
11 6 (4.48%) SaaS
12 5 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (2.99%) Datadog
14 3 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 3 (2.24%) Google Workspace
14 3 (2.24%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 64 (47.76%) DNS
2 57 (42.54%) Firewall
3 37 (27.61%) VPN
4 34 (25.37%) DHCP
5 23 (17.16%) TCP/IP
6 19 (14.18%) VLAN
7 12 (8.96%) SSL
7 12 (8.96%) Wireless
8 11 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.48%) iSCSI
9 6 (4.48%) LAN
9 6 (4.48%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (4.48%) SAN
9 6 (4.48%) WAN
10 5 (3.73%) Network Security
11 4 (2.99%) HTTP
12 1 (0.75%) DKIM
12 1 (0.75%) PBX
12 1 (0.75%) SNMP
12 1 (0.75%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.46%) Power BI
1 10 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.22%) MySQL
3 6 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.24%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.49%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.49%) GIS
5 2 (1.49%) QGIS
5 2 (1.49%) Spotfire
6 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (8.21%) JIRA
2 2 (1.49%) GitLab
General
1 54 (40.30%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.21%) Finance
4 10 (7.46%) Law
4 10 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (6.72%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.22%) Retail
7 6 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.49%) Legal
10 1 (0.75%) Aviation
10 1 (0.75%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 36 (26.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (22.39%) Analyst
3 24 (17.91%) Azure Engineer
4 22 (16.42%) IT Engineer
5 20 (14.93%) IT Support
6 19 (14.18%) Support Engineer
7 17 (12.69%) SOC Analyst
8 16 (11.94%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (10.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 14 (10.45%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (10.45%) Network Engineer
10 12 (8.96%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (8.96%) Senior
11 11 (8.21%) Security Analyst
12 9 (6.72%) Support Analyst
13 8 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (5.97%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (4.48%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
14 6 (4.48%) Network Operations Engineer
14 6 (4.48%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.48%) Terraform
2 5 (3.73%) HTML
2 5 (3.73%) ODBC
3 2 (1.49%) JSON
3 2 (1.49%) Kafka
3 2 (1.49%) RESTful
3 2 (1.49%) XML
4 1 (0.75%) .NET
4 1 (0.75%) OpenID
4 1 (0.75%) React
4 1 (0.75%) SAML
4 1 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.94%) Security Operations Centre
2 15 (11.19%) Driving Licence
3 13 (9.70%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.97%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.97%) PKI
5 7 (5.22%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.22%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (4.48%) CCTV
6 6 (4.48%) CSOC
6 6 (4.48%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.73%) Life Science
7 5 (3.73%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (3.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (2.99%) Replication
9 3 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.24%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.24%) Private Cloud
9 3 (2.24%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.24%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 60 (44.78%) Windows
2 55 (41.04%) Linux
3 14 (10.45%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.97%) Mac OS
5 6 (4.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.24%) Rocky
6 3 (2.24%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.24%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.75%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.57%) ITIL
2 48 (35.82%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (29.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (26.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (24.63%) SIEM
6 28 (20.90%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (19.40%) High Availability
8 20 (14.93%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (14.18%) Incident Response
9 19 (14.18%) Security Operations
10 18 (13.43%) Process Improvement
11 17 (12.69%) Vulnerability Management
11 17 (12.69%) Zero Trust
12 16 (11.94%) ERP
12 16 (11.94%) Root Cause Analysis
13 15 (11.19%) Agile
13 15 (11.19%) Identity Access Management
14 14 (10.45%) Migration
14 14 (10.45%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 14 (10.45%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 42 (31.34%) Python
2 25 (18.66%) Bash
3 16 (11.94%) SQL
4 14 (10.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (3.73%) Korn
6 4 (2.99%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.24%) Bicep
7 3 (2.24%) C#
8 2 (1.49%) Go
8 2 (1.49%) Java
9 1 (0.75%) C
9 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (17.16%) CompTIA Security+
2 21 (15.67%) Azure Certification
3 17 (12.69%) Security Cleared
4 16 (11.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (11.94%) SC Cleared
5 14 (10.45%) Degree
6 7 (5.22%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (4.48%) GCIA
7 6 (4.48%) GIAC
7 6 (4.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (3.73%) CCNA CyberOps
8 5 (3.73%) CEH
8 5 (3.73%) CISSP
9 4 (2.99%) CCNA
9 4 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.75%) GCIH
10 1 (0.75%) MCSE
10 1 (0.75%) RHCE
10 1 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.22%) GDPR
4 6 (4.48%) SOC 2
5 4 (2.99%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.99%) NCSC
6 3 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.24%) QA
6 3 (2.24%) SLA
7 2 (1.49%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.49%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 57 (42.54%) Active Directory
2 25 (18.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (17.91%) Hyper-V
4 10 (7.46%) Docker
5 8 (5.97%) KVM
6 7 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (4.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (4.48%) vSphere
8 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.75%) Samba
8 1 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (23.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (14.93%) Kubernetes
3 15 (11.19%) Graylog
4 8 (5.97%) Proxmox
4 8 (5.97%) ZABBIX
5 3 (2.24%) Ansible
5 3 (2.24%) Grafana
5 3 (2.24%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.75%) Kibana
7 1 (0.75%) QRadar
7 1 (0.75%) WMI
Vendors
1 104 (77.61%) Microsoft
2 28 (20.90%) VMware
3 11 (8.21%) Sage
3 11 (8.21%) Veeam
4 9 (6.72%) Dell
5 8 (5.97%) Cisco
6 6 (4.48%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (4.48%) Okta
6 6 (4.48%) Red Hat
7 5 (3.73%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.99%) Google
8 4 (2.99%) IBM
9 3 (2.24%) Splunk
10 2 (1.49%) Meraki
10 2 (1.49%) SAP
11 1 (0.75%) Apple
11 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.75%) BMC
11 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.75%) SolarWinds