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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 102 109
Rank change year-on-year +24 +7 -68
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 119 91 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.83% 2.55% 2.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.62% 12.10% 8.20%
Number of salaries quoted 99 44 78
10th Percentile £35,625 - £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% +5.71%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £65,750
South East median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -6.09% +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 1,024 752 1,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.75% 21.08% 25.76%
Number of salaries quoted 781 444 1,046
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,318 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £56,145 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.87% +2.08% -8.33%

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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 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 1 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% 9
Berkshire +30 35 £48,500 +5.43% 15
Oxfordshire -10 31 £41,250 -5.17% 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 30 (25.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (21.85%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.04%) Confluence
4 2 (1.68%) Apache
4 2 (1.68%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.84%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (5.04%) NetSuite
1 6 (5.04%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 72 (60.50%) Azure
2 63 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (33.61%) Entra ID
4 34 (28.57%) AWS
5 20 (16.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (15.97%) IaaS
7 14 (11.76%) Azure Key Vault
8 13 (10.92%) Cloudflare
9 12 (10.08%) Azure AKS
9 12 (10.08%) Power Automate
10 11 (9.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 11 (9.24%) Azure Storage
11 6 (5.04%) Power Platform
12 5 (4.20%) SaaS
13 4 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (3.36%) Datadog
13 4 (3.36%) PaaS
14 3 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 3 (2.52%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 57 (47.90%) DNS
2 52 (43.70%) Firewall
3 33 (27.73%) VPN
4 26 (21.85%) DHCP
5 17 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 13 (10.92%) VLAN
7 11 (9.24%) SSL
8 10 (8.40%) Wireless
9 9 (7.56%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (6.72%) iSCSI
10 8 (6.72%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (6.72%) SAN
11 5 (4.20%) HTTP
12 4 (3.36%) LAN
12 4 (3.36%) Network Security
12 4 (3.36%) WAN
13 2 (1.68%) PBX
14 1 (0.84%) DNSSEC
14 1 (0.84%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.84%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.56%) MySQL
3 8 (6.72%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (5.04%) Power BI
5 3 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.68%) GIS
6 2 (1.68%) QGIS
6 2 (1.68%) Spotfire
7 1 (0.84%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (9.24%) JIRA
2 2 (1.68%) GitLab
3 1 (0.84%) Git
General
1 45 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (10.92%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (9.24%) Law
4 9 (7.56%) Finance
4 9 (7.56%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.20%) Retail
6 3 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.68%) Legal
8 1 (0.84%) Aviation
8 1 (0.84%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 26 (21.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 25 (21.01%) Analyst
3 23 (19.33%) Azure Engineer
4 19 (15.97%) IT Engineer
5 17 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
6 16 (13.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 16 (13.45%) IT Support
7 15 (12.61%) SOC Analyst
8 14 (11.76%) Network Engineer
8 14 (11.76%) Support Engineer
9 13 (10.92%) Senior
10 11 (9.24%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (8.40%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (8.40%) Security Analyst
12 8 (6.72%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (6.72%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (6.72%) Security Engineer
12 8 (6.72%) Senior Linux Engineer
13 7 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 6 (5.04%) Incident Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.20%) HTML
1 5 (4.20%) ODBC
2 2 (1.68%) JSON
2 2 (1.68%) Kafka
2 2 (1.68%) RESTful
2 2 (1.68%) XML
3 1 (0.84%) .NET
3 1 (0.84%) OpenID
3 1 (0.84%) React
3 1 (0.84%) SAML
3 1 (0.84%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
2 13 (10.92%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (8.40%) Driving Licence
3 10 (8.40%) Management Information System
4 8 (6.72%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.72%) PKI
5 6 (5.04%) CCTV
5 6 (5.04%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (5.04%) Security Posture
6 5 (4.20%) CSOC
6 5 (4.20%) Life Science
6 5 (4.20%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (4.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (3.36%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.52%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.52%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (42.86%) Linux
1 51 (42.86%) Windows
2 10 (8.40%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.56%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.52%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.68%) CentOS
7 1 (0.84%) Android
7 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.84%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.84%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.97%) ITIL
2 37 (31.09%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (26.05%) SIEM
4 30 (25.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (24.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (22.69%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (21.85%) High Availability
8 19 (15.97%) Incident Response
9 18 (15.13%) Security Operations
9 18 (15.13%) Vulnerability Management
10 16 (13.45%) Agile
11 15 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (12.61%) Process Improvement
11 15 (12.61%) Time Management
12 14 (11.76%) Containerisation
12 14 (11.76%) Zero Trust
13 13 (10.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 13 (10.92%) Root Cause Analysis
14 12 (10.08%) Cloud Security
14 12 (10.08%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 41 (34.45%) Python
2 27 (22.69%) Bash
3 12 (10.08%) Kusto Query Language
4 11 (9.24%) SQL
5 6 (5.04%) Korn
6 3 (2.52%) Bicep
6 3 (2.52%) C#
7 2 (1.68%) C
7 2 (1.68%) Go
7 2 (1.68%) Java
8 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (16.81%) CompTIA Security+
2 17 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 15 (12.61%) Degree
4 14 (11.76%) Security Cleared
5 13 (10.92%) SC Cleared
6 12 (10.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (5.04%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (4.20%) GCIA
8 5 (4.20%) GIAC
8 5 (4.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (3.36%) CCNA
9 4 (3.36%) CCNA CyberOps
9 4 (3.36%) CEH
9 4 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.36%) CISSP
9 4 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.68%) RHCE
10 2 (1.68%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.84%) MCSE
11 1 (0.84%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (8.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.88%) GDPR
4 6 (5.04%) SOC 2
5 5 (4.20%) SLA
6 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.52%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.52%) NCSC
6 3 (2.52%) QA
7 2 (1.68%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.68%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.84%) NIST
System Software
1 49 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 24 (20.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (19.33%) Hyper-V
4 12 (10.08%) Docker
5 9 (7.56%) KVM
6 8 (6.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 7 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (5.04%) vSphere
9 2 (1.68%) Samba
10 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.84%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (21.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (19.33%) Kubernetes
3 14 (11.76%) Graylog
4 9 (7.56%) Proxmox
5 8 (6.72%) ZABBIX
6 7 (5.88%) Terraform
7 4 (3.36%) Ansible
8 3 (2.52%) Grafana
8 3 (2.52%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.84%) Kibana
10 1 (0.84%) QRadar
Vendors
1 91 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.17%) VMware
3 8 (6.72%) Cisco
3 8 (6.72%) Dell
3 8 (6.72%) Red Hat
3 8 (6.72%) Veeam
4 6 (5.04%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (5.04%) Okta
4 6 (5.04%) Sage
5 4 (3.36%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.36%) IBM
6 3 (2.52%) Splunk
7 2 (1.68%) D-Link
7 2 (1.68%) Meraki
8 1 (0.84%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.84%) Carbon Black
8 1 (0.84%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.84%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.84%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.84%) SolarWinds