The first table below looks at the demand for PowerShell skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PowerShell over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows PowerShell
Rank 99 98 111
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +13
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 21 26 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.174% 1.349% 0.302%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.049% 2.077% 0.490%
Number of salaries quoted 20 14 5
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £35,000 £35,400
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £35,000 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-14.11% +6.25%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1025 1252 1021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 57.29% 64.97% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 843 1119 900
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PowerShell
North West

PowerShell
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PowerShell across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cheshire PowerShell Jobs Demand Trend

PowerShell
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PowerShell across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire PowerShell Salary Trend

PowerShell
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PowerShell across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire PowerShell Salary Histogram

PowerShell
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester -9 6 £35,000 +7.69%
Wilmslow - 3 £28,500 -
Warrington +14 2 £33,750 -3.57%
PowerShell
North West

PowerShell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing PowerShell also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PowerShell.

1 27 (81.82%) Windows
2 20 (60.61%) Microsoft
3 19 (57.58%) VBScript
4 18 (54.55%) MS Exchange
5 15 (45.45%) EMC
5 15 (45.45%) Blackberry
6 14 (42.42%) Exchange Server 2007
6 14 (42.42%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (33.33%) SharePoint
9 10 (30.30%) NetApp
9 10 (30.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 10 (30.30%) Service Delivery
9 10 (30.30%) Office Communications Server
9 10 (30.30%) Lync
10 9 (27.27%) Business Development
10 9 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
10 9 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (27.27%) Service Management
10 9 (27.27%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (27.27%) ITIL
11 8 (24.24%) SQL
12 7 (21.21%) PHP
13 6 (18.18%) .NET
13 6 (18.18%) IIS
13 6 (18.18%) Finance
14 5 (15.15%) HP
14 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
14 5 (15.15%) T-SQL

PowerShell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing PowerShell also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PowerShell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (18.18%) .NET
2 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.030%) COM
Application Platforms
1 18 (54.55%) MS Exchange
2 14 (42.42%) Exchange Server 2007
3 12 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 10 (30.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 10 (30.30%) Office Communications Server
5 10 (30.30%) Lync
6 9 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (18.18%) IIS
8 3 (9.091%) Apache
8 3 (9.091%) MindAlign
9 1 (3.030%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) InfoPath
2 1 (3.030%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) HTTP
1 4 (12.12%) SAN
2 2 (6.061%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.12%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (12.12%) MS Access
2 4 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (12.12%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (12.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (12.12%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (9.091%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.030%) Mercurial
2 1 (3.030%) Subversion
2 1 (3.030%) JIRA
General
1 6 (18.18%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Services Delivery Manager
1 10 (30.30%) Service Manager
1 10 (30.30%) Delivery Manager
2 8 (24.24%) Administrator
3 6 (18.18%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (15.15%) Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Messaging Specialist
4 5 (15.15%) Exchange Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) MI Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Windows Administrator
5 4 (12.12%) DBA
6 3 (9.091%) Support Engineer
7 2 (6.061%) Server Administrator
7 2 (6.061%) Senior Windows Administrator
7 2 (6.061%) Windows Systems Administrator
8 1 (3.030%) SharePoint Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Senior Service Manager
8 1 (3.030%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 1 (3.030%) Linux Administrator
8 1 (3.030%) Release Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.030%) Replication
2 1 (3.030%) Taxonomies
2 1 (3.030%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.030%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 27 (81.82%) Windows
2 14 (42.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (15.15%) Windows XP
4 5 (15.15%) Windows 7
5 4 (12.12%) UNIX
5 4 (12.12%) Linux
6 2 (6.061%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (3.030%) Debian
7 1 (3.030%) Windows Vista
7 1 (3.030%) AIX
7 1 (3.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Service Delivery
2 9 (27.27%) ITIL
2 9 (27.27%) Business Development
2 9 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
2 9 (27.27%) Service Management
3 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (9.091%) Migration
4 3 (9.091%) Test Scripting
5 2 (6.061%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (6.061%) Network Management
5 2 (6.061%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.030%) Workflow
6 1 (3.030%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.030%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.030%) Compatibility Testing
6 1 (3.030%) Change Control
6 1 (3.030%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.030%) Software Deployment
6 1 (3.030%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 19 (57.58%) VBScript
2 8 (24.24%) SQL
3 7 (21.21%) PHP
4 5 (15.15%) T-SQL
4 5 (15.15%) C#
5 4 (12.12%) VBA
5 4 (12.12%) Ruby
6 3 (9.091%) C
7 2 (6.061%) Shell Script
8 1 (3.030%) Python
8 1 (3.030%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.030%) Degree
2 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) ISO 9000
1 1 (3.030%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (12.12%) XenApp
1 4 (12.12%) XenDesktop
2 3 (9.091%) Hyper-V
2 3 (9.091%) Sendmail
2 3 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.091%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (3.030%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (3.030%) WSUS
2 1 (3.030%) SCCM
2 1 (3.030%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 20 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (45.45%) EMC
3 10 (30.30%) NetApp
4 5 (15.15%) IBM
4 5 (15.15%) HP
5 4 (12.12%) Citrix
5 4 (12.12%) VMware
6 3 (9.091%) Symantec
7 1 (3.030%) Remedy
7 1 (3.030%) McAfee
7 1 (3.030%) Sophos
7 1 (3.030%) Kofax
7 1 (3.030%) AccuRev
7 1 (3.030%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.030%) Sun
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