The first table below looks at the demand for PowerShell skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows PowerShell
Rank 70 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 1 13 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.167% 2.281% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.317% 3.736% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £45,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-14.11% +6.25%
All Programming Languages
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
315 348 373
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 52.68% 61.05% 65.44%
Number of salaries quoted 280 305 309
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £64,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
PowerShell
West Midlands

PowerShell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire PowerShell Salary Trend

PowerShell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) Ant
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 4 (66.67%) CruiseControl
2 4 (66.67%) Ruby
2 4 (66.67%) JIRA
2 4 (66.67%) Maven
2 4 (66.67%) AccuRev
2 4 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (66.67%) Hudson
2 4 (66.67%) Jenkins
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Change Management
3 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) MDX
5 1 (16.67%) Subversion
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services

PowerShell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Ant
1 4 (66.67%) CruiseControl
1 4 (66.67%) Maven
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
1 4 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (66.67%) Hudson
1 4 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) Mercurial
2 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
2 1 (16.67%) Subversion
2 1 (16.67%) Bugzilla
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Release Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Build Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Software Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Release Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) ETL
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Python
1 4 (66.67%) Ruby
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
3 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) AccuRev
2 1 (16.67%) Red Gate
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy