Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 12 April 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for PowerShell skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PowerShell over the 6 months to 12 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Windows PowerShell
North West > Manchester
6 months to
12 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 64 104 120
Rank change year-on-year +40 +16 +71
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 166 127 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.49% 2.60% 2.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.98% 4.59% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 123 81 134
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,500 £30,375
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £49,688
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
North West median annual salary £51,250 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% +17.65% -5.56%

PowerShell is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,080 2,768 3,366
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester 56.32% 56.58% 54.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,840 2,247 2,790
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in Manchester

PowerShell
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in Manchester.

Salary trend for PowerShell in Manchester

PowerShell
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 April 2021.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in Manchester

PowerShell
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 April 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
Altrincham +5 8 £42,500 - 3
Salford +21 4 £46,000 -14.34% 2
Bolton 0 3 £42,000 -11.58% 1
Cheadle - 3 £27,172 -
Stockport - 3 £27,500 -
Sale - 2 - - 2
PowerShell
North West

For the 6 months to 12 April 2021, IT jobs citing PowerShell also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for PowerShell.

1 115 (69.28%) Azure
2 93 (56.02%) DevOps
3 72 (43.37%) Microsoft
4 67 (40.36%) Windows
5 66 (39.76%) SQL
5 66 (39.76%) Ansible
6 62 (37.35%) Linux
7 59 (35.54%) Terraform
8 57 (34.34%) Python
9 51 (30.72%) Active Directory
10 50 (30.12%) VMware
11 45 (27.11%) Puppet
11 45 (27.11%) Docker
12 43 (25.90%) SQL Server
13 42 (25.30%) AWS
13 42 (25.30%) Jenkins
14 41 (24.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 40 (24.10%) Windows Server
15 40 (24.10%) Agile Software Development
15 40 (24.10%) VMware Infrastructure
16 39 (23.49%) Bash Shell
17 36 (21.69%) Kubernetes
17 36 (21.69%) Infrastructure as Code
17 36 (21.69%) Firewall
18 34 (20.48%) JIRA
19 32 (19.28%) Azure Active Directory
19 32 (19.28%) Git (software)
20 30 (18.07%) Configuration Management
20 30 (18.07%) Opscode Chef
21 29 (17.47%) Migration

PowerShell
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (12.65%) Confluence
2 14 (8.43%) IIS
3 11 (6.63%) SharePoint
4 10 (6.02%) MS Exchange
5 8 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (3.01%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (3.01%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (2.41%) nginx
8 3 (1.81%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (1.81%) CloudStack
8 3 (1.81%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.60%) Apache
9 1 (0.60%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.60%) CMS
9 1 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 115 (69.28%) Azure
2 42 (25.30%) AWS
3 32 (19.28%) Azure Active Directory
4 28 (16.87%) IaaS
4 28 (16.87%) PaaS
5 24 (14.46%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (13.86%) Serverless
7 16 (9.64%) SaaS
8 13 (7.83%) Azure Functions
9 11 (6.63%) GCP
10 9 (5.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (4.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (3.61%) GitHub
13 5 (3.01%) Datadog
13 5 (3.01%) Pulumi
14 4 (2.41%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (2.41%) Logic Apps
15 3 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (1.81%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 36 (21.69%) Firewall
2 27 (16.27%) VPN
3 22 (13.25%) VLAN
4 18 (10.84%) DNS
5 14 (8.43%) DHCP
5 14 (8.43%) IPv4
5 14 (8.43%) OSPF
6 11 (6.63%) TCP/IP
7 9 (5.42%) SAN
7 9 (5.42%) WAN
8 7 (4.22%) Network Security
8 7 (4.22%) VoIP
8 7 (4.22%) Wireless
9 6 (3.61%) LAN
9 6 (3.61%) SNMP
10 5 (3.01%) NAS
10 5 (3.01%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (3.01%) Skype
11 3 (1.81%) MPLS
12 2 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (25.90%) SQL Server
2 19 (11.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (11.45%) Cosmos DB
3 11 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.82%) MySQL
5 5 (3.01%) MariaDB
5 5 (3.01%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.01%) Redis
5 5 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (3.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.81%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon DynamoDB
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.60%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.60%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.60%) SQL Server 2016
Development Applications
1 42 (25.30%) Jenkins
2 34 (20.48%) JIRA
3 32 (19.28%) Git (software)
4 14 (8.43%) Subversion
5 12 (7.23%) Artifactory
6 9 (5.42%) TeamCity
7 6 (3.61%) GitLab
8 5 (3.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (3.01%) Bitbucket
8 5 (3.01%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (2.41%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.81%) Gradle
10 3 (1.81%) Maven
11 2 (1.20%) Selenium
11 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.60%) Fiddler
12 1 (0.60%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.60%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (4.22%) Finance
2 6 (3.61%) Law
3 4 (2.41%) Financial Institution
4 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.20%) Retail
5 1 (0.60%) Back Office
5 1 (0.60%) Banking
5 1 (0.60%) Billing
5 1 (0.60%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (22.29%) Azure Engineer
2 33 (19.88%) DevOps Engineer
3 28 (16.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (12.65%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (10.24%) Linux Engineer
5 17 (10.24%) Systems Engineer
6 16 (9.64%) Linux Systems Engineer
7 14 (8.43%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 13 (7.83%) Automation Engineer
9 11 (6.63%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.02%) DevOps Automation Engineer
11 9 (5.42%) Architect
11 9 (5.42%) Azure Architect
11 9 (5.42%) IT Engineer
11 9 (5.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (4.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (4.82%) Developer
12 8 (4.82%) Senior DevOps
13 7 (4.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.45%) Web Services
2 8 (4.82%) Node.js
3 6 (3.61%) .NET
3 6 (3.61%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (3.01%) XML
5 4 (2.41%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.41%) React
5 4 (2.41%) SOAP
5 4 (2.41%) XSLT
6 3 (1.81%) COM
6 3 (1.81%) JSON
6 3 (1.81%) LEMP Stack
6 3 (1.81%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.60%) ADO
7 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.60%) CSS
7 1 (0.60%) HTML
7 1 (0.60%) LDAP
7 1 (0.60%) Middleware
7 1 (0.60%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.27%) Public Cloud
2 13 (7.83%) Private Cloud
3 12 (7.23%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.42%) Clustering
5 7 (4.22%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.61%) Replication
7 5 (3.01%) iPad
7 5 (3.01%) iPhone
8 4 (2.41%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 67 (40.36%) Windows
2 62 (37.35%) Linux
3 40 (24.10%) Windows Server
4 20 (12.05%) Unix
5 11 (6.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (6.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (6.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (6.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (4.22%) Android
8 5 (3.01%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (2.41%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (2.41%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.81%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.60%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (56.02%) DevOps
2 41 (24.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 40 (24.10%) Agile Software Development
4 36 (21.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (18.07%) Configuration Management
6 29 (17.47%) Migration
7 20 (12.05%) Continuous Integration
8 18 (10.84%) ITIL
9 16 (9.64%) Task Automation
10 15 (9.04%) DevSecOps
10 15 (9.04%) Scrum
10 15 (9.04%) Service Management
10 15 (9.04%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 14 (8.43%) Analytics
11 14 (8.43%) Cyber Intelligence
11 14 (8.43%) Data Science
11 14 (8.43%) Machine Learning
11 14 (8.43%) Mentoring
11 14 (8.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 14 (8.43%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 66 (39.76%) SQL
2 57 (34.34%) Python
3 39 (23.49%) Bash Shell
4 26 (15.66%) Go
5 24 (14.46%) JavaScript
6 10 (6.02%) C#
6 10 (6.02%) Java
7 6 (3.61%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.01%) Ruby
9 4 (2.41%) XPath
10 3 (1.81%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.20%) Groovy
11 2 (1.20%) PHP
11 2 (1.20%) VB
12 1 (0.60%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 19 (11.45%) RHCE
2 14 (8.43%) GIAC
3 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.61%) MCSE
5 5 (3.01%) MCSA
5 5 (3.01%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.01%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (1.81%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.60%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.01%) QA
1 5 (3.01%) SLA
2 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (30.72%) Active Directory
2 45 (27.11%) Docker
3 40 (24.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (11.45%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (9.64%) Hyper-V
6 10 (6.02%) vSphere
7 8 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (3.61%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.20%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.60%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 66 (39.76%) Ansible
2 59 (35.54%) Terraform
3 45 (27.11%) Puppet
4 36 (21.69%) Kubernetes
5 30 (18.07%) Opscode Chef
6 22 (13.25%) SCCM
7 13 (7.83%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 9 (5.42%) SCOM
9 8 (4.82%) Prometheus
10 5 (3.01%) FortiGate
10 5 (3.01%) Grafana
10 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (3.01%) ServiceCenter
11 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (2.41%) Packer
12 3 (1.81%) Consul
12 3 (1.81%) Graphite
12 3 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (1.81%) Opsview
Vendors
1 72 (43.37%) Microsoft
2 50 (30.12%) VMware
3 23 (13.86%) Oracle
4 22 (13.25%) Red Hat
5 11 (6.63%) NetApp
6 7 (4.22%) AppDynamics
6 7 (4.22%) Atlassian
6 7 (4.22%) Sophos
7 6 (3.61%) EMC
8 5 (3.01%) Cisco
8 5 (3.01%) Dell
8 5 (3.01%) HP
8 5 (3.01%) Polycom
8 5 (3.01%) Proofpoint
9 4 (2.41%) SaltStack
10 3 (1.81%) Apple
10 3 (1.81%) Salesforce.com
10 3 (1.81%) Veeam
11 2 (1.20%) Citrix
11 2 (1.20%) New Relic