PowerShell Job Trends in the Midlands

Windows PowerShell
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 84 121
Rank change year-on-year -63 +37 -3
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 113 150 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.89% 3.01% 2.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.72% 12.02% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 101 124 221
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,100
Median % change year-on-year - +6.16% -10.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £61,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -8.33%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,682 1,248 3,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.19% 25.04% 26.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,159 980 2,594
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,250 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
East Midlands -31 67 £55,000 +37.50% 20
West Midlands -65 45 £47,500 -5.00% 24
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 35 (30.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (30.09%) SharePoint
3 11 (9.73%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 73 (64.60%) Azure
2 56 (49.56%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (23.89%) Entra ID
4 17 (15.04%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (14.16%) AWS
6 11 (9.73%) npm
6 11 (9.73%) NuGet
6 11 (9.73%) SonarCloud
7 10 (8.85%) Azure AKS
8 9 (7.96%) OneDrive
9 7 (6.19%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (6.19%) GCP
9 7 (6.19%) IaaS
10 6 (5.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (4.42%) Azure Storage
11 5 (4.42%) Mimecast
12 4 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (3.54%) Google Workspace
12 4 (3.54%) Power Automate
13 3 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (29.20%) DNS
2 23 (20.35%) Firewall
3 20 (17.70%) DHCP
4 18 (15.93%) VPN
5 11 (9.73%) VLAN
6 10 (8.85%) VoIP
7 8 (7.08%) LAN
7 8 (7.08%) TCP/IP
7 8 (7.08%) WAN
7 8 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (3.54%) Broadband
9 3 (2.65%) MQTT
9 3 (2.65%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.77%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.77%) Network Security
10 2 (1.77%) PBX
10 2 (1.77%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.88%) MPLS
11 1 (0.88%) SAN
11 1 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.93%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.73%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.65%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.77%) InfluxDB
5 2 (1.77%) Power BI
6 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Git
1 9 (7.96%) JIRA
2 3 (2.65%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (24.78%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.73%) Law
4 9 (7.96%) Legal
5 6 (5.31%) Finance
6 5 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.54%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.54%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.54%) Retail
8 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Advertising
9 1 (0.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (22.12%) Senior
2 22 (19.47%) IT Support
3 18 (15.93%) Support Engineer
4 17 (15.04%) Azure Engineer
4 17 (15.04%) IT Engineer
5 15 (13.27%) 2nd Line Support
6 14 (12.39%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (11.50%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (8.85%) Analyst
8 10 (8.85%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (7.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 9 (7.96%) Senior DevOps
9 9 (7.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 8 (7.08%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 8 (7.08%) 3rd Line Support
11 7 (6.19%) Administrator
11 7 (6.19%) IT Manager
11 7 (6.19%) IT Operations Manager
11 7 (6.19%) Operations Manager
12 6 (5.31%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.62%) .NET
2 11 (9.73%) Node.js
2 11 (9.73%) React
2 11 (9.73%) YAML
3 8 (7.08%) .NET Framework
4 5 (4.42%) .NET Core
4 5 (4.42%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.42%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (2.65%) SPFx
6 2 (1.77%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.77%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.77%) LDAP
6 2 (1.77%) OAuth
6 2 (1.77%) OpenID
6 2 (1.77%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (1.77%) REST
6 2 (1.77%) SAML
6 2 (1.77%) SOAP
7 1 (0.88%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Onboarding
2 7 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.19%) Replication
3 6 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.54%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.65%) IoT
5 3 (2.65%) iSeries
6 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.77%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.77%) PKI
6 2 (1.77%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.88%) CMDB
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.88%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 65 (57.52%) Windows
2 22 (19.47%) Windows Server
3 16 (14.16%) Linux
4 15 (13.27%) Android
4 15 (13.27%) Apple iOS
4 15 (13.27%) Windows 10
5 12 (10.62%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.65%) VMS
7 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.43%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (24.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (20.35%) ITIL
4 22 (19.47%) DevOps
5 21 (18.58%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (17.70%) CI/CD
7 17 (15.04%) Task Automation
8 15 (13.27%) ITSM
9 14 (12.39%) Root Cause Analysis
9 14 (12.39%) Service Delivery
10 13 (11.50%) Containerisation
11 12 (10.62%) Agile
11 12 (10.62%) Application Packaging
11 12 (10.62%) Identity Management
11 12 (10.62%) Roadmaps
11 12 (10.62%) Test Automation
12 11 (9.73%) Business Continuity
12 11 (9.73%) DevSecOps
12 11 (9.73%) Microservices
12 11 (9.73%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (23.89%) Bash
2 21 (18.58%) Python
3 18 (15.93%) SQL
4 12 (10.62%) C#
5 11 (9.73%) Bicep
6 2 (1.77%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (1.77%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.77%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (17.70%) Degree
2 17 (15.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (11.50%) Security Cleared
4 12 (10.62%) SC Cleared
5 9 (7.96%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.42%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.77%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.88%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (12.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (8.85%) GDPR
4 7 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (5.31%) SLA
6 4 (3.54%) ISO 22301
7 3 (2.65%) NIST
8 2 (1.77%) NCSC
9 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 43 (38.05%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.62%) Docker
3 11 (9.73%) Hyper-V
4 10 (8.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.77%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (23.89%) Terraform
2 25 (22.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (17.70%) Kubernetes
4 12 (10.62%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (6.19%) Grafana
6 5 (4.42%) Ansible
7 2 (1.77%) SCCM
7 2 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 67 (59.29%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.04%) VMware
3 15 (13.27%) Logitech
4 11 (9.73%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (8.85%) Yealink
6 9 (7.96%) Apple
6 9 (7.96%) Meraki
7 8 (7.08%) Cisco
8 5 (4.42%) Citrix
8 5 (4.42%) SolarWinds
8 5 (4.42%) Sophos
8 5 (4.42%) TOWER Software
9 4 (3.54%) Dynatrace
9 4 (3.54%) Veeam
10 3 (2.65%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (1.77%) Google
11 2 (1.77%) Kaseya
11 2 (1.77%) PagerDuty
11 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.88%) Isilon