Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 22 January 2022

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 22 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Windows PowerShell
England > Midlands
6 months to
22 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 56 55 71
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 +67
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 463 270 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.47% 4.88% 3.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.09% 9.18% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 372 196 329
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,313 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £67,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

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 the Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Midlands
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,590 2,940 4,897
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.27% 53.09% 46.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,408 2,472 4,313
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +9.20% +2.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,150 £71,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the Midlands

PowerShell
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for PowerShell in the Midlands

PowerShell
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the Midlands over the 6 months to 22 January 2022.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the Midlands

PowerShell
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 22 January 2022. 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
West Midlands -31 274 £57,500 +15.00% 57
East Midlands +42 187 £47,500 +15.15% 33
PowerShell
England

For the 6 months to 22 January 2022, 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 Midlands region with a requirement for PowerShell.

1 326 (70.41%) Azure
2 221 (47.73%) Windows
3 197 (42.55%) Microsoft
4 192 (41.47%) DevOps
5 156 (33.69%) Agile Software Development
6 147 (31.75%) AWS
7 140 (30.24%) SQL
8 124 (26.78%) Python
9 121 (26.13%) Terraform
9 121 (26.13%) CI/CD
10 116 (25.05%) Kubernetes
11 112 (24.19%) C#
12 111 (23.97%) Windows Server
13 103 (22.25%) Docker
14 102 (22.03%) SQL Server
15 95 (20.52%) Microsoft 365
16 94 (20.30%) Linux
16 94 (20.30%) Social Skills
17 92 (19.87%) Infrastructure as Code
18 83 (17.93%) Active Directory
19 81 (17.49%) Bash
20 77 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
21 70 (15.12%) VMware
22 67 (14.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
22 67 (14.47%) Power Platform
23 66 (14.25%) Ansible
24 65 (14.04%) Java
25 59 (12.74%) Business Intelligence
26 58 (12.53%) Configuration Management
27 56 (12.10%) ITIL

PowerShell
Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands 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 47 (10.15%) IIS
2 32 (6.91%) SharePoint
3 25 (5.40%) WebSphere
4 12 (2.59%) Apache Spark
5 11 (2.38%) Apache
5 11 (2.38%) Confluence
5 11 (2.38%) MS Exchange
6 8 (1.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (1.73%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (1.73%) WebLogic
6 8 (1.73%) WebLogic Portal
7 7 (1.51%) GlassFish
7 7 (1.51%) JBoss
8 6 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (1.08%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.86%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.43%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.43%) nginx
13 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 22 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.10%) MS Visio
3 16 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.43%) Sentinel
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 326 (70.41%) Azure
2 147 (31.75%) AWS
3 95 (20.52%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (14.47%) Power Platform
5 51 (11.02%) PaaS
6 46 (9.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 44 (9.50%) GCP
8 42 (9.07%) IaaS
9 32 (6.91%) AWS CloudFormation
10 25 (5.40%) SaaS
11 22 (4.75%) Azure Monitor
12 21 (4.54%) Azure Active Directory
12 21 (4.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (3.89%) Amazon S3
13 18 (3.89%) GitHub
14 17 (3.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (2.38%) Azure App Service
15 11 (2.38%) PowerApps
15 11 (2.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (11.66%) DNS
2 45 (9.72%) Firewall
3 42 (9.07%) DHCP
4 31 (6.70%) HTTP
5 26 (5.62%) VPN
6 23 (4.97%) HTTPS
7 22 (4.75%) SAN
8 20 (4.32%) FTP
9 19 (4.10%) TCP/IP
9 19 (4.10%) WAN
10 15 (3.24%) LAN
10 15 (3.24%) VLAN
11 11 (2.38%) IPv6
11 11 (2.38%) SSL
11 11 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (1.51%) IPsec
13 7 (1.51%) NAS
13 7 (1.51%) VoIP
14 6 (1.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (22.03%) SQL Server
2 67 (14.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 55 (11.88%) Power BI
4 45 (9.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 43 (9.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 34 (7.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (7.13%) Data Lake
8 19 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (3.67%) Star Schema
10 14 (3.02%) NoSQL
10 14 (3.02%) Oracle Database
11 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 8 (1.73%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.30%) DTS
13 6 (1.30%) SQL Server 2008
14 5 (1.08%) Big Data
15 4 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.86%) RDBMS
16 3 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (10.58%) Jenkins
2 32 (6.91%) Octopus Deploy
3 31 (6.70%) Git (software)
3 31 (6.70%) TeamCity
4 17 (3.67%) Selenium
5 14 (3.02%) JIRA
6 11 (2.38%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.51%) GitLab
7 7 (1.51%) Gradle
7 7 (1.51%) JUnit
7 7 (1.51%) Mockito
7 7 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.51%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.08%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.86%) Appium
10 4 (0.86%) Liquibase
10 4 (0.86%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.86%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.86%) SonarQube
General
1 94 (20.30%) Social Skills
2 56 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (8.21%) Retail
4 36 (7.78%) Finance
5 26 (5.62%) Marketing
6 24 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.46%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.81%) Law
9 11 (2.38%) Legal
10 10 (2.16%) Automotive
11 8 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.08%) Local Government
12 5 (1.08%) Police
13 4 (0.86%) Back Office
13 4 (0.86%) Digital Economy
13 4 (0.86%) Publishing
14 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (21.60%) DevOps Engineer
2 56 (12.10%) Developer
3 37 (7.99%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (7.56%) Azure Engineer
5 34 (7.34%) Data Engineer
6 33 (7.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (6.91%) Analyst
8 24 (5.18%) Support Engineer
9 22 (4.75%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 22 (4.75%) Platform Engineer
10 20 (4.32%) Architect
11 18 (3.89%) Administrator
11 18 (3.89%) Customer Engineer
12 16 (3.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 16 (3.46%) Project Engineer
13 15 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (3.24%) Systems Administrator
14 14 (3.02%) DBA
14 14 (3.02%) Support Specialist
15 13 (2.81%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (11.45%) .NET
2 30 (6.48%) REST
3 26 (5.62%) JSON
4 24 (5.18%) Middleware
4 24 (5.18%) XML
5 21 (4.54%) ASP.NET
6 20 (4.32%) RabbitMQ
7 18 (3.89%) HTML
7 18 (3.89%) MDX
7 18 (3.89%) WebSphere MQ
8 13 (2.81%) AngularJS
8 13 (2.81%) RESTful
8 13 (2.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 12 (2.59%) ARM Templates
9 12 (2.59%) React
10 11 (2.38%) Node.js
11 10 (2.16%) ASP.NET MVC
12 8 (1.73%) Elastic Stack
12 8 (1.73%) Spring
13 7 (1.51%) Hystrix
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.97%) Public Cloud
2 22 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.89%) EFT
3 18 (3.89%) Legacy Applications
4 13 (2.81%) User Experience
5 11 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.73%) Clustering
7 6 (1.30%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (1.08%) Blog
8 5 (1.08%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.08%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (0.86%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.43%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.43%) FlexPod
11 2 (0.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 221 (47.73%) Windows
2 111 (23.97%) Windows Server
3 94 (20.30%) Linux
4 26 (5.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 25 (5.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 21 (4.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (4.10%) AIX
8 18 (3.89%) Unix
9 17 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (2.81%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (2.38%) Windows 10
12 8 (1.73%) Solaris
13 6 (1.30%) CentOS
13 6 (1.30%) Ubuntu
14 5 (1.08%) Android
15 3 (0.65%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
16 2 (0.43%) Windows XP
17 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
17 1 (0.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (41.47%) DevOps
2 156 (33.69%) Agile Software Development
3 121 (26.13%) CI/CD
4 92 (19.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 77 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (12.74%) Business Intelligence
7 58 (12.53%) Configuration Management
8 56 (12.10%) ITIL
9 55 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 51 (11.02%) Analytics
11 39 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (8.42%) Migration
12 38 (8.21%) ETL
13 36 (7.78%) Continuous Integration
14 35 (7.56%) Mentoring
15 34 (7.34%) Test Automation
16 33 (7.13%) Project Management
16 33 (7.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 31 (6.70%) Data Modelling
18 30 (6.48%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 140 (30.24%) SQL
2 124 (26.78%) Python
3 112 (24.19%) C#
4 81 (17.49%) Bash
5 65 (14.04%) Java
6 46 (9.94%) JavaScript
7 41 (8.86%) T-SQL
8 38 (8.21%) Go
9 19 (4.10%) Ruby
10 17 (3.67%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
11 15 (3.24%) C
11 15 (3.24%) C++
12 14 (3.02%) PHP
13 12 (2.59%) Java 8
14 10 (2.16%) Shell Script
15 9 (1.94%) Groovy
16 6 (1.30%) Perl
16 6 (1.30%) VB
17 5 (1.08%) Bicep
17 5 (1.08%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (7.99%) Security Cleared
2 31 (6.70%) Degree
2 31 (6.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (3.46%) MCSA
3 16 (3.46%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (2.16%) CCNA
6 8 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.51%) VCAP
8 6 (1.30%) CWNA
9 5 (1.08%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.08%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.08%) MCSE
10 4 (0.86%) SANS
11 3 (0.65%) CCNP
11 3 (0.65%) CISSP
11 3 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.43%) MCITP
12 2 (0.43%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.24%) Data Quality
1 15 (3.24%) QA
2 13 (2.81%) SLA
3 9 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.30%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.08%) PMO
6 4 (0.86%) GDPR
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 103 (22.25%) Docker
2 83 (17.93%) Active Directory
3 53 (11.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.32%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (4.10%) Hyper-V
6 16 (3.46%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (2.59%) NFS
8 8 (1.73%) XenApp
9 7 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (1.30%) vSphere
10 6 (1.30%) XenDesktop
11 5 (1.08%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.65%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.22%) Firmware
14 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 121 (26.13%) Terraform
2 116 (25.05%) Kubernetes
3 66 (14.25%) Ansible
4 52 (11.23%) SCCM
5 27 (5.83%) Puppet
6 21 (4.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (4.54%) Rancher
7 17 (3.67%) Istio
8 14 (3.02%) Opscode Chef
9 11 (2.38%) Grafana
9 11 (2.38%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.94%) ZABBIX
11 8 (1.73%) Consul
12 6 (1.30%) Backup Exec
12 6 (1.30%) Packer
12 6 (1.30%) WSUS
13 5 (1.08%) SCOM
14 4 (0.86%) Nagios
15 3 (0.65%) Graphite
15 3 (0.65%) Opsview
Vendors
1 197 (42.55%) Microsoft
2 70 (15.12%) VMware
3 53 (11.45%) Oracle
4 32 (6.91%) Databricks
5 25 (5.40%) Cisco
6 20 (4.32%) IBM
7 18 (3.89%) Citrix
8 16 (3.46%) Red Hat
9 14 (3.02%) Google
10 11 (2.38%) AppDynamics
10 11 (2.38%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.73%) Dell
11 8 (1.73%) Meraki
12 7 (1.51%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.51%) Veeam
13 6 (1.30%) Forcepoint
13 6 (1.30%) Splunk
14 5 (1.08%) NEC
14 5 (1.08%) New Relic
14 5 (1.08%) Northgate