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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 96 130
Rank change year-on-year -37 +34 -76
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 161 166 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.03% 2.98% 1.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.44% 13.91% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 97 119 82
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,438 £36,375 £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +5.53% -8.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,625 £58,250
90th Percentile £73,500 £73,750 £69,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%

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 1,908 1,193 2,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.17% 21.38% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,304 920 1,234
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,938 £37,500 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +1 83 £42,500 +15.65% 31
West Midlands -71 78 £55,000 - 48
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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 31 (19.25%) SharePoint
2 25 (15.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (8.07%) IIS
4 8 (4.97%) Apache
4 8 (4.97%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.48%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.86%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 98 (60.87%) Azure
2 89 (55.28%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (32.30%) Entra ID
4 25 (15.53%) AWS
5 21 (13.04%) Mimecast
6 18 (11.18%) SaaS
7 16 (9.94%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (8.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 14 (8.70%) OneDrive
9 12 (7.45%) IaaS
9 12 (7.45%) Power Automate
10 10 (6.21%) GCP
11 9 (5.59%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (4.97%) Azure AKS
12 8 (4.97%) PaaS
12 8 (4.97%) Power Platform
13 6 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (3.73%) Azure Storage
13 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (3.11%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 59 (36.65%) Firewall
2 43 (26.71%) DNS
3 31 (19.25%) VPN
4 29 (18.01%) WAN
5 25 (15.53%) LAN
6 22 (13.66%) DHCP
7 11 (6.83%) VLAN
8 10 (6.21%) Wireless
9 7 (4.35%) TCP/IP
10 5 (3.11%) Network Security
11 4 (2.48%) MQTT
11 4 (2.48%) VoIP
12 3 (1.86%) NX-OS
12 3 (1.86%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.24%) HTTP
13 2 (1.24%) NAS
13 2 (1.24%) SAN
13 2 (1.24%) SSH
13 2 (1.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (3.73%) Power BI
4 4 (2.48%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.86%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.24%) KNIME
6 2 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.24%) Power Query
7 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.21%) JIRA
2 7 (4.35%) Git
3 3 (1.86%) GitLab
4 2 (1.24%) Ant
4 2 (1.24%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (1.24%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.24%) Maven
4 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 57 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (9.94%) Law
3 14 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.07%) Manufacturing
5 12 (7.45%) Finance
5 12 (7.45%) Retail
6 7 (4.35%) Legal
7 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.48%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Advertising
9 1 (0.62%) Automotive
9 1 (0.62%) Back Office
9 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (24.22%) IT Engineer
2 27 (16.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (14.91%) Senior
4 20 (12.42%) Support Engineer
5 19 (11.80%) Field Engineer
5 19 (11.80%) Field Service Engineer
6 18 (11.18%) Cloud Engineer
6 18 (11.18%) IT Support
7 12 (7.45%) Lead
8 11 (6.83%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (6.21%) Analyst
10 9 (5.59%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (5.59%) Senior Support Engineer
10 9 (5.59%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (4.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (4.97%) Technical Support
12 7 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (14.91%) Terraform
2 5 (3.11%) .NET
3 4 (2.48%) REST
4 3 (1.86%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.86%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.86%) ASP.NET Core
4 3 (1.86%) Kafka
4 3 (1.86%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (1.86%) YAML
5 2 (1.24%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.24%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.24%) Middleware
6 1 (0.62%) Node.js
6 1 (0.62%) React
6 1 (0.62%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.62%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.97%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.97%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.35%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.73%) Replication
6 5 (3.11%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.48%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.48%) CCTV
7 4 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.48%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.48%) IoT
7 4 (2.48%) PKI
8 3 (1.86%) Clustering
8 3 (1.86%) iSeries
8 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 106 (65.84%) Windows
2 52 (32.30%) Windows Server
3 37 (22.98%) Linux
4 29 (18.01%) Windows 10
5 25 (15.53%) Apple iOS
6 23 (14.29%) Android
7 9 (5.59%) Ubuntu
8 5 (3.11%) macOS
9 4 (2.48%) VMS
10 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.24%) Solaris
11 2 (1.24%) Unix
12 1 (0.62%) Debian
12 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (36.02%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (26.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 39 (24.22%) ITIL
4 36 (22.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (20.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 27 (16.77%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (16.77%) DevOps
7 25 (15.53%) Customer Service
7 25 (15.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (14.91%) AI
9 23 (14.29%) Migration
10 22 (13.66%) Proactive Monitoring
10 22 (13.66%) Runbook
11 20 (12.42%) CI/CD
11 20 (12.42%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (11.80%) Service Catalogue
13 18 (11.18%) Roadmaps
14 17 (10.56%) Incident Response
14 17 (10.56%) Project Delivery
14 17 (10.56%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.50%) Python
1 33 (20.50%) SQL
2 14 (8.70%) Bash
3 6 (3.73%) Bicep
4 5 (3.11%) C#
5 4 (2.48%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.86%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.24%) VBScript
8 1 (0.62%) PHP
8 1 (0.62%) Ruby
8 1 (0.62%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (13.04%) Azure Certification
2 19 (11.80%) Degree
3 15 (9.32%) Security Cleared
4 13 (8.07%) SC Cleared
5 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.35%) CCNA
6 7 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.73%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.48%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.86%) MCSE
10 2 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.24%) CISSP
10 2 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.62%) CCNP
11 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (10.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (9.94%) SLA
4 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (3.11%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.48%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.24%) GDPR
6 2 (1.24%) GRC
6 2 (1.24%) QA
7 1 (0.62%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (32.92%) Active Directory
2 26 (16.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (9.94%) Hyper-V
4 12 (7.45%) Docker
5 9 (5.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.86%) vSphere
8 2 (1.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.24%) Firmware
9 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (20.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (11.18%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.59%) Ansible
4 8 (4.97%) SCCM
5 4 (2.48%) Grafana
6 3 (1.86%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.24%) Nessus
7 2 (1.24%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.24%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.24%) Puppet
8 1 (0.62%) Argo
8 1 (0.62%) SCOM
Vendors
1 115 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.39%) VMware
3 22 (13.66%) Cisco
4 19 (11.80%) Logitech
4 19 (11.80%) Sophos
4 19 (11.80%) TOWER Software
5 15 (9.32%) Meraki
6 13 (8.07%) Citrix
7 11 (6.83%) ServiceNow
8 8 (4.97%) SonicWALL
9 7 (4.35%) Apple
9 7 (4.35%) Sage
10 6 (3.73%) Veeam
11 5 (3.11%) Fortinet
11 5 (3.11%) Splunk
12 4 (2.48%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (2.48%) SAP
12 4 (2.48%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.86%) Cognos
14 2 (1.24%) Dell