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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 125 44
Rank change year-on-year +25 -81 +36
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 123 170 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.09% 1.94% 5.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.61% 7.99% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 96 96 236
10th Percentile £31,250 - £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -11.63% +2.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% -

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 1,159 2,128 1,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.72% 24.22% 36.18%
Number of salaries quoted 978 1,162 1,491
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,001 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 +19 92 £55,000 +22.22% 37
East Midlands +10 31 £45,000 -5.26% 33
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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 (25.20%) Confluence
2 29 (23.58%) SharePoint
3 23 (18.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (7.32%) Skype for Business
5 7 (5.69%) nginx
6 2 (1.63%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (5.69%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 72 (58.54%) Azure
2 60 (48.78%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (40.65%) AWS
4 32 (26.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 32 (26.02%) Amazon EC2
5 31 (25.20%) Amazon ELB
5 31 (25.20%) Amazon S3
5 31 (25.20%) AWS KMS
5 31 (25.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 30 (24.39%) Entra ID
7 24 (19.51%) Amazon Glacier
8 11 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (8.13%) GCP
10 9 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (6.50%) Power Automate
11 8 (6.50%) Power Platform
11 8 (6.50%) SaaS
12 7 (5.69%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (5.69%) Route 53
13 6 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 43 (34.96%) Firewall
2 28 (22.76%) DNS
3 20 (16.26%) FTP
3 20 (16.26%) HTTP
3 20 (16.26%) SMTP
3 20 (16.26%) SSH
4 9 (7.32%) DHCP
4 9 (7.32%) Skype
4 9 (7.32%) TCP/IP
5 7 (5.69%) IMAP
5 7 (5.69%) OpenLDAP
5 7 (5.69%) SAN
6 6 (4.88%) LAN
6 6 (4.88%) WAN
7 4 (3.25%) iSCSI
7 4 (3.25%) MPLS
7 4 (3.25%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.25%) VLAN
8 3 (2.44%) VPN
9 1 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (26.02%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (8.94%) Relational Database
3 9 (7.32%) DTS
4 8 (6.50%) SQL Server
5 7 (5.69%) Amazon Aurora
5 7 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.44%) Power BI
7 1 (0.81%) MySQL
7 1 (0.81%) Power Query
7 1 (0.81%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (29.27%) Jenkins
2 34 (27.64%) JIRA
3 31 (25.20%) Git
3 31 (25.20%) Vagrant
4 5 (4.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 39 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.33%) Public Sector
3 24 (19.51%) Retail
4 19 (15.45%) Finance
5 12 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (8.13%) Manufacturing
7 9 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.32%) Law
8 4 (3.25%) Billing
8 4 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.44%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 32 (26.02%) Support Engineer
2 26 (21.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 23 (18.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 20 (16.26%) Developer
4 20 (16.26%) Infrastructure Support
4 20 (16.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 16 (13.01%) AWS Engineer
6 15 (12.20%) IT Engineer
7 11 (8.94%) IT Support
8 10 (8.13%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (8.13%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (6.50%) AWS DevOps
9 8 (6.50%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 8 (6.50%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.50%) Senior
10 6 (4.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 6 (4.88%) ICT Officer
10 6 (4.88%) ICT Support
10 6 (4.88%) ICT Support Officer
10 6 (4.88%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.38%) REST
2 12 (9.76%) AngularJS
3 11 (8.94%) JSON
4 10 (8.13%) Razor View Engine
4 10 (8.13%) React
5 9 (7.32%) .NET
6 7 (5.69%) LDAP
7 5 (4.07%) .NET Framework
8 4 (3.25%) Blazor
8 4 (3.25%) Entity Framework
9 3 (2.44%) ARM Templates
9 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (2.44%) SPFx
10 1 (0.81%) GraphQL
10 1 (0.81%) Middleware
10 1 (0.81%) ODBC
10 1 (0.81%) SOAP
10 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (26.83%) Onboarding
2 23 (18.70%) Replication
3 10 (8.13%) Operational Technology
4 9 (7.32%) CMDB
4 9 (7.32%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (5.69%) Product Ownership
6 6 (4.88%) Driving Licence
7 5 (4.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.63%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.81%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 56 (45.53%) Windows
2 34 (27.64%) Linux
3 32 (26.02%) VMS
4 23 (18.70%) Windows Server
5 20 (16.26%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (7.32%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (5.69%) Ubuntu
8 6 (4.88%) Windows 10
8 6 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (37.40%) DevOps
2 33 (26.83%) Change Management
2 33 (26.83%) Cloud Security
3 31 (25.20%) Configuration Management
4 27 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (21.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (18.70%) Root Cause Analysis
7 20 (16.26%) Patch Management
8 18 (14.63%) Performance Tuning
9 17 (13.82%) Platform Engineering
10 16 (13.01%) CI/CD
11 15 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (12.20%) ITIL
12 13 (10.57%) Agile
12 13 (10.57%) Customer Experience
13 12 (9.76%) API Integration
13 12 (9.76%) Client Onboarding
13 12 (9.76%) Infrastructure Management
13 12 (9.76%) Mentoring
13 12 (9.76%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (34.15%) Python
2 36 (29.27%) SQL
3 31 (25.20%) Groovy
4 18 (14.63%) C#
5 13 (10.57%) Java
5 13 (10.57%) Perl
6 9 (7.32%) Bicep
7 7 (5.69%) Bash
8 2 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (27.64%) Security Cleared
2 31 (25.20%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.38%) Degree
4 13 (10.57%) Azure Certification
5 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (8.94%) AWS Certification
7 8 (6.50%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (3.25%) CCNA
8 4 (3.25%) CISSP
9 2 (1.63%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.63%) CCSP
9 2 (1.63%) CISM
10 1 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.44%) NIST
3 2 (1.63%) GDPR
4 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (55.28%) Active Directory
2 22 (17.89%) DFS Replication
2 22 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (17.07%) Docker
4 11 (8.94%) Hyper-V
5 9 (7.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (5.69%) Dovecot
6 7 (5.69%) Postfix
6 7 (5.69%) Squid
7 6 (4.88%) XenApp
8 5 (4.07%) Firmware
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 43 (34.96%) Terraform
2 32 (26.02%) Grafana
3 31 (25.20%) Prometheus
4 25 (20.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (9.76%) Ansible
6 9 (7.32%) Nagios
6 9 (7.32%) ZABBIX
7 8 (6.50%) SCCM
8 7 (5.69%) Nessus
8 7 (5.69%) Proxmox
9 6 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (3.25%) Autotask
11 1 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.81%) VxRail
Vendors
1 64 (52.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (26.02%) ServiceNow
3 26 (21.14%) VMware
4 18 (14.63%) Cisco
5 16 (13.01%) Citrix
6 12 (9.76%) Juniper
6 12 (9.76%) SolarWinds
7 11 (8.94%) Google
8 9 (7.32%) BMC
8 9 (7.32%) Darktrace
8 9 (7.32%) Proofpoint
8 9 (7.32%) Red Hat
8 9 (7.32%) Tanium
8 9 (7.32%) Trend Micro
9 8 (6.50%) Meraki
10 7 (5.69%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (5.69%) SonicWALL
11 6 (4.88%) CheckPoint
11 6 (4.88%) HP
11 6 (4.88%) Veeam