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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 90 131
Rank change year-on-year -34 +41 -44
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 153 183 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.09% 3.20% 1.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.90% 13.60% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 120 128 130
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,625 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% +8.87% -11.43%
75th Percentile £63,813 £61,563 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,750 £73,750 £68,825
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +2.61% -1.71% -2.50%

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 1,937 1,346 2,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.75% 23.55% 22.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,331 1,035 1,822
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £32,025
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year - +7.44% -6.92%

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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 August 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 August 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 -13 78 £42,500 +17.24% 21
West Midlands -68 75 £53,688 -2.39% 21
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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 30 (19.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 30 (19.61%) SharePoint
2 11 (7.19%) IIS
3 3 (1.96%) Apache
3 3 (1.96%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 100 (65.36%) Azure
2 73 (47.71%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (28.10%) Entra ID
4 19 (12.42%) AWS
5 17 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (8.50%) IaaS
7 12 (7.84%) Azure AKS
7 12 (7.84%) Mimecast
8 11 (7.19%) SaaS
9 10 (6.54%) GCP
10 9 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (5.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (5.23%) Azure Key Vault
11 8 (5.23%) Azure Storage
11 8 (5.23%) OneDrive
12 7 (4.58%) PaaS
13 6 (3.92%) GitHub
13 6 (3.92%) SonarCloud
14 5 (3.27%) npm
14 5 (3.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 49 (32.03%) DNS
2 45 (29.41%) Firewall
3 30 (19.61%) VPN
4 27 (17.65%) DHCP
5 18 (11.76%) WAN
6 16 (10.46%) LAN
7 14 (9.15%) VLAN
8 10 (6.54%) TCP/IP
9 9 (5.88%) VoIP
9 9 (5.88%) Wireless
10 6 (3.92%) Network Security
11 4 (2.61%) MQTT
12 3 (1.96%) Broadband
12 3 (1.96%) NAS
12 3 (1.96%) SAN
12 3 (1.96%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.31%) Ethernet
13 2 (1.31%) PBX
13 2 (1.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.42%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.92%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.61%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.96%) Power BI
6 2 (1.31%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.31%) InfluxDB
6 2 (1.31%) KNIME
6 2 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.65%) Power Query
7 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (8.50%) JIRA
2 8 (5.23%) Git
3 2 (1.31%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.65%) Ant
4 1 (0.65%) Apache Ivy
4 1 (0.65%) GitLab
4 1 (0.65%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.65%) Maven
General
1 48 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.73%) Law
3 16 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.19%) Legal
5 10 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.23%) Finance
7 7 (4.58%) Retail
8 6 (3.92%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.61%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Advertising
11 1 (0.65%) Automotive
11 1 (0.65%) Marketing
11 1 (0.65%) Military
11 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (23.53%) IT Engineer
2 29 (18.95%) IT Support
3 26 (16.99%) Support Engineer
4 25 (16.34%) Senior
5 19 (12.42%) 2nd Line Support
6 17 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
6 17 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (8.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (7.84%) Analyst
8 12 (7.84%) Field Engineer
8 12 (7.84%) Field Service Engineer
9 10 (6.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 9 (5.88%) Lead
11 8 (5.23%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) Senior Support Engineer
13 6 (3.92%) 3rd Line Support
13 6 (3.92%) Applications Engineer
13 6 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.23%) .NET
2 6 (3.92%) YAML
3 5 (3.27%) .NET Framework
3 5 (3.27%) Node.js
3 5 (3.27%) React
4 4 (2.61%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.61%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (2.61%) REST
5 3 (1.96%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.96%) Kafka
5 3 (1.96%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.31%) Middleware
7 1 (0.65%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.65%) LDAP
7 1 (0.65%) OAuth
7 1 (0.65%) OpenID
7 1 (0.65%) SAML
7 1 (0.65%) SOAP
7 1 (0.65%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.65%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.42%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (5.23%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.58%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.92%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.92%) Replication
6 5 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.27%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (3.27%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.61%) IoT
7 4 (2.61%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.96%) CCTV
8 3 (1.96%) Clustering
8 3 (1.96%) iSeries
8 3 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.96%) PKI
9 2 (1.31%) BYOD
9 2 (1.31%) CMDB
9 2 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.31%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 96 (62.75%) Windows
2 43 (28.10%) Windows Server
3 28 (18.30%) Linux
4 27 (17.65%) Windows 10
5 23 (15.03%) Android
5 23 (15.03%) Apple iOS
6 10 (6.54%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.61%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.61%) VMS
8 3 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.65%) Debian
9 1 (0.65%) Solaris
9 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.76%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (22.88%) ITIL
3 30 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 25 (16.34%) DevOps
5 25 (16.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (15.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 23 (15.03%) Task Automation
8 22 (14.38%) CI/CD
9 19 (12.42%) High Availability
9 19 (12.42%) Roadmaps
9 19 (12.42%) Runbook
10 18 (11.76%) ITSM
11 17 (11.11%) AI
11 17 (11.11%) Containerisation
11 17 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (11.11%) Service Management
12 16 (10.46%) Customer Service
13 15 (9.80%) Agile
14 14 (9.15%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 34 (22.22%) Python
2 25 (16.34%) Bash
3 22 (14.38%) SQL
4 13 (8.50%) Bicep
5 8 (5.23%) C#
6 4 (2.61%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.65%) PHP
7 1 (0.65%) Ruby
7 1 (0.65%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (18.30%) Degree
2 20 (13.07%) Security Cleared
3 19 (12.42%) Azure Certification
4 17 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 11 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.58%) DBS Check
7 5 (3.27%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.61%) CCNA
8 4 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.31%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.31%) CISSP
9 2 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.65%) MCSE
10 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (7.19%) SLA
4 9 (5.88%) GDPR
5 5 (3.27%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.96%) NIST
7 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.31%) QA
8 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.65%) NCSC
System Software
1 53 (34.64%) Active Directory
2 20 (13.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (12.42%) Hyper-V
4 13 (8.50%) Docker
5 3 (1.96%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.65%) Firmware
6 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (20.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (17.65%) Terraform
3 24 (15.69%) Kubernetes
4 11 (7.19%) Ansible
5 9 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (5.23%) Grafana
6 8 (5.23%) SCCM
7 3 (1.96%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.31%) Nessus
9 1 (0.65%) Argo
9 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.65%) Puppet
9 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 92 (60.13%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.03%) VMware
3 21 (13.73%) Cisco
4 17 (11.11%) Logitech
4 17 (11.11%) Meraki
5 12 (7.84%) Sophos
5 12 (7.84%) TOWER Software
6 10 (6.54%) Apple
7 9 (5.88%) ServiceNow
8 8 (5.23%) Citrix
9 7 (4.58%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (3.92%) Veeam
11 5 (3.27%) Fortinet
11 5 (3.27%) Splunk
11 5 (3.27%) Yealink
12 4 (2.61%) Dynatrace
12 4 (2.61%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.96%) Sage
13 3 (1.96%) SonicWALL
14 2 (1.31%) Dell