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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 90 128
Rank change year-on-year -42 +38 -71
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 163 186 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.03% 3.29% 1.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.51% 15.05% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 100 124 83
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,328 £33,279 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,349 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% +5.22% -7.05%
75th Percentile £63,938 £64,688 £58,625
90th Percentile £72,750 £73,750 £69,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £60,918
% change year-on-year +2.61% -5.61% +1.53%

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 1,915 1,236 2,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.13% 21.89% 23.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,305 942 1,276
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,166 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +4.36% -8.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £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 4 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 4 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 -29 83 £42,500 +21.43% 45
West Midlands -65 80 £55,000 - 59
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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 32 (19.63%) SharePoint
2 26 (15.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (8.59%) IIS
4 8 (4.91%) Apache
4 8 (4.91%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.45%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.84%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 97 (59.51%) Azure
2 90 (55.21%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (33.13%) Entra ID
4 25 (15.34%) AWS
5 22 (13.50%) Mimecast
6 18 (11.04%) SaaS
7 17 (10.43%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (8.59%) OneDrive
9 13 (7.98%) Microsoft Copilot
10 12 (7.36%) IaaS
10 12 (7.36%) Power Automate
11 10 (6.13%) GCP
12 8 (4.91%) Azure AKS
12 8 (4.91%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (4.91%) PaaS
12 8 (4.91%) Power Platform
13 6 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (3.68%) Azure Storage
14 5 (3.07%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 61 (37.42%) Firewall
2 44 (26.99%) DNS
3 31 (19.02%) VPN
4 30 (18.40%) WAN
5 26 (15.95%) LAN
6 23 (14.11%) DHCP
7 11 (6.75%) VLAN
7 11 (6.75%) Wireless
8 7 (4.29%) TCP/IP
9 5 (3.07%) Network Security
10 4 (2.45%) MQTT
10 4 (2.45%) VoIP
10 4 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.84%) NX-OS
11 3 (1.84%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.23%) HTTP
12 2 (1.23%) NAS
12 2 (1.23%) SAN
12 2 (1.23%) SSH
12 2 (1.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.11%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (3.68%) Power BI
4 4 (2.45%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.45%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.84%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.23%) KNIME
6 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.23%) Power Query
7 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.13%) JIRA
2 8 (4.91%) Git
3 3 (1.84%) GitLab
4 2 (1.23%) Ant
4 2 (1.23%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (1.23%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.23%) Maven
4 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 58 (35.58%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.82%) Law
3 15 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.36%) Manufacturing
5 12 (7.36%) Retail
6 11 (6.75%) Finance
7 7 (4.29%) Legal
8 4 (2.45%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Advertising
10 1 (0.61%) Automotive
10 1 (0.61%) Back Office
10 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (25.77%) IT Engineer
2 25 (15.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 25 (15.34%) Senior
3 22 (13.50%) Support Engineer
4 20 (12.27%) Field Engineer
4 20 (12.27%) Field Service Engineer
4 20 (12.27%) IT Support
5 18 (11.04%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (7.98%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (7.36%) Lead
8 11 (6.75%) IT Support Engineer
9 10 (6.13%) Analyst
9 10 (6.13%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (5.52%) Senior Support Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) Technical Support
12 7 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.34%) Terraform
2 6 (3.68%) .NET
3 4 (2.45%) .NET Framework
3 4 (2.45%) ASP.NET
3 4 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (2.45%) REST
3 4 (2.45%) YAML
4 3 (1.84%) Kafka
4 3 (1.84%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.23%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.23%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.23%) Middleware
5 2 (1.23%) Node.js
5 2 (1.23%) React
6 1 (0.61%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.61%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.11%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.91%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.91%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.29%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.68%) Replication
6 5 (3.07%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.45%) CCTV
7 4 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.45%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.45%) IoT
7 4 (2.45%) PKI
8 3 (1.84%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.84%) Clustering
8 3 (1.84%) iSeries
8 3 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 110 (67.48%) Windows
2 52 (31.90%) Windows Server
3 38 (23.31%) Linux
4 30 (18.40%) Windows 10
5 27 (16.56%) Apple iOS
6 26 (15.95%) Android
7 9 (5.52%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.45%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.45%) VMS
9 3 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.23%) Solaris
10 2 (1.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.61%) Debian
11 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (35.58%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (26.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (24.54%) ITIL
4 34 (20.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 31 (19.02%) Disaster Recovery
6 28 (17.18%) DevOps
7 27 (16.56%) Customer Service
8 26 (15.95%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (15.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 24 (14.72%) AI
10 23 (14.11%) Proactive Monitoring
11 22 (13.50%) Migration
11 22 (13.50%) Runbook
12 21 (12.88%) CI/CD
13 20 (12.27%) Root Cause Analysis
13 20 (12.27%) Service Catalogue
14 18 (11.04%) Roadmaps
15 17 (10.43%) Task Automation
15 17 (10.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 16 (9.82%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.86%) Python
1 34 (20.86%) SQL
2 15 (9.20%) Bash
3 6 (3.68%) Bicep
3 6 (3.68%) C#
4 4 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.84%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.23%) VBScript
7 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.61%) PHP
7 1 (0.61%) Ruby
7 1 (0.61%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (12.27%) Azure Certification
2 19 (11.66%) Degree
3 15 (9.20%) Security Cleared
4 13 (7.98%) SC Cleared
5 11 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.29%) CCNA
6 7 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.29%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.45%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.84%) MCSE
9 2 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.23%) CISSP
9 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.61%) CCNP
10 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 17 (10.43%) SLA
2 16 (9.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.07%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.84%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.84%) GDPR
6 2 (1.23%) QA
7 1 (0.61%) GRC
7 1 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 55 (33.74%) Active Directory
2 27 (16.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (10.43%) Hyper-V
4 13 (7.98%) Docker
5 8 (4.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.84%) vSphere
8 2 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.23%) Firmware
9 1 (0.61%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (20.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (11.66%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.52%) Ansible
3 9 (5.52%) SCCM
4 4 (2.45%) Grafana
5 3 (1.84%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.23%) Nessus
6 2 (1.23%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.23%) Puppet
7 1 (0.61%) Argo
7 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 115 (70.55%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.79%) VMware
3 22 (13.50%) Cisco
4 20 (12.27%) Logitech
4 20 (12.27%) Sophos
4 20 (12.27%) TOWER Software
5 16 (9.82%) Meraki
6 13 (7.98%) Citrix
7 11 (6.75%) ServiceNow
8 8 (4.91%) Apple
8 8 (4.91%) SonicWALL
9 7 (4.29%) Sage
10 6 (3.68%) Veeam
11 5 (3.07%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (3.07%) Fortinet
11 5 (3.07%) Splunk
12 4 (2.45%) SAP
12 4 (2.45%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.84%) Cognos
14 2 (1.23%) Dell