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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	128	97	123
Rank change year-on-year	-31	+26	-74
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell	162	162	167
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	1.03%	2.93%	1.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category	8.46%	13.85%	7.59%
Number of salaries quoted	98	116	86
10^th Percentile	£25,000	£31,250	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£39,563	£37,750	£34,813
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£51,500	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	+1.94%	+8.42%	-12.04%
75^th Percentile	£64,500	£64,688	£58,250
90^th Percentile	£73,250	£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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	1,915	1,170	2,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	12.13%	21.13%	24.08%
Number of salaries quoted	1,326	903	1,192
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£29,000	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£37,500	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	+0.96%	-5.02%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£68,750	£65,000
90^th 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%	-

PowerShell 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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PowerShell.

PowerShell Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

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 18 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	81	£42,500	+10.39%	31
West Midlands	-64	81	£56,250	+2.27%	51
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PowerShell Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing PowerShell also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for PowerShell.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	71.0%	115
2	Windows	65.4%	106
3	Azure	62.3%	101
4	Microsoft 365	53.7%	87
5	Firewall	36.4%	59
5	Problem-Solving	36.4%	59
7	Active Directory	32.7%	53
7	Entra ID	32.7%	53
7	Windows Server	32.7%	53
10	Continuous Improvement	27.2%	44
10	DNS	27.2%	44
12	Infrastructure Engineering	23.5%	38
12	ITIL	23.5%	38
12	Linux	23.5%	38
15	Microsoft Intune	21.0%	34
15	Python	21.0%	34
17	Disaster Recovery	20.4%	33
17	SharePoint	20.4%	33
17	SQL	20.4%	33
20	VPN	19.8%	32
21	Cybersecurity	17.9%	29
21	DevOps	17.9%	29
21	VMware	17.9%	29
24	AI	16.7%	27
24	Infrastructure as Code	16.7%	27
24	Microsoft Exchange	16.7%	27
24	VMware Infrastructure	16.7%	27
24	WAN	16.7%	27
24	Windows 10	16.7%	27
30	Terraform	15.4%	25

PowerShell Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	21.0%	34
2	SQL	20.4%	33
3	Bash	9.3%	15
4	Bicep	4.9%	8
5	C#	3.7%	6
6	JavaScript	3.1%	5
7	T-SQL	1.9%	3
8	Data Analysis Expressions	1.2%	2
8	Kusto Query Language	1.2%	2
8	VBScript	1.2%	2
11	OpenEdge ABL	0.6%	1
11	PHP	0.6%	1
11	Ruby	0.6%	1
11	TypeScript	0.6%	1
11	VB.NET	0.6%	1