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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 99 94
Rank change year-on-year -58 -5 +10
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 95 131 270
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.92% 2.61% 2.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.84% 9.97% 9.40%
Number of salaries quoted 88 111 260
10th Percentile £30,350 £32,500 £29,675
25th Percentile £38,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £48,962
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.12% -6.74%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £58,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.45% +12.73% -8.33%

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 1,389 1,314 2,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.44% 26.19% 28.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 949 2,515
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%

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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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -25 52 £55,000 +15.79% 17
West Midlands -46 42 £48,000 -4.00% 25
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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 34 (35.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (33.68%) SharePoint
3 10 (10.53%) IIS
4 1 (1.05%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 63 (66.32%) Azure
2 47 (49.47%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (26.32%) Entra ID
4 14 (14.74%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (13.68%) AWS
6 11 (11.58%) OneDrive
7 9 (9.47%) npm
7 9 (9.47%) NuGet
7 9 (9.47%) SonarCloud
8 8 (8.42%) Azure AKS
9 7 (7.37%) GCP
10 6 (6.32%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (6.32%) IaaS
11 5 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (5.26%) Power Automate
12 4 (4.21%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (4.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (4.21%) Google Workspace
12 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 25 (26.32%) DNS
2 20 (21.05%) DHCP
3 14 (14.74%) VPN
4 10 (10.53%) Firewall
4 10 (10.53%) TCP/IP
4 10 (10.53%) VLAN
4 10 (10.53%) VoIP
5 6 (6.32%) LAN
5 6 (6.32%) SD-WAN
5 6 (6.32%) WAN
6 5 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (4.21%) Broadband
7 4 (4.21%) MPLS
8 2 (2.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (2.11%) Network Security
8 2 (2.11%) PBX
8 2 (2.11%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.05%) NAS
9 1 (1.05%) Skype
9 1 (1.05%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.63%) SQL Server
2 9 (9.47%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.11%) InfluxDB
3 2 (2.11%) Power BI
3 2 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.05%) DTS
Development Applications
1 9 (9.47%) JIRA
2 7 (7.37%) Git
3 4 (4.21%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.63%) Finance
3 9 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.42%) Law
4 8 (8.42%) Legal
5 6 (6.32%) Retail
6 4 (4.21%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.05%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (22.11%) Senior
2 18 (18.95%) IT Support
3 13 (13.68%) Azure Engineer
3 13 (13.68%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (10.53%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (9.47%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 9 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (8.42%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 8 (8.42%) 3rd Line Support
6 8 (8.42%) IT Engineer
6 8 (8.42%) Support Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (7.37%) Analyst
7 7 (7.37%) IT Manager
7 7 (7.37%) IT Operations Manager
7 7 (7.37%) Operations Manager
7 7 (7.37%) Senior DevOps
7 7 (7.37%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) Developer
8 6 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.58%) React
2 10 (10.53%) .NET
3 9 (9.47%) Node.js
3 9 (9.47%) YAML
4 7 (7.37%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.26%) .NET Core
6 4 (4.21%) REST
7 3 (3.16%) ARM Templates
7 3 (3.16%) ASP.NET
7 3 (3.16%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (3.16%) SPFx
8 2 (2.11%) GraphQL
8 2 (2.11%) JSON
8 2 (2.11%) LDAP
8 2 (2.11%) OAuth
8 2 (2.11%) OpenID
8 2 (2.11%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (2.11%) SAML
8 2 (2.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.37%) Replication
3 6 (6.32%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (4.21%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.11%) CMDB
7 2 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.11%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.11%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.11%) PKI
7 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.05%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (51.58%) Windows
2 17 (17.89%) Windows Server
3 11 (11.58%) Mac OS
3 11 (11.58%) Windows 10
4 10 (10.53%) Linux
5 5 (5.26%) Android
5 5 (5.26%) Apple iOS
5 5 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (24.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (21.05%) DevOps
2 20 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (17.89%) CI/CD
3 17 (17.89%) ITIL
4 16 (16.84%) Infrastructure as Code
4 16 (16.84%) Task Automation
5 13 (13.68%) ITSM
5 13 (13.68%) Root Cause Analysis
6 12 (12.63%) Agile
7 11 (11.58%) Application Packaging
7 11 (11.58%) Business Continuity
7 11 (11.58%) Containerisation
7 11 (11.58%) Identity Management
7 11 (11.58%) Migration
7 11 (11.58%) Service Delivery
7 11 (11.58%) Test Automation
8 10 (10.53%) Roadmaps
9 9 (9.47%) DevSecOps
9 9 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (22.11%) Bash
2 13 (13.68%) Python
2 13 (13.68%) SQL
3 11 (11.58%) C#
4 8 (8.42%) Bicep
5 2 (2.11%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (2.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.11%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 21 (22.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (20.00%) Degree
3 9 (9.47%) Azure Certification
3 9 (9.47%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.42%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.16%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.11%) CISSP
8 1 (1.05%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (10.53%) GDPR
4 7 (7.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (6.32%) NIST
6 5 (5.26%) SLA
7 4 (4.21%) ISO 22301
8 2 (2.11%) NCSC
9 1 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 41 (43.16%) Active Directory
2 10 (10.53%) Docker
3 9 (9.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (7.37%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.21%) XenApp
6 2 (2.11%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (24.21%) Terraform
2 20 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (16.84%) Kubernetes
4 11 (11.58%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (7.37%) Grafana
6 4 (4.21%) Ansible
7 2 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.05%) Nagios
8 1 (1.05%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.05%) SCCM
8 1 (1.05%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.84%) VMware
3 10 (10.53%) Cisco
3 10 (10.53%) Logitech
3 10 (10.53%) Meraki
3 10 (10.53%) Yealink
4 9 (9.47%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (8.42%) Apple
5 8 (8.42%) Citrix
6 6 (6.32%) Veeam
7 4 (4.21%) CheckPoint
7 4 (4.21%) Dynatrace
7 4 (4.21%) Google
7 4 (4.21%) IBM
7 4 (4.21%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (4.21%) SolarWinds
7 4 (4.21%) SonicWALL
8 3 (3.16%) Salesforce
9 2 (2.11%) Kaseya
9 2 (2.11%) PagerDuty