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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 87 130
Rank change year-on-year -43 +43 -45
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 147 184 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.07% 3.23% 1.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.66% 13.67% 7.34%
Number of salaries quoted 118 131 150
10th Percentile £25,588 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.90%
75th Percentile £63,438 £60,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,675 £73,750 £68,825
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,920 1,346 2,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.02% 23.65% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,316 1,032 2,046
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,138 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £69,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -14 76 £42,500 +21.43% 16
West Midlands -58 71 £52,500 -4.55% 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 (20.41%) SharePoint
2 29 (19.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (8.16%) IIS
4 2 (1.36%) Apache
4 2 (1.36%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.04%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 95 (64.63%) Azure
2 70 (47.62%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (25.85%) Entra ID
4 19 (12.93%) AWS
5 17 (11.56%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (8.16%) Azure AKS
6 12 (8.16%) IaaS
6 12 (8.16%) Mimecast
7 9 (6.12%) GCP
8 8 (5.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (5.44%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (5.44%) Azure Storage
8 8 (5.44%) SaaS
9 7 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (4.76%) npm
9 7 (4.76%) NuGet
9 7 (4.76%) SonarCloud
10 6 (4.08%) GitHub
10 6 (4.08%) OneDrive
10 6 (4.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (31.97%) DNS
2 43 (29.25%) Firewall
3 30 (20.41%) VPN
4 28 (19.05%) DHCP
5 17 (11.56%) WAN
6 16 (10.88%) LAN
7 13 (8.84%) VLAN
8 10 (6.80%) TCP/IP
9 9 (6.12%) VoIP
10 7 (4.76%) Wireless
11 5 (3.40%) Network Security
12 4 (2.72%) MQTT
12 4 (2.72%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (2.04%) Broadband
13 3 (2.04%) SD-WAN
14 2 (1.36%) Ethernet
14 2 (1.36%) NAS
14 2 (1.36%) PBX
14 2 (1.36%) SAN
14 2 (1.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.76%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.72%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.04%) Power BI
6 2 (1.36%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.36%) InfluxDB
6 2 (1.36%) KNIME
6 2 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.68%) Power Query
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (7.48%) JIRA
2 8 (5.44%) Git
3 2 (1.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.68%) Ant
4 1 (0.68%) Apache Ivy
4 1 (0.68%) GitLab
4 1 (0.68%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.68%) Maven
General
1 45 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.61%) Law
3 15 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.48%) Legal
5 9 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.76%) Finance
7 5 (3.40%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.40%) Retail
8 4 (2.72%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.04%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.68%) Advertising
10 1 (0.68%) Automotive
10 1 (0.68%) Marketing
10 1 (0.68%) Military
10 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (24.49%) IT Engineer
2 27 (18.37%) IT Support
3 25 (17.01%) Support Engineer
4 23 (15.65%) Senior
5 19 (12.93%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (11.56%) 2nd Line Support
7 16 (10.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (10.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (8.84%) Analyst
8 13 (8.84%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (8.16%) Field Engineer
9 12 (8.16%) Field Service Engineer
10 10 (6.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 9 (6.12%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (6.12%) Lead
12 7 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
12 7 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
13 6 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 6 (4.08%) Applications Engineer
13 6 (4.08%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.12%) .NET
2 7 (4.76%) Node.js
2 7 (4.76%) React
2 7 (4.76%) YAML
3 5 (3.40%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.72%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.72%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (2.04%) .NET Core
5 3 (2.04%) Kafka
5 3 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.36%) Middleware
6 2 (1.36%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (1.36%) REST
7 1 (0.68%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.68%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.68%) LDAP
7 1 (0.68%) SAML
7 1 (0.68%) SOAP
7 1 (0.68%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.56%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (6.12%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.08%) Private Cloud
5 5 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.40%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (3.40%) Replication
6 4 (2.72%) IoT
6 4 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.72%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.04%) Clustering
7 3 (2.04%) iSeries
7 3 (2.04%) PKI
8 2 (1.36%) BYOD
8 2 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.36%) SCADA
9 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 93 (63.27%) Windows
2 39 (26.53%) Windows Server
3 26 (17.69%) Windows 10
4 25 (17.01%) Linux
5 24 (16.33%) Android
5 24 (16.33%) Apple iOS
6 10 (6.80%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.72%) VMS
8 3 (2.04%) Ubuntu
8 3 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.68%) Debian
9 1 (0.68%) Solaris
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (23.81%) ITIL
3 28 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (18.37%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (16.33%) DevOps
5 24 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (15.65%) Root Cause Analysis
7 22 (14.97%) CI/CD
7 22 (14.97%) Task Automation
8 19 (12.93%) High Availability
8 19 (12.93%) Roadmaps
9 18 (12.24%) Runbook
10 17 (11.56%) ITSM
11 16 (10.88%) Containerisation
12 15 (10.20%) Agile
12 15 (10.20%) AI
12 15 (10.20%) Customer Service
12 15 (10.20%) Service Delivery
13 14 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (9.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (21.09%) Python
2 25 (17.01%) Bash
3 20 (13.61%) SQL
4 13 (8.84%) Bicep
5 9 (6.12%) C#
6 4 (2.72%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.68%) PHP
7 1 (0.68%) Ruby
7 1 (0.68%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (17.69%) Degree
2 19 (12.93%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.24%) Azure Certification
4 17 (11.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (10.88%) SC Cleared
6 9 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.08%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.40%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.36%) CCNA
9 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.36%) CISSP
9 2 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.68%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (10.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (6.80%) SLA
4 9 (6.12%) GDPR
5 5 (3.40%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.04%) NIST
7 2 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.68%) NCSC
8 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 50 (34.01%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (11.56%) Hyper-V
4 13 (8.84%) Docker
5 3 (2.04%) BitLocker
5 3 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.68%) Firmware
6 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (18.37%) Terraform
3 24 (16.33%) Kubernetes
4 11 (7.48%) Ansible
5 10 (6.80%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (5.44%) Grafana
7 7 (4.76%) SCCM
8 3 (2.04%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.68%) Argo
9 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.68%) Nessus
9 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.68%) Puppet
9 1 (0.68%) SCOM
Vendors
1 87 (59.18%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.97%) VMware
3 18 (12.24%) Logitech
4 16 (10.88%) Cisco
5 14 (9.52%) Meraki
6 12 (8.16%) Sophos
6 12 (8.16%) TOWER Software
7 10 (6.80%) Apple
8 8 (5.44%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (4.76%) Citrix
10 6 (4.08%) Yealink
11 5 (3.40%) ServiceNow
12 4 (2.72%) Dynatrace
12 4 (2.72%) Fortinet
12 4 (2.72%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.72%) Veeam
13 3 (2.04%) Sage
13 3 (2.04%) Splunk
14 2 (1.36%) Dell
14 2 (1.36%) Kaseya