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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 90 128
Rank change year-on-year -28 +38 -61
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 162 185 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.08% 3.24% 1.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.28% 14.79% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 114 127 103
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,625 £32,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.46% -7.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,575 £73,750 £69,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% 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 1,956 1,251 2,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.99% 21.91% 22.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 953 1,530
10th Percentile £32,550 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,373 £37,750 £39,625
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 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -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 6 September 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 6 September 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 82 £42,500 +21.43% 25
West Midlands -58 80 £55,000 - 45
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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 31 (19.14%) SharePoint
2 26 (16.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (9.88%) IIS
4 8 (4.94%) Apache
4 8 (4.94%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.47%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.85%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 96 (59.26%) Azure
2 82 (50.62%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (29.63%) Entra ID
4 21 (12.96%) AWS
5 18 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (10.49%) Mimecast
6 17 (10.49%) SaaS
7 13 (8.02%) IaaS
8 12 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (6.79%) Power Automate
10 10 (6.17%) Azure AKS
10 10 (6.17%) GCP
11 9 (5.56%) OneDrive
12 7 (4.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 7 (4.32%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (4.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (4.32%) Azure Storage
12 7 (4.32%) PaaS
13 6 (3.70%) Power Platform
13 6 (3.70%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (37.04%) Firewall
2 49 (30.25%) DNS
3 27 (16.67%) VPN
4 24 (14.81%) WAN
5 22 (13.58%) DHCP
6 21 (12.96%) LAN
7 12 (7.41%) VLAN
8 11 (6.79%) Wireless
9 8 (4.94%) TCP/IP
10 5 (3.09%) Network Security
10 5 (3.09%) VoIP
11 4 (2.47%) MQTT
12 3 (1.85%) NX-OS
12 3 (1.85%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.23%) HTTP
13 2 (1.23%) NAS
13 2 (1.23%) SAN
13 2 (1.23%) SSH
13 2 (1.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.35%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (3.70%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.47%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.47%) Power BI
4 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.23%) KNIME
4 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.23%) Power Query
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (9.26%) JIRA
2 9 (5.56%) Git
3 3 (1.85%) 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 59 (36.42%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.58%) Law
3 17 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.94%) Legal
6 8 (4.94%) Retail
7 6 (3.70%) Finance
8 5 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.47%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Advertising
12 1 (0.62%) Automotive
12 1 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (24.07%) IT Engineer
2 27 (16.67%) Senior
3 26 (16.05%) Support Engineer
4 25 (15.43%) IT Support
5 19 (11.73%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (10.49%) Field Engineer
7 17 (10.49%) Field Service Engineer
8 15 (9.26%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (8.02%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (8.02%) Lead
10 11 (6.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 11 (6.79%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (6.17%) Analyst
12 9 (5.56%) Senior Support Engineer
13 8 (4.94%) Technical Support
14 7 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
14 7 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
14 7 (4.32%) Systems Engineer
14 7 (4.32%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.67%) Terraform
2 8 (4.94%) .NET
3 6 (3.70%) YAML
4 5 (3.09%) .NET Framework
4 5 (3.09%) ASP.NET
4 5 (3.09%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (2.47%) Node.js
5 4 (2.47%) React
5 4 (2.47%) REST
6 3 (1.85%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.85%) Kafka
6 3 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.23%) Middleware
7 2 (1.23%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.62%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.62%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.35%) Onboarding
2 13 (8.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.94%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.94%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.32%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.70%) Replication
6 4 (2.47%) CCTV
6 4 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.47%) IoT
6 4 (2.47%) PKI
6 4 (2.47%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.85%) Clustering
7 3 (1.85%) CMDB
7 3 (1.85%) iSeries
7 3 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 103 (63.58%) Windows
2 50 (30.86%) Windows Server
3 37 (22.84%) Linux
4 27 (16.67%) Android
4 27 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 27 (16.67%) Windows 10
5 9 (5.56%) Ubuntu
6 6 (3.70%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.47%) VMS
8 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.23%) Solaris
9 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.62%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.72%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (24.69%) ITIL
4 28 (17.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 27 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (15.43%) DevOps
6 25 (15.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 24 (14.81%) AI
8 22 (13.58%) CI/CD
8 22 (13.58%) Customer Service
9 21 (12.96%) Root Cause Analysis
10 20 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (12.35%) Service Management
10 20 (12.35%) Task Automation
11 19 (11.73%) Proactive Monitoring
12 18 (11.11%) High Availability
12 18 (11.11%) Load Balancing
13 17 (10.49%) Runbook
13 17 (10.49%) Service Delivery
13 17 (10.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 32 (19.75%) Python
2 28 (17.28%) SQL
3 21 (12.96%) Bash
4 9 (5.56%) Bicep
5 8 (4.94%) C#
6 4 (2.47%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.85%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.23%) VBScript
9 1 (0.62%) PHP
9 1 (0.62%) Ruby
9 1 (0.62%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (13.58%) Degree
2 20 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 18 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 17 (10.49%) SC Cleared
5 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.32%) CCNA
7 7 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.32%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.85%) MCSE
9 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.23%) CISSP
9 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.62%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.62%) CCNP
10 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (10.49%) SLA
2 15 (9.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.09%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.47%) GDPR
5 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.23%) QA
6 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.62%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (31.48%) Active Directory
2 30 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (12.35%) Hyper-V
4 15 (9.26%) Docker
5 6 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.85%) vSphere
8 2 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.23%) Firmware
9 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (21.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (14.20%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.79%) Ansible
4 10 (6.17%) SCCM
5 6 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (3.09%) Grafana
7 3 (1.85%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.23%) Nessus
8 2 (1.23%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.23%) Puppet
9 1 (0.62%) Argo
9 1 (0.62%) SCOM
9 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 104 (64.20%) Microsoft
2 31 (19.14%) VMware
3 25 (15.43%) Cisco
4 18 (11.11%) Logitech
4 18 (11.11%) Meraki
5 17 (10.49%) Sophos
5 17 (10.49%) TOWER Software
6 13 (8.02%) Citrix
7 12 (7.41%) ServiceNow
8 9 (5.56%) Apple
9 8 (4.94%) SonicWALL
10 7 (4.32%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (4.32%) Sage
11 5 (3.09%) Fortinet
11 5 (3.09%) Splunk
11 5 (3.09%) Veeam
12 4 (2.47%) SAP
13 3 (1.85%) Dynatrace
13 3 (1.85%) SolarWinds
14 2 (1.23%) Veracode