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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 83 134
Rank change year-on-year -40 +51 -24
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 133 183 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.08% 3.65% 1.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.55% 14.33% 6.98%
Number of salaries quoted 113 137 195
10th Percentile £26,325 £31,250 £30,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% -11.43%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £60,625
90th Percentile £69,450 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £59,250 £58,100 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.98% +5.64% -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 1,762 1,277 3,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.27% 25.49% 24.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 939 2,775
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -6 76 £47,500 +31.03% 20
West Midlands -72 56 £51,250 -4.54% 17
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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 35 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 35 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.27%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 85 (63.91%) Azure
2 67 (50.38%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (21.80%) Entra ID
4 17 (12.78%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (11.28%) AWS
6 13 (9.77%) Azure AKS
7 11 (8.27%) IaaS
8 9 (6.77%) npm
8 9 (6.77%) NuGet
8 9 (6.77%) OneDrive
8 9 (6.77%) SonarCloud
9 8 (6.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (6.02%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (6.02%) Azure Storage
9 8 (6.02%) GCP
9 8 (6.02%) Mimecast
10 6 (4.51%) GitHub
11 5 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (3.76%) PaaS
11 5 (3.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (33.08%) DNS
2 30 (22.56%) Firewall
3 27 (20.30%) DHCP
3 27 (20.30%) VPN
4 13 (9.77%) LAN
4 13 (9.77%) VLAN
5 12 (9.02%) WAN
6 10 (7.52%) VoIP
7 8 (6.02%) TCP/IP
7 8 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (3.01%) Broadband
8 4 (3.01%) MQTT
8 4 (3.01%) Network Security
8 4 (3.01%) Wireless
9 3 (2.26%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.50%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.50%) PBX
10 2 (1.50%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.75%) SAN
11 1 (0.75%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (16.54%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.77%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.01%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.50%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.75%) KNIME
6 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.75%) Power BI
6 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (6.77%) JIRA
2 8 (6.02%) Git
3 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 34 (25.56%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.03%) Law
3 14 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.27%) Legal
5 8 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.51%) Finance
7 5 (3.76%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.01%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.01%) Retail
9 3 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Advertising
11 1 (0.75%) Marketing
11 1 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 30 (22.56%) IT Engineer
2 27 (20.30%) IT Support
3 25 (18.80%) Senior
4 24 (18.05%) Support Engineer
5 21 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
6 15 (11.28%) 2nd Line Support
6 15 (11.28%) Cloud Engineer
6 15 (11.28%) IT Support Engineer
7 12 (9.02%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (8.27%) Analyst
8 11 (8.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (6.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (6.02%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 8 (6.02%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (6.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 8 (6.02%) Field Engineer
10 8 (6.02%) Field Service Engineer
11 7 (5.26%) Senior DevOps
11 7 (5.26%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 6 (4.51%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.27%) .NET
2 9 (6.77%) Node.js
2 9 (6.77%) React
2 9 (6.77%) YAML
3 7 (5.26%) .NET Framework
4 5 (3.76%) ASP.NET
4 5 (3.76%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (3.01%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.26%) Kafka
7 2 (1.50%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.50%) LDAP
7 2 (1.50%) OAuth
7 2 (1.50%) OpenID
7 2 (1.50%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.50%) REST
7 2 (1.50%) SAML
7 2 (1.50%) SOAP
8 1 (0.75%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.02%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (6.02%) Replication
3 6 (4.51%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (3.01%) IoT
5 4 (3.01%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.26%) iSeries
6 3 (2.26%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.50%) Clustering
7 2 (1.50%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.50%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.50%) PKI
8 1 (0.75%) CMDB
8 1 (0.75%) Robotics
8 1 (0.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 82 (61.65%) Windows
2 29 (21.80%) Windows Server
3 23 (17.29%) Windows 10
4 20 (15.04%) Android
4 20 (15.04%) Apple iOS
4 20 (15.04%) Linux
5 12 (9.02%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.01%) VMS
7 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (22.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (21.80%) ITIL
4 24 (18.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 21 (15.79%) CI/CD
5 21 (15.79%) DevOps
6 20 (15.04%) Root Cause Analysis
6 20 (15.04%) Task Automation
7 17 (12.78%) High Availability
7 17 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (12.78%) Roadmaps
8 16 (12.03%) Containerisation
9 15 (11.28%) ITSM
9 15 (11.28%) Runbook
9 15 (11.28%) Service Delivery
10 14 (10.53%) Agile
11 13 (9.77%) Customer Service
12 12 (9.02%) Application Packaging
12 12 (9.02%) Test Automation
13 11 (8.27%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.55%) Bash
2 25 (18.80%) Python
3 19 (14.29%) SQL
4 13 (9.77%) Bicep
5 11 (8.27%) C#
6 4 (3.01%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.50%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (18.05%) Degree
2 19 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 18 (13.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (12.03%) Azure Certification
4 16 (12.03%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.26%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.76%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.75%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.75%) CISSP
8 1 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (7.52%) GDPR
4 6 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (4.51%) SLA
5 5 (3.76%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.26%) ISO 22301
6 3 (2.26%) NIST
7 2 (1.50%) NCSC
8 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 50 (37.59%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.77%) Hyper-V
3 12 (9.02%) Docker
3 12 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.26%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (20.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 27 (20.30%) Terraform
2 23 (17.29%) Kubernetes
3 12 (9.02%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (6.02%) Ansible
4 8 (6.02%) Grafana
5 3 (2.26%) SCCM
6 2 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.75%) Argo
Vendors
1 77 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.53%) Logitech
2 18 (13.53%) VMware
3 11 (8.27%) Apple
3 11 (8.27%) Meraki
4 10 (7.52%) Yealink
5 9 (6.77%) Cisco
5 9 (6.77%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (6.02%) Sophos
6 8 (6.02%) TOWER Software
7 6 (4.51%) Citrix
8 4 (3.01%) Dynatrace
8 4 (3.01%) SolarWinds
9 3 (2.26%) Veeam
10 2 (1.50%) Dell
10 2 (1.50%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.50%) Google
10 2 (1.50%) Isilon
10 2 (1.50%) Kaseya
10 2 (1.50%) Salesforce