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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 98 85
Rank change year-on-year -40 -13 +10
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 91 160 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.04% 2.68% 3.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.39% 9.96% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 83 110 249
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,950
25th Percentile £45,081 £33,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,170
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.16% -0.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £70,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -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 1,231 1,607 2,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.11% 26.96% 30.55%
Number of salaries quoted 976 894 2,262
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £31,775
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,500 £74,144 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -18 45 £55,000 +8.91% 25
West Midlands -38 45 £47,500 -5.00% 24
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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 33 (36.26%) SharePoint
2 32 (35.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (7.69%) IIS
4 4 (4.40%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.10%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 55 (60.44%) Azure
2 46 (50.55%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (26.37%) Entra ID
4 17 (18.68%) AWS
5 15 (16.48%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (12.09%) OneDrive
7 8 (8.79%) GCP
8 7 (7.69%) Power Automate
9 6 (6.59%) Azure AKS
9 6 (6.59%) npm
9 6 (6.59%) NuGet
9 6 (6.59%) SonarCloud
10 5 (5.49%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (5.49%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (5.49%) Datadog
10 5 (5.49%) GitHub
10 5 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (5.49%) Power Platform
11 4 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (14.29%) DNS
2 11 (12.09%) DHCP
3 10 (10.99%) VPN
4 9 (9.89%) Firewall
5 7 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 7 (7.69%) VLAN
6 6 (6.59%) LAN
6 6 (6.59%) SD-WAN
6 6 (6.59%) VoIP
6 6 (6.59%) WAN
7 5 (5.49%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (4.40%) MPLS
8 4 (4.40%) Skype
9 3 (3.30%) Broadband
10 1 (1.10%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (1.10%) Network Security
10 1 (1.10%) PBX
10 1 (1.10%) SSL
10 1 (1.10%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.99%) Relational Database
1 10 (10.99%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.59%) NoSQL
3 4 (4.40%) DTS
4 2 (2.20%) InfluxDB
5 1 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Jenkins
2 5 (5.49%) Git
3 3 (3.30%) JIRA
4 1 (1.10%) GitLab
General
1 26 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.88%) Finance
2 19 (20.88%) Retail
3 9 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.59%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.49%) Legal
6 3 (3.30%) Law
7 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.10%) Local Government
8 1 (1.10%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (20.88%) Developer
2 15 (16.48%) Senior
3 12 (13.19%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Support Engineer
5 8 (8.79%) IT Manager
5 8 (8.79%) IT Support
6 7 (7.69%) IT Operations Manager
6 7 (7.69%) Operations Manager
7 6 (6.59%) Administrator
7 6 (6.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) IT Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 5 (5.49%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (5.49%) Senior DevOps
8 5 (5.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) AWS Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (17.58%) React
2 15 (16.48%) REST
3 12 (13.19%) .NET
3 12 (13.19%) AngularJS
4 11 (12.09%) JSON
5 10 (10.99%) Razor View Engine
6 6 (6.59%) .NET Framework
6 6 (6.59%) Node.js
6 6 (6.59%) YAML
7 4 (4.40%) ARM Templates
8 3 (3.30%) .NET Core
8 3 (3.30%) GraphQL
8 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (3.30%) SOAP
8 3 (3.30%) SPFx
9 2 (2.20%) ASP.NET
9 2 (2.20%) LDAP
9 2 (2.20%) OAuth
9 2 (2.20%) OpenID
9 2 (2.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (24.18%) Onboarding
2 10 (10.99%) Operational Technology
3 7 (7.69%) Replication
4 5 (5.49%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.40%) CMDB
5 4 (4.40%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (4.40%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.20%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.20%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.10%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 38 (41.76%) Windows
2 15 (16.48%) Windows Server
3 8 (8.79%) Windows 10
4 7 (7.69%) Linux
5 5 (5.49%) Mac OS
6 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.20%) Android
7 2 (2.20%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.10%) VMS
8 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (31.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (24.18%) DevOps
4 20 (21.98%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (16.48%) Customer Experience
5 15 (16.48%) ITIL
6 14 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 13 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
7 13 (14.29%) Task Automation
8 12 (13.19%) Agile
8 12 (13.19%) API Integration
9 11 (12.09%) Client Onboarding
9 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (10.99%) Business Continuity
10 10 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (10.99%) Migration
10 10 (10.99%) Test Automation
11 9 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (9.89%) Mentoring
11 9 (9.89%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (28.57%) SQL
2 21 (23.08%) C#
3 17 (18.68%) Bash
4 13 (14.29%) Python
5 6 (6.59%) Bicep
6 2 (2.20%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (19.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (7.69%) Degree
3 5 (5.49%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.40%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.20%) CISSP
6 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (13.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (7.69%) GDPR
4 6 (6.59%) NIST
5 4 (4.40%) ISO 22301
6 2 (2.20%) NCSC
7 1 (1.10%) QA
7 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (41.76%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.79%) Docker
4 4 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (4.40%) XenApp
5 3 (3.30%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.20%) Firmware
6 2 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.10%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (20.88%) Terraform
2 18 (19.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (9.89%) Kubernetes
4 6 (6.59%) Grafana
5 5 (5.49%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (4.40%) Nagios
6 4 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (4.40%) ZABBIX
7 3 (3.30%) Ansible
8 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.10%) SCCM
8 1 (1.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (58.24%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.68%) VMware
3 10 (10.99%) Citrix
4 8 (8.79%) SolarWinds
5 7 (7.69%) Cisco
5 7 (7.69%) Google
5 7 (7.69%) Logitech
5 7 (7.69%) Yealink
6 6 (6.59%) Apple
6 6 (6.59%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (6.59%) Veeam
7 5 (5.49%) LogicMonitor
7 5 (5.49%) Meraki
8 4 (4.40%) BMC
8 4 (4.40%) CheckPoint
8 4 (4.40%) Darktrace
8 4 (4.40%) Proofpoint
8 4 (4.40%) SonicWALL
8 4 (4.40%) Tanium
8 4 (4.40%) Trend Micro