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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 87 136
Rank change year-on-year -37 +49 -65
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 163 187 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.10% 3.21% 1.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.42% 14.18% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 118 129 112
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.46% -7.05%
75th Percentile £63,938 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,250 £73,750 £69,950
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 1,937 1,319 2,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.04% 22.64% 22.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,328 1,005 1,647
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 30 August 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 30 August 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 -10 84 £42,500 +21.43% 28
West Midlands -57 79 £55,000 - 37
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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 (19.02%) SharePoint
2 26 (15.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (9.20%) IIS
4 7 (4.29%) Apache
4 7 (4.29%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 100 (61.35%) Azure
2 81 (49.69%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (28.22%) Entra ID
4 19 (11.66%) AWS
5 18 (11.04%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (9.82%) Mimecast
7 15 (9.20%) SaaS
8 14 (8.59%) IaaS
9 11 (6.75%) Azure AKS
9 11 (6.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (6.13%) GCP
11 9 (5.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (5.52%) OneDrive
11 9 (5.52%) Power Automate
12 8 (4.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (4.91%) Azure Key Vault
12 8 (4.91%) Azure Storage
13 7 (4.29%) PaaS
13 7 (4.29%) SonarCloud
14 6 (3.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 56 (34.36%) Firewall
2 51 (31.29%) DNS
3 27 (16.56%) VPN
4 24 (14.72%) DHCP
5 22 (13.50%) WAN
6 20 (12.27%) LAN
7 12 (7.36%) VLAN
8 10 (6.13%) Wireless
9 8 (4.91%) TCP/IP
10 6 (3.68%) Network Security
10 6 (3.68%) VoIP
11 4 (2.45%) MQTT
12 3 (1.84%) NX-OS
12 3 (1.84%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.84%) 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 (12.27%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.29%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.45%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.45%) Power BI
5 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.23%) KNIME
5 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.23%) Power Query
6 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (10.43%) JIRA
2 10 (6.13%) Git
3 3 (1.84%) 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 52 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.34%) Law
3 16 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.52%) Legal
6 8 (4.91%) Retail
7 7 (4.29%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.68%) Finance
9 5 (3.07%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Advertising
12 1 (0.61%) Automotive
12 1 (0.61%) Military
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (25.15%) IT Engineer
2 30 (18.40%) IT Support
3 28 (17.18%) Senior
3 28 (17.18%) Support Engineer
4 21 (12.88%) 2nd Line Support
5 17 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (9.82%) Azure Engineer
6 16 (9.82%) Cloud Engineer
6 16 (9.82%) Field Engineer
6 16 (9.82%) Field Service Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) IT Support Engineer
8 11 (6.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 11 (6.75%) Analyst
9 10 (6.13%) Lead
10 9 (5.52%) Senior Support Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Technical Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (17.79%) Terraform
2 9 (5.52%) .NET
3 7 (4.29%) YAML
4 6 (3.68%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.07%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.07%) ASP.NET Core
5 5 (3.07%) Node.js
5 5 (3.07%) React
6 4 (2.45%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.45%) REST
7 3 (1.84%) Kafka
7 3 (1.84%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (1.23%) Middleware
8 2 (1.23%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
9 1 (0.61%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.61%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.27%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (5.52%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.91%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.29%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.29%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.68%) Replication
7 4 (2.45%) CCTV
7 4 (2.45%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.45%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.45%) IoT
7 4 (2.45%) PKI
7 4 (2.45%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.84%) Clustering
8 3 (1.84%) CMDB
8 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.84%) iSeries
8 3 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 103 (63.19%) Windows
2 49 (30.06%) Windows Server
3 36 (22.09%) Linux
4 27 (16.56%) Windows 10
5 26 (15.95%) Android
5 26 (15.95%) Apple iOS
6 8 (4.91%) Ubuntu
7 7 (4.29%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.45%) VMS
9 2 (1.23%) Solaris
9 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.61%) Debian
10 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (28.83%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (25.15%) ITIL
3 36 (22.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (18.40%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (15.34%) CI/CD
6 25 (15.34%) DevOps
7 24 (14.72%) Root Cause Analysis
8 23 (14.11%) AI
8 23 (14.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 23 (14.11%) Task Automation
9 22 (13.50%) Customer Service
9 22 (13.50%) Service Management
10 19 (11.66%) High Availability
11 18 (11.04%) ITSM
11 18 (11.04%) Load Balancing
11 18 (11.04%) Proactive Monitoring
11 18 (11.04%) Roadmaps
11 18 (11.04%) Runbook
12 17 (10.43%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.86%) Python
2 25 (15.34%) SQL
3 22 (13.50%) Bash
4 11 (6.75%) Bicep
5 9 (5.52%) C#
6 3 (1.84%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.23%) VBScript
8 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.61%) PHP
8 1 (0.61%) Ruby
8 1 (0.61%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (16.56%) Degree
2 22 (13.50%) Security Cleared
3 20 (12.27%) Azure Certification
4 19 (11.66%) SC Cleared
5 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.29%) CCNA
7 7 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.29%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.07%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.84%) MCSE
10 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.23%) CISSP
10 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.61%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.61%) CCNP
11 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (10.43%) SLA
2 15 (9.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.07%) GDPR
3 5 (3.07%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.23%) QA
5 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (31.29%) Active Directory
2 27 (16.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (12.27%) Hyper-V
4 16 (9.82%) Docker
5 5 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.84%) vSphere
8 2 (1.23%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (19.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (16.56%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.75%) Ansible
4 10 (6.13%) SCCM
5 5 (3.07%) Grafana
5 5 (3.07%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.84%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.23%) Nessus
7 2 (1.23%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.23%) Puppet
8 1 (0.61%) Argo
8 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 103 (63.19%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.18%) VMware
3 27 (16.56%) Cisco
4 20 (12.27%) Meraki
5 18 (11.04%) Logitech
6 16 (9.82%) Sophos
6 16 (9.82%) TOWER Software
7 12 (7.36%) Citrix
7 12 (7.36%) ServiceNow
8 8 (4.91%) Apple
8 8 (4.91%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (4.29%) SonicWALL
10 5 (3.07%) Fortinet
10 5 (3.07%) Sage
10 5 (3.07%) Splunk
10 5 (3.07%) Veeam
11 3 (1.84%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.84%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.23%) AlienVault
12 2 (1.23%) Veracode