PowerShell Job Trends in the North West
Windows PowerShell
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring PowerShell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 131 | 39 | 113 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -92 | +74 | -41 |
| Permanent jobs citing PowerShell | 140 | 314 | 122 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North West | 1.08% | 6.55% | 1.71% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.76% | 21.26% | 6.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 99 | 57 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £24,800 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £32,500 | £42,238 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £62,500 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,720 | £72,500 | £67,500 |
| England median annual salary | £57,500 | £57,500 | £63,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.73% | +5.00% |
All Programming Languages
North West
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 North West.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 1,805 | 1,477 | 1,926 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 13.95% | 30.79% | 27.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,377 | 687 | 1,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,750 | £32,975 | £35,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £41,500 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.70% | +4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £70,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £80,650 | £78,750 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | - |
PowerShell Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.
PowerShell Salary Trend in the North West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PowerShell.
PowerShell Salary Histogram in the North West
Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the North West over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
PowerShell Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | -49 | 94 | £53,250 | +4.41% | 58 |
| Merseyside | -14 | 13 | £48,801 | +0.10% | 8 |
| Cheshire | -22 | 13 | £40,000 | -11.11% | 8 |
| Lancashire | -62 | 11 | £38,000 | +63.44% | 4 |
| Cumbria | -1 | 8 | £35,500 | -33.95% | 1 |
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PowerShell Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 31.4% | 44 |
| 2 | Bash | 25.7% | 36 |
| 3 | SQL | 15.7% | 22 |
| 4 | Bicep | 15.0% | 21 |
| 5 | VBScript | 7.1% | 10 |
| 6 | JavaScript | 4.3% | 6 |
| 7 | Java | 2.9% | 4 |
| 7 | VB | 2.9% | 4 |
| 9 | C# | 2.1% | 3 |
| 10 | Kusto Query Language | 0.7% | 1 |
| 10 | PL/SQL | 0.7% | 1 |
| 10 | Scala | 0.7% | 1 |
| 10 | TypeScript | 0.7% | 1 |
| 10 | VBA | 0.7% | 1 |