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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 55 122
Rank change year-on-year -70 +67 -41
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 140 318 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.11% 6.19% 1.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.96% 17.55% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 93 55 79
10th Percentile £32,750 - £39,126
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,750 £65,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,759 1,812 2,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.00% 35.27% 26.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 696 1,305
10th Percentile £37,700 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £41,625 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,075 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,733 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.61% +0.37% -3.85%

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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 job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PowerShell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PowerShell

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the North West over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the North West

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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 14 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
Manchester -40 88 £54,000 +13.68% 65
Cheshire -19 18 £42,000 -6.67% 10
Lancashire -43 15 £38,000 +63.44% 9
Merseyside -15 9 £60,000 +28.34% 2
Cumbria -9 8 £35,500 -33.95% 2
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 34 (24.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (12.86%) SharePoint
3 11 (7.86%) IIS
4 4 (2.86%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.71%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.71%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.71%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.86%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (55.71%) Azure
2 45 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (24.29%) Entra ID
4 33 (23.57%) AWS
5 18 (12.86%) GitHub
6 17 (12.14%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (10.71%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (9.29%) SaaS
9 10 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (6.43%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (6.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (5.71%) OneDrive
12 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (4.29%) IaaS
14 5 (3.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (3.57%) Azure AKS
14 5 (3.57%) PaaS
14 5 (3.57%) Power Platform
15 4 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
15 4 (2.86%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 43 (30.71%) DNS
2 35 (25.00%) Firewall
3 32 (22.86%) DHCP
4 24 (17.14%) TCP/IP
5 19 (13.57%) VPN
6 8 (5.71%) SAN
7 7 (5.00%) NGFW
7 7 (5.00%) VLAN
8 6 (4.29%) WAN
9 5 (3.57%) Internet
9 5 (3.57%) Network Security
9 5 (3.57%) VSAN
10 4 (2.86%) LAN
10 4 (2.86%) Skype
10 4 (2.86%) Unified Communications
10 4 (2.86%) VoIP
10 4 (2.86%) Wireless
11 3 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.43%) NX-OS
12 2 (1.43%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.57%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.71%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.43%) GitLab
2 7 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.57%) Git
4 4 (2.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (2.86%) Bitbucket
4 4 (2.86%) JIRA
5 2 (1.43%) Terragrunt
General
1 48 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.71%) Finance
3 19 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.86%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (6.43%) Law
6 7 (5.00%) Retail
7 6 (4.29%) Police
7 6 (4.29%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.43%) Billing
9 2 (1.43%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.43%) Games
9 2 (1.43%) Legal
9 2 (1.43%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.71%) Legal Technology
10 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (22.14%) Support Engineer
2 27 (19.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 20 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (10.00%) Senior
5 12 (8.57%) Security Engineer
6 11 (7.86%) Analyst
6 11 (7.86%) IT Support
7 10 (7.14%) Lead
8 9 (6.43%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (6.43%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (6.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 8 (5.71%) Applications Support
10 7 (5.00%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (5.00%) IT Engineer
10 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Engineer
11 6 (4.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 6 (4.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 6 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 6 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (30.00%) Terraform
2 13 (9.29%) Microsoft Graph
3 9 (6.43%) Middleware
4 7 (5.00%) ARM Templates
5 6 (4.29%) Regular Expression
6 5 (3.57%) Kafka
7 3 (2.14%) OAuth
7 3 (2.14%) OpenID
7 3 (2.14%) Pulumi
8 2 (1.43%) SAML
8 2 (1.43%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.71%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.71%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.43%) Onboarding
2 16 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 14 (10.00%) Cloud Native
4 11 (7.86%) Driving Licence
4 11 (7.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (4.29%) Cyberattack
6 6 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.29%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.86%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.14%) Clustering
8 3 (2.14%) PKI
8 3 (2.14%) Replication
8 3 (2.14%) Social Media
8 3 (2.14%) SystemC
9 2 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 68 (48.57%) Windows
2 33 (23.57%) Windows Server
3 18 (12.86%) Linux
4 11 (7.86%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.29%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.86%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.14%) CentOS
7 3 (2.14%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.71%) SUSE
8 1 (0.71%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.43%) Infrastructure as Code
2 42 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (27.14%) CI/CD
4 37 (26.43%) DevOps
4 37 (26.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 30 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (18.57%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (18.57%) ITIL
8 19 (13.57%) Observability
9 17 (12.14%) AI
9 17 (12.14%) High Availability
9 17 (12.14%) Mentoring
10 16 (11.43%) Customer Service
11 15 (10.71%) Containerisation
11 15 (10.71%) RBAC
12 14 (10.00%) Business Continuity
12 14 (10.00%) ITSM
12 14 (10.00%) Task Automation
13 13 (9.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (34.29%) Python
2 32 (22.86%) Bash
3 25 (17.86%) SQL
4 24 (17.14%) Bicep
5 10 (7.14%) VBScript
6 5 (3.57%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.86%) VB
8 1 (0.71%) C#
8 1 (0.71%) Java
8 1 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (16.43%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.71%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (9.29%) Degree
5 11 (7.86%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.29%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.86%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.43%) CCNA
8 2 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.43%) MCSE
9 1 (0.71%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.71%) GCFA
9 1 (0.71%) GCIH
9 1 (0.71%) GIAC
9 1 (0.71%) HND
9 1 (0.71%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.71%) VCAP
9 1 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.00%) NIST
3 4 (2.86%) GDPR
4 3 (2.14%) ISAE 3402
5 2 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.43%) QA
5 2 (1.43%) SLA
6 1 (0.71%) DICOM
System Software
1 45 (32.14%) Active Directory
2 31 (22.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (12.14%) Hyper-V
4 14 (10.00%) Docker
5 12 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (5.71%) BitLocker
7 6 (4.29%) vSphere
8 5 (3.57%) VMware NSX
9 4 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.71%) Ceph
10 1 (0.71%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.71%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.71%) Firmware
10 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (13.57%) Kubernetes
3 14 (10.00%) Ansible
4 11 (7.86%) Grafana
5 10 (7.14%) SCCM
6 8 (5.71%) Argo
7 7 (5.00%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.86%) FortiGate
9 3 (2.14%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (2.14%) SCVMM
10 2 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.43%) QRadar
10 2 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.71%) Istio
11 1 (0.71%) linkerd
11 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.71%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.71%) VxRail
Vendors
1 95 (67.86%) Microsoft
2 38 (27.14%) VMware
3 11 (7.86%) ServiceNow
4 10 (7.14%) Cisco
5 7 (5.00%) SAP
6 5 (3.57%) Splunk
7 4 (2.86%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.86%) Sage
8 3 (2.14%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (2.14%) McAfee
8 3 (2.14%) Remedy
9 2 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.43%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.43%) Dell
9 2 (1.43%) FIS
9 2 (1.43%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.43%) Netskope
9 2 (1.43%) Okta
9 2 (1.43%) Oracle
9 2 (1.43%) Palo Alto