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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 56 124
Rank change year-on-year -67 +68 -50
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 147 315 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.13% 6.03% 1.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.14% 17.55% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 99 53 81
10th Percentile £33,500 £23,350 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,375 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £60,918
% change year-on-year +2.61% -5.61% +1.53%

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 1,807 1,795 2,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.94% 34.33% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,390 685 1,203
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,217 £42,500 £43,605
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.08%
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 2 October 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 2 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 -26 101 £54,000 +8.00% 83
Cheshire -14 14 £40,000 -11.11% 10
Lancashire -43 13 £38,000 +63.44% 10
Merseyside -8 9 £55,051 +15.90% 7
Cumbria -3 8 £35,500 -33.95% 3
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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 35 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (11.56%) SharePoint
3 12 (8.16%) IIS
4 4 (2.72%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.68%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (54.42%) Azure
2 43 (29.25%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (26.53%) Entra ID
4 34 (23.13%) AWS
5 22 (14.97%) GitHub
6 20 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (11.56%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (8.84%) SaaS
9 12 (8.16%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (6.80%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (6.12%) IaaS
12 8 (5.44%) OneDrive
13 7 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (4.08%) Azure AKS
14 6 (4.08%) PaaS
14 6 (4.08%) Power Platform
15 5 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (3.40%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 45 (30.61%) DNS
2 34 (23.13%) DHCP
3 32 (21.77%) Firewall
4 22 (14.97%) TCP/IP
4 22 (14.97%) VPN
5 8 (5.44%) SAN
5 8 (5.44%) VLAN
6 7 (4.76%) NGFW
6 7 (4.76%) WAN
7 5 (3.40%) Internet
7 5 (3.40%) Network Security
7 5 (3.40%) VSAN
8 4 (2.72%) LAN
8 4 (2.72%) Skype
8 4 (2.72%) Unified Communications
8 4 (2.72%) VoIP
8 4 (2.72%) Wireless
9 3 (2.04%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.36%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.40%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.36%) MySQL
5 1 (0.68%) Power BI
5 1 (0.68%) Power Query
5 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (8.16%) GitLab
2 9 (6.12%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.40%) Git
3 5 (3.40%) JIRA
4 4 (2.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (2.72%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.36%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
General
1 50 (34.01%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (14.97%) Finance
3 11 (7.48%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (5.44%) Law
5 7 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.08%) Retail
7 5 (3.40%) Police
8 3 (2.04%) Legal
8 3 (2.04%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.36%) Billing
9 2 (1.36%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.36%) Games
9 2 (1.36%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.68%) Legal Technology
10 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (19.05%) Cloud Engineer
1 28 (19.05%) Support Engineer
2 20 (13.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (11.56%) DevOps Engineer
3 17 (11.56%) Senior
4 14 (9.52%) Analyst
5 12 (8.16%) IT Support
6 11 (7.48%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (7.48%) Security Engineer
7 10 (6.80%) Lead
8 9 (6.12%) AWS Engineer
8 9 (6.12%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (6.12%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Engineer
10 7 (4.76%) Applications Support
10 7 (4.76%) IT Engineer
10 7 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (4.08%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (29.93%) Terraform
2 12 (8.16%) Microsoft Graph
3 9 (6.12%) Middleware
4 8 (5.44%) ARM Templates
5 5 (3.40%) Kafka
5 5 (3.40%) Regular Expression
6 4 (2.72%) Pulumi
7 3 (2.04%) OAuth
7 3 (2.04%) OpenID
7 3 (2.04%) SAML
8 2 (1.36%) .NET
8 2 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.36%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.68%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.68%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.68%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.97%) Onboarding
2 16 (10.88%) Management Information System
3 15 (10.20%) Cloud Native
4 12 (8.16%) Driving Licence
5 10 (6.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (3.40%) Cyberattack
8 5 (3.40%) Low-Code
9 4 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.72%) Security Posture
10 3 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.04%) Clustering
10 3 (2.04%) PKI
10 3 (2.04%) Replication
10 3 (2.04%) Social Media
10 3 (2.04%) SystemC
11 2 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 72 (48.98%) Windows
2 33 (22.45%) Windows Server
3 23 (15.65%) Linux
4 11 (7.48%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.08%) Mac OS
5 6 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (2.72%) Windows 7
8 3 (2.04%) CentOS
8 3 (2.04%) CoreOS
9 2 (1.36%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.36%) Unix
10 1 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.68%) SUSE
10 1 (0.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (34.01%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 43 (29.25%) DevOps
4 42 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 39 (26.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 30 (20.41%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (20.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (19.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (17.69%) ITIL
9 21 (14.29%) Observability
10 19 (12.93%) AI
10 19 (12.93%) High Availability
10 19 (12.93%) Mentoring
11 17 (11.56%) Business Continuity
11 17 (11.56%) Cloud Security
11 17 (11.56%) Containerisation
12 16 (10.88%) Platform Engineering
12 16 (10.88%) RBAC
13 15 (10.20%) Identity Access Management
13 15 (10.20%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 54 (36.73%) Python
2 39 (26.53%) Bash
3 25 (17.01%) Bicep
3 25 (17.01%) SQL
4 10 (6.80%) VBScript
5 6 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.72%) VB
7 2 (1.36%) C#
7 2 (1.36%) Java
8 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (18.37%) Security Cleared
2 24 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 15 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (9.52%) Degree
5 12 (8.16%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.44%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.40%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.36%) CCNA
9 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.36%) MCSE
10 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.68%) GCFA
10 1 (0.68%) GCIH
10 1 (0.68%) GIAC
10 1 (0.68%) HND
10 1 (0.68%) HP ASE
10 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.76%) NIST
3 4 (2.72%) GDPR
4 3 (2.04%) ISAE 3402
4 3 (2.04%) QA
4 3 (2.04%) SLA
5 2 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 48 (32.65%) Active Directory
2 30 (20.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (11.56%) Docker
4 15 (10.20%) Hyper-V
4 15 (10.20%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (5.44%) BitLocker
6 7 (4.76%) vSphere
7 6 (4.08%) VMware NSX
8 4 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.68%) Ceph
10 1 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.68%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.68%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (17.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (16.33%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.52%) Ansible
4 13 (8.84%) Grafana
5 12 (8.16%) SCCM
6 9 (6.12%) Argo
6 9 (6.12%) Prometheus
7 5 (3.40%) FortiGate
8 3 (2.04%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (2.04%) SCVMM
8 3 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.36%) Puppet
9 2 (1.36%) QRadar
9 2 (1.36%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.68%) Istio
10 1 (0.68%) linkerd
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.68%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 99 (67.35%) Microsoft
2 36 (24.49%) VMware
3 11 (7.48%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.12%) Cisco
5 7 (4.76%) SAP
6 5 (3.40%) Splunk
7 4 (2.72%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.72%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.72%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.72%) Sage
8 3 (2.04%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (2.04%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (2.04%) McAfee
8 3 (2.04%) Okta
8 3 (2.04%) Remedy
9 2 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.36%) Dell
9 2 (1.36%) Netskope
9 2 (1.36%) Oracle
9 2 (1.36%) Veeam