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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 56 121
Rank change year-on-year -76 +65 -52
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 138 313 125
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.07% 6.01% 1.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.78% 17.87% 6.34%
Number of salaries quoted 98 56 85
10th Percentile £33,375 £24,438 £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 £81,079 £71,125 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +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 1,774 1,752 1,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.78% 33.67% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 681 1,132
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,249 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% +4.55% -0.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £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 11 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 11 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 -34 94 £53,250 +5.45% 59
Cheshire -12 13 £40,000 -11.11% 8
Lancashire -46 12 £38,000 +63.44% 5
Merseyside -17 10 £50,101 +2.77% 6
Cumbria -1 8 £35,500 -33.95% 1
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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 36 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (10.87%) SharePoint
3 12 (8.70%) IIS
4 4 (2.90%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.72%) Confluence
5 1 (0.72%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.90%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 69 (50.00%) Azure
2 45 (32.61%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (29.71%) Entra ID
4 30 (21.74%) AWS
5 16 (11.59%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (11.59%) GitHub
6 13 (9.42%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (9.42%) SaaS
7 12 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (7.97%) IaaS
8 11 (7.97%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (5.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (5.07%) OneDrive
10 7 (5.07%) Power Platform
11 6 (4.35%) PaaS
12 5 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (3.62%) Azure AKS
12 5 (3.62%) Azure Key Vault
12 5 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 46 (33.33%) DNS
2 35 (25.36%) DHCP
3 30 (21.74%) Firewall
4 24 (17.39%) VPN
5 23 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 10 (7.25%) VLAN
7 7 (5.07%) NGFW
8 6 (4.35%) SAN
8 6 (4.35%) WAN
9 5 (3.62%) Internet
9 5 (3.62%) Network Security
9 5 (3.62%) VSAN
10 4 (2.90%) LAN
10 4 (2.90%) Skype
10 4 (2.90%) SSL
10 4 (2.90%) Unified Communications
10 4 (2.90%) VoIP
10 4 (2.90%) Wireless
11 3 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.62%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.45%) MySQL
5 1 (0.72%) Power BI
5 1 (0.72%) Power Query
5 1 (0.72%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (8.70%) GitLab
2 6 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.62%) JIRA
4 4 (2.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (2.90%) Bitbucket
4 4 (2.90%) Git
5 2 (1.45%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.72%) Artifactory
General
1 49 (35.51%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (13.77%) Finance
4 11 (7.97%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.62%) Legal
5 5 (3.62%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.90%) Law
7 3 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.45%) Billing
8 2 (1.45%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.45%) Games
8 2 (1.45%) Retail
9 1 (0.72%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Police
9 1 (0.72%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (20.29%) Support Engineer
2 25 (18.12%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (15.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (12.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 14 (10.14%) Analyst
5 14 (10.14%) IT Support
5 14 (10.14%) Senior
6 11 (7.97%) Azure Engineer
7 9 (6.52%) AWS Engineer
7 9 (6.52%) Desktop Engineer
7 9 (6.52%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (5.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (5.07%) Applications Support
9 7 (5.07%) Lead
9 7 (5.07%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (5.07%) Security Engineer
10 6 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (4.35%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (27.54%) Terraform
2 11 (7.97%) Microsoft Graph
3 9 (6.52%) Middleware
4 5 (3.62%) Kafka
4 5 (3.62%) SAML
5 4 (2.90%) ARM Templates
5 4 (2.90%) Pulumi
6 2 (1.45%) .NET
6 2 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.45%) OAuth
6 2 (1.45%) OpenID
6 2 (1.45%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.72%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.72%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.72%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.72%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 14 (10.14%) Driving Licence
2 14 (10.14%) Management Information System
3 12 (8.70%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.62%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.90%) Replication
8 3 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.17%) Clustering
8 3 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.17%) PKI
8 3 (2.17%) Social Media
8 3 (2.17%) SystemC
9 2 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (53.62%) Windows
2 33 (23.91%) Windows Server
3 26 (18.84%) Linux
4 11 (7.97%) Windows 10
5 7 (5.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (5.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.62%) macOS
6 5 (3.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (2.90%) Windows 7
8 3 (2.17%) CentOS
8 3 (2.17%) CoreOS
9 2 (1.45%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.45%) Unix
10 1 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.72%) SUSE
10 1 (0.72%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (30.43%) Infrastructure as Code
3 40 (28.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 37 (26.81%) DevOps
5 36 (26.09%) CI/CD
6 33 (23.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 28 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (18.84%) ITIL
9 24 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (13.77%) AI
10 19 (13.77%) High Availability
11 18 (13.04%) Business Continuity
11 18 (13.04%) Cloud Security
11 18 (13.04%) Infrastructure Automation
12 17 (12.32%) Mentoring
12 17 (12.32%) Observability
12 17 (12.32%) Platform Engineering
13 16 (11.59%) RBAC
14 15 (10.87%) Identity Access Management
14 15 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 46 (33.33%) Python
2 37 (26.81%) Bash
3 22 (15.94%) SQL
4 21 (15.22%) Bicep
5 10 (7.25%) VBScript
6 6 (4.35%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.90%) Java
7 4 (2.90%) VB
8 2 (1.45%) C#
9 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (18.12%) Security Cleared
2 20 (14.49%) SC Cleared
3 15 (10.87%) Degree
3 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (9.42%) Azure Certification
5 10 (7.25%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.07%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.45%) CCNA
8 2 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.45%) MCSE
9 1 (0.72%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.72%) GCFA
9 1 (0.72%) GCIH
9 1 (0.72%) GIAC
9 1 (0.72%) HND
9 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.07%) NIST
3 5 (3.62%) SLA
4 4 (2.90%) GDPR
5 3 (2.17%) ISAE 3402
5 3 (2.17%) QA
6 2 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 47 (34.06%) Active Directory
2 30 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (11.59%) Hyper-V
4 14 (10.14%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (9.42%) Docker
6 8 (5.80%) BitLocker
6 8 (5.80%) VMware NSX
7 7 (5.07%) vSphere
8 4 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.45%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.72%) Ceph
11 1 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.72%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (20.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (15.94%) Kubernetes
3 13 (9.42%) Ansible
4 12 (8.70%) SCCM
5 10 (7.25%) Grafana
6 9 (6.52%) Argo
7 6 (4.35%) FortiGate
7 6 (4.35%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.90%) Puppet
8 4 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (2.90%) vCenter Server
9 3 (2.17%) Autotask
9 3 (2.17%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (2.17%) SCVMM
10 2 (1.45%) QRadar
11 1 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.72%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.72%) VxRail
Vendors
1 94 (68.12%) Microsoft
2 35 (25.36%) VMware
3 11 (7.97%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.52%) Cisco
5 7 (5.07%) SAP
6 5 (3.62%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.62%) Splunk
7 4 (2.90%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.90%) Datto
7 4 (2.90%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.90%) Sage
8 3 (2.17%) Aruba
8 3 (2.17%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (2.17%) McAfee
8 3 (2.17%) Okta
8 3 (2.17%) Remedy
8 3 (2.17%) WatchGuard
8 3 (2.17%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.45%) FIS
9 2 (1.45%) SolarWinds