PowerShell Jobs in the West Midlands

Windows PowerShell
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 107 108
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -35
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell 95 158 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.13% 2.18% 2.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.38% 8.45% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 86 140 151
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,438 £35,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,800 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -10.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £88,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Programming Languages
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 915 1,869 2,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.49% 25.81% 36.67%
Number of salaries quoted 589 1,627 1,253
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,400 £77,050 £79,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for PowerShell in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
Staffordshire +22 27 £35,000 -12.50% 21
Birmingham +9 26 £50,000 -16.67% 15
Warwickshire -23 16 £44,500 -11.00% 12
Solihull +18 13 £55,000 +103.70% 1
Herefordshire +12 5 £40,000 +23.08% 3
Coventry -12 3 £70,000 +16.67% 4
Shropshire +10 2 - - 1
PowerShell
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.47%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (23.16%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (16.84%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 59 (62.11%) Azure
2 39 (41.05%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (16.84%) Google Workspace
4 13 (13.68%) Entra ID
5 11 (11.58%) AWS
6 8 (8.42%) Power Platform
7 7 (7.37%) Power Automate
8 6 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (6.32%) SaaS
9 5 (5.26%) IaaS
9 5 (5.26%) OneDrive
9 5 (5.26%) PaaS
9 5 (5.26%) PowerApps
10 4 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (4.21%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (4.21%) Route 53
11 2 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (1.05%) Azure Functions
12 1 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 52 (54.74%) Firewall
2 26 (27.37%) DHCP
2 26 (27.37%) TCP/IP
3 21 (22.11%) DNS
3 21 (22.11%) VLAN
4 20 (21.05%) WAN
5 16 (16.84%) BGP
5 16 (16.84%) LAN
5 16 (16.84%) OSPF
5 16 (16.84%) WLAN
6 10 (10.53%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (7.37%) VPN
8 5 (5.26%) SAN
8 5 (5.26%) SD-WAN
9 4 (4.21%) HTTPS
10 3 (3.16%) Network Security
11 2 (2.11%) Skype
11 2 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (1.05%) 5G
12 1 (1.05%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.32%) Power BI
3 2 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle Database
3 2 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.05%) DB2
4 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Cucumber
1 2 (2.11%) Robot Framework
2 1 (1.05%) GitLab
2 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.05%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 29 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.89%) Retail
3 16 (16.84%) Automotive
4 11 (11.58%) Finance
5 7 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.37%) Legal
6 6 (6.32%) Advertising
6 6 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.32%) Law
7 4 (4.21%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.11%) Police
8 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.05%) Electronics
9 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (17.89%) IT Engineer
3 16 (16.84%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (14.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 14 (14.74%) Support Engineer
5 13 (13.68%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 13 (13.68%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 13 (13.68%) 3rd Line Support
5 13 (13.68%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 13 (13.68%) Lead
6 9 (9.47%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (9.47%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) ICT Officer
7 6 (6.32%) ICT Support
7 6 (6.32%) ICT Support Officer
7 6 (6.32%) Support Officer
8 4 (4.21%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Senior
9 3 (3.16%) Microsoft 365 Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.11%) .NET
2 2 (2.11%) JSON
2 2 (2.11%) XML
3 1 (1.05%) Middleware
3 1 (1.05%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (30.53%) Management Information System
2 16 (16.84%) Smartphone
3 15 (15.79%) Onboarding
4 10 (10.53%) Private Cloud
5 4 (4.21%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.16%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (2.11%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.11%) Clustering
7 2 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.05%) FMCG
8 1 (1.05%) IoT
8 1 (1.05%) NB-IoT
8 1 (1.05%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 64 (67.37%) Windows
2 43 (45.26%) Windows Server
3 33 (34.74%) Windows Server 2019
4 32 (33.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (24.21%) Linux
6 17 (17.89%) Ubuntu
6 17 (17.89%) Windows 10
7 16 (16.84%) Mac OS X
8 7 (7.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (24.21%) Infrastructure Management
1 23 (24.21%) ITIL
2 21 (22.11%) Mentoring
3 20 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (17.89%) CI/CD
5 17 (17.89%) Computer Science
5 17 (17.89%) Performance Tuning
6 16 (16.84%) Business Case
6 16 (16.84%) Data Security
6 16 (16.84%) Systems Engineering
7 15 (15.79%) DevOps
8 14 (14.74%) Information Security
8 14 (14.74%) Network Design
8 14 (14.74%) Security Operations
9 12 (12.63%) SIEM
10 11 (11.58%) Kalman Filter
11 10 (10.53%) Change Control
11 10 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (10.53%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.37%) SQL
2 23 (24.21%) Python
3 16 (16.84%) Bash
4 12 (12.63%) C#
5 3 (3.16%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.11%) R
6 2 (2.11%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.05%) Go
7 1 (1.05%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (29.47%) Degree
3 17 (17.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (16.84%) HNC
4 16 (16.84%) HND
4 16 (16.84%) MCSE
5 12 (12.63%) Azure Certification
6 11 (11.58%) Security Cleared
7 10 (10.53%) AWS Certification
8 8 (8.42%) SC Cleared
9 7 (7.37%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.11%) CASP
11 2 (2.11%) CISM
11 2 (2.11%) CISSP
11 2 (2.11%) DV Cleared
12 1 (1.05%) MCP
12 1 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (11.58%) COBIT
3 4 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.11%) QA
4 2 (2.11%) SLA
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.05%) GRC
5 1 (1.05%) NCSC
5 1 (1.05%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (53.68%) Active Directory
2 31 (32.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (14.74%) XenApp
4 13 (13.68%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.11%) Docker
7 1 (1.05%) Firmware
7 1 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.05%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (12.63%) Terraform
3 3 (3.16%) Ansible
3 3 (3.16%) SCCM
3 3 (3.16%) SCOM
4 2 (2.11%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.11%) Puppet
4 2 (2.11%) SCOrch
4 2 (2.11%) SCSM
4 2 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.05%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.05%) Nessus
5 1 (1.05%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.05%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.05%) VxRail
5 1 (1.05%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (71.58%) Microsoft
2 36 (37.89%) VMware
3 32 (33.68%) Cisco
4 20 (21.05%) Dell
5 18 (18.95%) Citrix
6 17 (17.89%) Google
7 16 (16.84%) Apple
7 16 (16.84%) Fortinet
7 16 (16.84%) Ubiquiti
8 14 (14.74%) CheckPoint
8 14 (14.74%) Meraki
8 14 (14.74%) SonicWALL
9 3 (3.16%) Isilon
9 3 (3.16%) Oracle
10 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.11%) Veeam
11 1 (1.05%) Acronis
11 1 (1.05%) Databricks
11 1 (1.05%) Netskope
11 1 (1.05%) Splunk