PowerShell Contracts in Cheshire

Windows PowerShell
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 37 28
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 +9
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 34 20 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.95% 3.75% 6.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.38% 15.15% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 20
10th Percentile £311 £329 £208
25th Percentile £417 £363 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £408 £564
Median % change year-on-year +11.29% -27.75% +18.74%
75th Percentile £488 £638 £567
90th Percentile £499 - £588
North West median daily rate £465 £450 £535
% change year-on-year +3.33% -15.85% +18.83%

All Programming Languages
Cheshire

PowerShell falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 159 132 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 32.52% 24.77% 33.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 108 127
10th Percentile £325 £312 £325
25th Percentile £358 £373 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% -13.64% +29.41%
75th Percentile £494 £576 £575
90th Percentile £598 £614 £638
North West median daily rate £454 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.42% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £25.93
25th Percentile - £41.25 £31.21
Median hourly rate £86.00 £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.35% +6.25% +73.91%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £52.88
90th Percentile - - £60.60
North West median hourly rate £80.75 £48.43 £46.18
% change year-on-year +66.74% +4.87% -12.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 10 £600 - 2
Knutsford -2 9 £475 -
Warrington -5 9 £394 +2.34% 1
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
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North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 15 (44.12%) SharePoint
2 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (26.47%) Skype for Business
3 8 (23.53%) Mattermost
4 2 (5.88%) Confluence
5 1 (2.94%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (2.94%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (44.12%) Azure
2 14 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (23.53%) OneDrive
4 7 (20.59%) Entra ID
4 7 (20.59%) SaaS
5 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Skype
1 9 (26.47%) WebEx
2 8 (23.53%) Softphone
2 8 (23.53%) Unified Communications
3 3 (8.82%) DHCP
3 3 (8.82%) DMZ
3 3 (8.82%) Firewall
4 2 (5.88%) DNS
5 1 (2.94%) BGP
5 1 (2.94%) DWDM
5 1 (2.94%) Internet
5 1 (2.94%) IPsec
5 1 (2.94%) L2TP
5 1 (2.94%) MPLS
5 1 (2.94%) OSPF
5 1 (2.94%) SSL
5 1 (2.94%) VPN
5 1 (2.94%) WAN
5 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.94%) GIS
3 1 (2.94%) MSDE
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) JIRA
2 5 (14.71%) Git
3 3 (8.82%) GitLab
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Finance
3 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Banking
4 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Support Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Messaging Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Messaging Support
2 8 (23.53%) Messaging Support Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Operations Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Operations Support Engineer
3 7 (20.59%) Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Architect
3 7 (20.59%) Messaging Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Messaging Support Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Operational Support Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Operations Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Operations Support Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Support Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Build Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Windows Build Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Specialist
6 1 (2.94%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (23.53%) XMPP
2 1 (2.94%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.94%) ADO
2 1 (2.94%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.94%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.94%) Clustering
2 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Linux
2 7 (20.59%) Windows
3 5 (14.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.94%) Android
5 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (38.24%) ITIL
2 13 (38.24%) Problem Management
3 10 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
4 9 (26.47%) B2B
4 9 (26.47%) Data Loss Prevention
4 9 (26.47%) Task Automation
5 8 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 8 (23.53%) DevOps
5 8 (23.53%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (20.59%) Migration
7 6 (17.65%) Agile
7 6 (17.65%) Data Governance
7 6 (17.65%) Mentoring
8 5 (14.71%) Cloud Security
8 5 (14.71%) Data Protection
8 5 (14.71%) ITSM
8 5 (14.71%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (14.71%) Technical Architecture
8 5 (14.71%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) SQL
2 6 (17.65%) Python
3 5 (14.71%) Bash
4 1 (2.94%) Perl
4 1 (2.94%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.94%) VB
4 1 (2.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 9 (26.47%) SC Cleared
3 8 (23.53%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (20.59%) Degree
5 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.94%) CCIE
6 1 (2.94%) CCNP
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.94%) MCP
6 1 (2.94%) MCSA
6 1 (2.94%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (61.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.94%) Docker
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) SCOM
2 7 (20.59%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (14.71%) Ansible
4 5 (14.71%) Kubernetes
5 4 (11.76%) Progress Chef
6 3 (8.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (8.82%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (5.88%) SCCM
8 1 (2.94%) Perfmon
8 1 (2.94%) Terraform
8 1 (2.94%) VxRail
Vendors
1 29 (85.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (26.47%) Cisco
2 9 (26.47%) Splunk
3 8 (23.53%) Red Hat
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle
5 3 (8.82%) Dell
6 2 (5.88%) CyberArk
6 2 (5.88%) McAfee
6 2 (5.88%) VMware
7 1 (2.94%) Arista
7 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.94%) Symantec