PowerShell Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Windows PowerShell
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 23 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 16 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 7.48% 1.73% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.21% 8.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
North West median daily rate £448 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.79% +5.56% +5.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £67.04 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -0.99% - -

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 43 35 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 20.09% 20.23% 24.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 12 23
10th Percentile £276 - £375
25th Percentile £398 £363 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £411 £623
Median % change year-on-year +33.90% -34.02% +24.50%
75th Percentile - £516 £645
90th Percentile £575 £563 £650
North West median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 29
10th Percentile £57.97 £37.55 £45.88
25th Percentile £63.43 - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +60.81% - +87.88%
75th Percentile - £51.00 -
90th Percentile £74.98 £51.18 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £49.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +51.55% +6.11% +22.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PowerShell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PowerShell

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Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PowerShell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PowerShell

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 17 November 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
Preston - 7 £550 -
PowerShell
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.25%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) BGP
1 8 (50.00%) Firewall
1 8 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 8 (50.00%) VLAN
2 7 (43.75%) WebEx
3 3 (18.75%) Network Security
4 2 (12.50%) DNS
General
1 10 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Legal
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Administrator
2 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Product Ownership
2 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (12.50%) Fat Client
4 2 (12.50%) Thin Client
5 1 (6.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Linux
1 11 (68.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
1 11 (68.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (75.00%) ITSM
2 12 (75.00%) Platform Engineering
2 12 (75.00%) Service Management
3 10 (62.50%) Change Control
3 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (56.25%) Acceptance Criteria
4 9 (56.25%) Knowledge Management
4 9 (56.25%) Product Requirements
4 9 (56.25%) User Stories
5 8 (50.00%) Containerisation
5 8 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 7 (43.75%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (31.25%) High Availability
8 5 (31.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 4 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
9 4 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
10 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
10 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) Bash
2 10 (62.50%) Perl
2 10 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) SC Cleared
1 15 (93.75%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) CCDP
2 7 (43.75%) CCNA
2 7 (43.75%) CCNP
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (18.75%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 10 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (18.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Red Hat
2 10 (62.50%) Citrix
2 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 9 (56.25%) Cisco
4 8 (50.00%) VMware
5 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto