PowerShell Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Windows PowerShell
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 34 24
Rank change year-on-year -20 -10 +21
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 4 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.80% 0.45% 3.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.82% 1.28% 11.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile - £325 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -26.32% -29.63%
75th Percentile £444 £375 £500
90th Percentile £470 - £590
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £400 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +14.29% -26.32% -29.63%

All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 142 78 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 28.57% 35.14% 30.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 59 25
10th Percentile £351 £325 £355
25th Percentile £400 £369 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -20.35%
75th Percentile £550 £498 £501
90th Percentile £625 £575 £580
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £423 £450
% change year-on-year +6.51% -6.11% -20.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 9
10th Percentile £56.57 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £68.47 £52.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.67% +9.47% -
75th Percentile £70.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £68.47 £52.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +31.67% +9.47% -

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

PowerShell job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

PowerShell
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing PowerShell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing PowerShell

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing PowerShell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing PowerShell

PowerShell
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) Blazor
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
1 1 (25.00%) WebAssembly
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Fintech
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Security Hardening
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Icinga
1 1 (25.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) VMware