PowerShell Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Windows PowerShell
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 85 72
Rank change year-on-year +22 -13 -2
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 260 108 102
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.46% 2.68% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.13% 9.55% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 58 78
10th Percentile £316 £299 £375
25th Percentile £402 £378 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £447 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -14.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £539 £497 £634
90th Percentile £616 £575 £675
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £32.63 - -
25th Percentile £39.57 £65.75 £48.75
Median hourly rate £51.13 £66.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.11% +26.67% -
75th Percentile £62.70 £67.25 £56.25
90th Percentile £69.63 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £65.69
% change year-on-year -2.87% -1.05% +27.92%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,840 1,131 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.46% 28.09% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,172 806 718
10th Percentile £350 £315 £336
25th Percentile £413 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £465 £489
Median % change year-on-year +5.27% -4.91% -2.20%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £600 £639
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 13 30
10th Percentile £28.50 £30.35 £37.35
25th Percentile £46.66 £36.00 £39.71
Median hourly rate £68.25 £66.50 £51.88
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +28.19% +12.33%
75th Percentile £70.38 £84.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.75 £84.45
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

PowerShell job vacancy trend in the North of England

PowerShell
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PowerShell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PowerShell

PowerShell
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the North of England

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PowerShell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PowerShell

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +34 166 £464 +0.32% 45
Yorkshire -9 82 £514 +24.55% 12
North East -27 13 £500 - 6
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 38 (14.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (7.31%) SharePoint
3 16 (6.15%) Skype for Business
4 15 (5.77%) Confluence
5 2 (0.77%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.38%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) Camunda
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 135 (51.92%) Azure
2 74 (28.46%) AWS
3 51 (19.62%) Entra ID
4 50 (19.23%) GCP
5 47 (18.08%) GitHub
6 44 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
7 42 (16.15%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (12.31%) Power Platform
9 27 (10.38%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (7.31%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (6.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 14 (5.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (4.62%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (4.62%) Azure AKS
15 11 (4.23%) PowerApps
15 11 (4.23%) SaaS
16 10 (3.85%) OneDrive
17 9 (3.46%) Microsoft Copilot
17 9 (3.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.69%) Firewall
2 26 (10.00%) DNS
3 19 (7.31%) Network Security
4 16 (6.15%) Skype
5 13 (5.00%) DHCP
6 12 (4.62%) SAN
6 12 (4.62%) VPN
6 12 (4.62%) WAN
7 11 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (3.85%) NAS
8 10 (3.85%) VLAN
9 9 (3.46%) LAN
10 8 (3.08%) VSAN
11 7 (2.69%) SSL
12 6 (2.31%) TCP/IP
13 4 (1.54%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (1.54%) Internet
14 3 (1.15%) BGP
14 3 (1.15%) DMZ
14 3 (1.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.69%) Power BI
3 11 (4.23%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.31%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.92%) MySQL
6 5 (1.92%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.54%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.15%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.77%) Big Data
9 2 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.77%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 36 (13.85%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.69%) GitLab
3 19 (7.31%) Git
4 15 (5.77%) JIRA
5 6 (2.31%) Selenium
5 6 (2.31%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (1.92%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.54%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.54%) MSBuild
7 4 (1.54%) MSI
7 4 (1.54%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.15%) Bugzilla
8 3 (1.15%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.77%) Flyway
9 2 (0.77%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.77%) Postman
9 2 (0.77%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 53 (20.38%) Finance
1 53 (20.38%) Social Skills
2 30 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (9.23%) Banking
4 14 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (4.23%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.08%) Legal
7 4 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.15%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.77%) Games
9 2 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.77%) Law
9 2 (0.77%) Military
10 1 (0.38%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.38%) Local Government
10 1 (0.38%) Retail
10 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (13.08%) Security Engineer
2 23 (8.85%) Senior
3 21 (8.08%) Cloud Engineer
4 19 (7.31%) Developer
5 17 (6.54%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (6.15%) Desktop Engineer
7 12 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.62%) Lead
8 11 (4.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 11 (4.23%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.85%) DBA
9 10 (3.85%) SQL DBA
9 10 (3.85%) VMware Engineer
10 9 (3.46%) Architect
10 9 (3.46%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.08%) Wintel Engineer
12 7 (2.69%) Network Engineer
12 7 (2.69%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (2.69%) Splunk Engineer
12 7 (2.69%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (31.15%) Terraform
2 22 (8.46%) REST
3 17 (6.54%) Microsoft Graph
4 14 (5.38%) JSON
5 13 (5.00%) .NET
6 10 (3.85%) Kafka
7 9 (3.46%) ARM Templates
7 9 (3.46%) YAML
8 6 (2.31%) OAuth
8 6 (2.31%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (2.31%) SailPoint
9 5 (1.92%) LDAP
9 5 (1.92%) Web Services
10 4 (1.54%) .NET Framework
10 4 (1.54%) XML
11 3 (1.15%) Azure Blueprints
11 3 (1.15%) JDBC
11 3 (1.15%) Node.js
11 3 (1.15%) SOAP
11 3 (1.15%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.23%) Cloud Native
1 24 (9.23%) Replication
2 21 (8.08%) Clustering
2 21 (8.08%) Security Posture
3 17 (6.54%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.62%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (3.46%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.46%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.46%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.08%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.69%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.69%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.69%) PKI
7 7 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.31%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.92%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.15%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 138 (53.08%) Windows
2 71 (27.31%) Linux
3 44 (16.92%) Windows Server
4 28 (10.77%) Windows 10
5 23 (8.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (8.08%) Windows 7
7 8 (3.08%) Apple iOS
7 8 (3.08%) Unix
8 6 (2.31%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.92%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.54%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.15%) Solaris
11 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.77%) AIX
12 2 (0.77%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.77%) VMS
12 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.38%) Android
13 1 (0.38%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (35.77%) DevOps
2 84 (32.31%) CI/CD
3 69 (26.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 50 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (18.46%) Agile
6 45 (17.31%) Cloud Security
7 42 (16.15%) Observability
8 39 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (14.62%) Change Management
10 36 (13.85%) AI
11 35 (13.46%) Analytics
12 33 (12.69%) Containerisation
12 33 (12.69%) Infrastructure Automation
12 33 (12.69%) ITIL
13 31 (11.92%) Disaster Recovery
13 31 (11.92%) Platform Engineering
14 30 (11.54%) ITSM
15 29 (11.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 27 (10.38%) Performance Tuning
16 27 (10.38%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 119 (45.77%) Python
2 75 (28.85%) Bash
3 48 (18.46%) SQL
4 27 (10.38%) Bicep
5 23 (8.85%) Java
6 20 (7.69%) VBScript
7 16 (6.15%) VB
8 15 (5.77%) C#
9 11 (4.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (4.23%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.31%) Search Processing Language
10 6 (2.31%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
12 3 (1.15%) Perl
13 2 (0.77%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.77%) Groovy
13 2 (0.77%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.38%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 62 (23.85%) Security Cleared
2 53 (20.38%) SC Cleared
3 42 (16.15%) Degree
4 35 (13.46%) Azure Certification
5 27 (10.38%) AWS Certification
5 27 (10.38%) CISSP
6 22 (8.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (3.85%) VCAP
9 8 (3.08%) MCSA
9 8 (3.08%) MCSE
10 7 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.31%) GCIH
12 5 (1.92%) CCNP
12 5 (1.92%) GCFA
12 5 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (1.54%) CCIE
13 4 (1.54%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.85%) GDPR
2 9 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.69%) NIST
5 6 (2.31%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.31%) SLA
6 4 (1.54%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.54%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.15%) QA
8 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.38%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 55 (21.15%) Active Directory
2 39 (15.00%) Docker
3 32 (12.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (10.38%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (8.46%) vSphere
6 20 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (6.54%) BitLocker
8 11 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (3.46%) Hyper-V
10 7 (2.69%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.92%) Firmware
12 2 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.77%) NFS
12 2 (0.77%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.77%) SRDF
13 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 1 (0.38%) KVM
13 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 68 (26.15%) Ansible
2 56 (21.54%) Kubernetes
3 31 (11.92%) SCCM
4 26 (10.00%) Progress Chef
5 25 (9.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (6.54%) Grafana
7 15 (5.77%) vCenter Server
8 13 (5.00%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.69%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (2.31%) Argo
10 6 (2.31%) PowerCLI
11 5 (1.92%) CASB
11 5 (1.92%) Packer
11 5 (1.92%) SCOM
11 5 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.54%) vMotion
13 3 (1.15%) HP ALM
13 3 (1.15%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 3 (1.15%) vRealize
13 3 (1.15%) WMI
Vendors
1 135 (51.92%) Microsoft
2 42 (16.15%) ServiceNow
3 41 (15.77%) VMware
4 36 (13.85%) Splunk
5 31 (11.92%) Cisco
6 28 (10.77%) Google
7 22 (8.46%) Red Hat
8 14 (5.38%) Remedy
9 13 (5.00%) CyberArk
10 11 (4.23%) BeyondTrust
11 8 (3.08%) Oracle
12 7 (2.69%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (2.69%) Ribbon
13 6 (2.31%) Dell
13 6 (2.31%) Dynatrace
13 6 (2.31%) HP
13 6 (2.31%) Ivanti
14 5 (1.92%) BMC
14 5 (1.92%) Cribl.io
14 5 (1.92%) IBM