PowerShell Contract Job Trends in the North of England

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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 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 61 74
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 -11
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 259 116 119
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.93% 3.48% 2.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.49% 12.41% 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 71 85
10th Percentile £313 £325 £361
25th Percentile £363 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -7.00% -2.72%
75th Percentile £552 £531 £638
90th Percentile £621 £575 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £46.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.73 £73.23 £40.25
% change year-on-year -15.70% +81.94% -32.92%

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 1,787 935 1,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.12% 28.07% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 688 856
10th Percentile £350 £350 £323
25th Percentile £413 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £474 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% -0.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £611 £625
England median daily rate £513 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.23% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 10 54
10th Percentile £36.30 £31.73 £37.57
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.88 £42.41
Median hourly rate £63.14 £74.50 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.26% +56.02% -0.52%
75th Percentile £74.26 £88.06 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.30 £95.36 £73.90
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.20% -

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

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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

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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 2 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the North of England

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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

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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 2 June 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 +16 146 £456 -1.94% 37
Yorkshire -9 110 £485 -3.05% 16
North East -22 5 £400 +14.29% 10
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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 53 (20.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (15.83%) SharePoint
3 14 (5.41%) Confluence
4 12 (4.63%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Camunda
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.77%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 108 (41.70%) Azure
2 67 (25.87%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (23.94%) Entra ID
4 56 (21.62%) AWS
5 42 (16.22%) GCP
6 39 (15.06%) GitHub
7 35 (13.51%) OneDrive
8 27 (10.42%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (8.11%) Microsoft Purview
10 21 (8.11%) Power Platform
11 17 (6.56%) Microsoft Copilot
12 16 (6.18%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 13 (5.02%) OpenShift
14 10 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (3.86%) SaaS
15 9 (3.47%) PowerApps
15 9 (3.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 8 (3.09%) Azure Storage
16 8 (3.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (13.13%) Firewall
2 29 (11.20%) DNS
3 15 (5.79%) DHCP
4 14 (5.41%) TCP/IP
5 12 (4.63%) Skype
5 12 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (4.25%) Network Security
6 11 (4.25%) WAN
7 10 (3.86%) LAN
7 10 (3.86%) SAN
8 8 (3.09%) VPN
8 8 (3.09%) VSAN
9 7 (2.70%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.70%) NAS
9 7 (2.70%) VLAN
10 6 (2.32%) Unified Communications
11 5 (1.93%) NetScaler
12 3 (1.16%) DKIM
12 3 (1.16%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (1.16%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.63%) Power BI
3 11 (4.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.70%) DB2
5 7 (2.70%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.54%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.77%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.77%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.39%) DTS
10 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (9.27%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.11%) JIRA
3 10 (3.86%) GitLab
4 9 (3.47%) Git
5 5 (1.93%) CircleCI
6 4 (1.54%) Selenium
7 2 (0.77%) Flyway
7 2 (0.77%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.77%) MSI
7 2 (0.77%) Postman
7 2 (0.77%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.39%) Appium
8 1 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.39%) Subversion
8 1 (0.39%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.39%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 58 (22.39%) Finance
2 46 (17.76%) Social Skills
3 28 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.88%) Legal
5 22 (8.49%) Banking
6 14 (5.41%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.93%) Law
10 3 (1.16%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.77%) Military
11 2 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Retail
12 1 (0.39%) Local Government
12 1 (0.39%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (13.13%) Architect
2 24 (9.27%) Security Engineer
3 21 (8.11%) Senior
4 19 (7.34%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 16 (6.18%) Wintel Engineer
6 13 (5.02%) Developer
7 12 (4.63%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (4.63%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (4.63%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (4.25%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (4.25%) DBA
8 11 (4.25%) Desktop Engineer
8 11 (4.25%) SQL DBA
9 10 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.47%) Administrator
10 9 (3.47%) VMware Engineer
11 7 (2.70%) Lead
11 7 (2.70%) Server Engineer
12 6 (2.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 6 (2.32%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (15.06%) Microsoft Graph
2 22 (8.49%) REST
3 11 (4.25%) LDAP
4 7 (2.70%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.93%) .NET
5 5 (1.93%) Web Services
5 5 (1.93%) YAML
6 4 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (1.16%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.16%) JDBC
7 3 (1.16%) JSON
7 3 (1.16%) Kafka
7 3 (1.16%) OpenAPI
7 3 (1.16%) SailPoint
7 3 (1.16%) SOAP
7 3 (1.16%) Software Packaging
7 3 (1.16%) Swagger
7 3 (1.16%) XMPP
8 2 (0.77%) SPFx
8 2 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.90%) Clustering
2 34 (13.13%) Replication
3 20 (7.72%) Data Centre
4 15 (5.79%) Security Posture
5 14 (5.41%) Cloud Native
5 14 (5.41%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (5.02%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.25%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (4.25%) Management Information System
8 9 (3.47%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.93%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.54%) PKI
10 4 (1.54%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.16%) Fat Client
11 3 (1.16%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 142 (54.83%) Windows
2 55 (21.24%) Linux
3 45 (17.37%) Windows Server
4 22 (8.49%) Windows 10
5 17 (6.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (5.02%) Unix
7 12 (4.63%) Windows 7
8 9 (3.47%) AIX
8 9 (3.47%) Mac OS
9 7 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.32%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (1.16%) VMS
14 2 (0.77%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.77%) Solaris
14 2 (0.77%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.10%) DevOps
2 64 (24.71%) CI/CD
3 53 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (17.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 46 (17.76%) Observability
5 38 (14.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 37 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
6 37 (14.29%) High Availability
7 35 (13.51%) Agile
7 35 (13.51%) Root Cause Analysis
8 33 (12.74%) Performance Tuning
9 29 (11.20%) Network Virtualisation
10 28 (10.81%) Migration
11 27 (10.42%) Cloud Security
11 27 (10.42%) Infrastructure Automation
11 27 (10.42%) Project Delivery
12 25 (9.65%) Analytics
12 25 (9.65%) Change Management
12 25 (9.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 25 (9.65%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 95 (36.68%) Python
2 72 (27.80%) Bash
3 38 (14.67%) SQL
4 16 (6.18%) Java
4 16 (6.18%) Kusto Query Language
5 13 (5.02%) VBScript
6 11 (4.25%) VB
7 9 (3.47%) Bicep
7 9 (3.47%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.32%) C#
8 6 (2.32%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.93%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.16%) Go
10 3 (1.16%) Groovy
11 2 (0.77%) BeanShell
11 2 (0.77%) Perl
11 2 (0.77%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.39%) COBOL
12 1 (0.39%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (22.78%) Security Cleared
2 50 (19.31%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.88%) Degree
4 22 (8.49%) Azure Certification
4 22 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (8.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 18 (6.95%) VCAP
6 17 (6.56%) AWS Certification
7 16 (6.18%) CISSP
7 16 (6.18%) MCSA
7 16 (6.18%) MCSE
8 4 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.54%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.16%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.77%) CCNP
10 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.77%) NCDA
10 2 (0.77%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.65%) GDPR
2 10 (3.86%) FINRA
2 10 (3.86%) MiFID
3 9 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.70%) HIPAA
4 7 (2.70%) SLA
5 6 (2.32%) NIST
6 4 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.16%) QA
8 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.39%) GRC
System Software
1 64 (24.71%) Active Directory
2 49 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (16.99%) Virtual Machines
4 35 (13.51%) vSphere
5 34 (13.13%) Docker
6 30 (11.58%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (9.27%) Hyper-V
8 15 (5.79%) KVM
9 12 (4.63%) BitLocker
9 12 (4.63%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (2.70%) Firmware
11 6 (2.32%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.77%) NFS
12 2 (0.77%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.77%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 59 (22.78%) Ansible
1 59 (22.78%) Terraform
2 42 (16.22%) Kubernetes
3 31 (11.97%) vCenter Server
4 25 (9.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (9.27%) SCCM
6 11 (4.25%) Grafana
6 11 (4.25%) Progress Chef
7 10 (3.86%) PowerCLI
8 9 (3.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (3.09%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (2.70%) Nagios
10 7 (2.70%) Prometheus
11 6 (2.32%) Argo
11 6 (2.32%) IBM BigFix
11 6 (2.32%) Microsoft Clustering
12 5 (1.93%) Istio
12 5 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 3 (1.16%) vRealize
Vendors
1 130 (50.19%) Microsoft
2 54 (20.85%) VMware
3 30 (11.58%) ServiceNow
4 29 (11.20%) Google
5 28 (10.81%) Cisco
6 21 (8.11%) Splunk
7 18 (6.95%) Red Hat
8 15 (5.79%) SolarWinds
9 12 (4.63%) IBM
9 12 (4.63%) Remedy
10 9 (3.47%) BeyondTrust
10 9 (3.47%) Citrix
10 9 (3.47%) CyberArk
10 9 (3.47%) Oracle
11 8 (3.09%) Veeam
12 7 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (2.32%) RedGate
14 5 (1.93%) BMC
14 5 (1.93%) Brocade
15 4 (1.54%) F5