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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 57 72
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 243 120 116
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.76% 3.66% 2.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.07% 13.04% 9.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 73 83
10th Percentile £312 £331 £361
25th Percentile £358 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -7.00% -1.23%
75th Percentile £562 £538 £638
90th Percentile £621 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% -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 1,727 920 1,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.70% 28.03% 25.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,136 677 845
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £410 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £612 £625
England median daily rate £513 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.37% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 9 52
10th Percentile £37.10 £31.70 £37.56
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £63.14 £79.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.08% +66.32% -3.06%
75th Percentile £74.26 £88.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £81.80 £95.71 £74.30
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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +16 139 £465 -0.09% 47
Yorkshire -19 101 £471 -5.80% 17
North East -18 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 52 (21.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (17.70%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.35%) Confluence
4 12 (4.94%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (4.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 99 (40.74%) Azure
2 66 (27.16%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (25.51%) Entra ID
4 50 (20.58%) AWS
5 35 (14.40%) OneDrive
6 34 (13.99%) GCP
6 34 (13.99%) GitHub
7 24 (9.88%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (9.88%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (9.05%) Power Platform
9 21 (8.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 17 (7.00%) Microsoft Copilot
11 12 (4.94%) OpenShift
12 10 (4.12%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (4.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 10 (4.12%) PowerApps
13 9 (3.70%) SaaS
14 8 (3.29%) Nutanix
14 8 (3.29%) PaaS
15 7 (2.88%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.52%) DNS
2 27 (11.11%) Firewall
3 15 (6.17%) DHCP
4 14 (5.76%) TCP/IP
5 12 (4.94%) Skype
6 11 (4.53%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (4.12%) LAN
7 10 (4.12%) Network Security
7 10 (4.12%) WAN
8 9 (3.70%) SAN
9 7 (2.88%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.88%) VLAN
9 7 (2.88%) VPN
9 7 (2.88%) VSAN
10 6 (2.47%) NAS
10 6 (2.47%) Unified Communications
11 5 (2.06%) NetScaler
12 3 (1.23%) DKIM
12 3 (1.23%) DMARC
12 3 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.47%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.94%) Power BI
3 9 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (2.88%) DB2
4 7 (2.88%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.82%) Metadata
6 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Exadata
6 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.41%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 21 (8.64%) Jenkins
2 19 (7.82%) JIRA
3 9 (3.70%) Git
3 9 (3.70%) GitLab
4 5 (2.06%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.23%) Selenium
6 2 (0.82%) Flyway
6 2 (0.82%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.82%) MSI
6 2 (0.82%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.41%) Appium
7 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.41%) gulp
7 1 (0.41%) Postman
7 1 (0.41%) Subversion
7 1 (0.41%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.41%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.41%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.41%) Yeoman
General
1 48 (19.75%) Finance
2 43 (17.70%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.47%) Legal
5 19 (7.82%) Banking
6 14 (5.76%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.06%) Law
10 3 (1.23%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.82%) Military
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.41%) Local Government
12 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (13.58%) Architect
2 20 (8.23%) Senior
3 19 (7.82%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 19 (7.82%) Security Engineer
4 16 (6.58%) Wintel Engineer
5 12 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (4.94%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
6 11 (4.53%) Desktop Engineer
6 11 (4.53%) Developer
7 10 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (3.70%) Administrator
8 9 (3.70%) DBA
8 9 (3.70%) SQL DBA
8 9 (3.70%) VMware Engineer
9 8 (3.29%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (2.88%) Server Engineer
10 7 (2.88%) Windows Engineer
11 6 (2.47%) Lead
11 6 (2.47%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (16.05%) Microsoft Graph
2 20 (8.23%) REST
3 11 (4.53%) LDAP
4 7 (2.88%) ARM Templates
5 5 (2.06%) .NET
5 5 (2.06%) Web Services
5 5 (2.06%) YAML
6 4 (1.65%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (1.23%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.23%) JDBC
7 3 (1.23%) JSON
7 3 (1.23%) Kafka
7 3 (1.23%) OpenAPI
7 3 (1.23%) SailPoint
7 3 (1.23%) SOAP
7 3 (1.23%) Software Packaging
7 3 (1.23%) SPFx
7 3 (1.23%) Swagger
7 3 (1.23%) XMPP
8 2 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.99%) Clustering
2 33 (13.58%) Replication
3 18 (7.41%) Data Centre
4 14 (5.76%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (5.35%) Onboarding
6 11 (4.53%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (3.70%) Security Posture
8 8 (3.29%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.88%) Cloud Native
10 6 (2.47%) Management Information System
11 5 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.65%) PKI
12 4 (1.65%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
13 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (1.23%) Fat Client
13 3 (1.23%) IoT
13 3 (1.23%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 133 (54.73%) Windows
2 45 (18.52%) Linux
2 45 (18.52%) Windows Server
3 23 (9.47%) Windows 10
4 12 (4.94%) Windows 7
5 11 (4.53%) Unix
6 10 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (3.70%) AIX
7 9 (3.70%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.47%) Apple iOS
10 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (1.23%) VMS
13 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.41%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.81%) DevOps
2 52 (21.40%) CI/CD
3 51 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (17.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 38 (15.64%) Observability
6 35 (14.40%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (14.40%) Root Cause Analysis
7 34 (13.99%) Capacity Planning
7 34 (13.99%) High Availability
8 29 (11.93%) Performance Tuning
9 28 (11.52%) Agile
9 28 (11.52%) Network Virtualisation
10 26 (10.70%) Migration
10 26 (10.70%) Project Delivery
11 24 (9.88%) Analytics
11 24 (9.88%) Identity Access Management
11 24 (9.88%) ITSM
12 23 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 21 (8.64%) Incident Response
13 21 (8.64%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 84 (34.57%) Python
2 60 (24.69%) Bash
3 32 (13.17%) SQL
4 16 (6.58%) Kusto Query Language
5 13 (5.35%) VBScript
6 11 (4.53%) VB
7 9 (3.70%) Bicep
7 9 (3.70%) Java
8 7 (2.88%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.47%) C#
10 5 (2.06%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.65%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.23%) Go
12 3 (1.23%) Groovy
13 2 (0.82%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.82%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.82%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.41%) COBOL
14 1 (0.41%) Perl
14 1 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 59 (24.28%) Security Cleared
2 50 (20.58%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (8.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 18 (7.41%) VCAP
6 16 (6.58%) MCSA
6 16 (6.58%) MCSE
7 15 (6.17%) Azure Certification
7 15 (6.17%) Degree
8 11 (4.53%) AWS Certification
9 10 (4.12%) CISSP
10 4 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.23%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.41%) CCNP
12 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.41%) NCDA
12 1 (0.41%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.47%) GDPR
2 10 (4.12%) FINRA
2 10 (4.12%) MiFID
3 8 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.88%) HIPAA
4 7 (2.88%) SLA
5 6 (2.47%) NIST
6 4 (1.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.23%) QA
8 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.41%) GRC
System Software
1 64 (26.34%) Active Directory
2 48 (19.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (17.70%) Virtual Machines
4 34 (13.99%) vSphere
5 29 (11.93%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (11.52%) Docker
7 23 (9.47%) Hyper-V
8 15 (6.17%) KVM
9 12 (4.94%) BitLocker
9 12 (4.94%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (2.88%) Firmware
11 6 (2.47%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.82%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.41%) NFS
13 1 (0.41%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 55 (22.63%) Ansible
2 50 (20.58%) Terraform
3 35 (14.40%) Kubernetes
4 30 (12.35%) vCenter Server
5 26 (10.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (9.88%) SCCM
7 10 (4.12%) Grafana
7 10 (4.12%) PowerCLI
8 9 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (3.29%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (2.88%) Nagios
11 6 (2.47%) IBM BigFix
11 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (2.47%) Prometheus
12 5 (2.06%) Argo
12 5 (2.06%) Istio
12 5 (2.06%) Progress Chef
13 4 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 3 (1.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 127 (52.26%) Microsoft
2 53 (21.81%) VMware
3 30 (12.35%) ServiceNow
4 25 (10.29%) Cisco
5 21 (8.64%) Google
6 20 (8.23%) Splunk
7 14 (5.76%) SolarWinds
8 12 (4.94%) IBM
8 12 (4.94%) Remedy
9 11 (4.53%) Red Hat
10 9 (3.70%) BeyondTrust
10 9 (3.70%) Citrix
10 9 (3.70%) CyberArk
11 7 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (2.88%) Oracle
11 7 (2.88%) Veeam
12 6 (2.47%) RedGate
13 5 (2.06%) BMC
14 4 (1.65%) Brocade
14 4 (1.65%) F5