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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 68 72
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 266 117 119
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.86% 3.31% 2.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.17% 11.78% 9.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 69 86
10th Percentile £313 £269 £361
25th Percentile £388 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% -2.72%
75th Percentile £566 £538 £638
90th Percentile £621 £580 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile £46.50 - £37.63
25th Percentile - - £39.76
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £46.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £51.22
England median hourly rate £53.75 £64.25 £43.84
% change year-on-year -16.34% +46.56% -26.93%

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 1,877 993 1,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.26% 28.13% 25.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,215 730 839
10th Percentile £350 £327 £313
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.38% -2.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £571 £538 £575
90th Percentile £639 £610 £630
England median daily rate £519 £520 £541
% change year-on-year -0.24% -3.93% -2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 10 51
10th Percentile £29.96 £31.32 £37.55
25th Percentile £46.66 £36.82 £43.57
Median hourly rate £69.22 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% +47.37% +2.86%
75th Percentile £76.00 £87.69 £68.75
90th Percentile £84.60 £95.36 £79.17
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

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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

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 27 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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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 27 June 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 27 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 +13 150 £452 -0.50% 39
Yorkshire +4 115 £500 +2.56% 15
North East -34 3 £238 -32.14% 12
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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 49 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (14.66%) SharePoint
3 21 (7.89%) Confluence
4 12 (4.51%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.38%) Camunda
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 117 (43.98%) Azure
2 63 (23.68%) Entra ID
3 62 (23.31%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (21.05%) AWS
5 46 (17.29%) GCP
6 41 (15.41%) GitHub
7 30 (11.28%) OneDrive
8 27 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (9.77%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (9.40%) Power Platform
11 18 (6.77%) Microsoft Copilot
12 17 (6.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 16 (6.02%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (5.26%) OpenShift
15 10 (3.76%) PowerApps
15 10 (3.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (3.38%) SaaS
17 8 (3.01%) Azure Storage
17 8 (3.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (11.65%) Firewall
2 21 (7.89%) DNS
3 13 (4.89%) WAN
3 13 (4.89%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (4.51%) DHCP
4 12 (4.51%) SAN
4 12 (4.51%) Skype
5 11 (4.14%) LAN
6 9 (3.38%) NAS
7 8 (3.01%) Kerberos
7 8 (3.01%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.01%) VLAN
7 8 (3.01%) VPN
7 8 (3.01%) VSAN
8 7 (2.63%) Network Security
9 6 (2.26%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.50%) Internet
10 4 (1.50%) SSL
11 3 (1.13%) BGP
11 3 (1.13%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (13.91%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.64%) Power BI
3 13 (4.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (4.14%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.63%) Db2
6 6 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.26%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.88%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.50%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.75%) MySQL
10 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.75%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.38%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 32 (12.03%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.52%) JIRA
3 15 (5.64%) Git
4 11 (4.14%) GitLab
5 4 (1.50%) Claude Code
5 4 (1.50%) Selenium
6 3 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.75%) Flyway
7 2 (0.75%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.75%) MSBuild
7 2 (0.75%) MSI
7 2 (0.75%) Postman
7 2 (0.75%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.38%) Appium
8 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.38%) Subversion
8 1 (0.38%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.38%) WebDriver
General
1 59 (22.18%) Finance
2 46 (17.29%) Social Skills
3 29 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.65%) Banking
5 20 (7.52%) Legal
6 12 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.14%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.13%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.75%) Law
10 2 (0.75%) Military
10 2 (0.75%) Retail
11 1 (0.38%) Games
11 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Local Government
11 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (9.77%) Architect
2 24 (9.02%) Security Engineer
2 24 (9.02%) Senior
3 18 (6.77%) Developer
4 15 (5.64%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 14 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (4.89%) DBA
6 13 (4.89%) SQL DBA
7 12 (4.51%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (4.51%) Wintel Engineer
8 11 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (4.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (4.14%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (3.76%) Administrator
9 10 (3.76%) Desktop Engineer
10 9 (3.38%) VMware Engineer
11 6 (2.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.26%) Consultant
11 6 (2.26%) Technical Specialist
11 6 (2.26%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.16%) Microsoft Graph
2 23 (8.65%) REST
3 12 (4.51%) LDAP
4 11 (4.14%) JSON
5 8 (3.01%) .NET
6 7 (2.63%) ARM Templates
6 7 (2.63%) Kafka
7 6 (2.26%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (1.88%) OAuth
8 5 (1.88%) SailPoint
8 5 (1.88%) Web Services
8 5 (1.88%) YAML
9 3 (1.13%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.13%) JDBC
9 3 (1.13%) OpenAPI
9 3 (1.13%) SOAP
9 3 (1.13%) Swagger
9 3 (1.13%) XML
9 3 (1.13%) XMPP
10 2 (0.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.03%) Replication
2 28 (10.53%) Clustering
3 20 (7.52%) Data Centre
4 18 (6.77%) Cloud Native
4 18 (6.77%) Security Posture
5 16 (6.02%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (4.51%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.51%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.14%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (3.38%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.63%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.63%) PKI
10 6 (2.26%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.50%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.50%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 132 (49.62%) Windows
2 60 (22.56%) Linux
3 45 (16.92%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (6.39%) Windows 10
6 12 (4.51%) Windows 7
7 11 (4.14%) Unix
8 9 (3.38%) AIX
9 6 (2.26%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.88%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (1.13%) Solaris
12 3 (1.13%) VMS
12 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.75%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (28.95%) DevOps
2 71 (26.69%) CI/CD
3 55 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (17.67%) Observability
5 44 (16.54%) Agile
6 41 (15.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (13.53%) Change Management
8 35 (13.16%) Performance Tuning
9 34 (12.78%) Disaster Recovery
10 33 (12.41%) Capacity Planning
10 33 (12.41%) High Availability
11 31 (11.65%) Cloud Security
12 30 (11.28%) AI
13 29 (10.90%) ITIL
13 29 (10.90%) ITSM
14 28 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 28 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
15 27 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (9.77%) Migration
16 26 (9.77%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 106 (39.85%) Python
2 71 (26.69%) Bash
3 47 (17.67%) SQL
4 16 (6.02%) VBScript
5 14 (5.26%) Java
6 13 (4.89%) Bicep
6 13 (4.89%) C#
6 13 (4.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 12 (4.51%) VB
8 8 (3.01%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.63%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.88%) Groovy
11 4 (1.50%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.50%) Perl
12 2 (0.75%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.38%) COBOL
13 1 (0.38%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (22.56%) Security Cleared
2 53 (19.92%) SC Cleared
3 30 (11.28%) Degree
4 25 (9.40%) Azure Certification
5 20 (7.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (6.77%) AWS Certification
6 18 (6.77%) CISSP
6 18 (6.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 14 (5.26%) VCAP
8 12 (4.51%) MCSA
8 12 (4.51%) MCSE
9 5 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.13%) CCNP
11 3 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.13%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.39%) GDPR
2 8 (3.01%) FINRA
2 8 (3.01%) MiFID
3 7 (2.63%) HIPAA
4 6 (2.26%) NIST
5 5 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.88%) SLA
6 4 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.50%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.75%) QA
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.38%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 57 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 42 (15.79%) Virtual Machines
3 40 (15.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (12.41%) Docker
5 29 (10.90%) vSphere
6 26 (9.77%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (7.52%) Hyper-V
8 15 (5.64%) KVM
9 13 (4.89%) BitLocker
10 9 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (3.01%) Firmware
12 6 (2.26%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.75%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.75%) NFS
13 2 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.75%) SRDF
14 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 59 (22.18%) Ansible
1 59 (22.18%) Terraform
2 44 (16.54%) Kubernetes
3 27 (10.15%) vCenter Server
4 24 (9.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (6.77%) SCCM
6 11 (4.14%) Grafana
6 11 (4.14%) Progress Chef
7 10 (3.76%) PowerCLI
8 8 (3.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (3.01%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (2.63%) Prometheus
10 6 (2.26%) Argo
10 6 (2.26%) IBM BigFix
10 6 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.88%) Istio
12 4 (1.50%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 3 (1.13%) Packer
13 3 (1.13%) vRealize
14 2 (0.75%) linkerd
Vendors
1 133 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 46 (17.29%) VMware
3 33 (12.41%) ServiceNow
4 31 (11.65%) Google
5 28 (10.53%) Cisco
6 22 (8.27%) Splunk
7 19 (7.14%) Red Hat
8 12 (4.51%) IBM
8 12 (4.51%) Remedy
9 9 (3.38%) BeyondTrust
9 9 (3.38%) SolarWinds
10 8 (3.01%) CyberArk
10 8 (3.01%) Dynatrace
11 7 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (2.63%) Oracle
11 7 (2.63%) Veeam
12 6 (2.26%) RedGate
13 5 (1.88%) BMC
13 5 (1.88%) Brocade
13 5 (1.88%) Citrix