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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 73 84
Rank change year-on-year -31 +11 +12
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 87 96 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.17% 2.31% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.46% 9.29% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 75 83
10th Percentile £264 £375 £248
25th Percentile £379 £406 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +5.63%
75th Percentile £488 £622 £538
90th Percentile £573 £665 £643
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 £48.75 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - -
75th Percentile £67.25 £56.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.50 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% -2.52% +13.27%

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 1,167 1,033 1,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.16% 24.89% 24.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 823 701 910
10th Percentile £315 £341 £350
25th Percentile £379 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £613 £638 £675
England median daily rate £513 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 28 44
10th Percentile £30.60 £35.89 £27.97
25th Percentile £40.46 £37.55 £45.88
Median hourly rate £66.50 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% - -6.71%
75th Percentile £85.56 £63.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £94.38 £75.90 £71.13
England median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.08% - +13.04%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell 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 19 September 2025.

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
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 19 September 2025. 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 -9 42 £448 -3.24% 43
Yorkshire -25 39 £413 -25.00% 32
North East 0 6 - - 14
PowerShell
England

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (10.34%) Skype for Business
3 8 (9.20%) Mattermost
4 5 (5.75%) SharePoint
5 3 (3.45%) Confluence
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (40.23%) Azure
2 18 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (13.79%) AWS
4 10 (11.49%) Entra ID
4 10 (11.49%) GCP
5 9 (10.34%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
6 5 (5.75%) SaaS
7 4 (4.60%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (4.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (3.45%) IaaS
9 2 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.30%) PaaS
10 1 (1.15%) Azure Service Fabric
10 1 (1.15%) GitHub
10 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.15%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.15%) NuGet
10 1 (1.15%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.39%) DNS
2 15 (17.24%) Firewall
3 11 (12.64%) SAN
4 9 (10.34%) Skype
4 9 (10.34%) WebEx
5 8 (9.20%) Softphone
5 8 (9.20%) Unified Communications
6 7 (8.05%) NAS
7 5 (5.75%) Network Security
7 5 (5.75%) TCP/IP
8 4 (4.60%) iSCSI
8 4 (4.60%) VLAN
9 2 (2.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (2.30%) VPN
10 1 (1.15%) LAN
10 1 (1.15%) tcpdump
10 1 (1.15%) WAAS
10 1 (1.15%) WAN
10 1 (1.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.75%) Power BI
3 4 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.15%) Metadata
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (14.94%) Git
2 9 (10.34%) Jenkins
3 8 (9.20%) JIRA
4 7 (8.05%) GitLab
5 1 (1.15%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.15%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.15%) JMeter
5 1 (1.15%) MSI
5 1 (1.15%) Selenium
5 1 (1.15%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.15%) Vagrant
5 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (42.53%) Social Skills
2 20 (22.99%) Finance
3 8 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.90%) Banking
6 4 (4.60%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Electronics
8 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.30%) Marketing
8 2 (2.30%) Military
9 1 (1.15%) Automotive
9 1 (1.15%) Law
9 1 (1.15%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (18.39%) Analyst
2 12 (13.79%) Support Engineer
3 8 (9.20%) Messaging Engineer
3 8 (9.20%) Messaging Support
3 8 (9.20%) Messaging Support Engineer
3 8 (9.20%) Operations Engineer
3 8 (9.20%) Operations Support Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Desktop Support
4 7 (8.05%) Messaging Analyst
4 7 (8.05%) Messaging Support Analyst
4 7 (8.05%) NetBackup Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Operational Support Analyst
4 7 (8.05%) Operations Analyst
4 7 (8.05%) Operations Support Analyst
4 7 (8.05%) Support Analyst
5 6 (6.90%) Administrator
5 6 (6.90%) Desktop Specialist
5 6 (6.90%) Desktop Support Specialist
5 6 (6.90%) Support Specialist
6 5 (5.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) XMPP
2 7 (8.05%) Middleware
3 3 (3.45%) JSON
4 1 (1.15%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.15%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.15%) REST
4 1 (1.15%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.20%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.75%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.60%) Replication
5 3 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.30%) Clustering
6 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.15%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.15%) MISP
7 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (37.93%) Windows
2 27 (31.03%) Linux
3 13 (14.94%) Windows Server
4 12 (13.79%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.60%) Android
5 4 (4.60%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.45%) Unix
6 3 (3.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (35.63%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (22.99%) Migration
3 15 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (16.09%) Infrastructure Automation
4 14 (16.09%) Task Automation
5 12 (13.79%) DevOps
6 11 (12.64%) Agile
6 11 (12.64%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (12.64%) Mentoring
6 11 (12.64%) Security Monitoring
6 11 (12.64%) SIEM
7 10 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (11.49%) Mobile Device Management
8 9 (10.34%) Analytics
8 9 (10.34%) Business Continuity
8 9 (10.34%) Data Protection
9 8 (9.20%) B2B
9 8 (9.20%) Computer Science
9 8 (9.20%) ITIL
9 8 (9.20%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (40.23%) Python
2 22 (25.29%) Bash
3 14 (16.09%) SQL
4 6 (6.90%) Shell Script
5 4 (4.60%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (3.45%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (2.30%) Bicep
8 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.15%) Korn
8 1 (1.15%) Perl
8 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.15%) Ruby
8 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.15%) VBA
8 1 (1.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Degree
2 10 (11.49%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.20%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (8.05%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.75%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.45%) GCIH
7 3 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.30%) GCIA
8 2 (2.30%) VCAP
9 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.15%) CISSP
9 1 (1.15%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.15%) MCSA
9 1 (1.15%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.45%) HIPAA
1 3 (3.45%) SOC 2
2 2 (2.30%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 23 (26.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (12.64%) vSphere
4 9 (10.34%) VMware NSX
5 8 (9.20%) Docker
5 8 (9.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (8.05%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
9 1 (1.15%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 21 (24.14%) Ansible
2 11 (12.64%) vCenter Server
3 8 (9.20%) SCOM
3 8 (9.20%) Terraform
3 8 (9.20%) vRealize
4 7 (8.05%) NetBackup
4 7 (8.05%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (5.75%) Progress Chef
6 5 (5.75%) SCCM
7 4 (4.60%) Kubernetes
8 3 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.30%) PowerCLI
9 2 (2.30%) Puppet
9 2 (2.30%) QRadar
10 1 (1.15%) Nessus
10 1 (1.15%) OpenVAS
10 1 (1.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 38 (43.68%) Microsoft
2 28 (32.18%) VMware
3 15 (17.24%) Splunk
4 14 (16.09%) Cisco
5 12 (13.79%) Oracle
6 8 (9.20%) Google
6 8 (9.20%) Red Hat
7 7 (8.05%) CyberArk
7 7 (8.05%) Veritas
8 6 (6.90%) F5
9 4 (4.60%) Dell
9 4 (4.60%) NetApp
9 4 (4.60%) ServiceNow
9 4 (4.60%) SolarWinds
9 4 (4.60%) Veeam
10 3 (3.45%) Computacenter
10 3 (3.45%) LogRhythm
10 3 (3.45%) Remedy
11 2 (2.30%) ArcSight
11 2 (2.30%) Broadcom