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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 66 71
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 0
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 261 117 118
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.93% 3.50% 2.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.56% 12.50% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 71 84
10th Percentile £313 £325 £363
25th Percentile £369 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -7.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £554 £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 £63.14 £65.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year -2.87% +61.49% -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 1,793 936 1,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.98% 28.02% 25.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 691 852
10th Percentile £350 £349 £325
25th Percentile £412 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £610 £625
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 9 54
10th Percentile £36.30 £31.70 £37.57
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.00 £42.41
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +46.60% +0.53%
75th Percentile £74.26 £88.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.30 £95.71 £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 5 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 5 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 +19 145 £456 -1.94% 39
Yorkshire -3 113 £485 -3.05% 14
North East -24 5 £400 +14.29% 8
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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 (19.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (15.71%) SharePoint
3 14 (5.36%) Confluence
4 12 (4.60%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2013
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%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.77%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 108 (41.38%) Azure
2 68 (26.05%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (24.14%) Entra ID
4 55 (21.07%) AWS
5 42 (16.09%) GCP
6 39 (14.94%) GitHub
7 34 (13.03%) OneDrive
8 27 (10.34%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (8.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (8.05%) Power Platform
12 18 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
13 16 (6.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 13 (4.98%) OpenShift
15 11 (4.21%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (3.45%) PowerApps
16 9 (3.45%) SaaS
16 9 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 8 (3.07%) Nutanix
17 8 (3.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.64%) Firewall
2 27 (10.34%) DNS
3 14 (5.36%) DHCP
4 13 (4.98%) TCP/IP
5 12 (4.60%) Skype
6 11 (4.21%) Network Security
6 11 (4.21%) WAN
6 11 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (3.83%) LAN
7 10 (3.83%) SAN
8 8 (3.07%) VSAN
9 7 (2.68%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.68%) NAS
9 7 (2.68%) VLAN
10 6 (2.30%) Unified Communications
10 6 (2.30%) VPN
11 5 (1.92%) NetScaler
12 3 (1.15%) DKIM
12 3 (1.15%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (1.15%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.60%) Power BI
3 11 (4.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.68%) Db2
5 7 (2.68%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.92%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.77%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.77%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.38%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 24 (9.20%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.05%) JIRA
3 9 (3.45%) GitLab
4 8 (3.07%) Git
5 4 (1.53%) CircleCI
5 4 (1.53%) Selenium
6 2 (0.77%) Flyway
6 2 (0.77%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.77%) MSI
6 2 (0.77%) Postman
6 2 (0.77%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.38%) Appium
7 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.38%) Subversion
7 1 (0.38%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.38%) WebDriver
General
1 59 (22.61%) Finance
2 46 (17.62%) Social Skills
3 26 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.20%) Legal
5 22 (8.43%) Banking
6 13 (4.98%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.92%) Law
10 3 (1.15%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.77%) Military
11 2 (0.77%) Retail
12 1 (0.38%) Local Government
12 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (13.03%) Architect
2 24 (9.20%) Security Engineer
3 21 (8.05%) Senior
4 19 (7.28%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 16 (6.13%) Wintel Engineer
6 13 (4.98%) Developer
7 12 (4.60%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (4.60%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (4.21%) DBA
8 11 (4.21%) Desktop Engineer
8 11 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (4.21%) SQL DBA
9 9 (3.45%) Administrator
9 9 (3.45%) VMware Engineer
10 7 (2.68%) Lead
10 7 (2.68%) Server Engineer
11 6 (2.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.30%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (14.94%) Microsoft Graph
2 22 (8.43%) REST
3 11 (4.21%) LDAP
4 7 (2.68%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.92%) .NET
5 5 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (1.92%) Web Services
6 4 (1.53%) YAML
7 3 (1.15%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.15%) JDBC
7 3 (1.15%) Kafka
7 3 (1.15%) OpenAPI
7 3 (1.15%) SailPoint
7 3 (1.15%) SOAP
7 3 (1.15%) Software Packaging
7 3 (1.15%) Swagger
7 3 (1.15%) XMPP
8 2 (0.77%) JSON
8 2 (0.77%) pytest
8 2 (0.77%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.79%) Clustering
2 34 (13.03%) Replication
3 20 (7.66%) Data Centre
4 15 (5.75%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (5.75%) Security Posture
5 14 (5.36%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.98%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.21%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (4.21%) Management Information System
8 9 (3.45%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.92%) PKI
9 5 (1.92%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.53%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.15%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.15%) Fat Client
11 3 (1.15%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 143 (54.79%) Windows
2 57 (21.84%) Linux
3 46 (17.62%) Windows Server
4 21 (8.05%) Windows 10
5 17 (6.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (5.36%) Unix
7 12 (4.60%) Windows 7
8 9 (3.45%) AIX
9 8 (3.07%) Mac OS
10 7 (2.68%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (1.92%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (1.15%) Solaris
13 3 (1.15%) VMS
14 2 (0.77%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.77%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.90%) DevOps
2 64 (24.52%) CI/CD
3 51 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (17.62%) Disaster Recovery
4 46 (17.62%) Observability
5 37 (14.18%) Capacity Planning
5 37 (14.18%) High Availability
5 37 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (13.41%) Agile
6 35 (13.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 33 (12.64%) Performance Tuning
8 29 (11.11%) Migration
8 29 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
9 27 (10.34%) Cloud Security
9 27 (10.34%) Infrastructure Automation
9 27 (10.34%) Project Delivery
10 26 (9.96%) Analytics
10 26 (9.96%) Change Management
10 26 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 25 (9.58%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (37.16%) Python
2 73 (27.97%) Bash
3 39 (14.94%) SQL
4 16 (6.13%) Java
4 16 (6.13%) Kusto Query Language
5 13 (4.98%) VBScript
6 12 (4.60%) VB
7 10 (3.83%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.45%) Bicep
9 6 (2.30%) C#
9 6 (2.30%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.92%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.15%) Go
11 3 (1.15%) Groovy
11 3 (1.15%) Perl
12 2 (0.77%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.77%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.38%) COBOL
13 1 (0.38%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (22.99%) Security Cleared
2 51 (19.54%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.81%) Degree
3 23 (8.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (8.43%) Azure Certification
4 22 (8.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 18 (6.90%) VCAP
6 17 (6.51%) AWS Certification
7 16 (6.13%) CISSP
7 16 (6.13%) MCSA
7 16 (6.13%) MCSE
8 4 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.53%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.15%) 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 26 (9.96%) GDPR
2 10 (3.83%) FINRA
2 10 (3.83%) MiFID
3 9 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.68%) HIPAA
4 7 (2.68%) NIST
4 7 (2.68%) SLA
5 4 (1.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.77%) QA
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 64 (24.52%) Active Directory
2 49 (18.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (16.86%) Virtual Machines
4 35 (13.41%) vSphere
5 34 (13.03%) Docker
6 30 (11.49%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (9.20%) Hyper-V
8 15 (5.75%) KVM
9 12 (4.60%) BitLocker
10 11 (4.21%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (2.68%) Firmware
12 6 (2.30%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.77%) NFS
13 2 (0.77%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.77%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 59 (22.61%) Ansible
2 58 (22.22%) Terraform
3 42 (16.09%) Kubernetes
4 31 (11.88%) vCenter Server
5 25 (9.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (9.20%) SCCM
7 10 (3.83%) Grafana
7 10 (3.83%) PowerCLI
7 10 (3.83%) Progress Chef
8 9 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (3.07%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (2.68%) Nagios
11 6 (2.30%) Argo
11 6 (2.30%) IBM BigFix
11 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (2.30%) Prometheus
12 5 (1.92%) Istio
12 5 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 3 (1.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 131 (50.19%) Microsoft
2 54 (20.69%) VMware
3 30 (11.49%) ServiceNow
4 29 (11.11%) Google
5 28 (10.73%) Cisco
6 20 (7.66%) Splunk
7 18 (6.90%) Red Hat
8 15 (5.75%) SolarWinds
9 12 (4.60%) IBM
9 12 (4.60%) Remedy
10 10 (3.83%) Oracle
11 9 (3.45%) BeyondTrust
11 9 (3.45%) Citrix
11 9 (3.45%) CyberArk
12 8 (3.07%) Veeam
13 7 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (2.30%) RedGate
15 5 (1.92%) BMC
15 5 (1.92%) Brocade
16 4 (1.53%) F5