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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 102 73
Rank change year-on-year +43 -29 +10
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 279 83 101
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.68% 2.10% 2.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.79% 7.08% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 42 74
10th Percentile £320 £276 £375
25th Percentile £405 £378 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.71% -12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £592
90th Percentile £615 £586 £645
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £65.75 £48.75
Median hourly rate £28.00 £66.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +26.67% -
75th Percentile - £67.25 £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.24 £63.25 £58.49
% change year-on-year +3.15% +8.14% -2.52%

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 1,886 1,172 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.86% 29.60% 25.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 829 683
10th Percentile £350 £315 £333
25th Percentile £413 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £453 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.66% -7.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £625 £625
England median daily rate £525 £515 £545
% change year-on-year +1.94% -5.50% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 12 29
10th Percentile £28.50 £30.60 £35.93
25th Percentile £46.80 £40.46 £37.55
Median hourly rate £69.75 £59.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +17.72% +28.30% -
75th Percentile £73.00 £73.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.95 £80.84
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +3.17%

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 29 September 2026.

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 29 September 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 +45 170 £472 +6.67% 96
Yorkshire +14 95 £518 +23.76% 50
North East -31 15 £500 - 24
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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 31 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.73%) Skype for Business
3 13 (4.66%) Confluence
3 13 (4.66%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.43%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.72%) Apache
5 2 (0.72%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 141 (50.54%) Azure
2 74 (26.52%) AWS
3 58 (20.79%) Entra ID
4 51 (18.28%) GCP
5 44 (15.77%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (15.77%) GitHub
6 43 (15.41%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (13.26%) Power Platform
8 26 (9.32%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (7.53%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (5.02%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (5.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 14 (5.02%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (4.66%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (3.58%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (3.58%) PowerApps
12 10 (3.58%) SaaS
13 9 (3.23%) Power Automate
13 9 (3.23%) Serverless
14 8 (2.87%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (15.05%) Firewall
2 28 (10.04%) DNS
3 25 (8.96%) Network Security
4 18 (6.45%) VPN
5 16 (5.73%) Skype
6 13 (4.66%) DHCP
7 11 (3.94%) SSL
7 11 (3.94%) WAN
8 10 (3.58%) SAN
8 10 (3.58%) VLAN
8 10 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (3.23%) NAS
10 8 (2.87%) LAN
11 6 (2.15%) TCP/IP
12 5 (1.79%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (1.43%) Internet
14 3 (1.08%) BGP
14 3 (1.08%) DMZ
14 3 (1.08%) MPLS
14 3 (1.08%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (14.70%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.96%) Power BI
3 14 (5.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 9 (3.23%) MySQL
5 6 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.43%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 3 (1.08%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.72%) Big Data
9 2 (0.72%) Pentaho
9 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.36%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 32 (11.47%) Jenkins
2 18 (6.45%) Git
3 17 (6.09%) GitLab
4 14 (5.02%) JIRA
5 8 (2.87%) Claude Code
6 7 (2.51%) MSI
7 6 (2.15%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (1.79%) Selenium
9 4 (1.43%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.43%) MSBuild
9 4 (1.43%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.08%) Bugzilla
10 3 (1.08%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.72%) Postman
12 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
General
1 69 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 62 (22.22%) Finance
3 33 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.32%) Banking
5 12 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.87%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.51%) Legal
8 4 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.43%) Law
8 4 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Military
10 2 (0.72%) Games
10 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.36%) Local Government
11 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (14.34%) Security Engineer
2 26 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (6.81%) Senior
4 18 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
4 18 (6.45%) Desktop Engineer
4 18 (6.45%) Lead
5 16 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (5.38%) Developer
6 15 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (5.02%) DBA
7 14 (5.02%) SQL DBA
7 14 (5.02%) Support Engineer
8 12 (4.30%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 12 (4.30%) Network Engineer
9 8 (2.87%) Architect
9 8 (2.87%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (2.87%) Wintel Engineer
10 7 (2.51%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (2.51%) Splunk Engineer
10 7 (2.51%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (31.90%) Terraform
2 21 (7.53%) REST
3 16 (5.73%) JSON
4 12 (4.30%) ARM Templates
5 11 (3.94%) Kafka
5 11 (3.94%) Microsoft Graph
5 11 (3.94%) YAML
6 10 (3.58%) .NET
7 7 (2.51%) OAuth
8 6 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (2.15%) XML
9 5 (1.79%) LDAP
9 5 (1.79%) SailPoint
9 5 (1.79%) Software Packaging
10 4 (1.43%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (1.43%) OpenID
10 4 (1.43%) SAML
11 3 (1.08%) FIDO
11 3 (1.08%) WebAuthn
11 3 (1.08%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.32%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.96%) Security Posture
3 24 (8.60%) Clustering
3 24 (8.60%) Replication
4 18 (6.45%) Management Information System
5 15 (5.38%) Data Centre
6 14 (5.02%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (4.30%) PKI
8 10 (3.58%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.87%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.51%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.51%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.51%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.43%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 143 (51.25%) Windows
2 72 (25.81%) Linux
3 49 (17.56%) Windows Server
4 27 (9.68%) Windows 10
5 22 (7.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (7.89%) Windows 7
6 11 (3.94%) Unix
7 9 (3.23%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.15%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.15%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.08%) Solaris
9 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.72%) AIX
10 2 (0.72%) Android
10 2 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.72%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.36%) CentOS
11 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (35.48%) DevOps
2 89 (31.90%) CI/CD
3 79 (28.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 53 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (18.28%) Cloud Security
6 47 (16.85%) Agile
7 46 (16.49%) ITIL
8 45 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (15.41%) Change Management
10 40 (14.34%) AI
11 38 (13.62%) Observability
12 37 (13.26%) Analytics
12 37 (13.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 36 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (11.83%) Infrastructure Automation
14 33 (11.83%) RBAC
15 32 (11.47%) Identity Access Management
15 32 (11.47%) Service Management
16 31 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
16 31 (11.11%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 133 (47.67%) Python
2 76 (27.24%) Bash
3 57 (20.43%) SQL
4 29 (10.39%) Bicep
5 26 (9.32%) Java
6 20 (7.17%) VBScript
7 16 (5.73%) VB
8 15 (5.38%) T-SQL
9 14 (5.02%) C#
10 9 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (3.23%) TypeScript
11 7 (2.51%) Search Processing Language
12 6 (2.15%) JavaScript
12 6 (2.15%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.08%) Perl
14 2 (0.72%) Groovy
14 2 (0.72%) PHP
15 1 (0.36%) BeanShell
15 1 (0.36%) C
15 1 (0.36%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 65 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 56 (20.07%) SC Cleared
3 47 (16.85%) Degree
4 40 (14.34%) Azure Certification
5 29 (10.39%) CISSP
6 28 (10.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (8.96%) AWS Certification
8 15 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (3.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (2.87%) MCSA
11 8 (2.87%) MCSE
11 8 (2.87%) VCAP
12 7 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.15%) GCIH
14 5 (1.79%) CCNP
14 5 (1.79%) GCFA
15 4 (1.43%) CCIE
15 4 (1.43%) DBS Check
16 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.58%) GDPR
2 10 (3.58%) NIST
3 9 (3.23%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (2.15%) SLA
5 5 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.43%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.08%) QA
8 1 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 62 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 33 (11.83%) Docker
3 30 (10.75%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (6.09%) BitLocker
6 15 (5.38%) vSphere
7 14 (5.02%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (3.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (2.51%) Hyper-V
10 6 (2.15%) Firmware
11 4 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.72%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.72%) NFS
12 2 (0.72%) SRDF
13 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 65 (23.30%) Ansible
2 55 (19.71%) Kubernetes
3 41 (14.70%) SCCM
4 30 (10.75%) Progress Chef
5 29 (10.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (5.38%) Grafana
6 15 (5.38%) vCenter Server
7 11 (3.94%) Prometheus
8 9 (3.23%) SCOM
9 8 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (1.79%) CASB
11 5 (1.79%) Packer
12 3 (1.08%) HP ALM
12 3 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 3 (1.08%) vMotion
12 3 (1.08%) WMI
13 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.72%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.72%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 157 (56.27%) Microsoft
2 47 (16.85%) ServiceNow
3 34 (12.19%) Splunk
4 33 (11.83%) VMware
5 31 (11.11%) Cisco
5 31 (11.11%) Google
6 22 (7.89%) Red Hat
7 15 (5.38%) BeyondTrust
7 15 (5.38%) CyberArk
8 14 (5.02%) Remedy
9 8 (2.87%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.87%) Dynatrace
9 8 (2.87%) Ivanti
9 8 (2.87%) Oracle
10 7 (2.51%) Dell
10 7 (2.51%) Ribbon
11 6 (2.15%) Okta
12 5 (1.79%) Citrix
12 5 (1.79%) Cribl.io
12 5 (1.79%) Databricks