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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 64 77
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 -10
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 253 125 117
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.73% 3.64% 2.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.81% 12.79% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 77 85
10th Percentile £313 £297 £361
25th Percentile £402 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £565 £525 £638
90th Percentile £621 £575 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £46.50 - -
25th Percentile - - £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £46.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 1,832 977 1,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.00% 28.44% 25.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 721 855
10th Percentile £350 £333 £319
25th Percentile £413 £388 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -2.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £603 £625
England median daily rate £513 £523 £540
% change year-on-year -1.91% -3.24% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 9 54
10th Percentile £30.05 £31.70 £37.55
25th Percentile £49.38 £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 £74.70 £88.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.65 £95.71 £73.90
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -

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

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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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +9 136 £460 +2.91% 49
Yorkshire -6 117 £485 -3.05% 13
North East -33 2 £275 -21.43% 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 (20.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (16.60%) SharePoint
3 14 (5.53%) Confluence
4 12 (4.74%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.19%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) Camunda
6 1 (0.40%) CMS
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 106 (41.90%) Azure
2 65 (25.69%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (24.11%) Entra ID
4 52 (20.55%) AWS
5 40 (15.81%) GCP
5 40 (15.81%) GitHub
6 33 (13.04%) OneDrive
7 28 (11.07%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (8.70%) Power Platform
10 21 (8.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (7.51%) Microsoft Copilot
12 16 (6.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 13 (5.14%) OpenShift
14 11 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (3.95%) PowerApps
16 9 (3.56%) SaaS
16 9 (3.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 8 (3.16%) Azure Storage
17 8 (3.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.65%) Firewall
2 26 (10.28%) DNS
3 13 (5.14%) DHCP
4 12 (4.74%) Skype
4 12 (4.74%) TCP/IP
4 12 (4.74%) WAN
4 12 (4.74%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (4.35%) LAN
6 10 (3.95%) SAN
7 8 (3.16%) VSAN
8 7 (2.77%) Kerberos
8 7 (2.77%) NAS
8 7 (2.77%) VLAN
8 7 (2.77%) VPN
9 6 (2.37%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.58%) NetScaler
10 4 (1.58%) Network Security
11 3 (1.19%) DKIM
11 3 (1.19%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.19%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.67%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.74%) Power BI
3 11 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.77%) Db2
5 7 (2.77%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.98%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.79%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.79%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.79%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.40%) DTS
Development Applications
1 24 (9.49%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.30%) JIRA
3 9 (3.56%) GitLab
4 8 (3.16%) Git
5 4 (1.58%) CircleCI
5 4 (1.58%) Selenium
6 2 (0.79%) Flyway
6 2 (0.79%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.79%) MSI
6 2 (0.79%) Postman
6 2 (0.79%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.40%) Appium
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.40%) Subversion
7 1 (0.40%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.40%) WebDriver
General
1 58 (22.92%) Finance
2 45 (17.79%) Social Skills
3 26 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.49%) Legal
5 21 (8.30%) Banking
6 12 (4.74%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.98%) Law
10 3 (1.19%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.79%) Military
11 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.79%) Retail
12 1 (0.40%) Local Government
12 1 (0.40%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (12.25%) Architect
2 22 (8.70%) Security Engineer
3 21 (8.30%) Senior
4 20 (7.91%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 16 (6.32%) Wintel Engineer
6 13 (5.14%) Developer
7 12 (4.74%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (4.74%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.35%) DBA
8 11 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
8 11 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (4.35%) SQL DBA
9 10 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.56%) Administrator
10 9 (3.56%) VMware Engineer
11 6 (2.37%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.37%) Technical Specialist
11 6 (2.37%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (15.42%) Microsoft Graph
2 21 (8.30%) REST
3 11 (4.35%) LDAP
4 7 (2.77%) ARM Templates
5 6 (2.37%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.98%) .NET
6 5 (1.98%) Web Services
6 5 (1.98%) YAML
7 3 (1.19%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.19%) JDBC
7 3 (1.19%) Kafka
7 3 (1.19%) OpenAPI
7 3 (1.19%) SailPoint
7 3 (1.19%) SOAP
7 3 (1.19%) Swagger
7 3 (1.19%) XMPP
8 2 (0.79%) JSON
8 2 (0.79%) pytest
8 2 (0.79%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.79%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.44%) Replication
2 30 (11.86%) Clustering
3 20 (7.91%) Data Centre
4 16 (6.32%) Linux Command Line
5 15 (5.93%) Cloud Native
5 15 (5.93%) Security Posture
6 13 (5.14%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (4.35%) Management Information System
8 9 (3.56%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.37%) PKI
10 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.58%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.58%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
12 3 (1.19%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (1.19%) Fat Client
12 3 (1.19%) IoT
12 3 (1.19%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 134 (52.96%) Windows
2 58 (22.92%) Linux
3 44 (17.39%) Windows Server
4 17 (6.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (6.72%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.53%) Unix
6 12 (4.74%) Windows 7
7 9 (3.56%) AIX
8 6 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.98%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.98%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.19%) Solaris
11 3 (1.19%) VMS
12 2 (0.79%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.69%) CI/CD
1 65 (25.69%) DevOps
2 52 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (18.58%) Observability
4 40 (15.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 37 (14.62%) Capacity Planning
6 36 (14.23%) High Availability
6 36 (14.23%) Infrastructure as Code
7 35 (13.83%) Agile
8 33 (13.04%) Performance Tuning
8 33 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
9 29 (11.46%) Migration
10 28 (11.07%) Network Virtualisation
11 27 (10.67%) ITSM
12 26 (10.28%) Change Management
12 26 (10.28%) Cloud Security
12 26 (10.28%) Project Delivery
13 25 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 23 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
14 23 (9.09%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 97 (38.34%) Python
2 68 (26.88%) Bash
3 40 (15.81%) SQL
4 16 (6.32%) Java
5 15 (5.93%) Kusto Query Language
6 14 (5.53%) VBScript
7 12 (4.74%) VB
8 10 (3.95%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.56%) Bicep
10 6 (2.37%) C#
10 6 (2.37%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.58%) JavaScript
12 3 (1.19%) Go
12 3 (1.19%) Groovy
12 3 (1.19%) Perl
13 2 (0.79%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.40%) COBOL
14 1 (0.40%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (23.72%) Security Cleared
2 52 (20.55%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (9.09%) Degree
5 22 (8.70%) Azure Certification
5 22 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 18 (7.11%) VCAP
7 17 (6.72%) AWS Certification
8 16 (6.32%) CISSP
8 16 (6.32%) MCSA
8 16 (6.32%) MCSE
9 4 (1.58%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.19%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.79%) CCNP
11 2 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.79%) NCDA
11 2 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.70%) GDPR
2 10 (3.95%) FINRA
2 10 (3.95%) MiFID
3 7 (2.77%) HIPAA
3 7 (2.77%) SLA
4 6 (2.37%) NIST
5 5 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.19%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.79%) QA
9 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.40%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 54 (21.34%) Active Directory
2 44 (17.39%) Virtual Machines
2 44 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (13.83%) Docker
4 34 (13.44%) vSphere
5 30 (11.86%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (7.11%) Hyper-V
7 15 (5.93%) KVM
8 12 (4.74%) BitLocker
9 10 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (3.16%) Firmware
11 6 (2.37%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.79%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.79%) NFS
12 2 (0.79%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.79%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 54 (21.34%) Ansible
2 52 (20.55%) Terraform
3 42 (16.60%) Kubernetes
4 31 (12.25%) vCenter Server
5 22 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (7.51%) SCCM
7 12 (4.74%) Grafana
8 10 (3.95%) PowerCLI
8 10 (3.95%) Progress Chef
9 8 (3.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (3.16%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (2.37%) Argo
10 6 (2.37%) IBM BigFix
10 6 (2.37%) Prometheus
11 5 (1.98%) Istio
11 5 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.58%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 3 (1.19%) Packer
13 3 (1.19%) vRealize
14 2 (0.79%) vMotion
Vendors
1 129 (50.99%) Microsoft
2 49 (19.37%) VMware
3 31 (12.25%) ServiceNow
4 29 (11.46%) Cisco
5 27 (10.67%) Google
6 22 (8.70%) Splunk
7 18 (7.11%) Red Hat
8 12 (4.74%) IBM
8 12 (4.74%) Remedy
9 10 (3.95%) Oracle
10 9 (3.56%) BeyondTrust
10 9 (3.56%) SolarWinds
11 8 (3.16%) CyberArk
12 7 (2.77%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (2.77%) Veeam
13 6 (2.37%) RedGate
14 5 (1.98%) BMC
14 5 (1.98%) Brocade
14 5 (1.98%) Citrix
14 5 (1.98%) Dynatrace