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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 79 76
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 -10
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 233 111 98
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.21% 2.82% 2.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.66% 10.27% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 64 76
10th Percentile £309 £261 £375
25th Percentile £372 £384 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -10.25% -
75th Percentile £550 £488 £638
90th Percentile £621 £575 £675
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £46.50 - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.73 £65.00 £65.69
% change year-on-year -5.03% -1.05% +9.85%

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 1,840 1,081 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.32% 27.50% 24.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 778 733
10th Percentile £353 £314 £338
25th Percentile £413 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £460 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% -5.15% -5.37%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £600 £638
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 10 32
10th Percentile £29.38 £29.28 £37.50
25th Percentile £48.75 £36.82 £43.80
Median hourly rate £69.50 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +27.27% +19.10%
75th Percentile £73.00 £87.69 £71.87
90th Percentile £77.20 £95.36 £82.62
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +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 4 August 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
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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +17 144 £450 -0.83% 62
Yorkshire -19 81 £460 +2.56% 19
North East - 9 £394 - 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 30 (12.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (7.73%) SharePoint
3 17 (7.30%) Confluence
4 8 (3.43%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Camunda
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.86%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 119 (51.07%) Azure
2 65 (27.90%) AWS
3 53 (22.75%) GCP
4 45 (19.31%) GitHub
5 44 (18.88%) Entra ID
6 39 (16.74%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (12.02%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (11.59%) Power Platform
10 20 (8.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 16 (6.87%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (4.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (4.72%) OpenShift
13 11 (4.72%) PowerApps
14 10 (4.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (3.86%) Azure AKS
15 9 (3.86%) OneDrive
15 9 (3.86%) Power Automate
16 7 (3.00%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.73%) Firewall
2 14 (6.01%) DNS
3 13 (5.58%) Network Security
4 11 (4.72%) SAN
5 9 (3.86%) NAS
6 8 (3.43%) Skype
6 8 (3.43%) VSAN
7 7 (3.00%) SSL
8 6 (2.58%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.58%) WAN
9 5 (2.15%) DHCP
9 5 (2.15%) VPN
9 5 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.72%) BGP
10 4 (1.72%) Internet
11 3 (1.29%) DMZ
11 3 (1.29%) LAN
11 3 (1.29%) MPLS
11 3 (1.29%) OSPF
11 3 (1.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (16.31%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.30%) Power BI
3 13 (5.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (5.15%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.00%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.15%) MySQL
7 5 (2.15%) Oracle Database
7 5 (2.15%) RDBMS
7 5 (2.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.72%) Db2
9 3 (1.29%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.86%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.86%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 34 (14.59%) Jenkins
2 19 (8.15%) Git
3 18 (7.73%) JIRA
4 13 (5.58%) GitLab
5 6 (2.58%) Selenium
5 6 (2.58%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (2.15%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.72%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.72%) MSBuild
7 4 (1.72%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.29%) Bugzilla
8 3 (1.29%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.86%) Flyway
9 2 (0.86%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.86%) MSI
9 2 (0.86%) Postman
9 2 (0.86%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 50 (21.46%) Finance
2 44 (18.88%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.01%) Banking
5 10 (4.29%) Legal
6 8 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.29%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.86%) Games
9 2 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Law
9 2 (0.86%) Retail
10 1 (0.43%) Local Government
10 1 (0.43%) Military
10 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (13.30%) Security Engineer
2 22 (9.44%) Senior
3 19 (8.15%) Developer
4 18 (7.73%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (6.44%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (5.58%) DBA
6 13 (5.58%) SQL DBA
7 11 (4.72%) Administrator
8 10 (4.29%) Desktop Engineer
8 10 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (3.86%) Architect
9 9 (3.86%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 9 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.43%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (3.43%) Lead
10 8 (3.43%) Wintel Engineer
11 7 (3.00%) VMware Engineer
12 6 (2.58%) Analyst
12 6 (2.58%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 6 (2.58%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.87%) REST
2 15 (6.44%) Microsoft Graph
3 13 (5.58%) JSON
4 12 (5.15%) .NET
5 9 (3.86%) Kafka
6 8 (3.43%) ARM Templates
6 8 (3.43%) YAML
7 6 (2.58%) OAuth
7 6 (2.58%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.58%) SailPoint
8 5 (2.15%) LDAP
8 5 (2.15%) Web Services
9 4 (1.72%) XML
10 3 (1.29%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.29%) JDBC
10 3 (1.29%) Node.js
10 3 (1.29%) SOAP
10 3 (1.29%) WireMock
10 3 (1.29%) XMPP
11 2 (0.86%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.02%) Replication
2 24 (10.30%) Clustering
2 24 (10.30%) Security Posture
3 23 (9.87%) Cloud Native
4 14 (6.01%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (5.58%) Management Information System
6 12 (5.15%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.86%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (3.86%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.43%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.43%) Product Ownership
9 7 (3.00%) Algorithms
9 7 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (3.00%) PKI
9 7 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.58%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (2.58%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.72%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.72%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 116 (49.79%) Windows
2 64 (27.47%) Linux
3 42 (18.03%) Windows Server
4 21 (9.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (5.58%) Windows 10
6 10 (4.29%) Unix
7 8 (3.43%) Windows 7
8 6 (2.58%) AIX
8 6 (2.58%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.58%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.29%) Solaris
10 3 (1.29%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.86%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.86%) VMS
11 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.43%) Android
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (37.34%) DevOps
2 73 (31.33%) CI/CD
3 53 (22.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 49 (21.03%) Agile
5 47 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (19.31%) Observability
7 42 (18.03%) Cloud Security
8 37 (15.88%) Change Management
9 34 (14.59%) AI
10 33 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (13.73%) Performance Tuning
12 30 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (12.88%) Platform Engineering
13 29 (12.45%) Infrastructure Automation
14 28 (12.02%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (11.59%) Containerisation
16 26 (11.16%) Analytics
17 25 (10.73%) Capacity Planning
17 25 (10.73%) High Availability
17 25 (10.73%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 111 (47.64%) Python
2 75 (32.19%) Bash
3 46 (19.74%) SQL
4 24 (10.30%) Bicep
5 17 (7.30%) Java
6 13 (5.58%) C#
7 12 (5.15%) VBScript
8 11 (4.72%) T-SQL
9 8 (3.43%) VB
10 7 (3.00%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.72%) Groovy
11 4 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.72%) Perl
11 4 (1.72%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.29%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.86%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.86%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.86%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.43%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 51 (21.89%) Security Cleared
2 45 (19.31%) SC Cleared
3 33 (14.16%) Degree
4 31 (13.30%) Azure Certification
5 22 (9.44%) AWS Certification
5 22 (9.44%) CISSP
6 19 (8.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (5.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (4.29%) VCAP
9 8 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.43%) MCSA
9 8 (3.43%) MCSE
10 5 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.72%) CCNP
11 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (1.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (1.29%) CCIE
12 3 (1.29%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.43%) GDPR
2 6 (2.58%) HIPAA
3 5 (2.15%) NIST
4 4 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.72%) SLA
5 3 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.86%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (19.74%) Active Directory
2 38 (16.31%) Docker
3 32 (13.73%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (12.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (8.58%) vSphere
6 19 (8.15%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (5.15%) Hyper-V
8 9 (3.86%) BitLocker
9 7 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (3.00%) VMware NSX
10 6 (2.58%) KVM
11 5 (2.15%) Firmware
12 2 (0.86%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.86%) NFS
12 2 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.86%) SRDF
13 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 71 (30.47%) Terraform
2 57 (24.46%) Ansible
3 54 (23.18%) Kubernetes
4 18 (7.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (7.30%) vCenter Server
6 16 (6.87%) Progress Chef
7 13 (5.58%) Grafana
8 12 (5.15%) SCCM
9 9 (3.86%) Prometheus
10 7 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (3.00%) PowerCLI
11 6 (2.58%) Argo
12 5 (2.15%) SCOM
12 5 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (1.72%) Istio
13 4 (1.72%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 3 (1.29%) HP ALM
14 3 (1.29%) vRealize
14 3 (1.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 112 (48.07%) Microsoft
2 34 (14.59%) ServiceNow
2 34 (14.59%) VMware
3 31 (13.30%) Google
4 27 (11.59%) Cisco
5 24 (10.30%) Splunk
6 22 (9.44%) Red Hat
7 13 (5.58%) Remedy
8 9 (3.86%) BeyondTrust
8 9 (3.86%) IBM
9 8 (3.43%) CyberArk
9 8 (3.43%) Oracle
10 7 (3.00%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (3.00%) Dynatrace
11 6 (2.58%) Citrix
11 6 (2.58%) HP
11 6 (2.58%) SolarWinds
12 5 (2.15%) BMC
12 5 (2.15%) Brocade
13 4 (1.72%) Dell