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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 74 76
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 -13
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 240 112 101
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.27% 2.85% 2.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.68% 10.51% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 64 78
10th Percentile £308 £261 £375
25th Percentile £369 £384 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -10.25% -
75th Percentile £550 £488 £634
90th Percentile £621 £575 £675
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -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 £55.00 £65.00 £65.69
% change year-on-year -15.38% -1.05% +16.50%

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 1,893 1,066 1,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.77% 27.12% 25.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 769 750
10th Percentile £352 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -4.64% -6.73%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £607 £638
England median daily rate £521 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.07% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 10 32
10th Percentile £29.96 £29.28 £37.50
25th Percentile £49.38 £36.82 £43.80
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% +19.10%
75th Percentile £74.26 £87.69 £71.87
90th Percentile £82.68 £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 1 August 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

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 1 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 1 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 +14 144 £450 -0.83% 50
Yorkshire -10 87 £458 +2.01% 22
North East - 10 £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 33 (13.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (9.58%) SharePoint
3 19 (7.92%) Confluence
4 8 (3.33%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.42%) Camunda
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) IIS
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 122 (50.83%) Azure
2 65 (27.08%) AWS
3 54 (22.50%) GCP
4 47 (19.58%) Entra ID
5 45 (18.75%) GitHub
6 43 (17.92%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (12.08%) GitHub Actions
8 29 (12.08%) Power Platform
9 21 (8.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 16 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (5.83%) OneDrive
12 12 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (5.00%) OpenShift
12 12 (5.00%) PowerApps
13 11 (4.58%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (4.17%) Azure AKS
14 10 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (3.75%) Power Automate
15 9 (3.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.00%) Firewall
2 13 (5.42%) DNS
2 13 (5.42%) Network Security
3 11 (4.58%) SAN
4 9 (3.75%) NAS
5 8 (3.33%) Skype
5 8 (3.33%) VSAN
5 8 (3.33%) WAN
6 7 (2.92%) SSL
6 7 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (2.50%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.08%) DHCP
8 5 (2.08%) LAN
8 5 (2.08%) VPN
9 4 (1.67%) BGP
9 4 (1.67%) Internet
9 4 (1.67%) Unified Communications
10 3 (1.25%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (1.25%) MPLS
10 3 (1.25%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (15.83%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.50%) Power BI
3 13 (5.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (5.00%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.92%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.08%) MySQL
7 5 (2.08%) Oracle Database
7 5 (2.08%) RDBMS
7 5 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.67%) Db2
9 3 (1.25%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.83%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 35 (14.58%) Jenkins
2 20 (8.33%) JIRA
3 19 (7.92%) Git
4 13 (5.42%) GitLab
5 6 (2.50%) Selenium
5 6 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (2.08%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.67%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.67%) MSBuild
7 4 (1.67%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.25%) Bugzilla
8 3 (1.25%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.83%) Flyway
9 2 (0.83%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.83%) MSI
9 2 (0.83%) Postman
9 2 (0.83%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 53 (22.08%) Finance
2 44 (18.33%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.75%) Banking
5 10 (4.17%) Legal
6 9 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.25%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.83%) Games
10 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.83%) Law
10 2 (0.83%) Retail
11 1 (0.42%) Local Government
11 1 (0.42%) Military
11 1 (0.42%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (12.92%) Security Engineer
2 24 (10.00%) Senior
3 20 (8.33%) Developer
4 19 (7.92%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (5.42%) DBA
6 13 (5.42%) SQL DBA
7 11 (4.58%) Administrator
7 11 (4.58%) Architect
8 10 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
8 10 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (3.75%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 8 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (3.33%) Lead
10 8 (3.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
10 8 (3.33%) VMware Engineer
10 8 (3.33%) Wintel Engineer
11 6 (2.50%) Analyst
11 6 (2.50%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.00%) REST
2 19 (7.92%) Microsoft Graph
3 13 (5.42%) .NET
3 13 (5.42%) JSON
4 9 (3.75%) Kafka
5 8 (3.33%) ARM Templates
5 8 (3.33%) YAML
6 6 (2.50%) OAuth
6 6 (2.50%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (2.50%) SailPoint
7 5 (2.08%) LDAP
7 5 (2.08%) Web Services
8 4 (1.67%) XML
9 3 (1.25%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.25%) JDBC
9 3 (1.25%) Node.js
9 3 (1.25%) OpenAPI
9 3 (1.25%) SOAP
9 3 (1.25%) Swagger
9 3 (1.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.67%) Replication
2 24 (10.00%) Clustering
2 24 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 23 (9.58%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.83%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (5.42%) Data Centre
5 13 (5.42%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.58%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (3.75%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.33%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.33%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.92%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.92%) PKI
9 7 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.50%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.67%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 119 (49.58%) Windows
2 64 (26.67%) Linux
3 42 (17.50%) Windows Server
4 21 (8.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (5.42%) Windows 10
6 10 (4.17%) Unix
7 8 (3.33%) Windows 7
8 6 (2.50%) AIX
8 6 (2.50%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.08%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.25%) Solaris
11 3 (1.25%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.83%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.83%) VMS
12 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (36.25%) DevOps
2 75 (31.25%) CI/CD
3 54 (22.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 49 (20.42%) Agile
5 48 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (19.58%) Observability
7 43 (17.92%) Cloud Security
8 38 (15.83%) Change Management
9 34 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (14.17%) Performance Tuning
10 33 (13.75%) AI
11 31 (12.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 31 (12.92%) Platform Engineering
12 30 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
13 28 (11.67%) Disaster Recovery
14 27 (11.25%) Containerisation
14 27 (11.25%) High Availability
15 26 (10.83%) Analytics
15 26 (10.83%) Capacity Planning
16 25 (10.42%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (47.92%) Python
2 76 (31.67%) Bash
3 47 (19.58%) SQL
4 24 (10.00%) Bicep
5 17 (7.08%) Java
6 14 (5.83%) C#
7 12 (5.00%) VBScript
8 11 (4.58%) T-SQL
9 8 (3.33%) VB
10 7 (2.92%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (2.92%) Shell Script
11 5 (2.08%) Groovy
12 4 (1.67%) Perl
12 4 (1.67%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.25%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.83%) BeanShell
14 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.83%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.42%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 51 (21.25%) Security Cleared
2 45 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 33 (13.75%) Degree
4 31 (12.92%) Azure Certification
5 22 (9.17%) AWS Certification
5 22 (9.17%) CISSP
6 19 (7.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (5.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (4.17%) VCAP
9 8 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.33%) MCSA
9 8 (3.33%) MCSE
10 5 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.67%) CCNP
11 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (1.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (1.25%) CCIE
12 3 (1.25%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.17%) GDPR
2 6 (2.50%) HIPAA
3 5 (2.08%) NIST
4 4 (1.67%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.67%) SLA
5 3 (1.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.83%) QA
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.42%) FINRA
7 1 (0.42%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.42%) MiFID
7 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 38 (15.83%) Docker
3 32 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
4 30 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (8.75%) vSphere
6 20 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (5.42%) Hyper-V
8 9 (3.75%) BitLocker
9 7 (2.92%) KVM
9 7 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (2.92%) VMware NSX
10 5 (2.08%) Firmware
11 2 (0.83%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.83%) NFS
11 2 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.83%) SRDF
12 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.42%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 72 (30.00%) Terraform
2 58 (24.17%) Ansible
3 55 (22.92%) Kubernetes
4 20 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (7.50%) vCenter Server
6 16 (6.67%) Progress Chef
7 13 (5.42%) Grafana
8 12 (5.00%) SCCM
9 9 (3.75%) Prometheus
10 8 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (3.33%) PowerCLI
11 6 (2.50%) Argo
12 5 (2.08%) Istio
12 5 (2.08%) SCOM
12 5 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (1.67%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 3 (1.25%) HP ALM
14 3 (1.25%) IBM BigFix
14 3 (1.25%) WMI
Vendors
1 116 (48.33%) Microsoft
2 35 (14.58%) VMware
3 34 (14.17%) ServiceNow
4 32 (13.33%) Google
5 27 (11.25%) Cisco
6 24 (10.00%) Splunk
7 22 (9.17%) Red Hat
8 13 (5.42%) Remedy
9 9 (3.75%) BeyondTrust
9 9 (3.75%) IBM
10 8 (3.33%) CyberArk
10 8 (3.33%) Dynatrace
10 8 (3.33%) Oracle
11 7 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (2.50%) Citrix
12 6 (2.50%) HP
12 6 (2.50%) SolarWinds
13 5 (2.08%) BMC
13 5 (2.08%) Brocade
14 4 (1.67%) Dell