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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 53 82
Rank change year-on-year -7 +29 -23
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 225 135 109
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.92% 4.13% 2.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.98% 14.90% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 86 78
10th Percentile £313 £356 £259
25th Percentile £363 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £565 £538 £538
90th Percentile £625 £600 £654
England median daily rate £525 £533 £538
% change year-on-year -1.41% -0.93% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 5
10th Percentile £72.82 - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £75.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +62.41% -
75th Percentile - £77.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £74.26 £49.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.27% +24.38% -30.23%

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 1,609 906 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 28.02% 27.72% 25.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 643 886
10th Percentile £344 £350 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £466
Median % change year-on-year - +1.88% -11.19%
75th Percentile £539 £559 £540
90th Percentile £618 £638 £625
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -6.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 15 59
10th Percentile £41.94 £31.59 £38.24
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.25 £45.88
Median hourly rate £64.50 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% +47.37% -1.55%
75th Percentile £74.26 £91.32 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £100.62 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.76%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +11 129 £483 +3.25% 25
Yorkshire -27 90 £482 -3.60% 18
North East -15 11 £550 +20.35% 14
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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 59 (26.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (21.78%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.89%) Confluence
4 9 (4.00%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.89%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 87 (38.67%) Azure
2 69 (30.67%) Entra ID
2 69 (30.67%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (17.78%) AWS
4 36 (16.00%) OneDrive
5 27 (12.00%) GCP
6 24 (10.67%) GitHub
7 22 (9.78%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (9.33%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (8.44%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (5.78%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (5.78%) Serverless
11 12 (5.33%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (5.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 11 (4.89%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (4.89%) PaaS
12 11 (4.89%) SaaS
13 9 (4.00%) OpenShift
13 9 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (3.56%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (20.00%) Firewall
2 40 (17.78%) DNS
3 25 (11.11%) DHCP
4 21 (9.33%) VLAN
5 19 (8.44%) VPN
6 17 (7.56%) LAN
6 17 (7.56%) TCP/IP
6 17 (7.56%) WAN
7 15 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (4.89%) Network Security
8 11 (4.89%) WebEx
9 9 (4.00%) BGP
9 9 (4.00%) Skype
10 8 (3.56%) Software-Defined Networking
11 7 (3.11%) Kerberos
12 5 (2.22%) Unified Communications
13 4 (1.78%) NetScaler
13 4 (1.78%) SNMP
14 3 (1.33%) SAN
14 3 (1.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.67%) DB2
3 6 (2.67%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.33%) Metadata
5 3 (1.33%) Power BI
6 2 (0.89%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.89%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 20 (8.89%) JIRA
3 16 (7.11%) GitLab
4 14 (6.22%) Git
5 7 (3.11%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.89%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.89%) Flyway
6 2 (0.89%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.89%) MSI
6 2 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.89%) Selenium
6 2 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.89%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.44%) Appium
7 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.44%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.44%) Subversion
7 1 (0.44%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.44%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.44%) Yeoman
General
1 39 (17.33%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.56%) Legal
3 33 (14.67%) Finance
4 27 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.89%) Banking
8 6 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.78%) Retail
10 3 (1.33%) Law
11 2 (0.89%) Military
12 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.44%) Local Government
12 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (13.78%) Architect
2 25 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
3 16 (7.11%) Senior
4 15 (6.67%) Administrator
4 15 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 14 (6.22%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (5.78%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (5.33%) Security Engineer
8 11 (4.89%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.56%) Wintel Engineer
11 7 (3.11%) Analyst
11 7 (3.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 7 (3.11%) Technical Architect
12 6 (2.67%) DBA
12 6 (2.67%) IT Support
12 6 (2.67%) Lead
12 6 (2.67%) Network Engineer
12 6 (2.67%) Support Engineer
12 6 (2.67%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.44%) Microsoft Graph
2 15 (6.67%) REST
3 11 (4.89%) XMPP
4 9 (4.00%) ARM Templates
5 8 (3.56%) LDAP
6 6 (2.67%) Node.js
7 5 (2.22%) .NET
7 5 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (2.22%) OpenAPI
7 5 (2.22%) Swagger
7 5 (2.22%) Web Services
8 4 (1.78%) JSON
8 4 (1.78%) SOAP
9 3 (1.33%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.33%) Kafka
9 3 (1.33%) OAuth
9 3 (1.33%) SPFx
10 2 (0.89%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.89%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.67%) Product Ownership
2 23 (10.22%) Data Centre
3 22 (9.78%) Clustering
4 17 (7.56%) Replication
5 13 (5.78%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.44%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.11%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (2.67%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.22%) Fat Client
9 5 (2.22%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.22%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.78%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.78%) CMDB
10 4 (1.78%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.78%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 113 (50.22%) Windows
2 51 (22.67%) Linux
3 47 (20.89%) Windows Server
4 24 (10.67%) Windows 10
5 19 (8.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.00%) Unix
6 9 (4.00%) Windows 7
7 7 (3.11%) AIX
8 5 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.78%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.33%) Android
11 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.44%) Solaris
12 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (23.56%) CI/CD
1 53 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (22.22%) DevOps
3 38 (16.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 34 (15.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 33 (14.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 32 (14.22%) High Availability
6 32 (14.22%) Observability
7 31 (13.78%) Platform Engineering
8 30 (13.33%) Containerisation
9 29 (12.89%) Identity Access Management
9 29 (12.89%) ITSM
9 29 (12.89%) Service Management
10 26 (11.56%) Agile
10 26 (11.56%) Incident Response
10 26 (11.56%) Migration
11 25 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (9.33%) Infrastructure Automation
13 20 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (35.11%) Python
2 72 (32.00%) Bash
3 22 (9.78%) SQL
4 18 (8.00%) Perl
5 17 (7.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (5.78%) Bicep
7 11 (4.89%) Java
8 10 (4.44%) C#
9 9 (4.00%) VB
9 9 (4.00%) VBScript
10 6 (2.67%) JavaScript
11 5 (2.22%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.78%) Go
12 4 (1.78%) Groovy
13 2 (0.89%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.89%) Ruby
13 2 (0.89%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.44%) BeanShell
14 1 (0.44%) C
Qualifications
1 67 (29.78%) Security Cleared
2 60 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (6.22%) Azure Certification
4 14 (6.22%) Degree
5 10 (4.44%) AWS Certification
5 10 (4.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (4.00%) CCDP
6 9 (4.00%) CCNA
6 9 (4.00%) CCNP
6 9 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.00%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.56%) MCSA
7 8 (3.56%) MCSE
7 8 (3.56%) VCAP
8 6 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.22%) CISSP
10 4 (1.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.89%) CISM
12 1 (0.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.11%) GDPR
2 13 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.44%) FINRA
3 10 (4.44%) MiFID
4 9 (4.00%) NIST
5 4 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.78%) QA
5 4 (1.78%) SLA
6 3 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.33%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.44%) GRC
8 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (31.56%) Active Directory
2 41 (18.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (15.56%) Docker
4 28 (12.44%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (9.78%) Hyper-V
6 21 (9.33%) vSphere
7 17 (7.56%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (6.67%) KVM
9 9 (4.00%) BitLocker
10 7 (3.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (2.22%) Firmware
12 2 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (23.11%) Terraform
2 40 (17.78%) Ansible
3 37 (16.44%) Kubernetes
4 23 (10.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (9.78%) SCCM
6 19 (8.44%) vCenter Server
7 16 (7.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (5.33%) Grafana
9 9 (4.00%) Prometheus
9 9 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (3.11%) Istio
11 6 (2.67%) IBM BigFix
11 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (2.67%) Nagios
11 6 (2.67%) PowerCLI
12 5 (2.22%) Argo
12 5 (2.22%) Progress Chef
13 3 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.89%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.89%) linkerd
Vendors
1 116 (51.56%) Microsoft
2 50 (22.22%) VMware
3 26 (11.56%) Cisco
4 20 (8.89%) Citrix
4 20 (8.89%) Red Hat
5 19 (8.44%) ServiceNow
6 13 (5.78%) Google
7 12 (5.33%) SolarWinds
7 12 (5.33%) Splunk
8 8 (3.56%) Oracle
9 7 (3.11%) IBM
9 7 (3.11%) Veeam
10 6 (2.67%) RedGate
11 5 (2.22%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.78%) F5
12 4 (1.78%) Juniper
13 3 (1.33%) Alibaba
13 3 (1.33%) CyberArk
13 3 (1.33%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.89%) CloudEndure