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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 50 86
Rank change year-on-year -7 +36 -21
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 229 123 105
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.88% 3.84% 2.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.82% 13.80% 8.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 82 74
10th Percentile £314 £355 £266
25th Percentile £400 £406 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £565 £538 £567
90th Percentile £621 £600 £659
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.52% -4.05% -
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 £54.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +36.26% +36.25% -31.70%

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 1,657 891 1,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 28.07% 27.85% 25.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,124 643 868
10th Percentile £350 £350 £313
25th Percentile £402 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% -11.90%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £550
90th Percentile £620 £638 £625
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 15 52
10th Percentile £42.20 £31.59 £37.70
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.38 £44.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +57.89% -
75th Percentile £74.26 £92.70 £59.06
90th Percentile £84.65 £100.62 £72.44
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -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

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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 4 April 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
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 April 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 +10 133 £506 +8.87% 35
Yorkshire -26 90 £460 -5.64% 16
North East -8 11 £550 +18.28% 15
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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 58 (25.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (20.96%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.68%) Confluence
4 9 (3.93%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.87%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.44%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 86 (37.55%) Azure
2 68 (29.69%) Entra ID
3 67 (29.26%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (17.03%) AWS
5 37 (16.16%) OneDrive
6 26 (11.35%) GCP
7 24 (10.48%) GitHub
8 22 (9.61%) Microsoft Purview
9 20 (8.73%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (8.30%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (5.24%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (5.24%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 12 (5.24%) SaaS
12 11 (4.80%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (4.80%) PaaS
12 11 (4.80%) Power Platform
12 11 (4.80%) Serverless
13 10 (4.37%) OpenShift
14 9 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (3.49%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 42 (18.34%) Firewall
2 40 (17.47%) DNS
3 25 (10.92%) DHCP
4 20 (8.73%) VLAN
5 19 (8.30%) VPN
6 18 (7.86%) LAN
6 18 (7.86%) WAN
7 17 (7.42%) TCP/IP
8 16 (6.99%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (4.80%) Network Security
9 11 (4.80%) WebEx
10 9 (3.93%) BGP
10 9 (3.93%) Skype
11 8 (3.49%) Software-Defined Networking
12 7 (3.06%) Kerberos
12 7 (3.06%) VSAN
13 6 (2.62%) Unified Communications
14 5 (2.18%) NetScaler
14 5 (2.18%) SAN
15 4 (1.75%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.42%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.62%) DB2
4 6 (2.62%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.18%) Power BI
6 3 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.31%) Metadata
7 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.87%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.44%) DTS
8 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 21 (9.17%) Jenkins
2 19 (8.30%) JIRA
3 12 (5.24%) GitLab
4 11 (4.80%) Git
5 5 (2.18%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.31%) Selenium
7 2 (0.87%) Flyway
7 2 (0.87%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.87%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.87%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.44%) Appium
8 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.44%) gulp
8 1 (0.44%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.44%) MSI
8 1 (0.44%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.44%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.44%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.44%) Yeoman
General
1 38 (16.59%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.28%) Legal
3 34 (14.85%) Finance
4 29 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.42%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.24%) Banking
6 12 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.75%) Retail
9 3 (1.31%) Law
10 2 (0.87%) Local Government
11 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.44%) Military
11 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (13.10%) Architect
2 25 (10.92%) Platform Engineer
3 19 (8.30%) Senior
4 15 (6.55%) Administrator
4 15 (6.55%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 13 (5.68%) Security Engineer
6 12 (5.24%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (4.80%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (3.93%) VMware Engineer
9 8 (3.49%) DBA
9 8 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.49%) SQL DBA
9 8 (3.49%) Wintel Engineer
10 7 (3.06%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.06%) Server Engineer
10 7 (3.06%) Technical Architect
11 6 (2.62%) IT Support
11 6 (2.62%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (2.62%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.16%) Microsoft Graph
2 16 (6.99%) REST
3 11 (4.80%) XMPP
4 9 (3.93%) ARM Templates
4 9 (3.93%) LDAP
5 5 (2.18%) .NET
5 5 (2.18%) OpenAPI
5 5 (2.18%) Swagger
5 5 (2.18%) Web Services
6 4 (1.75%) Node.js
7 3 (1.31%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.31%) JSON
7 3 (1.31%) Kafka
7 3 (1.31%) SOAP
7 3 (1.31%) SPFx
8 2 (0.87%) JDBC
8 2 (0.87%) OAuth
8 2 (0.87%) pytest
8 2 (0.87%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.48%) Clustering
1 24 (10.48%) Product Ownership
2 22 (9.61%) Data Centre
3 21 (9.17%) Replication
4 11 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.37%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (3.49%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.62%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.18%) Fat Client
8 5 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.18%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.18%) Thin Client
9 4 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.31%) IoT
10 3 (1.31%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 121 (52.84%) Windows
2 56 (24.45%) Linux
3 50 (21.83%) Windows Server
4 24 (10.48%) Windows 10
5 21 (9.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.93%) Unix
6 9 (3.93%) Windows 7
7 7 (3.06%) AIX
8 6 (2.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.18%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.31%) Android
11 3 (1.31%) VMS
11 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.44%) Solaris
13 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (21.83%) CI/CD
3 45 (19.65%) DevOps
4 38 (16.59%) Disaster Recovery
5 36 (15.72%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (15.28%) Root Cause Analysis
7 33 (14.41%) Platform Engineering
8 31 (13.54%) High Availability
8 31 (13.54%) Observability
8 31 (13.54%) Service Management
9 30 (13.10%) Containerisation
10 28 (12.23%) Identity Access Management
10 28 (12.23%) ITSM
11 27 (11.79%) Migration
12 26 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (11.35%) Performance Tuning
13 25 (10.92%) Capacity Planning
13 25 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (10.48%) Agile
15 23 (10.04%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 80 (34.93%) Python
2 74 (32.31%) Bash
3 25 (10.92%) SQL
4 17 (7.42%) Kusto Query Language
5 16 (6.99%) Perl
6 13 (5.68%) Bicep
7 10 (4.37%) C#
8 9 (3.93%) Java
8 9 (3.93%) VB
8 9 (3.93%) VBScript
9 5 (2.18%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.75%) Go
10 4 (1.75%) Groovy
10 4 (1.75%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.87%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.44%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.44%) C
Qualifications
1 65 (28.38%) Security Cleared
2 58 (25.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.99%) Degree
4 15 (6.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (6.11%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (4.37%) VCAP
8 9 (3.93%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.93%) CCDP
8 9 (3.93%) CCNA
8 9 (3.93%) CCNP
8 9 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.93%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.49%) MCSA
9 8 (3.49%) MCSE
10 6 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (2.18%) CISSP
12 4 (1.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.48%) GDPR
2 13 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.37%) FINRA
3 10 (4.37%) MiFID
4 8 (3.49%) NIST
5 5 (2.18%) SLA
6 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.75%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.31%) QA
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.44%) GRC
9 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (31.44%) Active Directory
2 44 (19.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (14.85%) Docker
4 32 (13.97%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (11.35%) vSphere
6 22 (9.61%) VMware ESXi
7 21 (9.17%) Hyper-V
8 15 (6.55%) KVM
9 9 (3.93%) BitLocker
10 7 (3.06%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (2.62%) VMware NSX
12 5 (2.18%) Firmware
13 2 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 50 (21.83%) Terraform
2 42 (18.34%) Ansible
3 35 (15.28%) Kubernetes
4 23 (10.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (9.61%) vCenter Server
6 21 (9.17%) SCCM
7 16 (6.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (4.37%) Grafana
8 10 (4.37%) PowerCLI
9 8 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (3.06%) Istio
10 7 (3.06%) Prometheus
11 6 (2.62%) IBM BigFix
11 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (2.62%) Nagios
12 5 (2.18%) Argo
12 5 (2.18%) Progress Chef
13 4 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.87%) vMotion
Vendors
1 119 (51.97%) Microsoft
2 53 (23.14%) VMware
3 26 (11.35%) Cisco
4 21 (9.17%) Red Hat
5 20 (8.73%) Citrix
6 18 (7.86%) ServiceNow
7 13 (5.68%) Google
7 13 (5.68%) Splunk
8 12 (5.24%) SolarWinds
9 7 (3.06%) IBM
9 7 (3.06%) Veeam
10 6 (2.62%) Oracle
10 6 (2.62%) RedGate
11 5 (2.18%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.75%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.75%) F5
12 4 (1.75%) Juniper
12 4 (1.75%) Remedy
13 3 (1.31%) Alibaba
13 3 (1.31%) OpenAI