PowerShell Contract Job Trends in the North of England

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 62 83
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 -22
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 226 115 106
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.63% 3.51% 2.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.44% 12.50% 9.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 73 76
10th Percentile £313 £331 £325
25th Percentile £358 £388 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -7.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £623
90th Percentile £621 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.05% +0.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £46.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £41.75 £40.13
% change year-on-year +51.22% +4.05% -33.01%

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 1,682 920 1,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.99% 28.07% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,131 677 834
10th Percentile £344 £351 £322
25th Percentile £407 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £569
90th Percentile £625 £625 £625
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 14 50
10th Percentile £38.39 £34.68 £37.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.31 £45.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £74.50 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.75% +56.02% -2.55%
75th Percentile £74.26 £88.06 £68.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £100.97 £74.97
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +15 134 £465 -0.09% 49
Yorkshire -21 90 £458 -8.50% 16
North East -14 4 £400 +14.29% 13
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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 46 (20.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (17.70%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.75%) Confluence
4 10 (4.42%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (3.98%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 91 (40.27%) Azure
2 60 (26.55%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (25.22%) Entra ID
4 48 (21.24%) AWS
5 33 (14.60%) OneDrive
6 32 (14.16%) GCP
7 28 (12.39%) GitHub
8 23 (10.18%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (9.73%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (9.73%) Microsoft Purview
10 20 (8.85%) Power Platform
11 14 (6.19%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (5.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 12 (5.31%) OpenShift
13 10 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (3.98%) Azure AKS
14 9 (3.98%) Azure Storage
14 9 (3.98%) SaaS
15 8 (3.54%) PaaS
15 8 (3.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.50%) DNS
2 25 (11.06%) Firewall
3 13 (5.75%) DHCP
4 12 (5.31%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.87%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (4.42%) LAN
6 10 (4.42%) Network Security
6 10 (4.42%) Skype
6 10 (4.42%) WAN
7 8 (3.54%) SAN
7 8 (3.54%) VSAN
8 7 (3.10%) Kerberos
8 7 (3.10%) VLAN
9 6 (2.65%) NAS
9 6 (2.65%) Unified Communications
9 6 (2.65%) VPN
10 5 (2.21%) NetScaler
11 3 (1.33%) DKIM
11 3 (1.33%) DMARC
11 3 (1.33%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.87%) Power BI
3 9 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (3.10%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.65%) DB2
6 3 (1.33%) Metadata
6 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (0.88%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.44%) DTS
8 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (8.85%) Jenkins
2 19 (8.41%) JIRA
3 9 (3.98%) Git
3 9 (3.98%) GitLab
4 5 (2.21%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.33%) MSI
5 3 (1.33%) Selenium
6 2 (0.88%) Flyway
6 2 (0.88%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.88%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.88%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.44%) Appium
7 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.44%) gulp
7 1 (0.44%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.44%) Postman
7 1 (0.44%) Subversion
7 1 (0.44%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.44%) Yeoman
General
1 45 (19.91%) Social Skills
2 43 (19.03%) Finance
3 24 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (10.62%) Legal
4 17 (7.52%) Banking
5 15 (6.64%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.77%) Law
9 3 (1.33%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.88%) Military
10 2 (0.88%) Retail
11 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.44%) Local Government
11 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (14.16%) Architect
2 18 (7.96%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 18 (7.96%) Security Engineer
2 18 (7.96%) Senior
3 15 (6.64%) Platform Engineer
4 14 (6.19%) Wintel Engineer
5 12 (5.31%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (5.31%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (4.42%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (3.98%) Administrator
7 9 (3.98%) DBA
7 9 (3.98%) SQL DBA
7 9 (3.98%) VMware Engineer
8 8 (3.54%) Desktop Engineer
8 8 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.10%) Developer
9 7 (3.10%) Server Engineer
9 7 (3.10%) Windows Engineer
10 6 (2.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 6 (2.65%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.37%) Microsoft Graph
2 18 (7.96%) REST
3 11 (4.87%) LDAP
4 7 (3.10%) ARM Templates
5 5 (2.21%) .NET
5 5 (2.21%) OpenAPI
5 5 (2.21%) Swagger
5 5 (2.21%) Web Services
6 4 (1.77%) YAML
7 3 (1.33%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.33%) JDBC
7 3 (1.33%) Kafka
7 3 (1.33%) Node.js
7 3 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (1.33%) SailPoint
7 3 (1.33%) SOAP
7 3 (1.33%) Software Packaging
7 3 (1.33%) XMPP
8 2 (0.88%) JSON
8 2 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.16%) Clustering
2 31 (13.72%) Replication
3 16 (7.08%) Data Centre
4 12 (5.31%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (4.87%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (4.87%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.98%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.54%) Product Ownership
8 7 (3.10%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.21%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.77%) PKI
10 4 (1.77%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.77%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.33%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.33%) Fat Client
11 3 (1.33%) IoT
11 3 (1.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 122 (53.98%) Windows
2 44 (19.47%) Linux
3 42 (18.58%) Windows Server
4 21 (9.29%) Windows 10
5 10 (4.42%) Unix
5 10 (4.42%) Windows 7
6 9 (3.98%) AIX
6 9 (3.98%) Mac OS
6 9 (3.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (2.65%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.33%) VMS
10 2 (0.88%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.44%) Solaris
11 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (21.68%) CI/CD
2 48 (21.24%) DevOps
3 47 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (18.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 36 (15.93%) Observability
6 33 (14.60%) High Availability
7 32 (14.16%) Capacity Planning
7 32 (14.16%) Infrastructure as Code
7 32 (14.16%) Root Cause Analysis
8 29 (12.83%) Performance Tuning
9 27 (11.95%) Agile
10 26 (11.50%) Network Virtualisation
11 24 (10.62%) Migration
11 24 (10.62%) Project Delivery
12 23 (10.18%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (9.73%) Analytics
13 22 (9.73%) Platform Engineering
14 21 (9.29%) Incident Response
14 21 (9.29%) ITSM
15 20 (8.85%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 79 (34.96%) Python
2 58 (25.66%) Bash
3 29 (12.83%) SQL
4 16 (7.08%) Kusto Query Language
5 12 (5.31%) Bicep
6 10 (4.42%) VBScript
7 9 (3.98%) Java
7 9 (3.98%) VB
8 8 (3.54%) C#
9 6 (2.65%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.21%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.33%) Go
11 3 (1.33%) Groovy
11 3 (1.33%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.88%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.88%) Perl
12 2 (0.88%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (23.89%) Security Cleared
2 46 (20.35%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (8.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 16 (7.08%) Azure Certification
5 16 (7.08%) VCAP
6 14 (6.19%) MCSA
6 14 (6.19%) MCSE
7 13 (5.75%) Degree
8 11 (4.87%) AWS Certification
9 10 (4.42%) CISSP
10 4 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.77%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.44%) NCDA
12 1 (0.44%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.62%) GDPR
2 10 (4.42%) FINRA
2 10 (4.42%) MiFID
3 8 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.10%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.65%) NIST
6 5 (2.21%) SLA
7 4 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.33%) QA
9 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.44%) GRC
System Software
1 57 (25.22%) Active Directory
2 45 (19.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (16.81%) Virtual Machines
4 32 (14.16%) vSphere
5 28 (12.39%) Docker
5 28 (12.39%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (9.73%) Hyper-V
7 15 (6.64%) KVM
8 10 (4.42%) BitLocker
8 10 (4.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (3.10%) Firmware
10 6 (2.65%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.44%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.44%) NFS
12 1 (0.44%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 49 (21.68%) Ansible
2 46 (20.35%) Terraform
3 35 (15.49%) Kubernetes
4 29 (12.83%) vCenter Server
5 24 (10.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (9.73%) SCCM
7 10 (4.42%) PowerCLI
8 9 (3.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (3.98%) Grafana
9 7 (3.10%) Istio
9 7 (3.10%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (3.10%) Nagios
10 6 (2.65%) IBM BigFix
10 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (2.65%) Prometheus
11 5 (2.21%) Argo
11 5 (2.21%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (1.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 3 (1.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 119 (52.65%) Microsoft
2 50 (22.12%) VMware
3 25 (11.06%) ServiceNow
4 22 (9.73%) Cisco
5 18 (7.96%) Splunk
6 17 (7.52%) Google
7 14 (6.19%) SolarWinds
8 11 (4.87%) Red Hat
9 10 (4.42%) IBM
9 10 (4.42%) Remedy
10 9 (3.98%) Citrix
11 8 (3.54%) BeyondTrust
11 8 (3.54%) CyberArk
11 8 (3.54%) Veeam
12 7 (3.10%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (3.10%) Oracle
13 6 (2.65%) RedGate
14 5 (2.21%) Dynatrace
15 4 (1.77%) Brocade
15 4 (1.77%) F5