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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 51 73
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 -19
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 224 135 124
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.96% 4.13% 2.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.89% 14.97% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 86 91
10th Percentile £314 £360 £251
25th Percentile £368 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £625 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -2.33% - -1.38%
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 £56.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +30.87% +41.86% -28.78%

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 1,613 902 1,261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 28.50% 27.60% 25.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 633 901
10th Percentile £344 £349 £311
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% -11.90%
75th Percentile £542 £564 £550
90th Percentile £622 £638 £625
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 17 59
10th Percentile £41.94 £31.64 £38.24
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £45.88
Median hourly rate £64.57 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% +47.37% -3.06%
75th Percentile £74.26 £87.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.20 £99.93 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.51%

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 15 March 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
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 15 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 +8 127 £465 -1.15% 27
Yorkshire -23 90 £471 -5.80% 18
North East -12 12 £550 +20.35% 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 59 (26.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (21.88%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.46%) Confluence
4 9 (4.02%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.34%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.89%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 87 (38.84%) Azure
2 68 (30.36%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (29.91%) Entra ID
4 42 (18.75%) AWS
5 37 (16.52%) OneDrive
6 29 (12.95%) GCP
7 22 (9.82%) GitHub
8 21 (9.38%) Microsoft Purview
9 20 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (8.48%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (5.80%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (5.80%) Serverless
12 12 (5.36%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (5.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 12 (5.36%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (4.46%) PaaS
13 10 (4.46%) SaaS
14 9 (4.02%) OpenShift
14 9 (4.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (3.57%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (20.98%) Firewall
2 40 (17.86%) DNS
3 25 (11.16%) DHCP
4 21 (9.38%) VLAN
5 19 (8.48%) VPN
6 17 (7.59%) TCP/IP
7 16 (7.14%) LAN
7 16 (7.14%) WAN
8 14 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (4.91%) Network Security
9 11 (4.91%) WebEx
10 9 (4.02%) BGP
10 9 (4.02%) Skype
11 8 (3.57%) Software-Defined Networking
12 7 (3.13%) Kerberos
13 4 (1.79%) NetScaler
13 4 (1.79%) SNMP
13 4 (1.79%) Unified Communications
14 3 (1.34%) DKIM
14 3 (1.34%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.68%) DB2
2 6 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.23%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.79%) Metadata
5 3 (1.34%) Power BI
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (11.16%) Jenkins
2 18 (8.04%) JIRA
3 16 (7.14%) GitLab
4 14 (6.25%) Git
5 7 (3.13%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.89%) Bitbucket
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 (0.45%) Appium
7 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.45%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.45%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.45%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.45%) Subversion
7 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.45%) Yeoman
General
1 39 (17.41%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.18%) Legal
3 33 (14.73%) Finance
4 27 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.59%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.80%) Banking
7 12 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.79%) Retail
10 3 (1.34%) Law
11 2 (0.89%) Military
12 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.45%) Local Government
12 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (13.84%) Architect
2 24 (10.71%) Platform Engineer
3 16 (7.14%) Administrator
4 15 (6.70%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 15 (6.70%) Senior
5 13 (5.80%) Cloud Engineer
5 13 (5.80%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (5.36%) Security Engineer
7 10 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.57%) Wintel Engineer
10 7 (3.13%) Analyst
10 7 (3.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.13%) Technical Architect
11 6 (2.68%) DBA
11 6 (2.68%) IT Support
11 6 (2.68%) Lead
11 6 (2.68%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.68%) Support Engineer
11 6 (2.68%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.63%) Microsoft Graph
2 15 (6.70%) REST
3 11 (4.91%) XMPP
4 8 (3.57%) ARM Templates
4 8 (3.57%) LDAP
5 6 (2.68%) Node.js
6 5 (2.23%) .NET
6 5 (2.23%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (2.23%) OpenAPI
6 5 (2.23%) Swagger
6 5 (2.23%) Web Services
7 4 (1.79%) JSON
7 4 (1.79%) SOAP
8 3 (1.34%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.34%) Kafka
8 3 (1.34%) OAuth
8 3 (1.34%) SPFx
9 2 (0.89%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.89%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.27%) Data Centre
1 23 (10.27%) Product Ownership
2 21 (9.38%) Clustering
3 16 (7.14%) Replication
4 13 (5.80%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.46%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.68%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.23%) Fat Client
8 5 (2.23%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.23%) Thin Client
9 4 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.79%) CMDB
9 4 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.34%) iPhone
10 3 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 111 (49.55%) Windows
2 53 (23.66%) Linux
3 46 (20.54%) Windows Server
4 25 (11.16%) Windows 10
5 19 (8.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.02%) Unix
6 9 (4.02%) Windows 7
7 7 (3.13%) AIX
8 5 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.79%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.34%) Android
11 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.45%) Solaris
12 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (22.77%) CI/CD
3 48 (21.43%) DevOps
4 36 (16.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 35 (15.63%) Disaster Recovery
6 33 (14.73%) Root Cause Analysis
7 32 (14.29%) Containerisation
8 31 (13.84%) High Availability
8 31 (13.84%) Observability
9 30 (13.39%) Platform Engineering
9 30 (13.39%) Service Management
10 29 (12.95%) ITSM
11 28 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
12 26 (11.61%) Incident Response
13 25 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (11.16%) Migration
14 24 (10.71%) Agile
15 21 (9.38%) Infrastructure Automation
16 20 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (35.27%) Python
2 73 (32.59%) Bash
3 21 (9.38%) SQL
4 18 (8.04%) Perl
5 17 (7.59%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (5.80%) Bicep
7 11 (4.91%) Java
8 10 (4.46%) C#
9 9 (4.02%) VB
9 9 (4.02%) VBScript
10 6 (2.68%) JavaScript
11 5 (2.23%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.79%) Go
12 4 (1.79%) Groovy
13 2 (0.89%) Ruby
13 2 (0.89%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.45%) BeanShell
14 1 (0.45%) C
14 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (29.46%) Security Cleared
2 59 (26.34%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 14 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (5.80%) Degree
5 10 (4.46%) AWS Certification
5 10 (4.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (4.02%) CCDP
6 9 (4.02%) CCNA
6 9 (4.02%) CCNP
6 9 (4.02%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.02%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.57%) MCSA
7 8 (3.57%) MCSE
7 8 (3.57%) VCAP
8 6 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.23%) CISSP
10 4 (1.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.89%) CISM
12 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.16%) GDPR
2 13 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.46%) FINRA
3 10 (4.46%) MiFID
4 8 (3.57%) NIST
5 4 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.79%) QA
5 4 (1.79%) SLA
6 3 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.34%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (31.70%) Active Directory
2 43 (19.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (16.52%) Docker
4 28 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (9.82%) Hyper-V
6 21 (9.38%) vSphere
7 17 (7.59%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (6.70%) KVM
9 9 (4.02%) BitLocker
10 7 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (2.23%) Firmware
12 2 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.89%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 49 (21.88%) Terraform
2 38 (16.96%) Ansible
3 37 (16.52%) Kubernetes
4 22 (9.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (9.82%) SCCM
5 19 (8.48%) vCenter Server
6 16 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 12 (5.36%) Grafana
8 9 (4.02%) Prometheus
8 9 (4.02%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (3.13%) Istio
10 6 (2.68%) IBM BigFix
10 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (2.68%) Nagios
10 6 (2.68%) PowerCLI
11 5 (2.23%) Argo
11 5 (2.23%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.34%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.89%) SCOM
13 2 (0.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 114 (50.89%) Microsoft
2 52 (23.21%) VMware
3 26 (11.61%) Cisco
4 20 (8.93%) Citrix
4 20 (8.93%) Red Hat
5 19 (8.48%) ServiceNow
6 15 (6.70%) Google
7 12 (5.36%) SolarWinds
7 12 (5.36%) Splunk
8 9 (4.02%) Oracle
9 7 (3.13%) IBM
9 7 (3.13%) Veeam
10 6 (2.68%) RedGate
11 5 (2.23%) CyberArk
11 5 (2.23%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.79%) F5
12 4 (1.79%) Juniper
13 3 (1.34%) Alibaba
13 3 (1.34%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.89%) Veritas