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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 70 77
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -17
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 162 100 126
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 3.28% 2.94% 2.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.99% 11.27% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 66 94
10th Percentile £315 £383 £265
25th Percentile £372 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £471 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +4.72% +2.86%
75th Percentile £550 £561 £538
90th Percentile £613 £613 £646
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £63.38 - -
25th Percentile £70.01 £72.50 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £75.00 £43.22
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +73.55% -
75th Percentile - £77.50 £46.18
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £74.26 £56.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +30.87% +22.88% -16.04%

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 1,474 887 1,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.81% 26.10% 25.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 582 896
10th Percentile £332 £346 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £556 £571
90th Percentile £625 £638 £638
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 19 65
10th Percentile £41.94 £38.45 £37.58
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £45.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +40.75% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £97.71 £68.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -5 82 £449 -5.28% 66
Yorkshire -20 68 £525 +8.25% 49
North East -7 16 £550 +19.57% 17
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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 45 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (20.37%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.56%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.62%) Apache
6 1 (0.62%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 62 (38.27%) Azure
2 50 (30.86%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (24.69%) Entra ID
4 33 (20.37%) AWS
5 29 (17.90%) OneDrive
6 22 (13.58%) GCP
7 15 (9.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (6.79%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (6.17%) Serverless
10 9 (5.56%) GitHub
10 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (4.32%) SaaS
13 6 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (3.70%) IaaS
13 6 (3.70%) ShareGate
14 5 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (22.84%) Firewall
2 35 (21.60%) DNS
3 23 (14.20%) VLAN
4 20 (12.35%) DHCP
4 20 (12.35%) VPN
5 19 (11.73%) TCP/IP
6 13 (8.02%) LAN
6 13 (8.02%) WAN
7 11 (6.79%) Network Security
8 10 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (5.56%) Skype
10 8 (4.94%) BGP
10 8 (4.94%) Software-Defined Networking
10 8 (4.94%) WebEx
11 5 (3.09%) SAN
12 4 (2.47%) iSCSI
12 4 (2.47%) SNMP
13 3 (1.85%) DKIM
13 3 (1.85%) DMARC
13 3 (1.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.47%) Metadata
4 3 (1.85%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.23%) Power BI
6 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (9.88%) Jenkins
2 12 (7.41%) GitLab
3 10 (6.17%) Git
4 8 (4.94%) JIRA
5 7 (4.32%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.23%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.23%) MSI
6 2 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.23%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.62%) Appium
7 1 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.62%) gulp
7 1 (0.62%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.62%) Selenium
7 1 (0.62%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.62%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.62%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.62%) Yeoman
General
1 38 (23.46%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.67%) Finance
3 26 (16.05%) Legal
4 19 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.41%) Banking
7 8 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.85%) Law
9 2 (1.23%) Electronics
9 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.23%) Marketing
9 2 (1.23%) Military
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
9 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.62%) Local Government
10 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.62%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (14.20%) Architect
2 17 (10.49%) Platform Engineer
3 11 (6.79%) Administrator
3 11 (6.79%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 10 (6.17%) Server Engineer
5 8 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (4.94%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (4.94%) Wintel Engineer
6 7 (4.32%) Network Engineer
6 7 (4.32%) Technical Architect
7 6 (3.70%) Desktop Specialist
7 6 (3.70%) Desktop Support
7 6 (3.70%) Desktop Support Specialist
7 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (3.70%) IT Engineer
7 6 (3.70%) IT Support
7 6 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (3.70%) Security Engineer
7 6 (3.70%) Support Engineer
7 6 (3.70%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.73%) Microsoft Graph
2 8 (4.94%) XMPP
3 6 (3.70%) Node.js
4 5 (3.09%) ARM Templates
4 5 (3.09%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (3.09%) REST
5 4 (2.47%) JSON
6 3 (1.85%) Kafka
7 2 (1.23%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.23%) OAuth
7 2 (1.23%) OpenAPI
7 2 (1.23%) SPFx
7 2 (1.23%) Swagger
7 2 (1.23%) XML
8 1 (0.62%) CSS
8 1 (0.62%) HTML
8 1 (0.62%) LDAP
8 1 (0.62%) SAML
8 1 (0.62%) SOAP
8 1 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.88%) Clustering
1 16 (9.88%) Product Ownership
2 15 (9.26%) Data Centre
3 12 (7.41%) Replication
4 11 (6.79%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.47%) CMDB
7 3 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.85%) iPhone
7 3 (1.85%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.23%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) PKI
8 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.23%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.23%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 89 (54.94%) Windows
2 40 (24.69%) Linux
3 37 (22.84%) Windows Server
4 28 (17.28%) Windows 10
5 13 (8.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (5.56%) Windows 7
7 6 (3.70%) Unix
8 4 (2.47%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.85%) Android
10 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.62%) Solaris
11 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (20.99%) CI/CD
3 29 (17.90%) Disaster Recovery
3 29 (17.90%) Service Management
4 28 (17.28%) DevOps
5 27 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (16.67%) ITSM
6 26 (16.05%) Containerisation
7 23 (14.20%) Migration
8 22 (13.58%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (12.96%) Incident Response
10 20 (12.35%) Root Cause Analysis
11 19 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (10.49%) High Availability
12 17 (10.49%) Infrastructure Automation
12 17 (10.49%) Platform Engineering
12 17 (10.49%) Task Automation
13 16 (9.88%) Change Control
13 16 (9.88%) Identity Access Management
13 16 (9.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 56 (34.57%) Python
2 54 (33.33%) Bash
3 17 (10.49%) Perl
4 11 (6.79%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (5.56%) VB
5 9 (5.56%) VBScript
6 8 (4.94%) Bicep
7 7 (4.32%) Java
8 6 (3.70%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.09%) C#
9 5 (3.09%) SQL
10 4 (2.47%) Go
11 3 (1.85%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (1.85%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.23%) Ruby
12 2 (1.23%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.62%) C
13 1 (0.62%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 51 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 46 (28.40%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (5.56%) Degree
4 9 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (4.94%) CCDP
5 8 (4.94%) CCNA
5 8 (4.94%) CCNP
5 8 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (4.94%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.94%) MCSA
5 8 (4.94%) MCSE
5 8 (4.94%) VCAP
6 5 (3.09%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.47%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.62%) CISM
9 1 (0.62%) CISSP
9 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.62%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.35%) GDPR
2 13 (8.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.94%) FINRA
3 8 (4.94%) MiFID
4 6 (3.70%) NIST
5 4 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.47%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.85%) QA
6 3 (1.85%) SLA
6 3 (1.85%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (34.57%) Active Directory
2 37 (22.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (16.05%) Docker
4 12 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (7.41%) vSphere
5 11 (6.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (6.79%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (5.56%) BitLocker
7 8 (4.94%) Hyper-V
8 4 (2.47%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.23%) KVM
10 1 (0.62%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (22.22%) Terraform
2 33 (20.37%) Ansible
3 20 (12.35%) SCCM
4 18 (11.11%) Kubernetes
5 12 (7.41%) vCenter Server
6 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (6.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (4.94%) Grafana
9 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (3.70%) Nagios
9 6 (3.70%) NetBackup
9 6 (3.70%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (3.09%) Prometheus
10 5 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.23%) FortiGate
11 2 (1.23%) Istio
11 2 (1.23%) SCOM
12 1 (0.62%) Puppet
12 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 81 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 47 (29.01%) VMware
3 27 (16.67%) Cisco
4 18 (11.11%) ServiceNow
5 16 (9.88%) Citrix
6 13 (8.02%) Red Hat
7 11 (6.79%) Google
7 11 (6.79%) Oracle
7 11 (6.79%) Splunk
8 10 (6.17%) SolarWinds
9 8 (4.94%) Veeam
10 7 (4.32%) CyberArk
11 6 (3.70%) Veritas
12 4 (2.47%) Dell
12 4 (2.47%) Juniper
12 4 (2.47%) NetApp
13 3 (1.85%) Computacenter
13 3 (1.85%) F5
13 3 (1.85%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.85%) SAP