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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 69 82
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 -9
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 116 107 126
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 2.56% 2.68% 2.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.83% 10.90% 10.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 70 95
10th Percentile £302 £378 £233
25th Percentile £378 £413 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +5.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £538
90th Percentile £600 £640 £658
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £62.78 £51.13 -
25th Percentile £67.88 £54.69 -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £63.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% - -
75th Percentile - £72.19 -
90th Percentile - £75.38 -
England median hourly rate £63.50 £58.49 £49.07
% change year-on-year +8.57% +19.21% -10.79%

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 1,314 982 1,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 28.95% 24.61% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 631 899
10th Percentile £315 £325 £325
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £544 £558 £587
90th Percentile £644 £625 £650
England median daily rate £514 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.37% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 54
10th Percentile £36.00 £33.44 £32.26
25th Percentile £49.25 £37.51 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% - -12.04%
75th Percentile £74.26 £62.81 £50.19
90th Percentile £86.00 £82.50 £65.88
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -0.26%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 -16 58 £448 -5.79% 111
Yorkshire -27 50 £447 -5.89% 29
North East -9 12 £550 +20.35% 20
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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 27 (23.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (12.93%) SharePoint
3 8 (6.90%) Skype for Business
4 3 (2.59%) Confluence
5 2 (1.72%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.86%) Apache
6 1 (0.86%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 47 (40.52%) Azure
2 26 (22.41%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (20.69%) Entra ID
4 20 (17.24%) AWS
5 12 (10.34%) GCP
6 11 (9.48%) OneDrive
7 8 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (6.90%) Serverless
8 7 (6.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (6.03%) SaaS
9 6 (5.17%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (4.31%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (4.31%) PaaS
10 5 (4.31%) Power Platform
11 4 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (3.45%) IaaS
11 4 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (28.45%) Firewall
2 24 (20.69%) DNS
3 18 (15.52%) VLAN
4 14 (12.07%) VPN
5 12 (10.34%) TCP/IP
6 11 (9.48%) DHCP
7 10 (8.62%) WebEx
8 9 (7.76%) LAN
8 9 (7.76%) WAN
9 8 (6.90%) BGP
9 8 (6.90%) Skype
9 8 (6.90%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (6.03%) SAN
11 5 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (3.45%) iSCSI
12 4 (3.45%) Network Security
12 4 (3.45%) SNMP
13 3 (2.59%) NAS
13 3 (2.59%) VoIP
14 2 (1.72%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.31%) Power BI
3 4 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.72%) Metadata
5 1 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.86%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (12.93%) Jenkins
2 10 (8.62%) Git
3 9 (7.76%) GitLab
4 7 (6.03%) JIRA
5 2 (1.72%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.72%) CircleCI
5 2 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.86%) JMeter
6 1 (0.86%) MSI
6 1 (0.86%) Selenium
6 1 (0.86%) SonarQube
General
1 34 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (15.52%) Finance
4 11 (9.48%) Legal
5 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.90%) Banking
7 4 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Military
9 2 (1.72%) Electronics
9 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.72%) Marketing
9 2 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.86%) Automotive
10 1 (0.86%) Law
10 1 (0.86%) Local Government
10 1 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (10.34%) Platform Engineer
2 11 (9.48%) Administrator
2 11 (9.48%) Analyst
3 8 (6.90%) Support Engineer
4 7 (6.03%) Desktop Support
4 7 (6.03%) NetBackup Engineer
4 7 (6.03%) Network Engineer
5 6 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (5.17%) Desktop Specialist
5 6 (5.17%) Desktop Support Specialist
5 6 (5.17%) Support Specialist
6 5 (4.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (4.31%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) IT Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) IT Support
6 5 (4.31%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Migration Specialist
7 4 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.76%) XMPP
2 5 (4.31%) JSON
3 3 (2.59%) Middleware
3 3 (2.59%) Node.js
3 3 (2.59%) REST
4 2 (1.72%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.72%) OAuth
5 1 (0.86%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.86%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.86%) CSS
5 1 (0.86%) HTML
5 1 (0.86%) LDAP
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.86%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.86%) SAML
5 1 (0.86%) SOAP
5 1 (0.86%) SPFx
5 1 (0.86%) Web Services
5 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.93%) Data Centre
1 15 (12.93%) Product Ownership
2 12 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.31%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.31%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.45%) CMDB
4 4 (3.45%) Replication
5 3 (2.59%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.59%) iPhone
6 2 (1.72%) Clustering
6 2 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.86%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.86%) NHS
7 1 (0.86%) PKI
7 1 (0.86%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.86%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.86%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.86%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 59 (50.86%) Windows
2 38 (32.76%) Linux
3 25 (21.55%) Windows Server
4 20 (17.24%) Windows 10
5 12 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (6.03%) Android
7 5 (4.31%) Windows 7
8 4 (3.45%) Apple iOS
9 3 (2.59%) Unix
9 3 (2.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (22.41%) Migration
3 24 (20.69%) Service Management
4 23 (19.83%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (19.83%) ITSM
5 22 (18.97%) Containerisation
6 19 (16.38%) DevOps
7 16 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (12.93%) CI/CD
8 15 (12.93%) Mobile Device Management
9 14 (12.07%) Infrastructure Automation
10 13 (11.21%) Change Control
10 13 (11.21%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (10.34%) Task Automation
12 11 (9.48%) Security Monitoring
12 11 (9.48%) User Experience
13 10 (8.62%) Agile
13 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (8.62%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 51 (43.97%) Python
2 41 (35.34%) Bash
3 16 (13.79%) Perl
4 5 (4.31%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (4.31%) VB
4 5 (4.31%) VBScript
5 3 (2.59%) Bicep
5 3 (2.59%) Java
5 3 (2.59%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.59%) Search Processing Language
5 3 (2.59%) SQL
6 2 (1.72%) C#
6 2 (1.72%) Ruby
6 2 (1.72%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.86%) C
7 1 (0.86%) Groovy
7 1 (0.86%) Korn
7 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (29.31%) Security Cleared
2 31 (26.72%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.21%) Degree
4 8 (6.90%) CCDP
4 8 (6.90%) CCNA
4 8 (6.90%) CCNP
4 8 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (5.17%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.45%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.59%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.59%) GCIH
8 3 (2.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.72%) CISSP
9 2 (1.72%) GCIA
9 2 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.72%) VCAP
10 1 (0.86%) CISM
10 1 (0.86%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (5.17%) NIST
2 3 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.59%) HIPAA
2 3 (2.59%) SOC 2
3 2 (1.72%) GDPR
3 2 (1.72%) QA
4 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (38.79%) Active Directory
2 27 (23.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (17.24%) Docker
4 8 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (5.17%) vSphere
6 5 (4.31%) BitLocker
6 5 (4.31%) VMware NSX
7 4 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.72%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.72%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 20 (17.24%) Ansible
1 20 (17.24%) Terraform
2 12 (10.34%) SCCM
3 9 (7.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (6.90%) Kubernetes
5 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (6.03%) NetBackup
5 7 (6.03%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (6.03%) vCenter Server
6 4 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.45%) vRealize
7 3 (2.59%) Grafana
7 3 (2.59%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (2.59%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.59%) SCOM
8 2 (1.72%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.72%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.86%) Argo
9 1 (0.86%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.86%) QRadar
Vendors
1 52 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 38 (32.76%) VMware
3 20 (17.24%) Cisco
4 14 (12.07%) Red Hat
5 13 (11.21%) ServiceNow
6 12 (10.34%) Citrix
7 9 (7.76%) Oracle
7 9 (7.76%) Splunk
8 8 (6.90%) Google
9 7 (6.03%) CyberArk
9 7 (6.03%) Veritas
10 6 (5.17%) F5
11 4 (3.45%) Dell
11 4 (3.45%) Juniper
11 4 (3.45%) NetApp
11 4 (3.45%) SolarWinds
11 4 (3.45%) Veeam
12 3 (2.59%) Computacenter
12 3 (2.59%) Remedy
12 3 (2.59%) SAP