PowerShell Contracts in the North of England

Windows PowerShell
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 75 63
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 +47
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 117 118 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.19% 2.44% 3.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.57% 9.49% 11.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 85 119
10th Percentile £269 £361 £331
25th Percentile £385 £400 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.72% +16.82%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £589
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £563
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £46.18 -
England median hourly rate £64.25 £43.84 £60.00
% change year-on-year +46.56% -26.93% +19.52%

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 1,011 1,244 1,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.56% 25.73% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 744 843 1,099
10th Percentile £323 £316 £356
25th Percentile £383 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £570 £612
90th Percentile £611 £625 £700
England median daily rate £520 £540 £555
% change year-on-year -3.70% -2.70% +0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 52 29
10th Percentile £31.32 £37.55 £22.19
25th Percentile £36.82 £41.25 £37.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.50 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% -2.06% +28.31%
75th Percentile £87.69 £69.44 £56.40
90th Percentile £95.36 £80.82 £64.15
England median hourly rate £56.38 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -13.27% +4.00% +18.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in the North of England

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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 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in the North of England

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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 3 July 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 +3 60 £448 -1.92% 87
Yorkshire +15 56 £475 -14.80% 57
North East -5 1 £350 -26.32% 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (13.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.11%) Skype for Business
3 12 (10.26%) SharePoint
4 11 (9.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (6.84%) Mattermost
6 5 (4.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (32.48%) Azure
2 29 (24.79%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.82%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.69%) AWS
5 8 (6.84%) GitHub
6 6 (5.13%) IaaS
6 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (5.13%) OneDrive
6 6 (5.13%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.27%) SaaS
8 4 (3.42%) GCP
9 3 (2.56%) Azure Functions
9 3 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.56%) Serverless
10 2 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.71%) NuGet
10 2 (1.71%) PaaS
10 2 (1.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (22.22%) DNS
2 13 (11.11%) Firewall
2 13 (11.11%) Skype
3 11 (9.40%) DHCP
4 9 (7.69%) Network Security
4 9 (7.69%) WebEx
5 8 (6.84%) Softphone
5 8 (6.84%) Unified Communications
6 7 (5.98%) VPN
7 6 (5.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (5.13%) SAN
7 6 (5.13%) WAN
8 5 (4.27%) LAN
8 5 (4.27%) SMTP
8 5 (4.27%) VLAN
8 5 (4.27%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (3.42%) DMZ
9 4 (3.42%) NAS
10 2 (1.71%) SSL
10 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.97%) Oracle Database
1 14 (11.97%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.27%) Power BI
4 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.85%) MySQL
4 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (12.82%) Git
2 10 (8.55%) GitLab
3 9 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 9 (7.69%) JIRA
4 4 (3.42%) Selenium
5 3 (2.56%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (2.56%) Vagrant
5 3 (2.56%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.71%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.71%) JMeter
6 2 (1.71%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.71%) TestNG
7 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.85%) Maven
7 1 (0.85%) MSI
General
1 43 (36.75%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.95%) Finance
3 12 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.98%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.27%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.56%) Banking
7 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Automotive
8 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Law
8 1 (0.85%) Military
8 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (17.09%) Analyst
2 15 (12.82%) Support Engineer
3 13 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (9.40%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 9 (7.69%) Engineering Specialist
5 9 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Architect
6 8 (6.84%) Messaging Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Messaging Support
6 8 (6.84%) Messaging Support Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Operations Support Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Windows Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Messaging Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Messaging Support Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Operational Support Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Operations Support Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Support Analyst
8 6 (5.13%) Consultant
8 6 (5.13%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.84%) XMPP
2 7 (5.98%) REST
3 4 (3.42%) Middleware
4 3 (2.56%) Gherkin
4 3 (2.56%) Software Packaging
5 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.71%) pytest
6 1 (0.85%) .NET
6 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.85%) ADO
6 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.85%) LDAP
6 1 (0.85%) Node.js
6 1 (0.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.82%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (8.55%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.42%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.71%) EMC VMAX
6 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.85%) MISP
7 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.85%) PKI
7 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (47.86%) Windows
2 34 (29.06%) Linux
3 32 (27.35%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.69%) Windows 10
5 6 (5.13%) Android
5 6 (5.13%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.42%) Windows 7
7 3 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.85%) CentOS
8 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.85%) VMS
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (36.75%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (25.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (21.37%) Agile
4 20 (17.09%) Migration
5 19 (16.24%) DevOps
6 15 (12.82%) Security Management
7 14 (11.97%) CI/CD
7 14 (11.97%) ITSM
7 14 (11.97%) Microservices
8 13 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (11.11%) Server Management
9 12 (10.26%) Change Management
9 12 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (9.40%) Analytics
10 11 (9.40%) ITIL
10 11 (9.40%) Problem Management
10 11 (9.40%) SIEM
10 11 (9.40%) SOA
11 10 (8.55%) Configuration Management
11 10 (8.55%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 29 (24.79%) SQL
2 28 (23.93%) Bash
2 28 (23.93%) Python
3 12 (10.26%) Perl
3 12 (10.26%) PL/SQL
4 5 (4.27%) VBScript
5 4 (3.42%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.42%) VB
5 4 (3.42%) VBA
6 3 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (2.56%) Ruby
7 2 (1.71%) C#
7 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.85%) Bicep
8 1 (0.85%) Java
8 1 (0.85%) Korn
8 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (26.50%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 15 (12.82%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (11.11%) Degree
5 12 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (6.84%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (5.98%) Azure Certification
8 6 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.71%) GCIA
9 2 (1.71%) GCIH
9 2 (1.71%) VCAP
9 2 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.85%) CCIE
10 1 (0.85%) CCNP
10 1 (0.85%) CISM
10 1 (0.85%) CISSP
10 1 (0.85%) MCSA
10 1 (0.85%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (2.56%) SOC 2
3 1 (0.85%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
3 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 60 (51.28%) Active Directory
2 17 (14.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (10.26%) vSphere
4 8 (6.84%) VMware NSX
5 5 (4.27%) Docker
6 4 (3.42%) BitLocker
6 4 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.56%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (20.51%) Ansible
2 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (10.26%) SCCM
4 10 (8.55%) Terraform
5 8 (6.84%) Progress Chef
5 8 (6.84%) Puppet
5 8 (6.84%) SCOM
6 7 (5.98%) vCenter Server
6 7 (5.98%) vRealize
7 6 (5.13%) Kubernetes
7 6 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (3.42%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.71%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.85%) Grafana
11 1 (0.85%) Graylog
11 1 (0.85%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.85%) Packer
11 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 62 (52.99%) Microsoft
2 26 (22.22%) Cisco
3 21 (17.95%) VMware
4 20 (17.09%) Oracle
5 14 (11.97%) Splunk
6 11 (9.40%) Red Hat
7 10 (8.55%) ServiceNow
8 7 (5.98%) Dell
9 6 (5.13%) CyberArk
10 5 (4.27%) HP
11 3 (2.56%) Remedy
11 3 (2.56%) Thycotic
12 2 (1.71%) 3PAR
12 2 (1.71%) Broadcom
12 2 (1.71%) Dynatrace
12 2 (1.71%) EMC
12 2 (1.71%) F5
12 2 (1.71%) Infoblox
12 2 (1.71%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (1.71%) Veeam