PowerShell Contract Job Trends in Preston

Windows PowerShell
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 7 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 8.33% - 3.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.67% - 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 -
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £40.25
75th Percentile - - £42.88
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 - £40.25

All Programming Languages
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15 5 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 17.86% 9.62% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £397 - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.66%
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile £561 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £525 £625
% change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 13
10th Percentile £40.74 - £39.28
25th Percentile - - £45.88
Median hourly rate £41.94 - £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - - +119.38%
75th Percentile £44.86 - £50.00
90th Percentile £60.05 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £69.45 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +50.38% - +56.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in Preston

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Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing PowerShell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing PowerShell

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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing PowerShell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing PowerShell

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) BGP
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) Software-Defined Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VLAN
2 3 (42.86%) WebEx
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Change Control
1 6 (85.71%) ITSM
1 6 (85.71%) Platform Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Service Management
3 4 (57.14%) Containerisation
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Management
4 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (42.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (42.86%) Product Requirements
4 3 (42.86%) User Stories
5 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Bash
2 5 (71.43%) Perl
2 5 (71.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) CCDP
2 4 (57.14%) CCNA
2 4 (57.14%) CCNP
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 5 (71.43%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft