PowerShell Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Windows PowerShell
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 49 68
Rank change year-on-year 0 +19 -21
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 21 21 16
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.63% 2.74% 1.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.10% 9.68% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 11
10th Percentile £413 £436 £275
25th Percentile £484 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £575 £658 £675
90th Percentile - £684 £800
South West median daily rate £560 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
South West median hourly rate £64.07 £74.00 £69.62
% change year-on-year -13.42% +6.29% +40.08%

All Programming Languages
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 208 217 285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 26.03% 28.29% 27.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 88 186
10th Percentile £313 £355 £313
25th Percentile £401 £411 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £623
90th Percentile £645 £679 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 55 39
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £60.25
25th Percentile - £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -0.38%
75th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.02 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.01% +3.11% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

PowerShell job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PowerShell

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PowerShell

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 6 (28.57%) Apache
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (23.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (23.81%) Skype for Business
3 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) Azure AKS
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Boomi
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) DHCP
1 5 (23.81%) DNS
1 5 (23.81%) Skype
1 5 (23.81%) Unified Communications
2 2 (9.52%) NetScaler
2 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Artifactory
1 6 (28.57%) GitLab
2 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
4 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
4 2 (9.52%) Military
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Wintel Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Developer
4 3 (14.29%) ForgeRock Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Desktop Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Lead
6 1 (4.76%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Lead Software Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Software Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Software Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) Apache NiFi
1 6 (28.57%) REST
2 3 (14.29%) OAuth
2 3 (14.29%) OAuth2
2 3 (14.29%) OpenID
2 3 (14.29%) RESTful
2 3 (14.29%) SAML
3 1 (4.76%) ARM Templates
3 1 (4.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) PKI
2 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.52%) Android
3 2 (9.52%) Linux
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 7 (33.33%) DevOps
1 7 (33.33%) User Experience
2 6 (28.57%) Workflow
3 5 (23.81%) Agile
3 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (23.81%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (23.81%) ITIL
3 5 (23.81%) Service Management
3 5 (23.81%) System Testing
4 4 (19.05%) RBAC
5 3 (14.29%) Digital Identity
5 3 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
6 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (9.52%) Scrum
6 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
6 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) Python
2 5 (23.81%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) Bicep
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) Degree
4 5 (23.81%) CCNA
4 5 (23.81%) CCNP
4 5 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (23.81%) DV Cleared
4 5 (23.81%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (23.81%) Master's Degree
4 5 (23.81%) MCSE
4 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) QA
2 3 (14.29%) GDPR
2 3 (14.29%) PSD2
2 3 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.76%) SLA
3 1 (4.76%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (23.81%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (23.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (9.52%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.76%) Docker
4 1 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) SCCM
1 7 (33.33%) Terraform
2 6 (28.57%) Ansible
3 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
3 5 (23.81%) WSUS
4 3 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Red Hat
3 5 (23.81%) Cisco
3 5 (23.81%) SolarWinds
3 5 (23.81%) Splunk
3 5 (23.81%) Veeam
3 5 (23.81%) VMware
4 3 (14.29%) ForgeRock
4 3 (14.29%) Ping Identity
5 2 (9.52%) Citrix
6 1 (4.76%) Dell
6 1 (4.76%) Ivanti
6 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft
6 1 (4.76%) Oracle