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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 45 55
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 23 14 23
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.14% 2.59% 2.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.30% 8.00% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 12
10th Percentile £413 £421 £423
25th Percentile £500 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £560 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +4.19% -2.27%
75th Percentile £562 £678 £675
90th Percentile £575 £688 £788
South West median daily rate £556 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -3.26% -4.17% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £25.63 - £51.61
25th Percentile £35.19 - £59.45
Median hourly rate £51.25 £74.44 £74.44
Median % change year-on-year -31.15% - +25.61%
75th Percentile £67.19 - £75.97
90th Percentile £76.68 - £76.89
South West median hourly rate £68.91 £74.44 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.43% +86.10% -31.70%

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 315 175 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 29.36% 32.35% 23.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 79 142
10th Percentile £350 £338 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £540 £588 £550
90th Percentile £625 £669 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 47 52
10th Percentile £60.38 £59.75 £52.50
25th Percentile £62.13 £61.75 £54.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £68.75 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

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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 4 March 2026.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in Bristol

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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 7 (30.43%) Apache
2 6 (26.09%) SharePoint
3 5 (21.74%) Confluence
4 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (17.39%) Skype for Business
5 1 (4.35%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) InfoPath
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) AWS
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
1 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) PaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) DHCP
1 4 (17.39%) DNS
1 4 (17.39%) Skype
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
1 4 (17.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Artifactory
1 7 (30.43%) GitLab
1 7 (30.43%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Bitbucket
2 1 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Military
3 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) DevOps Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Developer
2 4 (17.39%) Integration Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Wintel Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) ForgeRock Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Automation Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Service Desk Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) SharePoint Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) SharePoint Support
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) Apache NiFi
1 7 (30.43%) REST
2 3 (13.04%) OAuth
2 3 (13.04%) OAuth2
2 3 (13.04%) OpenID
2 3 (13.04%) RESTful
2 3 (13.04%) SAML
3 1 (4.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) PKI
2 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 18 (78.26%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 5 (21.74%) Linux
4 4 (17.39%) Android
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Workflow
2 7 (30.43%) CI/CD
2 7 (30.43%) Computer Science
2 7 (30.43%) DevOps
2 7 (30.43%) User Experience
3 6 (26.09%) ITIL
3 6 (26.09%) Service Management
4 5 (21.74%) Agile
4 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (17.39%) Critical Thinking
5 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
5 4 (17.39%) System Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Digital Identity
6 3 (13.04%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (13.04%) RBAC
6 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Unit Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Validation
6 3 (13.04%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) SQL
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.35%) Bash
4 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) Degree
4 5 (21.74%) DV Cleared
5 4 (17.39%) CCNA
5 4 (17.39%) CCNP
5 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
5 4 (17.39%) MCSE
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) QA
2 3 (13.04%) GDPR
2 3 (13.04%) PSD2
2 3 (13.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (17.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Ansible
2 7 (30.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (30.43%) Terraform
3 4 (17.39%) SCCM
3 4 (17.39%) WSUS
4 3 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (4.35%) Progress Chef
5 1 (4.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (30.43%) Red Hat
3 5 (21.74%) VMware
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco
4 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
4 4 (17.39%) Splunk
4 4 (17.39%) Veeam
5 3 (13.04%) ForgeRock
5 3 (13.04%) Ping Identity
6 1 (4.35%) Oracle
6 1 (4.35%) Remedy