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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 50 52
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 +12
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 18 11 22
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.40% 1.90% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.03% 5.91% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 10
10th Percentile £300 £319 £388
25th Percentile £413 £409 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £636 £538
90th Percentile £525 £676 £541
South West median daily rate £434 £586 £600
% change year-on-year -26.01% -2.29% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - £50.23
25th Percentile £19.25 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £82.96 £74.44
Median % change year-on-year -76.49% +11.45% -
75th Percentile £35.56 - -
90th Percentile £64.03 - £76.28
South West median hourly rate £63.14 £82.96 £40.00
% change year-on-year -23.90% +107.40% -30.23%

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 358 186 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 27.90% 32.18% 26.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 105 155
10th Percentile £361 £345 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -4.44% -3.74%
75th Percentile £538 £523 £550
90th Percentile £638 £623 £633
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 41 85
10th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £52.50
25th Percentile - £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -5.00% +6.87%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £82.20
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -3.70% - +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 20 May 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 20 May 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 3 (16.67%) Apache
1 3 (16.67%) Confluence
1 3 (16.67%) IIS
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) InfoPath
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 3 (16.67%) GCP
3 2 (11.11%) Apigee
3 2 (11.11%) Azure AKS
3 2 (11.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.56%) PaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (16.67%) Power BI
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) JIRA
2 4 (22.22%) Jenkins
3 3 (16.67%) Artifactory
3 3 (16.67%) Git
3 3 (16.67%) GitLab
4 1 (5.56%) AdminStudio
4 1 (5.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (5.56%) InstallShield
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
2 2 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (11.11%) GCP Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Automation Developer
3 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Developer
3 1 (5.56%) GCP DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) GCP DevOps Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Senior
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Site Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server
3 3 (16.67%) Linux
4 2 (11.11%) Android
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 6 (33.33%) DevOps
2 5 (27.78%) Change Management
2 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (22.22%) ITIL
3 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Workflow
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) AI
4 3 (16.67%) Analytics
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 3 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (16.67%) Observability
4 3 (16.67%) User Experience
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (22.22%) Bash
3 2 (11.11%) Groovy
3 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.56%) SQL
4 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) CEH
4 2 (11.11%) CISM
4 2 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Terraform
2 5 (27.78%) Kubernetes
3 4 (22.22%) Ansible
4 2 (11.11%) QRadar
5 1 (5.56%) Progress Chef
5 1 (5.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Google
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle
1 3 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 3 (16.67%) VMware
2 2 (11.11%) Dynatrace
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Splunk
3 1 (5.56%) Remedy