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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 51 62
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 -17
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 24 20 15
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.03% 2.53% 1.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.88% 8.85% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 10
10th Percentile £423 £433 £378
25th Percentile £506 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £675
90th Percentile £585 £685 £800
South West median daily rate £560 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +5.66% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £74.00 -
South West median hourly rate £63.14 £74.00 £69.62
% change year-on-year -14.68% +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 202 226 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 25.51% 28.57% 27.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 98 190
10th Percentile £319 £353 £313
25th Percentile £401 £413 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +5.41% -7.50%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £618
90th Percentile £626 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 51 39
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £61.25
25th Percentile - £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.76%
75th Percentile £67.44 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
% 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 16 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 (25.00%) Apache
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 5 (20.83%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) AWS
3 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) Azure AKS
5 1 (4.17%) Boomi
5 1 (4.17%) GitHub
5 1 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) DHCP
1 5 (20.83%) DNS
1 5 (20.83%) Skype
1 5 (20.83%) Unified Communications
2 4 (16.67%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Artifactory
1 6 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Public Sector
3 5 (20.83%) Finance
4 2 (8.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.17%) Electronics
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) DevOps Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Wintel Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) ForgeRock Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Lead Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.17%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Lead C# Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Tester
5 1 (4.17%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) Apache NiFi
1 6 (25.00%) REST
2 3 (12.50%) OAuth
2 3 (12.50%) OAuth2
2 3 (12.50%) OpenID
2 3 (12.50%) RESTful
2 3 (12.50%) SAML
3 1 (4.17%) .NET
3 1 (4.17%) .NET Core
3 1 (4.17%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) PKI
2 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (62.50%) Windows
2 8 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) DevOps
2 7 (29.17%) CI/CD
2 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
2 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (29.17%) User Experience
3 6 (25.00%) Agile
3 6 (25.00%) Workflow
4 5 (20.83%) Critical Thinking
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL
4 5 (20.83%) Service Management
4 5 (20.83%) System Testing
5 4 (16.67%) RBAC
5 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (16.67%) Scrum
6 3 (12.50%) Digital Identity
6 3 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (12.50%) Technical Debt
7 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.33%) Forensic Analysis
7 2 (8.33%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (58.33%) Python
2 6 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (4.17%) Bash
4 1 (4.17%) Bicep
4 1 (4.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) Degree
3 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) CCNA
4 5 (20.83%) CCNP
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (20.83%) DV Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (20.83%) Master's Degree
4 5 (20.83%) MCSE
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.33%) CEH
5 2 (8.33%) CISSP
5 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) QA
2 3 (12.50%) GDPR
2 3 (12.50%) PSD2
2 3 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (8.33%) SLA
4 1 (4.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (20.83%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (16.67%) XenDesktop
5 3 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (37.50%) SCCM
2 8 (33.33%) Terraform
3 6 (25.00%) Ansible
4 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
4 5 (20.83%) WSUS
5 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) VMware
3 6 (25.00%) Red Hat
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco
4 5 (20.83%) SolarWinds
4 5 (20.83%) Splunk
4 5 (20.83%) Veeam
5 4 (16.67%) Citrix
6 3 (12.50%) ForgeRock
6 3 (12.50%) Ivanti
6 3 (12.50%) Ping Identity
7 1 (4.17%) Dell
7 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
7 1 (4.17%) Oracle
7 1 (4.17%) SAP