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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 51 62
Rank change year-on-year -13 +11 0
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 18 17 23
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.34% 2.73% 2.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.85% 9.66% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 10
10th Percentile £404 £319 £490
25th Percentile £428 £409 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £525 £613 £538
90th Percentile £588 £642 £585
South West median daily rate £441 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -23.26% -4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile - - £64.25
25th Percentile £19.25 - £72.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £82.96 £74.22
Median % change year-on-year -76.49% +11.78% -
75th Percentile £19.75 - £74.44
90th Percentile - - £75.97
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £73.98 £40.00
% change year-on-year -25.66% +84.95% -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 371 176 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 27.71% 28.30% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 101 152
10th Percentile £363 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +3.26%
75th Percentile £567 £500 £571
90th Percentile £618 £625 £649
South West median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 31 100
10th Percentile £54.89 £62.50 £54.75
25th Percentile - £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.55
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -4.41% -2.86% +7.69%

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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 1 July 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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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%) IIS
2 2 (11.11%) Confluence
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.56%) Apache
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
3 2 (11.11%) Azure AKS
3 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 2 (11.11%) SaaS
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 1 (5.56%) 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 6 (33.33%) JIRA
2 4 (22.22%) Jenkins
3 3 (16.67%) Git
4 1 (5.56%) AdminStudio
4 1 (5.56%) Artifactory
4 1 (5.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (5.56%) GitLab
4 1 (5.56%) InstallShield
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
1 2 (11.11%) GCP Engineer
1 2 (11.11%) SailPoint Engineer
1 2 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Automation Developer
2 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (5.56%) Developer
2 1 (5.56%) GCP DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) GCP DevOps Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Specialist
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint Support
2 1 (5.56%) Site Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Software Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) LDAP
1 2 (11.11%) SailPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (5.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Android
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Change Management
1 5 (27.78%) ITIL
2 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 4 (22.22%) DevOps
2 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) AI
3 3 (16.67%) Analytics
3 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 3 (16.67%) Generative AI
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (16.67%) Observability
3 3 (16.67%) Service Management
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Use Case
4 2 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) Python
2 4 (22.22%) Bash
3 2 (11.11%) BeanShell
3 2 (11.11%) Groovy
3 2 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.56%) SQL
4 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) CEH
3 2 (11.11%) CISM
3 2 (11.11%) CISSP
3 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Terraform
2 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 2 (11.11%) Ansible
3 2 (11.11%) QRadar
4 1 (5.56%) Progress Chef
4 1 (5.56%) Puppet
4 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Google
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) CyberArk
3 2 (11.11%) Dynatrace
3 2 (11.11%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.56%) Remedy
4 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds