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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 47 58
Rank change year-on-year -17 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 19 10 22
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.51% 1.82% 2.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.40% 5.49% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 10
10th Percentile £345 £319 £388
25th Percentile £413 £455 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £673 £538
90th Percentile £525 £718 £541
South West median daily rate £457 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -21.97% -2.50% +14.29%
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 £47.09 £82.96 £40.00
% change year-on-year -43.24% +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 352 182 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 28.05% 33.15% 24.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 101 142
10th Percentile £350 £341 £300
25th Percentile £413 £363 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -4.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £547
90th Percentile £615 £619 £638
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 48 77
10th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £52.50
25th Percentile - £65.00 £63.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -5.00% +6.87%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £67.25
% change year-on-year -3.70% +0.37% +3.46%

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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 6 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 6 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 5 (26.32%) Confluence
2 3 (15.79%) Apache
2 3 (15.79%) IIS
3 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) InfoPath
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.79%) GCP
3 2 (10.53%) Apigee
3 2 (10.53%) Azure AKS
3 2 (10.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) PaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (15.79%) Power BI
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (47.37%) JIRA
2 4 (21.05%) Jenkins
3 3 (15.79%) Artifactory
3 3 (15.79%) Git
3 3 (15.79%) GitLab
4 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Military
3 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) DevOps Engineer
1 4 (21.05%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (10.53%) GCP Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Automation Developer
3 1 (5.26%) Developer
3 1 (5.26%) GCP DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) GCP DevOps Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (5.26%) Senior
3 1 (5.26%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (15.79%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 12 (63.16%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Linux
2 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 4 (21.05%) Android
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) CI/CD
2 6 (31.58%) DevOps
3 5 (26.32%) Agile
4 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (21.05%) Change Management
4 4 (21.05%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
4 4 (21.05%) Workflow
5 3 (15.79%) AI
5 3 (15.79%) Analytics
5 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.79%) Data Governance
5 3 (15.79%) Generative AI
5 3 (15.79%) Observability
5 3 (15.79%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) Unit Testing
5 3 (15.79%) User Experience
5 3 (15.79%) Validation
5 3 (15.79%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) Python
2 4 (21.05%) Bash
3 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.53%) Groovy
5 1 (5.26%) SQL
5 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
3 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) CEH
4 2 (10.53%) CISM
4 2 (10.53%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Terraform
2 5 (26.32%) Kubernetes
3 4 (21.05%) Ansible
4 2 (10.53%) QRadar
5 1 (5.26%) Progress Chef
5 1 (5.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Google
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle
1 3 (15.79%) Red Hat
1 3 (15.79%) VMware
2 2 (10.53%) Dynatrace
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Splunk
3 1 (5.26%) Remedy