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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 45 64
Rank change year-on-year -4 +19 -21
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 22 19 14
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.59% 2.84% 1.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.69% 9.64% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 11
10th Percentile £176 £436 £275
25th Percentile £472 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £658 £675
90th Percentile - £688 £800
South West median daily rate £560 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £83.00 £74.22 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year +11.83% +59.99% -40.14%
South West median hourly rate £73.07 £74.22 £69.62
% change year-on-year -1.55% +6.61% +26.78%

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 227 197 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 26.77% 29.45% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 85 174
10th Percentile £280 £354 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £571 £590 £588
90th Percentile £631 £688 £685
South West median daily rate £525 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% -2.05% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 47 39
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £56.00
25th Percentile - £62.00 £63.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile - £68.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

PowerShell
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

PowerShell
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

PowerShell
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Bristol

PowerShell
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

PowerShell
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 8 (36.36%) Apache
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (22.73%) SharePoint
2 5 (22.73%) Skype for Business
3 4 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) AWS
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) Azure AKS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) DHCP
1 5 (22.73%) DNS
1 5 (22.73%) Skype
1 5 (22.73%) Unified Communications
2 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Artifactory
1 8 (36.36%) GitLab
2 4 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
4 4 (18.18%) Military
5 3 (13.64%) Aerospace
5 3 (13.64%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) DevOps Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Wintel Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Developer
4 3 (13.64%) ForgeRock Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Tester
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Tester
6 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Software Tester
6 1 (4.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) Apache NiFi
1 8 (36.36%) REST
2 3 (13.64%) OAuth
2 3 (13.64%) OAuth2
2 3 (13.64%) OpenID
2 3 (13.64%) RESTful
2 3 (13.64%) SAML
3 1 (4.55%) ARM Templates
3 1 (4.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) PKI
2 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 17 (77.27%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
3 4 (18.18%) Android
3 4 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) CI/CD
1 9 (40.91%) Computer Science
1 9 (40.91%) DevOps
2 8 (36.36%) User Experience
2 8 (36.36%) Workflow
3 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (22.73%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (22.73%) ITIL
3 5 (22.73%) Service Management
3 5 (22.73%) System Testing
4 4 (18.18%) Agile
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) RBAC
4 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) Validation
5 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
5 3 (13.64%) Digital Identity
5 3 (13.64%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 3 (13.64%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (13.64%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) Python
2 5 (22.73%) SQL
3 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.55%) Bash
4 1 (4.55%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 16 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 9 (40.91%) Degree
2 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) DV Cleared
4 5 (22.73%) CCNA
4 5 (22.73%) CCNP
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (22.73%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (22.73%) Master's Degree
4 5 (22.73%) MCSE
4 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) QA
2 3 (13.64%) GDPR
2 3 (13.64%) PSD2
2 3 (13.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.55%) SLA
3 1 (4.55%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (22.73%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (40.91%) Terraform
2 8 (36.36%) Ansible
3 7 (31.82%) Kubernetes
4 5 (22.73%) SCCM
4 5 (22.73%) WSUS
5 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 8 (36.36%) Red Hat
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco
2 5 (22.73%) SolarWinds
2 5 (22.73%) Splunk
2 5 (22.73%) Veeam
2 5 (22.73%) VMware
3 3 (13.64%) ForgeRock
3 3 (13.64%) Ping Identity