PowerShell Contracts in Bristol

Windows PowerShell
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 55 66
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -18
DemandTrendContract jobs citing PowerShell 18 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.61% 2.04% 1.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.78% 7.39% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 12
10th Percentile £219 £425 £221
25th Percentile £366 £463 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -14.89% +6.82%
75th Percentile £581 £538 £678
90th Percentile £603 £575 £733
South West median daily rate £525 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -0.47% +0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £82.96 £74.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.11% - -
South West median hourly rate £73.98 £74.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -0.03% +60.24% -6.94%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 184 257 327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 26.67% 27.63% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 132 231
10th Percentile £323 £351 £338
25th Percentile £363 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £576 £575
90th Percentile £588 £650 £688
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 78 35
10th Percentile £64.25 £65.00 £57.36
25th Percentile £65.00 - £61.70
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £72.81 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.98 £85.00 £70.30
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell 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 27 August 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 and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Apache
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (5.56%) Azure AKS
4 1 (5.56%) Boomi
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.56%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) NetScaler
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Artifactory
1 3 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 4 (22.22%) Electronics
3 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 4 (22.22%) Marketing
3 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Senior
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) DevOps Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Lead
2 4 (22.22%) Lead Developer
3 3 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Developer
3 3 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Lead .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Lead C# Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior C# .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior C# Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
1 3 (16.67%) .NET Core
1 3 (16.67%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (16.67%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 4 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 4 (22.22%) Scrum
3 4 (22.22%) User Experience
4 3 (16.67%) BDD
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) OO
4 3 (16.67%) OWASP
4 3 (16.67%) Pair Programming
4 3 (16.67%) SIEM
4 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 3 (16.67%) TDD
4 3 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) C#
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (5.56%) Bash
4 1 (5.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) CEH
3 2 (11.11%) CISSP
3 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
2 1 (5.56%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 4 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
1 4 (22.22%) XenDesktop
2 3 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Terraform
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (22.22%) SCCM
4 3 (16.67%) Ansible
5 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Citrix
2 4 (22.22%) SAP
3 3 (16.67%) Ivanti
3 3 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (5.56%) Dell
5 1 (5.56%) MuleSoft
5 1 (5.56%) Oracle