PowerShell Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

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South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire citing PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	34	19	30
Rank change year-on-year	-15	+11	+11
Contract jobs citing PowerShell	39	29	22
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire	5.15%	8.22%	5.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category	30.23%	27.88%	20.56%
Number of daily rates quoted	23	9	17
10^th Percentile	£481	£425	£328
25^th Percentile	£514	£450	£415
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£590	£535	£510
Median % change year-on-year	+10.28%	+4.90%	+2.00%
75^th Percentile	£622	£575	£538
90^th Percentile	£628	£620	£573
South East median daily rate	£543	£508	£570
% change year-on-year	+6.90%	-10.96%	+1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	0	1
10^th Percentile	£16.59	-	-
25^th Percentile	£29.65	-	£35.58
Median hourly rate	£38.72	-	£36.17
75^th Percentile	£44.68	-	£36.75
90^th Percentile	£47.50	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£67.00	-	£56.75
% change year-on-year	-	-	-21.08%

All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire

PowerShell falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing coding skills in Buckinghamshire.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills	129	104	107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire	17.02%	29.46%	27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted	99	67	73
10^th Percentile	£333	£313	£242
25^th Percentile	£416	£359	£406
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£514	£438	£467
Median % change year-on-year	+17.49%	-6.22%	-6.70%
75^th Percentile	£588	£540	£575
90^th Percentile	£622	£575	£655
South East median daily rate	£525	£492	£513
% change year-on-year	+6.65%	-3.95%	-2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	0	1
10^th Percentile	£16.59	-	-
25^th Percentile	£29.65	-	£35.58
Median hourly rate	£38.72	-	£36.17
75^th Percentile	£44.68	-	£36.75
90^th Percentile	£47.50	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£60.00	£55.00	£67.02
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-17.93%	+21.85%

PowerShell Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

PowerShell Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing PowerShell.

PowerShell Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Buckinghamshire

PowerShell Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing PowerShell.

PowerShell Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in Buckinghamshire

PowerShell Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 29 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Milton Keynes	-7	37	£590	+10.28%	5
Bletchley	-	2	-	-
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PowerShell Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing PowerShell also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region citing PowerShell.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	84.6%	33
2	Windows	82.1%	32
3	Windows Server	76.9%	30
4	Microsoft	71.8%	28
5	Active Directory	69.2%	27
5	Security Cleared	69.2%	27
7	Entra ID	59.0%	23
8	DNS	56.4%	22
9	Azure Monitor	51.3%	20
10	Analytics	48.7%	19
10	Cybersecurity	48.7%	19
10	DV Cleared	48.7%	19
10	Log Analytics	48.7%	19
14	Firewall	46.2%	18
14	Terraform	46.2%	18
16	ARM Templates	43.6%	17
16	Bash	43.6%	17
16	Infrastructure Engineering	43.6%	17
16	Linux	43.6%	17
16	TCP/IP	43.6%	17
21	DHCP	41.0%	16
22	Bicep	38.5%	15
22	ITIL	38.5%	15
22	Microsoft Intune	38.5%	15
22	Problem-Solving	38.5%	15
26	Azure Sentinel	35.9%	14
26	Platform Engineering	35.9%	14
26	Security Hardening	35.9%	14
26	Validation	35.9%	14
30	CrowdStrike	33.3%	13

PowerShell Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Bash	43.6%	17
2	Bicep	38.5%	15
3	Python	7.7%	3
4	SQL	2.6%	1