PowerShell Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Windows PowerShell
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London citing PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	59	66	56
Rank change year-on-year	+7	-10	+6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell	86	59	74
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London	4.20%	3.39%	3.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category	13.05%	9.35%	10.07%
Number of daily rates quoted	55	47	46
10^th Percentile	£369	£310	£425
25^th Percentile	£506	£413	£501
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£588	£540	£596
Median % change year-on-year	+8.80%	-9.43%	+10.42%
75^th Percentile	£656	£659	£669
90^th Percentile	£748	£730	£744
Central London median daily rate	£575	£525	£571
% change year-on-year	+9.52%	-8.10%	+5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	2
Median hourly rate	-	-	£112.00
Central London median hourly rate	-	-	£112.00

All Programming Languages
City of London

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 the City of London.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills	659	631	735
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London	32.19%	36.24%	35.13%
Number of daily rates quoted	466	465	469
10^th Percentile	£376	£384	£411
25^th Percentile	£450	£436	£484
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£575	£593
Median % change year-on-year	-4.35%	-2.95%	-1.25%
75^th Percentile	£675	£685	£700
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£825
Central London median daily rate	£550	£575	£585
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-1.71%	-2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	9	3
10^th Percentile	£12.63	£23.90	£51.80
25^th Percentile	£16.56	£26.25	£74.38
Median hourly rate	£23.75	£34.00	£112.00
Median % change year-on-year	-30.15%	-69.64%	+273.33%
75^th Percentile	£31.56	£63.75	-
90^th Percentile	£35.88	£68.75	-
Central London median hourly rate	£50.00	£39.50	£41.50
% change year-on-year	+26.58%	-4.82%	+38.33%

PowerShell Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PowerShell Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PowerShell.

PowerShell Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the City of London

PowerShell Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PowerShell.

PowerShell Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 12 November 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 City of London region citing PowerShell.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	50.0%	43
2	Windows	48.8%	42
3	Python	41.9%	36
4	Microsoft	39.5%	34
5	DevOps	38.4%	33
5	Terraform	38.4%	33
7	CI/CD	37.2%	32
8	Kubernetes	26.7%	23
8	Security Cleared	26.7%	23
10	Linux	25.6%	22
11	SQL Server	24.4%	21
12	Azure DevOps	23.3%	20
12	DNS	23.3%	20
12	Infrastructure as Code	23.3%	20
15	Windows Server	22.1%	19
16	AWS	20.9%	18
16	Migration	20.9%	18
16	SQL	20.9%	18
19	Ansible	19.8%	17
19	Infrastructure Engineering	19.8%	17
19	Problem-Solving	19.8%	17
22	Root Cause Analysis	18.6%	16
23	Firewall	17.4%	15
24	AI	16.3%	14
24	Bash	16.3%	14
24	GitHub	16.3%	14
24	SC Cleared	16.3%	14
24	VMware	16.3%	14
29	Active Directory	15.1%	13
29	Azure AKS	15.1%	13

PowerShell Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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	Python	41.9%	36
2	SQL	20.9%	18
3	Bash	16.3%	14
4	C#	11.6%	10
5	Java	9.3%	8
6	Korn	7.0%	6
7	Bicep	5.8%	5
8	JavaScript	4.7%	4
9	C++	3.5%	3
9	Kusto Query Language	3.5%	3
9	Shell Script	3.5%	3
12	Perl	2.3%	2
13	Clipper	1.2%	1
13	CodeQL	1.2%	1
13	Data Analysis Expressions	1.2%	1