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

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	65	66	58
Rank change year-on-year	+1	-8	+8
Contract jobs citing PowerShell	82	56	69
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London	4.01%	3.31%	3.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category	12.71%	9.24%	9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted	54	44	43
10^th Percentile	£367	£302	£405
25^th Percentile	£503	£413	£494
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£550	£600
Median % change year-on-year	+4.55%	-8.33%	+11.11%
75^th Percentile	£650	£654	£675
90^th Percentile	£748	£689	£748
Central London median daily rate	£575	£533	£593
% change year-on-year	+7.98%	-10.13%	+9.72%
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 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills	645	606	734
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London	31.52%	35.86%	34.82%
Number of daily rates quoted	459	444	466
10^th Percentile	£377	£385	£406
25^th Percentile	£449	£448	£482
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	£707
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£825
Central London median daily rate	£550	£575	£583
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-1.29%	-2.92%
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 2 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 2 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	48.8%	40
2	Windows	47.6%	39
3	Python	45.1%	37
4	DevOps	41.5%	34
5	CI/CD	40.2%	33
6	Terraform	36.6%	30
7	Microsoft	35.4%	29
8	Kubernetes	29.3%	24
9	Security Cleared	26.8%	22
10	Linux	25.6%	21
11	SQL Server	24.4%	20
12	AWS	23.2%	19
12	Azure DevOps	23.2%	19
12	Infrastructure as Code	23.2%	19
15	Ansible	22.0%	18
15	Windows Server	22.0%	18
17	DNS	20.7%	17
17	Migration	20.7%	17
17	Problem-Solving	20.7%	17
17	SQL	20.7%	17
21	Infrastructure Engineering	18.3%	15
21	Root Cause Analysis	18.3%	15
21	SC Cleared	18.3%	15
24	Bash	17.1%	14
24	Firewall	17.1%	14
26	AI	15.9%	13
26	GitHub	15.9%	13
26	VMware	15.9%	13
29	Active Directory	14.6%	12
29	Azure AKS	14.6%	12

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	45.1%	37
2	SQL	20.7%	17
3	Bash	17.1%	14
4	C#	12.2%	10
5	Java	9.8%	8
6	Korn	7.3%	6
7	Bicep	4.9%	4
7	JavaScript	4.9%	4
9	C++	3.7%	3
9	Shell Script	3.7%	3
11	Kusto Query Language	2.4%	2
11	Perl	2.4%	2
13	Clipper	1.2%	1
13	CodeQL	1.2%	1
13	Data Analysis Expressions	1.2%	1