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 requiring PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 72 47
Rank change year-on-year +4 -25 +22
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 74 52 93
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.24% 2.90% 4.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.23% 7.80% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 38 71
10th Percentile £425 £280 £413
25th Percentile £519 £360 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -7.08% +2.73%
75th Percentile £641 £647 £650
90th Percentile £738 £688 £750
Central London median daily rate £575 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 - -

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 requiring coding skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 659 667 738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.87% 37.18% 35.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 458 510
10th Percentile £400 £385 £400
25th Percentile £460 £463 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £591
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.48% -1.91%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £710
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £577 £576
% change year-on-year -4.60% +0.04% -3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 0
10th Percentile £25.14 £22.05 -
25th Percentile £31.71 £26.00 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% - -
75th Percentile £49.68 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £63.75 £73.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £42.72 £41.50
% change year-on-year +5.33% +2.94% +232.00%

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 job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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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 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.05%) Confluence
4 2 (2.70%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.35%) CMS
5 1 (1.35%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (50.00%) Azure
2 16 (21.62%) AWS
3 14 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (16.22%) Azure AKS
5 11 (14.86%) Entra ID
5 11 (14.86%) Power Platform
6 10 (13.51%) GitHub
7 9 (12.16%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (10.81%) GCP
8 8 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (9.46%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (9.46%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (9.46%) SaaS
10 6 (8.11%) OneDrive
11 5 (6.76%) OpenShift
12 4 (5.41%) PaaS
13 3 (4.05%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (4.05%) IaaS
13 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.27%) DNS
2 14 (18.92%) Firewall
3 12 (16.22%) VPN
4 8 (10.81%) DHCP
5 7 (9.46%) TCP/IP
6 4 (5.41%) WAN
7 3 (4.05%) LAN
7 3 (4.05%) Network Security
7 3 (4.05%) SMTP
7 3 (4.05%) Unified Communications
7 3 (4.05%) VLAN
8 2 (2.70%) SSL
8 2 (2.70%) Wireshark
9 1 (1.35%) DKIM
9 1 (1.35%) DMARC
9 1 (1.35%) Internet
9 1 (1.35%) Multicast
9 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.35%) SSH
9 1 (1.35%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (22.97%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.81%) Power BI
3 6 (8.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (6.76%) Big Data
4 5 (6.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (5.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (2.70%) Delta Lake
8 1 (1.35%) Apache Hive
8 1 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.35%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.35%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (1.35%) Oracle Database
8 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.35%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (13.51%) Jenkins
2 7 (9.46%) JIRA
3 5 (6.76%) Git
4 4 (5.41%) GitLab
4 4 (5.41%) JMeter
4 4 (5.41%) Postman
5 3 (4.05%) Artifactory
6 2 (2.70%) Bitbucket
6 2 (2.70%) Fiddler
6 2 (2.70%) MSI
6 2 (2.70%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.35%) Subversion
7 1 (1.35%) TeamCity
General
1 23 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.38%) Finance
3 5 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.05%) Banking
4 3 (4.05%) Law
5 2 (2.70%) Back Office
5 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.35%) Front Office
6 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.35%) Marketing
6 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (12.16%) Support Engineer
3 7 (9.46%) Senior
4 6 (8.11%) Applications Support
4 6 (8.11%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Applications Support Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Consultant
5 5 (6.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Analyst
6 4 (5.41%) Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Azure Consultant
6 4 (5.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) DevOps Consultant
6 4 (5.41%) Security Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Tester
7 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (4.05%) Developer
7 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (37.84%) Terraform
2 7 (9.46%) .NET
3 5 (6.76%) YAML
4 4 (5.41%) JSON
4 4 (5.41%) Swagger
5 3 (4.05%) REST
6 2 (2.70%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.70%) OAuth
6 2 (2.70%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (2.70%) PCRE
6 2 (2.70%) Regular Expression
7 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (1.35%) Node.js
7 1 (1.35%) OpenID
7 1 (1.35%) PySpark
7 1 (1.35%) React
7 1 (1.35%) Spring
7 1 (1.35%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.16%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.81%) Clustering
3 7 (9.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (8.11%) Cloud Native
4 6 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
6 4 (5.41%) AI Agents
6 4 (5.41%) PKI
7 3 (4.05%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (2.70%) CMDB
8 2 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (2.70%) Replication
9 1 (1.35%) CCTV
9 1 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (47.30%) Windows
2 15 (20.27%) Windows Server
3 13 (17.57%) Linux
4 4 (5.41%) Unix
4 4 (5.41%) VMS
5 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.35%) SUSE
5 1 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (39.19%) CI/CD
2 27 (36.49%) DevOps
3 18 (24.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 17 (22.97%) AI
4 17 (22.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (17.57%) Migration
7 10 (13.51%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (12.16%) ITSM
8 9 (12.16%) Mentoring
8 9 (12.16%) Platform Engineering
8 9 (12.16%) Test Automation
9 8 (10.81%) High Availability
9 8 (10.81%) Observability
10 7 (9.46%) Containerisation
10 7 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (9.46%) Zero Trust
11 6 (8.11%) Incident Response
11 6 (8.11%) Runbook
11 6 (8.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 32 (43.24%) Python
2 14 (18.92%) Bash
3 13 (17.57%) SQL
4 10 (13.51%) Java
5 8 (10.81%) C#
6 4 (5.41%) Bicep
6 4 (5.41%) JavaScript
6 4 (5.41%) Korn
7 3 (4.05%) C++
8 2 (2.70%) Perl
9 1 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.11%) Degree
3 6 (8.11%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.05%) CISSP
5 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.70%) CISM
5 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.05%) QA
2 3 (4.05%) SLA
3 2 (2.70%) GDPR
3 2 (2.70%) NIST
4 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.81%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (9.46%) Docker
5 6 (8.11%) Hyper-V
6 5 (6.76%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (4.05%) BitLocker
7 3 (4.05%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (4.05%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.35%) Firmware
8 1 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (32.43%) Kubernetes
2 17 (22.97%) Ansible
3 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (8.11%) Grafana
5 5 (6.76%) SCCM
5 5 (6.76%) vCenter Server
6 4 (5.41%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (5.41%) Prometheus
6 4 (5.41%) Puppet
6 4 (5.41%) SCOM
7 3 (4.05%) Nagios
7 3 (4.05%) vMotion
8 2 (2.70%) PowerCLI
9 1 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (1.35%) Packer
9 1 (1.35%) PingFederate
9 1 (1.35%) SCOrch
9 1 (1.35%) vRealize
9 1 (1.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 27 (36.49%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.27%) VMware
3 9 (12.16%) ServiceNow
4 8 (10.81%) Databricks
5 7 (9.46%) Oracle
6 6 (8.11%) Google
7 5 (6.76%) Dynatrace
7 5 (6.76%) Splunk
8 4 (5.41%) BMC
8 4 (5.41%) Citrix
8 4 (5.41%) ION Trading
8 4 (5.41%) Remedy
9 3 (4.05%) Commvault
9 3 (4.05%) Dell
9 3 (4.05%) F5
9 3 (4.05%) HP
9 3 (4.05%) Symantec
10 2 (2.70%) Cisco
10 2 (2.70%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.35%) Okta