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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 45 46
Rank change year-on-year -32 +1 +25
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 49 81 90
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.51% 4.41% 3.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.28% 11.71% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 46 75
10th Percentile £355 £419 £393
25th Percentile £413 £511 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -12.71% +6.67% +4.65%
75th Percentile £575 £658 £725
90th Percentile £680 £743 £783
Central London median daily rate £525 £584 £563
% change year-on-year -10.06% +3.78% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
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 requiring coding skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 592 692 778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 30.30% 37.69% 32.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 438 565
10th Percentile £355 £407 £402
25th Percentile £425 £473 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £651 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £825
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £29.70 £51.80 £46.30
25th Percentile £34.50 £74.38 £46.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £112.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.82% +133.33% -8.57%
75th Percentile £53.61 - £49.88
90th Percentile £57.28 - £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £76.75 £48.00
% change year-on-year -41.37% +59.90% -8.57%

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 20 February 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 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 26 (53.06%) Azure
2 16 (32.65%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (24.49%) Entra ID
4 6 (12.24%) AWS
5 4 (8.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
6 3 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (6.12%) GCP
6 3 (6.12%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.08%) GitHub
7 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (4.08%) OCI
7 2 (4.08%) PaaS
7 2 (4.08%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.04%) Azure WebJobs
8 1 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.29%) DNS
2 6 (12.24%) DHCP
2 6 (12.24%) VPN
3 5 (10.20%) Firewall
3 5 (10.20%) Network Security
4 3 (6.12%) Internet
5 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.04%) BGP
6 1 (2.04%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (2.04%) IPsec
6 1 (2.04%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.04%) OSPF
6 1 (2.04%) SSL
6 1 (2.04%) Unified Communications
6 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.04%) Metadata
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Git
2 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.04%) MSTest
2 1 (2.04%) Postman
General
1 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.45%) Finance
3 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Banking
5 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Front Office
7 1 (2.04%) International Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Legal
7 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Consultant
2 7 (14.29%) Senior
2 7 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
3 4 (8.16%) Service Desk Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Developer
4 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Analyst
5 2 (4.08%) Architect
5 2 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Lead Architect
5 2 (4.08%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Security Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Software Engineer
5 2 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.08%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) REST
2 3 (6.12%) .NET
2 3 (6.12%) JSON
3 2 (4.08%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.08%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (4.08%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (4.08%) Middleware
3 2 (4.08%) OAuth
3 2 (4.08%) SAML
3 2 (4.08%) XML
4 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.04%) Node.js
4 1 (2.04%) OpenID
4 1 (2.04%) Regular Expression
4 1 (2.04%) SailPoint
4 1 (2.04%) SPFx
4 1 (2.04%) Swagger
4 1 (2.04%) Ultra Messaging
4 1 (2.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
1 3 (6.12%) Security Posture
2 2 (4.08%) BYOD
2 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.08%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (4.08%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.04%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.04%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) PKI
3 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.49%) Windows
2 9 (18.37%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.29%) Linux
4 3 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.04%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.04%) Solaris
5 1 (2.04%) Unix
5 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (20.41%) DevOps
1 10 (20.41%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (16.33%) ITIL
4 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (14.29%) Zero Trust
5 6 (12.24%) Analytics
5 6 (12.24%) Change Management
5 6 (12.24%) Cloud Security
5 6 (12.24%) Service Delivery
5 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.20%) Agile
6 5 (10.20%) AI
6 5 (10.20%) CI/CD
6 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.20%) Incident Response
6 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (10.20%) ITSM
6 5 (10.20%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 22 (44.90%) Python
2 8 (16.33%) JavaScript
3 6 (12.24%) SQL
4 5 (10.20%) Bash
4 5 (10.20%) C#
5 3 (6.12%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (4.08%) Perl
7 1 (2.04%) Bicep
7 1 (2.04%) C++
7 1 (2.04%) Java
7 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.04%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (8.16%) Degree
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.12%) CISSP
7 2 (4.08%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
8 1 (2.04%) CCNA
8 1 (2.04%) CCNP
8 1 (2.04%) CISM
8 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.04%) MCSA
8 1 (2.04%) MCSE
8 1 (2.04%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (8.16%) GDPR
4 2 (4.08%) NIST
4 2 (4.08%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (24.49%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.08%) Docker
5 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (18.37%) vRealize
2 8 (16.33%) Ansible
2 8 (16.33%) Terraform
3 2 (4.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (4.08%) SCCM
3 2 (4.08%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (2.04%) Icinga
4 1 (2.04%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (2.04%) Kibana
4 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.04%) logstash
4 1 (2.04%) Packer
4 1 (2.04%) QRadar
Vendors
1 22 (44.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.45%) VMware
3 3 (6.12%) CyberArk
3 3 (6.12%) Okta
3 3 (6.12%) Oracle
3 3 (6.12%) Zscaler
4 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.08%) Splunk
5 1 (2.04%) Altiris
5 1 (2.04%) Apple
5 1 (2.04%) Bomgar
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) F5
5 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.04%) SAP
5 1 (2.04%) Solace
5 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.04%) Symantec
5 1 (2.04%) TIBCO
5 1 (2.04%) Veeam