PowerShell Contract Job Trends in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 63 59
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +12
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,157 1,053 1,472
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.89% 3.44% 3.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.02% 10.62% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 705 1,036
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
25th Percentile £425 £431 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £627 £664
90th Percentile £725 £710 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.29% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 39
10th Percentile £44.13 £33.23 £18.15
25th Percentile £45.94 £52.31 £33.13
Median hourly rate £64.07 £58.49 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +9.53% +20.85% -12.00%
75th Percentile £74.26 £74.22 £69.62
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.40 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £63.50 £63.93 £48.40
% change year-on-year -0.68% +32.09% -11.19%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,623 9,912 12,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.39% 32.34% 31.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,420 6,468 9,121
10th Percentile £346 £353 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £781
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 239 420
10th Percentile £31.08 £27.00 £32.27
25th Percentile £46.00 £45.59 £47.31
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.92
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.97% -0.93%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.72 £60.00
% change year-on-year +1.27% +2.86% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PowerShell job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PowerShell

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PowerShell

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the England region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. 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		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London -8 507 £525 -4.55% 319
South East -3 184 £513 -10.87% 185
South West +20 140 £555 +3.74% 72
North of England -18 118 £448 -5.79% 99
Midlands -4 110 £475 -5.00% 66
West Midlands -10 86 £475 -6.86% 40
East of England +20 67 £550 +57.14% 44
North West -16 59 £448 -5.79% 64
Yorkshire -29 51 £460 -2.69% 23
East Midlands 0 24 £450 - 26
North East -10 12 £550 +20.35% 12
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 178 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 111 (9.59%) SharePoint
3 63 (5.45%) Confluence
4 42 (3.63%) Skype for Business
5 16 (1.38%) Apache
5 16 (1.38%) Mattermost
6 14 (1.21%) nginx
7 8 (0.69%) IIS
8 4 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.26%) SAS
9 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.086%) CMS
11 1 (0.086%) HCL Domino
11 1 (0.086%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.086%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.086%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 36 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.04%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.086%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.086%) ProjectWise
4 1 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.086%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.086%) Eikon
2 1 (0.086%) Endur
2 1 (0.086%) Eze OMS
2 1 (0.086%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.086%) Findur
2 1 (0.086%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.086%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 493 (42.61%) Azure
2 254 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
3 223 (19.27%) Entra ID
4 201 (17.37%) AWS
5 107 (9.25%) Azure DevOps
6 98 (8.47%) GCP
7 89 (7.69%) GitHub
8 66 (5.70%) Power Platform
9 61 (5.27%) IaaS
10 53 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
11 52 (4.49%) OneDrive
12 51 (4.41%) SaaS
13 49 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
14 47 (4.06%) Azure Sentinel
15 45 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
16 43 (3.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 43 (3.72%) Microsoft Purview
17 39 (3.37%) Amazon S3
18 37 (3.20%) Azure Logic Apps
18 37 (3.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 198 (17.11%) Firewall
2 187 (16.16%) DNS
3 84 (7.26%) DHCP
4 66 (5.70%) Network Security
5 56 (4.84%) VPN
6 53 (4.58%) TCP/IP
7 45 (3.89%) Skype
8 44 (3.80%) SMTP
9 43 (3.72%) HTTP
10 33 (2.85%) SAN
11 31 (2.68%) FTP
12 29 (2.51%) SSH
13 27 (2.33%) VLAN
14 25 (2.16%) Cisco IOS
15 19 (1.64%) LAN
15 19 (1.64%) WAN
15 19 (1.64%) Wireshark
16 18 (1.56%) SSL
17 16 (1.38%) Unified Communications
18 13 (1.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 45 (3.89%) Power BI
3 44 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (1.21%) Metadata
7 13 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
7 13 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.78%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.61%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.61%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.52%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.35%) MySQL
13 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.35%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 104 (8.99%) Jenkins
2 98 (8.47%) JIRA
3 78 (6.74%) Git
4 51 (4.41%) GitLab
5 24 (2.07%) Vagrant
6 23 (1.99%) MSI
7 20 (1.73%) Artifactory
8 16 (1.38%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.04%) SonarQube
9 12 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (0.78%) InstallShield
10 9 (0.78%) Metasploit
11 8 (0.69%) AdminStudio
11 8 (0.69%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.69%) Maven
12 7 (0.61%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.52%) Postman
14 5 (0.43%) GCC
15 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.35%) Gradle
General
1 383 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 179 (15.47%) Finance
3 178 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 54 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
6 52 (4.49%) Banking
7 36 (3.11%) Legal
8 25 (2.16%) Games
9 23 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.73%) Marketing
12 19 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.56%) Electronics
13 18 (1.56%) Front Office
13 18 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (1.47%) Investment Banking
15 11 (0.95%) Law
15 11 (0.95%) Military
16 9 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 106 (9.16%) Platform Engineer
2 99 (8.56%) DevOps Engineer
3 94 (8.12%) Analyst
4 93 (8.04%) Architect
5 79 (6.83%) Senior
6 69 (5.96%) Security Engineer
7 64 (5.53%) Consultant
8 61 (5.27%) Azure Engineer
9 60 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 52 (4.49%) Developer
10 52 (4.49%) Support Engineer
11 35 (3.03%) Administrator
11 35 (3.03%) Lead
12 32 (2.77%) Cloud Engineer
13 30 (2.59%) Windows Engineer
14 28 (2.42%) AWS Engineer
14 28 (2.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 28 (2.42%) Microsoft Engineer
14 28 (2.42%) SOC Analyst
15 27 (2.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (9.51%) REST
2 57 (4.93%) JSON
3 51 (4.41%) LDAP
3 51 (4.41%) OAuth
4 47 (4.06%) SAML
5 40 (3.46%) OpenID
6 37 (3.20%) .NET
7 36 (3.11%) ARM Templates
8 33 (2.85%) Middleware
9 28 (2.42%) SailPoint
10 27 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
11 26 (2.25%) FIX Protocol
11 26 (2.25%) YAML
12 25 (2.16%) OAuth2
13 23 (1.99%) XML
14 20 (1.73%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (1.47%) React
16 13 (1.12%) HTML
17 11 (0.95%) CSS
17 11 (0.95%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.79%) PKI
2 53 (4.58%) Onboarding
2 53 (4.58%) Replication
3 38 (3.28%) Data Centre
4 36 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 34 (2.94%) Security Posture
6 33 (2.85%) Cloud Native
7 32 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
8 31 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (2.59%) Cyber Threat
10 27 (2.33%) Private Cloud
11 25 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
13 22 (1.90%) Product Ownership
14 20 (1.73%) Security Operations Centre
15 18 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
17 12 (1.04%) Algorithms
17 12 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
17 12 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 476 (41.14%) Windows
2 259 (22.39%) Linux
3 171 (14.78%) Windows Server
4 78 (6.74%) Windows 10
5 52 (4.49%) Mac OS
6 48 (4.15%) Android
7 37 (3.20%) VMS
8 32 (2.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 26 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
10 24 (2.07%) Amazon Linux
11 23 (1.99%) Unix
12 20 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
13 18 (1.56%) Apple iOS
14 17 (1.47%) Ubuntu
15 15 (1.30%) CentOS
16 12 (1.04%) Solaris
17 10 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
18 8 (0.69%) Kali Linux
19 5 (0.43%) Windows 7
20 3 (0.26%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (27.40%) DevOps
2 241 (20.83%) CI/CD
3 233 (20.14%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (17.89%) Agile
5 195 (16.85%) Infrastructure as Code
6 173 (14.95%) Migration
7 142 (12.27%) ITIL
8 133 (11.50%) SIEM
9 132 (11.41%) Cybersecurity
10 114 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 114 (9.85%) Identity Access Management
11 109 (9.42%) Configuration Management
12 103 (8.90%) Incident Response
13 99 (8.56%) Task Automation
14 97 (8.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 97 (8.38%) RBAC
15 92 (7.95%) Platform Engineering
16 89 (7.69%) Cloud Security
17 88 (7.61%) Security Operations
18 87 (7.52%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 504 (43.56%) Python
2 221 (19.10%) Bash
3 170 (14.69%) SQL
4 71 (6.14%) C#
5 70 (6.05%) Java
6 67 (5.79%) JavaScript
7 45 (3.89%) Kusto Query Language
8 42 (3.63%) Bicep
9 39 (3.37%) Perl
10 35 (3.03%) Groovy
11 28 (2.42%) VBScript
12 16 (1.38%) Go
13 15 (1.30%) C++
14 12 (1.04%) BeanShell
15 11 (0.95%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.86%) C
16 10 (0.86%) PHP
16 10 (0.86%) TypeScript
16 10 (0.86%) VB
17 7 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 427 (36.91%) Security Cleared
2 317 (27.40%) SC Cleared
3 123 (10.63%) DV Cleared
4 106 (9.16%) Degree
5 82 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 70 (6.05%) CISSP
7 55 (4.75%) Azure Certification
8 32 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
10 30 (2.59%) CEH
11 29 (2.51%) AWS Certification
12 27 (2.33%) CISM
13 26 (2.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 24 (2.07%) CCNA
15 23 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
16 22 (1.90%) CCNP
17 19 (1.64%) GCIH
18 16 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
18 16 (1.38%) GIAC
18 16 (1.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 92 (7.95%) GDPR
3 73 (6.31%) NIST
4 27 (2.33%) HIPAA
5 18 (1.56%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.47%) QA
6 17 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.38%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.30%) SLA
9 9 (0.78%) NCSC
10 7 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.43%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.43%) PSD2
12 4 (0.35%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.26%) EMIR
13 3 (0.26%) ITGC
13 3 (0.26%) MiFID
14 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.086%) FISMA
System Software
1 423 (36.56%) Active Directory
2 127 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 125 (10.80%) Docker
4 41 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 28 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (2.25%) Virtual Servers
7 22 (1.90%) DFS Replication
8 18 (1.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 16 (1.38%) Hyper-V
9 16 (1.38%) Squid
10 13 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
10 13 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (1.12%) vSphere
11 12 (1.04%) Dovecot
11 12 (1.04%) Postfix
12 9 (0.78%) Firmware
12 9 (0.78%) VMware NSX
13 8 (0.69%) NFS
14 7 (0.61%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 235 (20.31%) Terraform
2 157 (13.57%) SCCM
3 146 (12.62%) Ansible
4 133 (11.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 101 (8.73%) Kubernetes
6 55 (4.75%) Single Sign-On
7 51 (4.41%) Grafana
8 49 (4.24%) Prometheus
9 45 (3.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 34 (2.94%) SCOM
11 27 (2.33%) vRealize
11 27 (2.33%) WSUS
12 21 (1.82%) HP SiteScope
12 21 (1.82%) Kibana
13 19 (1.64%) Nessus
13 19 (1.64%) Proxmox
14 18 (1.56%) ITRS Geneos
15 16 (1.38%) vCenter Server
16 15 (1.30%) NetBackup
17 14 (1.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 527 (45.55%) Microsoft
2 182 (15.73%) VMware
3 119 (10.29%) Splunk
4 89 (7.69%) Cisco
5 85 (7.35%) ServiceNow
6 58 (5.01%) CyberArk
7 57 (4.93%) Citrix
8 51 (4.41%) Red Hat
9 40 (3.46%) Oracle
10 39 (3.37%) Google
11 34 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
12 29 (2.51%) Atlassian
13 28 (2.42%) Meraki
13 28 (2.42%) SAP
14 26 (2.25%) BeyondTrust
15 25 (2.16%) NetApp
16 22 (1.90%) Okta
16 22 (1.90%) Veeam
17 21 (1.82%) Remedy
18 20 (1.73%) SolarWinds
749 PowerShell jobs in England