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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 57 67
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 -7
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,271 961 1,164
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.68% 3.72% 3.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.28% 11.13% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 641 823
10th Percentile £351 £350 £350
25th Percentile £424 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% +3.19%
75th Percentile £619 £629 £638
90th Percentile £738 £720 £723
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 17 43
10th Percentile £40.15 £17.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £56.72 £20.24 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £56.75 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +30.87% +29.44% -20.29%
75th Percentile £81.00 £74.44 £67.31
90th Percentile £83.90 £112.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £36.79 £43.84
% change year-on-year +101.85% -16.08% -20.29%

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 10,353 8,634 11,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.94% 33.45% 29.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,896 5,574 7,937
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £660
90th Percentile £726 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -5.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 201 478
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £36.27
25th Percentile £52.69 £42.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £61.05
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +3.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.35 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +3.31% -6.92%

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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 18 February 2026.

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 18 February 2026.

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 18 February 2026. 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 -21 543 £538 +2.38% 135
South East +2 230 £503 -12.61% 159
North of England 0 202 £460 -1.60% 90
South West +15 151 £550 -4.35% 53
North West +2 103 £456 -2.98% 49
Yorkshire -10 87 £485 +3.14% 26
Midlands -46 84 £464 -4.87% 49
West Midlands -52 59 £475 -5.00% 22
East of England -8 28 £500 -13.04% 33
East Midlands -11 25 £449 -3.03% 27
North East -7 17 £550 +20.35% 15
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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UK

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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
1 195 (15.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 152 (11.96%) SharePoint
3 56 (4.41%) Confluence
4 41 (3.23%) Skype for Business
5 12 (0.94%) Apache
6 11 (0.87%) Mattermost
7 7 (0.55%) IIS
8 5 (0.39%) nginx
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.16%) SAS
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.079%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.079%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 49 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.31%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.079%) Actimize
4 1 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.079%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 612 (48.15%) Azure
2 294 (23.13%) Entra ID
3 284 (22.34%) Microsoft 365
4 215 (16.92%) AWS
5 138 (10.86%) GCP
6 113 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
7 104 (8.18%) GitHub
8 91 (7.16%) OneDrive
9 78 (6.14%) Power Platform
10 61 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
11 60 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
12 59 (4.64%) IaaS
13 51 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
14 50 (3.93%) Azure Sentinel
14 50 (3.93%) SaaS
15 45 (3.54%) PaaS
16 42 (3.30%) Serverless
17 38 (2.99%) PowerApps
18 36 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
19 35 (2.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 206 (16.21%) DNS
2 168 (13.22%) Firewall
3 136 (10.70%) DHCP
4 72 (5.66%) VPN
5 69 (5.43%) TCP/IP
6 60 (4.72%) Network Security
7 44 (3.46%) Skype
8 42 (3.30%) Kerberos
9 40 (3.15%) LAN
10 36 (2.83%) WAN
11 31 (2.44%) VLAN
12 29 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
13 22 (1.73%) Unified Communications
14 21 (1.65%) SMTP
15 19 (1.49%) DKIM
15 19 (1.49%) DMARC
16 18 (1.42%) HTTP
16 18 (1.42%) Software-Defined Networking
17 16 (1.26%) Wireshark
18 14 (1.10%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 48 (3.78%) Power BI
3 28 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (1.73%) Metadata
4 22 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (1.26%) Data Lake
6 12 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.55%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.47%) DB2
11 6 (0.47%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.47%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.39%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 80 (6.29%) JIRA
2 73 (5.74%) Git
2 73 (5.74%) Jenkins
3 66 (5.19%) GitLab
4 20 (1.57%) MSI
5 16 (1.26%) Artifactory
6 12 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (0.79%) InstallShield
7 10 (0.79%) Metasploit
8 9 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.71%) Burp Suite
9 8 (0.63%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.47%) AdminStudio
10 6 (0.47%) Postman
10 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.47%) Vagrant
11 5 (0.39%) Gradle
11 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.39%) Spinnaker
12 4 (0.31%) Maven
General
1 462 (36.35%) Social Skills
2 214 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
3 163 (12.82%) Finance
4 121 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 84 (6.61%) Documentation Skills
6 62 (4.88%) Banking
7 55 (4.33%) Legal
8 18 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.34%) Investment Banking
10 16 (1.26%) Front Office
11 15 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.10%) Military
13 12 (0.94%) Retail
14 8 (0.63%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.55%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.55%) Law
15 7 (0.55%) Marketing
15 7 (0.55%) Publishing
15 7 (0.55%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 167 (13.14%) Architect
2 111 (8.73%) Senior
3 85 (6.69%) DevOps Engineer
4 80 (6.29%) Azure Engineer
5 68 (5.35%) Platform Engineer
6 66 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 65 (5.11%) Security Engineer
8 61 (4.80%) Analyst
9 60 (4.72%) Consultant
9 60 (4.72%) Support Engineer
10 55 (4.33%) Developer
11 44 (3.46%) Cloud Engineer
12 39 (3.07%) Microsoft Engineer
13 37 (2.91%) CyberArk Architect
14 33 (2.60%) SIEM Engineer
15 32 (2.52%) Lead
16 25 (1.97%) Administrator
16 25 (1.97%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 25 (1.97%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 24 (1.89%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (12.20%) REST
2 121 (9.52%) LDAP
3 65 (5.11%) OAuth
4 63 (4.96%) Microsoft Graph
4 63 (4.96%) SAML
5 59 (4.64%) JSON
6 51 (4.01%) SOAP
7 40 (3.15%) OpenID
8 34 (2.68%) ARM Templates
9 32 (2.52%) .NET
10 30 (2.36%) SailPoint
11 29 (2.28%) OAuth2
12 21 (1.65%) XML
13 20 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
13 20 (1.57%) Middleware
13 20 (1.57%) YAML
14 18 (1.42%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.26%) HTML
15 16 (1.26%) Node.js
16 14 (1.10%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 75 (5.90%) Onboarding
1 75 (5.90%) Replication
2 71 (5.59%) Security Posture
3 67 (5.27%) PKI
4 62 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
5 48 (3.78%) Data Centre
6 44 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 38 (2.99%) Cloud Native
8 33 (2.60%) Clustering
8 33 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (2.44%) Management Information System
10 25 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.81%) Product Ownership
12 17 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.34%) Private Cloud
13 16 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (1.02%) Operational Technology
15 13 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 483 (38.00%) Windows
2 225 (17.70%) Linux
3 205 (16.13%) Windows Server
4 82 (6.45%) Windows 10
5 34 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (2.28%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.89%) Unix
8 21 (1.65%) Android
8 21 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 20 (1.57%) VMS
10 18 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 15 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (0.94%) Ubuntu
13 11 (0.87%) Apple iOS
14 10 (0.79%) Solaris
14 10 (0.79%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.71%) Kali Linux
16 8 (0.63%) AIX
17 6 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
18 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (24.47%) DevOps
2 310 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
3 257 (20.22%) CI/CD
4 207 (16.29%) Agile
5 194 (15.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 172 (13.53%) SIEM
7 159 (12.51%) Migration
8 151 (11.88%) ITIL
9 141 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
10 137 (10.78%) Task Automation
11 129 (10.15%) ITSM
12 123 (9.68%) RBAC
13 117 (9.21%) Identity Access Management
14 116 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 103 (8.10%) Change Management
15 103 (8.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 100 (7.87%) Incident Response
17 97 (7.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 96 (7.55%) Analytics
19 95 (7.47%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 530 (41.70%) Python
2 227 (17.86%) Bash
3 149 (11.72%) SQL
4 85 (6.69%) C#
5 74 (5.82%) Kusto Query Language
6 73 (5.74%) JavaScript
7 51 (4.01%) Java
8 42 (3.30%) Bicep
9 35 (2.75%) Perl
10 28 (2.20%) VBScript
11 14 (1.10%) BeanShell
11 14 (1.10%) Go
11 14 (1.10%) Groovy
11 14 (1.10%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.02%) VB
13 8 (0.63%) PHP
13 8 (0.63%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.39%) C++
15 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 537 (42.25%) Security Cleared
2 424 (33.36%) SC Cleared
3 118 (9.28%) Degree
4 110 (8.65%) DV Cleared
5 109 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 77 (6.06%) CISSP
7 55 (4.33%) Azure Certification
8 42 (3.30%) CISM
9 41 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 29 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
12 27 (2.12%) CEH
13 26 (2.05%) MCSE
14 23 (1.81%) CCNA
14 23 (1.81%) MCSA
15 22 (1.73%) AWS Certification
15 22 (1.73%) CCNP
16 19 (1.49%) GIAC
17 17 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
18 15 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (9.60%) GDPR
2 115 (9.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (5.66%) NIST
4 28 (2.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (1.57%) QA
6 16 (1.26%) SLA
7 15 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.18%) MiFID
8 13 (1.02%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.87%) FINRA
9 11 (0.87%) HIPAA
10 10 (0.79%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.71%) Data Quality
12 8 (0.63%) NCSC
13 5 (0.39%) PSD2
14 3 (0.24%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
15 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 476 (37.45%) Active Directory
2 136 (10.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (9.36%) Docker
4 56 (4.41%) Hyper-V
5 47 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
6 42 (3.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 34 (2.68%) vSphere
8 22 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.34%) BitLocker
10 16 (1.26%) KVM
10 16 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 12 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.63%) Squid
13 7 (0.55%) Firmware
14 6 (0.47%) DFS Replication
14 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 5 (0.39%) NFS
15 5 (0.39%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.31%) Dovecot
16 4 (0.31%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 246 (19.35%) Terraform
2 137 (10.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 127 (9.99%) Ansible
4 118 (9.28%) Kubernetes
5 116 (9.13%) SCCM
6 88 (6.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 70 (5.51%) Single Sign-On
8 39 (3.07%) vCenter Server
9 37 (2.91%) SCOM
10 35 (2.75%) Grafana
11 33 (2.60%) Prometheus
12 25 (1.97%) vRealize
13 20 (1.57%) Kibana
14 18 (1.42%) HP SiteScope
15 15 (1.18%) WSUS
16 14 (1.10%) Nessus
17 10 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
17 10 (0.79%) NetBackup
17 10 (0.79%) Proxmox
18 9 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 594 (46.73%) Microsoft
2 186 (14.63%) VMware
3 96 (7.55%) CyberArk
4 77 (6.06%) Splunk
5 67 (5.27%) ServiceNow
6 66 (5.19%) BeyondTrust
7 61 (4.80%) Citrix
8 53 (4.17%) Cisco
9 44 (3.46%) Google
10 37 (2.91%) Oracle
11 34 (2.68%) Centrify
11 34 (2.68%) Red Hat
12 30 (2.36%) Okta
13 28 (2.20%) Veeam
14 24 (1.89%) SolarWinds
15 23 (1.81%) Atlassian
15 23 (1.81%) Databricks
16 19 (1.49%) Remedy
17 18 (1.42%) Qualys
17 18 (1.42%) Tanium