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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 62 53
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 +9
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,329 1,032 1,319
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.96% 3.77% 3.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.17% 11.44% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 673 948
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £415 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -0.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £619
90th Percentile £694 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 14 18
10th Percentile £19.25 £45.00 £23.80
25th Percentile £33.70 £45.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +11.13% -2.52%
75th Percentile £71.38 £84.49 £74.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £165.50 £74.61
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £63.50 £58.49
% change year-on-year -13.39% +8.57% -2.86%

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 11,894 9,021 10,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.46% 32.97% 31.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,719 6,221 7,866
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £545
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 483 225 399
10th Percentile £34.01 £29.07 £34.79
25th Percentile £53.53 £39.25 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.00 £83.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% +4.00%

PowerShell
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

PowerShell
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

PowerShell
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in England

PowerShell
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

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 24 July 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 24 July 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 -25 560 £530 +0.95% 138
South East -12 291 £525 -8.70% 104
North of England +11 257 £454 +2.02% 76
North West +21 152 £453 +1.29% 45
South West -11 105 £457 -20.61% 51
Yorkshire -5 100 £455 +8.54% 19
Midlands -70 64 £500 +11.11% 41
West Midlands -82 44 £500 +11.11% 26
East of England -46 41 £507 -7.82% 33
East Midlands -11 19 £469 +4.17% 15
North East -29 7 £238 -32.14% 14
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PowerShell
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
1 131 (9.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (9.71%) SharePoint
3 49 (3.69%) Confluence
4 20 (1.50%) IIS
5 12 (0.90%) Skype for Business
6 11 (0.83%) Apache
7 8 (0.60%) nginx
8 5 (0.38%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.30%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.23%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.23%) NetWeaver
10 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 24 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.075%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 36 (2.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.075%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.075%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.075%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.075%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.075%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.075%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.075%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 730 (54.93%) Azure
2 335 (25.21%) Entra ID
3 291 (21.90%) AWS
4 221 (16.63%) Microsoft 365
5 171 (12.87%) Azure DevOps
6 157 (11.81%) GitHub
7 133 (10.01%) GCP
8 121 (9.10%) Power Platform
9 111 (8.35%) GitHub Actions
10 106 (7.98%) Azure Monitor
11 78 (5.87%) OneDrive
12 67 (5.04%) Azure AKS
13 60 (4.51%) SaaS
14 59 (4.44%) PaaS
15 53 (3.99%) Microsoft Purview
16 48 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
17 46 (3.46%) IaaS
18 43 (3.24%) Microsoft Copilot
19 41 (3.09%) Azure Sentinel
19 41 (3.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 184 (13.84%) DNS
2 173 (13.02%) Firewall
3 101 (7.60%) DHCP
4 84 (6.32%) VPN
5 78 (5.87%) TCP/IP
6 58 (4.36%) Network Security
7 44 (3.31%) WAN
8 31 (2.33%) SAN
9 28 (2.11%) LAN
10 27 (2.03%) VLAN
11 22 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
12 21 (1.58%) Kerberos
12 21 (1.58%) SSL
13 20 (1.50%) VSAN
14 18 (1.35%) SSH
15 17 (1.28%) NAS
15 17 (1.28%) SNMP
16 15 (1.13%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.05%) Skype
17 14 (1.05%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (13.69%) SQL Server
2 79 (5.94%) Power BI
3 40 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (1.28%) MySQL
7 17 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.20%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.13%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.05%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 13 (0.98%) Metadata
11 13 (0.98%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.90%) Big Data
13 10 (0.75%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.68%) Db2
15 8 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 111 (8.35%) Jenkins
2 108 (8.13%) Git
3 76 (5.72%) JIRA
4 58 (4.36%) GitLab
5 24 (1.81%) MSI
6 11 (0.83%) Selenium
6 11 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (0.75%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.75%) InstallShield
7 10 (0.75%) Postman
8 9 (0.68%) AdminStudio
9 8 (0.60%) Artifactory
9 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.45%) JMeter
11 5 (0.38%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.30%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 300 (22.57%) Social Skills
2 213 (16.03%) Finance
3 174 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 80 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
6 76 (5.72%) Banking
7 31 (2.33%) Legal
8 22 (1.66%) Investment Banking
9 18 (1.35%) Front Office
9 18 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.20%) Financial Institution
11 15 (1.13%) Military
12 12 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.75%) Law
14 9 (0.68%) Retail
15 7 (0.53%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.45%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.38%) Back Office
17 5 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (11.66%) Senior
2 133 (10.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 129 (9.71%) Cloud Engineer
4 114 (8.58%) Azure Engineer
5 86 (6.47%) Architect
6 85 (6.40%) DevOps Engineer
7 81 (6.09%) Security Engineer
8 72 (5.42%) Support Engineer
9 54 (4.06%) Developer
10 46 (3.46%) Analyst
10 46 (3.46%) Consultant
10 46 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
11 41 (3.09%) Lead
12 36 (2.71%) IT Engineer
13 35 (2.63%) Administrator
14 32 (2.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 31 (2.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 30 (2.26%) Automation Engineer
16 30 (2.26%) DBA
16 30 (2.26%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (9.03%) REST
2 75 (5.64%) Microsoft Graph
3 67 (5.04%) .NET
4 65 (4.89%) LDAP
5 55 (4.14%) ARM Templates
6 52 (3.91%) JSON
7 50 (3.76%) OAuth
8 45 (3.39%) SailPoint
9 43 (3.24%) YAML
10 39 (2.93%) SAML
11 38 (2.86%) OpenID
12 32 (2.41%) Web Services
13 29 (2.18%) OAuth2
14 27 (2.03%) .NET Framework
15 22 (1.66%) Kafka
16 21 (1.58%) SOAP
17 17 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
17 17 (1.28%) React
18 16 (1.20%) XML
19 12 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 120 (9.03%) Onboarding
2 90 (6.77%) Cloud Native
3 69 (5.19%) Security Posture
4 68 (5.12%) Replication
5 67 (5.04%) PKI
6 58 (4.36%) Clustering
7 56 (4.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 50 (3.76%) Management Information System
9 46 (3.46%) Data Centre
10 45 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
11 33 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
12 25 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (1.88%) Public Cloud
13 23 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
14 22 (1.66%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.58%) Product Ownership
16 19 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
16 19 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
17 18 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
18 17 (1.28%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 610 (45.90%) Windows
2 318 (23.93%) Linux
3 246 (18.51%) Windows Server
4 79 (5.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 58 (4.36%) Windows 10
6 48 (3.61%) Unix
7 27 (2.03%) Ubuntu
8 26 (1.96%) AIX
9 23 (1.73%) Mac OS
9 23 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (1.43%) VMS
11 18 (1.35%) CentOS
12 17 (1.28%) Apple iOS
13 16 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
14 14 (1.05%) Android
15 11 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
16 9 (0.68%) Rocky
16 9 (0.68%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
17 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (28.44%) DevOps
2 358 (26.94%) CI/CD
3 312 (23.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 268 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
5 208 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 185 (13.92%) Agile
7 167 (12.57%) Migration
8 166 (12.49%) ITIL
9 160 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 157 (11.81%) Runbook
11 137 (10.31%) Identity Access Management
12 136 (10.23%) ITSM
13 133 (10.01%) Analytics
14 131 (9.86%) SIEM
15 127 (9.56%) Observability
16 125 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
17 120 (9.03%) Disaster Recovery
18 118 (8.88%) Cloud Security
19 117 (8.80%) AI
20 113 (8.50%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 620 (46.65%) Python
2 324 (24.38%) Bash
3 241 (18.13%) SQL
4 107 (8.05%) Bicep
5 92 (6.92%) C#
6 58 (4.36%) Java
7 57 (4.29%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.66%) Perl
11 21 (1.58%) VBScript
12 20 (1.50%) Search Processing Language
12 20 (1.50%) TypeScript
13 18 (1.35%) Groovy
14 14 (1.05%) Go
15 13 (0.98%) Shell Script
16 12 (0.90%) C++
17 11 (0.83%) BeanShell
18 10 (0.75%) VB
19 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 466 (35.06%) Security Cleared
2 326 (24.53%) SC Cleared
3 140 (10.53%) Degree
3 140 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 96 (7.22%) Azure Certification
5 92 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (5.87%) CISSP
7 53 (3.99%) AWS Certification
8 39 (2.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 34 (2.56%) CISM
10 27 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.81%) MCSE
12 22 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
14 18 (1.35%) MCSA
15 17 (1.28%) VCAP
16 13 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (0.75%) CCNA
17 10 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 9 (0.68%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (6.77%) NIST
3 50 (3.76%) GDPR
4 36 (2.71%) QA
5 32 (2.41%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.26%) SLA
7 14 (1.05%) HIPAA
8 13 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.75%) NCSC
9 10 (0.75%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.75%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.38%) GRC
10 5 (0.38%) GxP
11 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 426 (32.05%) Active Directory
2 159 (11.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (10.76%) Docker
4 85 (6.40%) Virtual Machines
5 73 (5.49%) Hyper-V
6 59 (4.44%) VMware ESXi
7 55 (4.14%) vSphere
8 42 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 36 (2.71%) VMware NSX
10 25 (1.88%) BitLocker
11 20 (1.50%) Microsoft App-V
12 19 (1.43%) Firmware
13 15 (1.13%) vCloud
14 14 (1.05%) KVM
15 5 (0.38%) Squid
15 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.23%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.23%) NFS
16 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
16 3 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 382 (28.74%) Terraform
2 225 (16.93%) Ansible
3 203 (15.27%) Kubernetes
4 168 (12.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 90 (6.77%) SCCM
6 65 (4.89%) vCenter Server
7 64 (4.82%) Grafana
8 53 (3.99%) Prometheus
9 41 (3.09%) Progress Chef
10 40 (3.01%) Puppet
11 37 (2.78%) SCOM
12 30 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
13 23 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 22 (1.66%) Packer
15 21 (1.58%) Nagios
16 20 (1.50%) ZABBIX
17 18 (1.35%) Tivoli
17 18 (1.35%) vRealize
18 17 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
19 16 (1.20%) Netcool
Vendors
1 613 (46.12%) Microsoft
2 209 (15.73%) VMware
3 123 (9.26%) ServiceNow
4 82 (6.17%) Google
5 80 (6.02%) CyberArk
6 77 (5.79%) Splunk
7 74 (5.57%) Oracle
8 58 (4.36%) Cisco
9 51 (3.84%) BeyondTrust
9 51 (3.84%) Red Hat
10 48 (3.61%) Citrix
11 42 (3.16%) BMC
12 40 (3.01%) Remedy
12 40 (3.01%) SolarWinds
13 33 (2.48%) IBM
14 28 (2.11%) Databricks
14 28 (2.11%) HP
15 27 (2.03%) NetApp
16 22 (1.66%) Dynatrace
17 21 (1.58%) Qualys