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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 66 62
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,208 928 1,261
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.82% 3.39% 3.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.43% 10.41% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 619 885
10th Percentile £350 £350 £352
25th Percentile £425 £432 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £636 £650
90th Percentile £750 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 15 38
10th Percentile £45.45 £17.00 £18.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £20.24 £27.31
Median hourly rate £67.70 £56.75 £47.40
Median % change year-on-year +19.31% +19.73% -13.83%
75th Percentile £82.25 £74.22 £69.62
90th Percentile £84.40 £98.20 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £67.70 £56.75 £47.40
% change year-on-year +19.31% +19.73% -13.83%

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 9,720 8,915 10,845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.71% 32.60% 30.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,466 5,755 7,873
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £774 £769
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.41% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 211 391
10th Percentile £39.31 £25.26 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.00 £46.32
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.43
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.12% -0.91%

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

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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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -6 533 £533 -3.18% 166
South East +4 199 £500 -13.04% 148
South West +25 147 £560 +6.67% 48
North of England -7 145 £447 -4.89% 75
Midlands -8 106 £475 +1.06% 47
West Midlands -13 81 £500 +5.26% 23
North West -6 74 £429 -9.21% 37
Yorkshire -24 59 £454 -2.47% 29
East of England +8 42 £550 +37.50% 47
East Midlands -10 25 £450 +3.45% 24
North East -7 16 £550 +19.57% 10
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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UK

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
1 171 (14.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (10.68%) SharePoint
3 61 (5.05%) Confluence
4 39 (3.23%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.16%) Apache
6 13 (1.08%) Mattermost
7 11 (0.91%) nginx
8 7 (0.58%) IIS
9 4 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.33%) SAS
10 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.17%) WordPress
12 1 (0.083%) CMS
12 1 (0.083%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.083%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 46 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.83%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.083%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.083%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 19 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.58%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.083%) Actimize
4 1 (0.083%) Eikon
4 1 (0.083%) Eze OMS
4 1 (0.083%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.083%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 545 (45.12%) Azure
2 267 (22.10%) Microsoft 365
3 245 (20.28%) Entra ID
4 229 (18.96%) AWS
5 135 (11.18%) GCP
6 115 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
7 98 (8.11%) GitHub
8 65 (5.38%) Power Platform
9 64 (5.30%) OneDrive
10 58 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
10 58 (4.80%) IaaS
11 51 (4.22%) Azure Sentinel
12 50 (4.14%) Azure Monitor
13 49 (4.06%) Microsoft Purview
14 39 (3.23%) Power Automate
14 39 (3.23%) SaaS
15 38 (3.15%) PowerApps
16 36 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
17 33 (2.73%) Serverless
18 32 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 188 (15.56%) DNS
2 172 (14.24%) Firewall
3 100 (8.28%) DHCP
4 73 (6.04%) Network Security
5 72 (5.96%) TCP/IP
6 68 (5.63%) VPN
7 42 (3.48%) Skype
8 41 (3.39%) SMTP
9 39 (3.23%) HTTP
10 29 (2.40%) FTP
11 27 (2.24%) VLAN
12 23 (1.90%) SAN
12 23 (1.90%) SSH
13 19 (1.57%) SSL
14 18 (1.49%) LAN
15 17 (1.41%) WAN
16 16 (1.32%) Wireshark
17 14 (1.16%) Unified Communications
18 13 (1.08%) DKIM
18 13 (1.08%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.23%) Power BI
3 32 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.74%) Metadata
6 14 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (0.91%) Data Lake
9 10 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.58%) Delta Lake
12 7 (0.58%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.50%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.33%) MySQL
14 4 (0.33%) Spark SQL
15 3 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.25%) KDB
15 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 94 (7.78%) Jenkins
2 85 (7.04%) JIRA
3 76 (6.29%) Git
4 73 (6.04%) GitLab
5 19 (1.57%) Artifactory
5 19 (1.57%) MSI
6 16 (1.32%) Vagrant
7 14 (1.16%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.91%) InstallShield
8 11 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
9 9 (0.75%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.66%) AdminStudio
10 8 (0.66%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.58%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.50%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.50%) Postman
13 5 (0.41%) Gradle
13 5 (0.41%) Spinnaker
14 4 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 474 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 211 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
3 167 (13.82%) Finance
4 126 (10.43%) Public Sector
5 79 (6.54%) Documentation Skills
6 56 (4.64%) Banking
7 43 (3.56%) Legal
8 24 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (1.66%) Front Office
10 17 (1.41%) Investment Banking
11 14 (1.16%) Military
12 13 (1.08%) Manufacturing
13 12 (0.99%) Marketing
13 12 (0.99%) Telecoms
14 11 (0.91%) Electronics
14 11 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (0.91%) Retail
15 9 (0.75%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 147 (12.17%) Architect
2 99 (8.20%) Senior
3 95 (7.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 79 (6.54%) Platform Engineer
5 77 (6.37%) Analyst
6 65 (5.38%) Security Engineer
7 64 (5.30%) Consultant
8 63 (5.22%) Azure Engineer
9 62 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 53 (4.39%) Developer
11 47 (3.89%) Support Engineer
12 37 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
12 37 (3.06%) CyberArk Architect
13 35 (2.90%) Lead
14 33 (2.73%) Administrator
14 33 (2.73%) Windows Engineer
15 30 (2.48%) Microsoft Engineer
16 27 (2.24%) SIEM Engineer
17 26 (2.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 25 (2.07%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.91%) REST
2 98 (8.11%) LDAP
3 58 (4.80%) JSON
4 52 (4.30%) OAuth
5 50 (4.14%) SOAP
6 48 (3.97%) SAML
7 42 (3.48%) Microsoft Graph
8 39 (3.23%) OpenID
9 32 (2.65%) Middleware
10 30 (2.48%) SailPoint
11 29 (2.40%) .NET
11 29 (2.40%) ARM Templates
12 28 (2.32%) OAuth2
13 22 (1.82%) Elastic Stack
14 21 (1.74%) FIX Protocol
15 20 (1.66%) XML
15 20 (1.66%) YAML
16 16 (1.32%) AngularJS
16 16 (1.32%) HTML
16 16 (1.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 68 (5.63%) Security Posture
2 66 (5.46%) PKI
3 63 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
4 61 (5.05%) Onboarding
5 55 (4.55%) Replication
6 43 (3.56%) Management Information System
7 42 (3.48%) Data Centre
8 40 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 38 (3.15%) Cloud Native
10 33 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
13 23 (1.90%) Clustering
14 21 (1.74%) Private Cloud
14 21 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
15 20 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
16 19 (1.57%) Product Ownership
17 18 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
18 13 (1.08%) Algorithms
18 13 (1.08%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 483 (39.98%) Windows
2 253 (20.94%) Linux
3 183 (15.15%) Windows Server
4 74 (6.13%) Windows 10
5 32 (2.65%) Mac OS
5 32 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 30 (2.48%) VMS
7 22 (1.82%) Android
8 21 (1.74%) Unix
9 16 (1.32%) Amazon Linux
9 16 (1.32%) Ubuntu
10 15 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
12 11 (0.91%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.91%) Solaris
12 11 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.66%) CentOS
13 8 (0.66%) Kali Linux
14 5 (0.41%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (27.24%) DevOps
2 293 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
3 263 (21.77%) CI/CD
4 198 (16.39%) Agile
5 194 (16.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 189 (15.65%) SIEM
7 157 (13.00%) Migration
8 151 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
9 149 (12.33%) ITIL
10 128 (10.60%) Task Automation
11 123 (10.18%) ITSM
12 118 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 112 (9.27%) Identity Access Management
14 102 (8.44%) Incident Response
15 101 (8.36%) Configuration Management
15 101 (8.36%) RBAC
16 98 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 97 (8.03%) Change Management
18 96 (7.95%) Analytics
19 95 (7.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 555 (45.94%) Python
2 227 (18.79%) Bash
3 146 (12.09%) SQL
4 73 (6.04%) C#
4 73 (6.04%) JavaScript
5 61 (5.05%) Kusto Query Language
6 60 (4.97%) Java
7 38 (3.15%) Perl
8 36 (2.98%) Bicep
9 26 (2.15%) VBScript
10 21 (1.74%) Groovy
11 16 (1.32%) Go
12 15 (1.24%) BeanShell
13 10 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.75%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.66%) PHP
15 8 (0.66%) VB
16 6 (0.50%) C++
16 6 (0.50%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 496 (41.06%) Security Cleared
2 389 (32.20%) SC Cleared
3 128 (10.60%) Degree
4 116 (9.60%) DV Cleared
5 98 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 82 (6.79%) CISSP
7 61 (5.05%) Azure Certification
8 40 (3.31%) CISM
9 34 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.65%) AWS Certification
10 32 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (2.48%) CEH
11 30 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
12 24 (1.99%) CCNA
12 24 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.99%) MCSE
13 22 (1.82%) MCSA
14 21 (1.74%) GIAC
15 20 (1.66%) CCNP
16 19 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (8.44%) GDPR
3 73 (6.04%) NIST
4 21 (1.74%) QA
5 16 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 15 (1.24%) SLA
7 14 (1.16%) HIPAA
7 14 (1.16%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.83%) NCSC
11 9 (0.75%) MiFID
12 6 (0.50%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.41%) FINRA
13 5 (0.41%) PSD2
14 3 (0.25%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.25%) EMIR
15 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 455 (37.67%) Active Directory
2 130 (10.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (10.68%) Docker
4 39 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 36 (2.98%) Hyper-V
6 27 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.74%) vSphere
8 16 (1.32%) DFS Replication
9 15 (1.24%) Squid
10 14 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
11 13 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
11 13 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (0.83%) Dovecot
12 10 (0.83%) Firmware
12 10 (0.83%) Postfix
13 9 (0.75%) BitLocker
13 9 (0.75%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.41%) NFS
15 4 (0.33%) Snort
Systems Management
1 239 (19.78%) Terraform
2 132 (10.93%) Ansible
3 127 (10.51%) SCCM
4 119 (9.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 117 (9.69%) Kubernetes
6 54 (4.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 52 (4.30%) Grafana
7 52 (4.30%) Single Sign-On
8 48 (3.97%) Prometheus
9 39 (3.23%) SCOM
10 29 (2.40%) vRealize
11 27 (2.24%) vCenter Server
12 23 (1.90%) Kibana
13 21 (1.74%) HP SiteScope
14 19 (1.57%) Proxmox
15 16 (1.32%) Nessus
16 14 (1.16%) WSUS
17 13 (1.08%) ITRS Geneos
18 12 (0.99%) NetBackup
18 12 (0.99%) Puppet
Vendors
1 531 (43.96%) Microsoft
2 188 (15.56%) VMware
3 100 (8.28%) CyberArk
4 88 (7.28%) Splunk
5 71 (5.88%) ServiceNow
6 67 (5.55%) BeyondTrust
7 58 (4.80%) Cisco
7 58 (4.80%) Citrix
8 42 (3.48%) Google
9 39 (3.23%) Red Hat
10 36 (2.98%) Oracle
11 34 (2.81%) Centrify
12 29 (2.40%) Veeam
13 28 (2.32%) Atlassian
14 26 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (1.99%) Databricks
16 22 (1.82%) SolarWinds
17 20 (1.66%) Remedy
18 19 (1.57%) Okta
19 18 (1.49%) Zscaler