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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 67 59
Rank change year-on-year 0 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,165 1,019 1,390
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.74% 3.33% 3.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.91% 10.24% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 764 676 963
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £415 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% -0.93% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 20 38
10th Percentile £44.25 £17.00 £18.10
25th Percentile £46.00 £31.75 £27.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +14.55% +17.24% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £69.62
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.95 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £64.82 £56.75 £48.40
% change year-on-year +14.22% +17.24% -12.00%

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 9,785 9,951 11,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.45% 32.55% 30.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,510 6,469 8,619
10th Percentile £345 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £651 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 257 401
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £32.32
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.36
Median % change year-on-year - +4.24% -1.02%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £63.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year +1.19% +4.13% -3.20%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 -14 510 £525 -4.55% 135
South East +8 205 £500 -13.04% 200
South West +26 139 £560 +6.67% 83
North of England -21 126 £447 -5.89% 126
Midlands -8 103 £475 - 101
West Midlands -7 80 £478 -4.50% 51
North West -10 66 £421 -15.67% 73
Yorkshire -19 51 £460 -2.17% 41
East of England +19 48 £500 +33.33% 74
East Midlands -3 23 £450 -5.26% 48
North East -1 13 £550 +20.35% 15
South Coast - 1 £625 -
PowerShell
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
1 175 (15.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 111 (9.53%) SharePoint
3 62 (5.32%) Confluence
4 38 (3.26%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.20%) Apache
6 13 (1.12%) Mattermost
7 12 (1.03%) nginx
8 6 (0.52%) IIS
9 4 (0.34%) SAS
9 4 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.17%) WordPress
12 1 (0.086%) CMS
12 1 (0.086%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.086%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.086%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.086%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 39 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.94%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.086%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.086%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 20 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.086%) Actimize
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
1 519 (44.55%) Azure
2 253 (21.72%) Microsoft 365
3 232 (19.91%) Entra ID
4 206 (17.68%) AWS
5 114 (9.79%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (9.01%) GCP
7 100 (8.58%) GitHub
8 66 (5.67%) Power Platform
9 60 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
10 59 (5.06%) IaaS
11 50 (4.29%) OneDrive
12 49 (4.21%) Azure Sentinel
13 48 (4.12%) Azure Monitor
14 46 (3.95%) SaaS
15 41 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
16 37 (3.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 37 (3.18%) Microsoft Purview
17 36 (3.09%) Amazon S3
17 36 (3.09%) PowerApps
17 36 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 190 (16.31%) Firewall
2 187 (16.05%) DNS
3 98 (8.41%) DHCP
4 63 (5.41%) TCP/IP
5 62 (5.32%) Network Security
5 62 (5.32%) VPN
6 41 (3.52%) HTTP
6 41 (3.52%) Skype
7 39 (3.35%) SMTP
8 31 (2.66%) VLAN
9 28 (2.40%) FTP
10 27 (2.32%) SSH
11 22 (1.89%) SAN
12 19 (1.63%) Cisco IOS
12 19 (1.63%) LAN
12 19 (1.63%) WAN
12 19 (1.63%) Wireshark
13 15 (1.29%) SSL
14 14 (1.20%) Unified Communications
15 13 (1.12%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (4.12%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.35%) Power BI
3 38 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (1.29%) Metadata
6 12 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
6 12 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (0.94%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.86%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.60%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.52%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.34%) MySQL
13 4 (0.34%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.26%) KDB
14 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 107 (9.18%) Jenkins
2 90 (7.73%) JIRA
3 77 (6.61%) Git
4 63 (5.41%) GitLab
5 21 (1.80%) MSI
5 21 (1.80%) Vagrant
6 18 (1.55%) Artifactory
7 14 (1.20%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (0.94%) InstallShield
10 10 (0.86%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.77%) Metasploit
12 8 (0.69%) AdminStudio
12 8 (0.69%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.60%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.52%) Postman
15 5 (0.43%) GCC
15 5 (0.43%) Gradle
15 5 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
16 4 (0.34%) Clang
General
1 406 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 186 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
3 179 (15.36%) Finance
4 124 (10.64%) Public Sector
5 68 (5.84%) Documentation Skills
6 58 (4.98%) Banking
7 41 (3.52%) Legal
8 22 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (1.72%) Investment Banking
10 19 (1.63%) Front Office
11 18 (1.55%) Games
12 17 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.29%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.29%) Marketing
14 14 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.12%) Electronics
16 12 (1.03%) Retail
17 11 (0.94%) Military
18 9 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
19 8 (0.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 103 (8.84%) Platform Engineer
2 99 (8.50%) Senior
3 96 (8.24%) DevOps Engineer
4 94 (8.07%) Architect
5 89 (7.64%) Analyst
6 69 (5.92%) Azure Engineer
6 69 (5.92%) Consultant
7 66 (5.67%) Security Engineer
8 61 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 48 (4.12%) Support Engineer
10 47 (4.03%) Developer
11 39 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
12 35 (3.00%) Administrator
13 33 (2.83%) Windows Engineer
14 32 (2.75%) Lead
15 30 (2.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 29 (2.49%) Microsoft Engineer
17 27 (2.32%) AWS Engineer
18 26 (2.23%) SOC Analyst
18 26 (2.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (9.96%) REST
2 62 (5.32%) JSON
3 57 (4.89%) LDAP
4 54 (4.64%) OAuth
5 49 (4.21%) SAML
6 41 (3.52%) OpenID
7 31 (2.66%) ARM Templates
8 30 (2.58%) Microsoft Graph
8 30 (2.58%) Middleware
9 29 (2.49%) .NET
10 28 (2.40%) SailPoint
11 27 (2.32%) OAuth2
12 25 (2.15%) FIX Protocol
13 23 (1.97%) XML
14 22 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
14 22 (1.89%) YAML
15 16 (1.37%) SOAP
16 13 (1.12%) React
17 12 (1.03%) HTML
18 11 (0.94%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 71 (6.09%) PKI
2 61 (5.24%) Onboarding
3 55 (4.72%) Replication
4 44 (3.78%) Data Centre
5 35 (3.00%) Cloud Native
5 35 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 33 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 32 (2.75%) Security Posture
7 32 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (2.23%) Private Cloud
9 25 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
11 22 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
12 21 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
14 17 (1.46%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.12%) CMDB
15 13 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 13 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (1.03%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 471 (40.43%) Windows
2 264 (22.66%) Linux
3 171 (14.68%) Windows Server
4 73 (6.27%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.21%) Mac OS
6 41 (3.52%) Android
7 37 (3.18%) VMS
8 35 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (1.97%) Unix
10 21 (1.80%) Amazon Linux
11 19 (1.63%) Ubuntu
12 14 (1.20%) Apple iOS
13 13 (1.12%) CentOS
13 13 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
14 12 (1.03%) Solaris
15 9 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
15 9 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
16 8 (0.69%) Kali Linux
17 5 (0.43%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.26%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (27.12%) DevOps
2 255 (21.89%) CI/CD
3 242 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
4 200 (17.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 197 (16.91%) Agile
6 159 (13.65%) Migration
7 146 (12.53%) Cybersecurity
8 144 (12.36%) ITIL
9 140 (12.02%) SIEM
10 115 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 107 (9.18%) Identity Access Management
12 104 (8.93%) Configuration Management
13 102 (8.76%) RBAC
14 100 (8.58%) Incident Response
14 100 (8.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 100 (8.58%) Platform Engineering
15 96 (8.24%) Task Automation
16 90 (7.73%) Analytics
16 90 (7.73%) Change Management
17 88 (7.55%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 531 (45.58%) Python
2 231 (19.83%) Bash
3 155 (13.30%) SQL
4 66 (5.67%) JavaScript
5 62 (5.32%) Java
6 61 (5.24%) C#
7 48 (4.12%) Kusto Query Language
8 41 (3.52%) Bicep
9 38 (3.26%) Perl
10 28 (2.40%) Groovy
10 28 (2.40%) VBScript
11 15 (1.29%) BeanShell
12 14 (1.20%) Go
13 12 (1.03%) C++
14 10 (0.86%) PHP
15 9 (0.77%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.69%) C
16 8 (0.69%) VB
17 7 (0.60%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 423 (36.31%) Security Cleared
2 328 (28.15%) SC Cleared
3 115 (9.87%) Degree
4 106 (9.10%) DV Cleared
5 86 (7.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 80 (6.87%) CISSP
7 55 (4.72%) Azure Certification
8 39 (3.35%) CISM
9 33 (2.83%) AWS Certification
9 33 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
10 30 (2.58%) ITIL Certification
10 30 (2.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 28 (2.40%) CEH
12 26 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (2.15%) CCNA
14 21 (1.80%) CCNP
15 19 (1.63%) GCIH
16 17 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
16 17 (1.46%) GIAC
17 16 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (10.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (8.58%) GDPR
3 81 (6.95%) NIST
4 23 (1.97%) HIPAA
5 18 (1.55%) PCI DSS
5 18 (1.55%) QA
6 17 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.20%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.03%) SLA
9 11 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.86%) NCSC
11 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.43%) PSD2
12 4 (0.34%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.34%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.34%) MiFID
13 3 (0.26%) EMIR
13 3 (0.26%) ITGC
14 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.086%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 422 (36.22%) Active Directory
2 131 (11.24%) Docker
3 126 (10.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (3.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 28 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (1.97%) Hyper-V
7 20 (1.72%) DFS Replication
8 16 (1.37%) Squid
9 13 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (1.12%) vSphere
10 11 (0.94%) Dovecot
10 11 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
10 11 (0.94%) Postfix
10 11 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.77%) Firmware
11 9 (0.77%) VMware NSX
12 8 (0.69%) NFS
13 7 (0.60%) BitLocker
14 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.43%) Snort
Systems Management
1 238 (20.43%) Terraform
2 143 (12.27%) SCCM
3 129 (11.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 126 (10.82%) Ansible
5 110 (9.44%) Kubernetes
6 54 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
7 49 (4.21%) Grafana
8 48 (4.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 48 (4.12%) Prometheus
9 38 (3.26%) SCOM
10 28 (2.40%) vRealize
11 23 (1.97%) Kibana
12 21 (1.80%) HP SiteScope
13 19 (1.63%) Nessus
13 19 (1.63%) Proxmox
13 19 (1.63%) vCenter Server
14 17 (1.46%) ITRS Geneos
14 17 (1.46%) WSUS
15 16 (1.37%) NetBackup
16 13 (1.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 513 (44.03%) Microsoft
2 178 (15.28%) VMware
3 103 (8.84%) Splunk
4 76 (6.52%) Cisco
4 76 (6.52%) ServiceNow
5 69 (5.92%) CyberArk
6 60 (5.15%) Citrix
7 45 (3.86%) Red Hat
8 43 (3.69%) Google
9 38 (3.26%) Oracle
10 36 (3.09%) CrowdStrike
11 35 (3.00%) BeyondTrust
12 28 (2.40%) Atlassian
13 26 (2.23%) Veeam
14 24 (2.06%) Databricks
15 23 (1.97%) Meraki
15 23 (1.97%) Remedy
16 22 (1.89%) SAP
17 20 (1.72%) Solace
18 19 (1.63%) Zscaler