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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 53 63
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,291 969 1,210
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.28% 3.96% 3.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.80% 11.71% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 670 867
10th Percentile £340 £353 £350
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £545
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -3.17% -0.91%
75th Percentile £622 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 12 26
10th Percentile £40.03 £17.00 £27.00
25th Percentile £52.19 £19.43 £37.63
Median hourly rate £67.70 £41.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.16% +4.38% -31.70%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.87 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.38 £188.30 £58.94
UK median hourly rate £67.70 £24.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +174.53% -38.35% -30.23%

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 10,937 8,272 10,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 27.80% 33.85% 29.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,302 5,706 7,877
10th Percentile £353 £363 £350
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -5.61%
75th Percentile £605 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 211 429
10th Percentile £42.22 £25.26 £35.00
25th Percentile £55.61 £38.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +1.46% -1.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 17 April 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

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 17 April 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 17 April 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 -28 531 £550 +4.76% 113
South East -5 244 £510 -11.30% 100
North of England -5 227 £500 +6.38% 62
North West +14 133 £525 +12.90% 34
South West -4 132 £525 -10.26% 43
Yorkshire -27 89 £460 -3.16% 16
Midlands -65 79 £463 -7.50% 41
West Midlands -60 59 £485 -3.00% 19
East of England -2 46 £507 -1.55% 43
East Midlands -29 19 £418 -12.11% 22
North East -13 10 £550 +18.28% 12
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
1 162 (12.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 55 (4.26%) Confluence
4 16 (1.24%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.08%) IIS
6 9 (0.70%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.15%) nginx
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
10 1 (0.077%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.077%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.077%) Actimize
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.077%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 654 (50.66%) Azure
2 289 (22.39%) Entra ID
3 250 (19.36%) Microsoft 365
4 233 (18.05%) AWS
5 135 (10.46%) Azure DevOps
6 133 (10.30%) GCP
7 117 (9.06%) GitHub
8 85 (6.58%) Power Platform
9 80 (6.20%) GitHub Actions
10 76 (5.89%) OneDrive
11 74 (5.73%) Azure Monitor
12 63 (4.88%) IaaS
13 60 (4.65%) PaaS
14 56 (4.34%) Microsoft Purview
15 47 (3.64%) Azure AKS
16 42 (3.25%) Azure Sentinel
17 41 (3.18%) Azure Key Vault
17 41 (3.18%) Serverless
18 40 (3.10%) SaaS
19 35 (2.71%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 194 (15.03%) DNS
2 160 (12.39%) Firewall
3 117 (9.06%) DHCP
4 83 (6.43%) VPN
5 61 (4.73%) Network Security
6 56 (4.34%) TCP/IP
7 43 (3.33%) WAN
8 42 (3.25%) LAN
9 37 (2.87%) Kerberos
10 36 (2.79%) VLAN
11 34 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (1.55%) SMTP
13 18 (1.39%) SAN
13 18 (1.39%) Skype
14 16 (1.24%) SSL
15 15 (1.16%) DKIM
15 15 (1.16%) DMARC
15 15 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
16 13 (1.01%) Unified Communications
16 13 (1.01%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 51 (3.95%) Power BI
3 37 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (1.47%) Metadata
7 18 (1.39%) Data Lake
8 12 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.93%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.77%) Delta Lake
10 10 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.77%) MySQL
11 9 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.70%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.54%) DB2
12 7 (0.54%) Spark SQL
12 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (0.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 79 (6.12%) Git
2 75 (5.81%) JIRA
3 72 (5.58%) Jenkins
4 66 (5.11%) GitLab
5 15 (1.16%) MSI
6 12 (0.93%) Artifactory
7 9 (0.70%) InstallShield
7 9 (0.70%) Selenium
7 9 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (0.62%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.54%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.46%) AdminStudio
10 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.39%) Appium
12 4 (0.31%) JUnit
12 4 (0.31%) MSTest
12 4 (0.31%) Postman
12 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.23%) Jaeger
General
1 372 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 191 (14.79%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (10.77%) Finance
4 109 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
6 62 (4.80%) Banking
7 55 (4.26%) Legal
8 19 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.39%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.16%) Front Office
11 14 (1.08%) Retail
12 12 (0.93%) Military
13 9 (0.70%) Publishing
14 8 (0.62%) Law
14 8 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.54%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.39%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.39%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 176 (13.63%) Architect
2 127 (9.84%) Senior
3 100 (7.75%) Azure Engineer
4 89 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 74 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 72 (5.58%) Security Engineer
7 63 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 56 (4.34%) Platform Engineer
8 56 (4.34%) Support Engineer
9 52 (4.03%) Developer
10 44 (3.41%) Analyst
11 43 (3.33%) Consultant
12 37 (2.87%) CyberArk Architect
13 36 (2.79%) Lead
14 30 (2.32%) Microsoft Engineer
14 30 (2.32%) SIEM Engineer
15 29 (2.25%) Administrator
15 29 (2.25%) IT Engineer
16 27 (2.09%) Automation Engineer
17 26 (2.01%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (13.63%) REST
2 113 (8.75%) LDAP
3 78 (6.04%) Microsoft Graph
4 60 (4.65%) SOAP
5 58 (4.49%) JSON
6 55 (4.26%) .NET
7 54 (4.18%) OAuth
8 50 (3.87%) SAML
9 37 (2.87%) ARM Templates
10 31 (2.40%) OpenID
11 28 (2.17%) .NET Framework
11 28 (2.17%) YAML
12 27 (2.09%) SailPoint
13 24 (1.86%) OAuth2
14 20 (1.55%) Web Services
15 17 (1.32%) Node.js
16 16 (1.24%) Kafka
17 14 (1.08%) AngularJS
17 14 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
17 14 (1.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.27%) Replication
2 78 (6.04%) Onboarding
2 78 (6.04%) Security Posture
3 73 (5.65%) PKI
4 65 (5.03%) Enterprise Software
5 49 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 48 (3.72%) Clustering
7 43 (3.33%) Cloud Native
8 40 (3.10%) Data Centre
9 34 (2.63%) Product Ownership
9 34 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.40%) Management Information System
11 24 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
13 18 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
14 17 (1.32%) Private Cloud
15 13 (1.01%) BYOD
16 12 (0.93%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 538 (41.67%) Windows
2 230 (17.82%) Windows Server
3 227 (17.58%) Linux
4 62 (4.80%) Windows 10
5 49 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.48%) Unix
7 27 (2.09%) Mac OS
8 19 (1.47%) AIX
8 19 (1.47%) Android
8 19 (1.47%) VMS
8 19 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (1.08%) Ubuntu
12 13 (1.01%) Apple iOS
13 10 (0.77%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.46%) CentOS
16 3 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
16 3 (0.23%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (24.40%) DevOps
2 301 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
3 271 (20.99%) CI/CD
4 209 (16.19%) Agile
5 208 (16.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 178 (13.79%) SIEM
7 155 (12.01%) Migration
8 138 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 138 (10.69%) ITIL
9 137 (10.61%) Task Automation
10 128 (9.91%) ITSM
11 125 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
12 120 (9.30%) Identity Access Management
13 118 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 116 (8.99%) Disaster Recovery
15 114 (8.83%) RBAC
16 108 (8.37%) Analytics
17 106 (8.21%) Incident Response
18 104 (8.06%) High Availability
19 102 (7.90%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 550 (42.60%) Python
2 240 (18.59%) Bash
3 167 (12.94%) SQL
4 98 (7.59%) C#
5 73 (5.65%) JavaScript
6 72 (5.58%) Kusto Query Language
7 61 (4.73%) Bicep
8 42 (3.25%) Java
9 26 (2.01%) Perl
10 23 (1.78%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.55%) VBScript
12 14 (1.08%) Go
13 13 (1.01%) TypeScript
14 11 (0.85%) Search Processing Language
14 11 (0.85%) VB
15 9 (0.70%) BeanShell
16 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.54%) PHP
16 7 (0.54%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 542 (41.98%) Security Cleared
2 422 (32.69%) SC Cleared
3 117 (9.06%) DV Cleared
4 116 (8.99%) Degree
5 98 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 74 (5.73%) CISSP
7 67 (5.19%) Azure Certification
8 41 (3.18%) CISM
9 40 (3.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 24 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.70%) MCSA
12 22 (1.70%) MCSE
13 20 (1.55%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (1.55%) CEH
14 16 (1.24%) CCNA
14 16 (1.24%) GIAC
15 13 (1.01%) CCNP
15 13 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (7.90%) GDPR
2 97 (7.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 80 (6.20%) NIST
4 33 (2.56%) QA
5 26 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 20 (1.55%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.24%) SLA
9 12 (0.93%) HIPAA
9 12 (0.93%) MiFID
10 11 (0.85%) FINRA
11 9 (0.70%) NCSC
11 9 (0.70%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.54%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.31%) GRC
14 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.15%) GxP
15 2 (0.15%) ISA99
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 442 (34.24%) Active Directory
2 140 (10.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (8.99%) Docker
4 70 (5.42%) Hyper-V
5 58 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
6 47 (3.64%) vSphere
7 38 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
8 32 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (1.94%) BitLocker
10 18 (1.39%) Firmware
10 18 (1.39%) KVM
11 14 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
12 13 (1.01%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.39%) Squid
14 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.15%) OpenSSH
15 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.15%) Sendmail
15 2 (0.15%) UAG
15 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 269 (20.84%) Terraform
2 151 (11.70%) Kubernetes
3 144 (11.15%) Ansible
3 144 (11.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 94 (7.28%) SCCM
5 76 (5.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 57 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
7 52 (4.03%) vCenter Server
8 38 (2.94%) Grafana
9 33 (2.56%) Prometheus
10 21 (1.63%) vRealize
11 19 (1.47%) Puppet
11 19 (1.47%) SCOM
12 17 (1.32%) Nagios
12 17 (1.32%) Progress Chef
13 15 (1.16%) PowerCLI
14 14 (1.08%) Kibana
14 14 (1.08%) WSUS
15 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
16 12 (0.93%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 592 (45.86%) Microsoft
2 191 (14.79%) VMware
3 96 (7.44%) CyberArk
4 73 (5.65%) BeyondTrust
5 72 (5.58%) ServiceNow
6 68 (5.27%) Citrix
7 61 (4.73%) Splunk
8 46 (3.56%) Cisco
8 46 (3.56%) Google
8 46 (3.56%) Oracle
9 45 (3.49%) Red Hat
10 36 (2.79%) Centrify
11 31 (2.40%) SolarWinds
12 29 (2.25%) Databricks
13 24 (1.86%) Veeam
14 23 (1.78%) Atlassian
14 23 (1.78%) Okta
15 22 (1.70%) IBM
16 21 (1.63%) BMC
17 18 (1.39%) Qualys