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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 69 59
Rank change year-on-year -13 -10 -1
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,463 999 1,149
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 3.60% 3.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.10% 10.91% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 918 623 794
10th Percentile £334 £343 £325
25th Percentile £425 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £588 £618
90th Percentile £714 £663 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% -2.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 15 19
10th Percentile £30.85 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £46.95 £45.38 £46.88
Median hourly rate £65.24 £63.00 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% +7.71% -2.52%
75th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £74.22
90th Percentile £92.11 £81.00 £82.40
UK median hourly rate £63.31 £63.50 £63.93
% change year-on-year -0.30% -0.68% +6.18%

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 12,094 9,156 10,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 25.98% 33.00% 32.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,840 6,169 7,000
10th Percentile £363 £345 £354
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £545
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +3.65% -3.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 260 299
10th Percentile £26.51 £31.25 £30.40
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.44 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -12.31% -
75th Percentile £71.00 £67.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.13 £76.50 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%

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 30 September 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 30 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in England

PowerShell
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 30 September 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 -14 634 £550 +7.32% 378
South East -2 314 £538 +2.38% 143
North of England +39 282 £482 +10.06% 171
North West +43 170 £472 +6.67% 96
South West -17 104 £613 +17.79% 76
Yorkshire +14 96 £519 +23.94% 50
Midlands -77 58 £500 +5.26% 99
East of England -40 52 £507 -7.82% 51
West Midlands -80 44 £510 +7.37% 57
North East -28 17 £500 - 26
East Midlands -24 14 £500 +9.29% 42
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
1 123 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 118 (8.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (3.35%) Confluence
4 26 (1.78%) IIS
5 22 (1.50%) Apache
6 21 (1.44%) Skype for Business
7 15 (1.03%) Apache Spark
8 14 (0.96%) nginx
9 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.34%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) CMS
11 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.14%) Apache Superset
12 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.068%) Camunda
13 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.068%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 45 (3.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.55%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.34%) Front Arena
3 5 (0.34%) Summit
4 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.068%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.068%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.068%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.068%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.068%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.068%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.068%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 811 (55.43%) Azure
2 397 (27.14%) Entra ID
3 318 (21.74%) AWS
4 239 (16.34%) Microsoft 365
5 211 (14.42%) Azure DevOps
6 180 (12.30%) GitHub
7 150 (10.25%) GCP
8 126 (8.61%) Power Platform
9 121 (8.27%) Azure Monitor
10 105 (7.18%) GitHub Actions
11 79 (5.40%) Azure AKS
12 65 (4.44%) SaaS
13 62 (4.24%) Azure Sentinel
14 61 (4.17%) OneDrive
15 55 (3.76%) IaaS
16 50 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
17 49 (3.35%) Microsoft Copilot
18 46 (3.14%) PaaS
19 45 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
20 44 (3.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 233 (15.93%) DNS
2 208 (14.22%) Firewall
3 140 (9.57%) DHCP
4 106 (7.25%) VPN
5 104 (7.11%) TCP/IP
6 84 (5.74%) Network Security
7 37 (2.53%) WAN
8 35 (2.39%) VLAN
9 33 (2.26%) SAN
10 26 (1.78%) SSL
11 24 (1.64%) Skype
11 24 (1.64%) SSH
12 22 (1.50%) VSAN
13 20 (1.37%) LAN
14 19 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (1.09%) Kerberos
15 16 (1.09%) NAS
15 16 (1.09%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.03%) SMTP
17 14 (0.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.74%) Power BI
3 34 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
5 21 (1.44%) Big Data
6 19 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (1.23%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.16%) Metadata
8 17 (1.16%) MySQL
9 16 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 15 (1.03%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (0.89%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.68%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.62%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
15 7 (0.48%) Apache Hive
15 7 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 113 (7.72%) Jenkins
2 111 (7.59%) Git
3 77 (5.26%) GitLab
4 72 (4.92%) JIRA
5 34 (2.32%) MSI
6 15 (1.03%) Bitbucket
7 14 (0.96%) Artifactory
8 13 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 10 (0.68%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.62%) Claude Code
11 8 (0.55%) Postman
11 8 (0.55%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.48%) Snyk
13 6 (0.41%) JMeter
13 6 (0.41%) Selenium
14 5 (0.34%) AdminStudio
14 5 (0.34%) InstallShield
14 5 (0.34%) MSBuild
15 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
General
1 377 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 272 (18.59%) Finance
3 203 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (7.45%) Public Sector
5 95 (6.49%) Banking
6 79 (5.40%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (1.91%) Legal
8 24 (1.64%) Military
9 22 (1.50%) Aerospace
10 21 (1.44%) Investment Banking
11 18 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 16 (1.09%) Law
13 15 (1.03%) Front Office
14 12 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (0.75%) Back Office
16 10 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (0.68%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.62%) Local Government
18 8 (0.55%) Telecoms
19 7 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 164 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 157 (10.73%) Cloud Engineer
3 156 (10.66%) Senior
4 141 (9.64%) Azure Engineer
5 109 (7.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 94 (6.43%) Support Engineer
7 91 (6.22%) Security Engineer
8 89 (6.08%) Architect
9 66 (4.51%) Platform Engineer
10 63 (4.31%) Lead
11 51 (3.49%) Analyst
12 49 (3.35%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 48 (3.28%) Developer
14 47 (3.21%) Consultant
15 45 (3.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 38 (2.60%) Automation Engineer
17 35 (2.39%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
17 35 (2.39%) DBA
17 35 (2.39%) IT Engineer
18 32 (2.19%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 475 (32.47%) Terraform
2 129 (8.82%) REST
3 84 (5.74%) ARM Templates
4 66 (4.51%) OAuth
5 65 (4.44%) LDAP
6 61 (4.17%) .NET
7 60 (4.10%) JSON
8 54 (3.69%) SAML
9 51 (3.49%) OpenID
10 49 (3.35%) Microsoft Graph
11 48 (3.28%) YAML
12 44 (3.01%) SailPoint
13 41 (2.80%) OAuth2
14 26 (1.78%) Kafka
15 25 (1.71%) Web Services
16 24 (1.64%) React
17 18 (1.23%) Middleware
18 16 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
18 16 (1.09%) Software Packaging
19 15 (1.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.57%) Onboarding
2 98 (6.70%) Cloud Native
3 81 (5.54%) Security Posture
4 78 (5.33%) PKI
5 76 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
6 69 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 64 (4.37%) Data Centre
7 64 (4.37%) Management Information System
8 60 (4.10%) Replication
9 56 (3.83%) Clustering
10 33 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
11 31 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.85%) CMDB
12 27 (1.85%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
14 24 (1.64%) Product Ownership
15 23 (1.57%) Data Structures
15 23 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
16 20 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
17 17 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 713 (48.74%) Windows
2 375 (25.63%) Linux
3 315 (21.53%) Windows Server
4 91 (6.22%) Windows 10
5 88 (6.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 48 (3.28%) Unix
7 35 (2.39%) Ubuntu
8 31 (2.12%) CentOS
9 29 (1.98%) Apple iOS
10 28 (1.91%) Mac OS
11 23 (1.57%) Windows 7
11 23 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
12 20 (1.37%) Android
13 18 (1.23%) VMS
14 16 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
15 12 (0.82%) Rocky
16 10 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (0.62%) AIX
17 9 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
17 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (29.87%) CI/CD
1 437 (29.87%) DevOps
2 425 (29.05%) Infrastructure as Code
3 299 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
4 248 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 225 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 211 (14.42%) ITIL
7 200 (13.67%) Runbook
8 195 (13.33%) Agile
9 189 (12.92%) Migration
10 188 (12.85%) ITSM
11 173 (11.83%) Cybersecurity
12 166 (11.35%) AI
13 159 (10.87%) Analytics
14 155 (10.59%) Identity Access Management
15 150 (10.25%) Cloud Security
16 147 (10.05%) SIEM
17 146 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
18 145 (9.91%) RBAC
19 143 (9.77%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 688 (47.03%) Python
2 384 (26.25%) Bash
3 232 (15.86%) SQL
4 160 (10.94%) Bicep
5 93 (6.36%) Java
6 80 (5.47%) C#
7 66 (4.51%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.85%) VBScript
9 26 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
10 25 (1.71%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.57%) Perl
11 23 (1.57%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.50%) Shell Script
13 21 (1.44%) Groovy
14 17 (1.16%) Search Processing Language
14 17 (1.16%) VB
15 16 (1.09%) Go
16 14 (0.96%) Korn
17 13 (0.89%) BeanShell
18 12 (0.82%) C++
Qualifications
1 537 (36.71%) Security Cleared
2 372 (25.43%) SC Cleared
3 184 (12.58%) DV Cleared
4 169 (11.55%) Degree
5 125 (8.54%) Azure Certification
6 107 (7.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 87 (5.95%) CISSP
8 64 (4.37%) AWS Certification
9 34 (2.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
13 26 (1.78%) CISM
13 26 (1.78%) MCSE
14 22 (1.50%) VCAP
15 20 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 16 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 16 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
17 15 (1.03%) MCSA
18 13 (0.89%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (6.90%) NIST
3 38 (2.60%) QA
4 35 (2.39%) SLA
5 32 (2.19%) GDPR
6 27 (1.85%) Data Quality
7 21 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.16%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (0.96%) NCSC
11 13 (0.89%) SOC 2
12 9 (0.62%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.41%) GxP
14 4 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
16 2 (0.14%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.14%) GRC
16 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 492 (33.63%) Active Directory
2 192 (13.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 175 (11.96%) Docker
4 99 (6.77%) Virtual Machines
5 78 (5.33%) Hyper-V
6 64 (4.37%) vSphere
7 62 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
8 56 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
9 47 (3.21%) VMware NSX
10 31 (2.12%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.64%) vCloud
12 17 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (0.82%) Firmware
14 10 (0.68%) NFS
15 9 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
16 5 (0.34%) Squid
17 4 (0.27%) Dovecot
17 4 (0.27%) Postfix
17 4 (0.27%) Terminal Services
18 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 265 (18.11%) Kubernetes
2 262 (17.91%) Ansible
3 206 (14.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 132 (9.02%) SCCM
5 77 (5.26%) Grafana
6 65 (4.44%) vCenter Server
7 64 (4.37%) SCOM
8 60 (4.10%) Prometheus
9 50 (3.42%) Progress Chef
10 41 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
11 35 (2.39%) Puppet
12 24 (1.64%) Packer
13 21 (1.44%) WMI
14 17 (1.16%) NetBackup
15 14 (0.96%) VxRail
16 12 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 12 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
16 12 (0.82%) Nagios
17 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
17 11 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 731 (49.97%) Microsoft
2 252 (17.22%) VMware
3 151 (10.32%) ServiceNow
4 109 (7.45%) CyberArk
5 94 (6.43%) Google
6 93 (6.36%) Splunk
7 68 (4.65%) Oracle
8 61 (4.17%) BeyondTrust
9 58 (3.96%) Cisco
10 53 (3.62%) Red Hat
11 49 (3.35%) Remedy
12 44 (3.01%) BMC
13 40 (2.73%) Citrix
14 37 (2.53%) Databricks
15 30 (2.05%) Dynatrace
15 30 (2.05%) SolarWinds
16 25 (1.71%) Veeam
17 24 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
18 23 (1.57%) Okta
19 22 (1.50%) Qualys