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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 58 55
Rank change year-on-year -22 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,233 924 1,279
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.98% 3.85% 3.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.28% 11.37% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 641 925
10th Percentile £326 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £623 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 6 22
10th Percentile £19.25 £37.38 £37.63
25th Percentile £48.64 £49.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £61.73 £73.23 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% +81.94% -32.92%
75th Percentile £74.26 £170.74 £46.74
90th Percentile £82.25 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £31.08 £40.25
% change year-on-year +78.57% -22.78% -32.92%

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 10,931 8,126 10,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.41% 33.90% 30.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,180 5,652 7,990
10th Percentile £356 £360 £350
25th Percentile £417 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% -4.37% -2.40%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 528 189 454
10th Percentile £38.95 £28.14 £37.51
25th Percentile £54.55 £36.00 £49.28
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £79.04
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -19 521 £550 +4.76% 96
South East -10 241 £525 -8.70% 93
North of England +2 238 £472 +1.51% 81
North West +9 136 £472 +1.51% 52
South West -11 99 £434 -26.17% 40
Yorkshire -23 99 £482 -3.60% 18
Midlands -59 70 £469 +1.90% 33
West Midlands -66 52 £485 +5.43% 14
East of England -37 40 £507 -7.82% 25
East Midlands -23 17 £380 -17.39% 19
North East -21 5 £400 +14.29% 11
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
1 141 (11.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 128 (10.38%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.84%) Confluence
4 21 (1.70%) IIS
5 13 (1.05%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.73%) Apache
7 5 (0.41%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.24%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.24%) nginx
8 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.081%) MTS
10 1 (0.081%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.081%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.65%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 654 (53.04%) Azure
2 288 (23.36%) Entra ID
3 250 (20.28%) AWS
4 234 (18.98%) Microsoft 365
5 132 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
5 132 (10.71%) GCP
6 126 (10.22%) GitHub
7 102 (8.27%) Power Platform
8 86 (6.97%) OneDrive
9 83 (6.73%) GitHub Actions
10 75 (6.08%) Azure Monitor
11 58 (4.70%) Microsoft Purview
12 57 (4.62%) PaaS
13 50 (4.06%) Azure AKS
13 50 (4.06%) Microsoft Copilot
14 41 (3.33%) IaaS
15 38 (3.08%) Azure Key Vault
15 38 (3.08%) Power Automate
16 36 (2.92%) SaaS
17 35 (2.84%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 153 (12.41%) DNS
2 121 (9.81%) Firewall
3 88 (7.14%) DHCP
4 67 (5.43%) VPN
5 57 (4.62%) Network Security
6 40 (3.24%) Kerberos
7 36 (2.92%) WAN
8 35 (2.84%) TCP/IP
9 30 (2.43%) LAN
10 23 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (1.70%) SMTP
12 20 (1.62%) SAN
13 19 (1.54%) VLAN
14 17 (1.38%) SNMP
15 16 (1.30%) SSL
16 15 (1.22%) HTTP
17 13 (1.05%) Skype
18 12 (0.97%) NAS
19 11 (0.89%) Unified Communications
19 11 (0.89%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (10.54%) SQL Server
2 63 (5.11%) Power BI
3 41 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (1.14%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (1.05%) Metadata
8 12 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.97%) MySQL
9 11 (0.89%) Delta Lake
9 11 (0.89%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.81%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.73%) DB2
11 9 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.65%) Spark SQL
12 8 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 81 (6.57%) Jenkins
2 76 (6.16%) Git
3 60 (4.87%) GitLab
4 55 (4.46%) JIRA
5 18 (1.46%) MSI
6 10 (0.81%) InstallShield
7 9 (0.73%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.73%) Artifactory
7 9 (0.73%) Postman
7 9 (0.73%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.65%) Selenium
9 7 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (0.57%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.49%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.49%) JMeter
11 5 (0.41%) Appium
12 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.32%) Jaeger
12 4 (0.32%) JUnit
13 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 323 (26.20%) Social Skills
2 154 (12.49%) Analytical Skills
3 147 (11.92%) Finance
4 107 (8.68%) Public Sector
5 72 (5.84%) Documentation Skills
6 62 (5.03%) Banking
7 43 (3.49%) Legal
8 21 (1.70%) Investment Banking
9 19 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.22%) Front Office
11 12 (0.97%) Law
12 11 (0.89%) Military
13 10 (0.81%) Retail
14 9 (0.73%) Publishing
15 8 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.57%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.49%) Marketing
18 5 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
19 4 (0.32%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 145 (11.76%) Architect
2 114 (9.25%) Senior
3 94 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 93 (7.54%) Azure Engineer
5 76 (6.16%) Security Engineer
6 75 (6.08%) Cloud Engineer
7 69 (5.60%) DevOps Engineer
8 54 (4.38%) Support Engineer
9 50 (4.06%) Developer
10 41 (3.33%) Analyst
11 38 (3.08%) CyberArk Architect
12 36 (2.92%) Consultant
13 32 (2.60%) Lead
13 32 (2.60%) Platform Engineer
14 28 (2.27%) Desktop Engineer
15 27 (2.19%) PowerShell Engineer
16 26 (2.11%) Automation Engineer
16 26 (2.11%) Wintel Engineer
17 25 (2.03%) Administrator
17 25 (2.03%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (11.11%) REST
2 119 (9.65%) LDAP
3 84 (6.81%) Microsoft Graph
4 55 (4.46%) SOAP
5 51 (4.14%) OAuth
6 50 (4.06%) .NET
7 42 (3.41%) SAML
8 39 (3.16%) JSON
9 37 (3.00%) SailPoint
10 36 (2.92%) YAML
11 34 (2.76%) ARM Templates
12 26 (2.11%) OpenID
13 25 (2.03%) Web Services
14 21 (1.70%) .NET Framework
15 20 (1.62%) OAuth2
16 18 (1.46%) Kafka
17 17 (1.38%) React
18 15 (1.22%) AngularJS
19 14 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
20 13 (1.05%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.89%) Onboarding
2 82 (6.65%) Replication
3 76 (6.16%) Security Posture
4 72 (5.84%) Enterprise Software
5 59 (4.79%) Clustering
6 53 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 52 (4.22%) Cloud Native
8 44 (3.57%) PKI
9 36 (2.92%) Management Information System
10 34 (2.76%) Data Centre
11 23 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
12 21 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.54%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
15 17 (1.38%) Enterprise Storage
16 13 (1.05%) Public Cloud
17 12 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
18 11 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 528 (42.82%) Windows
2 224 (18.17%) Linux
3 217 (17.60%) Windows Server
4 57 (4.62%) Windows 10
5 40 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 39 (3.16%) Unix
7 26 (2.11%) AIX
7 26 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (2.03%) Mac OS
9 21 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (1.30%) VMS
11 14 (1.14%) Ubuntu
12 13 (1.05%) Apple iOS
13 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
14 11 (0.89%) Windows 7
15 8 (0.65%) Android
15 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
16 5 (0.41%) CentOS
17 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
18 3 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (24.90%) DevOps
2 288 (23.36%) CI/CD
3 271 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
4 221 (17.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 160 (12.98%) SIEM
6 158 (12.81%) Agile
7 144 (11.68%) Migration
8 135 (10.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 132 (10.71%) Task Automation
10 124 (10.06%) Disaster Recovery
11 120 (9.73%) Identity Access Management
12 119 (9.65%) Runbook
13 117 (9.49%) Analytics
13 117 (9.49%) ITIL
14 114 (9.25%) ITSM
15 113 (9.16%) Root Cause Analysis
16 111 (9.00%) High Availability
17 110 (8.92%) Observability
18 109 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
19 104 (8.43%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 535 (43.39%) Python
2 232 (18.82%) Bash
3 192 (15.57%) SQL
4 93 (7.54%) C#
5 67 (5.43%) Bicep
6 63 (5.11%) JavaScript
7 56 (4.54%) Kusto Query Language
8 46 (3.73%) Java
9 24 (1.95%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.54%) VBScript
11 18 (1.46%) Search Processing Language
11 18 (1.46%) TypeScript
12 17 (1.38%) Go
13 14 (1.14%) Perl
14 12 (0.97%) Groovy
15 10 (0.81%) VB
16 9 (0.73%) BeanShell
16 9 (0.73%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.65%) C++
18 7 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 490 (39.74%) Security Cleared
2 366 (29.68%) SC Cleared
3 114 (9.25%) DV Cleared
4 106 (8.60%) Degree
5 86 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 70 (5.68%) Azure Certification
7 64 (5.19%) CISSP
8 42 (3.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 32 (2.60%) CISM
10 29 (2.35%) MCSE
11 28 (2.27%) MCSA
12 20 (1.62%) VCAP
13 19 (1.54%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
15 15 (1.22%) CEH
16 12 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (0.89%) GIAC
18 7 (0.57%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (7.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (7.14%) GDPR
3 76 (6.16%) NIST
4 30 (2.43%) QA
5 26 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 20 (1.62%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.38%) SLA
8 14 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.14%) HIPAA
9 11 (0.89%) FINRA
9 11 (0.89%) MiFID
10 9 (0.73%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.65%) NCSC
11 8 (0.65%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.41%) GRC
13 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
15 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 419 (33.98%) Active Directory
2 139 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (9.25%) Docker
4 69 (5.60%) Virtual Machines
5 68 (5.52%) Hyper-V
6 55 (4.46%) vSphere
7 51 (4.14%) VMware ESXi
8 39 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (2.03%) BitLocker
10 21 (1.70%) VMware NSX
11 19 (1.54%) Firmware
11 19 (1.54%) Microsoft App-V
12 18 (1.46%) KVM
13 8 (0.65%) vCloud
14 6 (0.49%) Squid
15 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
16 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 279 (22.63%) Terraform
2 159 (12.90%) Ansible
3 158 (12.81%) Kubernetes
4 141 (11.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 80 (6.49%) SCCM
6 61 (4.95%) vCenter Server
7 55 (4.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 53 (4.30%) Grafana
9 44 (3.57%) Prometheus
10 40 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
11 24 (1.95%) Puppet
12 23 (1.87%) Nagios
13 20 (1.62%) SCOM
14 19 (1.54%) Progress Chef
15 18 (1.46%) Tivoli
15 18 (1.46%) vRealize
15 18 (1.46%) ZABBIX
16 16 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (1.30%) Netcool
17 13 (1.05%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 573 (46.47%) Microsoft
2 184 (14.92%) VMware
3 92 (7.46%) CyberArk
4 82 (6.65%) ServiceNow
5 75 (6.08%) BeyondTrust
6 72 (5.84%) Splunk
7 51 (4.14%) Oracle
8 49 (3.97%) Citrix
8 49 (3.97%) Google
9 47 (3.81%) Cisco
10 36 (2.92%) Centrify
11 34 (2.76%) Red Hat
12 32 (2.60%) SolarWinds
13 30 (2.43%) BMC
14 29 (2.35%) IBM
15 27 (2.19%) Databricks
16 22 (1.78%) Remedy
17 21 (1.70%) Dynatrace
17 21 (1.70%) HP
18 20 (1.62%) Okta