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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 69 54
Rank change year-on-year -12 -15 +6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,424 1,023 1,240
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.12% 3.71% 3.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.98% 11.34% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 647 875
10th Percentile £324 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £591 £613
90th Percentile £708 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £519 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.61% -4.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 15 16
10th Percentile £25.50 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £43.81 £45.38 £45.46
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £65.69
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% -1.05% +16.29%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.98 £74.11
90th Percentile £92.50 £85.00 £74.72
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £69.69
% change year-on-year -0.57% -8.88% +16.15%

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 11,884 9,019 10,642
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.01% 32.74% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,706 6,157 7,495
10th Percentile £363 £345 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £753 £788
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £530
% change year-on-year +2.48% -4.72% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 490 263 335
10th Percentile £30.00 £29.46 £31.25
25th Percentile £51.50 £40.63 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.08 £79.75 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.55%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -7 633 £538 +4.88% 272
South East -8 302 £538 -6.52% 104
North of England +17 259 £479 +7.05% 89
North West +33 166 £455 -1.73% 59
South West -9 112 £495 -5.71% 59
Yorkshire -13 81 £514 +24.55% 20
Midlands -92 59 £500 +5.26% 63
East of England -45 48 £507 -7.82% 35
West Midlands -82 41 £500 +5.26% 39
East Midlands -15 17 £475 +5.56% 24
North East -27 13 £500 - 11
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
1 120 (8.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 115 (8.08%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.30%) Confluence
4 22 (1.54%) IIS
5 20 (1.40%) Skype for Business
6 17 (1.19%) Apache
7 13 (0.91%) nginx
8 10 (0.70%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.35%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.28%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.14%) CMS
12 2 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.070%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.42%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.070%) Front Arena
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.070%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.070%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.070%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.070%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 788 (55.34%) Azure
2 349 (24.51%) Entra ID
3 331 (23.24%) AWS
4 223 (15.66%) Microsoft 365
5 211 (14.82%) Azure DevOps
6 181 (12.71%) GitHub
7 141 (9.90%) GCP
8 129 (9.06%) Azure Monitor
9 128 (8.99%) Power Platform
10 118 (8.29%) GitHub Actions
11 85 (5.97%) Azure AKS
12 64 (4.49%) OneDrive
13 62 (4.35%) SaaS
14 56 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
15 49 (3.44%) Azure Sentinel
15 49 (3.44%) PaaS
16 47 (3.30%) Microsoft Purview
17 45 (3.16%) IaaS
18 44 (3.09%) Microsoft Copilot
19 41 (2.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 222 (15.59%) DNS
2 202 (14.19%) Firewall
3 131 (9.20%) DHCP
4 98 (6.88%) TCP/IP
5 97 (6.81%) VPN
6 76 (5.34%) Network Security
7 40 (2.81%) WAN
8 35 (2.46%) VLAN
9 31 (2.18%) SAN
10 30 (2.11%) VSAN
11 23 (1.62%) SSL
12 22 (1.54%) Skype
13 20 (1.40%) SSH
14 19 (1.33%) LAN
15 18 (1.26%) SD-WAN
16 17 (1.19%) NAS
16 17 (1.19%) SNMP
16 17 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (1.12%) SMTP
18 13 (0.91%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (11.94%) SQL Server
2 86 (6.04%) Power BI
3 40 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (1.40%) Big Data
7 18 (1.26%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (1.05%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.05%) MySQL
10 14 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.98%) Metadata
10 14 (0.98%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.91%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (0.70%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.42%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 128 (8.99%) Jenkins
2 113 (7.94%) Git
3 84 (5.90%) GitLab
4 73 (5.13%) JIRA
5 29 (2.04%) MSI
6 14 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (0.77%) Selenium
9 10 (0.70%) Artifactory
10 9 (0.63%) AdminStudio
10 9 (0.63%) InstallShield
11 8 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.56%) Postman
11 8 (0.56%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.42%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.42%) JMeter
13 5 (0.35%) MSBuild
13 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.28%) Robot Framework
General
1 345 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 245 (17.21%) Finance
3 193 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 89 (6.25%) Banking
6 84 (5.90%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.04%) Legal
8 24 (1.69%) Investment Banking
9 18 (1.26%) Front Office
10 17 (1.19%) Aerospace
10 17 (1.19%) Military
11 13 (0.91%) Financial Institution
11 13 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (0.77%) Law
12 11 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.70%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.63%) Retail
15 8 (0.56%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.42%) Local Government
16 6 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 159 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 159 (11.17%) Senior
2 147 (10.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 133 (9.34%) Azure Engineer
4 104 (7.30%) DevOps Engineer
5 87 (6.11%) Architect
6 86 (6.04%) Support Engineer
7 76 (5.34%) Security Engineer
8 60 (4.21%) Lead
9 57 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
10 56 (3.93%) Developer
11 52 (3.65%) Consultant
12 50 (3.51%) Analyst
13 40 (2.81%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 38 (2.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 35 (2.46%) IT Engineer
16 34 (2.39%) Administrator
16 34 (2.39%) PowerShell Engineer
17 30 (2.11%) DBA
18 29 (2.04%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 454 (31.88%) Terraform
2 132 (9.27%) REST
3 76 (5.34%) ARM Templates
4 74 (5.20%) .NET
5 60 (4.21%) Microsoft Graph
6 57 (4.00%) LDAP
7 56 (3.93%) OAuth
8 50 (3.51%) YAML
9 49 (3.44%) JSON
10 46 (3.23%) SailPoint
11 44 (3.09%) SAML
12 40 (2.81%) OpenID
13 33 (2.32%) OAuth2
13 33 (2.32%) Web Services
14 30 (2.11%) Kafka
15 27 (1.90%) SOAP
16 25 (1.76%) .NET Framework
17 20 (1.40%) React
18 17 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
19 14 (0.98%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 128 (8.99%) Onboarding
2 93 (6.53%) Cloud Native
3 73 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 73 (5.13%) PKI
4 66 (4.63%) Security Posture
5 62 (4.35%) Clustering
6 59 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 59 (4.14%) Replication
7 54 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
8 53 (3.72%) Data Centre
9 30 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
10 26 (1.83%) Public Cloud
10 26 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (1.76%) CMDB
12 24 (1.69%) Data Structures
12 24 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.54%) Product Ownership
14 21 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
15 17 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
16 16 (1.12%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 693 (48.67%) Windows
2 364 (25.56%) Linux
3 293 (20.58%) Windows Server
4 84 (5.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 81 (5.69%) Windows 10
6 41 (2.88%) Unix
7 34 (2.39%) Ubuntu
8 28 (1.97%) Mac OS
9 25 (1.76%) Apple iOS
10 24 (1.69%) CentOS
11 22 (1.54%) VMS
11 22 (1.54%) Windows 7
12 21 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
13 19 (1.33%) AIX
14 17 (1.19%) Android
14 17 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
15 10 (0.70%) Rocky
16 9 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
16 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (30.48%) DevOps
2 416 (29.21%) CI/CD
3 387 (27.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 291 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
5 241 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 201 (14.12%) Agile
7 200 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 189 (13.27%) ITIL
9 178 (12.50%) Runbook
10 173 (12.15%) ITSM
11 170 (11.94%) Migration
12 159 (11.17%) Analytics
13 146 (10.25%) Cybersecurity
14 144 (10.11%) Observability
15 143 (10.04%) Identity Access Management
16 142 (9.97%) Platform Engineering
17 140 (9.83%) Cloud Security
18 139 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
19 138 (9.69%) AI
20 135 (9.48%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 672 (47.19%) Python
2 370 (25.98%) Bash
3 242 (16.99%) SQL
4 142 (9.97%) Bicep
5 96 (6.74%) C#
6 86 (6.04%) Java
7 70 (4.92%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.11%) VBScript
9 26 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
10 25 (1.76%) Perl
10 25 (1.76%) Search Processing Language
11 20 (1.40%) Groovy
11 20 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.40%) TypeScript
12 17 (1.19%) VB
13 15 (1.05%) Shell Script
14 14 (0.98%) BeanShell
15 12 (0.84%) C++
15 12 (0.84%) Go
16 9 (0.63%) Korn
Qualifications
1 521 (36.59%) Security Cleared
2 357 (25.07%) SC Cleared
3 172 (12.08%) DV Cleared
4 158 (11.10%) Degree
5 115 (8.08%) Azure Certification
6 96 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 84 (5.90%) CISSP
8 66 (4.63%) AWS Certification
9 39 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (2.11%) CISM
12 29 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
13 24 (1.69%) MCSE
14 22 (1.54%) VCAP
15 20 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
16 17 (1.19%) MCSA
17 16 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 16 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 12 (0.84%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (7.02%) NIST
3 46 (3.23%) QA
4 45 (3.16%) GDPR
5 35 (2.46%) SLA
6 33 (2.32%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.12%) NCSC
9 15 (1.05%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.84%) HIPAA
11 10 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.63%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.42%) GxP
14 4 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
15 3 (0.21%) GRC
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 446 (31.32%) Active Directory
2 186 (13.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 173 (12.15%) Docker
4 82 (5.76%) Virtual Machines
5 74 (5.20%) Hyper-V
6 70 (4.92%) VMware ESXi
7 69 (4.85%) vSphere
8 50 (3.51%) VMware NSX
9 47 (3.30%) Virtual Desktop
10 32 (2.25%) BitLocker
11 22 (1.54%) vCloud
12 19 (1.33%) Microsoft App-V
13 17 (1.19%) Firmware
14 9 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.42%) Squid
16 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.28%) Dovecot
17 4 (0.28%) Postfix
18 3 (0.21%) KVM
18 3 (0.21%) NFS
Systems Management
1 263 (18.47%) Ansible
2 253 (17.77%) Kubernetes
3 179 (12.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 121 (8.50%) SCCM
5 81 (5.69%) Grafana
6 67 (4.71%) vCenter Server
7 65 (4.56%) Prometheus
8 53 (3.72%) SCOM
9 52 (3.65%) Progress Chef
10 42 (2.95%) Puppet
11 31 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
12 26 (1.83%) Packer
13 21 (1.47%) Nagios
14 20 (1.40%) ZABBIX
15 19 (1.33%) WMI
16 18 (1.26%) Tivoli
17 17 (1.19%) vRealize
17 17 (1.19%) VxRail
18 16 (1.12%) Netcool
19 15 (1.05%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 665 (46.70%) Microsoft
2 256 (17.98%) VMware
3 143 (10.04%) ServiceNow
4 97 (6.81%) Splunk
5 96 (6.74%) CyberArk
6 85 (5.97%) Google
7 74 (5.20%) Oracle
8 59 (4.14%) Cisco
9 54 (3.79%) BeyondTrust
10 53 (3.72%) BMC
11 50 (3.51%) Remedy
12 49 (3.44%) Red Hat
13 46 (3.23%) Citrix
14 44 (3.09%) Databricks
15 34 (2.39%) SolarWinds
16 27 (1.90%) HP
17 26 (1.83%) IBM
18 25 (1.76%) NetApp
19 24 (1.69%) Dynatrace
20 23 (1.62%) CrowdStrike