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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 70 61
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 -3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,492 1,027 1,140
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 3.67% 3.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.32% 11.19% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 941 640 783
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £588 £619
90th Percentile £713 £668 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% -2.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 15 19
10th Percentile £22.62 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £43.81 £45.38 £46.88
Median hourly rate £63.48 £63.00 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% +7.71% -2.52%
75th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £74.22
90th Percentile £92.11 £81.00 £82.40
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £63.93
% change year-on-year -0.57% -0.68% +6.37%

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 12,107 9,178 10,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.01% 32.84% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,840 6,145 6,969
10th Percentile £363 £344 £355
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £543
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -5.25% -1.36%
75th Percentile £634 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 518 266 298
10th Percentile £23.67 £31.25 £30.35
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £47.69
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -13.46% -
75th Percentile £71.00 £67.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £78.75 £79.42
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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -15 648 £550 +7.84% 565
South East 0 322 £538 +3.61% 234
North of England +46 285 £477 +12.24% 174
North West +45 170 £456 +4.23% 94
South West -22 109 £613 +19.75% 96
Yorkshire +17 97 £519 +22.12% 55
Midlands -79 60 £500 +5.26% 88
East of England -38 51 £507 -7.82% 63
West Midlands -78 44 £505 +6.32% 51
North East -26 19 £500 - 26
East Midlands -24 16 £500 +9.29% 37
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
1 121 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 119 (7.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (3.35%) Confluence
4 26 (1.74%) IIS
5 24 (1.61%) Apache
6 21 (1.41%) Skype for Business
7 16 (1.07%) Apache Spark
8 15 (1.01%) nginx
9 8 (0.54%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
11 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.20%) CMS
12 3 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.13%) Apache Superset
13 2 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
14 1 (0.067%) Camunda
14 1 (0.067%) NetWeaver
14 1 (0.067%) OpenStack
Applications
1 28 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.067%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 42 (2.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.34%) Front Arena
3 5 (0.34%) Summit
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.067%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.067%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.067%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.067%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.067%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.067%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.067%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 837 (56.10%) Azure
2 411 (27.55%) Entra ID
3 329 (22.05%) AWS
4 246 (16.49%) Microsoft 365
5 222 (14.88%) Azure DevOps
6 183 (12.27%) GitHub
7 155 (10.39%) GCP
8 124 (8.31%) Azure Monitor
8 124 (8.31%) Power Platform
9 107 (7.17%) GitHub Actions
10 86 (5.76%) Azure AKS
11 66 (4.42%) SaaS
12 64 (4.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 61 (4.09%) OneDrive
14 60 (4.02%) IaaS
15 53 (3.55%) AWS CloudFormation
16 49 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
16 49 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
17 47 (3.15%) PaaS
18 44 (2.95%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 239 (16.02%) DNS
2 217 (14.54%) Firewall
3 145 (9.72%) DHCP
4 110 (7.37%) TCP/IP
5 106 (7.10%) VPN
6 89 (5.97%) Network Security
7 37 (2.48%) WAN
8 35 (2.35%) VLAN
9 34 (2.28%) SAN
10 27 (1.81%) SSL
11 26 (1.74%) SSH
12 24 (1.61%) Skype
13 22 (1.47%) VSAN
14 20 (1.34%) LAN
15 17 (1.14%) NAS
15 17 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (1.07%) Kerberos
16 16 (1.07%) SD-WAN
17 14 (0.94%) SMTP
18 13 (0.87%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (11.66%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.63%) Power BI
3 34 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 22 (1.47%) Big Data
8 21 (1.41%) Data Lake
9 20 (1.34%) Metadata
10 19 (1.27%) MySQL
11 18 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 15 (1.01%) MongoDB
13 15 (1.01%) Relational Database
14 14 (0.94%) NoSQL
15 13 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
16 9 (0.60%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
17 8 (0.54%) Apache Hive
18 7 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 125 (8.38%) Git
2 124 (8.31%) Jenkins
3 82 (5.50%) GitLab
4 73 (4.89%) JIRA
5 35 (2.35%) MSI
6 15 (1.01%) Artifactory
7 14 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 14 (0.94%) Bitbucket
8 13 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (0.67%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.60%) Claude Code
11 8 (0.54%) Postman
12 7 (0.47%) Snyk
13 6 (0.40%) JMeter
13 6 (0.40%) MSBuild
14 5 (0.34%) AdminStudio
14 5 (0.34%) InstallShield
14 5 (0.34%) Selenium
15 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 377 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 280 (18.77%) Finance
3 202 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.51%) Public Sector
5 94 (6.30%) Banking
6 79 (5.29%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (1.88%) Legal
8 25 (1.68%) Military
9 23 (1.54%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.27%) Financial Institution
11 18 (1.21%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.07%) Law
13 14 (0.94%) Front Office
14 13 (0.87%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.74%) Back Office
15 11 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.60%) Local Government
17 8 (0.54%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 164 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 159 (10.66%) Cloud Engineer
2 159 (10.66%) Senior
3 147 (9.85%) Azure Engineer
4 124 (8.31%) DevOps Engineer
5 93 (6.23%) Support Engineer
6 90 (6.03%) Security Engineer
7 89 (5.97%) Architect
8 69 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
9 64 (4.29%) Lead
10 51 (3.42%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 51 (3.42%) Consultant
11 50 (3.35%) Analyst
12 48 (3.22%) Developer
13 47 (3.15%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 40 (2.68%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (2.61%) DBA
16 37 (2.48%) Automation Engineer
17 36 (2.41%) IT Engineer
18 32 (2.14%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 490 (32.84%) Terraform
2 132 (8.85%) REST
3 89 (5.97%) ARM Templates
4 71 (4.76%) OAuth
5 64 (4.29%) JSON
6 63 (4.22%) LDAP
7 60 (4.02%) .NET
8 56 (3.75%) SAML
9 53 (3.55%) OpenID
10 52 (3.49%) YAML
11 50 (3.35%) Microsoft Graph
12 43 (2.88%) OAuth2
13 40 (2.68%) SailPoint
14 27 (1.81%) Kafka
15 26 (1.74%) Web Services
16 25 (1.68%) React
17 19 (1.27%) Middleware
18 17 (1.14%) Software Packaging
19 16 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
20 15 (1.01%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 145 (9.72%) Onboarding
2 99 (6.64%) Cloud Native
3 85 (5.70%) PKI
4 83 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
5 82 (5.50%) Security Posture
6 72 (4.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 67 (4.49%) Data Centre
8 65 (4.36%) Management Information System
9 62 (4.16%) Replication
10 54 (3.62%) Clustering
11 33 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
12 30 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
13 28 (1.88%) CMDB
14 27 (1.81%) Public Cloud
15 25 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
16 23 (1.54%) Product Ownership
17 22 (1.47%) Data Structures
17 22 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
18 21 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
19 17 (1.14%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 726 (48.66%) Windows
2 388 (26.01%) Linux
3 320 (21.45%) Windows Server
4 97 (6.50%) Windows 10
5 89 (5.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 47 (3.15%) Unix
7 36 (2.41%) Ubuntu
8 31 (2.08%) Apple iOS
8 31 (2.08%) CentOS
9 26 (1.74%) Mac OS
10 25 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
11 23 (1.54%) Windows 7
12 21 (1.41%) Android
13 18 (1.21%) VMS
14 17 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
15 12 (0.80%) Rocky
16 9 (0.60%) Amazon Linux
16 9 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
17 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
18 7 (0.47%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (30.83%) DevOps
2 458 (30.70%) CI/CD
3 440 (29.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 307 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
5 252 (16.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 229 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 215 (14.41%) ITIL
8 208 (13.94%) Runbook
9 197 (13.20%) Agile
9 197 (13.20%) Migration
10 186 (12.47%) Cybersecurity
11 185 (12.40%) ITSM
12 169 (11.33%) AI
13 162 (10.86%) Analytics
14 155 (10.39%) Identity Access Management
15 154 (10.32%) Platform Engineering
15 154 (10.32%) Root Cause Analysis
16 153 (10.25%) Disaster Recovery
17 152 (10.19%) Cloud Security
17 152 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 699 (46.85%) Python
2 401 (26.88%) Bash
3 233 (15.62%) SQL
4 165 (11.06%) Bicep
5 94 (6.30%) Java
6 79 (5.29%) C#
7 63 (4.22%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
8 27 (1.81%) VBScript
9 24 (1.61%) Shell Script
9 24 (1.61%) T-SQL
10 23 (1.54%) Perl
10 23 (1.54%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.41%) Groovy
12 17 (1.14%) VB
13 16 (1.07%) Go
14 15 (1.01%) Search Processing Language
15 14 (0.94%) Korn
16 13 (0.87%) BeanShell
17 11 (0.74%) C++
Qualifications
1 550 (36.86%) Security Cleared
2 383 (25.67%) SC Cleared
3 186 (12.47%) DV Cleared
4 170 (11.39%) Degree
5 124 (8.31%) Azure Certification
6 107 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 86 (5.76%) CISSP
8 66 (4.42%) AWS Certification
9 33 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 26 (1.74%) CISM
13 26 (1.74%) MCSE
14 22 (1.47%) VCAP
15 19 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 17 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 15 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
17 15 (1.01%) MCSA
18 13 (0.87%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (7.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (7.04%) NIST
3 35 (2.35%) QA
4 34 (2.28%) SLA
5 32 (2.14%) GDPR
6 29 (1.94%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (1.21%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (0.94%) NCSC
11 13 (0.87%) SOC 2
12 8 (0.54%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.40%) GxP
14 4 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 3 (0.20%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
15 3 (0.20%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.13%) SOC 1
System Software
1 508 (34.05%) Active Directory
2 193 (12.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 189 (12.67%) Docker
4 100 (6.70%) Virtual Machines
5 81 (5.43%) Hyper-V
6 64 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 64 (4.29%) VMware ESXi
7 63 (4.22%) vSphere
8 47 (3.15%) VMware NSX
9 29 (1.94%) BitLocker
10 24 (1.61%) vCloud
11 17 (1.14%) Microsoft App-V
12 13 (0.87%) Firmware
13 10 (0.67%) NFS
13 10 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.34%) Squid
15 4 (0.27%) Dovecot
15 4 (0.27%) Postfix
15 4 (0.27%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 283 (18.97%) Kubernetes
2 276 (18.50%) Ansible
3 211 (14.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 133 (8.91%) SCCM
5 79 (5.29%) Grafana
6 64 (4.29%) vCenter Server
7 63 (4.22%) Prometheus
8 62 (4.16%) SCOM
9 52 (3.49%) Progress Chef
10 42 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
11 35 (2.35%) Puppet
12 23 (1.54%) Packer
13 21 (1.41%) WMI
14 17 (1.14%) NetBackup
15 14 (0.94%) VxRail
16 12 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
18 10 (0.67%) Nagios
18 10 (0.67%) vRealize
19 9 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 756 (50.67%) Microsoft
2 252 (16.89%) VMware
3 148 (9.92%) ServiceNow
4 109 (7.31%) CyberArk
5 95 (6.37%) Google
6 91 (6.10%) Splunk
7 69 (4.62%) Oracle
8 59 (3.95%) BeyondTrust
9 55 (3.69%) Cisco
10 53 (3.55%) Red Hat
11 46 (3.08%) Remedy
12 45 (3.02%) Citrix
13 43 (2.88%) Databricks
14 40 (2.68%) BMC
15 30 (2.01%) Dynatrace
16 28 (1.88%) SolarWinds
17 26 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
18 25 (1.68%) Qualys
19 23 (1.54%) NetApp
19 23 (1.54%) Okta