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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 58 53
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 +12
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,274 977 1,345
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.99% 3.98% 3.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.20% 11.73% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 663 962
10th Percentile £332 £346 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £606 £625
90th Percentile £715 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 7 25
10th Percentile £19.25 £39.05 £29.33
25th Percentile £43.81 £51.63 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +61.49% -32.92%
75th Percentile £72.82 £141.48 £58.49
90th Percentile £77.50 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £59.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year -6.78% +46.58% -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 11,377 8,332 11,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.68% 33.98% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,453 5,776 8,158
10th Percentile £358 £357 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £523 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -3.15% -4.00%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 519 194 478
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.18 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £35.25 £49.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.15 £85.00 £77.65
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +2.97%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -10 564 £550 +6.80% 96
North of England +7 251 £471 +4.58% 65
South East -11 247 £525 -8.70% 128
North West +14 135 £465 +3.94% 46
Yorkshire -5 116 £485 -3.05% 13
South West -18 94 £441 -24.57% 38
Midlands -68 68 £477 +3.70% 35
West Midlands -69 51 £477 +3.70% 16
East of England -41 36 £507 -7.82% 25
East Midlands -24 16 £409 -11.14% 19
North East -33 2 £275 -21.43% 7
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
1 150 (11.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (10.91%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.90%) Confluence
4 22 (1.73%) IIS
5 15 (1.18%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.55%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.39%) nginx
8 4 (0.31%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.24%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.078%) CMS
11 1 (0.078%) MTS
11 1 (0.078%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 34 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.078%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.63%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 688 (54.00%) Azure
2 307 (24.10%) Entra ID
3 264 (20.72%) AWS
4 243 (19.07%) Microsoft 365
5 141 (11.07%) GCP
6 139 (10.91%) GitHub
7 134 (10.52%) Azure DevOps
8 112 (8.79%) Power Platform
9 97 (7.61%) GitHub Actions
10 90 (7.06%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.12%) Azure Monitor
12 65 (5.10%) Microsoft Purview
13 58 (4.55%) PaaS
14 55 (4.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 52 (4.08%) Azure AKS
16 45 (3.53%) IaaS
16 45 (3.53%) Power Automate
17 39 (3.06%) Azure Key Vault
18 37 (2.90%) SaaS
19 35 (2.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 158 (12.40%) DNS
2 123 (9.65%) Firewall
3 90 (7.06%) DHCP
4 67 (5.26%) VPN
5 42 (3.30%) WAN
6 40 (3.14%) Network Security
7 38 (2.98%) Kerberos
8 36 (2.83%) TCP/IP
9 31 (2.43%) LAN
10 24 (1.88%) SAN
11 23 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (1.41%) VLAN
13 17 (1.33%) SMTP
13 17 (1.33%) SNMP
14 16 (1.26%) Skype
14 16 (1.26%) SSL
15 15 (1.18%) NAS
16 12 (0.94%) DKIM
16 12 (0.94%) Unified Communications
16 12 (0.94%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (11.70%) SQL Server
2 71 (5.57%) Power BI
3 38 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.18%) Metadata
9 14 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 14 (1.10%) MySQL
10 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.86%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.78%) Delta Lake
12 10 (0.78%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.71%) Db2
13 9 (0.71%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (0.63%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.63%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 85 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 81 (6.36%) Git
3 60 (4.71%) JIRA
4 49 (3.85%) GitLab
5 18 (1.41%) MSI
6 10 (0.78%) InstallShield
6 10 (0.78%) Postman
7 9 (0.71%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.71%) Selenium
8 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.47%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.47%) JMeter
9 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.39%) Appium
10 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.39%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.31%) Jaeger
11 4 (0.31%) JUnit
12 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 326 (25.59%) Social Skills
2 181 (14.21%) Finance
3 153 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (8.01%) Public Sector
5 79 (6.20%) Documentation Skills
6 69 (5.42%) Banking
7 42 (3.30%) Legal
8 24 (1.88%) Investment Banking
9 23 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.41%) Front Office
11 14 (1.10%) Law
12 12 (0.94%) Financial Institution
13 11 (0.86%) Military
13 11 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.71%) Publishing
14 9 (0.71%) Retail
15 7 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.31%) Back Office
17 4 (0.31%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 137 (10.75%) Architect
2 123 (9.65%) Senior
3 102 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 96 (7.54%) Azure Engineer
5 90 (7.06%) Cloud Engineer
6 78 (6.12%) Security Engineer
7 67 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 61 (4.79%) Support Engineer
9 55 (4.32%) Developer
10 41 (3.22%) Consultant
11 39 (3.06%) Analyst
12 36 (2.83%) CyberArk Architect
13 33 (2.59%) Lead
14 32 (2.51%) Administrator
15 31 (2.43%) Platform Engineer
16 30 (2.35%) Desktop Engineer
17 29 (2.28%) PowerShell Engineer
18 27 (2.12%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 27 (2.12%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
19 26 (2.04%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (10.52%) REST
2 111 (8.71%) LDAP
3 87 (6.83%) Microsoft Graph
4 55 (4.32%) OAuth
5 54 (4.24%) .NET
6 51 (4.00%) SOAP
7 46 (3.61%) SAML
8 39 (3.06%) JSON
8 39 (3.06%) YAML
9 37 (2.90%) SailPoint
10 35 (2.75%) ARM Templates
11 31 (2.43%) OpenID
12 30 (2.35%) Web Services
13 27 (2.12%) OAuth2
14 22 (1.73%) .NET Framework
15 17 (1.33%) Kafka
15 17 (1.33%) React
16 14 (1.10%) AngularJS
16 14 (1.10%) Middleware
17 13 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 97 (7.61%) Onboarding
2 85 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 80 (6.28%) Replication
4 76 (5.97%) Cloud Native
5 73 (5.73%) Enterprise Software
6 55 (4.32%) Clustering
7 54 (4.24%) PKI
8 50 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 43 (3.38%) Management Information System
10 40 (3.14%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
12 24 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.65%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (1.41%) Public Cloud
15 17 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
15 17 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
16 16 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
17 11 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 551 (43.25%) Windows
2 251 (19.70%) Linux
3 227 (17.82%) Windows Server
4 56 (4.40%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 47 (3.69%) Unix
7 26 (2.04%) AIX
7 26 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (1.57%) Mac OS
9 19 (1.49%) Ubuntu
9 19 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.33%) VMS
11 15 (1.18%) Apple iOS
12 14 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 13 (1.02%) Android
13 13 (1.02%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.63%) CentOS
15 7 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
16 4 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (26.14%) DevOps
2 317 (24.88%) CI/CD
3 280 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
4 240 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
5 167 (13.11%) Migration
6 163 (12.79%) Agile
7 154 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 151 (11.85%) SIEM
9 137 (10.75%) ITIL
10 136 (10.68%) Task Automation
11 132 (10.36%) ITSM
11 132 (10.36%) Runbook
12 124 (9.73%) Identity Access Management
13 123 (9.65%) Disaster Recovery
14 121 (9.50%) Observability
15 119 (9.34%) High Availability
16 114 (8.95%) Root Cause Analysis
17 113 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
18 110 (8.63%) RBAC
19 108 (8.48%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 554 (43.49%) Python
2 254 (19.94%) Bash
3 215 (16.88%) SQL
4 99 (7.77%) C#
5 72 (5.65%) Bicep
6 62 (4.87%) JavaScript
7 53 (4.16%) Java
8 46 (3.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 28 (2.20%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.73%) VBScript
11 19 (1.49%) Perl
11 19 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 18 (1.41%) Search Processing Language
13 14 (1.10%) Go
13 14 (1.10%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.02%) VB
15 12 (0.94%) Groovy
16 10 (0.78%) C++
17 9 (0.71%) BeanShell
18 7 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 480 (37.68%) Security Cleared
2 362 (28.41%) SC Cleared
3 118 (9.26%) Degree
4 106 (8.32%) DV Cleared
5 99 (7.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 81 (6.36%) Azure Certification
7 71 (5.57%) CISSP
8 47 (3.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 36 (2.83%) AWS Certification
9 36 (2.83%) MCSE
10 34 (2.67%) CISM
11 32 (2.51%) MCSA
12 20 (1.57%) VCAP
13 19 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (0.71%) CEH
18 8 (0.63%) CCNA
19 7 (0.55%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (7.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (6.83%) NIST
3 79 (6.20%) GDPR
4 26 (2.04%) QA
5 25 (1.96%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (1.57%) SLA
8 15 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (1.18%) HIPAA
9 12 (0.94%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.86%) FINRA
10 11 (0.86%) MiFID
11 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.63%) NCSC
13 5 (0.39%) GRC
14 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
16 2 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 430 (33.75%) Active Directory
2 143 (11.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 122 (9.58%) Docker
4 77 (6.04%) Virtual Machines
5 62 (4.87%) Hyper-V
6 60 (4.71%) vSphere
7 58 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
8 43 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 29 (2.28%) BitLocker
10 23 (1.81%) VMware NSX
11 20 (1.57%) Microsoft App-V
12 19 (1.49%) Firmware
13 18 (1.41%) KVM
14 10 (0.78%) vCloud
15 6 (0.47%) Squid
16 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
17 3 (0.24%) Postfix
17 3 (0.24%) Terminal Services
17 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 296 (23.23%) Terraform
2 171 (13.42%) Ansible
3 162 (12.72%) Kubernetes
4 151 (11.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 87 (6.83%) SCCM
6 66 (5.18%) vCenter Server
7 58 (4.55%) Grafana
8 53 (4.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 47 (3.69%) Prometheus
10 41 (3.22%) Single Sign-On
11 29 (2.28%) Progress Chef
12 28 (2.20%) Puppet
13 22 (1.73%) SCOM
14 19 (1.49%) Nagios
14 19 (1.49%) vRealize
15 18 (1.41%) Tivoli
15 18 (1.41%) ZABBIX
16 17 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
17 16 (1.26%) Netcool
17 16 (1.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 597 (46.86%) Microsoft
2 185 (14.52%) VMware
3 97 (7.61%) ServiceNow
4 91 (7.14%) CyberArk
5 76 (5.97%) BeyondTrust
6 72 (5.65%) Splunk
7 61 (4.79%) Oracle
8 60 (4.71%) Google
9 54 (4.24%) Cisco
10 50 (3.92%) Citrix
11 43 (3.38%) Red Hat
12 34 (2.67%) Centrify
13 33 (2.59%) SolarWinds
14 32 (2.51%) BMC
15 30 (2.35%) IBM
16 27 (2.12%) Remedy
17 25 (1.96%) Databricks
18 24 (1.88%) Okta
19 23 (1.81%) HP
20 22 (1.73%) Dynatrace