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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 67 55
Rank change year-on-year -15 -12 +3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,432 992 1,194
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 3.64% 3.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.05% 11.13% 11.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 901 630 848
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £599 £613
90th Percentile £706 £675 £677
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 14 14
10th Percentile £29.14 £44.13 £23.80
25th Percentile £43.81 £45.19 £38.87
Median hourly rate £63.48 £64.25 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +6.65% +13.73%
75th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £74.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £84.39 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £65.69
% change year-on-year -0.57% -3.33% +9.48%

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 11,885 8,910 10,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.04% 32.74% 32.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,698 6,070 7,343
10th Percentile £363 £347 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -6.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 489 262 307
10th Percentile £29.67 £31.25 £32.34
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.31 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £80.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -13 632 £540 +5.37% 410
South East -7 298 £530 -3.73% 164
North of England +30 263 £483 +12.00% 122
North West +46 167 £464 +1.70% 74
South West -11 109 £513 -2.38% 74
Yorkshire -5 84 £518 +27.38% 31
Midlands -82 60 £500 +5.26% 84
East of England -36 56 £507 -7.82% 60
West Midlands -82 42 £510 +7.37% 54
East Midlands -18 17 £500 +11.11% 30
North East -27 13 £500 - 18
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
1 115 (8.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.28%) Confluence
4 27 (1.89%) IIS
5 20 (1.40%) Apache
5 20 (1.40%) Skype for Business
6 14 (0.98%) nginx
7 13 (0.91%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.42%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.35%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
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 30 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.070%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.49%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.14%) Summit
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.070%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle BRM
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
Cloud Services
1 791 (55.24%) Azure
2 353 (24.65%) Entra ID
3 324 (22.63%) AWS
4 217 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
5 209 (14.59%) Azure DevOps
6 168 (11.73%) GitHub
7 139 (9.71%) GCP
8 132 (9.22%) Power Platform
9 129 (9.01%) Azure Monitor
10 103 (7.19%) GitHub Actions
11 79 (5.52%) Azure AKS
12 66 (4.61%) SaaS
13 64 (4.47%) OneDrive
14 55 (3.84%) AWS CloudFormation
15 53 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
16 49 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
17 45 (3.14%) IaaS
18 44 (3.07%) OpenShift
19 41 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
19 41 (2.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 231 (16.13%) DNS
2 206 (14.39%) Firewall
3 139 (9.71%) DHCP
4 102 (7.12%) TCP/IP
5 100 (6.98%) VPN
6 77 (5.38%) Network Security
7 39 (2.72%) WAN
8 36 (2.51%) VLAN
9 33 (2.30%) SAN
10 31 (2.16%) VSAN
11 26 (1.82%) SSL
12 23 (1.61%) 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%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (1.12%) HTTP
18 15 (1.05%) SMTP
19 14 (0.98%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (12.08%) SQL Server
2 92 (6.42%) Power BI
3 37 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (1.47%) Big Data
7 19 (1.33%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.33%) MySQL
8 18 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 15 (1.05%) Relational Database
11 14 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.98%) Metadata
11 14 (0.98%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.84%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.77%) Oracle Database
14 10 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
15 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.42%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 121 (8.45%) Jenkins
2 105 (7.33%) Git
3 84 (5.87%) GitLab
4 72 (5.03%) JIRA
5 31 (2.16%) MSI
6 14 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 12 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (0.77%) Artifactory
9 9 (0.63%) AdminStudio
9 9 (0.63%) InstallShield
9 9 (0.63%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (0.56%) Postman
10 8 (0.56%) Selenium
11 6 (0.42%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.42%) JMeter
12 5 (0.35%) MSBuild
12 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 356 (24.86%) Social Skills
2 254 (17.74%) Finance
3 200 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.75%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.15%) Banking
6 82 (5.73%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.03%) Legal
8 23 (1.61%) Investment Banking
9 21 (1.47%) Aerospace
10 20 (1.40%) Military
11 17 (1.19%) Front Office
12 13 (0.91%) Law
13 12 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.77%) Financial Institution
15 10 (0.70%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.63%) Back Office
17 8 (0.56%) Local Government
17 8 (0.56%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 159 (11.10%) Senior
2 158 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 145 (10.13%) Cloud Engineer
4 132 (9.22%) Azure Engineer
5 103 (7.19%) DevOps Engineer
6 89 (6.22%) Support Engineer
7 88 (6.15%) Architect
8 82 (5.73%) Security Engineer
9 65 (4.54%) Lead
10 59 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
11 51 (3.56%) Consultant
12 50 (3.49%) Analyst
12 50 (3.49%) Developer
13 40 (2.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 37 (2.58%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (2.58%) IT Engineer
15 35 (2.44%) DBA
16 34 (2.37%) Administrator
17 30 (2.09%) PowerShell Engineer
18 29 (2.03%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 456 (31.84%) Terraform
2 125 (8.73%) REST
3 79 (5.52%) ARM Templates
4 68 (4.75%) .NET
5 63 (4.40%) LDAP
6 61 (4.26%) OAuth
7 53 (3.70%) JSON
8 51 (3.56%) Microsoft Graph
9 48 (3.35%) SAML
10 47 (3.28%) YAML
11 45 (3.14%) SailPoint
12 44 (3.07%) OpenID
13 35 (2.44%) OAuth2
14 28 (1.96%) Kafka
15 24 (1.68%) Web Services
16 23 (1.61%) React
17 18 (1.26%) .NET Framework
17 18 (1.26%) SOAP
18 17 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
19 15 (1.05%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 129 (9.01%) Onboarding
2 99 (6.91%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 74 (5.17%) PKI
5 69 (4.82%) Security Posture
6 65 (4.54%) Replication
7 64 (4.47%) Clustering
8 63 (4.40%) Management Information System
9 57 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
10 56 (3.91%) Data Centre
11 33 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
12 25 (1.75%) CMDB
12 25 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (1.75%) Public Cloud
13 24 (1.68%) Data Structures
14 23 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.54%) Product Ownership
16 21 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
17 17 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
17 17 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 709 (49.51%) Windows
2 368 (25.70%) Linux
3 312 (21.79%) Windows Server
4 90 (6.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 81 (5.66%) Windows 10
6 45 (3.14%) Unix
7 35 (2.44%) Ubuntu
8 27 (1.89%) Apple iOS
8 27 (1.89%) CentOS
9 26 (1.82%) Mac OS
10 23 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (1.54%) VMS
11 22 (1.54%) Windows 7
12 18 (1.26%) Android
13 15 (1.05%) AIX
13 15 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
14 12 (0.84%) Rocky
15 9 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
15 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
15 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (30.45%) DevOps
2 414 (28.91%) CI/CD
3 394 (27.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 301 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
5 237 (16.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 212 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 206 (14.39%) ITIL
8 203 (14.18%) Agile
9 188 (13.13%) Runbook
10 179 (12.50%) ITSM
11 174 (12.15%) Migration
12 157 (10.96%) Analytics
13 153 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
14 150 (10.47%) Disaster Recovery
15 147 (10.27%) AI
16 144 (10.06%) Identity Access Management
17 143 (9.99%) Cloud Security
18 142 (9.92%) Platform Engineering
19 140 (9.78%) Change Management
19 140 (9.78%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 675 (47.14%) Python
2 372 (25.98%) Bash
3 240 (16.76%) SQL
4 144 (10.06%) Bicep
5 91 (6.35%) Java
6 83 (5.80%) C#
7 70 (4.89%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.09%) VBScript
9 26 (1.82%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.68%) Perl
11 23 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
11 23 (1.61%) Search Processing Language
12 21 (1.47%) TypeScript
13 20 (1.40%) Groovy
14 17 (1.19%) VB
15 16 (1.12%) Shell Script
16 14 (0.98%) BeanShell
17 12 (0.84%) C++
17 12 (0.84%) Go
18 9 (0.63%) Korn
Qualifications
1 530 (37.01%) Security Cleared
2 361 (25.21%) SC Cleared
3 181 (12.64%) DV Cleared
4 167 (11.66%) Degree
5 123 (8.59%) Azure Certification
6 107 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (5.94%) CISSP
8 65 (4.54%) AWS Certification
9 41 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (2.03%) CISM
13 25 (1.75%) MCSE
14 24 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
15 23 (1.61%) VCAP
16 22 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (1.19%) MCSA
18 16 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 16 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
19 13 (0.91%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (8.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 103 (7.19%) NIST
3 42 (2.93%) GDPR
3 42 (2.93%) QA
4 35 (2.44%) SLA
5 32 (2.23%) Data Quality
6 19 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (1.12%) NCSC
9 14 (0.98%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.84%) HIPAA
11 11 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.77%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.42%) GxP
13 4 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 459 (32.05%) Active Directory
2 197 (13.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 172 (12.01%) Docker
4 90 (6.28%) Virtual Machines
5 83 (5.80%) Hyper-V
6 71 (4.96%) VMware ESXi
7 70 (4.89%) vSphere
8 52 (3.63%) VMware NSX
9 48 (3.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 31 (2.16%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.68%) vCloud
12 18 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
13 15 (1.05%) Firmware
14 9 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
15 8 (0.56%) NFS
16 6 (0.42%) Squid
17 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
18 4 (0.28%) Dovecot
18 4 (0.28%) Postfix
19 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 265 (18.51%) Ansible
2 255 (17.81%) Kubernetes
3 189 (13.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 130 (9.08%) SCCM
5 80 (5.59%) Grafana
6 69 (4.82%) vCenter Server
7 64 (4.47%) SCOM
8 63 (4.40%) Prometheus
9 53 (3.70%) Progress Chef
10 40 (2.79%) Puppet
11 35 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
12 25 (1.75%) Packer
13 18 (1.26%) Nagios
13 18 (1.26%) vRealize
13 18 (1.26%) WMI
14 17 (1.19%) NetBackup
14 17 (1.19%) VxRail
14 17 (1.19%) ZABBIX
15 15 (1.05%) Tivoli
16 14 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 680 (47.49%) Microsoft
2 266 (18.58%) VMware
3 146 (10.20%) ServiceNow
4 97 (6.77%) CyberArk
5 94 (6.56%) Splunk
6 86 (6.01%) Google
7 77 (5.38%) Oracle
8 61 (4.26%) Cisco
9 54 (3.77%) BeyondTrust
9 54 (3.77%) Red Hat
10 50 (3.49%) BMC
10 50 (3.49%) Remedy
11 45 (3.14%) Databricks
12 42 (2.93%) Citrix
13 32 (2.23%) SolarWinds
14 26 (1.82%) NetApp
14 26 (1.82%) Qualys
15 24 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (1.68%) Dynatrace
15 24 (1.68%) HP