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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 64 53
Rank change year-on-year -21 -11 +8
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,325 1,033 1,330
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.95% 3.78% 3.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.16% 11.45% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 862 670 953
10th Percentile £322 £325 £350
25th Percentile £415 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £619
90th Percentile £691 £689 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 14 21
10th Percentile £19.25 £45.00 £23.80
25th Percentile £33.70 £45.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -12.35%
75th Percentile £68.33 £84.49 £74.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £165.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £63.50 £55.50
% change year-on-year -15.35% +14.42% -7.67%

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 11,875 9,020 10,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.47% 33.04% 31.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,716 6,204 7,905
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £516 £545
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -5.32% -0.91%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 228 407
10th Percentile £34.01 £29.07 £35.31
25th Percentile £54.53 £38.97 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.38 £62.50
% change year-on-year +15.30% -9.80% +3.09%

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 22 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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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 22 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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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 22 July 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 -20 555 £530 +0.95% 135
South East -11 296 £525 -8.70% 94
North of England +5 259 £455 +2.13% 65
North West +18 154 £455 +1.62% 37
South West -12 102 £450 -21.74% 36
Yorkshire -3 101 £455 +8.66% 17
Midlands -70 64 £500 +11.11% 35
West Midlands -77 44 £500 +11.11% 21
East of England -49 40 £507 -7.82% 27
East Midlands -12 19 £469 +4.17% 14
North East -31 6 £238 -32.14% 12
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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
1 130 (9.81%) SharePoint
2 129 (9.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (3.55%) Confluence
4 20 (1.51%) IIS
5 11 (0.83%) Apache
5 11 (0.83%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.60%) nginx
7 5 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.30%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.23%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.23%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.075%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (2.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.075%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.075%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.075%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.075%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.075%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.075%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.075%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 732 (55.25%) Azure
2 338 (25.51%) Entra ID
3 291 (21.96%) AWS
4 223 (16.83%) Microsoft 365
5 166 (12.53%) Azure DevOps
6 156 (11.77%) GitHub
7 134 (10.11%) GCP
8 118 (8.91%) Power Platform
9 110 (8.30%) GitHub Actions
10 105 (7.92%) Azure Monitor
11 79 (5.96%) OneDrive
12 66 (4.98%) Azure AKS
13 58 (4.38%) PaaS
13 58 (4.38%) SaaS
14 53 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
15 48 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
16 45 (3.40%) IaaS
17 44 (3.32%) Microsoft Copilot
18 41 (3.09%) Azure Sentinel
19 40 (3.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 185 (13.96%) DNS
2 171 (12.91%) Firewall
3 103 (7.77%) DHCP
4 85 (6.42%) VPN
5 77 (5.81%) TCP/IP
6 58 (4.38%) Network Security
7 44 (3.32%) WAN
8 30 (2.26%) SAN
9 29 (2.19%) LAN
10 26 (1.96%) Kerberos
10 26 (1.96%) VLAN
11 23 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (1.51%) SSL
13 18 (1.36%) SSH
13 18 (1.36%) VSAN
14 17 (1.28%) NAS
14 17 (1.28%) SNMP
15 15 (1.13%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.06%) SMTP
17 13 (0.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (13.58%) SQL Server
2 77 (5.81%) Power BI
3 41 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.28%) MySQL
8 16 (1.21%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.13%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (1.06%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (0.91%) Metadata
12 12 (0.91%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.83%) Big Data
14 10 (0.75%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.68%) Db2
16 8 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 111 (8.38%) Jenkins
2 106 (8.00%) Git
3 74 (5.58%) JIRA
4 58 (4.38%) GitLab
5 24 (1.81%) MSI
6 11 (0.83%) Selenium
6 11 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (0.75%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.75%) InstallShield
7 10 (0.75%) Postman
8 9 (0.68%) AdminStudio
9 8 (0.60%) Artifactory
9 8 (0.60%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.45%) JMeter
11 5 (0.38%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.30%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 301 (22.72%) Social Skills
2 216 (16.30%) Finance
3 173 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 81 (6.11%) Documentation Skills
6 76 (5.74%) Banking
7 31 (2.34%) Legal
8 22 (1.66%) Investment Banking
9 19 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.36%) Front Office
11 16 (1.21%) Financial Institution
12 15 (1.13%) Military
13 12 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.75%) Law
15 9 (0.68%) Retail
16 7 (0.53%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.45%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.38%) Back Office
18 5 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 152 (11.47%) Senior
2 132 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 128 (9.66%) Cloud Engineer
4 115 (8.68%) Azure Engineer
5 84 (6.34%) Architect
5 84 (6.34%) DevOps Engineer
6 81 (6.11%) Security Engineer
7 74 (5.58%) Support Engineer
8 53 (4.00%) Developer
9 46 (3.47%) Analyst
10 45 (3.40%) Consultant
11 43 (3.25%) Platform Engineer
12 40 (3.02%) Lead
13 36 (2.72%) IT Engineer
14 34 (2.57%) Administrator
15 32 (2.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 31 (2.34%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
17 30 (2.26%) DBA
17 30 (2.26%) PowerShell Engineer
18 29 (2.19%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (8.75%) REST
2 76 (5.74%) Microsoft Graph
3 70 (5.28%) LDAP
4 66 (4.98%) .NET
5 53 (4.00%) ARM Templates
6 50 (3.77%) JSON
7 49 (3.70%) OAuth
8 45 (3.40%) SailPoint
9 43 (3.25%) YAML
10 37 (2.79%) SAML
11 36 (2.72%) OpenID
12 32 (2.42%) Web Services
13 29 (2.19%) OAuth2
14 26 (1.96%) .NET Framework
15 23 (1.74%) Kafka
16 21 (1.58%) SOAP
17 17 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
18 16 (1.21%) React
18 16 (1.21%) XML
19 12 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.98%) Onboarding
2 89 (6.72%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.43%) Replication
4 69 (5.21%) Security Posture
5 64 (4.83%) PKI
6 57 (4.30%) Clustering
7 56 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 50 (3.77%) Management Information System
9 44 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
10 43 (3.25%) Data Centre
11 33 (2.49%) Linux Command Line
12 25 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (1.89%) Public Cloud
13 23 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.58%) Data Structures
14 21 (1.58%) Product Ownership
15 19 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
16 18 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.28%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 605 (45.66%) Windows
2 313 (23.62%) Linux
3 245 (18.49%) Windows Server
4 78 (5.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 57 (4.30%) Windows 10
6 47 (3.55%) Unix
7 27 (2.04%) Ubuntu
8 26 (1.96%) AIX
9 24 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 23 (1.74%) Mac OS
11 19 (1.43%) VMS
12 17 (1.28%) Apple iOS
12 17 (1.28%) CentOS
13 16 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
14 14 (1.06%) Android
15 12 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
16 8 (0.60%) Rocky
16 8 (0.60%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
17 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (28.23%) DevOps
2 354 (26.72%) CI/CD
3 307 (23.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 265 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 205 (15.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 184 (13.89%) Agile
7 168 (12.68%) Migration
8 166 (12.53%) ITIL
9 159 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 156 (11.77%) Runbook
11 133 (10.04%) Identity Access Management
11 133 (10.04%) ITSM
12 132 (9.96%) Analytics
13 130 (9.81%) SIEM
14 126 (9.51%) Observability
15 123 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
16 120 (9.06%) Disaster Recovery
17 117 (8.83%) AI
17 117 (8.83%) Cloud Security
18 114 (8.60%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 616 (46.49%) Python
2 320 (24.15%) Bash
3 237 (17.89%) SQL
4 103 (7.77%) Bicep
5 92 (6.94%) C#
6 58 (4.38%) Java
7 57 (4.30%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (2.04%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.58%) Perl
10 21 (1.58%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.51%) Search Processing Language
11 20 (1.51%) VBScript
12 18 (1.36%) Groovy
13 14 (1.06%) Go
14 13 (0.98%) Shell Script
15 12 (0.91%) C++
16 11 (0.83%) BeanShell
17 9 (0.68%) VB
18 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 461 (34.79%) Security Cleared
2 324 (24.45%) SC Cleared
3 139 (10.49%) Degree
4 137 (10.34%) DV Cleared
5 95 (7.17%) Azure Certification
6 93 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 78 (5.89%) CISSP
8 52 (3.92%) AWS Certification
9 40 (3.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 34 (2.57%) CISM
11 27 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.89%) MCSE
13 21 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (1.43%) MCSA
15 16 (1.21%) VCAP
16 13 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (0.75%) CCNA
17 10 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 9 (0.68%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (6.79%) NIST
3 50 (3.77%) GDPR
4 35 (2.64%) QA
5 30 (2.26%) Data Quality
5 30 (2.26%) SLA
6 14 (1.06%) HIPAA
7 13 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.75%) NCSC
8 10 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.75%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.38%) GRC
9 5 (0.38%) GxP
10 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 425 (32.08%) Active Directory
2 158 (11.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (10.79%) Docker
4 86 (6.49%) Virtual Machines
5 72 (5.43%) Hyper-V
6 60 (4.53%) VMware ESXi
7 55 (4.15%) vSphere
8 42 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 34 (2.57%) VMware NSX
10 24 (1.81%) BitLocker
11 20 (1.51%) Microsoft App-V
12 19 (1.43%) Firmware
13 15 (1.13%) vCloud
14 14 (1.06%) KVM
15 5 (0.38%) Squid
15 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.23%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.23%) NFS
16 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
16 3 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 376 (28.38%) Terraform
2 221 (16.68%) Ansible
3 202 (15.25%) Kubernetes
4 167 (12.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 88 (6.64%) SCCM
6 66 (4.98%) vCenter Server
7 64 (4.83%) Grafana
8 53 (4.00%) Prometheus
9 41 (3.09%) Progress Chef
10 40 (3.02%) Puppet
11 36 (2.72%) SCOM
12 29 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
13 28 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 22 (1.66%) Packer
15 21 (1.58%) Nagios
16 20 (1.51%) ZABBIX
17 18 (1.36%) Tivoli
17 18 (1.36%) vRealize
18 17 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
19 16 (1.21%) Netcool
Vendors
1 615 (46.42%) Microsoft
2 207 (15.62%) VMware
3 120 (9.06%) ServiceNow
4 82 (6.19%) Google
5 80 (6.04%) CyberArk
6 75 (5.66%) Splunk
7 74 (5.58%) Oracle
8 59 (4.45%) Cisco
9 51 (3.85%) BeyondTrust
9 51 (3.85%) Red Hat
10 48 (3.62%) Citrix
11 40 (3.02%) BMC
11 40 (3.02%) SolarWinds
12 38 (2.87%) Remedy
13 33 (2.49%) IBM
14 28 (2.11%) Databricks
14 28 (2.11%) HP
15 26 (1.96%) NetApp
16 22 (1.66%) Dynatrace
16 22 (1.66%) Qualys