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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 64 55
Rank change year-on-year -17 -9 +4
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,438 1,024 1,226
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 3.72% 3.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.05% 11.36% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 646 868
10th Percentile £325 £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 £622 £588 £613
90th Percentile £706 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.91% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 15 15
10th Percentile £27.00 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £43.81 £45.38 £42.17
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% +4.84% +9.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.98 £74.00
90th Percentile £91.00 £85.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £69.38
% change year-on-year -0.57% -8.47% +15.63%

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 11,930 9,014 10,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.06% 32.72% 32.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,726 6,149 7,485
10th Percentile £363 £345 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £791
UK median daily rate £520 £501 £530
% change year-on-year +3.90% -5.57% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 495 263 324
10th Percentile £29.98 £30.39 £31.25
25th Percentile £51.67 £41.92 £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 £78.45 £79.75 £78.38
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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -11 637 £540 +5.37% 392
South East -5 304 £538 -6.32% 158
North of England +19 258 £475 +6.26% 123
North West +37 161 £453 -1.52% 79
South West -2 112 £500 -4.76% 68
Yorkshire -14 85 £500 +21.21% 30
Midlands -79 63 £500 +6.67% 78
East of England -39 50 £507 -7.82% 61
West Midlands -88 44 £510 +7.37% 51
East Midlands -13 18 £500 +11.11% 27
North East -28 13 £500 - 16
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 (8.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (8.07%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.27%) Confluence
4 22 (1.53%) IIS
5 21 (1.46%) Skype for Business
6 20 (1.39%) Apache
7 14 (0.97%) nginx
8 11 (0.76%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.42%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.35%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.35%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
11 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.14%) CMS
13 2 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
13 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 30 (2.09%) 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 45 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.42%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
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%) 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
Cloud Services
1 796 (55.35%) Azure
2 355 (24.69%) Entra ID
3 330 (22.95%) AWS
4 224 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
5 212 (14.74%) Azure DevOps
6 185 (12.87%) GitHub
7 138 (9.60%) GCP
8 131 (9.11%) Azure Monitor
9 129 (8.97%) Power Platform
10 117 (8.14%) GitHub Actions
11 83 (5.77%) Azure AKS
12 64 (4.45%) OneDrive
13 63 (4.38%) SaaS
14 54 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
15 52 (3.62%) Azure Sentinel
16 48 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
16 48 (3.34%) PaaS
17 46 (3.20%) IaaS
17 46 (3.20%) OpenShift
18 41 (2.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 227 (15.79%) DNS
2 207 (14.39%) Firewall
3 136 (9.46%) DHCP
4 102 (7.09%) TCP/IP
5 100 (6.95%) VPN
6 76 (5.29%) Network Security
7 40 (2.78%) WAN
8 35 (2.43%) VLAN
9 33 (2.29%) SAN
10 30 (2.09%) VSAN
11 23 (1.60%) Skype
11 23 (1.60%) SSL
12 20 (1.39%) SSH
13 19 (1.32%) LAN
14 18 (1.25%) SD-WAN
15 17 (1.18%) NAS
15 17 (1.18%) SNMP
15 17 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (1.11%) SMTP
17 13 (0.90%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (12.17%) SQL Server
2 88 (6.12%) Power BI
3 38 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (1.39%) Big Data
7 19 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 15 (1.04%) Relational Database
11 14 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.97%) Metadata
11 14 (0.97%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.97%) MySQL
12 13 (0.90%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.76%) Oracle Database
14 10 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
15 9 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.42%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 126 (8.76%) Jenkins
2 114 (7.93%) Git
3 85 (5.91%) GitLab
4 72 (5.01%) JIRA
5 30 (2.09%) MSI
6 14 (0.97%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (0.76%) Artifactory
9 10 (0.70%) Selenium
10 9 (0.63%) AdminStudio
10 9 (0.63%) InstallShield
10 9 (0.63%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.56%) Postman
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
1 355 (24.69%) Social Skills
2 251 (17.45%) Finance
3 200 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.79%) Public Sector
5 87 (6.05%) Banking
6 85 (5.91%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (1.95%) Legal
8 23 (1.60%) Investment Banking
9 20 (1.39%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.32%) Military
11 18 (1.25%) Front Office
12 13 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (0.83%) Financial Institution
13 12 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.76%) Law
15 10 (0.70%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.63%) Retail
17 8 (0.56%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.49%) Local Government
19 6 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 163 (11.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 155 (10.78%) Senior
3 147 (10.22%) Cloud Engineer
4 134 (9.32%) Azure Engineer
5 102 (7.09%) DevOps Engineer
6 88 (6.12%) Architect
6 88 (6.12%) Support Engineer
7 75 (5.22%) Security Engineer
8 62 (4.31%) Lead
9 58 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
10 55 (3.82%) Developer
11 53 (3.69%) Analyst
12 52 (3.62%) Consultant
13 40 (2.78%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 38 (2.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 36 (2.50%) IT Engineer
16 34 (2.36%) Administrator
17 33 (2.29%) PowerShell Engineer
18 31 (2.16%) DBA
19 28 (1.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 461 (32.06%) Terraform
2 133 (9.25%) REST
3 79 (5.49%) ARM Templates
4 74 (5.15%) .NET
5 58 (4.03%) LDAP
5 58 (4.03%) Microsoft Graph
5 58 (4.03%) OAuth
6 50 (3.48%) YAML
7 48 (3.34%) JSON
8 46 (3.20%) SailPoint
9 45 (3.13%) SAML
10 41 (2.85%) OpenID
11 32 (2.23%) OAuth2
12 31 (2.16%) Web Services
13 30 (2.09%) Kafka
14 25 (1.74%) SOAP
15 24 (1.67%) .NET Framework
16 22 (1.53%) React
17 17 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
18 15 (1.04%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.83%) Onboarding
2 98 (6.82%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 72 (5.01%) PKI
5 67 (4.66%) Security Posture
6 61 (4.24%) Management Information System
7 60 (4.17%) Replication
8 59 (4.10%) Clustering
9 56 (3.89%) Data Centre
10 53 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
11 33 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
12 26 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
12 26 (1.81%) Public Cloud
12 26 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (1.67%) CMDB
13 24 (1.67%) Data Structures
14 21 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
15 19 (1.32%) Product Ownership
16 17 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
17 16 (1.11%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 702 (48.82%) Windows
2 373 (25.94%) Linux
3 302 (21.00%) Windows Server
4 88 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 80 (5.56%) Windows 10
6 44 (3.06%) Unix
7 35 (2.43%) Ubuntu
8 27 (1.88%) Mac OS
9 26 (1.81%) Apple iOS
9 26 (1.81%) CentOS
10 22 (1.53%) VMS
10 22 (1.53%) Windows 7
10 22 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 19 (1.32%) AIX
12 18 (1.25%) Android
13 17 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
14 11 (0.76%) Rocky
15 10 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
16 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (30.67%) DevOps
2 421 (29.28%) CI/CD
3 393 (27.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 300 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
5 245 (17.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 210 (14.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 203 (14.12%) Agile
8 194 (13.49%) ITIL
9 183 (12.73%) Runbook
10 173 (12.03%) ITSM
11 172 (11.96%) Migration
12 164 (11.40%) Analytics
13 148 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
14 145 (10.08%) Identity Access Management
14 145 (10.08%) Observability
15 144 (10.01%) Disaster Recovery
15 144 (10.01%) Platform Engineering
16 143 (9.94%) Cloud Security
17 142 (9.87%) AI
18 136 (9.46%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 679 (47.22%) Python
2 374 (26.01%) Bash
3 249 (17.32%) SQL
4 142 (9.87%) Bicep
5 94 (6.54%) C#
6 89 (6.19%) Java
7 69 (4.80%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.09%) VBScript
9 27 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
10 25 (1.74%) Perl
10 25 (1.74%) Search Processing Language
11 21 (1.46%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.46%) TypeScript
12 20 (1.39%) Groovy
13 17 (1.18%) VB
14 16 (1.11%) Shell Script
15 14 (0.97%) BeanShell
16 13 (0.90%) Go
17 12 (0.83%) C++
18 10 (0.70%) Korn
Qualifications
1 535 (37.20%) Security Cleared
2 367 (25.52%) SC Cleared
3 176 (12.24%) DV Cleared
4 159 (11.06%) Degree
5 117 (8.14%) Azure Certification
6 99 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (5.91%) CISSP
8 64 (4.45%) AWS Certification
9 41 (2.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.16%) CISM
12 30 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
13 24 (1.67%) MCSE
14 23 (1.60%) VCAP
15 21 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 17 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
16 17 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 17 (1.18%) MCSA
17 12 (0.83%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (7.09%) NIST
3 45 (3.13%) GDPR
3 45 (3.13%) QA
4 36 (2.50%) SLA
5 33 (2.29%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.25%) NCSC
7 17 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 15 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.83%) HIPAA
10 10 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.63%) 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%) GRC
14 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 450 (31.29%) Active Directory
2 191 (13.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 173 (12.03%) Docker
4 83 (5.77%) Virtual Machines
5 78 (5.42%) Hyper-V
6 69 (4.80%) VMware ESXi
6 69 (4.80%) vSphere
7 51 (3.55%) VMware NSX
8 46 (3.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 32 (2.23%) BitLocker
10 22 (1.53%) vCloud
11 19 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
12 15 (1.04%) Firmware
13 9 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (0.42%) Squid
15 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.28%) Dovecot
16 4 (0.28%) Postfix
17 3 (0.21%) NFS
17 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 270 (18.78%) Ansible
2 260 (18.08%) Kubernetes
3 181 (12.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 124 (8.62%) SCCM
5 82 (5.70%) Grafana
6 67 (4.66%) vCenter Server
7 65 (4.52%) Prometheus
8 56 (3.89%) SCOM
9 53 (3.69%) Progress Chef
10 42 (2.92%) Puppet
11 32 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
12 27 (1.88%) Packer
13 21 (1.46%) Nagios
14 20 (1.39%) ZABBIX
15 18 (1.25%) Tivoli
15 18 (1.25%) vRealize
15 18 (1.25%) WMI
16 17 (1.18%) VxRail
17 16 (1.11%) NetBackup
17 16 (1.11%) Netcool
Vendors
1 672 (46.73%) Microsoft
2 261 (18.15%) VMware
3 142 (9.87%) ServiceNow
4 98 (6.82%) Splunk
5 97 (6.75%) CyberArk
6 86 (5.98%) Google
7 78 (5.42%) Oracle
8 58 (4.03%) Cisco
9 55 (3.82%) BeyondTrust
10 54 (3.76%) Red Hat
11 52 (3.62%) BMC
12 49 (3.41%) Remedy
13 45 (3.13%) Databricks
14 43 (2.99%) Citrix
15 34 (2.36%) SolarWinds
16 27 (1.88%) HP
17 26 (1.81%) IBM
17 26 (1.81%) NetApp
18 24 (1.67%) Dynatrace
18 24 (1.67%) Qualys