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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 62 57
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 +13
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,165 1,082 1,469
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.85% 3.46% 3.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.91% 10.70% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 747 723 1,034
10th Percentile £352 £345 £330
25th Percentile £425 £435 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £663
90th Percentile £725 £700 £744
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 39
10th Percentile £44.13 £23.80 £18.15
25th Percentile £45.94 £48.75 £33.13
Median hourly rate £64.07 £58.49 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +9.53% +20.85% -12.00%
75th Percentile £74.26 £74.00 £69.62
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £63.50 £60.00 £48.40
% change year-on-year +5.84% +23.96% -12.00%

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 9,778 10,114 12,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.34% 32.39% 31.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,518 6,605 9,042
10th Percentile £350 £355 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £780
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 250 419
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.00 £32.24
25th Percentile £47.00 £43.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.75 £64.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +3.23% -0.80%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.13 £75.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £60.11
% change year-on-year +1.63% +2.32% +0.18%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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 -10 515 £525 -4.55% 281
South East -1 188 £511 -11.09% 189
South West +21 137 £555 +4.72% 66
North of England -25 121 £473 -0.51% 79
Midlands -6 111 £475 -5.00% 79
West Midlands -13 86 £475 -6.86% 47
East of England +20 63 £550 +57.14% 47
North West -15 60 £448 -5.79% 44
Yorkshire -25 52 £473 +0.02% 22
East Midlands -2 25 £450 - 32
North East -9 13 £550 +20.35% 13
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UK

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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
1 180 (15.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (9.61%) SharePoint
3 63 (5.41%) Confluence
4 42 (3.61%) Skype for Business
5 16 (1.37%) Apache
5 16 (1.37%) Mattermost
6 14 (1.20%) nginx
7 8 (0.69%) IIS
8 4 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.26%) SAS
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.086%) CMS
11 1 (0.086%) HCL Domino
11 1 (0.086%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.086%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.086%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 38 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.03%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.086%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.086%) ProjectWise
4 1 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.086%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.086%) Eikon
2 1 (0.086%) Endur
2 1 (0.086%) Eze OMS
2 1 (0.086%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.086%) Findur
2 1 (0.086%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.086%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 503 (43.18%) Azure
2 259 (22.23%) Microsoft 365
3 228 (19.57%) Entra ID
4 204 (17.51%) AWS
5 108 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
6 101 (8.67%) GCP
7 93 (7.98%) GitHub
8 67 (5.75%) Power Platform
9 62 (5.32%) IaaS
10 55 (4.72%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (4.55%) OneDrive
12 51 (4.38%) SaaS
13 50 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
14 47 (4.03%) Azure Sentinel
15 46 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
16 44 (3.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 43 (3.69%) Microsoft Purview
18 40 (3.43%) Amazon S3
19 38 (3.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
20 37 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 200 (17.17%) Firewall
2 183 (15.71%) DNS
3 85 (7.30%) DHCP
4 66 (5.67%) Network Security
5 58 (4.98%) VPN
6 55 (4.72%) TCP/IP
7 45 (3.86%) Skype
8 44 (3.78%) SMTP
9 43 (3.69%) HTTP
10 31 (2.66%) FTP
11 29 (2.49%) SSH
12 28 (2.40%) SAN
12 28 (2.40%) VLAN
13 25 (2.15%) Cisco IOS
14 19 (1.63%) LAN
14 19 (1.63%) WAN
14 19 (1.63%) Wireshark
15 18 (1.55%) SSL
16 16 (1.37%) Unified Communications
17 13 (1.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 45 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
2 45 (3.86%) Power BI
3 34 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (1.20%) Metadata
6 13 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (0.94%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.86%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.52%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.34%) MySQL
13 4 (0.34%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 104 (8.93%) Jenkins
2 98 (8.41%) JIRA
3 79 (6.78%) Git
4 54 (4.64%) GitLab
5 24 (2.06%) Vagrant
6 23 (1.97%) MSI
7 22 (1.89%) Artifactory
8 16 (1.37%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.03%) SonarQube
9 12 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (0.77%) InstallShield
10 9 (0.77%) Metasploit
11 8 (0.69%) AdminStudio
11 8 (0.69%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.69%) Maven
12 7 (0.60%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.52%) Postman
14 5 (0.43%) GCC
14 5 (0.43%) Gradle
15 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
General
1 389 (33.39%) Social Skills
2 181 (15.54%) Finance
3 180 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (10.30%) Public Sector
5 57 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
6 56 (4.81%) Banking
7 37 (3.18%) Legal
8 25 (2.15%) Games
9 23 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (1.72%) Front Office
11 19 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (1.63%) Investment Banking
12 18 (1.55%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.46%) Marketing
14 16 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.29%) Electronics
16 11 (0.94%) Law
17 10 (0.86%) Military
17 10 (0.86%) Retail
18 9 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (9.01%) Platform Engineer
2 99 (8.50%) DevOps Engineer
3 96 (8.24%) Analyst
4 95 (8.15%) Architect
5 79 (6.78%) Senior
6 71 (6.09%) Security Engineer
7 66 (5.67%) Azure Engineer
8 64 (5.49%) Consultant
9 61 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 52 (4.46%) Support Engineer
11 50 (4.29%) Developer
12 36 (3.09%) Administrator
13 35 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
14 32 (2.75%) Lead
14 32 (2.75%) Windows Engineer
15 29 (2.49%) AWS Engineer
16 28 (2.40%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 28 (2.40%) Microsoft Engineer
16 28 (2.40%) SOC Analyst
17 27 (2.32%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (9.70%) REST
2 58 (4.98%) JSON
3 53 (4.55%) LDAP
4 52 (4.46%) OAuth
5 48 (4.12%) SAML
6 41 (3.52%) OpenID
7 37 (3.18%) ARM Templates
8 33 (2.83%) .NET
9 32 (2.75%) Middleware
10 29 (2.49%) SailPoint
11 27 (2.32%) Microsoft Graph
12 26 (2.23%) FIX Protocol
12 26 (2.23%) OAuth2
12 26 (2.23%) YAML
13 23 (1.97%) XML
14 21 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (1.37%) React
16 13 (1.12%) HTML
17 12 (1.03%) SOAP
18 11 (0.94%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.75%) PKI
2 54 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 51 (4.38%) Replication
4 39 (3.35%) Data Centre
5 36 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 35 (3.00%) Security Posture
7 33 (2.83%) Cloud Native
8 32 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
10 26 (2.23%) Private Cloud
11 25 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
13 20 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
14 19 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (1.63%) Product Ownership
15 14 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (1.03%) Algorithms
16 12 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
16 12 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 476 (40.86%) Windows
2 260 (22.32%) Linux
3 166 (14.25%) Windows Server
4 78 (6.70%) Windows 10
5 53 (4.55%) Mac OS
6 50 (4.29%) Android
7 38 (3.26%) VMS
8 33 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (2.06%) Amazon Linux
10 23 (1.97%) Unix
11 21 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
12 18 (1.55%) Apple iOS
13 17 (1.46%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.29%) CentOS
15 14 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
16 11 (0.94%) Solaris
17 9 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
18 8 (0.69%) Kali Linux
19 5 (0.43%) Windows 7
20 3 (0.26%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (27.55%) DevOps
2 245 (21.03%) CI/CD
3 240 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
4 209 (17.94%) Agile
5 198 (17.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 175 (15.02%) Migration
7 142 (12.19%) ITIL
8 136 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
9 131 (11.24%) SIEM
10 115 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 114 (9.79%) Identity Access Management
12 110 (9.44%) Configuration Management
13 104 (8.93%) Incident Response
14 100 (8.58%) Task Automation
15 99 (8.50%) RBAC
16 98 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 92 (7.90%) Cloud Security
18 91 (7.81%) Platform Engineering
19 89 (7.64%) Security Operations
20 87 (7.47%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 510 (43.78%) Python
2 223 (19.14%) Bash
3 162 (13.91%) SQL
4 71 (6.09%) Java
5 67 (5.75%) C#
5 67 (5.75%) JavaScript
6 45 (3.86%) Kusto Query Language
7 43 (3.69%) Bicep
8 39 (3.35%) Perl
9 35 (3.00%) Groovy
10 27 (2.32%) VBScript
11 17 (1.46%) Go
12 16 (1.37%) C++
13 13 (1.12%) BeanShell
14 10 (0.86%) C
14 10 (0.86%) PHP
14 10 (0.86%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.86%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.86%) VB
15 7 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 425 (36.48%) Security Cleared
2 320 (27.47%) SC Cleared
3 118 (10.13%) DV Cleared
4 109 (9.36%) Degree
5 84 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 73 (6.27%) CISSP
7 56 (4.81%) Azure Certification
8 32 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.66%) ITIL Certification
10 30 (2.58%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.58%) CEH
10 30 (2.58%) CISM
11 26 (2.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 24 (2.06%) CCNA
13 23 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (1.89%) CCNP
15 19 (1.63%) GCIH
16 16 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (1.37%) GIAC
16 16 (1.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (9.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 95 (8.15%) GDPR
3 76 (6.52%) NIST
4 27 (2.32%) HIPAA
5 18 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.46%) QA
6 17 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.37%) SOC 2
8 14 (1.20%) SLA
9 9 (0.77%) NCSC
10 8 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.43%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.43%) PSD2
12 4 (0.34%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.26%) EMIR
13 3 (0.26%) ITGC
13 3 (0.26%) MiFID
14 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.086%) FISMA
System Software
1 424 (36.39%) Active Directory
2 125 (10.73%) Docker
3 122 (10.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (3.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 29 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (1.89%) DFS Replication
7 21 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
8 16 (1.37%) Squid
9 15 (1.29%) Hyper-V
10 13 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
10 13 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 13 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (1.12%) vSphere
11 12 (1.03%) Dovecot
11 12 (1.03%) Postfix
12 9 (0.77%) Firmware
12 9 (0.77%) VMware NSX
13 8 (0.69%) NFS
14 7 (0.60%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 237 (20.34%) Terraform
2 156 (13.39%) SCCM
3 140 (12.02%) Ansible
4 137 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 102 (8.76%) Kubernetes
6 55 (4.72%) Single Sign-On
7 53 (4.55%) Grafana
8 51 (4.38%) Prometheus
9 45 (3.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 35 (3.00%) SCOM
11 27 (2.32%) vRealize
12 24 (2.06%) WSUS
13 21 (1.80%) HP SiteScope
13 21 (1.80%) Kibana
14 19 (1.63%) Nessus
14 19 (1.63%) Proxmox
15 18 (1.55%) ITRS Geneos
16 16 (1.37%) vCenter Server
17 15 (1.29%) NetBackup
18 14 (1.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 528 (45.32%) Microsoft
2 176 (15.11%) VMware
3 116 (9.96%) Splunk
4 89 (7.64%) Cisco
5 86 (7.38%) ServiceNow
6 61 (5.24%) Citrix
6 61 (5.24%) CyberArk
7 49 (4.21%) Red Hat
8 41 (3.52%) Google
9 40 (3.43%) Oracle
10 34 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
11 29 (2.49%) Atlassian
12 28 (2.40%) BeyondTrust
12 28 (2.40%) Meraki
13 25 (2.15%) SAP
14 22 (1.89%) Okta
14 22 (1.89%) Remedy
14 22 (1.89%) Veeam
15 20 (1.72%) Solace
15 20 (1.72%) SolarWinds