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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 57 56
Rank change year-on-year -20 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,227 913 1,256
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.97% 3.81% 3.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.25% 11.28% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 635 910
10th Percentile £326 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £623 £625
90th Percentile £722 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 5 21
10th Percentile £21.84 £35.70 £37.63
25th Percentile £50.25 £45.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £82.96 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +106.11% -32.92%
75th Percentile £74.26 £200.00 £46.39
90th Percentile £82.25 - £74.44
UK median hourly rate £58.73 £30.04 £40.25
% change year-on-year +95.49% -25.37% -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 10,909 8,095 10,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.41% 33.76% 30.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,182 5,616 7,946
10th Percentile £355 £361 £350
25th Percentile £416 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £651
90th Percentile £720 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £526
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.14% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 524 197 446
10th Percentile £40.38 £28.32 £37.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £39.25 £49.53
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.40 £79.59
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% +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 22 May 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 22 May 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 May 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 -18 519 £550 +4.76% 116
South East -6 243 £525 -8.70% 112
North of England +2 236 £475 +2.15% 74
North West +15 135 £475 +2.04% 47
Yorkshire -14 99 £482 -3.60% 15
South West -16 94 £428 -27.15% 41
Midlands -65 69 £469 +1.90% 38
West Midlands -55 52 £485 +5.43% 16
East of England -32 40 £507 -7.82% 25
East Midlands -23 16 £380 -17.39% 22
North East -25 4 £400 +14.29% 12
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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
1 139 (11.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 125 (10.19%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.85%) Confluence
4 21 (1.71%) IIS
5 13 (1.06%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.73%) Apache
7 5 (0.41%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.24%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.24%) nginx
8 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.081%) MTS
10 1 (0.081%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.081%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.65%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 650 (52.97%) Azure
2 283 (23.06%) Entra ID
3 249 (20.29%) AWS
4 228 (18.58%) Microsoft 365
5 134 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
6 130 (10.59%) GCP
7 128 (10.43%) GitHub
8 101 (8.23%) Power Platform
9 84 (6.85%) GitHub Actions
9 84 (6.85%) OneDrive
10 75 (6.11%) Azure Monitor
11 57 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
12 56 (4.56%) PaaS
13 51 (4.16%) Azure AKS
14 49 (3.99%) Microsoft Copilot
15 41 (3.34%) IaaS
16 38 (3.10%) Azure Key Vault
16 38 (3.10%) Power Automate
17 36 (2.93%) Azure Sentinel
18 34 (2.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 154 (12.55%) DNS
2 123 (10.02%) Firewall
3 88 (7.17%) DHCP
4 68 (5.54%) VPN
5 59 (4.81%) Network Security
6 40 (3.26%) Kerberos
7 37 (3.02%) WAN
8 36 (2.93%) TCP/IP
9 29 (2.36%) LAN
10 24 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (1.71%) SMTP
12 19 (1.55%) SAN
12 19 (1.55%) VLAN
13 17 (1.39%) SNMP
14 16 (1.30%) SSL
15 15 (1.22%) HTTP
16 13 (1.06%) Skype
17 12 (0.98%) NAS
17 12 (0.98%) Unified Communications
18 11 (0.90%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (10.59%) SQL Server
2 63 (5.13%) Power BI
3 41 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (1.14%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (1.06%) Metadata
8 12 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.98%) MySQL
8 12 (0.98%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.90%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.81%) Delta Lake
10 10 (0.81%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.73%) DB2
11 9 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.57%) Spark SQL
14 6 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 82 (6.68%) Jenkins
2 78 (6.36%) Git
3 62 (5.05%) GitLab
4 55 (4.48%) JIRA
5 19 (1.55%) MSI
6 11 (0.90%) InstallShield
7 9 (0.73%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.73%) Artifactory
7 9 (0.73%) Postman
7 9 (0.73%) Robot Framework
7 9 (0.73%) Selenium
8 7 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (0.57%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.49%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.49%) JMeter
10 5 (0.41%) Appium
11 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.33%) Jaeger
11 4 (0.33%) JUnit
12 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 322 (26.24%) Social Skills
2 154 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
3 141 (11.49%) Finance
4 107 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 70 (5.70%) Documentation Skills
6 60 (4.89%) Banking
7 43 (3.50%) Legal
8 21 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 18 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.22%) Front Office
11 11 (0.90%) Law
11 11 (0.90%) Military
12 10 (0.81%) Retail
13 9 (0.73%) Publishing
14 7 (0.57%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.49%) Marketing
15 6 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.24%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 146 (11.90%) Architect
2 114 (9.29%) Senior
3 95 (7.74%) Azure Engineer
3 95 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 77 (6.28%) Security Engineer
5 74 (6.03%) Cloud Engineer
6 71 (5.79%) DevOps Engineer
7 53 (4.32%) Support Engineer
8 50 (4.07%) Developer
9 41 (3.34%) Analyst
10 38 (3.10%) CyberArk Architect
11 36 (2.93%) Consultant
12 32 (2.61%) Lead
12 32 (2.61%) Platform Engineer
13 28 (2.28%) Desktop Engineer
14 27 (2.20%) PowerShell Engineer
15 26 (2.12%) Wintel Engineer
16 25 (2.04%) Automation Engineer
16 25 (2.04%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 25 (2.04%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (11.00%) REST
2 117 (9.54%) LDAP
3 83 (6.76%) Microsoft Graph
4 55 (4.48%) SOAP
5 50 (4.07%) OAuth
6 49 (3.99%) .NET
7 42 (3.42%) SAML
8 38 (3.10%) JSON
9 36 (2.93%) YAML
10 35 (2.85%) SailPoint
11 34 (2.77%) ARM Templates
12 26 (2.12%) OpenID
13 25 (2.04%) Web Services
14 20 (1.63%) .NET Framework
15 19 (1.55%) OAuth2
16 17 (1.39%) Kafka
16 17 (1.39%) React
17 15 (1.22%) AngularJS
17 15 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
18 13 (1.06%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.68%) Replication
2 80 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 75 (6.11%) Security Posture
4 70 (5.70%) Enterprise Software
5 59 (4.81%) Clustering
6 53 (4.32%) Cloud Native
7 51 (4.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 45 (3.67%) PKI
9 36 (2.93%) Data Centre
9 36 (2.93%) Management Information System
10 22 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
11 21 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.55%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
15 17 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
16 12 (0.98%) Private Cloud
16 12 (0.98%) Public Cloud
16 12 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 524 (42.71%) Windows
2 221 (18.01%) Linux
3 213 (17.36%) Windows Server
4 56 (4.56%) Windows 10
5 38 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 38 (3.10%) Unix
6 26 (2.12%) AIX
7 25 (2.04%) Mac OS
8 24 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
9 20 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.39%) VMS
11 14 (1.14%) Ubuntu
12 13 (1.06%) Apple iOS
12 13 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
13 11 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.65%) Android
14 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.41%) CentOS
16 4 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
17 3 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (25.10%) DevOps
2 288 (23.47%) CI/CD
3 269 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
4 221 (18.01%) Infrastructure as Code
5 160 (13.04%) Agile
5 160 (13.04%) SIEM
6 144 (11.74%) Migration
7 137 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 130 (10.59%) Task Automation
9 121 (9.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 120 (9.78%) Identity Access Management
11 119 (9.70%) Runbook
12 118 (9.62%) Analytics
12 118 (9.62%) ITIL
13 113 (9.21%) ITSM
14 112 (9.13%) Observability
15 110 (8.96%) High Availability
15 110 (8.96%) Root Cause Analysis
16 109 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 103 (8.39%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 535 (43.60%) Python
2 235 (19.15%) Bash
3 191 (15.57%) SQL
4 93 (7.58%) C#
5 66 (5.38%) Bicep
6 65 (5.30%) JavaScript
7 56 (4.56%) Kusto Query Language
8 44 (3.59%) Java
9 24 (1.96%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.55%) VBScript
11 18 (1.47%) Search Processing Language
11 18 (1.47%) TypeScript
12 17 (1.39%) Go
13 14 (1.14%) Perl
14 12 (0.98%) Groovy
15 10 (0.81%) VB
16 9 (0.73%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.65%) C++
18 7 (0.57%) BeanShell
18 7 (0.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 491 (40.02%) Security Cleared
2 366 (29.83%) SC Cleared
3 113 (9.21%) DV Cleared
4 103 (8.39%) Degree
5 84 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (5.62%) Azure Certification
7 63 (5.13%) CISSP
8 42 (3.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 32 (2.61%) CISM
10 29 (2.36%) MCSE
11 28 (2.28%) MCSA
12 20 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.63%) VCAP
13 19 (1.55%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (1.22%) CEH
14 15 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (0.90%) GIAC
17 7 (0.57%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.17%) GDPR
1 88 (7.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (6.11%) NIST
3 30 (2.44%) QA
4 26 (2.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 19 (1.55%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.39%) SLA
7 14 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.14%) HIPAA
8 11 (0.90%) FINRA
8 11 (0.90%) MiFID
9 9 (0.73%) NCSC
9 9 (0.73%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.65%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.41%) GRC
12 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.16%) ISA99
14 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 413 (33.66%) Active Directory
2 140 (11.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (9.37%) Docker
4 69 (5.62%) Virtual Machines
5 67 (5.46%) Hyper-V
6 55 (4.48%) vSphere
7 51 (4.16%) VMware ESXi
8 39 (3.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (2.04%) BitLocker
10 21 (1.71%) VMware NSX
11 19 (1.55%) Firmware
11 19 (1.55%) Microsoft App-V
12 18 (1.47%) KVM
13 8 (0.65%) vCloud
14 6 (0.49%) Squid
15 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
16 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 280 (22.82%) Terraform
2 161 (13.12%) Ansible
3 160 (13.04%) Kubernetes
4 140 (11.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 82 (6.68%) SCCM
6 61 (4.97%) vCenter Server
7 55 (4.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 52 (4.24%) Grafana
9 43 (3.50%) Prometheus
10 42 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
11 25 (2.04%) Puppet
12 23 (1.87%) Nagios
13 20 (1.63%) Progress Chef
13 20 (1.63%) SCOM
14 18 (1.47%) Tivoli
14 18 (1.47%) vRealize
14 18 (1.47%) ZABBIX
15 17 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (1.30%) Netcool
17 13 (1.06%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 567 (46.21%) Microsoft
2 185 (15.08%) VMware
3 89 (7.25%) CyberArk
4 82 (6.68%) ServiceNow
5 74 (6.03%) BeyondTrust
6 73 (5.95%) Splunk
7 50 (4.07%) Citrix
7 50 (4.07%) Google
8 49 (3.99%) Oracle
9 48 (3.91%) Cisco
10 36 (2.93%) Centrify
11 32 (2.61%) Red Hat
11 32 (2.61%) SolarWinds
12 30 (2.44%) BMC
13 28 (2.28%) Databricks
13 28 (2.28%) IBM
14 22 (1.79%) HP
14 22 (1.79%) Remedy
15 21 (1.71%) Dynatrace
15 21 (1.71%) Okta