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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 58 55
Rank change year-on-year -25 -3 +9
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,264 987 1,355
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.92% 3.95% 3.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.93% 11.66% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 660 972
10th Percentile £327 £328 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 8 28
10th Percentile £19.08 £25.95 £32.05
25th Percentile £27.97 £41.56 £40.00
Median hourly rate £53.75 £64.25 £42.05
Median % change year-on-year -16.34% +52.81% -29.93%
75th Percentile £67.84 £112.22 £60.87
90th Percentile £74.26 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £59.00 £42.05
% change year-on-year -11.02% +40.33% -30.73%

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 11,566 8,466 11,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.69% 33.89% 30.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,547 5,884 8,146
10th Percentile £360 £356 £350
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £785
UK median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 520 200 498
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.16 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £35.75 £49.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.08 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -21 550 £550 +7.32% 95
North of England +10 258 £460 -1.08% 67
South East -12 254 £525 -8.70% 124
North West +14 144 £453 -1.52% 44
Yorkshire -3 114 £500 - 15
South West -20 95 £445 -24.26% 25
Midlands -66 62 £485 +5.43% 31
West Midlands -75 47 £493 +7.07% 15
East of England -51 33 £507 -7.82% 28
East Midlands -20 14 £438 -12.50% 16
North East -34 2 £275 -21.43% 11
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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
1 153 (12.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 143 (11.31%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.24%) Confluence
4 20 (1.58%) IIS
5 14 (1.11%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.55%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.40%) nginx
8 4 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.24%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.079%) Camunda
11 1 (0.079%) MTS
Applications
1 35 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (1.98%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.63%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 674 (53.32%) Azure
2 317 (25.08%) Entra ID
3 257 (20.33%) AWS
4 241 (19.07%) Microsoft 365
5 136 (10.76%) GitHub
6 132 (10.44%) Azure DevOps
7 129 (10.21%) GCP
8 112 (8.86%) Power Platform
9 93 (7.36%) GitHub Actions
10 92 (7.28%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.17%) Azure Monitor
12 62 (4.91%) Microsoft Purview
13 56 (4.43%) Microsoft Copilot
14 55 (4.35%) PaaS
15 52 (4.11%) Azure AKS
16 43 (3.40%) SaaS
17 42 (3.32%) IaaS
18 40 (3.16%) Power Automate
19 37 (2.93%) PowerApps
20 35 (2.77%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 167 (13.21%) DNS
2 134 (10.60%) Firewall
3 97 (7.67%) DHCP
4 73 (5.78%) VPN
5 48 (3.80%) WAN
6 43 (3.40%) Network Security
6 43 (3.40%) TCP/IP
7 39 (3.09%) Kerberos
8 35 (2.77%) LAN
9 25 (1.98%) SAN
9 25 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (1.66%) VLAN
11 17 (1.34%) SNMP
11 17 (1.34%) SSL
12 16 (1.27%) NAS
13 15 (1.19%) Skype
13 15 (1.19%) SMTP
14 14 (1.11%) Unified Communications
15 13 (1.03%) SD-WAN
16 12 (0.95%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (12.26%) SQL Server
2 70 (5.54%) Power BI
3 39 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.11%) MySQL
9 13 (1.03%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.95%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.95%) Metadata
10 12 (0.95%) MongoDB
10 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.87%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.71%) Db2
14 8 (0.63%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (0.63%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.55%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 85 (6.72%) Jenkins
2 77 (6.09%) Git
3 58 (4.59%) JIRA
4 47 (3.72%) GitLab
5 20 (1.58%) MSI
6 10 (0.79%) InstallShield
6 10 (0.79%) Postman
7 9 (0.71%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.71%) Selenium
8 7 (0.55%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.47%) JMeter
9 6 (0.47%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.40%) Appium
10 5 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.32%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.32%) Jaeger
11 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 309 (24.45%) Social Skills
2 195 (15.43%) Finance
3 155 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (7.83%) Public Sector
5 76 (6.01%) Documentation Skills
6 69 (5.46%) Banking
7 40 (3.16%) Legal
8 23 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (1.82%) Investment Banking
9 19 (1.50%) Front Office
10 13 (1.03%) Financial Institution
11 12 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (0.87%) Law
12 11 (0.87%) Military
13 9 (0.71%) Retail
14 6 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.40%) Back Office
15 5 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.40%) Publishing
16 4 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 127 (10.05%) Senior
2 122 (9.65%) Architect
3 109 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 98 (7.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 96 (7.59%) Azure Engineer
6 77 (6.09%) Security Engineer
7 65 (5.14%) Support Engineer
8 61 (4.83%) DevOps Engineer
9 53 (4.19%) Developer
10 46 (3.64%) Analyst
11 42 (3.32%) Consultant
12 31 (2.45%) Lead
12 31 (2.45%) Platform Engineer
13 29 (2.29%) Administrator
13 29 (2.29%) Desktop Engineer
13 29 (2.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 29 (2.29%) PowerShell Engineer
14 28 (2.22%) IT Engineer
15 26 (2.06%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 25 (1.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (9.41%) REST
2 97 (7.67%) LDAP
3 86 (6.80%) Microsoft Graph
4 57 (4.51%) OAuth
5 54 (4.27%) .NET
6 46 (3.64%) JSON
6 46 (3.64%) SAML
7 40 (3.16%) SailPoint
8 36 (2.85%) YAML
9 34 (2.69%) SOAP
10 33 (2.61%) ARM Templates
11 31 (2.45%) OpenID
12 30 (2.37%) Web Services
13 27 (2.14%) OAuth2
14 23 (1.82%) .NET Framework
15 19 (1.50%) Kafka
16 15 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
16 15 (1.19%) React
17 14 (1.11%) XML
18 11 (0.87%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.07%) Onboarding
2 77 (6.09%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.93%) Replication
3 75 (5.93%) Security Posture
4 55 (4.35%) PKI
5 53 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (4.03%) Clustering
7 50 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 42 (3.32%) Management Information System
9 39 (3.09%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
11 21 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
11 21 (1.66%) Product Ownership
12 20 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (1.42%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (1.19%) Data Structures
16 14 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 554 (43.83%) Windows
2 254 (20.09%) Linux
3 222 (17.56%) Windows Server
4 56 (4.43%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 45 (3.56%) Unix
7 26 (2.06%) AIX
8 25 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (1.50%) Mac OS
10 17 (1.34%) Ubuntu
10 17 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (1.27%) Apple iOS
11 16 (1.27%) VMS
12 13 (1.03%) Android
12 13 (1.03%) Windows 7
12 13 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.63%) CentOS
14 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
15 4 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (25.40%) DevOps
2 309 (24.45%) CI/CD
3 268 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
4 241 (19.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 165 (13.05%) Migration
6 161 (12.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 160 (12.66%) Agile
8 143 (11.31%) ITIL
9 138 (10.92%) Runbook
10 134 (10.60%) SIEM
11 124 (9.81%) ITSM
12 123 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 123 (9.73%) High Availability
12 123 (9.73%) Identity Access Management
13 118 (9.34%) Disaster Recovery
13 118 (9.34%) Task Automation
14 115 (9.10%) Observability
15 113 (8.94%) Root Cause Analysis
16 110 (8.70%) RBAC
17 109 (8.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 552 (43.67%) Python
2 252 (19.94%) Bash
3 215 (17.01%) SQL
4 89 (7.04%) C#
5 74 (5.85%) Bicep
6 60 (4.75%) JavaScript
7 48 (3.80%) Java
8 45 (3.56%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.06%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.90%) VBScript
11 19 (1.50%) Perl
11 19 (1.50%) TypeScript
12 18 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
13 13 (1.03%) VB
14 12 (0.95%) C++
14 12 (0.95%) Groovy
15 11 (0.87%) BeanShell
15 11 (0.87%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.79%) Go
17 7 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 452 (35.76%) Security Cleared
2 335 (26.50%) SC Cleared
3 127 (10.05%) Degree
4 107 (8.47%) DV Cleared
5 94 (7.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (6.17%) Azure Certification
7 74 (5.85%) CISSP
8 44 (3.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 36 (2.85%) AWS Certification
10 34 (2.69%) MCSE
11 33 (2.61%) CISM
12 30 (2.37%) MCSA
13 21 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
15 17 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
16 16 (1.27%) VCAP
17 12 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
18 8 (0.63%) CCNA
18 8 (0.63%) CEH
18 8 (0.63%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (6.88%) NIST
3 75 (5.93%) GDPR
4 28 (2.22%) Data Quality
5 26 (2.06%) QA
6 24 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (1.58%) SLA
8 16 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.19%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.87%) FINRA
10 11 (0.87%) MiFID
10 11 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.63%) NCSC
13 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
16 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 420 (33.23%) Active Directory
2 141 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 111 (8.78%) Docker
4 73 (5.78%) Virtual Machines
5 60 (4.75%) Hyper-V
6 57 (4.51%) VMware ESXi
7 55 (4.35%) vSphere
8 44 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (2.37%) BitLocker
10 25 (1.98%) VMware NSX
11 20 (1.58%) Firmware
11 20 (1.58%) Microsoft App-V
12 18 (1.42%) KVM
13 12 (0.95%) vCloud
14 5 (0.40%) Squid
15 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.24%) Postfix
16 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 300 (23.73%) Terraform
2 171 (13.53%) Ansible
3 154 (12.18%) Kubernetes
3 154 (12.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 83 (6.57%) SCCM
5 63 (4.98%) vCenter Server
6 53 (4.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 53 (4.19%) Grafana
7 43 (3.40%) Prometheus
8 42 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
9 30 (2.37%) Progress Chef
10 28 (2.22%) Puppet
11 23 (1.82%) SCOM
12 20 (1.58%) Nagios
12 20 (1.58%) vRealize
13 19 (1.50%) ZABBIX
14 18 (1.42%) Tivoli
15 17 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (1.27%) Netcool
16 16 (1.27%) Packer
Vendors
1 603 (47.71%) Microsoft
2 183 (14.48%) VMware
3 102 (8.07%) ServiceNow
4 82 (6.49%) CyberArk
5 69 (5.46%) Splunk
6 67 (5.30%) Google
7 62 (4.91%) Oracle
8 60 (4.75%) BeyondTrust
9 53 (4.19%) Cisco
10 51 (4.03%) Citrix
11 44 (3.48%) Red Hat
12 36 (2.85%) SolarWinds
13 33 (2.61%) BMC
14 30 (2.37%) IBM
15 28 (2.22%) Remedy
16 27 (2.14%) Okta
17 24 (1.90%) Databricks
17 24 (1.90%) HP
18 20 (1.58%) Qualys
19 19 (1.50%) Bloomberg