PowerShell Contracts in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 58 60
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 958 1,251 1,869
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.93% 3.36% 3.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.65% 11.46% 10.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 895 1,319
10th Percentile £353 £350 £337
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 26
10th Percentile £17.00 £27.90 £26.48
25th Percentile £18.62 £37.63 £52.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £59.90
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -33.22% +19.80%
75th Percentile £73.86 £46.18 £68.81
90th Percentile £200.00 £71.22 £86.25
UK median hourly rate £23.77 £40.00 £59.90
% change year-on-year -40.58% -33.22% +19.56%

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 8,221 10,920 17,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.76% 29.36% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,687 7,931 13,003
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 441 430
10th Percentile £25.25 £35.52 £26.24
25th Percentile £37.65 £48.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 -21 445 £525 -2.33% 356
South East +4 157 £575 +4.55% 245
North of England +25 129 £470 -1.05% 124
South West +22 91 £585 -2.50% 81
Midlands +28 79 £500 +25.00% 91
North West +14 70 £465 +9.41% 73
West Midlands +23 62 £501 +33.60% 61
Yorkshire +32 58 £475 -9.52% 40
East of England +35 24 £550 +22.22% 96
East Midlands +11 17 £475 -10.59% 25
North East -5 5 £465 -2.11% 11
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PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 132 (13.78%) SharePoint
2 94 (9.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (2.71%) IIS
4 24 (2.51%) Confluence
5 15 (1.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 15 (1.57%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.94%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (0.52%) Mattermost
8 5 (0.52%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (0.31%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.10%) Apache
11 1 (0.10%) CMS
11 1 (0.10%) DataSynapse
11 1 (0.10%) nginx
11 1 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.73%) InfoPath
2 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.73%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.10%) Endur
3 1 (0.10%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 503 (52.51%) Azure
2 214 (22.34%) Microsoft 365
3 173 (18.06%) AWS
4 172 (17.95%) Entra ID
5 149 (15.55%) Azure DevOps
6 85 (8.87%) Power Platform
7 63 (6.58%) GitHub
8 57 (5.95%) Power Automate
9 56 (5.85%) GCP
10 53 (5.53%) SaaS
11 51 (5.32%) Azure Monitor
12 50 (5.22%) PowerApps
13 48 (5.01%) OneDrive
14 47 (4.91%) Azure AKS
14 47 (4.91%) IaaS
14 47 (4.91%) PaaS
15 36 (3.76%) Azure Sentinel
16 35 (3.65%) Serverless
17 34 (3.55%) OpenShift
18 28 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 132 (13.78%) DNS
2 116 (12.11%) Firewall
3 73 (7.62%) DHCP
4 54 (5.64%) VPN
5 49 (5.11%) Network Security
6 44 (4.59%) TCP/IP
7 40 (4.18%) SMTP
8 32 (3.34%) HTTP
9 24 (2.51%) SSL
9 24 (2.51%) WAN
10 22 (2.30%) Skype
11 19 (1.98%) SAN
12 17 (1.77%) VLAN
13 16 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
14 15 (1.57%) LAN
15 14 (1.46%) NAS
16 11 (1.15%) NetScaler
16 11 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (0.94%) Unified Communications
17 9 (0.94%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.86%) Power BI
3 23 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (2.30%) Big Data
4 22 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (1.98%) Oracle Database
6 18 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.84%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.63%) Apache Hive
13 6 (0.63%) MySQL
14 5 (0.52%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.42%) Redis
16 3 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
16 3 (0.31%) Hazelcast
16 3 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 82 (8.56%) Git
2 56 (5.85%) Jenkins
3 44 (4.59%) GitLab
3 44 (4.59%) JIRA
4 21 (2.19%) Bitbucket
5 16 (1.67%) Selenium
6 15 (1.57%) MSI
6 15 (1.57%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.04%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (0.84%) Maven
10 7 (0.73%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.63%) Snyk
12 5 (0.52%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.42%) Vagrant
14 3 (0.31%) Chocolatey
14 3 (0.31%) Cucumber
15 2 (0.21%) Postman
General
1 304 (31.73%) Social Skills
2 168 (17.54%) Finance
3 122 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 84 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (5.53%) Telecoms
6 46 (4.80%) Banking
7 37 (3.86%) Manufacturing
7 37 (3.86%) Marketing
8 36 (3.76%) Electronics
9 26 (2.71%) Legal
10 22 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (2.09%) Back Office
12 15 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.15%) Military
13 11 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.94%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.73%) Local Government
16 4 (0.42%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 100 (10.44%) Architect
2 93 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 92 (9.60%) DevOps Engineer
4 84 (8.77%) Senior
5 69 (7.20%) Azure Engineer
6 58 (6.05%) Developer
7 52 (5.43%) Support Engineer
8 49 (5.11%) Analyst
9 48 (5.01%) Lead
10 36 (3.76%) Consultant
11 35 (3.65%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 33 (3.44%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 33 (3.44%) Windows Engineer
13 31 (3.24%) Infrastructure Specialist
14 28 (2.92%) Active Directory Architect
14 28 (2.92%) Platform Engineer
15 26 (2.71%) Cloud Engineer
16 24 (2.51%) Security Engineer
17 22 (2.30%) Automation Engineer
18 21 (2.19%) Microsoft 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (7.20%) .NET
2 42 (4.38%) REST
3 30 (3.13%) OAuth
4 28 (2.92%) SAML
5 27 (2.82%) HTML
6 26 (2.71%) LDAP
7 22 (2.30%) React
7 22 (2.30%) YAML
8 21 (2.19%) CSS
9 20 (2.09%) JSON
9 20 (2.09%) SailPoint
9 20 (2.09%) SOAP
9 20 (2.09%) Web Services
10 19 (1.98%) ARM Templates
10 19 (1.98%) OpenID
11 18 (1.88%) SPFx
12 15 (1.57%) Microsoft Graph
13 13 (1.36%) Middleware
14 12 (1.25%) Software Packaging
15 11 (1.15%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.85%) PKI
2 36 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 30 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 30 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 28 (2.92%) Clustering
4 28 (2.92%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 25 (2.61%) Cloud Native
7 23 (2.40%) Linux Command Line
8 21 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (1.98%) Public Cloud
9 19 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.77%) Security Posture
11 14 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.04%) Replication
14 8 (0.84%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
15 7 (0.73%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 458 (47.81%) Windows
2 233 (24.32%) Windows Server
3 171 (17.85%) Linux
4 84 (8.77%) Windows 10
5 32 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (2.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (1.57%) Mac OS
9 14 (1.46%) Ubuntu
10 13 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (1.25%) Windows 7
11 12 (1.25%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (0.94%) Android
12 9 (0.94%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.94%) Unix
13 8 (0.84%) CentOS
14 5 (0.52%) Solaris
15 4 (0.42%) VMS
16 3 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
16 3 (0.31%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (28.71%) DevOps
2 260 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
3 208 (21.71%) Agile
4 154 (16.08%) CI/CD
5 139 (14.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 134 (13.99%) Migration
7 119 (12.42%) Infrastructure as Code
8 104 (10.86%) Task Automation
9 93 (9.71%) Identity Access Management
9 93 (9.71%) ITIL
10 80 (8.35%) Cybersecurity
11 75 (7.83%) Configuration Management
12 66 (6.89%) High Availability
13 65 (6.78%) Containerisation
14 63 (6.58%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (6.47%) Cloud Security
16 58 (6.05%) SIEM
17 57 (5.95%) Test Automation
18 52 (5.43%) Technical Leadership
19 50 (5.22%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 333 (34.76%) Python
2 173 (18.06%) Bash
3 161 (16.81%) SQL
4 106 (11.06%) C#
5 74 (7.72%) JavaScript
6 70 (7.31%) Java
7 47 (4.91%) Bicep
8 30 (3.13%) Perl
9 24 (2.51%) VBScript
10 18 (1.88%) Shell Script
11 17 (1.77%) TypeScript
12 15 (1.57%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (1.25%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.94%) Ruby
15 7 (0.73%) C++
15 7 (0.73%) VB
15 7 (0.73%) VBA
16 4 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 331 (34.55%) Security Cleared
2 200 (20.88%) SC Cleared
3 119 (12.42%) DV Cleared
4 102 (10.65%) Degree
5 55 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 47 (4.91%) Azure Certification
7 38 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (3.13%) CISSP
9 29 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (2.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 16 (1.67%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.57%) CCNP
13 14 (1.46%) CISM
14 13 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (1.25%) CEH
15 12 (1.25%) MCSE
16 10 (1.04%) OCA
16 10 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
17 9 (0.94%) RHCA
17 9 (0.94%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.49%) GDPR
2 35 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.61%) NIST
4 21 (2.19%) HIPAA
4 21 (2.19%) QA
5 17 (1.77%) PCI DSS
5 17 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.04%) NCSC
7 7 (0.73%) SLA
7 7 (0.73%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.10%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.10%) HL7
10 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.10%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 325 (33.92%) Active Directory
2 120 (12.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (7.83%) Docker
4 55 (5.74%) Hyper-V
5 47 (4.91%) vSphere
6 34 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
7 29 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
8 22 (2.30%) Microsoft App-V
9 20 (2.09%) BitLocker
9 20 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.36%) VMware NSX
11 10 (1.04%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.94%) XenApp
12 9 (0.94%) XenDesktop
13 6 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.42%) Platform Symphony
16 3 (0.31%) VirtualBox
17 1 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 1 (0.10%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 193 (20.15%) Terraform
2 158 (16.49%) Ansible
3 117 (12.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 115 (12.00%) Kubernetes
5 84 (8.77%) SCCM
6 66 (6.89%) Puppet
7 41 (4.28%) Single Sign-On
8 40 (4.18%) vCenter Server
9 34 (3.55%) Progress Chef
10 29 (3.03%) WSUS
11 23 (2.40%) Grafana
12 18 (1.88%) Jamf Pro
13 14 (1.46%) SCOM
14 13 (1.36%) Prometheus
15 11 (1.15%) Nessus
16 10 (1.04%) Nagios
16 10 (1.04%) vMotion
16 10 (1.04%) vRealize
17 8 (0.84%) PowerCLI
18 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 440 (45.93%) Microsoft
2 173 (18.06%) VMware
3 56 (5.85%) Cisco
4 48 (5.01%) Oracle
5 41 (4.28%) Google
5 41 (4.28%) SAP
5 41 (4.28%) ServiceNow
6 39 (4.07%) Red Hat
7 36 (3.76%) Splunk
8 35 (3.65%) Citrix
9 32 (3.34%) Dell
10 27 (2.82%) HP
11 24 (2.51%) Databricks
12 22 (2.30%) CyberArk
13 19 (1.98%) Okta
14 18 (1.88%) Apple
14 18 (1.88%) Symantec
15 15 (1.57%) IBM
16 14 (1.46%) Atlassian
16 14 (1.46%) SolarWinds