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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 59 54
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 +10
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,271 987 1,359
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.96% 3.98% 3.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.10% 11.75% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 663 972
10th Percentile £330 £326 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 8 25
10th Percentile £19.25 £25.95 £29.33
25th Percentile £39.86 £41.56 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.25 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +59.63% -32.92%
75th Percentile £69.94 £112.22 £58.49
90th Percentile £77.50 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £59.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year -6.78% +46.58% -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 11,454 8,399 11,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.65% 33.85% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,487 5,832 8,173
10th Percentile £360 £356 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £522 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% -2.97% -3.93%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 520 198 491
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.13 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £35.25 £49.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% -9.20% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £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 18 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 18 June 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 18 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 -16 561 £550 +7.06% 113
North of England +4 256 £460 -0.54% 70
South East -13 249 £525 -8.70% 125
North West +15 141 £453 -0.17% 53
Yorkshire -7 115 £500 - 13
South West -17 93 £438 -25.53% 37
Midlands -69 63 £481 +4.57% 39
West Midlands -67 48 £485 +5.43% 19
East of England -47 36 £507 -7.82% 25
East Midlands -27 14 £438 -2.78% 20
North East -35 2 £275 -21.43% 5
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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
1 152 (11.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (10.94%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.15%) Confluence
4 20 (1.57%) IIS
5 14 (1.10%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.55%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.39%) nginx
8 4 (0.31%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.24%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.079%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.079%) MTS
11 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.079%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 35 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.47%) 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 (1.97%) 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
1 680 (53.50%) Azure
2 312 (24.55%) Entra ID
3 255 (20.06%) AWS
4 244 (19.20%) Microsoft 365
5 138 (10.86%) GitHub
6 135 (10.62%) Azure DevOps
7 129 (10.15%) GCP
8 113 (8.89%) Power Platform
9 95 (7.47%) GitHub Actions
10 90 (7.08%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.14%) Azure Monitor
12 67 (5.27%) Microsoft Purview
13 59 (4.64%) PaaS
14 56 (4.41%) Microsoft Copilot
15 53 (4.17%) Azure AKS
16 46 (3.62%) IaaS
17 45 (3.54%) Power Automate
18 39 (3.07%) Azure Key Vault
18 39 (3.07%) SaaS
19 36 (2.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 158 (12.43%) DNS
2 126 (9.91%) Firewall
3 91 (7.16%) DHCP
4 73 (5.74%) VPN
5 47 (3.70%) WAN
6 43 (3.38%) Network Security
7 38 (2.99%) Kerberos
8 35 (2.75%) TCP/IP
9 34 (2.68%) LAN
10 25 (1.97%) SAN
10 25 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (1.57%) VLAN
12 18 (1.42%) SSL
13 17 (1.34%) SMTP
13 17 (1.34%) SNMP
14 16 (1.26%) NAS
15 15 (1.18%) Skype
16 13 (1.02%) SD-WAN
16 13 (1.02%) Unified Communications
17 12 (0.94%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (12.04%) SQL Server
2 72 (5.66%) Power BI
3 39 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.26%) Metadata
8 14 (1.10%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.10%) MySQL
9 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.87%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.79%) Delta Lake
11 10 (0.79%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.79%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (0.71%) Db2
12 9 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.63%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.63%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 86 (6.77%) Jenkins
2 81 (6.37%) Git
3 57 (4.48%) JIRA
4 49 (3.86%) GitLab
5 19 (1.49%) 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
8 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.47%) JMeter
9 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.39%) Appium
10 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.31%) Jaeger
11 4 (0.31%) JUnit
12 3 (0.24%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 314 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 187 (14.71%) Finance
3 153 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (8.03%) Public Sector
5 78 (6.14%) Documentation Skills
6 67 (5.27%) Banking
7 41 (3.23%) Legal
8 23 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (1.81%) Investment Banking
9 19 (1.49%) Front Office
10 13 (1.02%) Financial Institution
11 12 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (0.87%) Law
12 11 (0.87%) Military
13 9 (0.71%) Publishing
13 9 (0.71%) Retail
14 7 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.31%) Back Office
16 4 (0.31%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 129 (10.15%) Architect
2 127 (9.99%) Senior
3 106 (8.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 99 (7.79%) Azure Engineer
5 96 (7.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 78 (6.14%) Security Engineer
7 67 (5.27%) DevOps Engineer
8 64 (5.04%) Support Engineer
9 57 (4.48%) Developer
10 44 (3.46%) Analyst
11 42 (3.30%) Consultant
12 32 (2.52%) Lead
13 31 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
14 29 (2.28%) Administrator
14 29 (2.28%) Desktop Engineer
14 29 (2.28%) PowerShell Engineer
15 28 (2.20%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 27 (2.12%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 26 (2.05%) CyberArk Architect
17 26 (2.05%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (9.83%) REST
2 101 (7.95%) LDAP
3 87 (6.85%) Microsoft Graph
4 56 (4.41%) OAuth
5 52 (4.09%) .NET
6 46 (3.62%) SAML
7 44 (3.46%) JSON
8 41 (3.23%) SOAP
9 39 (3.07%) YAML
10 38 (2.99%) SailPoint
11 35 (2.75%) ARM Templates
12 31 (2.44%) OpenID
13 30 (2.36%) Web Services
14 27 (2.12%) OAuth2
15 22 (1.73%) .NET Framework
16 17 (1.34%) Kafka
17 15 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
18 14 (1.10%) React
19 13 (1.02%) XML
20 12 (0.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 98 (7.71%) Onboarding
2 80 (6.29%) Security Posture
3 78 (6.14%) Cloud Native
4 75 (5.90%) Replication
5 60 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
6 55 (4.33%) PKI
7 52 (4.09%) Clustering
8 49 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 45 (3.54%) Management Information System
10 40 (3.15%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
12 24 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.65%) Product Ownership
14 19 (1.49%) Public Cloud
14 19 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
15 18 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
18 14 (1.10%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 549 (43.19%) Windows
2 251 (19.75%) Linux
3 222 (17.47%) Windows Server
4 56 (4.41%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 44 (3.46%) Unix
7 26 (2.05%) AIX
7 26 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (1.49%) Mac OS
9 18 (1.42%) Ubuntu
10 17 (1.34%) VMS
10 17 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 15 (1.18%) Apple iOS
12 14 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 13 (1.02%) Android
13 13 (1.02%) Windows 7
14 7 (0.55%) CentOS
14 7 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
15 4 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (26.36%) DevOps
2 316 (24.86%) CI/CD
3 272 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
4 236 (18.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 165 (12.98%) Migration
6 163 (12.82%) Agile
7 158 (12.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 142 (11.17%) SIEM
9 139 (10.94%) ITIL
10 132 (10.39%) Runbook
11 128 (10.07%) ITSM
12 124 (9.76%) Identity Access Management
13 123 (9.68%) Task Automation
14 117 (9.21%) Observability
15 116 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 116 (9.13%) Disaster Recovery
15 116 (9.13%) High Availability
16 111 (8.73%) Analytics
17 109 (8.58%) RBAC
18 108 (8.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 551 (43.35%) Python
2 248 (19.51%) Bash
3 217 (17.07%) SQL
4 97 (7.63%) C#
5 73 (5.74%) Bicep
6 58 (4.56%) JavaScript
7 50 (3.93%) Java
8 46 (3.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 28 (2.20%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.89%) VBScript
11 23 (1.81%) Perl
12 19 (1.49%) TypeScript
13 18 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
14 13 (1.02%) VB
15 12 (0.94%) Groovy
16 11 (0.87%) C++
16 11 (0.87%) Go
16 11 (0.87%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.71%) BeanShell
18 7 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 461 (36.27%) Security Cleared
2 339 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 122 (9.60%) Degree
4 110 (8.65%) DV Cleared
5 95 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 81 (6.37%) Azure Certification
7 73 (5.74%) CISSP
8 43 (3.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 36 (2.83%) AWS Certification
10 34 (2.68%) CISM
11 32 (2.52%) MCSE
12 28 (2.20%) MCSA
13 21 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (1.26%) VCAP
16 12 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (0.63%) CCNA
17 8 (0.63%) CEH
18 7 (0.55%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (6.77%) NIST
3 78 (6.14%) GDPR
4 27 (2.12%) Data Quality
5 26 (2.05%) QA
6 24 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.42%) SLA
8 16 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.18%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.94%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.87%) FINRA
11 11 (0.87%) MiFID
12 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.63%) NCSC
14 5 (0.39%) GRC
15 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
17 2 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 422 (33.20%) Active Directory
2 140 (11.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (9.28%) Docker
4 74 (5.82%) Virtual Machines
5 61 (4.80%) Hyper-V
6 56 (4.41%) VMware ESXi
6 56 (4.41%) vSphere
7 44 (3.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 31 (2.44%) BitLocker
9 24 (1.89%) VMware NSX
10 21 (1.65%) Microsoft App-V
11 20 (1.57%) Firmware
12 18 (1.42%) KVM
13 11 (0.87%) vCloud
14 6 (0.47%) Squid
15 4 (0.31%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.24%) Postfix
16 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 297 (23.37%) Terraform
2 172 (13.53%) Ansible
3 156 (12.27%) Kubernetes
4 154 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 85 (6.69%) SCCM
6 63 (4.96%) vCenter Server
7 54 (4.25%) Grafana
8 53 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 45 (3.54%) Prometheus
10 42 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
11 30 (2.36%) Progress Chef
12 29 (2.28%) Puppet
13 23 (1.81%) SCOM
14 20 (1.57%) Nagios
15 19 (1.49%) vRealize
15 19 (1.49%) ZABBIX
16 18 (1.42%) Tivoli
17 17 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
18 16 (1.26%) Netcool
18 16 (1.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 598 (47.05%) Microsoft
2 183 (14.40%) VMware
3 99 (7.79%) ServiceNow
4 86 (6.77%) CyberArk
5 69 (5.43%) Splunk
6 66 (5.19%) BeyondTrust
7 62 (4.88%) Google
8 61 (4.80%) Oracle
9 53 (4.17%) Cisco
10 52 (4.09%) Citrix
11 43 (3.38%) Red Hat
12 35 (2.75%) SolarWinds
13 33 (2.60%) BMC
14 30 (2.36%) IBM
15 28 (2.20%) Remedy
16 25 (1.97%) Databricks
16 25 (1.97%) Okta
17 24 (1.89%) Centrify
17 24 (1.89%) HP
18 20 (1.57%) Qualys