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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 61 53
Rank change year-on-year -26 -8 +11
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,311 1,048 1,353
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.93% 3.86% 3.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.00% 11.63% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 862 684 966
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £422 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £619
90th Percentile £688 £689 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £519 £525
% change year-on-year +0.14% -1.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 13 28
10th Percentile £19.25 £45.15 £32.05
25th Percentile £33.70 £45.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £45.01
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +44.41% -24.98%
75th Percentile £71.38 £85.00 £68.42
90th Percentile £80.50 £177.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £64.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year -18.29% +39.13% -23.30%

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 11,913 9,012 11,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.62% 33.15% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,754 6,201 8,125
10th Percentile £361 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 233 456
10th Percentile £34.01 £28.23 £35.61
25th Percentile £54.28 £37.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.25 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £82.37 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +14.54% -9.20% -

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 16 July 2026.

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 16 July 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 16 July 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 -22 552 £538 +2.38% 89
South East -14 283 £525 -8.70% 100
North of England +8 261 £454 +1.79% 53
North West +16 153 £453 +1.29% 34
Yorkshire -9 105 £460 +8.24% 10
South West -9 100 £450 -21.74% 30
Midlands -75 67 £500 +8.70% 37
West Midlands -75 47 £500 +8.70% 20
East of England -50 38 £507 -7.82% 25
East Midlands -10 19 £469 -1.32% 17
North East -34 5 £238 -32.14% 10
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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
1 134 (10.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (9.84%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.13%) Confluence
4 20 (1.53%) IIS
5 13 (0.99%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.69%) Apache
7 7 (0.53%) nginx
8 5 (0.38%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.31%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.23%) NetWeaver
10 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
11 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
12 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.076%) Camunda
Applications
1 26 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.076%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (2.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.076%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.076%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 715 (54.54%) Azure
2 331 (25.25%) Entra ID
3 281 (21.43%) AWS
4 225 (17.16%) Microsoft 365
5 157 (11.98%) Azure DevOps
6 152 (11.59%) GitHub
7 128 (9.76%) GCP
8 118 (9.00%) Power Platform
9 107 (8.16%) GitHub Actions
10 90 (6.86%) Azure Monitor
11 79 (6.03%) OneDrive
12 60 (4.58%) Azure AKS
13 58 (4.42%) PaaS
14 56 (4.27%) SaaS
15 54 (4.12%) Microsoft Purview
16 45 (3.43%) IaaS
16 45 (3.43%) Microsoft Copilot
17 44 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
18 40 (3.05%) Power Automate
19 36 (2.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 185 (14.11%) DNS
2 158 (12.05%) Firewall
3 105 (8.01%) DHCP
4 76 (5.80%) VPN
5 63 (4.81%) TCP/IP
6 56 (4.27%) Network Security
7 45 (3.43%) WAN
8 34 (2.59%) Kerberos
9 31 (2.36%) LAN
10 29 (2.21%) SAN
11 26 (1.98%) VLAN
12 24 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (1.53%) SSL
14 17 (1.30%) NAS
14 17 (1.30%) SNMP
15 16 (1.22%) VSAN
16 15 (1.14%) Skype
17 14 (1.07%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.07%) SMTP
18 13 (0.99%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (13.27%) SQL Server
2 77 (5.87%) Power BI
3 43 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.22%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.22%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.22%) MySQL
9 14 (1.07%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (0.92%) Metadata
12 11 (0.84%) Big Data
12 11 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 10 (0.76%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.69%) Db2
14 9 (0.69%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 108 (8.24%) Jenkins
2 100 (7.63%) Git
3 67 (5.11%) JIRA
4 56 (4.27%) GitLab
5 24 (1.83%) MSI
6 11 (0.84%) Selenium
7 10 (0.76%) InstallShield
7 10 (0.76%) Postman
8 9 (0.69%) AdminStudio
8 9 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.53%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.46%) JMeter
12 5 (0.38%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.31%) Appium
13 4 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.31%) Jaeger
13 4 (0.31%) MSBuild
General
1 301 (22.96%) Social Skills
2 208 (15.87%) Finance
3 169 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.01%) Public Sector
5 78 (5.95%) Documentation Skills
6 75 (5.72%) Banking
7 35 (2.67%) Legal
8 22 (1.68%) Investment Banking
9 21 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.30%) Front Office
11 15 (1.14%) Financial Institution
12 13 (0.99%) Military
13 12 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.76%) Law
15 9 (0.69%) Retail
16 6 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.38%) Back Office
17 5 (0.38%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.31%) Marketing
18 4 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 145 (11.06%) Senior
2 123 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 121 (9.23%) Cloud Engineer
4 109 (8.31%) Azure Engineer
5 87 (6.64%) Architect
6 82 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
7 79 (6.03%) Security Engineer
8 72 (5.49%) Support Engineer
9 52 (3.97%) Developer
10 47 (3.59%) Analyst
11 46 (3.51%) Consultant
12 38 (2.90%) Lead
13 35 (2.67%) IT Engineer
13 35 (2.67%) Platform Engineer
14 32 (2.44%) Administrator
15 31 (2.36%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 29 (2.21%) PowerShell Engineer
16 29 (2.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 28 (2.14%) Automation Engineer
17 28 (2.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (8.70%) REST
2 79 (6.03%) LDAP
3 77 (5.87%) Microsoft Graph
4 62 (4.73%) .NET
5 56 (4.27%) OAuth
6 50 (3.81%) JSON
7 44 (3.36%) SAML
8 43 (3.28%) SailPoint
9 42 (3.20%) ARM Templates
10 41 (3.13%) YAML
11 33 (2.52%) OpenID
12 31 (2.36%) Web Services
13 28 (2.14%) OAuth2
14 24 (1.83%) .NET Framework
15 23 (1.75%) Kafka
16 21 (1.60%) SOAP
17 19 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
18 16 (1.22%) XML
19 15 (1.14%) React
20 12 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.54%) Onboarding
2 85 (6.48%) Cloud Native
3 82 (6.25%) Replication
4 66 (5.03%) Security Posture
5 62 (4.73%) PKI
6 57 (4.35%) Clustering
7 47 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 44 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (3.36%) Management Information System
9 40 (3.05%) Data Centre
10 33 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
11 25 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.75%) Public Cloud
12 23 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.68%) Product Ownership
14 21 (1.60%) Data Structures
15 18 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
15 18 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
16 17 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
17 16 (1.22%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 589 (44.93%) Windows
2 286 (21.82%) Linux
3 238 (18.15%) Windows Server
4 71 (5.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 57 (4.35%) Windows 10
6 46 (3.51%) Unix
7 26 (1.98%) AIX
8 24 (1.83%) Ubuntu
8 24 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (1.60%) Mac OS
10 18 (1.37%) Apple iOS
10 18 (1.37%) VMS
11 17 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (0.99%) Android
12 13 (0.99%) CentOS
12 13 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
13 11 (0.84%) Windows 7
14 6 (0.46%) Rocky
15 5 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
15 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (27.15%) DevOps
2 339 (25.86%) CI/CD
3 289 (22.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 262 (19.98%) Problem-Solving
5 188 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 181 (13.81%) Agile
7 167 (12.74%) Migration
8 158 (12.05%) ITIL
9 155 (11.82%) Runbook
10 154 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 133 (10.14%) Identity Access Management
12 131 (9.99%) SIEM
13 129 (9.84%) ITSM
14 123 (9.38%) Disaster Recovery
15 120 (9.15%) Analytics
16 118 (9.00%) Cybersecurity
16 118 (9.00%) High Availability
17 116 (8.85%) Observability
18 114 (8.70%) AI
19 111 (8.47%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 599 (45.69%) Python
2 298 (22.73%) Bash
3 234 (17.85%) SQL
4 89 (6.79%) C#
5 84 (6.41%) Bicep
6 58 (4.42%) JavaScript
7 53 (4.04%) Java
8 35 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (1.98%) T-SQL
10 23 (1.75%) VBScript
11 21 (1.60%) TypeScript
12 20 (1.53%) Perl
12 20 (1.53%) Search Processing Language
13 17 (1.30%) Groovy
14 13 (0.99%) Go
14 13 (0.99%) Shell Script
15 12 (0.92%) C++
16 11 (0.84%) BeanShell
16 11 (0.84%) VB
17 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 462 (35.24%) Security Cleared
2 336 (25.63%) SC Cleared
3 131 (9.99%) Degree
4 125 (9.53%) DV Cleared
5 91 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 86 (6.56%) Azure Certification
7 77 (5.87%) CISSP
8 47 (3.59%) AWS Certification
9 42 (3.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 33 (2.52%) CISM
11 27 (2.06%) MCSE
12 24 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.68%) MCSA
14 20 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
15 19 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
16 17 (1.30%) VCAP
17 13 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
18 9 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 9 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 8 (0.61%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (8.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (6.86%) NIST
3 61 (4.65%) GDPR
4 33 (2.52%) QA
5 30 (2.29%) Data Quality
6 28 (2.14%) SLA
7 20 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 15 (1.14%) HIPAA
9 12 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.76%) NCSC
10 10 (0.76%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.76%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.38%) GRC
12 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.23%) FINRA
13 3 (0.23%) GxP
13 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 412 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 154 (11.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (10.22%) Docker
4 86 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
5 69 (5.26%) Hyper-V
6 62 (4.73%) VMware ESXi
7 56 (4.27%) vSphere
8 42 (3.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 31 (2.36%) VMware NSX
10 27 (2.06%) BitLocker
11 20 (1.53%) Microsoft App-V
12 19 (1.45%) Firmware
13 15 (1.14%) vCloud
14 14 (1.07%) KVM
15 5 (0.38%) Squid
15 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.23%) Dovecot
17 3 (0.23%) NFS
17 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 350 (26.70%) Terraform
2 208 (15.87%) Ansible
3 190 (14.49%) Kubernetes
4 159 (12.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 86 (6.56%) SCCM
6 68 (5.19%) vCenter Server
7 63 (4.81%) Grafana
8 53 (4.04%) Prometheus
9 39 (2.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 39 (2.97%) Puppet
10 38 (2.90%) Progress Chef
11 37 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
12 33 (2.52%) SCOM
13 21 (1.60%) Nagios
14 20 (1.53%) Packer
14 20 (1.53%) ZABBIX
15 18 (1.37%) Tivoli
15 18 (1.37%) vRealize
16 17 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
17 16 (1.22%) Netcool
Vendors
1 614 (46.83%) Microsoft
2 201 (15.33%) VMware
3 116 (8.85%) ServiceNow
4 79 (6.03%) Google
5 77 (5.87%) CyberArk
6 74 (5.64%) Splunk
7 70 (5.34%) Oracle
8 59 (4.50%) Cisco
9 49 (3.74%) Citrix
10 47 (3.59%) BeyondTrust
10 47 (3.59%) Red Hat
11 39 (2.97%) SolarWinds
12 38 (2.90%) BMC
13 35 (2.67%) Remedy
14 32 (2.44%) IBM
15 28 (2.14%) HP
16 27 (2.06%) Databricks
17 26 (1.98%) Okta
18 23 (1.75%) NetApp
19 21 (1.60%) Qualys