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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 57 54
Rank change year-on-year -23 -3 +9
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,260 921 1,281
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 3.87% 3.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.38% 11.45% 11.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 638 926
10th Percentile £326 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £432 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £623 £625
90th Percentile £723 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 6 22
10th Percentile £19.25 £37.38 £37.63
25th Percentile £48.64 £49.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £61.73 £73.23 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% +81.94% -32.92%
75th Percentile £74.26 £170.74 £46.74
90th Percentile £82.25 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £31.08 £40.25
% change year-on-year +78.57% -22.78% -33.31%

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 11,073 8,043 10,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.58% 33.83% 30.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,270 5,602 7,987
10th Percentile £357 £360 £350
25th Percentile £417 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -2.27%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 533 183 452
10th Percentile £36.65 £28.53 £37.55
25th Percentile £54.55 £36.37 £49.34
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 27 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 27 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 27 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 -20 535 £550 +4.76% 96
South East -4 247 £525 -8.70% 93
North of England -1 244 £460 -1.08% 73
North West +14 138 £460 -1.08% 46
Yorkshire -14 103 £482 -3.60% 16
South West -12 101 £430 -26.81% 40
Midlands -67 70 £475 +3.26% 29
West Midlands -65 52 £493 +7.07% 13
East of England -30 41 £507 -7.82% 24
East Midlands -30 17 £380 -17.39% 16
North East -20 5 £400 +14.29% 11
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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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
1 145 (11.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (10.24%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.86%) Confluence
4 23 (1.83%) IIS
5 15 (1.19%) Skype for Business
6 11 (0.87%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.40%) nginx
8 4 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.24%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.079%) MTS
11 1 (0.079%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 672 (53.33%) Azure
2 296 (23.49%) Entra ID
3 258 (20.48%) AWS
4 234 (18.57%) Microsoft 365
5 136 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
6 134 (10.63%) GCP
7 130 (10.32%) GitHub
8 106 (8.41%) Power Platform
9 87 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
10 86 (6.83%) OneDrive
11 77 (6.11%) Azure Monitor
12 60 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
13 57 (4.52%) PaaS
14 50 (3.97%) Azure AKS
14 50 (3.97%) Microsoft Copilot
15 42 (3.33%) IaaS
16 41 (3.25%) Power Automate
17 38 (3.02%) Azure Key Vault
18 37 (2.94%) SaaS
19 34 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 160 (12.70%) DNS
2 124 (9.84%) Firewall
3 90 (7.14%) DHCP
4 68 (5.40%) VPN
5 58 (4.60%) Network Security
6 40 (3.17%) Kerberos
7 38 (3.02%) WAN
8 36 (2.86%) TCP/IP
9 30 (2.38%) LAN
10 23 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (1.67%) SAN
11 21 (1.67%) SMTP
12 19 (1.51%) VLAN
13 18 (1.43%) SSL
14 17 (1.35%) SNMP
15 15 (1.19%) HTTP
15 15 (1.19%) Skype
16 13 (1.03%) NAS
17 11 (0.87%) Unified Communications
17 11 (0.87%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (10.79%) SQL Server
2 66 (5.24%) Power BI
3 40 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (1.11%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.11%) MySQL
7 13 (1.03%) Metadata
8 12 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.87%) Delta Lake
9 11 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.87%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.79%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.71%) DB2
11 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.63%) Spark SQL
12 8 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (0.48%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 85 (6.75%) Jenkins
2 78 (6.19%) Git
3 61 (4.84%) GitLab
4 57 (4.52%) JIRA
5 18 (1.43%) MSI
6 10 (0.79%) InstallShield
6 10 (0.79%) Postman
7 9 (0.71%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.71%) Artifactory
7 9 (0.71%) Robot Framework
7 9 (0.71%) Selenium
8 8 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (0.56%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.48%) JMeter
11 5 (0.40%) Appium
11 5 (0.40%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.32%) Jaeger
12 4 (0.32%) JUnit
13 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 329 (26.11%) Social Skills
2 155 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
3 153 (12.14%) Finance
4 109 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 74 (5.87%) Documentation Skills
6 66 (5.24%) Banking
7 42 (3.33%) Legal
8 22 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 15 (1.19%) Front Office
10 12 (0.95%) Law
11 11 (0.87%) Military
12 10 (0.79%) Retail
13 9 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.71%) Publishing
14 8 (0.63%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.48%) Marketing
17 4 (0.32%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 145 (11.51%) Architect
2 118 (9.37%) Senior
3 98 (7.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 95 (7.54%) Azure Engineer
5 78 (6.19%) Cloud Engineer
6 77 (6.11%) Security Engineer
7 73 (5.79%) DevOps Engineer
8 56 (4.44%) Support Engineer
9 50 (3.97%) Developer
10 40 (3.17%) Analyst
11 38 (3.02%) CyberArk Architect
12 36 (2.86%) Consultant
13 34 (2.70%) Lead
14 32 (2.54%) Desktop Engineer
14 32 (2.54%) Platform Engineer
15 28 (2.22%) Automation Engineer
16 27 (2.14%) PowerShell Engineer
17 26 (2.06%) Administrator
17 26 (2.06%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 26 (2.06%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (11.19%) REST
2 119 (9.44%) LDAP
3 86 (6.83%) Microsoft Graph
4 55 (4.37%) SOAP
5 52 (4.13%) .NET
5 52 (4.13%) OAuth
6 43 (3.41%) SAML
7 39 (3.10%) JSON
7 39 (3.10%) YAML
8 38 (3.02%) SailPoint
9 35 (2.78%) ARM Templates
10 27 (2.14%) OpenID
11 25 (1.98%) Web Services
12 21 (1.67%) .NET Framework
12 21 (1.67%) OAuth2
13 19 (1.51%) Kafka
14 17 (1.35%) React
15 15 (1.19%) AngularJS
16 14 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
17 13 (1.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.98%) Onboarding
2 82 (6.51%) Replication
3 76 (6.03%) Security Posture
4 74 (5.87%) Enterprise Software
5 60 (4.76%) Clustering
6 55 (4.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 54 (4.29%) Cloud Native
8 47 (3.73%) PKI
9 36 (2.86%) Management Information System
10 35 (2.78%) Data Centre
11 23 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
12 22 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.59%) Product Ownership
15 19 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
16 18 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
17 17 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
18 16 (1.27%) Public Cloud
19 14 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
20 11 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 543 (43.10%) Windows
2 233 (18.49%) Linux
3 223 (17.70%) Windows Server
4 59 (4.68%) Windows 10
5 43 (3.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 39 (3.10%) Unix
7 29 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (2.06%) AIX
8 26 (2.06%) Mac OS
9 21 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (1.27%) Ubuntu
10 16 (1.27%) VMS
11 14 (1.11%) Apple iOS
11 14 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (1.03%) Windows 7
13 10 (0.79%) Android
14 8 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.56%) CentOS
16 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
17 3 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (25.08%) DevOps
2 301 (23.89%) CI/CD
3 276 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
4 228 (18.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 165 (13.10%) Agile
6 161 (12.78%) SIEM
7 145 (11.51%) Migration
8 143 (11.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 132 (10.48%) Task Automation
10 127 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
10 127 (10.08%) ITIL
11 124 (9.84%) Identity Access Management
11 124 (9.84%) Runbook
12 120 (9.52%) Analytics
13 117 (9.29%) ITSM
14 114 (9.05%) Root Cause Analysis
15 113 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 113 (8.97%) High Availability
15 113 (8.97%) Observability
16 109 (8.65%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 550 (43.65%) Python
2 242 (19.21%) Bash
3 195 (15.48%) SQL
4 94 (7.46%) C#
5 70 (5.56%) Bicep
6 65 (5.16%) JavaScript
7 57 (4.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 48 (3.81%) Java
9 24 (1.90%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.67%) VBScript
11 18 (1.43%) Search Processing Language
11 18 (1.43%) TypeScript
12 17 (1.35%) Go
13 14 (1.11%) Perl
14 13 (1.03%) Groovy
15 12 (0.95%) VB
16 10 (0.79%) BeanShell
17 9 (0.71%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.63%) C++
19 7 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 496 (39.37%) Security Cleared
2 371 (29.44%) SC Cleared
3 116 (9.21%) DV Cleared
4 111 (8.81%) Degree
5 88 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 71 (5.63%) Azure Certification
7 67 (5.32%) CISSP
8 42 (3.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 33 (2.62%) CISM
10 30 (2.38%) MCSE
11 29 (2.30%) MCSA
12 20 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.59%) VCAP
13 19 (1.51%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (1.19%) CEH
17 13 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
18 11 (0.87%) GIAC
19 8 (0.63%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (7.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (6.98%) GDPR
3 77 (6.11%) NIST
4 30 (2.38%) QA
5 25 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 21 (1.67%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.51%) SLA
8 15 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.11%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.87%) FINRA
10 11 (0.87%) MiFID
11 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.71%) SOC 2
12 8 (0.63%) NCSC
13 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
15 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 432 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 142 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (9.21%) Docker
4 70 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
5 69 (5.48%) Hyper-V
6 55 (4.37%) vSphere
7 51 (4.05%) VMware ESXi
8 40 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 28 (2.22%) BitLocker
10 21 (1.67%) VMware NSX
11 19 (1.51%) Firmware
11 19 (1.51%) Microsoft App-V
12 18 (1.43%) KVM
13 8 (0.63%) vCloud
14 6 (0.48%) Squid
15 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.24%) Postfix
16 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
17 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 292 (23.17%) Terraform
2 167 (13.25%) Ansible
3 159 (12.62%) Kubernetes
4 143 (11.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 82 (6.51%) SCCM
6 61 (4.84%) vCenter Server
7 57 (4.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 54 (4.29%) Grafana
9 45 (3.57%) Prometheus
10 42 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
11 25 (1.98%) Puppet
12 23 (1.83%) Nagios
13 20 (1.59%) SCOM
14 19 (1.51%) Progress Chef
15 18 (1.43%) Tivoli
15 18 (1.43%) vRealize
15 18 (1.43%) ZABBIX
16 17 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
17 16 (1.27%) Netcool
18 15 (1.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 588 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 187 (14.84%) VMware
3 93 (7.38%) CyberArk
4 85 (6.75%) ServiceNow
5 75 (5.95%) BeyondTrust
6 71 (5.63%) Splunk
7 52 (4.13%) Oracle
8 51 (4.05%) Google
9 50 (3.97%) Cisco
10 49 (3.89%) Citrix
11 38 (3.02%) Red Hat
12 36 (2.86%) Centrify
13 32 (2.54%) BMC
13 32 (2.54%) SolarWinds
14 29 (2.30%) IBM
15 27 (2.14%) Databricks
16 24 (1.90%) Remedy
17 22 (1.75%) Dynatrace
18 21 (1.67%) HP
18 21 (1.67%) Okta