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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 60 65
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,281 956 1,202
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.81% 3.70% 3.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.68% 11.05% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 897 637 858
10th Percentile £352 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 16 44
10th Percentile £47.28 £17.00 £21.18
25th Percentile £58.78 £20.24 £37.49
Median hourly rate £74.26 £55.62 £42.08
Median % change year-on-year +33.51% +32.20% -23.50%
75th Percentile £81.50 £67.17 £66.16
90th Percentile £83.93 £94.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £31.08 £42.08
% change year-on-year +138.93% -26.13% -23.50%

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 10,102 8,652 11,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.08% 33.48% 29.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,723 5,539 8,090
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% -4.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £660
90th Percentile £726 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 201 472
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £36.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £42.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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 -16 554 £540 +1.84% 117
South East +6 232 £500 -13.04% 124
North of England 0 195 £475 +1.06% 90
South West +14 146 £560 -2.61% 37
North West +3 95 £458 -3.32% 51
Midlands -37 91 £475 -5.00% 45
Yorkshire -13 88 £500 +11.11% 27
West Midlands -41 67 £500 -4.76% 23
East of England +2 29 £525 +7.69% 29
East Midlands -20 24 £449 -3.03% 23
North East -6 17 £550 +20.35% 12
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
1 193 (15.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 150 (11.71%) SharePoint
3 58 (4.53%) Confluence
4 43 (3.36%) Skype for Business
5 13 (1.01%) Mattermost
6 12 (0.94%) Apache
7 7 (0.55%) IIS
7 7 (0.55%) nginx
8 4 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.23%) SAS
9 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.47%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.078%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.078%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.078%) Actimize
4 1 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.078%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 603 (47.07%) Azure
2 294 (22.95%) Entra ID
3 285 (22.25%) Microsoft 365
4 221 (17.25%) AWS
5 139 (10.85%) GCP
6 117 (9.13%) Azure DevOps
7 102 (7.96%) GitHub
8 88 (6.87%) OneDrive
9 72 (5.62%) Power Platform
10 64 (5.00%) IaaS
11 58 (4.53%) Microsoft Purview
12 57 (4.45%) GitHub Actions
13 54 (4.22%) Azure Monitor
14 50 (3.90%) SaaS
15 49 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
16 42 (3.28%) PaaS
16 42 (3.28%) Serverless
17 37 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
17 37 (2.89%) PowerApps
18 33 (2.58%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 209 (16.32%) DNS
2 173 (13.51%) Firewall
3 137 (10.69%) DHCP
4 71 (5.54%) VPN
5 70 (5.46%) TCP/IP
6 60 (4.68%) Network Security
7 46 (3.59%) Skype
8 42 (3.28%) Kerberos
9 37 (2.89%) LAN
10 34 (2.65%) WAN
11 31 (2.42%) VLAN
12 28 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (1.80%) SMTP
14 22 (1.72%) Unified Communications
15 20 (1.56%) HTTP
16 18 (1.41%) DKIM
16 18 (1.41%) DMARC
16 18 (1.41%) Software-Defined Networking
17 16 (1.25%) SAN
17 16 (1.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.28%) Power BI
3 30 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
5 21 (1.64%) Metadata
6 17 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (1.09%) Data Lake
8 13 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (0.86%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.55%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.47%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.47%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.39%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.31%) MySQL
13 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 80 (6.25%) JIRA
2 77 (6.01%) Jenkins
3 74 (5.78%) Git
4 69 (5.39%) GitLab
5 19 (1.48%) MSI
6 17 (1.33%) Artifactory
7 12 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (0.78%) InstallShield
8 10 (0.78%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.70%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.70%) Burp Suite
10 8 (0.62%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.62%) Vagrant
11 7 (0.55%) Postman
11 7 (0.55%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.47%) AdminStudio
13 5 (0.39%) Gradle
13 5 (0.39%) MSTest
13 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.39%) Spinnaker
General
1 475 (37.08%) Social Skills
2 219 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
3 172 (13.43%) Finance
4 124 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 83 (6.48%) Documentation Skills
6 60 (4.68%) Banking
7 53 (4.14%) Legal
8 17 (1.33%) Investment Banking
8 17 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (1.25%) Front Office
9 16 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.09%) Military
11 12 (0.94%) Retail
12 10 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.70%) Marketing
13 9 (0.70%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.62%) Electronics
14 8 (0.62%) Law
15 7 (0.55%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 169 (13.19%) Architect
2 110 (8.59%) Senior
3 88 (6.87%) DevOps Engineer
4 77 (6.01%) Azure Engineer
5 69 (5.39%) Platform Engineer
6 65 (5.07%) Analyst
6 65 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 65 (5.07%) Security Engineer
7 62 (4.84%) Consultant
8 59 (4.61%) Support Engineer
9 56 (4.37%) Developer
10 39 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
10 39 (3.04%) Microsoft Engineer
11 37 (2.89%) CyberArk Architect
12 33 (2.58%) Lead
13 31 (2.42%) SIEM Engineer
14 28 (2.19%) Windows Engineer
15 26 (2.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 26 (2.03%) Support Analyst
16 24 (1.87%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.18%) REST
2 123 (9.60%) LDAP
3 65 (5.07%) OAuth
4 63 (4.92%) Microsoft Graph
4 63 (4.92%) SAML
5 60 (4.68%) JSON
6 51 (3.98%) SOAP
7 40 (3.12%) OpenID
8 34 (2.65%) .NET
8 34 (2.65%) ARM Templates
9 31 (2.42%) SailPoint
10 29 (2.26%) OAuth2
11 22 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
11 22 (1.72%) XML
12 21 (1.64%) Middleware
13 19 (1.48%) YAML
14 18 (1.41%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.25%) HTML
15 16 (1.25%) Node.js
16 15 (1.17%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 78 (6.09%) Replication
2 73 (5.70%) Security Posture
3 70 (5.46%) Onboarding
4 66 (5.15%) PKI
5 63 (4.92%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (3.75%) Data Centre
7 43 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 39 (3.04%) Cloud Native
9 32 (2.50%) Management Information System
9 32 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (2.34%) Clustering
11 25 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.72%) Product Ownership
13 19 (1.48%) Private Cloud
14 18 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
16 15 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
17 14 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
18 13 (1.01%) Operational Technology
18 13 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 499 (38.95%) Windows
2 242 (18.89%) Linux
3 200 (15.61%) Windows Server
4 84 (6.56%) Windows 10
5 32 (2.50%) Mac OS
5 32 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 27 (2.11%) Unix
7 21 (1.64%) Android
7 21 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (1.56%) VMS
9 18 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (1.01%) Ubuntu
10 13 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.86%) Apple iOS
12 10 (0.78%) Solaris
12 10 (0.78%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.70%) Kali Linux
14 8 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
15 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
16 5 (0.39%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (25.06%) DevOps
2 320 (24.98%) Problem-Solving
3 265 (20.69%) CI/CD
4 209 (16.32%) Agile
5 198 (15.46%) Infrastructure as Code
6 180 (14.05%) SIEM
7 152 (11.87%) ITIL
7 152 (11.87%) Migration
8 147 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
9 139 (10.85%) Task Automation
10 131 (10.23%) ITSM
11 124 (9.68%) RBAC
12 123 (9.60%) Identity Access Management
13 116 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 102 (7.96%) Incident Response
15 101 (7.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 101 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 100 (7.81%) Change Management
17 99 (7.73%) Analytics
18 93 (7.26%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 546 (42.62%) Python
2 234 (18.27%) Bash
3 154 (12.02%) SQL
4 84 (6.56%) C#
5 76 (5.93%) JavaScript
6 74 (5.78%) Kusto Query Language
7 54 (4.22%) Java
8 40 (3.12%) Bicep
9 35 (2.73%) Perl
10 27 (2.11%) VBScript
11 17 (1.33%) Go
12 14 (1.09%) BeanShell
12 14 (1.09%) Groovy
13 13 (1.01%) VB
14 12 (0.94%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.62%) PHP
15 8 (0.62%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.39%) Search Processing Language
16 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 541 (42.23%) Security Cleared
2 426 (33.26%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.37%) Degree
4 116 (9.06%) DV Cleared
5 105 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (6.09%) CISSP
7 52 (4.06%) Azure Certification
8 43 (3.36%) CISM
9 41 (3.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
11 28 (2.19%) CEH
11 28 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (2.03%) MCSE
13 24 (1.87%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.80%) CCNA
14 23 (1.80%) MCSA
15 21 (1.64%) CCNP
16 20 (1.56%) GIAC
17 18 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
18 13 (1.01%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (9.52%) GDPR
2 115 (8.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (5.54%) NIST
4 28 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 21 (1.64%) QA
6 15 (1.17%) MiFID
6 15 (1.17%) SLA
7 14 (1.09%) SOC 2
8 12 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.94%) HIPAA
9 11 (0.86%) FINRA
10 10 (0.78%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.62%) NCSC
12 7 (0.55%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.39%) PSD2
14 3 (0.23%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 483 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 143 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 127 (9.91%) Docker
4 50 (3.90%) Hyper-V
5 43 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 40 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
7 32 (2.50%) vSphere
8 21 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.33%) BitLocker
10 16 (1.25%) Microsoft App-V
11 12 (0.94%) KVM
11 12 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
12 11 (0.86%) Squid
13 8 (0.62%) DFS Replication
14 6 (0.47%) Dovecot
14 6 (0.47%) Firmware
14 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.47%) Postfix
14 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.39%) NFS
Systems Management
1 247 (19.28%) Terraform
2 131 (10.23%) Ansible
2 131 (10.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 120 (9.37%) Kubernetes
4 119 (9.29%) SCCM
5 85 (6.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 67 (5.23%) Single Sign-On
7 40 (3.12%) SCOM
8 38 (2.97%) Grafana
9 37 (2.89%) vCenter Server
10 36 (2.81%) Prometheus
11 27 (2.11%) vRealize
12 22 (1.72%) Kibana
13 21 (1.64%) HP SiteScope
14 15 (1.17%) Nessus
14 15 (1.17%) Proxmox
14 15 (1.17%) WSUS
15 11 (0.86%) ITRS Geneos
15 11 (0.86%) NetBackup
16 10 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 594 (46.37%) Microsoft
2 195 (15.22%) VMware
3 104 (8.12%) CyberArk
4 84 (6.56%) Splunk
5 72 (5.62%) BeyondTrust
6 68 (5.31%) ServiceNow
7 61 (4.76%) Citrix
8 56 (4.37%) Cisco
9 44 (3.43%) Google
10 38 (2.97%) Oracle
11 34 (2.65%) Centrify
11 34 (2.65%) Red Hat
12 31 (2.42%) Okta
13 30 (2.34%) Veeam
14 24 (1.87%) Atlassian
15 23 (1.80%) Databricks
15 23 (1.80%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.64%) Remedy
17 19 (1.48%) Tanium
18 17 (1.33%) Zscaler