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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 54 64
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 -4
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,307 969 1,195
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.34% 3.97% 3.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.99% 11.75% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 668 857
10th Percentile £340 £350 £350
25th Percentile £424 £439 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -3.62% -0.91%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 12 26
10th Percentile £39.27 £17.00 £27.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £19.43 £37.63
Median hourly rate £67.70 £41.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.16% +4.38% -33.11%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.87 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.45 £188.30 £58.94
UK median hourly rate £67.70 £24.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +174.53% -38.35% -30.23%

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 10,900 8,250 10,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 27.89% 33.83% 28.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,265 5,680 7,805
10th Percentile £352 £361 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.42% -5.61%
75th Percentile £610 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 212 426
10th Percentile £41.94 £25.31 £35.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £39.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £60.32
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +4.03% -3.49%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -24 536 £550 +4.76% 122
South East -5 246 £503 -12.61% 101
North of England 0 231 £500 +6.38% 74
North West +17 135 £513 +10.22% 39
South West -5 133 £525 -10.26% 51
Yorkshire -26 91 £460 -5.64% 23
Midlands -60 83 £456 -8.75% 37
West Midlands -59 63 £480 -4.00% 20
East of England -2 44 £507 -4.34% 36
East Midlands -31 19 £418 -7.22% 17
North East -13 10 £550 +18.28% 12
South Coast - 1 £625 -
PowerShell
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
1 168 (12.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 130 (9.95%) SharePoint
3 54 (4.13%) Confluence
4 17 (1.30%) Skype for Business
5 15 (1.15%) IIS
6 9 (0.69%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
10 1 (0.077%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.61%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.077%) Actimize
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.077%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 656 (50.19%) Azure
2 291 (22.26%) Entra ID
3 254 (19.43%) Microsoft 365
4 233 (17.83%) AWS
5 137 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
6 131 (10.02%) GCP
7 120 (9.18%) GitHub
8 86 (6.58%) Power Platform
9 83 (6.35%) GitHub Actions
10 79 (6.04%) OneDrive
11 75 (5.74%) Azure Monitor
12 64 (4.90%) IaaS
13 60 (4.59%) PaaS
14 57 (4.36%) Microsoft Purview
15 45 (3.44%) Azure AKS
16 42 (3.21%) Serverless
17 41 (3.14%) Azure Key Vault
17 41 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
17 41 (3.14%) SaaS
18 35 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 197 (15.07%) DNS
2 167 (12.78%) Firewall
3 120 (9.18%) DHCP
4 86 (6.58%) VPN
5 61 (4.67%) Network Security
6 57 (4.36%) TCP/IP
7 42 (3.21%) LAN
8 41 (3.14%) WAN
9 39 (2.98%) Kerberos
10 35 (2.68%) VLAN
11 34 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (1.53%) Skype
12 20 (1.53%) SMTP
13 19 (1.45%) SAN
14 16 (1.22%) DKIM
14 16 (1.22%) DMARC
14 16 (1.22%) Software-Defined Networking
14 16 (1.22%) SSL
15 15 (1.15%) SNMP
16 13 (0.99%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (8.03%) SQL Server
2 50 (3.83%) Power BI
3 35 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (1.45%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.45%) Metadata
6 13 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.77%) Delta Lake
9 9 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.69%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.69%) MySQL
9 9 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.61%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.54%) DB2
11 7 (0.54%) Spark SQL
11 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (0.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 80 (6.12%) Git
2 75 (5.74%) JIRA
3 73 (5.59%) Jenkins
4 66 (5.05%) GitLab
5 15 (1.15%) MSI
6 12 (0.92%) Artifactory
7 9 (0.69%) InstallShield
7 9 (0.69%) Selenium
7 9 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (0.61%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.54%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.38%) AdminStudio
11 5 (0.38%) Appium
12 4 (0.31%) JUnit
12 4 (0.31%) MSTest
12 4 (0.31%) Postman
12 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.23%) Jaeger
General
1 388 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 198 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 135 (10.33%) Finance
4 113 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 94 (7.19%) Documentation Skills
6 61 (4.67%) Banking
7 58 (4.44%) Legal
8 19 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.30%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.15%) Front Office
11 14 (1.07%) Retail
12 12 (0.92%) Military
13 10 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.69%) Publishing
15 8 (0.61%) Law
16 7 (0.54%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.38%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.38%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 179 (13.70%) Architect
2 128 (9.79%) Senior
3 99 (7.57%) Azure Engineer
4 90 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 75 (5.74%) DevOps Engineer
6 68 (5.20%) Security Engineer
7 63 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
8 58 (4.44%) Platform Engineer
9 57 (4.36%) Support Engineer
10 49 (3.75%) Consultant
11 47 (3.60%) Developer
12 45 (3.44%) Analyst
13 37 (2.83%) CyberArk Architect
13 37 (2.83%) Lead
14 32 (2.45%) Microsoft Engineer
15 30 (2.30%) SIEM Engineer
16 29 (2.22%) Administrator
16 29 (2.22%) IT Engineer
17 26 (1.99%) Software Engineer
17 26 (1.99%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (13.54%) REST
2 119 (9.10%) LDAP
3 78 (5.97%) Microsoft Graph
4 61 (4.67%) SOAP
5 58 (4.44%) JSON
6 56 (4.28%) .NET
7 54 (4.13%) OAuth
8 50 (3.83%) SAML
9 39 (2.98%) ARM Templates
10 30 (2.30%) OpenID
11 28 (2.14%) .NET Framework
11 28 (2.14%) YAML
12 27 (2.07%) SailPoint
13 23 (1.76%) OAuth2
14 20 (1.53%) Web Services
15 16 (1.22%) Kafka
16 14 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
16 14 (1.07%) Middleware
17 13 (0.99%) Node.js
18 12 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.27%) Replication
2 78 (5.97%) Security Posture
3 77 (5.89%) Onboarding
4 75 (5.74%) PKI
5 64 (4.90%) Enterprise Software
6 52 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 48 (3.67%) Clustering
8 45 (3.44%) Data Centre
9 42 (3.21%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
11 34 (2.60%) Product Ownership
12 31 (2.37%) Management Information System
13 23 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (1.38%) Enterprise Storage
17 17 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
17 17 (1.30%) Private Cloud
18 13 (0.99%) BYOD
19 12 (0.92%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 546 (41.78%) Windows
2 232 (17.75%) Linux
3 231 (17.67%) Windows Server
4 65 (4.97%) Windows 10
5 48 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 31 (2.37%) Unix
7 28 (2.14%) Mac OS
8 21 (1.61%) AIX
9 20 (1.53%) Android
10 19 (1.45%) VMS
11 18 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 17 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 17 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (0.99%) Apple iOS
13 13 (0.99%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.77%) Windows 7
15 8 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
16 7 (0.54%) CentOS
17 3 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
17 3 (0.23%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (24.71%) DevOps
2 309 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
3 274 (20.96%) CI/CD
4 212 (16.22%) Agile
5 211 (16.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 180 (13.77%) SIEM
7 160 (12.24%) Migration
8 141 (10.79%) ITIL
9 140 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 140 (10.71%) Task Automation
10 134 (10.25%) Cybersecurity
11 125 (9.56%) ITSM
12 121 (9.26%) Identity Access Management
13 119 (9.10%) Continuous Improvement
14 117 (8.95%) Disaster Recovery
14 117 (8.95%) RBAC
15 114 (8.72%) Analytics
16 108 (8.26%) Incident Response
17 105 (8.03%) High Availability
18 102 (7.80%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 558 (42.69%) Python
2 242 (18.52%) Bash
3 170 (13.01%) SQL
4 99 (7.57%) C#
5 73 (5.59%) Kusto Query Language
6 68 (5.20%) JavaScript
7 62 (4.74%) Bicep
8 42 (3.21%) Java
9 29 (2.22%) Perl
10 22 (1.68%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.61%) VBScript
12 14 (1.07%) Go
13 12 (0.92%) VB
14 11 (0.84%) Search Processing Language
14 11 (0.84%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.69%) BeanShell
16 7 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.54%) PHP
17 6 (0.46%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 554 (42.39%) Security Cleared
2 435 (33.28%) SC Cleared
3 117 (8.95%) Degree
4 113 (8.65%) DV Cleared
5 99 (7.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (5.97%) CISSP
7 68 (5.20%) Azure Certification
8 45 (3.44%) CISM
9 41 (3.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 23 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.76%) MCSE
11 21 (1.61%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.61%) MCSA
12 20 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.53%) CEH
13 17 (1.30%) CCNA
14 16 (1.22%) GIAC
15 14 (1.07%) CCNP
16 13 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (8.19%) GDPR
2 106 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 86 (6.58%) NIST
4 32 (2.45%) QA
5 26 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 20 (1.53%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.22%) SLA
9 12 (0.92%) HIPAA
9 12 (0.92%) MiFID
10 11 (0.84%) FINRA
10 11 (0.84%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.77%) NCSC
12 9 (0.69%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.31%) GRC
14 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.15%) GxP
15 2 (0.15%) ISA99
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 454 (34.74%) Active Directory
2 146 (11.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (8.88%) Docker
4 72 (5.51%) Hyper-V
5 58 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
6 47 (3.60%) vSphere
7 38 (2.91%) VMware ESXi
8 30 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (1.91%) BitLocker
10 18 (1.38%) Firmware
11 17 (1.30%) KVM
12 14 (1.07%) Microsoft App-V
13 13 (0.99%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.23%) Squid
16 2 (0.15%) NFS
16 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.15%) Sendmail
16 2 (0.15%) UAG
16 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 272 (20.81%) Terraform
2 146 (11.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 145 (11.09%) Ansible
4 143 (10.94%) Kubernetes
5 95 (7.27%) SCCM
6 78 (5.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 58 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
8 51 (3.90%) vCenter Server
9 38 (2.91%) Grafana
10 33 (2.52%) Prometheus
11 20 (1.53%) vRealize
12 19 (1.45%) Puppet
12 19 (1.45%) SCOM
13 17 (1.30%) Nagios
13 17 (1.30%) Progress Chef
14 15 (1.15%) PowerCLI
15 14 (1.07%) Kibana
15 14 (1.07%) WSUS
16 13 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
17 12 (0.92%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 595 (45.52%) Microsoft
2 197 (15.07%) VMware
3 100 (7.65%) CyberArk
4 79 (6.04%) BeyondTrust
5 71 (5.43%) ServiceNow
6 68 (5.20%) Citrix
7 62 (4.74%) Splunk
8 50 (3.83%) Cisco
9 44 (3.37%) Oracle
9 44 (3.37%) Red Hat
10 40 (3.06%) Google
11 36 (2.75%) Centrify
12 32 (2.45%) Databricks
13 31 (2.37%) SolarWinds
14 24 (1.84%) Okta
14 24 (1.84%) Veeam
15 23 (1.76%) Atlassian
16 22 (1.68%) IBM
17 21 (1.61%) BMC
18 18 (1.38%) Qualys