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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 58 54
Rank change year-on-year -25 -4 +11
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,271 985 1,355
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.93% 3.93% 3.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.96% 11.61% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 657 972
10th Percentile £327 £327 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 8 28
10th Percentile £19.08 £25.95 £32.05
25th Percentile £27.97 £41.56 £40.00
Median hourly rate £53.75 £64.25 £42.05
Median % change year-on-year -16.34% +52.81% -29.93%
75th Percentile £67.84 £112.22 £60.87
90th Percentile £74.26 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £59.00 £42.05
% change year-on-year -11.02% +40.33% -30.73%

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 11,596 8,484 11,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.69% 33.88% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,566 5,895 8,143
10th Percentile £360 £356 £350
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £726 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 521 200 497
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.16 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £35.75 £49.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 24 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 24 June 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 24 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 -21 552 £550 +7.32% 102
North of England +3 261 £460 -0.54% 62
South East -12 254 £525 -8.70% 123
North West +5 145 £452 -0.50% 40
Yorkshire -3 116 £500 - 14
South West -21 95 £445 -24.09% 24
Midlands -67 64 £500 +8.70% 31
West Midlands -74 48 £500 +8.70% 15
East of England -51 32 £507 -7.82% 28
East Midlands -18 15 £469 -6.25% 16
North East -34 2 £275 -21.43% 11
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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
1 150 (11.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 139 (10.94%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.30%) 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%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.079%) CMS
11 1 (0.079%) MTS
11 1 (0.079%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 34 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) 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
2 317 (24.94%) Entra ID
3 262 (20.61%) AWS
4 238 (18.73%) Microsoft 365
5 141 (11.09%) GitHub
6 135 (10.62%) Azure DevOps
7 132 (10.39%) GCP
8 112 (8.81%) Power Platform
9 96 (7.55%) GitHub Actions
10 91 (7.16%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.14%) Azure Monitor
12 63 (4.96%) Microsoft Purview
13 56 (4.41%) PaaS
14 55 (4.33%) Microsoft Copilot
15 53 (4.17%) Azure AKS
16 44 (3.46%) SaaS
17 43 (3.38%) IaaS
18 40 (3.15%) Power Automate
19 37 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
19 37 (2.91%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 169 (13.30%) DNS
2 135 (10.62%) Firewall
3 98 (7.71%) DHCP
4 74 (5.82%) VPN
5 49 (3.86%) WAN
6 45 (3.54%) Network Security
6 45 (3.54%) TCP/IP
7 39 (3.07%) Kerberos
8 35 (2.75%) LAN
9 25 (1.97%) SAN
9 25 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (1.65%) VLAN
11 17 (1.34%) SNMP
11 17 (1.34%) SSL
12 16 (1.26%) NAS
13 15 (1.18%) Skype
13 15 (1.18%) SMTP
14 14 (1.10%) SD-WAN
14 14 (1.10%) Unified Communications
15 13 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 70 (5.51%) Power BI
3 40 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.10%) MySQL
9 13 (1.02%) Data Lake
9 13 (1.02%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.02%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.87%) Metadata
11 11 (0.87%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.71%) Db2
14 8 (0.63%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (0.63%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.55%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 91 (7.16%) Jenkins
2 78 (6.14%) Git
3 59 (4.64%) JIRA
4 49 (3.86%) GitLab
5 21 (1.65%) 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
9 6 (0.47%) JMeter
9 6 (0.47%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.39%) Appium
10 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.31%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.31%) Jaeger
11 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 307 (24.15%) Social Skills
2 198 (15.58%) Finance
3 155 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.71%) Public Sector
5 76 (5.98%) Documentation Skills
6 71 (5.59%) Banking
7 41 (3.23%) Legal
8 24 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 23 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.49%) Front Office
11 13 (1.02%) Financial Institution
12 12 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (0.87%) Military
14 10 (0.79%) Law
15 9 (0.71%) Retail
16 6 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.39%) Back Office
17 5 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (0.31%) Marketing
18 4 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 126 (9.91%) Senior
2 122 (9.60%) Architect
3 109 (8.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 101 (7.95%) Cloud Engineer
5 97 (7.63%) Azure Engineer
6 78 (6.14%) Security Engineer
7 65 (5.11%) Support Engineer
8 63 (4.96%) DevOps Engineer
9 53 (4.17%) Developer
10 46 (3.62%) Analyst
11 43 (3.38%) Consultant
12 30 (2.36%) Lead
12 30 (2.36%) Platform Engineer
13 29 (2.28%) Administrator
13 29 (2.28%) Desktop Engineer
13 29 (2.28%) PowerShell Engineer
14 28 (2.20%) IT Engineer
14 28 (2.20%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 28 (2.20%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 26 (2.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (9.44%) REST
2 96 (7.55%) LDAP
3 88 (6.92%) Microsoft Graph
4 58 (4.56%) OAuth
5 53 (4.17%) .NET
6 46 (3.62%) JSON
6 46 (3.62%) SAML
7 40 (3.15%) SailPoint
8 36 (2.83%) YAML
9 34 (2.68%) ARM Templates
10 33 (2.60%) SOAP
11 31 (2.44%) OpenID
12 30 (2.36%) Web Services
13 28 (2.20%) OAuth2
14 23 (1.81%) .NET Framework
15 20 (1.57%) Kafka
16 16 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
17 14 (1.10%) React
17 14 (1.10%) XML
18 11 (0.87%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.87%) Onboarding
2 78 (6.14%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.90%) Replication
3 75 (5.90%) Security Posture
4 55 (4.33%) PKI
5 54 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (4.01%) Clustering
7 49 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 41 (3.23%) Management Information System
9 39 (3.07%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
11 22 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.65%) Product Ownership
13 20 (1.57%) Public Cloud
14 19 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
15 18 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
16 15 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
16 15 (1.18%) Data Structures
17 14 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 553 (43.51%) Windows
2 255 (20.06%) Linux
3 221 (17.39%) Windows Server
4 56 (4.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 55 (4.33%) Windows 10
6 45 (3.54%) Unix
7 26 (2.05%) AIX
8 25 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (1.49%) Mac OS
10 18 (1.42%) Ubuntu
11 17 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
12 16 (1.26%) Apple iOS
12 16 (1.26%) VMS
13 13 (1.02%) Android
13 13 (1.02%) Windows 7
13 13 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
14 8 (0.63%) CentOS
15 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
16 4 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (25.89%) DevOps
2 314 (24.70%) CI/CD
3 265 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
4 249 (19.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 166 (13.06%) Migration
6 163 (12.82%) Agile
7 161 (12.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 144 (11.33%) ITIL
9 139 (10.94%) Runbook
10 134 (10.54%) SIEM
11 126 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 125 (9.83%) High Availability
13 123 (9.68%) ITSM
14 122 (9.60%) Identity Access Management
15 120 (9.44%) Disaster Recovery
16 119 (9.36%) Observability
17 117 (9.21%) Task Automation
18 114 (8.97%) Root Cause Analysis
19 111 (8.73%) Analytics
20 110 (8.65%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 561 (44.14%) Python
2 258 (20.30%) Bash
3 218 (17.15%) SQL
4 88 (6.92%) C#
5 75 (5.90%) Bicep
6 59 (4.64%) JavaScript
7 47 (3.70%) Java
8 45 (3.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.05%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.89%) VBScript
11 19 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 18 (1.42%) Perl
12 18 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
13 15 (1.18%) Groovy
14 13 (1.02%) VB
15 12 (0.94%) C++
16 11 (0.87%) BeanShell
16 11 (0.87%) Go
16 11 (0.87%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 454 (35.72%) Security Cleared
2 337 (26.51%) SC Cleared
3 127 (9.99%) Degree
4 108 (8.50%) DV Cleared
5 94 (7.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (6.22%) Azure Certification
7 75 (5.90%) CISSP
8 44 (3.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 36 (2.83%) AWS Certification
10 34 (2.68%) MCSE
11 33 (2.60%) CISM
12 30 (2.36%) MCSA
13 22 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
15 17 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
16 16 (1.26%) VCAP
17 12 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
18 8 (0.63%) CCNA
18 8 (0.63%) CCNP
18 8 (0.63%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (6.85%) NIST
3 75 (5.90%) GDPR
4 29 (2.28%) Data Quality
5 26 (2.05%) QA
6 24 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (1.57%) SLA
8 16 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.18%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.87%) FINRA
10 11 (0.87%) MiFID
10 11 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.63%) NCSC
13 5 (0.39%) GRC
14 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
16 2 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 419 (32.97%) Active Directory
2 141 (11.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (9.05%) Docker
4 74 (5.82%) Virtual Machines
5 60 (4.72%) Hyper-V
6 57 (4.48%) VMware ESXi
7 55 (4.33%) vSphere
8 43 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (2.36%) BitLocker
10 25 (1.97%) VMware NSX
11 21 (1.65%) Microsoft App-V
12 20 (1.57%) Firmware
13 18 (1.42%) KVM
14 12 (0.94%) vCloud
15 5 (0.39%) Squid
16 4 (0.31%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
17 3 (0.24%) Postfix
17 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 308 (24.23%) Terraform
2 174 (13.69%) Ansible
3 161 (12.67%) Kubernetes
4 155 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 83 (6.53%) SCCM
6 63 (4.96%) vCenter Server
7 54 (4.25%) Grafana
8 53 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 44 (3.46%) Prometheus
10 42 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
11 31 (2.44%) Progress Chef
12 29 (2.28%) Puppet
13 23 (1.81%) SCOM
14 20 (1.57%) Nagios
14 20 (1.57%) 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
1 605 (47.60%) Microsoft
2 183 (14.40%) VMware
3 101 (7.95%) ServiceNow
4 81 (6.37%) CyberArk
5 71 (5.59%) Google
6 70 (5.51%) Splunk
7 63 (4.96%) Oracle
8 59 (4.64%) BeyondTrust
9 53 (4.17%) Cisco
10 50 (3.93%) Citrix
11 44 (3.46%) Red Hat
12 36 (2.83%) SolarWinds
13 33 (2.60%) BMC
14 30 (2.36%) IBM
15 28 (2.20%) Remedy
16 27 (2.12%) Okta
17 25 (1.97%) Databricks
18 24 (1.89%) HP
19 22 (1.73%) Dynatrace
20 20 (1.57%) Bloomberg