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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 68 60
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 -3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,460 1,019 1,149
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.17% 3.65% 3.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.23% 11.12% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 638 791
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -4.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £588 £619
90th Percentile £713 £670 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% -2.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 15 19
10th Percentile £31.42 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £48.00 £45.38 £46.88
Median hourly rate £63.48 £63.00 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% +7.71% -2.52%
75th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £74.22
90th Percentile £92.11 £81.00 £82.40
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £63.93
% change year-on-year -0.57% -0.68% +6.37%

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 11,937 9,166 10,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 25.89% 32.82% 32.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,721 6,146 7,060
10th Percentile £363 £345 £355
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £543
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -5.07% -1.36%
75th Percentile £636 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 508 269 301
10th Percentile £26.51 £31.25 £30.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £48.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.13 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £78.75 £79.17
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +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 5 October 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

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 5 October 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 5 October 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 -18 635 £550 +7.84% 517
South East -7 315 £538 +2.38% 222
North of England +40 281 £479 +12.59% 187
North West +42 169 £463 +5.83% 102
South West -17 106 £650 +27.08% 95
Yorkshire +20 95 £519 +23.94% 58
Midlands -79 57 £500 +5.26% 98
East of England -41 49 £507 -7.82% 72
West Midlands -80 42 £510 +7.37% 54
North East -26 18 £500 - 29
East Midlands -17 15 £475 +3.83% 44
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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
1 121 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 117 (8.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (3.42%) Confluence
4 25 (1.71%) IIS
5 24 (1.64%) Apache
6 21 (1.44%) Skype for Business
7 16 (1.10%) Apache Spark
8 15 (1.03%) nginx
9 8 (0.55%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
11 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.21%) CMS
12 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.14%) Apache Superset
13 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
14 1 (0.068%) Camunda
14 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 27 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.068%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 42 (2.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.55%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.34%) Front Arena
3 5 (0.34%) Summit
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.068%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.068%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.068%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.068%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.068%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.068%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.068%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.068%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 816 (55.89%) Azure
2 401 (27.47%) Entra ID
3 322 (22.05%) AWS
4 242 (16.58%) Microsoft 365
5 215 (14.73%) Azure DevOps
6 180 (12.33%) GitHub
7 151 (10.34%) GCP
8 122 (8.36%) Power Platform
9 121 (8.29%) Azure Monitor
10 105 (7.19%) GitHub Actions
11 83 (5.68%) Azure AKS
12 66 (4.52%) SaaS
13 62 (4.25%) Azure Sentinel
14 60 (4.11%) OneDrive
15 59 (4.04%) IaaS
16 51 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
17 48 (3.29%) Microsoft Copilot
18 47 (3.22%) Microsoft Purview
19 46 (3.15%) PaaS
20 44 (3.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 236 (16.16%) DNS
2 212 (14.52%) Firewall
3 142 (9.73%) DHCP
4 107 (7.33%) TCP/IP
5 103 (7.05%) VPN
6 86 (5.89%) Network Security
7 36 (2.47%) WAN
8 34 (2.33%) SAN
8 34 (2.33%) VLAN
9 26 (1.78%) SSL
10 24 (1.64%) Skype
10 24 (1.64%) SSH
11 22 (1.51%) VSAN
12 19 (1.30%) LAN
13 17 (1.16%) NAS
13 17 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (1.10%) Kerberos
14 16 (1.10%) SD-WAN
15 13 (0.89%) HTTP
15 13 (0.89%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (11.71%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.68%) Power BI
3 33 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 22 (1.51%) Big Data
8 21 (1.44%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.30%) Metadata
9 19 (1.30%) MySQL
10 17 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.03%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.03%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (0.96%) NoSQL
13 13 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.62%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
15 8 (0.55%) Apache Hive
16 7 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 118 (8.08%) Jenkins
2 117 (8.01%) Git
3 79 (5.41%) GitLab
4 73 (5.00%) JIRA
5 34 (2.33%) MSI
6 14 (0.96%) Artifactory
6 14 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
8 12 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 10 (0.68%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.62%) Claude Code
11 8 (0.55%) Postman
11 8 (0.55%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.48%) Snyk
13 6 (0.41%) JMeter
14 5 (0.34%) AdminStudio
14 5 (0.34%) InstallShield
14 5 (0.34%) MSBuild
14 5 (0.34%) Selenium
15 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 373 (25.55%) Social Skills
2 276 (18.90%) Finance
3 199 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.60%) Public Sector
5 91 (6.23%) Banking
6 79 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (1.99%) Legal
8 24 (1.64%) Military
9 22 (1.51%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.30%) Financial Institution
11 18 (1.23%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.10%) Law
13 14 (0.96%) Front Office
14 11 (0.75%) Back Office
14 11 (0.75%) Manufacturing
14 11 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (0.62%) Local Government
16 8 (0.55%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 161 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 157 (10.75%) Cloud Engineer
3 148 (10.14%) Senior
4 143 (9.79%) Azure Engineer
5 116 (7.95%) DevOps Engineer
6 93 (6.37%) Support Engineer
7 90 (6.16%) Security Engineer
8 87 (5.96%) Architect
9 67 (4.59%) Platform Engineer
10 63 (4.32%) Lead
11 50 (3.42%) Analyst
11 50 (3.42%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 48 (3.29%) Developer
13 46 (3.15%) Consultant
14 45 (3.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 39 (2.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
16 38 (2.60%) Automation Engineer
17 37 (2.53%) DBA
18 35 (2.40%) IT Engineer
19 32 (2.19%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 480 (32.88%) Terraform
2 129 (8.84%) REST
3 86 (5.89%) ARM Templates
4 69 (4.73%) OAuth
5 63 (4.32%) JSON
5 63 (4.32%) LDAP
6 59 (4.04%) .NET
7 55 (3.77%) SAML
8 52 (3.56%) OpenID
8 52 (3.56%) YAML
9 49 (3.36%) Microsoft Graph
10 42 (2.88%) OAuth2
11 40 (2.74%) SailPoint
12 27 (1.85%) Kafka
13 26 (1.78%) Web Services
14 25 (1.71%) React
15 19 (1.30%) Middleware
16 16 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
16 16 (1.10%) Software Packaging
17 15 (1.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.66%) Onboarding
2 98 (6.71%) Cloud Native
3 82 (5.62%) Security Posture
4 80 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
4 80 (5.48%) PKI
5 68 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 65 (4.45%) Data Centre
7 64 (4.38%) Management Information System
8 62 (4.25%) Replication
9 54 (3.70%) Clustering
10 33 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
11 30 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.92%) CMDB
13 27 (1.85%) Public Cloud
14 25 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
15 23 (1.58%) Product Ownership
16 22 (1.51%) Data Structures
16 22 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
17 20 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
18 17 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 710 (48.63%) Windows
2 379 (25.96%) Linux
3 314 (21.51%) Windows Server
4 93 (6.37%) Windows 10
5 89 (6.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 47 (3.22%) Unix
7 36 (2.47%) Ubuntu
8 31 (2.12%) CentOS
9 30 (2.05%) Apple iOS
10 26 (1.78%) Mac OS
11 23 (1.58%) Windows 7
11 23 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
12 21 (1.44%) Android
13 18 (1.23%) VMS
14 15 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
15 12 (0.82%) Rocky
16 9 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
16 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
17 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
18 7 (0.48%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (30.55%) DevOps
2 443 (30.34%) CI/CD
3 433 (29.66%) Infrastructure as Code
4 300 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
5 247 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 225 (15.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 212 (14.52%) ITIL
8 203 (13.90%) Runbook
9 195 (13.36%) Agile
10 189 (12.95%) Migration
11 185 (12.67%) ITSM
12 178 (12.19%) Cybersecurity
13 168 (11.51%) AI
14 159 (10.89%) Analytics
15 153 (10.48%) Identity Access Management
16 151 (10.34%) Cloud Security
16 151 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
17 147 (10.07%) Disaster Recovery
17 147 (10.07%) SIEM
18 146 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 686 (46.99%) Python
2 390 (26.71%) Bash
3 230 (15.75%) SQL
4 161 (11.03%) Bicep
5 94 (6.44%) Java
6 77 (5.27%) C#
7 63 (4.32%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 27 (1.85%) VBScript
9 23 (1.58%) Perl
9 23 (1.58%) T-SQL
9 23 (1.58%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.51%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.44%) Groovy
12 17 (1.16%) VB
13 16 (1.10%) Go
14 15 (1.03%) Search Processing Language
15 14 (0.96%) Korn
16 13 (0.89%) BeanShell
17 11 (0.75%) C++
Qualifications
1 537 (36.78%) Security Cleared
2 373 (25.55%) SC Cleared
3 182 (12.47%) DV Cleared
4 168 (11.51%) Degree
5 124 (8.49%) Azure Certification
6 107 (7.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (5.82%) CISSP
8 63 (4.32%) AWS Certification
9 33 (2.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 28 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
13 26 (1.78%) MCSE
14 25 (1.71%) CISM
15 22 (1.51%) VCAP
16 19 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 15 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
18 15 (1.03%) MCSA
19 13 (0.89%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 103 (7.05%) NIST
3 35 (2.40%) QA
4 34 (2.33%) SLA
5 32 (2.19%) GDPR
6 29 (1.99%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (0.96%) NCSC
11 13 (0.89%) SOC 2
12 8 (0.55%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.41%) GxP
14 4 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 3 (0.21%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
15 3 (0.21%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 498 (34.11%) Active Directory
2 192 (13.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 180 (12.33%) Docker
4 98 (6.71%) Virtual Machines
5 81 (5.55%) Hyper-V
6 63 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
7 62 (4.25%) vSphere
8 61 (4.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 47 (3.22%) VMware NSX
10 28 (1.92%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.64%) vCloud
12 17 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
13 11 (0.75%) Firmware
14 10 (0.68%) NFS
14 10 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.34%) Squid
16 4 (0.27%) Dovecot
16 4 (0.27%) Postfix
16 4 (0.27%) Terminal Services
17 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 273 (18.70%) Kubernetes
2 269 (18.42%) Ansible
3 206 (14.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 131 (8.97%) SCCM
5 78 (5.34%) Grafana
6 63 (4.32%) vCenter Server
7 62 (4.25%) Prometheus
7 62 (4.25%) SCOM
8 51 (3.49%) Progress Chef
9 41 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
10 34 (2.33%) Puppet
11 23 (1.58%) Packer
12 21 (1.44%) WMI
13 17 (1.16%) NetBackup
14 14 (0.96%) VxRail
15 12 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
17 10 (0.68%) Nagios
17 10 (0.68%) vRealize
18 9 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 734 (50.27%) Microsoft
2 250 (17.12%) VMware
3 147 (10.07%) ServiceNow
4 107 (7.33%) CyberArk
5 95 (6.51%) Google
6 91 (6.23%) Splunk
7 69 (4.73%) Oracle
8 59 (4.04%) BeyondTrust
9 56 (3.84%) Cisco
10 53 (3.63%) Red Hat
11 46 (3.15%) Remedy
12 43 (2.95%) Citrix
13 42 (2.88%) Databricks
14 40 (2.74%) BMC
15 30 (2.05%) Dynatrace
16 28 (1.92%) SolarWinds
17 24 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
17 24 (1.64%) Qualys
18 23 (1.58%) Okta
18 23 (1.58%) Veeam