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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 53 57
Rank change year-on-year -23 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,242 956 1,259
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.08% 3.92% 3.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.43% 11.57% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 665 906
10th Percentile £345 £351 £350
25th Percentile £425 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £623 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 11 26
10th Percentile £26.58 £17.00 £27.90
25th Percentile £51.25 £18.62 £37.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.14% -27.50% -33.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.86 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.45 £200.00 £71.22
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £23.77 £40.00
% change year-on-year +165.64% -40.58% -33.33%

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 10,865 8,260 10,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.97% 33.88% 29.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,208 5,727 7,900
10th Percentile £354 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £542
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.05% -4.13%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 219 442
10th Percentile £42.22 £25.26 £35.65
25th Percentile £55.00 £36.99 £48.11
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.46% +1.73%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -21 522 £550 +4.76% 126
South East -5 250 £513 -10.87% 122
North of England -7 219 £460 -2.13% 64
North West +7 130 £469 +0.90% 35
South West -17 104 £457 -21.97% 44
Yorkshire -22 86 £460 -3.16% 16
Midlands -63 80 £456 -8.75% 41
West Midlands -59 59 £485 -3.19% 21
East of England -20 41 £507 -7.82% 34
East Midlands -29 20 £418 -12.11% 20
North East -20 5 £438 -5.91% 13
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
1 145 (11.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 123 (9.90%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.22%) Confluence
4 16 (1.29%) IIS
5 11 (0.89%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.72%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.16%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.081%) MTS
Applications
1 35 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.081%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.081%) Actimize
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 659 (53.06%) Azure
2 278 (22.38%) Entra ID
3 239 (19.24%) AWS
4 237 (19.08%) Microsoft 365
5 136 (10.95%) GCP
6 129 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
7 122 (9.82%) GitHub
8 91 (7.33%) Power Platform
9 82 (6.60%) GitHub Actions
10 77 (6.20%) OneDrive
11 75 (6.04%) Azure Monitor
12 57 (4.59%) PaaS
13 55 (4.43%) Microsoft Purview
14 54 (4.35%) Azure AKS
15 46 (3.70%) IaaS
16 41 (3.30%) Microsoft Copilot
17 39 (3.14%) Azure Key Vault
18 37 (2.98%) Azure Sentinel
19 36 (2.90%) SaaS
20 34 (2.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 164 (13.20%) DNS
2 136 (10.95%) Firewall
3 99 (7.97%) DHCP
4 71 (5.72%) VPN
5 56 (4.51%) Network Security
6 45 (3.62%) TCP/IP
7 40 (3.22%) Kerberos
8 33 (2.66%) WAN
9 30 (2.42%) LAN
10 25 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (1.77%) VLAN
12 21 (1.69%) SMTP
13 18 (1.45%) SAN
14 17 (1.37%) SNMP
15 15 (1.21%) DKIM
15 15 (1.21%) DMARC
16 14 (1.13%) SSL
17 13 (1.05%) HTTP
18 12 (0.97%) Skype
18 12 (0.97%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (9.50%) SQL Server
2 55 (4.43%) Power BI
3 40 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 17 (1.37%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.37%) Metadata
7 12 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.97%) NoSQL
8 11 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.81%) Delta Lake
9 10 (0.81%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.81%) MySQL
10 9 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.72%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (0.56%) DB2
12 7 (0.56%) Spark SQL
13 6 (0.48%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 77 (6.20%) Git
2 76 (6.12%) Jenkins
3 63 (5.07%) GitLab
4 59 (4.75%) JIRA
5 20 (1.61%) MSI
6 13 (1.05%) Artifactory
7 10 (0.81%) InstallShield
8 9 (0.72%) Robot Framework
8 9 (0.72%) Selenium
9 8 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.56%) AdminStudio
10 7 (0.56%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.48%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.40%) Appium
12 5 (0.40%) Postman
13 4 (0.32%) Jaeger
13 4 (0.32%) JUnit
14 3 (0.24%) Chocolatey
14 3 (0.24%) Spinnaker
General
1 366 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 166 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (11.03%) Finance
4 112 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 87 (7.00%) Documentation Skills
6 58 (4.67%) Banking
7 46 (3.70%) Legal
8 19 (1.53%) Investment Banking
9 18 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.37%) Front Office
11 13 (1.05%) Military
11 13 (1.05%) Retail
12 9 (0.72%) Law
12 9 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (0.72%) Publishing
13 7 (0.56%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.40%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 159 (12.80%) Architect
2 127 (10.23%) Senior
3 100 (8.05%) Azure Engineer
4 96 (7.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 73 (5.88%) Security Engineer
6 71 (5.72%) Cloud Engineer
7 70 (5.64%) DevOps Engineer
8 49 (3.95%) Developer
9 46 (3.70%) Support Engineer
10 40 (3.22%) Analyst
11 37 (2.98%) CyberArk Architect
11 37 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
12 36 (2.90%) Consultant
12 36 (2.90%) Lead
13 27 (2.17%) Desktop Engineer
13 27 (2.17%) SIEM Engineer
14 26 (2.09%) Microsoft Engineer
14 26 (2.09%) PowerShell Engineer
14 26 (2.09%) Windows Engineer
15 25 (2.01%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (11.84%) REST
2 123 (9.90%) LDAP
3 75 (6.04%) Microsoft Graph
4 60 (4.83%) SOAP
5 51 (4.11%) .NET
5 51 (4.11%) OAuth
6 47 (3.78%) JSON
7 44 (3.54%) SAML
8 33 (2.66%) SailPoint
9 32 (2.58%) ARM Templates
10 28 (2.25%) OpenID
11 27 (2.17%) YAML
12 25 (2.01%) Web Services
13 22 (1.77%) .NET Framework
14 18 (1.45%) Kafka
14 18 (1.45%) OAuth2
15 15 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
15 15 (1.21%) Node.js
15 15 (1.21%) React
16 14 (1.13%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 86 (6.92%) Onboarding
2 84 (6.76%) Replication
3 78 (6.28%) Security Posture
4 70 (5.64%) Enterprise Software
5 57 (4.59%) Clustering
6 56 (4.51%) PKI
7 50 (4.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 46 (3.70%) Cloud Native
9 34 (2.74%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.58%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.53%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
14 18 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
15 15 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
16 13 (1.05%) Operational Technology
17 12 (0.97%) BYOD
18 11 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 522 (42.03%) Windows
2 218 (17.55%) Linux
3 213 (17.15%) Windows Server
4 53 (4.27%) Windows 10
5 39 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 34 (2.74%) Unix
7 27 (2.17%) Mac OS
8 24 (1.93%) AIX
8 24 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (1.29%) VMS
11 15 (1.21%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (1.05%) Android
12 13 (1.05%) Ubuntu
13 11 (0.89%) Apple iOS
14 9 (0.72%) Windows 7
15 8 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
16 5 (0.40%) CentOS
17 3 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
17 3 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (24.32%) DevOps
2 284 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
3 277 (22.30%) CI/CD
4 215 (17.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 179 (14.41%) Agile
6 173 (13.93%) SIEM
7 147 (11.84%) Migration
8 138 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 128 (10.31%) ITIL
10 127 (10.23%) Task Automation
11 122 (9.82%) Disaster Recovery
12 113 (9.10%) Analytics
13 111 (8.94%) ITSM
14 110 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
15 109 (8.78%) RBAC
16 108 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
16 108 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
17 107 (8.62%) High Availability
18 106 (8.53%) Runbook
19 104 (8.37%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 534 (43.00%) Python
2 225 (18.12%) Bash
3 180 (14.49%) SQL
4 98 (7.89%) C#
5 70 (5.64%) JavaScript
6 63 (5.07%) Bicep
6 63 (5.07%) Kusto Query Language
7 45 (3.62%) Java
8 24 (1.93%) T-SQL
9 18 (1.45%) VBScript
10 17 (1.37%) Search Processing Language
11 16 (1.29%) Go
12 15 (1.21%) Perl
12 15 (1.21%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.81%) Groovy
14 9 (0.72%) BeanShell
14 9 (0.72%) VB
15 7 (0.56%) C++
15 7 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 503 (40.50%) Security Cleared
2 384 (30.92%) SC Cleared
3 110 (8.86%) Degree
4 107 (8.62%) DV Cleared
5 95 (7.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 74 (5.96%) CISSP
7 69 (5.56%) Azure Certification
8 45 (3.62%) CISM
8 45 (3.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 30 (2.42%) MCSE
10 28 (2.25%) MCSA
11 23 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.53%) AWS Certification
13 18 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (1.45%) VCAP
14 17 (1.37%) CEH
15 14 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (1.05%) GIAC
17 12 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
18 8 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (8.45%) GDPR
2 103 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 84 (6.76%) NIST
4 32 (2.58%) QA
5 29 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (1.53%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.29%) SLA
9 14 (1.13%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.97%) MiFID
11 11 (0.89%) FINRA
12 10 (0.81%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.72%) NCSC
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 5 (0.40%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.16%) GxP
17 2 (0.16%) ISA99
17 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 416 (33.49%) Active Directory
2 142 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 112 (9.02%) Docker
4 70 (5.64%) Hyper-V
5 67 (5.39%) Virtual Machines
6 53 (4.27%) vSphere
7 45 (3.62%) VMware ESXi
8 33 (2.66%) Virtual Desktop
9 24 (1.93%) BitLocker
10 18 (1.45%) Firmware
10 18 (1.45%) KVM
11 17 (1.37%) Microsoft App-V
12 14 (1.13%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.40%) Squid
14 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
14 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.16%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.081%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.081%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 278 (22.38%) Terraform
2 158 (12.72%) Kubernetes
3 154 (12.40%) Ansible
4 142 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 89 (7.17%) SCCM
6 56 (4.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 56 (4.51%) vCenter Server
7 44 (3.54%) Grafana
7 44 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
8 39 (3.14%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.85%) Nagios
10 20 (1.61%) Puppet
10 20 (1.61%) SCOM
11 19 (1.53%) vRealize
12 18 (1.45%) Progress Chef
12 18 (1.45%) ZABBIX
13 17 (1.37%) Tivoli
14 16 (1.29%) Netcool
15 15 (1.21%) PowerCLI
16 14 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 579 (46.62%) Microsoft
2 184 (14.81%) VMware
3 97 (7.81%) CyberArk
4 78 (6.28%) BeyondTrust
5 77 (6.20%) ServiceNow
6 69 (5.56%) Splunk
7 58 (4.67%) Citrix
8 45 (3.62%) Cisco
8 45 (3.62%) Google
8 45 (3.62%) Oracle
9 36 (2.90%) Centrify
9 36 (2.90%) SolarWinds
10 31 (2.50%) Red Hat
11 30 (2.42%) BMC
12 26 (2.09%) Databricks
12 26 (2.09%) IBM
13 22 (1.77%) Veeam
14 20 (1.61%) HP
14 20 (1.61%) Okta
15 19 (1.53%) Remedy