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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 71 59
Rank change year-on-year -9 -12 0
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,472 1,012 1,155
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.16% 3.62% 3.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.16% 10.97% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 633 797
10th Percentile £331 £343 £328
25th Percentile £425 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £588 £619
90th Percentile £713 £667 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 15 19
10th Percentile £30.85 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £46.95 £45.38 £46.88
Median hourly rate £65.24 £63.00 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% +7.71% -2.52%
75th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £74.22
90th Percentile £92.11 £81.00 £82.40
UK median hourly rate £63.31 £63.50 £63.93
% change year-on-year -0.30% -0.68% +6.18%

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 12,101 9,227 10,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 25.99% 33.02% 32.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,837 6,209 7,054
10th Percentile £363 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £545
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 511 262 300
10th Percentile £26.51 £31.25 £30.45
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £48.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -13.46% +1.56%
75th Percentile £70.75 £67.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.13 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.59%

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 1 October 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 1 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 1 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 -10 637 £550 +7.32% 465
South East -2 315 £538 +3.61% 206
North of England +49 285 £476 +10.38% 179
North West +42 172 £456 +4.23% 100
South West -16 105 £631 +21.39% 91
Yorkshire +16 97 £519 +23.94% 53
Midlands -85 59 £500 +5.26% 105
East of England -42 52 £507 -7.82% 64
West Midlands -70 44 £510 +7.37% 59
North East -26 17 £500 - 28
East Midlands -22 15 £500 +9.29% 46
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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
1 122 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 118 (8.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 51 (3.46%) Confluence
4 26 (1.77%) IIS
5 23 (1.56%) Apache
6 21 (1.43%) Skype for Business
7 15 (1.02%) Apache Spark
8 14 (0.95%) nginx
9 7 (0.48%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
11 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.20%) CMS
12 3 (0.20%) 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 29 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.068%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 44 (2.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.54%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.34%) Front Arena
3 5 (0.34%) Summit
4 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.068%) Cloudability
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
1 817 (55.50%) Azure
2 402 (27.31%) Entra ID
3 319 (21.67%) AWS
4 243 (16.51%) Microsoft 365
5 213 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
6 179 (12.16%) GitHub
7 150 (10.19%) GCP
8 127 (8.63%) Power Platform
9 122 (8.29%) Azure Monitor
10 105 (7.13%) GitHub Actions
11 80 (5.43%) Azure AKS
12 65 (4.42%) SaaS
13 62 (4.21%) Azure Sentinel
14 61 (4.14%) OneDrive
15 57 (3.87%) IaaS
16 50 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
17 49 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
18 47 (3.19%) Microsoft Purview
19 46 (3.13%) PaaS
20 44 (2.99%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 235 (15.96%) DNS
2 208 (14.13%) Firewall
3 141 (9.58%) DHCP
4 106 (7.20%) VPN
5 105 (7.13%) TCP/IP
6 84 (5.71%) Network Security
7 37 (2.51%) WAN
8 35 (2.38%) VLAN
9 33 (2.24%) SAN
10 26 (1.77%) SSL
11 24 (1.63%) Skype
11 24 (1.63%) SSH
12 22 (1.49%) VSAN
13 20 (1.36%) LAN
14 19 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (1.09%) Kerberos
15 16 (1.09%) NAS
15 16 (1.09%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.02%) SMTP
17 14 (0.95%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (11.89%) SQL Server
2 85 (5.77%) Power BI
3 34 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 33 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (1.43%) Big Data
8 19 (1.29%) Metadata
9 18 (1.22%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.22%) MySQL
9 18 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 15 (1.02%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.02%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.75%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.61%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
16 7 (0.48%) Apache Hive
16 7 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 114 (7.74%) Jenkins
2 112 (7.61%) Git
3 77 (5.23%) GitLab
4 74 (5.03%) JIRA
5 35 (2.38%) MSI
6 14 (0.95%) Artifactory
6 14 (0.95%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 10 (0.68%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.61%) Claude Code
10 8 (0.54%) Postman
10 8 (0.54%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.48%) Snyk
12 6 (0.41%) JMeter
12 6 (0.41%) Selenium
13 5 (0.34%) AdminStudio
13 5 (0.34%) InstallShield
13 5 (0.34%) MSBuild
14 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
General
1 376 (25.54%) Social Skills
2 274 (18.61%) Finance
3 203 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.47%) Public Sector
5 94 (6.39%) Banking
6 79 (5.37%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (1.90%) Legal
8 24 (1.63%) Military
9 22 (1.49%) Aerospace
10 20 (1.36%) Investment Banking
11 18 (1.22%) Financial Institution
12 16 (1.09%) Law
13 14 (0.95%) Front Office
14 11 (0.75%) Back Office
14 11 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.61%) Local Government
17 8 (0.54%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 164 (11.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 156 (10.60%) Cloud Engineer
3 155 (10.53%) Senior
4 142 (9.65%) Azure Engineer
5 109 (7.40%) DevOps Engineer
6 94 (6.39%) Support Engineer
7 90 (6.11%) Security Engineer
8 89 (6.05%) Architect
9 67 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
10 63 (4.28%) Lead
11 51 (3.46%) Analyst
12 50 (3.40%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 48 (3.26%) Developer
14 47 (3.19%) Consultant
15 46 (3.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 39 (2.65%) Automation Engineer
17 36 (2.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
17 36 (2.45%) DBA
18 35 (2.38%) IT Engineer
19 32 (2.17%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 476 (32.34%) Terraform
2 133 (9.04%) REST
3 86 (5.84%) ARM Templates
4 68 (4.62%) OAuth
5 66 (4.48%) LDAP
6 63 (4.28%) JSON
7 59 (4.01%) .NET
8 55 (3.74%) SAML
9 52 (3.53%) OpenID
10 51 (3.46%) Microsoft Graph
10 51 (3.46%) YAML
11 44 (2.99%) SailPoint
12 42 (2.85%) OAuth2
13 26 (1.77%) Kafka
13 26 (1.77%) Web Services
14 24 (1.63%) React
15 19 (1.29%) Middleware
16 16 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
16 16 (1.09%) Software Packaging
17 15 (1.02%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.51%) Onboarding
2 96 (6.52%) Cloud Native
3 82 (5.57%) Security Posture
4 78 (5.30%) Enterprise Software
4 78 (5.30%) PKI
5 68 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 64 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 64 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 61 (4.14%) Replication
8 56 (3.80%) Clustering
9 33 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
10 31 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.90%) CMDB
12 27 (1.83%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
14 23 (1.56%) Data Structures
14 23 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
14 23 (1.56%) Product Ownership
15 20 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
16 17 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 722 (49.05%) Windows
2 377 (25.61%) Linux
3 319 (21.67%) Windows Server
4 95 (6.45%) Windows 10
5 88 (5.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 48 (3.26%) Unix
7 35 (2.38%) Ubuntu
8 31 (2.11%) Apple iOS
8 31 (2.11%) CentOS
9 27 (1.83%) Mac OS
10 23 (1.56%) Windows 7
10 23 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 20 (1.36%) Android
12 18 (1.22%) VMS
13 16 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
14 12 (0.82%) Rocky
15 10 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (0.61%) AIX
16 9 (0.61%) Amazon Linux
16 9 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (29.89%) CI/CD
2 439 (29.82%) DevOps
3 428 (29.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 302 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
5 248 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 226 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (14.54%) ITIL
8 202 (13.72%) Runbook
9 196 (13.32%) Agile
10 189 (12.84%) Migration
11 188 (12.77%) ITSM
12 175 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
13 168 (11.41%) AI
14 160 (10.87%) Analytics
15 156 (10.60%) Identity Access Management
16 150 (10.19%) Root Cause Analysis
17 149 (10.12%) Cloud Security
18 147 (9.99%) SIEM
18 147 (9.99%) Stakeholder Management
19 146 (9.92%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 691 (46.94%) Python
2 387 (26.29%) Bash
3 235 (15.96%) SQL
4 162 (11.01%) Bicep
5 93 (6.32%) Java
6 79 (5.37%) C#
7 65 (4.42%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.83%) VBScript
9 26 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
10 24 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.56%) Perl
11 23 (1.56%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.49%) Shell Script
13 21 (1.43%) Groovy
14 17 (1.15%) Search Processing Language
14 17 (1.15%) VB
15 16 (1.09%) Go
16 14 (0.95%) Korn
17 13 (0.88%) BeanShell
18 12 (0.82%) C++
Qualifications
1 540 (36.68%) Security Cleared
2 375 (25.48%) SC Cleared
3 183 (12.43%) DV Cleared
4 169 (11.48%) Degree
5 126 (8.56%) Azure Certification
6 107 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (5.77%) CISSP
8 63 (4.28%) AWS Certification
9 34 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 26 (1.77%) MCSE
14 25 (1.70%) CISM
15 22 (1.49%) VCAP
16 20 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 16 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 16 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
18 15 (1.02%) MCSA
19 13 (0.88%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (6.86%) NIST
3 37 (2.51%) QA
4 35 (2.38%) SLA
5 32 (2.17%) GDPR
6 28 (1.90%) Data Quality
7 21 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (0.95%) NCSC
11 13 (0.88%) SOC 2
12 9 (0.61%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.41%) GxP
14 4 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 3 (0.20%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
16 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.14%) GRC
16 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 501 (34.04%) Active Directory
2 195 (13.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 176 (11.96%) Docker
4 100 (6.79%) Virtual Machines
5 81 (5.50%) Hyper-V
6 65 (4.42%) vSphere
7 64 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
8 60 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
9 47 (3.19%) VMware NSX
10 31 (2.11%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.63%) vCloud
12 18 (1.22%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (0.82%) 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 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 266 (18.07%) Kubernetes
2 264 (17.93%) Ansible
3 212 (14.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 135 (9.17%) SCCM
5 77 (5.23%) Grafana
6 65 (4.42%) vCenter Server
7 64 (4.35%) SCOM
8 60 (4.08%) Prometheus
9 50 (3.40%) Progress Chef
10 41 (2.79%) Single Sign-On
11 35 (2.38%) Puppet
12 24 (1.63%) Packer
13 21 (1.43%) WMI
14 17 (1.15%) NetBackup
15 14 (0.95%) VxRail
16 12 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 12 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
16 12 (0.82%) Nagios
17 11 (0.75%) vRealize
17 11 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 739 (50.20%) Microsoft
2 255 (17.32%) VMware
3 152 (10.33%) ServiceNow
4 109 (7.40%) CyberArk
5 94 (6.39%) Google
6 92 (6.25%) Splunk
7 69 (4.69%) Oracle
8 60 (4.08%) BeyondTrust
9 58 (3.94%) Cisco
10 53 (3.60%) Red Hat
11 48 (3.26%) Remedy
12 44 (2.99%) BMC
13 43 (2.92%) Citrix
14 39 (2.65%) Databricks
15 30 (2.04%) Dynatrace
15 30 (2.04%) SolarWinds
16 25 (1.70%) Veeam
17 24 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
17 24 (1.63%) Qualys
18 23 (1.56%) NetApp