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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 67 54
Rank change year-on-year -14 -13 +4
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,431 998 1,202
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 3.65% 3.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.04% 11.12% 11.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 904 635 850
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £613
90th Percentile £709 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £524 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.25% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 15 14
10th Percentile £27.00 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £43.81 £45.38 £38.87
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% +7.89% +13.73%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.98 £74.00
90th Percentile £91.00 £85.00 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £65.69
% change year-on-year -0.57% -3.33% +9.48%

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 11,888 8,973 10,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.06% 32.78% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,703 6,116 7,384
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +3.48% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 486 269 313
10th Percentile £29.23 £30.82 £31.61
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £80.59 £79.83
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 3 September 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 3 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in England

PowerShell
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 3 September 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 -4 632 £545 +6.34% 409
South East -4 304 £530 -5.66% 164
North of England +35 260 £483 +10.40% 116
North West +38 166 £456 -1.94% 68
South West -12 109 £513 -4.65% 77
Yorkshire -9 82 £516 +27.00% 30
Midlands -80 61 £500 +5.26% 83
East of England -40 51 £507 -7.82% 62
West Midlands -85 43 £518 +8.95% 53
East Midlands -16 17 £500 +11.11% 30
North East -31 13 £500 - 19
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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
1 115 (8.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (7.83%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.28%) Confluence
4 22 (1.54%) IIS
5 20 (1.40%) Apache
5 20 (1.40%) Skype for Business
6 14 (0.98%) nginx
7 12 (0.84%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.42%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.35%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.14%) CMS
12 2 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.070%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.49%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.14%) Summit
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.070%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.070%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.070%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.070%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 790 (55.21%) Azure
2 353 (24.67%) Entra ID
3 328 (22.92%) AWS
4 218 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
5 208 (14.54%) Azure DevOps
6 169 (11.81%) GitHub
7 139 (9.71%) GCP
8 133 (9.29%) Power Platform
9 127 (8.87%) Azure Monitor
10 104 (7.27%) GitHub Actions
11 77 (5.38%) Azure AKS
12 66 (4.61%) SaaS
13 64 (4.47%) OneDrive
14 55 (3.84%) AWS CloudFormation
15 52 (3.63%) Azure Sentinel
16 49 (3.42%) Microsoft Purview
17 45 (3.14%) IaaS
18 44 (3.07%) OpenShift
19 41 (2.87%) Microsoft Copilot
19 41 (2.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 231 (16.14%) DNS
2 207 (14.47%) Firewall
3 139 (9.71%) DHCP
4 102 (7.13%) TCP/IP
5 100 (6.99%) VPN
6 77 (5.38%) Network Security
7 39 (2.73%) WAN
8 36 (2.52%) VLAN
9 33 (2.31%) SAN
10 31 (2.17%) VSAN
11 27 (1.89%) SSL
12 23 (1.61%) Skype
13 20 (1.40%) SSH
14 19 (1.33%) LAN
15 18 (1.26%) SD-WAN
16 17 (1.19%) NAS
16 17 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
17 15 (1.05%) SMTP
17 15 (1.05%) SNMP
18 13 (0.91%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (12.09%) SQL Server
2 92 (6.43%) Power BI
3 38 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.40%) Big Data
7 19 (1.33%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.33%) MySQL
8 18 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 15 (1.05%) Relational Database
11 14 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.98%) Metadata
11 14 (0.98%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.84%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.77%) Oracle Database
14 10 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
15 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.42%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 122 (8.53%) Jenkins
2 106 (7.41%) Git
3 85 (5.94%) GitLab
4 73 (5.10%) JIRA
5 31 (2.17%) MSI
6 14 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (0.77%) Artifactory
9 9 (0.63%) AdminStudio
9 9 (0.63%) InstallShield
9 9 (0.63%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (0.56%) Postman
10 8 (0.56%) Selenium
11 6 (0.42%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.42%) JMeter
12 5 (0.35%) MSBuild
12 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 356 (24.88%) Social Skills
2 256 (17.89%) Finance
3 201 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.83%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.15%) Banking
6 83 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.03%) Legal
8 23 (1.61%) Investment Banking
9 20 (1.40%) Aerospace
9 20 (1.40%) Military
10 17 (1.19%) Front Office
11 12 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (0.84%) Law
11 12 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (0.77%) Financial Institution
13 10 (0.70%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.56%) Local Government
14 8 (0.56%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.49%) Retail
16 6 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 158 (11.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 158 (11.04%) Senior
2 146 (10.20%) Cloud Engineer
3 132 (9.22%) Azure Engineer
4 102 (7.13%) DevOps Engineer
5 89 (6.22%) Support Engineer
6 88 (6.15%) Architect
7 77 (5.38%) Security Engineer
8 65 (4.54%) Lead
9 59 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
10 50 (3.49%) Analyst
10 50 (3.49%) Consultant
11 49 (3.42%) Developer
12 39 (2.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 37 (2.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (2.59%) IT Engineer
14 35 (2.45%) DBA
15 34 (2.38%) Administrator
16 31 (2.17%) PowerShell Engineer
17 29 (2.03%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 458 (32.01%) Terraform
2 126 (8.81%) REST
3 78 (5.45%) ARM Templates
4 69 (4.82%) .NET
5 59 (4.12%) LDAP
5 59 (4.12%) OAuth
6 51 (3.56%) Microsoft Graph
7 49 (3.42%) JSON
8 48 (3.35%) YAML
9 46 (3.21%) SailPoint
9 46 (3.21%) SAML
10 42 (2.94%) OpenID
11 33 (2.31%) OAuth2
12 29 (2.03%) Kafka
13 24 (1.68%) Web Services
14 23 (1.61%) React
15 19 (1.33%) SOAP
16 18 (1.26%) .NET Framework
17 17 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
18 15 (1.05%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 132 (9.22%) Onboarding
2 98 (6.85%) Cloud Native
3 77 (5.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 73 (5.10%) PKI
5 69 (4.82%) Security Posture
6 65 (4.54%) Replication
7 64 (4.47%) Clustering
8 63 (4.40%) Management Information System
9 56 (3.91%) Data Centre
10 55 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
11 33 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
12 26 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
13 25 (1.75%) CMDB
13 25 (1.75%) Data Structures
13 25 (1.75%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
15 21 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
15 21 (1.47%) Product Ownership
16 17 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
16 17 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 705 (49.27%) Windows
2 372 (26.00%) Linux
3 312 (21.80%) Windows Server
4 90 (6.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 81 (5.66%) Windows 10
6 45 (3.14%) Unix
7 35 (2.45%) Ubuntu
8 27 (1.89%) Apple iOS
8 27 (1.89%) CentOS
9 26 (1.82%) Mac OS
10 23 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (1.54%) VMS
11 22 (1.54%) Windows 7
12 18 (1.26%) Android
13 16 (1.12%) AIX
14 15 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
15 12 (0.84%) Rocky
16 9 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
16 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (30.47%) DevOps
2 417 (29.14%) CI/CD
3 395 (27.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 301 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
5 238 (16.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 213 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 206 (14.40%) ITIL
8 205 (14.33%) Agile
9 188 (13.14%) Runbook
10 179 (12.51%) ITSM
11 175 (12.23%) Migration
12 157 (10.97%) Analytics
13 150 (10.48%) Disaster Recovery
14 148 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
15 144 (10.06%) Platform Engineering
16 143 (9.99%) AI
16 143 (9.99%) Cloud Security
16 143 (9.99%) Identity Access Management
17 140 (9.78%) Observability
18 139 (9.71%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 673 (47.03%) Python
2 372 (26.00%) Bash
3 244 (17.05%) SQL
4 142 (9.92%) Bicep
5 92 (6.43%) Java
6 84 (5.87%) C#
7 70 (4.89%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.10%) VBScript
9 26 (1.82%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.75%) Perl
11 24 (1.68%) Search Processing Language
12 21 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
12 21 (1.47%) TypeScript
13 20 (1.40%) Groovy
14 17 (1.19%) VB
15 16 (1.12%) Shell Script
16 15 (1.05%) BeanShell
17 13 (0.91%) Go
18 12 (0.84%) C++
19 9 (0.63%) Korn
Qualifications
1 528 (36.90%) Security Cleared
2 360 (25.16%) SC Cleared
3 178 (12.44%) DV Cleared
4 168 (11.74%) Degree
5 122 (8.53%) Azure Certification
6 107 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 86 (6.01%) CISSP
8 65 (4.54%) AWS Certification
9 41 (2.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.17%) CISM
11 31 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 25 (1.75%) MCSE
13 23 (1.61%) VCAP
14 22 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 17 (1.19%) MCSA
16 16 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 16 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.91%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (8.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 104 (7.27%) NIST
3 44 (3.07%) GDPR
4 42 (2.94%) QA
5 35 (2.45%) SLA
6 33 (2.31%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (1.12%) NCSC
9 15 (1.05%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.84%) HIPAA
11 11 (0.77%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.42%) GxP
14 4 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
15 3 (0.21%) GRC
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.14%) ISA99
16 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 454 (31.73%) Active Directory
2 193 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 171 (11.95%) Docker
4 86 (6.01%) Virtual Machines
5 78 (5.45%) Hyper-V
6 71 (4.96%) VMware ESXi
7 70 (4.89%) vSphere
8 52 (3.63%) VMware NSX
9 48 (3.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 31 (2.17%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.68%) vCloud
12 18 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
13 15 (1.05%) Firmware
14 9 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.42%) Squid
16 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.28%) Dovecot
17 4 (0.28%) Postfix
18 3 (0.21%) NFS
18 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 266 (18.59%) Ansible
2 255 (17.82%) Kubernetes
3 188 (13.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 129 (9.01%) SCCM
5 82 (5.73%) Grafana
6 69 (4.82%) vCenter Server
7 65 (4.54%) Prometheus
8 64 (4.47%) SCOM
9 54 (3.77%) Progress Chef
10 41 (2.87%) Puppet
11 33 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
12 25 (1.75%) Packer
13 19 (1.33%) Nagios
14 18 (1.26%) vRealize
14 18 (1.26%) WMI
14 18 (1.26%) ZABBIX
15 17 (1.19%) NetBackup
15 17 (1.19%) VxRail
16 16 (1.12%) Tivoli
17 14 (0.98%) Netcool
Vendors
1 677 (47.31%) Microsoft
2 262 (18.31%) VMware
3 148 (10.34%) ServiceNow
4 98 (6.85%) CyberArk
5 96 (6.71%) Splunk
6 86 (6.01%) Google
7 79 (5.52%) Oracle
8 61 (4.26%) Cisco
9 55 (3.84%) BeyondTrust
10 54 (3.77%) Red Hat
11 51 (3.56%) BMC
12 50 (3.49%) Remedy
13 44 (3.07%) Databricks
14 42 (2.94%) Citrix
15 33 (2.31%) SolarWinds
16 26 (1.82%) NetApp
16 26 (1.82%) Qualys
17 25 (1.75%) HP
18 24 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
18 24 (1.68%) Dynatrace