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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 68 60
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,211 964 1,349
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.85% 3.34% 3.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.37% 10.24% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 810 642 940
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £420 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £612 £634 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 18 39
10th Percentile £45.23 £17.00 £18.15
25th Percentile £53.31 £24.08 £28.88
Median hourly rate £66.25 £56.75 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.75% +17.24% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79.38 £74.00 £69.62
90th Percentile £84.70 £87.85 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £56.75 £48.40
% change year-on-year +17.19% +17.24% -12.00%

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 9,791 9,411 11,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.10% 32.58% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,484 6,126 8,310
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £669
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 229 384
10th Percentile £34.25 £26.05 £35.19
25th Percentile £51.16 £44.49 £46.66
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -1.96%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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 -6 529 £525 -4.55% 129
South East +9 207 £500 -13.04% 139
South West +25 146 £560 +12.00% 42
North of England -7 142 £447 -4.89% 60
Midlands -11 107 £475 - 52
West Midlands -10 80 £475 -5.00% 23
North West -2 75 £433 -8.36% 35
Yorkshire -30 55 £447 -4.89% 18
East of England +9 45 £525 +40.00% 32
East Midlands -1 27 £450 -5.26% 29
North East -3 16 £550 +19.57% 10
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
1 160 (13.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 111 (9.17%) SharePoint
3 59 (4.87%) Confluence
4 39 (3.22%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.16%) Apache
6 13 (1.07%) Mattermost
7 12 (0.99%) nginx
8 7 (0.58%) IIS
9 4 (0.33%) SAS
9 4 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.17%) WordPress
12 1 (0.083%) HCL Domino
12 1 (0.083%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.083%) MQSeries
Applications
1 39 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.91%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.083%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.083%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 20 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.083%) Actimize
3 1 (0.083%) Eikon
3 1 (0.083%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.083%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.083%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.083%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 553 (45.66%) Azure
2 255 (21.06%) Microsoft 365
3 241 (19.90%) Entra ID
4 236 (19.49%) AWS
5 131 (10.82%) GCP
6 115 (9.50%) Azure DevOps
7 100 (8.26%) GitHub
8 62 (5.12%) IaaS
9 61 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
10 60 (4.95%) Power Platform
11 57 (4.71%) Azure Sentinel
12 51 (4.21%) OneDrive
13 47 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
14 46 (3.80%) SaaS
15 42 (3.47%) Microsoft Purview
16 39 (3.22%) Amazon EC2
17 36 (2.97%) PaaS
17 36 (2.97%) Serverless
17 36 (2.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 35 (2.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 198 (16.35%) DNS
2 184 (15.19%) Firewall
3 105 (8.67%) DHCP
4 76 (6.28%) Network Security
5 71 (5.86%) TCP/IP
6 67 (5.53%) VPN
7 43 (3.55%) HTTP
7 43 (3.55%) SMTP
8 42 (3.47%) Skype
9 31 (2.56%) FTP
10 29 (2.39%) VLAN
11 25 (2.06%) SSH
12 22 (1.82%) SAN
13 20 (1.65%) SSL
14 19 (1.57%) LAN
15 18 (1.49%) WAN
16 17 (1.40%) Wireshark
17 13 (1.07%) DKIM
17 13 (1.07%) NAS
17 13 (1.07%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 36 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (2.81%) Power BI
4 32 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (1.32%) Metadata
6 12 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
6 12 (0.99%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.58%) Delta Lake
9 7 (0.58%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.50%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.33%) MySQL
11 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.25%) KDB
12 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 106 (8.75%) Jenkins
2 88 (7.27%) JIRA
3 80 (6.61%) Git
4 71 (5.86%) GitLab
5 21 (1.73%) Artifactory
6 19 (1.57%) MSI
6 19 (1.57%) Vagrant
7 14 (1.16%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.91%) InstallShield
9 10 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (0.74%) Metasploit
11 8 (0.66%) AdminStudio
11 8 (0.66%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.66%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.66%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.50%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.50%) Postman
13 5 (0.41%) Gradle
13 5 (0.41%) Spinnaker
14 4 (0.33%) GCC
General
1 444 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 207 (17.09%) Analytical Skills
3 173 (14.29%) Finance
4 128 (10.57%) Public Sector
5 74 (6.11%) Documentation Skills
6 63 (5.20%) Banking
7 41 (3.39%) Legal
8 23 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (1.65%) Investment Banking
10 19 (1.57%) Front Office
11 15 (1.24%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.16%) Marketing
12 14 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.07%) Electronics
14 12 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (0.99%) Military
15 11 (0.91%) Retail
16 10 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.74%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 121 (9.99%) Architect
2 103 (8.51%) Senior
3 102 (8.42%) DevOps Engineer
4 92 (7.60%) Platform Engineer
5 87 (7.18%) Analyst
6 72 (5.95%) Security Engineer
7 69 (5.70%) Azure Engineer
8 67 (5.53%) Consultant
9 64 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 48 (3.96%) Developer
11 46 (3.80%) Support Engineer
12 38 (3.14%) Cloud Engineer
13 37 (3.06%) Administrator
13 37 (3.06%) Lead
14 33 (2.73%) Windows Engineer
15 31 (2.56%) Microsoft Engineer
15 31 (2.56%) SOC Analyst
16 29 (2.39%) AWS Engineer
16 29 (2.39%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 27 (2.23%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (11.40%) REST
2 80 (6.61%) LDAP
3 58 (4.79%) JSON
4 56 (4.62%) OAuth
5 52 (4.29%) SAML
6 43 (3.55%) OpenID
7 32 (2.64%) Microsoft Graph
7 32 (2.64%) Middleware
7 32 (2.64%) SailPoint
8 31 (2.56%) ARM Templates
8 31 (2.56%) SOAP
9 30 (2.48%) .NET
10 28 (2.31%) OAuth2
11 25 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
11 25 (2.06%) FIX Protocol
12 20 (1.65%) XML
12 20 (1.65%) YAML
13 16 (1.32%) React
14 14 (1.16%) AngularJS
14 14 (1.16%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.70%) PKI
2 61 (5.04%) Onboarding
3 59 (4.87%) Replication
4 49 (4.05%) Security Posture
5 42 (3.47%) Cloud Native
6 41 (3.39%) Data Centre
7 40 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (3.30%) Management Information System
8 36 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 33 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
12 27 (2.23%) Private Cloud
13 24 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
14 22 (1.82%) Clustering
15 20 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
16 17 (1.40%) Product Ownership
17 14 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
18 13 (1.07%) Cyberattack
18 13 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 483 (39.88%) Windows
2 275 (22.71%) Linux
3 183 (15.11%) Windows Server
4 75 (6.19%) Windows 10
5 42 (3.47%) Mac OS
6 36 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 34 (2.81%) VMS
8 26 (2.15%) Android
9 24 (1.98%) Unix
10 20 (1.65%) Ubuntu
11 19 (1.57%) Amazon Linux
12 14 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
14 11 (0.91%) Apple iOS
14 11 (0.91%) CentOS
14 11 (0.91%) Solaris
14 11 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
15 8 (0.66%) Kali Linux
16 5 (0.41%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (27.83%) DevOps
2 270 (22.30%) CI/CD
3 268 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 198 (16.35%) Agile
6 183 (15.11%) SIEM
7 165 (13.63%) Cybersecurity
8 161 (13.29%) Migration
9 151 (12.47%) ITIL
10 124 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 114 (9.41%) Identity Access Management
11 114 (9.41%) Task Automation
12 110 (9.08%) Incident Response
12 110 (9.08%) RBAC
13 107 (8.84%) Configuration Management
14 103 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 102 (8.42%) ITSM
16 99 (8.18%) Analytics
17 98 (8.09%) Platform Engineering
18 96 (7.93%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 574 (47.40%) Python
2 247 (20.40%) Bash
3 153 (12.63%) SQL
4 74 (6.11%) JavaScript
5 70 (5.78%) C#
6 64 (5.28%) Java
7 59 (4.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 42 (3.47%) Bicep
9 35 (2.89%) Perl
10 26 (2.15%) VBScript
11 25 (2.06%) Groovy
12 18 (1.49%) Go
13 15 (1.24%) BeanShell
14 10 (0.83%) C++
14 10 (0.83%) PHP
14 10 (0.83%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.74%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.66%) TypeScript
16 8 (0.66%) VB
17 7 (0.58%) C
Qualifications
1 475 (39.22%) Security Cleared
2 374 (30.88%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.91%) Degree
4 114 (9.41%) DV Cleared
5 93 (7.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 88 (7.27%) CISSP
7 61 (5.04%) Azure Certification
8 41 (3.39%) CISM
9 34 (2.81%) AWS Certification
9 34 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.73%) CEH
10 33 (2.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 30 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
12 29 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 24 (1.98%) CCNA
14 22 (1.82%) GIAC
15 20 (1.65%) CCNP
15 20 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
15 20 (1.65%) GCIH
16 17 (1.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (10.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 108 (8.92%) GDPR
3 83 (6.85%) NIST
4 21 (1.73%) QA
5 19 (1.57%) HIPAA
6 17 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.24%) SOC 2
9 14 (1.16%) SLA
10 11 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.83%) NCSC
12 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.41%) PSD2
13 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.33%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.33%) MiFID
14 3 (0.25%) EMIR
14 3 (0.25%) ITGC
15 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 441 (36.42%) Active Directory
2 141 (11.64%) Docker
3 135 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 35 (2.89%) Hyper-V
6 28 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (1.49%) DFS Replication
7 18 (1.49%) vSphere
8 17 (1.40%) Squid
9 13 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
10 12 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
10 12 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
11 11 (0.91%) Dovecot
11 11 (0.91%) Postfix
12 9 (0.74%) Firmware
13 8 (0.66%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.58%) VMware NSX
15 6 (0.50%) NFS
16 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 5 (0.41%) Snort
Systems Management
1 253 (20.89%) Terraform
2 139 (11.48%) Ansible
3 135 (11.15%) SCCM
4 126 (10.40%) Kubernetes
5 124 (10.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 57 (4.71%) Single Sign-On
7 55 (4.54%) Grafana
8 51 (4.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 51 (4.21%) Prometheus
9 38 (3.14%) SCOM
10 29 (2.39%) vRealize
11 28 (2.31%) Kibana
12 24 (1.98%) vCenter Server
13 21 (1.73%) HP SiteScope
14 19 (1.57%) Nessus
14 19 (1.57%) Proxmox
15 17 (1.40%) ITRS Geneos
16 16 (1.32%) NetBackup
17 15 (1.24%) WSUS
18 13 (1.07%) Puppet
Vendors
1 532 (43.93%) Microsoft
2 190 (15.69%) VMware
3 100 (8.26%) Splunk
4 87 (7.18%) CyberArk
5 75 (6.19%) ServiceNow
6 66 (5.45%) Cisco
7 60 (4.95%) Citrix
8 51 (4.21%) Google
9 50 (4.13%) BeyondTrust
10 46 (3.80%) Red Hat
11 41 (3.39%) Oracle
12 35 (2.89%) CrowdStrike
13 29 (2.39%) Veeam
14 28 (2.31%) Atlassian
15 24 (1.98%) Databricks
16 23 (1.90%) SAP
17 22 (1.82%) SolarWinds
18 20 (1.65%) Okta
18 20 (1.65%) Remedy
18 20 (1.65%) Solace