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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 68 59
Rank change year-on-year -12 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,477 1,025 1,148
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.17% 3.66% 3.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.23% 11.13% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 927 642 795
10th Percentile £331 £340 £327
25th Percentile £425 £416 £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 £668 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -3.26%
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% +6.18%

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 12,074 9,210 10,603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 25.95% 32.87% 32.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,812 6,183 7,103
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £543
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -5.16% -1.27%
75th Percentile £634 £635 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +3.65% -3.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 265 298
10th Percentile £26.51 £31.25 £30.35
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £48.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +3.17%
75th Percentile £71.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £77.75 £80.00
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 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 3 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 3 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 -11 639 £550 +7.58% 567
South East -2 318 £538 +2.38% 233
North of England +40 285 £479 +12.59% 199
North West +42 172 £456 +4.23% 105
South West -16 107 £631 +23.41% 104
Yorkshire +15 96 £519 +23.94% 61
Midlands -81 60 £500 +5.26% 109
East of England -40 51 £507 -7.82% 73
West Midlands -70 44 £510 +7.37% 61
North East -33 18 £500 - 34
East Midlands -23 16 £500 +9.29% 48
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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
1 123 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 119 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 51 (3.45%) Confluence
4 26 (1.76%) IIS
5 24 (1.62%) Apache
6 21 (1.42%) Skype for Business
7 16 (1.08%) Apache Spark
8 15 (1.02%) nginx
9 8 (0.54%) 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 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.47%) 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 (2.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.54%) 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
1 822 (55.65%) Azure
2 405 (27.42%) Entra ID
3 323 (21.87%) AWS
4 246 (16.66%) Microsoft 365
5 215 (14.56%) Azure DevOps
6 180 (12.19%) GitHub
7 151 (10.22%) GCP
8 124 (8.40%) Power Platform
9 121 (8.19%) Azure Monitor
10 105 (7.11%) GitHub Actions
11 82 (5.55%) Azure AKS
12 67 (4.54%) SaaS
13 62 (4.20%) Azure Sentinel
13 62 (4.20%) OneDrive
14 60 (4.06%) IaaS
15 51 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
16 49 (3.32%) Microsoft Copilot
17 48 (3.25%) PaaS
18 47 (3.18%) Microsoft Purview
19 44 (2.98%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 236 (15.98%) DNS
2 211 (14.29%) Firewall
3 142 (9.61%) DHCP
4 107 (7.24%) TCP/IP
5 104 (7.04%) VPN
6 85 (5.75%) Network Security
7 37 (2.51%) WAN
8 35 (2.37%) VLAN
9 34 (2.30%) SAN
10 26 (1.76%) SSL
11 24 (1.62%) Skype
11 24 (1.62%) SSH
12 22 (1.49%) VSAN
13 20 (1.35%) LAN
14 19 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
15 17 (1.15%) NAS
16 16 (1.08%) Kerberos
16 16 (1.08%) SD-WAN
17 14 (0.95%) HTTP
17 14 (0.95%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (11.71%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.69%) Power BI
3 33 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 22 (1.49%) Big Data
8 21 (1.42%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.29%) Metadata
9 19 (1.29%) MySQL
10 17 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.02%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.02%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (0.95%) NoSQL
13 13 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.61%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
15 8 (0.54%) Apache Hive
16 7 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 117 (7.92%) Git
2 116 (7.85%) Jenkins
3 79 (5.35%) GitLab
4 74 (5.01%) JIRA
5 35 (2.37%) 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 (0.47%) Snyk
12 6 (0.41%) JMeter
13 5 (0.34%) AdminStudio
13 5 (0.34%) InstallShield
13 5 (0.34%) MSBuild
13 5 (0.34%) Selenium
14 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
General
1 373 (25.25%) Social Skills
2 278 (18.82%) Finance
3 202 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.52%) Public Sector
5 92 (6.23%) Banking
6 78 (5.28%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (1.96%) Legal
8 24 (1.62%) Military
9 22 (1.49%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.29%) Financial Institution
10 19 (1.29%) Investment Banking
11 16 (1.08%) Law
12 14 (0.95%) Front Office
13 11 (0.74%) Back Office
13 11 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.68%) Local Government
15 9 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.54%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 166 (11.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 158 (10.70%) Cloud Engineer
3 154 (10.43%) Senior
4 143 (9.68%) Azure Engineer
5 113 (7.65%) DevOps Engineer
6 94 (6.36%) Support Engineer
7 90 (6.09%) Security Engineer
8 88 (5.96%) Architect
9 67 (4.54%) Platform Engineer
10 62 (4.20%) Lead
11 51 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 50 (3.39%) Analyst
13 49 (3.32%) Developer
14 46 (3.11%) Consultant
15 44 (2.98%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 39 (2.64%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
17 38 (2.57%) Automation Engineer
18 37 (2.51%) DBA
19 35 (2.37%) IT Engineer
20 32 (2.17%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 481 (32.57%) Terraform
2 134 (9.07%) REST
3 86 (5.82%) ARM Templates
4 69 (4.67%) OAuth
5 65 (4.40%) JSON
5 65 (4.40%) LDAP
6 60 (4.06%) .NET
7 55 (3.72%) SAML
8 53 (3.59%) YAML
9 52 (3.52%) OpenID
10 51 (3.45%) Microsoft Graph
11 42 (2.84%) OAuth2
12 41 (2.78%) SailPoint
13 27 (1.83%) Kafka
14 26 (1.76%) Web Services
15 25 (1.69%) React
16 19 (1.29%) Middleware
17 16 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
17 16 (1.08%) Software Packaging
18 15 (1.02%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.55%) Onboarding
2 97 (6.57%) Cloud Native
3 82 (5.55%) Security Posture
4 80 (5.42%) Enterprise Software
5 79 (5.35%) PKI
6 68 (4.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 65 (4.40%) Data Centre
8 64 (4.33%) Management Information System
9 62 (4.20%) Replication
10 54 (3.66%) Clustering
11 34 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
12 31 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
13 28 (1.90%) CMDB
14 27 (1.83%) Public Cloud
15 25 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
16 23 (1.56%) Data Structures
16 23 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
16 23 (1.56%) Product Ownership
17 20 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
18 17 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 721 (48.82%) Windows
2 381 (25.80%) Linux
3 318 (21.53%) Windows Server
4 95 (6.43%) Windows 10
5 89 (6.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 47 (3.18%) Unix
7 36 (2.44%) Ubuntu
8 31 (2.10%) Apple iOS
8 31 (2.10%) CentOS
9 28 (1.90%) Mac OS
10 23 (1.56%) Windows 7
10 23 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 21 (1.42%) Android
12 19 (1.29%) VMS
13 15 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
14 12 (0.81%) Rocky
15 9 (0.61%) Amazon Linux
15 9 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
16 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
17 7 (0.47%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (30.06%) DevOps
2 443 (29.99%) CI/CD
3 432 (29.25%) Infrastructure as Code
4 303 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
5 252 (17.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 227 (15.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (14.49%) ITIL
8 203 (13.74%) Runbook
9 196 (13.27%) Agile
10 191 (12.93%) Migration
11 186 (12.59%) ITSM
12 180 (12.19%) Cybersecurity
13 169 (11.44%) AI
14 159 (10.77%) Analytics
15 153 (10.36%) Identity Access Management
16 152 (10.29%) Root Cause Analysis
17 150 (10.16%) Cloud Security
18 149 (10.09%) Disaster Recovery
19 148 (10.02%) SIEM
20 147 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 691 (46.78%) Python
2 392 (26.54%) Bash
3 233 (15.78%) SQL
4 161 (10.90%) Bicep
5 94 (6.36%) Java
6 79 (5.35%) C#
7 64 (4.33%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 27 (1.83%) VBScript
9 24 (1.62%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.56%) Perl
10 23 (1.56%) T-SQL
11 22 (1.49%) Shell Script
12 21 (1.42%) Groovy
13 17 (1.15%) VB
14 16 (1.08%) Go
15 15 (1.02%) Search Processing Language
16 14 (0.95%) Korn
17 13 (0.88%) BeanShell
18 12 (0.81%) C++
Qualifications
1 541 (36.63%) Security Cleared
2 376 (25.46%) SC Cleared
3 182 (12.32%) DV Cleared
4 171 (11.58%) Degree
5 125 (8.46%) Azure Certification
6 107 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (5.75%) CISSP
8 63 (4.27%) AWS Certification
9 34 (2.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 26 (1.76%) MCSE
14 25 (1.69%) CISM
15 22 (1.49%) VCAP
16 20 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 16 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
19 15 (1.02%) MCSA
20 13 (0.88%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 103 (6.97%) NIST
3 36 (2.44%) QA
4 35 (2.37%) SLA
5 32 (2.17%) GDPR
6 29 (1.96%) Data Quality
7 21 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (1.22%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.15%) 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
15 3 (0.20%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 503 (34.06%) Active Directory
2 196 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 177 (11.98%) Docker
4 102 (6.91%) Virtual Machines
5 81 (5.48%) Hyper-V
6 65 (4.40%) vSphere
7 64 (4.33%) VMware ESXi
8 61 (4.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 47 (3.18%) VMware NSX
10 30 (2.03%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.62%) vCloud
12 17 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (0.81%) 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
1 270 (18.28%) Kubernetes
2 269 (18.21%) Ansible
3 212 (14.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 136 (9.21%) SCCM
5 78 (5.28%) Grafana
6 64 (4.33%) SCOM
6 64 (4.33%) vCenter Server
7 62 (4.20%) Prometheus
8 51 (3.45%) Progress Chef
9 41 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
10 34 (2.30%) Puppet
11 23 (1.56%) Packer
12 21 (1.42%) WMI
13 17 (1.15%) NetBackup
14 14 (0.95%) VxRail
15 12 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 12 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
16 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
16 11 (0.74%) vRealize
17 10 (0.68%) Nagios
Vendors
1 742 (50.24%) Microsoft
2 256 (17.33%) VMware
3 149 (10.09%) ServiceNow
4 108 (7.31%) CyberArk
5 96 (6.50%) Google
6 91 (6.16%) Splunk
7 69 (4.67%) Oracle
8 59 (3.99%) BeyondTrust
9 57 (3.86%) Cisco
10 53 (3.59%) Red Hat
11 46 (3.11%) Remedy
12 43 (2.91%) Citrix
13 42 (2.84%) Databricks
14 40 (2.71%) BMC
15 30 (2.03%) Dynatrace
16 28 (1.90%) SolarWinds
17 25 (1.69%) Qualys
17 25 (1.69%) Veeam
18 24 (1.62%) CrowdStrike
19 23 (1.56%) Okta