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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 59 54
Rank change year-on-year -25 -5 +11
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,266 993 1,361
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.92% 3.96% 3.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.91% 11.64% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 660 976
10th Percentile £334 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £613 £607 £625
90th Percentile £695 £700 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 8 28
10th Percentile £19.08 £25.95 £32.05
25th Percentile £27.97 £41.56 £40.00
Median hourly rate £53.75 £64.25 £42.05
Median % change year-on-year -16.34% +52.81% -29.93%
75th Percentile £67.84 £112.22 £60.87
90th Percentile £74.26 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £59.00 £42.05
% change year-on-year -11.02% +40.33% -30.73%

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 11,605 8,533 11,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.73% 33.99% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,570 5,922 8,174
10th Percentile £362 £355 £350
25th Percentile £424 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £726 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 520 201 492
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.18 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £35.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.70% +0.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.08 £85.00 £77.38
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.94 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.32% -12.10% -

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -21 551 £550 +6.54% 94
North of England +4 262 £460 -0.54% 65
South East -16 251 £525 -8.70% 122
North West +15 147 £452 -0.50% 42
Yorkshire -5 115 £500 - 15
South West -30 94 £441 -24.57% 23
Midlands -74 63 £500 +8.70% 30
West Midlands -76 45 £500 +8.70% 15
East of England -53 32 £507 -7.82% 28
East Midlands -17 17 £469 -6.25% 15
North East -34 2 £275 -21.43% 11
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
1 147 (11.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 135 (10.66%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.32%) Confluence
4 20 (1.58%) IIS
5 14 (1.11%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.55%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.39%) nginx
8 4 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.24%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.079%) Camunda
11 1 (0.079%) MTS
Applications
1 34 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.63%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 6 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 680 (53.71%) Azure
2 316 (24.96%) Entra ID
3 262 (20.70%) AWS
4 233 (18.40%) Microsoft 365
5 141 (11.14%) GitHub
6 134 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
7 132 (10.43%) GCP
8 111 (8.77%) Power Platform
9 97 (7.66%) GitHub Actions
10 87 (6.87%) OneDrive
11 81 (6.40%) Azure Monitor
12 61 (4.82%) Microsoft Purview
13 58 (4.58%) PaaS
14 56 (4.42%) Azure AKS
15 54 (4.27%) Microsoft Copilot
16 47 (3.71%) SaaS
17 45 (3.55%) IaaS
18 39 (3.08%) Power Automate
19 38 (3.00%) AWS CloudFormation
20 36 (2.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 169 (13.35%) DNS
2 136 (10.74%) Firewall
3 98 (7.74%) DHCP
4 74 (5.85%) VPN
5 49 (3.87%) WAN
6 44 (3.48%) Network Security
6 44 (3.48%) TCP/IP
7 39 (3.08%) Kerberos
8 35 (2.76%) LAN
9 25 (1.97%) SAN
9 25 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (1.66%) VLAN
11 17 (1.34%) SNMP
11 17 (1.34%) SSL
12 16 (1.26%) NAS
13 15 (1.18%) Skype
13 15 (1.18%) SMTP
14 14 (1.11%) SD-WAN
14 14 (1.11%) Unified Communications
15 13 (1.03%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (12.40%) SQL Server
2 69 (5.45%) Power BI
3 43 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.18%) Data Lake
9 14 (1.11%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.03%) MySQL
10 13 (1.03%) Relational Database
11 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.87%) Metadata
13 10 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.71%) Db2
15 8 (0.63%) Delta Lake
15 8 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.63%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.55%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 92 (7.27%) Jenkins
2 79 (6.24%) Git
3 58 (4.58%) JIRA
4 49 (3.87%) GitLab
5 21 (1.66%) MSI
6 10 (0.79%) InstallShield
6 10 (0.79%) Postman
7 9 (0.71%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.71%) Selenium
8 7 (0.55%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.47%) JMeter
9 6 (0.47%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.39%) Appium
10 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.39%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.32%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.32%) Jaeger
11 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 302 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 198 (15.64%) Finance
3 153 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.74%) Public Sector
5 75 (5.92%) Documentation Skills
6 72 (5.69%) Banking
7 40 (3.16%) Legal
8 24 (1.90%) Investment Banking
9 23 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.50%) Front Office
11 13 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 12 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.79%) Law
13 10 (0.79%) Military
14 9 (0.71%) Retail
15 6 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.39%) Back Office
16 5 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.32%) Local Government
17 4 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 127 (10.03%) Senior
2 117 (9.24%) Architect
3 109 (8.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 105 (8.29%) Cloud Engineer
5 99 (7.82%) Azure Engineer
6 78 (6.16%) Security Engineer
7 65 (5.13%) Support Engineer
8 63 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
9 53 (4.19%) Developer
10 46 (3.63%) Analyst
11 43 (3.40%) Consultant
12 30 (2.37%) Lead
12 30 (2.37%) Platform Engineer
13 29 (2.29%) Administrator
13 29 (2.29%) Desktop Engineer
13 29 (2.29%) PowerShell Engineer
14 28 (2.21%) IT Engineer
14 28 (2.21%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 28 (2.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 26 (2.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (9.32%) REST
2 95 (7.50%) LDAP
3 85 (6.71%) Microsoft Graph
4 58 (4.58%) OAuth
5 53 (4.19%) .NET
6 48 (3.79%) JSON
7 46 (3.63%) SAML
8 40 (3.16%) SailPoint
9 36 (2.84%) ARM Templates
9 36 (2.84%) YAML
10 32 (2.53%) SOAP
11 31 (2.45%) OpenID
12 30 (2.37%) Web Services
13 28 (2.21%) OAuth2
14 23 (1.82%) .NET Framework
15 21 (1.66%) Kafka
16 15 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
16 15 (1.18%) XML
17 14 (1.11%) React
18 11 (0.87%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.06%) Onboarding
2 77 (6.08%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.92%) Replication
4 73 (5.77%) Security Posture
5 55 (4.34%) PKI
6 51 (4.03%) Clustering
6 51 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
7 49 (3.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 41 (3.24%) Management Information System
9 39 (3.08%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
11 22 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.66%) Product Ownership
12 21 (1.66%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (1.26%) Data Structures
17 15 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 552 (43.60%) Windows
2 257 (20.30%) Linux
3 220 (17.38%) Windows Server
4 58 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 55 (4.34%) Windows 10
6 45 (3.55%) Unix
7 26 (2.05%) AIX
8 25 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 20 (1.58%) Ubuntu
10 19 (1.50%) Mac OS
11 17 (1.34%) VMS
12 16 (1.26%) Apple iOS
12 16 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
13 13 (1.03%) Windows 7
13 13 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
14 12 (0.95%) Android
15 8 (0.63%) CentOS
16 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
17 4 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (25.99%) DevOps
2 311 (24.57%) CI/CD
3 263 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
4 252 (19.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 166 (13.11%) Migration
6 164 (12.95%) Agile
7 161 (12.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 142 (11.22%) ITIL
9 137 (10.82%) Runbook
10 133 (10.51%) SIEM
11 127 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 126 (9.95%) High Availability
13 122 (9.64%) Identity Access Management
14 121 (9.56%) Disaster Recovery
14 121 (9.56%) ITSM
15 116 (9.16%) Observability
15 116 (9.16%) Task Automation
16 113 (8.93%) Analytics
17 111 (8.77%) Root Cause Analysis
18 110 (8.69%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 560 (44.23%) Python
2 257 (20.30%) Bash
3 221 (17.46%) SQL
4 89 (7.03%) C#
5 76 (6.00%) Bicep
6 57 (4.50%) JavaScript
7 47 (3.71%) Java
8 44 (3.48%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (2.05%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.90%) VBScript
11 19 (1.50%) TypeScript
12 18 (1.42%) Perl
12 18 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
13 15 (1.18%) Groovy
14 13 (1.03%) VB
15 12 (0.95%) C++
16 11 (0.87%) BeanShell
16 11 (0.87%) Go
16 11 (0.87%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 451 (35.62%) Security Cleared
2 335 (26.46%) SC Cleared
3 127 (10.03%) Degree
4 108 (8.53%) DV Cleared
5 94 (7.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (6.24%) Azure Certification
7 75 (5.92%) CISSP
8 43 (3.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 36 (2.84%) AWS Certification
10 34 (2.69%) MCSE
11 33 (2.61%) CISM
12 30 (2.37%) MCSA
13 22 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
16 15 (1.18%) VCAP
17 12 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
18 9 (0.71%) GIAC
19 8 (0.63%) CCNP
19 8 (0.63%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (6.87%) NIST
3 73 (5.77%) GDPR
4 29 (2.29%) Data Quality
5 26 (2.05%) QA
6 24 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (1.58%) SLA
8 16 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.18%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.71%) FINRA
11 9 (0.71%) MiFID
11 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.63%) NCSC
13 5 (0.39%) GRC
14 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
16 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 418 (33.02%) Active Directory
2 140 (11.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (9.00%) Docker
4 78 (6.16%) Virtual Machines
5 60 (4.74%) Hyper-V
6 57 (4.50%) VMware ESXi
7 54 (4.27%) vSphere
8 43 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (2.37%) BitLocker
10 24 (1.90%) VMware NSX
11 21 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
12 20 (1.58%) Firmware
13 18 (1.42%) KVM
14 12 (0.95%) vCloud
15 5 (0.39%) Squid
16 4 (0.32%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
17 3 (0.24%) Postfix
17 3 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 311 (24.57%) Terraform
2 175 (13.82%) Ansible
3 163 (12.88%) Kubernetes
4 155 (12.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 83 (6.56%) SCCM
6 62 (4.90%) vCenter Server
7 53 (4.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 52 (4.11%) Grafana
9 42 (3.32%) Prometheus
9 42 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
10 31 (2.45%) Progress Chef
11 29 (2.29%) Puppet
12 23 (1.82%) SCOM
13 20 (1.58%) Nagios
13 20 (1.58%) vRealize
14 19 (1.50%) ZABBIX
15 18 (1.42%) Tivoli
16 17 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
17 16 (1.26%) Netcool
17 16 (1.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 602 (47.55%) Microsoft
2 181 (14.30%) VMware
3 101 (7.98%) ServiceNow
4 81 (6.40%) CyberArk
5 71 (5.61%) Google
6 69 (5.45%) Splunk
7 64 (5.06%) Oracle
8 58 (4.58%) BeyondTrust
9 53 (4.19%) Cisco
10 50 (3.95%) Citrix
11 44 (3.48%) Red Hat
12 36 (2.84%) SolarWinds
13 33 (2.61%) BMC
14 30 (2.37%) IBM
15 28 (2.21%) Remedy
16 27 (2.13%) Databricks
16 27 (2.13%) Okta
17 24 (1.90%) HP
18 20 (1.58%) Bloomberg
18 20 (1.58%) Qualys