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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 54 68
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 -8
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,255 976 1,174
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.61% 3.78% 3.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.17% 11.28% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 655 834
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £441 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% +3.19%
75th Percentile £621 £626 £638
90th Percentile £738 £720 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 42
10th Percentile £41.13 £17.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £57.57 £20.24 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £56.75 £42.08
Median % change year-on-year +30.87% +34.87% -23.50%
75th Percentile £80.50 £74.44 £68.47
90th Percentile £83.88 £112.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £36.79 £42.08
% change year-on-year +101.85% -12.56% -23.50%

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 10,315 8,654 11,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.65% 33.47% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,881 5,629 7,996
10th Percentile £352 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £614 £650 £663
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -5.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 206 470
10th Percentile £41.32 £25.26 £35.62
25th Percentile £53.75 £41.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £60.32
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +4.03% -7.20%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 22 February 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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 22 February 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 22 February 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 -18 531 £538 +0.47% 140
South East +1 236 £500 -13.04% 135
North of England -4 204 £479 +2.35% 82
South West +9 139 £560 -2.61% 46
North West +6 109 £460 -2.13% 39
Yorkshire -22 83 £494 +5.05% 29
Midlands -44 83 £465 -4.62% 45
West Midlands -62 58 £475 -5.00% 24
East of England -9 27 £525 +7.69% 30
East Midlands -17 25 £449 -3.03% 21
North East -15 17 £550 +20.35% 15
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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UK

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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
1 194 (15.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 148 (11.79%) SharePoint
3 57 (4.54%) Confluence
4 38 (3.03%) Skype for Business
5 13 (1.04%) Apache
6 8 (0.64%) Mattermost
7 7 (0.56%) IIS
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.24%) nginx
8 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.080%) SAS
10 1 (0.080%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.080%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.080%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.080%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.56%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.080%) Actimize
4 1 (0.080%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.080%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 614 (48.92%) Azure
2 301 (23.98%) Entra ID
3 283 (22.55%) Microsoft 365
4 213 (16.97%) AWS
5 133 (10.60%) GCP
6 114 (9.08%) Azure DevOps
7 100 (7.97%) GitHub
8 91 (7.25%) OneDrive
9 78 (6.22%) Power Platform
10 62 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
10 62 (4.94%) Microsoft Purview
11 60 (4.78%) IaaS
12 52 (4.14%) Azure Monitor
13 51 (4.06%) SaaS
14 50 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
15 48 (3.82%) PaaS
16 43 (3.43%) Serverless
17 38 (3.03%) PowerApps
18 37 (2.95%) Azure Logic Apps
19 35 (2.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 207 (16.49%) DNS
2 168 (13.39%) Firewall
3 136 (10.84%) DHCP
4 72 (5.74%) VPN
5 69 (5.50%) TCP/IP
6 58 (4.62%) Network Security
7 42 (3.35%) Kerberos
8 41 (3.27%) Skype
9 40 (3.19%) LAN
10 36 (2.87%) WAN
11 31 (2.47%) VLAN
12 29 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (1.59%) SMTP
13 20 (1.59%) Unified Communications
14 19 (1.51%) DKIM
14 19 (1.51%) DMARC
15 17 (1.35%) HTTP
15 17 (1.35%) Software-Defined Networking
16 16 (1.27%) Wireshark
17 15 (1.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 47 (3.75%) Power BI
3 30 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (1.75%) Metadata
4 22 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (1.27%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.64%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.56%) MySQL
10 7 (0.56%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.48%) DB2
11 6 (0.48%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.40%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 79 (6.29%) JIRA
2 75 (5.98%) Git
3 72 (5.74%) Jenkins
4 68 (5.42%) GitLab
5 15 (1.20%) Artifactory
5 15 (1.20%) MSI
6 12 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (0.80%) Metasploit
8 9 (0.72%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.72%) Burp Suite
9 8 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.48%) InstallShield
10 6 (0.48%) Postman
11 5 (0.40%) Gradle
11 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.40%) Spinnaker
11 5 (0.40%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.40%) Vagrant
12 4 (0.32%) MSTest
12 4 (0.32%) Robot Framework
General
1 450 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 213 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
3 158 (12.59%) Finance
4 116 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 82 (6.53%) Documentation Skills
6 59 (4.70%) Banking
7 58 (4.62%) Legal
8 18 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (1.27%) Front Office
9 16 (1.27%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.12%) Military
10 14 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.04%) Retail
12 9 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.72%) Publishing
13 7 (0.56%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.56%) Law
13 7 (0.56%) Marketing
13 7 (0.56%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 165 (13.15%) Architect
2 112 (8.92%) Senior
3 83 (6.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 80 (6.37%) Azure Engineer
5 68 (5.42%) Security Engineer
6 66 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 66 (5.26%) Platform Engineer
7 60 (4.78%) Consultant
7 60 (4.78%) Support Engineer
8 58 (4.62%) Analyst
9 53 (4.22%) Developer
10 48 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
11 41 (3.27%) Microsoft Engineer
12 37 (2.95%) CyberArk Architect
13 33 (2.63%) Lead
13 33 (2.63%) SIEM Engineer
14 26 (2.07%) Administrator
14 26 (2.07%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 24 (1.91%) IT Engineer
15 24 (1.91%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.43%) REST
2 119 (9.48%) LDAP
3 67 (5.34%) Microsoft Graph
4 65 (5.18%) OAuth
5 63 (5.02%) SAML
6 58 (4.62%) JSON
7 51 (4.06%) SOAP
8 40 (3.19%) OpenID
9 34 (2.71%) .NET
10 32 (2.55%) ARM Templates
11 30 (2.39%) SailPoint
12 28 (2.23%) OAuth2
13 21 (1.67%) XML
14 20 (1.59%) YAML
15 19 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.51%) Middleware
16 17 (1.35%) AngularJS
17 16 (1.27%) HTML
18 15 (1.20%) Node.js
19 14 (1.12%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.14%) Security Posture
2 75 (5.98%) Onboarding
2 75 (5.98%) Replication
3 68 (5.42%) PKI
4 64 (5.10%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (3.59%) Data Centre
6 44 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (3.27%) Cloud Native
8 33 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 33 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (2.55%) Clustering
10 25 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.91%) Product Ownership
12 18 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
13 17 (1.35%) Private Cloud
14 16 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
15 15 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (1.12%) BYOD
17 13 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
17 13 (1.04%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 473 (37.69%) Windows
2 219 (17.45%) Linux
3 203 (16.18%) Windows Server
4 76 (6.06%) Windows 10
5 37 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 28 (2.23%) Mac OS
7 22 (1.75%) Unix
8 21 (1.67%) Android
9 20 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (1.51%) VMS
11 17 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
13 12 (0.96%) Ubuntu
14 11 (0.88%) Apple iOS
15 10 (0.80%) Solaris
15 10 (0.80%) Windows 7
16 9 (0.72%) Kali Linux
17 8 (0.64%) AIX
18 5 (0.40%) Amazon Linux
18 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
2 308 (24.54%) DevOps
3 260 (20.72%) CI/CD
4 200 (15.94%) Agile
5 195 (15.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 170 (13.55%) SIEM
7 152 (12.11%) Migration
8 144 (11.47%) ITIL
9 137 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
10 134 (10.68%) Task Automation
11 125 (9.96%) ITSM
12 121 (9.64%) RBAC
13 120 (9.56%) Identity Access Management
14 113 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 105 (8.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 102 (8.13%) Incident Response
17 100 (7.97%) Change Management
18 97 (7.73%) Analytics
18 97 (7.73%) Service Management
18 97 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 526 (41.91%) Python
2 226 (18.01%) Bash
3 145 (11.55%) SQL
4 86 (6.85%) C#
5 73 (5.82%) Kusto Query Language
6 72 (5.74%) JavaScript
7 51 (4.06%) Java
8 45 (3.59%) Bicep
9 34 (2.71%) Perl
10 21 (1.67%) VBScript
11 16 (1.27%) T-SQL
12 14 (1.12%) BeanShell
12 14 (1.12%) Go
13 13 (1.04%) Groovy
13 13 (1.04%) VB
14 8 (0.64%) PHP
14 8 (0.64%) TypeScript
15 6 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.32%) C++
Qualifications
1 531 (42.31%) Security Cleared
2 418 (33.31%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.56%) Degree
4 109 (8.69%) DV Cleared
5 106 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 81 (6.45%) CISSP
7 59 (4.70%) Azure Certification
8 43 (3.43%) CISM
9 40 (3.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 30 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
11 27 (2.15%) CEH
12 26 (2.07%) MCSE
13 25 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
14 23 (1.83%) AWS Certification
14 23 (1.83%) CCNA
15 22 (1.75%) CCNP
16 20 (1.59%) MCSA
17 19 (1.51%) GIAC
18 18 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
19 16 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (9.88%) GDPR
2 115 (9.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (5.74%) NIST
4 28 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 21 (1.67%) QA
6 15 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.20%) MiFID
7 14 (1.12%) SLA
8 12 (0.96%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.88%) FINRA
10 10 (0.80%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.72%) Data Quality
11 9 (0.72%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.64%) NCSC
13 5 (0.40%) PSD2
14 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.24%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 468 (37.29%) Active Directory
2 132 (10.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (9.40%) Docker
4 56 (4.46%) Hyper-V
5 46 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
6 41 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 32 (2.55%) vSphere
8 22 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.27%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.27%) KVM
10 12 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (0.56%) Firmware
12 7 (0.56%) Squid
13 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.40%) DFS Replication
14 5 (0.40%) NFS
15 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
16 3 (0.24%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.24%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 246 (19.60%) Terraform
2 140 (11.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 125 (9.96%) Ansible
3 125 (9.96%) Kubernetes
4 109 (8.69%) SCCM
5 87 (6.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 68 (5.42%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (3.11%) vCenter Server
8 35 (2.79%) Grafana
9 33 (2.63%) Prometheus
10 30 (2.39%) SCOM
11 24 (1.91%) vRealize
12 19 (1.51%) Kibana
13 16 (1.27%) WSUS
14 13 (1.04%) HP SiteScope
14 13 (1.04%) Nessus
15 9 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
15 9 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
15 9 (0.72%) Nmap
15 9 (0.72%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 593 (47.25%) Microsoft
2 182 (14.50%) VMware
3 93 (7.41%) CyberArk
4 67 (5.34%) Splunk
5 66 (5.26%) BeyondTrust
6 65 (5.18%) ServiceNow
7 63 (5.02%) Citrix
8 52 (4.14%) Cisco
9 43 (3.43%) Google
10 39 (3.11%) Red Hat
11 35 (2.79%) Oracle
12 34 (2.71%) Centrify
13 28 (2.23%) Okta
13 28 (2.23%) Veeam
14 25 (1.99%) SolarWinds
15 23 (1.83%) Atlassian
15 23 (1.83%) Databricks
16 18 (1.43%) Qualys
16 18 (1.43%) Tanium
17 17 (1.35%) Zscaler