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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 57 54
Rank change year-on-year -25 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,269 985 1,351
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.96% 3.99% 3.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.12% 11.78% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 667 964
10th Percentile £336 £338 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £625
90th Percentile £712 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 7 25
10th Percentile £19.25 £39.05 £29.33
25th Percentile £39.86 £51.63 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +61.49% -32.92%
75th Percentile £69.94 £141.48 £58.49
90th Percentile £77.50 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £63.50 £40.25
% change year-on-year -13.39% +57.76% -32.92%

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 11,412 8,364 11,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.63% 33.87% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,460 5,798 8,122
10th Percentile £359 £356 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -3.30% -4.31%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 521 197 488
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.18 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £36.00 £49.84
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% -9.20% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -

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 16 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 16 June 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 16 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 -16 562 £550 +7.06% 128
North of England +3 254 £474 +5.22% 79
South East -14 247 £525 -8.70% 133
North West +9 137 £465 +3.94% 57
Yorkshire -3 117 £494 -1.25% 16
South West -23 93 £441 -24.57% 37
Midlands -72 63 £481 +4.57% 42
West Midlands -70 48 £485 +5.43% 20
East of England -50 36 £507 -7.82% 28
East Midlands -27 14 £438 -4.89% 22
North East -32 2 £275 -21.43% 7
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
1 151 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 137 (10.80%) SharePoint
3 37 (2.92%) Confluence
4 20 (1.58%) IIS
5 14 (1.10%) 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%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.24%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.079%) CMS
11 1 (0.079%) MTS
11 1 (0.079%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 34 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.63%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 7 (0.55%) 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
1 678 (53.43%) Azure
2 307 (24.19%) Entra ID
3 259 (20.41%) AWS
4 241 (18.99%) Microsoft 365
5 137 (10.80%) GitHub
6 134 (10.56%) GCP
7 133 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
8 112 (8.83%) Power Platform
9 95 (7.49%) GitHub Actions
10 89 (7.01%) OneDrive
11 78 (6.15%) Azure Monitor
12 66 (5.20%) Microsoft Purview
13 58 (4.57%) PaaS
14 55 (4.33%) Microsoft Copilot
15 52 (4.10%) Azure AKS
16 45 (3.55%) IaaS
17 44 (3.47%) Power Automate
18 39 (3.07%) Azure Key Vault
19 37 (2.92%) SaaS
20 35 (2.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 158 (12.45%) DNS
2 124 (9.77%) Firewall
3 91 (7.17%) DHCP
4 70 (5.52%) VPN
5 44 (3.47%) WAN
6 41 (3.23%) Network Security
7 38 (2.99%) Kerberos
8 35 (2.76%) TCP/IP
9 32 (2.52%) LAN
10 24 (1.89%) SAN
10 24 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (1.42%) SMTP
11 18 (1.42%) VLAN
12 17 (1.34%) SNMP
13 16 (1.26%) SSL
14 15 (1.18%) NAS
14 15 (1.18%) Skype
15 13 (1.02%) SD-WAN
16 12 (0.95%) DKIM
16 12 (0.95%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (11.51%) SQL Server
2 71 (5.59%) Power BI
3 36 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.18%) Metadata
9 14 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 14 (1.10%) MySQL
10 12 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (0.79%) Delta Lake
11 10 (0.79%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (0.71%) Db2
12 9 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (0.71%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.63%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.63%) Spark SQL
14 7 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 84 (6.62%) Jenkins
2 79 (6.23%) Git
3 58 (4.57%) JIRA
4 47 (3.70%) GitLab
5 19 (1.50%) 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
8 7 (0.55%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.47%) JMeter
9 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.39%) Appium
10 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.32%) Jaeger
11 4 (0.32%) JUnit
12 3 (0.24%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 319 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 183 (14.42%) Finance
3 153 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (7.88%) Public Sector
5 79 (6.23%) Documentation Skills
6 68 (5.36%) Banking
7 42 (3.31%) Legal
8 24 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 23 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.50%) Front Office
11 13 (1.02%) Financial Institution
12 12 (0.95%) Law
12 12 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (0.87%) Military
14 9 (0.71%) Publishing
14 9 (0.71%) Retail
15 7 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.32%) Back Office
17 4 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 132 (10.40%) Architect
2 126 (9.93%) Senior
3 103 (8.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 96 (7.57%) Azure Engineer
5 93 (7.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 80 (6.30%) Security Engineer
7 67 (5.28%) DevOps Engineer
8 64 (5.04%) Support Engineer
9 55 (4.33%) Developer
10 43 (3.39%) Analyst
11 42 (3.31%) Consultant
12 32 (2.52%) Administrator
13 31 (2.44%) Lead
13 31 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
14 30 (2.36%) CyberArk Architect
15 29 (2.29%) Desktop Engineer
15 29 (2.29%) PowerShell Engineer
16 27 (2.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 27 (2.13%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 26 (2.05%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (10.01%) REST
2 105 (8.27%) LDAP
3 87 (6.86%) Microsoft Graph
4 55 (4.33%) OAuth
5 53 (4.18%) .NET
6 46 (3.62%) SAML
7 45 (3.55%) SOAP
8 39 (3.07%) JSON
8 39 (3.07%) YAML
9 37 (2.92%) SailPoint
10 35 (2.76%) ARM Templates
11 31 (2.44%) OpenID
12 30 (2.36%) Web Services
13 27 (2.13%) OAuth2
14 22 (1.73%) .NET Framework
15 15 (1.18%) Kafka
16 14 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
16 14 (1.10%) React
17 12 (0.95%) Swagger
18 11 (0.87%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.57%) Onboarding
2 83 (6.54%) Security Posture
3 80 (6.30%) Replication
4 76 (5.99%) Cloud Native
5 64 (5.04%) Enterprise Software
6 56 (4.41%) Clustering
7 55 (4.33%) PKI
8 49 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 45 (3.55%) Management Information System
10 41 (3.23%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
12 24 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.65%) Product Ownership
14 19 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
15 18 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
15 18 (1.42%) Public Cloud
16 17 (1.34%) Enterprise Storage
17 16 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
18 12 (0.95%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 550 (43.34%) Windows
2 254 (20.02%) Linux
3 225 (17.73%) Windows Server
4 56 (4.41%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 45 (3.55%) Unix
7 26 (2.05%) AIX
7 26 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (1.58%) Mac OS
9 18 (1.42%) Ubuntu
9 18 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.34%) VMS
11 15 (1.18%) Apple iOS
12 14 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 13 (1.02%) Android
13 13 (1.02%) Windows 7
14 7 (0.55%) CentOS
14 7 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
15 4 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (26.16%) DevOps
2 314 (24.74%) CI/CD
3 276 (21.75%) Problem-Solving
4 238 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 165 (13.00%) Migration
6 161 (12.69%) Agile
7 154 (12.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 146 (11.51%) SIEM
9 138 (10.87%) ITIL
10 131 (10.32%) Runbook
11 130 (10.24%) ITSM
12 129 (10.17%) Task Automation
13 124 (9.77%) Identity Access Management
14 120 (9.46%) Disaster Recovery
14 120 (9.46%) High Availability
15 118 (9.30%) Observability
16 115 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
17 110 (8.67%) Analytics
18 109 (8.59%) RBAC
18 109 (8.59%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 551 (43.42%) Python
2 250 (19.70%) Bash
3 214 (16.86%) SQL
4 95 (7.49%) C#
5 71 (5.59%) Bicep
6 58 (4.57%) JavaScript
7 51 (4.02%) Java
8 46 (3.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 28 (2.21%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.73%) VBScript
11 21 (1.65%) Perl
12 18 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
12 18 (1.42%) TypeScript
13 13 (1.02%) VB
14 12 (0.95%) Go
14 12 (0.95%) Groovy
14 12 (0.95%) Shell Script
15 11 (0.87%) C++
16 9 (0.71%) BeanShell
17 7 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 471 (37.12%) Security Cleared
2 350 (27.58%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.46%) Degree
4 110 (8.67%) DV Cleared
5 100 (7.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 81 (6.38%) Azure Certification
7 74 (5.83%) CISSP
8 47 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 37 (2.92%) AWS Certification
10 36 (2.84%) MCSE
11 34 (2.68%) CISM
12 32 (2.52%) MCSA
13 20 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.58%) VCAP
14 18 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
16 13 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (0.71%) CEH
18 8 (0.63%) CCNA
19 7 (0.55%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (8.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (6.86%) NIST
3 79 (6.23%) GDPR
4 26 (2.05%) Data Quality
4 26 (2.05%) QA
5 24 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.42%) SLA
7 15 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.18%) HIPAA
8 12 (0.95%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.87%) FINRA
9 11 (0.87%) MiFID
10 9 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.63%) NCSC
12 5 (0.39%) GRC
13 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 424 (33.41%) Active Directory
2 142 (11.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (9.30%) Docker
4 77 (6.07%) Virtual Machines
5 62 (4.89%) Hyper-V
6 60 (4.73%) VMware ESXi
7 59 (4.65%) vSphere
8 43 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (2.36%) BitLocker
10 24 (1.89%) VMware NSX
11 21 (1.65%) Microsoft App-V
12 20 (1.58%) Firmware
13 18 (1.42%) KVM
14 11 (0.87%) vCloud
15 6 (0.47%) 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
1 295 (23.25%) Terraform
2 173 (13.63%) Ansible
3 157 (12.37%) Kubernetes
4 150 (11.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 86 (6.78%) SCCM
6 67 (5.28%) vCenter Server
7 55 (4.33%) Grafana
8 53 (4.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 45 (3.55%) Prometheus
10 41 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
11 30 (2.36%) Progress Chef
12 29 (2.29%) Puppet
13 23 (1.81%) SCOM
14 20 (1.58%) Nagios
15 19 (1.50%) vRealize
15 19 (1.50%) ZABBIX
16 18 (1.42%) Tivoli
17 17 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
18 16 (1.26%) Netcool
18 16 (1.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 595 (46.89%) Microsoft
2 185 (14.58%) VMware
3 96 (7.57%) ServiceNow
4 86 (6.78%) CyberArk
5 70 (5.52%) BeyondTrust
6 69 (5.44%) Splunk
7 63 (4.96%) Google
8 59 (4.65%) Oracle
9 55 (4.33%) Cisco
10 52 (4.10%) Citrix
11 43 (3.39%) Red Hat
12 34 (2.68%) SolarWinds
13 33 (2.60%) BMC
14 30 (2.36%) IBM
15 28 (2.21%) Centrify
15 28 (2.21%) Remedy
16 25 (1.97%) Databricks
17 24 (1.89%) HP
17 24 (1.89%) Okta
18 21 (1.65%) Qualys