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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 61 52
Rank change year-on-year -25 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,320 1,048 1,336
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.94% 3.82% 3.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.10% 11.55% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 683 955
10th Percentile £324 £325 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £607 £600 £619
90th Percentile £688 £689 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £520 £525
% change year-on-year - -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 13 23
10th Percentile £19.25 £45.15 £26.16
25th Percentile £33.70 £45.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +40.75% -23.03%
75th Percentile £68.50 £85.00 £71.84
90th Percentile £79.00 £177.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £64.25 £49.34
% change year-on-year -18.29% +30.22% -18.05%

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 11,891 9,076 11,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.49% 33.09% 31.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,727 6,243 7,973
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £520 £543
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% -4.20% -1.36%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 228 423
10th Percentile £34.02 £29.07 £35.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £38.97 £51.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% -8.46% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.13 £83.42 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.13 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.79% -8.60% +2.97%

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 July 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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -24 552 £538 +2.38% 91
South East -12 293 £525 -8.70% 89
North of England +7 259 £454 +2.02% 50
North West +16 151 £452 +0.95% 29
Yorkshire -6 104 £471 +12.48% 11
South West -12 102 £450 -21.74% 29
Midlands -63 65 £500 +8.70% 34
West Midlands -81 45 £500 +8.70% 19
East of England -46 39 £507 -7.82% 23
East Midlands -13 19 £469 +4.17% 15
North East -31 6 £238 -32.14% 11
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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
1 131 (9.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 130 (9.85%) SharePoint
3 45 (3.41%) Confluence
4 20 (1.52%) IIS
5 11 (0.83%) Apache
5 11 (0.83%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.61%) nginx
7 5 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.30%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.23%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.23%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
9 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.076%) CMS
11 1 (0.076%) MTS
Applications
1 24 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.076%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.076%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.076%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 720 (54.55%) Azure
2 334 (25.30%) Entra ID
3 285 (21.59%) AWS
4 224 (16.97%) Microsoft 365
5 159 (12.05%) Azure DevOps
6 154 (11.67%) GitHub
7 128 (9.70%) GCP
8 118 (8.94%) Power Platform
9 108 (8.18%) GitHub Actions
10 98 (7.42%) Azure Monitor
11 79 (5.98%) OneDrive
12 62 (4.70%) Azure AKS
13 58 (4.39%) SaaS
14 57 (4.32%) PaaS
15 55 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
16 45 (3.41%) AWS CloudFormation
16 45 (3.41%) IaaS
16 45 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
17 40 (3.03%) Power Automate
18 37 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 187 (14.17%) DNS
2 166 (12.58%) Firewall
3 106 (8.03%) DHCP
4 79 (5.98%) VPN
5 73 (5.53%) TCP/IP
6 55 (4.17%) Network Security
7 43 (3.26%) WAN
8 30 (2.27%) LAN
8 30 (2.27%) SAN
9 29 (2.20%) Kerberos
10 27 (2.05%) VLAN
11 23 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
12 19 (1.44%) SSL
13 18 (1.36%) VSAN
14 17 (1.29%) NAS
14 17 (1.29%) SNMP
14 17 (1.29%) SSH
15 14 (1.06%) SMTP
16 13 (0.98%) Internet
16 13 (0.98%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (13.48%) SQL Server
2 77 (5.83%) Power BI
3 43 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.21%) MongoDB
7 16 (1.21%) MySQL
8 15 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (1.06%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 12 (0.91%) Metadata
12 11 (0.83%) Big Data
13 10 (0.76%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.68%) Db2
14 9 (0.68%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 108 (8.18%) Jenkins
2 101 (7.65%) Git
3 73 (5.53%) JIRA
4 55 (4.17%) GitLab
5 24 (1.82%) MSI
6 11 (0.83%) Selenium
7 10 (0.76%) InstallShield
7 10 (0.76%) Postman
8 9 (0.68%) AdminStudio
8 9 (0.68%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (0.61%) Artifactory
9 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.45%) JMeter
11 5 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.38%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.30%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 302 (22.88%) Social Skills
2 213 (16.14%) Finance
3 165 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 79 (5.98%) Documentation Skills
6 76 (5.76%) Banking
7 34 (2.58%) Legal
8 22 (1.67%) Investment Banking
9 21 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.29%) Front Office
11 16 (1.21%) Military
12 15 (1.14%) Financial Institution
13 12 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.76%) Law
15 9 (0.68%) Retail
16 6 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.45%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.38%) Back Office
17 5 (0.38%) Local Government
18 4 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 151 (11.44%) Senior
2 129 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 124 (9.39%) Cloud Engineer
4 113 (8.56%) Azure Engineer
5 85 (6.44%) Architect
6 83 (6.29%) DevOps Engineer
7 77 (5.83%) Security Engineer
8 73 (5.53%) Support Engineer
9 52 (3.94%) Developer
10 46 (3.48%) Analyst
11 45 (3.41%) Consultant
12 40 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
13 38 (2.88%) Lead
14 36 (2.73%) IT Engineer
15 33 (2.50%) Administrator
16 32 (2.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 30 (2.27%) PowerShell Engineer
18 29 (2.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
18 29 (2.20%) DBA
18 29 (2.20%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (8.64%) REST
2 77 (5.83%) Microsoft Graph
3 74 (5.61%) LDAP
4 63 (4.77%) .NET
5 50 (3.79%) JSON
5 50 (3.79%) OAuth
6 48 (3.64%) ARM Templates
7 45 (3.41%) SailPoint
8 42 (3.18%) YAML
9 38 (2.88%) SAML
10 34 (2.58%) OpenID
11 32 (2.42%) Web Services
12 29 (2.20%) OAuth2
13 24 (1.82%) .NET Framework
14 23 (1.74%) Kafka
15 21 (1.59%) SOAP
16 18 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
17 16 (1.21%) XML
18 15 (1.14%) React
19 12 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 118 (8.94%) Onboarding
2 86 (6.52%) Cloud Native
3 77 (5.83%) Replication
4 67 (5.08%) Security Posture
5 64 (4.85%) PKI
6 59 (4.47%) Clustering
7 53 (4.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 46 (3.48%) Management Information System
9 44 (3.33%) Data Centre
9 44 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
10 33 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
11 25 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.82%) Public Cloud
13 23 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
14 22 (1.67%) Product Ownership
15 21 (1.59%) Data Structures
16 18 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
16 18 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
18 16 (1.21%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 600 (45.45%) Windows
2 302 (22.88%) Linux
3 245 (18.56%) Windows Server
4 74 (5.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 59 (4.47%) Windows 10
6 46 (3.48%) Unix
7 26 (1.97%) AIX
8 25 (1.89%) Ubuntu
8 25 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (1.67%) Mac OS
10 19 (1.44%) VMS
11 18 (1.36%) Apple iOS
11 18 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (1.14%) CentOS
13 13 (0.98%) Android
13 13 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
14 9 (0.68%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.53%) Rocky
16 5 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
16 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (27.42%) DevOps
2 345 (26.14%) CI/CD
3 296 (22.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 261 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
5 197 (14.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 185 (14.02%) Agile
7 169 (12.80%) Migration
8 163 (12.35%) ITIL
9 157 (11.89%) Runbook
10 154 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 131 (9.92%) ITSM
12 129 (9.77%) Identity Access Management
13 128 (9.70%) SIEM
14 126 (9.55%) Analytics
15 122 (9.24%) Observability
16 121 (9.17%) Disaster Recovery
17 120 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
18 115 (8.71%) High Availability
19 114 (8.64%) AI
20 113 (8.56%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 604 (45.76%) Python
2 310 (23.48%) Bash
3 234 (17.73%) SQL
4 94 (7.12%) Bicep
5 88 (6.67%) C#
6 57 (4.32%) JavaScript
7 55 (4.17%) Java
8 31 (2.35%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (1.97%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.67%) TypeScript
11 21 (1.59%) VBScript
12 20 (1.52%) Perl
12 20 (1.52%) Search Processing Language
13 17 (1.29%) Groovy
14 13 (0.98%) Go
14 13 (0.98%) Shell Script
15 12 (0.91%) C++
16 11 (0.83%) BeanShell
17 9 (0.68%) VB
18 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 463 (35.08%) Security Cleared
2 328 (24.85%) SC Cleared
3 136 (10.30%) Degree
4 134 (10.15%) DV Cleared
5 93 (7.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 88 (6.67%) Azure Certification
7 75 (5.68%) CISSP
8 50 (3.79%) AWS Certification
9 42 (3.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 33 (2.50%) CISM
11 27 (2.05%) MCSE
12 24 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.67%) MCSA
14 20 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (1.44%) VCAP
16 13 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 9 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 8 (0.61%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (8.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (6.82%) NIST
3 55 (4.17%) GDPR
4 34 (2.58%) QA
5 30 (2.27%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.20%) SLA
7 15 (1.14%) HIPAA
8 14 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.76%) NCSC
10 10 (0.76%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.76%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.38%) GRC
11 5 (0.38%) GxP
12 4 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 3 (0.23%) FINRA
13 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 424 (32.12%) Active Directory
2 161 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (10.53%) Docker
4 87 (6.59%) Virtual Machines
5 71 (5.38%) Hyper-V
6 63 (4.77%) VMware ESXi
7 59 (4.47%) vSphere
8 42 (3.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 33 (2.50%) VMware NSX
10 25 (1.89%) BitLocker
11 20 (1.52%) Microsoft App-V
12 19 (1.44%) Firmware
13 15 (1.14%) vCloud
14 14 (1.06%) KVM
15 5 (0.38%) Squid
15 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
17 3 (0.23%) NFS
17 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
17 3 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 362 (27.42%) Terraform
2 216 (16.36%) Ansible
3 195 (14.77%) Kubernetes
4 164 (12.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 89 (6.74%) SCCM
6 69 (5.23%) vCenter Server
7 64 (4.85%) Grafana
8 53 (4.02%) Prometheus
9 39 (2.95%) Progress Chef
9 39 (2.95%) Puppet
10 35 (2.65%) SCOM
11 32 (2.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 32 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
12 21 (1.59%) Nagios
12 21 (1.59%) Packer
13 20 (1.52%) ZABBIX
14 18 (1.36%) Tivoli
14 18 (1.36%) vRealize
15 17 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (1.21%) Netcool
Vendors
1 613 (46.44%) Microsoft
2 210 (15.91%) VMware
3 118 (8.94%) ServiceNow
4 79 (5.98%) CyberArk
4 79 (5.98%) Google
5 76 (5.76%) Splunk
6 71 (5.38%) Oracle
7 59 (4.47%) Cisco
8 49 (3.71%) BeyondTrust
8 49 (3.71%) Citrix
9 48 (3.64%) Red Hat
10 40 (3.03%) BMC
10 40 (3.03%) SolarWinds
11 37 (2.80%) Remedy
12 33 (2.50%) IBM
13 29 (2.20%) HP
14 28 (2.12%) Databricks
15 24 (1.82%) NetApp
16 21 (1.59%) Dynatrace
16 21 (1.59%) Qualys