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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 59 53
Rank change year-on-year -23 -6 +12
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,269 985 1,365
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.92% 3.91% 3.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.92% 11.52% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 648 982
10th Percentile £337 £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 £603 £625
90th Percentile £691 £700 £688
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 11,623 8,554 11,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.78% 33.94% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,579 5,927 8,171
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 £725 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 203 491
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.18 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.38 £35.50 £50.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -14.06% +2.40%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.38 £84.90 £77.50
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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 26 June 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 26 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 26 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 -13 547 £550 +6.28% 106
North of England +9 265 £460 - 63
South East -12 254 £525 -8.70% 117
North West +14 149 £450 +0.56% 41
Yorkshire 0 115 £500 - 13
South West -15 94 £441 -23.26% 25
Midlands -79 62 £500 +8.70% 31
West Midlands -78 44 £500 +8.70% 16
East of England -52 34 £507 -7.82% 26
East Midlands -9 17 £469 -6.25% 15
North East -29 3 £238 -32.14% 12
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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
1 147 (11.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 133 (10.48%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.23%) 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%) 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 32 (2.52%) 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 26 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.47%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.079%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 681 (53.66%) Azure
2 318 (25.06%) Entra ID
3 263 (20.72%) AWS
4 233 (18.36%) Microsoft 365
5 142 (11.19%) GitHub
6 134 (10.56%) Azure DevOps
7 131 (10.32%) GCP
8 111 (8.75%) Power Platform
9 98 (7.72%) GitHub Actions
10 85 (6.70%) OneDrive
11 80 (6.30%) Azure Monitor
12 60 (4.73%) Microsoft Purview
13 58 (4.57%) PaaS
14 56 (4.41%) Azure AKS
15 53 (4.18%) Microsoft Copilot
16 48 (3.78%) SaaS
17 45 (3.55%) IaaS
18 39 (3.07%) AWS CloudFormation
19 38 (2.99%) Power Automate
20 35 (2.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 170 (13.40%) DNS
2 136 (10.72%) Firewall
3 98 (7.72%) DHCP
4 74 (5.83%) VPN
5 49 (3.86%) WAN
6 45 (3.55%) Network Security
7 44 (3.47%) TCP/IP
8 39 (3.07%) Kerberos
9 35 (2.76%) LAN
10 27 (2.13%) SAN
11 25 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
12 22 (1.73%) VLAN
13 17 (1.34%) NAS
13 17 (1.34%) SNMP
13 17 (1.34%) SSL
14 15 (1.18%) Skype
14 15 (1.18%) SMTP
15 14 (1.10%) SD-WAN
15 14 (1.10%) Unified Communications
16 13 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (12.53%) SQL Server
2 69 (5.44%) Power BI
3 43 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.18%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.10%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.02%) MySQL
10 13 (1.02%) 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%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (0.63%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.55%) Big Data
16 7 (0.55%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 96 (7.57%) Jenkins
2 82 (6.46%) Git
3 58 (4.57%) JIRA
4 50 (3.94%) GitLab
5 22 (1.73%) MSI
6 10 (0.79%) InstallShield
6 10 (0.79%) Postman
7 9 (0.71%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.71%) Selenium
8 8 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (0.55%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.47%) JMeter
10 6 (0.47%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.47%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.39%) Appium
11 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.39%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.32%) Claude Code
12 4 (0.32%) Jaeger
13 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 300 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 198 (15.60%) Finance
3 153 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (7.80%) Public Sector
5 76 (5.99%) Documentation Skills
6 73 (5.75%) Banking
7 39 (3.07%) 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%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.79%) Law
13 10 (0.79%) Military
13 10 (0.79%) Retail
14 6 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.39%) Back Office
16 4 (0.32%) Local Government
16 4 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 129 (10.17%) Senior
2 113 (8.90%) Architect
3 109 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 106 (8.35%) Cloud Engineer
5 101 (7.96%) Azure Engineer
6 78 (6.15%) Security Engineer
7 65 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
7 65 (5.12%) Support Engineer
8 53 (4.18%) Developer
9 47 (3.70%) Analyst
10 43 (3.39%) Consultant
11 32 (2.52%) Platform Engineer
12 31 (2.44%) Lead
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%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 26 (2.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 26 (2.05%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (9.22%) REST
2 93 (7.33%) LDAP
3 84 (6.62%) Microsoft Graph
4 58 (4.57%) OAuth
5 57 (4.49%) .NET
6 49 (3.86%) JSON
7 46 (3.62%) SAML
8 40 (3.15%) SailPoint
9 36 (2.84%) ARM Templates
9 36 (2.84%) YAML
10 31 (2.44%) OpenID
10 31 (2.44%) SOAP
11 30 (2.36%) Web Services
12 28 (2.21%) OAuth2
13 23 (1.81%) .NET Framework
14 22 (1.73%) Kafka
15 16 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
16 15 (1.18%) XML
17 14 (1.10%) React
18 11 (0.87%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.04%) Onboarding
2 77 (6.07%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.99%) Replication
4 71 (5.59%) Security Posture
5 55 (4.33%) PKI
6 51 (4.02%) Clustering
6 51 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
7 49 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 41 (3.23%) Management Information System
9 39 (3.07%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
11 23 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 21 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.58%) Product Ownership
14 19 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
16 17 (1.34%) Data Structures
17 15 (1.18%) Algorithms
17 15 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 554 (43.66%) Windows
2 259 (20.41%) Linux
3 223 (17.57%) Windows Server
4 59 (4.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 56 (4.41%) Windows 10
6 45 (3.55%) Unix
7 26 (2.05%) AIX
8 25 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (1.65%) Ubuntu
10 20 (1.58%) Mac OS
11 17 (1.34%) VMS
12 16 (1.26%) Apple iOS
12 16 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
13 13 (1.02%) Windows 7
13 13 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
14 12 (0.95%) Android
15 9 (0.71%) CentOS
16 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
17 4 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (26.00%) DevOps
2 312 (24.59%) CI/CD
3 262 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
4 254 (20.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 167 (13.16%) Migration
6 166 (13.08%) Agile
7 163 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 144 (11.35%) ITIL
9 141 (11.11%) Runbook
10 131 (10.32%) SIEM
11 130 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 123 (9.69%) High Availability
12 123 (9.69%) Identity Access Management
13 120 (9.46%) Disaster Recovery
13 120 (9.46%) ITSM
14 116 (9.14%) Observability
15 114 (8.98%) Task Automation
16 112 (8.83%) Analytics
17 109 (8.59%) Root Cause Analysis
18 108 (8.51%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 560 (44.13%) Python
2 259 (20.41%) Bash
3 221 (17.42%) SQL
4 91 (7.17%) C#
5 77 (6.07%) Bicep
6 57 (4.49%) JavaScript
7 47 (3.70%) Java
8 43 (3.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 25 (1.97%) T-SQL
9 25 (1.97%) VBScript
10 19 (1.50%) TypeScript
11 18 (1.42%) Perl
11 18 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
12 15 (1.18%) Groovy
13 13 (1.02%) VB
14 12 (0.95%) C++
15 11 (0.87%) BeanShell
15 11 (0.87%) Go
15 11 (0.87%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 449 (35.38%) Security Cleared
2 334 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 127 (10.01%) Degree
4 108 (8.51%) DV Cleared
5 90 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 77 (6.07%) Azure Certification
7 75 (5.91%) CISSP
8 43 (3.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 36 (2.84%) AWS Certification
10 33 (2.60%) CISM
11 32 (2.52%) MCSE
12 28 (2.21%) MCSA
13 22 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (1.50%) 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%) CCNA
19 8 (0.63%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (6.78%) NIST
3 72 (5.67%) GDPR
4 28 (2.21%) Data Quality
5 27 (2.13%) QA
6 24 (1.89%) 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%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.63%) FINRA
12 8 (0.63%) MiFID
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
1 415 (32.70%) Active Directory
2 140 (11.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (9.06%) Docker
4 78 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
5 61 (4.81%) Hyper-V
6 57 (4.49%) VMware ESXi
7 54 (4.26%) vSphere
8 42 (3.31%) 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 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
1 314 (24.74%) Terraform
2 179 (14.11%) Ansible
3 164 (12.92%) Kubernetes
4 155 (12.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 85 (6.70%) SCCM
6 62 (4.89%) vCenter Server
7 53 (4.18%) Grafana
8 51 (4.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 43 (3.39%) Prometheus
10 42 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
11 31 (2.44%) Progress Chef
12 29 (2.29%) Puppet
13 23 (1.81%) SCOM
14 20 (1.58%) Nagios
14 20 (1.58%) 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
1 601 (47.36%) Microsoft
2 182 (14.34%) VMware
3 102 (8.04%) ServiceNow
4 78 (6.15%) CyberArk
5 71 (5.59%) Google
6 70 (5.52%) Splunk
7 64 (5.04%) Oracle
8 56 (4.41%) BeyondTrust
9 55 (4.33%) Cisco
10 50 (3.94%) Citrix
11 44 (3.47%) Red Hat
12 36 (2.84%) SolarWinds
13 34 (2.68%) BMC
14 30 (2.36%) IBM
14 30 (2.36%) Remedy
15 27 (2.13%) Okta
16 26 (2.05%) Databricks
16 26 (2.05%) HP
17 20 (1.58%) Bloomberg
17 20 (1.58%) Qualys