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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 68 52
Rank change year-on-year -17 -16 +9
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,363 1,004 1,268
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.99% 3.63% 3.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.36% 11.06% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 639 913
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £422 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £600 £614
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 15 16
10th Percentile £19.25 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £37.24 £45.38 £45.46
Median hourly rate £61.73 £65.00 £65.69
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -1.05% +9.85%
75th Percentile £74.26 £83.98 £74.11
90th Percentile £86.50 £154.00 £74.72
UK median hourly rate £57.12 £63.50 £69.69
% change year-on-year -10.05% -8.88% +16.15%

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 11,994 9,079 10,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.34% 32.86% 31.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,765 6,252 7,601
10th Percentile £363 £345 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £763 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £501 £530
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.52% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 501 230 361
10th Percentile £33.70 £29.06 £30.00
25th Percentile £53.25 £40.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £84.55 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.13 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.79% -12.12% +4.00%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -13 589 £538 +4.88% 236
South East -9 305 £537 -6.61% 128
North of England +10 239 £458 +1.95% 106
North West +15 146 £452 -0.50% 78
South West -8 113 £490 -14.78% 48
Yorkshire -20 82 £460 +2.56% 21
Midlands -77 59 £500 +11.11% 45
East of England -43 47 £507 -7.82% 39
West Midlands -86 39 £500 +8.70% 25
East Midlands -4 19 £469 +4.17% 20
North East - 12 £500 - 9
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
1 120 (8.80%) SharePoint
2 116 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (3.45%) Confluence
4 21 (1.54%) IIS
5 15 (1.10%) Apache
6 12 (0.88%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.81%) nginx
8 6 (0.44%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.37%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.29%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.29%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.22%) NetWeaver
11 3 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
12 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 21 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.073%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.29%) Remedy AR System
4 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.073%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.073%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.073%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.073%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 757 (55.54%) Azure
2 332 (24.36%) Entra ID
3 311 (22.82%) AWS
4 215 (15.77%) Microsoft 365
5 187 (13.72%) Azure DevOps
6 170 (12.47%) GitHub
7 138 (10.12%) GCP
8 126 (9.24%) Power Platform
9 115 (8.44%) GitHub Actions
10 111 (8.14%) Azure Monitor
11 73 (5.36%) Azure AKS
12 69 (5.06%) OneDrive
13 57 (4.18%) SaaS
14 55 (4.04%) PaaS
15 53 (3.89%) AWS CloudFormation
16 52 (3.82%) Microsoft Purview
17 48 (3.52%) IaaS
18 47 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
19 45 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
20 42 (3.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 196 (14.38%) DNS
2 185 (13.57%) Firewall
3 108 (7.92%) DHCP
4 88 (6.46%) VPN
5 87 (6.38%) TCP/IP
6 65 (4.77%) Network Security
7 35 (2.57%) WAN
8 32 (2.35%) SAN
9 28 (2.05%) VLAN
10 27 (1.98%) VSAN
11 24 (1.76%) SSL
12 19 (1.39%) SSH
13 18 (1.32%) LAN
14 17 (1.25%) NAS
14 17 (1.25%) SNMP
15 15 (1.10%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.03%) Skype
16 14 (1.03%) SMTP
17 13 (0.95%) Internet
18 12 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (13.72%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.38%) Power BI
3 40 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (1.32%) MySQL
7 18 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 16 (1.17%) Big Data
8 16 (1.17%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.17%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.10%) Data Lake
10 14 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.03%) Metadata
11 13 (0.95%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.73%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (0.44%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 121 (8.88%) Jenkins
2 105 (7.70%) Git
3 74 (5.43%) GitLab
4 72 (5.28%) JIRA
5 26 (1.91%) MSI
6 13 (0.95%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (0.81%) Selenium
8 9 (0.66%) AdminStudio
8 9 (0.66%) Artifactory
8 9 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (0.66%) InstallShield
9 8 (0.59%) Postman
9 8 (0.59%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.51%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.44%) JMeter
12 5 (0.37%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.37%) MSBuild
12 5 (0.37%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 323 (23.70%) Social Skills
2 224 (16.43%) Finance
3 183 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 80 (5.87%) Documentation Skills
6 78 (5.72%) Banking
7 34 (2.49%) Legal
8 21 (1.54%) Investment Banking
9 19 (1.39%) Front Office
10 16 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.17%) Military
11 14 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 12 (0.88%) Aerospace
12 12 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.73%) Law
14 8 (0.59%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.59%) Retail
15 7 (0.51%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 156 (11.45%) Senior
2 147 (10.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 141 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
4 122 (8.95%) Azure Engineer
5 87 (6.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 84 (6.16%) Architect
7 78 (5.72%) Security Engineer
8 74 (5.43%) Support Engineer
9 56 (4.11%) Developer
10 54 (3.96%) Platform Engineer
11 51 (3.74%) Lead
12 49 (3.60%) Consultant
13 47 (3.45%) Analyst
14 39 (2.86%) Administrator
15 35 (2.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 35 (2.57%) IT Engineer
16 32 (2.35%) DBA
17 30 (2.20%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 30 (2.20%) PowerShell Engineer
17 30 (2.20%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (8.80%) REST
2 73 (5.36%) .NET
3 62 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
4 60 (4.40%) ARM Templates
5 53 (3.89%) OAuth
6 50 (3.67%) LDAP
7 49 (3.60%) JSON
8 45 (3.30%) SailPoint
9 43 (3.15%) YAML
10 42 (3.08%) SAML
11 40 (2.93%) OpenID
12 32 (2.35%) Web Services
13 31 (2.27%) OAuth2
14 26 (1.91%) .NET Framework
15 24 (1.76%) Kafka
16 22 (1.61%) SOAP
17 19 (1.39%) React
18 16 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
19 12 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
19 12 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 127 (9.32%) Onboarding
2 95 (6.97%) Cloud Native
3 71 (5.21%) PKI
4 70 (5.14%) Security Posture
5 65 (4.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 63 (4.62%) Clustering
7 61 (4.48%) Replication
8 53 (3.89%) Data Centre
8 53 (3.89%) Management Information System
9 48 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
11 26 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (1.83%) Public Cloud
13 24 (1.76%) Data Structures
14 23 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.61%) Product Ownership
16 20 (1.47%) CMDB
17 19 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
18 17 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
18 17 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 652 (47.84%) Windows
2 347 (25.46%) Linux
3 274 (20.10%) Windows Server
4 83 (6.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 60 (4.40%) Windows 10
6 48 (3.52%) Unix
7 29 (2.13%) Ubuntu
8 24 (1.76%) Mac OS
9 23 (1.69%) AIX
10 22 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 21 (1.54%) Apple iOS
12 20 (1.47%) CentOS
13 19 (1.39%) VMS
14 17 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
15 16 (1.17%) Android
16 10 (0.73%) Rocky
16 10 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
17 9 (0.66%) Windows 7
18 6 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
19 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (29.42%) DevOps
2 380 (27.88%) CI/CD
3 342 (25.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 275 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
5 228 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 188 (13.79%) Agile
7 177 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 172 (12.62%) ITIL
8 172 (12.62%) Migration
9 166 (12.18%) Runbook
10 150 (11.01%) ITSM
11 144 (10.56%) Identity Access Management
12 140 (10.27%) Analytics
13 136 (9.98%) AI
14 134 (9.83%) SIEM
15 133 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
16 132 (9.68%) Observability
17 131 (9.61%) Platform Engineering
18 130 (9.54%) Cloud Security
18 130 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 646 (47.40%) Python
2 349 (25.61%) Bash
3 239 (17.53%) SQL
4 122 (8.95%) Bicep
5 97 (7.12%) C#
6 64 (4.70%) Java
7 62 (4.55%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.83%) T-SQL
9 24 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
9 24 (1.76%) Perl
10 23 (1.69%) Search Processing Language
11 21 (1.54%) VBScript
12 20 (1.47%) TypeScript
13 19 (1.39%) Groovy
14 14 (1.03%) Go
15 13 (0.95%) Shell Script
16 12 (0.88%) C++
17 11 (0.81%) BeanShell
18 9 (0.66%) VB
19 7 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 485 (35.58%) Security Cleared
2 334 (24.50%) SC Cleared
3 154 (11.30%) Degree
3 154 (11.30%) DV Cleared
4 106 (7.78%) Azure Certification
5 98 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 80 (5.87%) CISSP
7 58 (4.26%) AWS Certification
8 42 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 30 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (2.20%) CISM
9 30 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.76%) MCSE
11 22 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.47%) VCAP
13 18 (1.32%) MCSA
14 15 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 12 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 11 (0.81%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (6.82%) NIST
3 48 (3.52%) GDPR
4 41 (3.01%) QA
5 35 (2.57%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.20%) SLA
7 14 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.03%) HIPAA
8 13 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.88%) NCSC
10 10 (0.73%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.44%) GxP
12 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.37%) GRC
13 4 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.22%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 428 (31.40%) Active Directory
2 175 (12.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 155 (11.37%) Docker
4 86 (6.31%) Virtual Machines
5 75 (5.50%) Hyper-V
6 64 (4.70%) VMware ESXi
7 62 (4.55%) vSphere
8 45 (3.30%) VMware NSX
9 43 (3.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 24 (1.76%) BitLocker
11 19 (1.39%) Microsoft App-V
12 18 (1.32%) Firmware
12 18 (1.32%) vCloud
13 7 (0.51%) KVM
13 7 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.37%) Squid
14 5 (0.37%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.22%) NFS
15 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
15 3 (0.22%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 420 (30.81%) Terraform
2 253 (18.56%) Ansible
3 234 (17.17%) Kubernetes
4 167 (12.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 96 (7.04%) SCCM
6 71 (5.21%) Grafana
7 66 (4.84%) vCenter Server
8 59 (4.33%) Prometheus
9 48 (3.52%) Progress Chef
10 44 (3.23%) SCOM
11 42 (3.08%) Puppet
12 30 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
13 24 (1.76%) Packer
14 21 (1.54%) Nagios
15 20 (1.47%) ZABBIX
16 18 (1.32%) Tivoli
16 18 (1.32%) vRealize
17 16 (1.17%) Netcool
18 15 (1.10%) NetBackup
18 15 (1.10%) WMI
Vendors
1 626 (45.93%) Microsoft
2 238 (17.46%) VMware
3 131 (9.61%) ServiceNow
4 87 (6.38%) Google
5 85 (6.24%) CyberArk
5 85 (6.24%) Splunk
6 77 (5.65%) Oracle
7 57 (4.18%) Cisco
8 53 (3.89%) BeyondTrust
8 53 (3.89%) Red Hat
9 51 (3.74%) Citrix
10 50 (3.67%) BMC
11 48 (3.52%) Remedy
12 38 (2.79%) SolarWinds
13 34 (2.49%) Databricks
14 30 (2.20%) IBM
15 28 (2.05%) HP
15 28 (2.05%) NetApp
16 24 (1.76%) Dynatrace
17 23 (1.69%) Qualys