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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 53 65
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 -8
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,324 975 1,188
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.38% 4.00% 3.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.04% 11.84% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 935 671 853
10th Percentile £349 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £439 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.45% -
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 12 26
10th Percentile £38.52 £17.00 £27.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £19.43 £37.63
Median hourly rate £67.70 £41.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.16% +4.38% -31.70%
75th Percentile £75.63 £78.87 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.53 £188.30 £58.94
UK median hourly rate £67.70 £24.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +174.53% -38.35% -30.23%

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 10,995 8,236 10,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 28.03% 33.83% 28.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,343 5,673 7,869
10th Percentile £353 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.42% -4.78%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 209 430
10th Percentile £41.94 £25.26 £35.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £77.40 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 10 April 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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -25 543 £550 +4.76% 123
South East -6 249 £508 -11.74% 97
North of England -2 233 £500 +6.38% 66
South West -2 136 £525 -10.45% 60
North West +22 135 £513 +10.22% 35
Yorkshire -22 92 £471 -3.38% 16
Midlands -57 84 £463 -7.50% 45
West Midlands -60 64 £485 -3.00% 29
East of England -8 44 £507 -4.34% 34
East Midlands -31 19 £418 -7.22% 16
North East -11 11 £550 +18.28% 15
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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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
1 173 (13.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 133 (10.05%) SharePoint
3 54 (4.08%) Confluence
4 18 (1.36%) Skype for Business
5 15 (1.13%) IIS
6 10 (0.76%) Apache
7 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.15%) WordPress
10 1 (0.076%) SAS
10 1 (0.076%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 38 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.60%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.076%) Actimize
5 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.076%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 669 (50.53%) Azure
2 299 (22.58%) Entra ID
3 260 (19.64%) Microsoft 365
4 236 (17.82%) AWS
5 143 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
6 133 (10.05%) GCP
7 125 (9.44%) GitHub
8 87 (6.57%) Power Platform
9 84 (6.34%) GitHub Actions
10 79 (5.97%) OneDrive
11 78 (5.89%) Azure Monitor
12 65 (4.91%) IaaS
13 61 (4.61%) PaaS
14 57 (4.31%) Microsoft Purview
15 46 (3.47%) Azure AKS
16 43 (3.25%) Azure Sentinel
16 43 (3.25%) Serverless
17 42 (3.17%) Azure Key Vault
17 42 (3.17%) SaaS
18 36 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 201 (15.18%) DNS
2 169 (12.76%) Firewall
3 122 (9.21%) DHCP
4 89 (6.72%) VPN
5 61 (4.61%) Network Security
6 59 (4.46%) TCP/IP
7 42 (3.17%) LAN
7 42 (3.17%) WAN
8 39 (2.95%) Kerberos
9 35 (2.64%) VLAN
10 34 (2.57%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (1.59%) Skype
12 20 (1.51%) SAN
12 20 (1.51%) SMTP
13 19 (1.44%) DKIM
13 19 (1.44%) DMARC
14 16 (1.21%) Software-Defined Networking
14 16 (1.21%) SSL
15 15 (1.13%) SNMP
16 14 (1.06%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (7.85%) SQL Server
2 50 (3.78%) Power BI
3 35 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (1.44%) Metadata
7 13 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.76%) Delta Lake
10 9 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.68%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.68%) MySQL
10 9 (0.68%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (0.60%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.53%) DB2
12 7 (0.53%) Spark SQL
12 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 82 (6.19%) Git
2 75 (5.66%) JIRA
3 74 (5.59%) Jenkins
4 68 (5.14%) GitLab
5 15 (1.13%) MSI
6 13 (0.98%) Artifactory
7 9 (0.68%) InstallShield
7 9 (0.68%) Selenium
7 9 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (0.60%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.53%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.53%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.45%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.38%) AdminStudio
11 5 (0.38%) Appium
12 4 (0.30%) JUnit
12 4 (0.30%) MSTest
12 4 (0.30%) Postman
12 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.23%) Jaeger
General
1 397 (29.98%) Social Skills
2 204 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
3 134 (10.12%) Finance
4 114 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 94 (7.10%) Documentation Skills
6 61 (4.61%) Banking
7 58 (4.38%) Legal
8 19 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (1.21%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.13%) Front Office
11 14 (1.06%) Retail
12 12 (0.91%) Military
13 10 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.68%) Publishing
15 8 (0.60%) Law
16 7 (0.53%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.38%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.38%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 181 (13.67%) Architect
2 128 (9.67%) Senior
3 102 (7.70%) Azure Engineer
4 90 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 79 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
6 69 (5.21%) Security Engineer
7 65 (4.91%) Cloud Engineer
8 59 (4.46%) Support Engineer
9 58 (4.38%) Platform Engineer
10 51 (3.85%) Consultant
11 48 (3.63%) Developer
12 45 (3.40%) Analyst
13 37 (2.79%) CyberArk Architect
13 37 (2.79%) Lead
14 33 (2.49%) Microsoft Engineer
15 30 (2.27%) SIEM Engineer
16 29 (2.19%) Administrator
16 29 (2.19%) IT Engineer
17 28 (2.11%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 26 (1.96%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (13.60%) REST
2 119 (8.99%) LDAP
3 79 (5.97%) Microsoft Graph
4 61 (4.61%) SOAP
5 58 (4.38%) JSON
6 56 (4.23%) .NET
7 54 (4.08%) OAuth
8 50 (3.78%) SAML
9 40 (3.02%) ARM Templates
10 30 (2.27%) OpenID
11 28 (2.11%) .NET Framework
11 28 (2.11%) SailPoint
11 28 (2.11%) YAML
12 23 (1.74%) OAuth2
13 20 (1.51%) Web Services
14 16 (1.21%) Kafka
14 16 (1.21%) Middleware
15 14 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
16 13 (0.98%) Node.js
17 12 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.19%) Replication
2 79 (5.97%) Security Posture
3 78 (5.89%) Onboarding
4 77 (5.82%) PKI
5 65 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
6 54 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 48 (3.63%) Clustering
8 45 (3.40%) Data Centre
9 43 (3.25%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
11 34 (2.57%) Product Ownership
12 32 (2.42%) Management Information System
13 25 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
15 20 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
17 17 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
17 17 (1.28%) Private Cloud
18 13 (0.98%) BYOD
19 12 (0.91%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 550 (41.54%) Windows
2 236 (17.82%) Linux
3 231 (17.45%) Windows Server
4 66 (4.98%) Windows 10
5 49 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 31 (2.34%) Unix
7 28 (2.11%) Mac OS
8 21 (1.59%) AIX
9 20 (1.51%) Android
9 20 (1.51%) VMS
10 18 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 17 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 17 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 13 (0.98%) Apple iOS
12 13 (0.98%) Ubuntu
13 10 (0.76%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.53%) CentOS
16 4 (0.30%) Solaris
17 3 (0.23%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (25.23%) DevOps
2 315 (23.79%) Problem-Solving
3 283 (21.37%) CI/CD
4 219 (16.54%) Infrastructure as Code
5 216 (16.31%) Agile
6 181 (13.67%) SIEM
7 167 (12.61%) Migration
8 144 (10.88%) ITIL
9 140 (10.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 140 (10.57%) Task Automation
10 135 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
11 126 (9.52%) ITSM
12 124 (9.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 123 (9.29%) Identity Access Management
14 119 (8.99%) RBAC
15 118 (8.91%) Disaster Recovery
16 115 (8.69%) Analytics
17 112 (8.46%) Incident Response
18 108 (8.16%) High Availability
19 102 (7.70%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 566 (42.75%) Python
2 247 (18.66%) Bash
3 171 (12.92%) SQL
4 99 (7.48%) C#
5 73 (5.51%) Kusto Query Language
6 68 (5.14%) JavaScript
7 64 (4.83%) Bicep
8 43 (3.25%) Java
9 29 (2.19%) Perl
10 22 (1.66%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.59%) VBScript
12 14 (1.06%) Go
13 12 (0.91%) VB
14 11 (0.83%) Search Processing Language
15 10 (0.76%) BeanShell
15 10 (0.76%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.53%) PHP
17 6 (0.45%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 564 (42.60%) Security Cleared
2 440 (33.23%) SC Cleared
3 118 (8.91%) Degree
3 118 (8.91%) DV Cleared
4 102 (7.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 78 (5.89%) CISSP
6 70 (5.29%) Azure Certification
7 45 (3.40%) CISM
8 41 (3.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 24 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.74%) MCSE
11 21 (1.59%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.59%) MCSA
12 20 (1.51%) CEH
13 19 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (1.28%) CCNA
15 16 (1.21%) GIAC
16 14 (1.06%) CCNP
17 13 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (8.16%) GDPR
2 106 (8.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 86 (6.50%) NIST
4 33 (2.49%) QA
5 26 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 20 (1.51%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.21%) SLA
9 12 (0.91%) HIPAA
9 12 (0.91%) MiFID
9 12 (0.91%) NCSC
10 11 (0.83%) FINRA
10 11 (0.83%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.68%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.30%) GRC
13 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 462 (34.89%) Active Directory
2 147 (11.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 120 (9.06%) Docker
4 73 (5.51%) Hyper-V
5 58 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
6 47 (3.55%) vSphere
7 38 (2.87%) VMware ESXi
8 31 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (1.89%) BitLocker
10 18 (1.36%) Firmware
11 17 (1.28%) KVM
12 14 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
13 13 (0.98%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.23%) NFS
15 3 (0.23%) Squid
16 2 (0.15%) OpenSSH
16 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.15%) Sendmail
16 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 279 (21.07%) Terraform
2 151 (11.40%) Ansible
3 147 (11.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 145 (10.95%) Kubernetes
5 95 (7.18%) SCCM
6 78 (5.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 59 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
8 52 (3.93%) vCenter Server
9 39 (2.95%) Grafana
10 34 (2.57%) Prometheus
11 20 (1.51%) SCOM
11 20 (1.51%) vRealize
12 19 (1.44%) Puppet
13 17 (1.28%) Nagios
13 17 (1.28%) Progress Chef
14 15 (1.13%) PowerCLI
15 14 (1.06%) Kibana
15 14 (1.06%) WSUS
16 13 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
17 12 (0.91%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 602 (45.47%) Microsoft
2 200 (15.11%) VMware
3 100 (7.55%) CyberArk
4 78 (5.89%) BeyondTrust
5 72 (5.44%) ServiceNow
6 68 (5.14%) Citrix
7 64 (4.83%) Splunk
8 50 (3.78%) Cisco
9 45 (3.40%) Red Hat
10 43 (3.25%) Oracle
11 40 (3.02%) Google
12 36 (2.72%) Centrify
13 32 (2.42%) Databricks
14 31 (2.34%) SolarWinds
15 24 (1.81%) Okta
15 24 (1.81%) Veeam
16 23 (1.74%) Atlassian
17 22 (1.66%) IBM
18 21 (1.59%) BMC
19 19 (1.44%) Qualys