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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 59 55
Rank change year-on-year -26 -4 +9
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,309 1,056 1,357
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.93% 3.89% 3.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.99% 11.75% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 692 968
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £421 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -6.04%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £619
90th Percentile £688 £690 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -0.53% -0.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 13 28
10th Percentile £19.25 £45.15 £32.05
25th Percentile £33.70 £45.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £45.01
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +44.41% -24.98%
75th Percentile £68.33 £85.00 £68.42
90th Percentile £81.25 £177.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £64.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year -18.29% +39.13% -23.30%

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 11,916 8,990 11,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.63% 33.13% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,755 6,198 8,153
10th Percentile £362 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £511 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.14% -3.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 501 234 461
10th Percentile £34.01 £28.25 £35.64
25th Percentile £55.00 £36.74 £50.00
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 £82.25 £82.07 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +14.54% -9.20% -

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

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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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -17 556 £538 +2.38% 113
South East -16 280 £525 -8.70% 134
North of England +7 259 £454 +1.51% 82
North West +14 152 £452 +0.95% 48
Yorkshire -14 104 £471 +4.67% 20
South West -11 100 £450 -21.74% 46
Midlands -69 66 £500 +8.70% 53
West Midlands -84 46 £500 +8.70% 28
East of England -51 38 £507 -7.82% 49
East Midlands -11 19 £469 -1.32% 25
North East -35 5 £238 -32.14% 15
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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
1 134 (10.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 129 (9.85%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.13%) Confluence
4 20 (1.53%) IIS
5 13 (0.99%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.69%) Apache
7 7 (0.53%) nginx
8 5 (0.38%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.31%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.23%) NetWeaver
10 3 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
11 2 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Portal
12 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.076%) Camunda
Applications
1 26 (1.99%) 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 31 (2.37%) 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
1 709 (54.16%) Azure
2 327 (24.98%) Entra ID
3 281 (21.47%) AWS
4 225 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
5 156 (11.92%) Azure DevOps
6 151 (11.54%) GitHub
7 129 (9.85%) GCP
8 117 (8.94%) Power Platform
9 107 (8.17%) GitHub Actions
10 90 (6.88%) Azure Monitor
11 79 (6.04%) OneDrive
12 60 (4.58%) Azure AKS
13 58 (4.43%) PaaS
14 55 (4.20%) SaaS
15 54 (4.13%) Microsoft Purview
16 45 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
16 45 (3.44%) Microsoft Copilot
17 44 (3.36%) IaaS
18 40 (3.06%) Power Automate
19 36 (2.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 186 (14.21%) DNS
2 158 (12.07%) Firewall
3 106 (8.10%) DHCP
4 76 (5.81%) VPN
5 63 (4.81%) TCP/IP
6 56 (4.28%) Network Security
7 46 (3.51%) WAN
8 35 (2.67%) Kerberos
9 32 (2.44%) LAN
10 29 (2.22%) SAN
11 25 (1.91%) VLAN
12 24 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (1.53%) SSL
14 17 (1.30%) NAS
14 17 (1.30%) SNMP
15 16 (1.22%) VSAN
16 15 (1.15%) Skype
17 14 (1.07%) SD-WAN
17 14 (1.07%) SMTP
18 13 (0.99%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (13.29%) SQL Server
2 76 (5.81%) Power BI
3 44 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.22%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.22%) MySQL
9 15 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 14 (1.07%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.92%) Metadata
13 11 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (0.76%) Big Data
14 10 (0.76%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.69%) Db2
15 9 (0.69%) Oracle Database
16 8 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 108 (8.25%) Jenkins
2 99 (7.56%) Git
3 67 (5.12%) JIRA
4 57 (4.35%) GitLab
5 24 (1.83%) MSI
6 12 (0.92%) Selenium
7 10 (0.76%) InstallShield
7 10 (0.76%) Postman
8 9 (0.69%) AdminStudio
8 9 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.53%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.46%) JMeter
12 5 (0.38%) Appium
12 5 (0.38%) Robot Framework
12 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.31%) Jaeger
13 4 (0.31%) MSBuild
General
1 303 (23.15%) Social Skills
2 207 (15.81%) Finance
3 169 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (8.17%) Public Sector
5 76 (5.81%) Banking
5 76 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
6 36 (2.75%) Legal
7 23 (1.76%) Investment Banking
8 21 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.38%) Front Office
10 15 (1.15%) Financial Institution
11 12 (0.92%) Military
11 12 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (0.76%) Law
13 9 (0.69%) Retail
14 6 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.38%) Back Office
15 5 (0.38%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.31%) Marketing
16 4 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 143 (10.92%) Senior
2 122 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 120 (9.17%) Cloud Engineer
4 107 (8.17%) Azure Engineer
5 87 (6.65%) Architect
6 81 (6.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 79 (6.04%) Security Engineer
8 72 (5.50%) Support Engineer
9 52 (3.97%) Developer
10 48 (3.67%) Analyst
11 47 (3.59%) Consultant
12 37 (2.83%) Lead
13 35 (2.67%) IT Engineer
13 35 (2.67%) Platform Engineer
14 32 (2.44%) Administrator
15 30 (2.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 30 (2.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 29 (2.22%) PowerShell Engineer
17 28 (2.14%) IT Support
18 27 (2.06%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (8.56%) REST
2 78 (5.96%) LDAP
3 76 (5.81%) Microsoft Graph
4 62 (4.74%) .NET
5 54 (4.13%) OAuth
6 48 (3.67%) JSON
7 43 (3.28%) SAML
8 42 (3.21%) ARM Templates
9 40 (3.06%) SailPoint
9 40 (3.06%) YAML
10 31 (2.37%) OpenID
11 30 (2.29%) Web Services
12 26 (1.99%) OAuth2
13 24 (1.83%) .NET Framework
14 23 (1.76%) Kafka
15 21 (1.60%) SOAP
16 19 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
17 15 (1.15%) React
17 15 (1.15%) XML
18 12 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 85 (6.49%) Cloud Native
3 81 (6.19%) Replication
4 65 (4.97%) Security Posture
5 62 (4.74%) PKI
6 56 (4.28%) Clustering
7 45 (3.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 44 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
9 43 (3.28%) Management Information System
10 40 (3.06%) Data Centre
11 33 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
12 25 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
13 23 (1.76%) Public Cloud
13 23 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
14 22 (1.68%) Product Ownership
15 21 (1.60%) Data Structures
16 18 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
17 17 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
18 16 (1.22%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 588 (44.92%) Windows
2 287 (21.93%) Linux
3 238 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 71 (5.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 57 (4.35%) Windows 10
6 46 (3.51%) Unix
7 26 (1.99%) AIX
8 25 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 24 (1.83%) Ubuntu
10 21 (1.60%) Mac OS
11 18 (1.38%) Apple iOS
11 18 (1.38%) VMS
12 17 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
13 13 (0.99%) Android
13 13 (0.99%) CentOS
13 13 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
14 11 (0.84%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.46%) Rocky
16 5 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
16 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (27.12%) DevOps
2 338 (25.82%) CI/CD
3 288 (22.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 263 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
5 187 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 181 (13.83%) Agile
7 167 (12.76%) Migration
8 158 (12.07%) ITIL
9 153 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 152 (11.61%) Runbook
11 132 (10.08%) Identity Access Management
11 132 (10.08%) SIEM
12 126 (9.63%) ITSM
13 123 (9.40%) Disaster Recovery
14 119 (9.09%) Analytics
14 119 (9.09%) High Availability
15 118 (9.01%) Cybersecurity
16 117 (8.94%) Observability
17 113 (8.63%) AI
18 111 (8.48%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 599 (45.76%) Python
2 298 (22.77%) Bash
3 233 (17.80%) SQL
4 90 (6.88%) C#
5 84 (6.42%) Bicep
6 60 (4.58%) JavaScript
7 54 (4.13%) Java
8 35 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (1.99%) T-SQL
10 23 (1.76%) VBScript
11 21 (1.60%) TypeScript
12 20 (1.53%) Perl
12 20 (1.53%) Search Processing Language
13 17 (1.30%) Groovy
14 13 (0.99%) Go
14 13 (0.99%) Shell Script
15 12 (0.92%) C++
16 11 (0.84%) BeanShell
16 11 (0.84%) VB
17 7 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 462 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 335 (25.59%) SC Cleared
3 129 (9.85%) Degree
4 124 (9.47%) DV Cleared
5 89 (6.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 86 (6.57%) Azure Certification
7 78 (5.96%) CISSP
8 47 (3.59%) AWS Certification
9 43 (3.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 33 (2.52%) CISM
11 27 (2.06%) MCSE
12 24 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.68%) MCSA
14 20 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
15 19 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
16 17 (1.30%) VCAP
17 13 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
18 9 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 9 (0.69%) GIAC
18 9 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (8.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (6.80%) NIST
3 62 (4.74%) GDPR
4 33 (2.52%) QA
5 29 (2.22%) Data Quality
6 27 (2.06%) SLA
7 21 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 15 (1.15%) HIPAA
9 12 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.76%) NCSC
10 10 (0.76%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.76%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.38%) GRC
12 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.23%) FINRA
13 3 (0.23%) GxP
13 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 410 (31.32%) Active Directory
2 155 (11.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 135 (10.31%) Docker
4 85 (6.49%) Virtual Machines
5 69 (5.27%) Hyper-V
6 61 (4.66%) VMware ESXi
7 57 (4.35%) vSphere
8 42 (3.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (2.29%) VMware NSX
10 27 (2.06%) BitLocker
11 20 (1.53%) Microsoft App-V
12 19 (1.45%) Firmware
13 14 (1.07%) KVM
13 14 (1.07%) vCloud
14 5 (0.38%) Squid
14 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.23%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
16 3 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 350 (26.74%) Terraform
2 206 (15.74%) Ansible
3 191 (14.59%) Kubernetes
4 157 (11.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 87 (6.65%) SCCM
6 67 (5.12%) vCenter Server
7 63 (4.81%) Grafana
8 53 (4.05%) Prometheus
9 40 (3.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 39 (2.98%) Progress Chef
10 39 (2.98%) Puppet
11 37 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
12 32 (2.44%) SCOM
13 21 (1.60%) Nagios
14 20 (1.53%) Packer
14 20 (1.53%) ZABBIX
15 19 (1.45%) vRealize
16 18 (1.38%) Tivoli
17 17 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
18 16 (1.22%) Netcool
Vendors
1 612 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 201 (15.36%) VMware
3 115 (8.79%) ServiceNow
4 79 (6.04%) Google
5 77 (5.88%) CyberArk
6 76 (5.81%) Splunk
7 70 (5.35%) Oracle
8 58 (4.43%) Cisco
9 49 (3.74%) Citrix
10 47 (3.59%) BeyondTrust
10 47 (3.59%) Red Hat
11 39 (2.98%) SolarWinds
12 38 (2.90%) BMC
13 35 (2.67%) Remedy
14 32 (2.44%) IBM
15 28 (2.14%) HP
16 26 (1.99%) Databricks
16 26 (1.99%) Okta
17 23 (1.76%) NetApp
18 22 (1.68%) Qualys