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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 69 53
Rank change year-on-year -15 -16 +8
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,376 1,001 1,264
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 3.63% 3.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.45% 11.04% 11.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 638 908
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £423 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -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 12,018 9,063 10,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.34% 32.85% 31.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,794 6,235 7,560
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 £655
90th Percentile £738 £763 £794
UK median daily rate £513 £503 £530
% change year-on-year +1.89% -5.09% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 497 234 361
10th Percentile £33.70 £29.07 £30.00
25th Percentile £53.25 £38.33 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.70 £84.85 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.54% -12.69% +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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -8 597 £538 +3.37% 236
South East -10 310 £530 -7.91% 125
North of England +9 239 £466 +3.56% 99
North West +24 146 £453 -2.05% 70
South West -2 113 £495 -13.91% 44
Yorkshire -16 82 £474 +5.98% 22
Midlands -81 59 £500 +11.11% 40
East of England -42 47 £507 -7.82% 38
West Midlands -92 39 £500 +8.70% 24
East Midlands -10 19 £469 +4.17% 16
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
1 119 (8.65%) SharePoint
2 115 (8.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (3.49%) Confluence
4 22 (1.60%) IIS
5 15 (1.09%) Apache
6 12 (0.87%) Skype for Business
7 11 (0.80%) nginx
8 6 (0.44%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.36%) 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 (1.53%) 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 (3.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.36%) 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
1 766 (55.67%) Azure
2 335 (24.35%) Entra ID
3 314 (22.82%) AWS
4 217 (15.77%) Microsoft 365
5 187 (13.59%) Azure DevOps
6 172 (12.50%) GitHub
7 137 (9.96%) GCP
8 126 (9.16%) Power Platform
9 117 (8.50%) Azure Monitor
9 117 (8.50%) GitHub Actions
10 74 (5.38%) Azure AKS
11 68 (4.94%) OneDrive
12 58 (4.22%) SaaS
13 55 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
13 55 (4.00%) PaaS
14 52 (3.78%) Microsoft Purview
15 48 (3.49%) IaaS
16 46 (3.34%) Azure Sentinel
16 46 (3.34%) Microsoft Copilot
17 44 (3.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 201 (14.61%) DNS
2 191 (13.88%) Firewall
3 112 (8.14%) DHCP
4 92 (6.69%) VPN
5 90 (6.54%) TCP/IP
6 66 (4.80%) Network Security
7 37 (2.69%) WAN
8 32 (2.33%) SAN
9 28 (2.03%) VSAN
10 27 (1.96%) VLAN
11 24 (1.74%) SSL
12 19 (1.38%) SSH
13 18 (1.31%) LAN
14 17 (1.24%) NAS
14 17 (1.24%) SD-WAN
14 17 (1.24%) SNMP
15 14 (1.02%) Skype
15 14 (1.02%) SMTP
15 14 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (0.94%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (13.74%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.32%) Power BI
3 40 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (1.31%) Big Data
8 18 (1.31%) MySQL
9 17 (1.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 16 (1.16%) MongoDB
10 16 (1.16%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 14 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.02%) Metadata
13 13 (0.94%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.73%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
17 6 (0.44%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 122 (8.87%) Jenkins
2 103 (7.49%) Git
3 74 (5.38%) GitLab
4 73 (5.31%) JIRA
5 26 (1.89%) MSI
6 13 (0.94%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (0.80%) Selenium
8 9 (0.65%) AdminStudio
8 9 (0.65%) Artifactory
8 9 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (0.65%) InstallShield
9 8 (0.58%) Postman
9 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.44%) JMeter
10 6 (0.44%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.36%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.36%) MSBuild
11 5 (0.36%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 326 (23.69%) Social Skills
2 225 (16.35%) Finance
3 187 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 80 (5.81%) Banking
5 80 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
6 31 (2.25%) Legal
7 21 (1.53%) Investment Banking
8 18 (1.31%) Front Office
9 17 (1.24%) Military
10 16 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.02%) Financial Institution
12 13 (0.94%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.73%) Law
14 10 (0.73%) Retail
15 8 (0.58%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.51%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 161 (11.70%) Senior
2 151 (10.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 144 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
4 122 (8.87%) Azure Engineer
5 87 (6.32%) DevOps Engineer
6 83 (6.03%) Architect
7 79 (5.74%) Security Engineer
8 77 (5.60%) Support Engineer
9 55 (4.00%) Developer
10 54 (3.92%) Platform Engineer
11 53 (3.85%) Lead
12 48 (3.49%) Consultant
13 47 (3.42%) Analyst
14 39 (2.83%) Administrator
15 38 (2.76%) IT Engineer
16 36 (2.62%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (2.33%) DBA
18 31 (2.25%) PowerShell Engineer
19 30 (2.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
20 29 (2.11%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (8.72%) REST
2 73 (5.31%) .NET
3 61 (4.43%) Microsoft Graph
4 60 (4.36%) ARM Templates
5 54 (3.92%) OAuth
6 50 (3.63%) LDAP
7 49 (3.56%) JSON
8 45 (3.27%) SailPoint
9 42 (3.05%) SAML
9 42 (3.05%) YAML
10 41 (2.98%) OpenID
11 32 (2.33%) OAuth2
11 32 (2.33%) Web Services
12 26 (1.89%) .NET Framework
13 24 (1.74%) Kafka
14 22 (1.60%) SOAP
15 19 (1.38%) React
16 16 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
17 12 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
17 12 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 128 (9.30%) Onboarding
2 95 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 73 (5.31%) PKI
4 71 (5.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 69 (5.01%) Security Posture
6 63 (4.58%) Clustering
7 61 (4.43%) Replication
8 55 (4.00%) Management Information System
9 53 (3.85%) Data Centre
10 49 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
12 26 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
12 26 (1.89%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.74%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.53%) CMDB
15 21 (1.53%) Product Ownership
16 20 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
17 17 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
17 17 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 663 (48.18%) Windows
2 352 (25.58%) Linux
3 280 (20.35%) Windows Server
4 83 (6.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 60 (4.36%) Windows 10
6 48 (3.49%) Unix
7 29 (2.11%) Ubuntu
8 26 (1.89%) Mac OS
9 23 (1.67%) AIX
10 21 (1.53%) Apple iOS
10 21 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 20 (1.45%) CentOS
11 20 (1.45%) VMS
12 17 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
13 16 (1.16%) Android
14 11 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
15 10 (0.73%) Rocky
16 9 (0.65%) Windows 7
17 6 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
18 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (29.58%) DevOps
2 386 (28.05%) CI/CD
3 352 (25.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 277 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
5 234 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 189 (13.74%) Agile
7 181 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 177 (12.86%) ITIL
9 170 (12.35%) Migration
10 169 (12.28%) Runbook
11 152 (11.05%) ITSM
12 146 (10.61%) Analytics
12 146 (10.61%) Identity Access Management
13 137 (9.96%) SIEM
14 136 (9.88%) AI
15 135 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
15 135 (9.81%) Disaster Recovery
15 135 (9.81%) Observability
15 135 (9.81%) Platform Engineering
16 134 (9.74%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 653 (47.46%) Python
2 352 (25.58%) Bash
3 243 (17.66%) SQL
4 121 (8.79%) Bicep
5 100 (7.27%) C#
6 69 (5.01%) Java
7 64 (4.65%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 24 (1.74%) Search Processing Language
9 24 (1.74%) T-SQL
10 23 (1.67%) Perl
11 21 (1.53%) VBScript
12 20 (1.45%) TypeScript
13 19 (1.38%) Groovy
14 14 (1.02%) Go
15 13 (0.94%) Shell Script
16 12 (0.87%) C++
17 11 (0.80%) BeanShell
18 9 (0.65%) VB
19 8 (0.58%) Korn
Qualifications
1 494 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 343 (24.93%) SC Cleared
3 157 (11.41%) DV Cleared
4 154 (11.19%) Degree
5 107 (7.78%) Azure Certification
6 98 (7.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 81 (5.89%) CISSP
8 59 (4.29%) AWS Certification
9 41 (2.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 30 (2.18%) CISM
10 30 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.82%) MCSE
13 22 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 21 (1.53%) VCAP
15 18 (1.31%) MCSA
16 15 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 12 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 11 (0.80%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (6.76%) NIST
3 49 (3.56%) GDPR
4 41 (2.98%) QA
5 35 (2.54%) Data Quality
6 32 (2.33%) SLA
7 15 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.02%) HIPAA
8 14 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.94%) NCSC
10 10 (0.73%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.44%) GxP
12 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.36%) 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%) NIST 800
System Software
1 433 (31.47%) Active Directory
2 181 (13.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (11.41%) Docker
4 87 (6.32%) Virtual Machines
5 76 (5.52%) Hyper-V
6 65 (4.72%) VMware ESXi
7 64 (4.65%) vSphere
8 46 (3.34%) VMware NSX
9 45 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 24 (1.74%) BitLocker
11 19 (1.38%) Microsoft App-V
12 18 (1.31%) Firmware
12 18 (1.31%) vCloud
13 7 (0.51%) KVM
13 7 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.36%) Squid
14 5 (0.36%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.22%) NFS
15 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
15 3 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 427 (31.03%) Terraform
2 256 (18.60%) Ansible
3 240 (17.44%) Kubernetes
4 172 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 97 (7.05%) SCCM
6 72 (5.23%) Grafana
7 66 (4.80%) vCenter Server
8 60 (4.36%) Prometheus
9 49 (3.56%) Progress Chef
10 47 (3.42%) SCOM
11 42 (3.05%) Puppet
12 32 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
13 25 (1.82%) Packer
14 21 (1.53%) Nagios
15 20 (1.45%) ZABBIX
16 18 (1.31%) Tivoli
17 17 (1.24%) vRealize
18 16 (1.16%) Netcool
18 16 (1.16%) VxRail
19 15 (1.09%) WMI
Vendors
1 633 (46.00%) Microsoft
2 244 (17.73%) VMware
3 132 (9.59%) ServiceNow
4 88 (6.40%) Google
5 86 (6.25%) Splunk
6 85 (6.18%) CyberArk
7 77 (5.60%) Oracle
8 57 (4.14%) Cisco
9 53 (3.85%) BeyondTrust
10 52 (3.78%) Red Hat
11 50 (3.63%) BMC
11 50 (3.63%) Citrix
12 48 (3.49%) Remedy
13 38 (2.76%) SolarWinds
14 34 (2.47%) Databricks
15 30 (2.18%) IBM
16 29 (2.11%) NetApp
17 28 (2.03%) HP
18 24 (1.74%) Dynatrace
19 23 (1.67%) Qualys