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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 54 57
Rank change year-on-year -21 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,259 952 1,258
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 3.90% 3.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.53% 11.53% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 661 905
10th Percentile £345 £354 £350
25th Percentile £425 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £623 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 11 26
10th Percentile £22.49 £17.00 £27.90
25th Percentile £50.50 £18.62 £37.63
Median hourly rate £64.07 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.92% -27.50% -33.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.86 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.38 £200.00 £71.22
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £23.77 £40.00
% change year-on-year +165.64% -40.58% -33.33%

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 10,920 8,258 10,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.87% 33.85% 29.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,235 5,727 7,900
10th Percentile £355 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £541
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -2.91% -3.92%
75th Percentile £611 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 531 221 442
10th Percentile £41.94 £25.26 £35.65
25th Percentile £55.00 £37.50 £48.11
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.46% +2.67%

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 May 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 May 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 6 May 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 -19 528 £550 +4.76% 126
South East 0 254 £513 -10.87% 150
North of England -4 222 £460 -2.13% 73
North West +8 132 £469 +0.90% 37
South West -18 105 £457 -21.97% 45
Yorkshire -30 87 £460 -3.16% 22
Midlands -65 81 £456 -8.75% 45
West Midlands -55 60 £485 -3.19% 19
East of England -18 41 £507 -7.82% 42
East Midlands -26 20 £418 -12.11% 26
North East -19 5 £438 -5.91% 14
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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UK

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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
1 144 (11.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 122 (9.69%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.18%) Confluence
4 17 (1.35%) IIS
5 12 (0.95%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.71%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.16%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.079%) CMS
Applications
1 37 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.64%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.079%) Actimize
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 673 (53.46%) Azure
2 279 (22.16%) Entra ID
3 253 (20.10%) AWS
4 235 (18.67%) Microsoft 365
5 141 (11.20%) GCP
6 135 (10.72%) Azure DevOps
7 128 (10.17%) GitHub
8 95 (7.55%) Power Platform
9 88 (6.99%) GitHub Actions
10 78 (6.20%) OneDrive
11 74 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
12 59 (4.69%) PaaS
13 55 (4.37%) Azure AKS
14 53 (4.21%) Microsoft Purview
15 48 (3.81%) IaaS
16 43 (3.42%) Microsoft Copilot
17 39 (3.10%) Azure Key Vault
18 37 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
19 36 (2.86%) SaaS
20 33 (2.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 168 (13.34%) DNS
2 138 (10.96%) Firewall
3 101 (8.02%) DHCP
4 74 (5.88%) VPN
5 60 (4.77%) Network Security
6 45 (3.57%) TCP/IP
7 40 (3.18%) Kerberos
8 36 (2.86%) WAN
9 30 (2.38%) LAN
10 25 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (1.75%) VLAN
12 21 (1.67%) SMTP
13 17 (1.35%) SNMP
14 16 (1.27%) SAN
14 16 (1.27%) SSL
15 13 (1.03%) DKIM
15 13 (1.03%) DMARC
15 13 (1.03%) HTTP
15 13 (1.03%) Skype
16 12 (0.95%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (9.45%) SQL Server
2 58 (4.61%) Power BI
3 40 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 17 (1.35%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.27%) Metadata
8 12 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.95%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.79%) Delta Lake
10 10 (0.79%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.79%) MySQL
11 9 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.71%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.56%) DB2
13 7 (0.56%) Spark SQL
14 6 (0.48%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 83 (6.59%) Git
2 80 (6.35%) Jenkins
3 64 (5.08%) GitLab
4 59 (4.69%) JIRA
5 20 (1.59%) MSI
6 13 (1.03%) Artifactory
7 10 (0.79%) InstallShield
8 9 (0.71%) Robot Framework
8 9 (0.71%) Selenium
9 8 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.56%) AdminStudio
10 7 (0.56%) Postman
10 7 (0.56%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.48%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.40%) Appium
13 4 (0.32%) Jaeger
13 4 (0.32%) JMeter
13 4 (0.32%) JUnit
14 3 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 367 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 164 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
3 142 (11.28%) Finance
4 111 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.99%) Documentation Skills
6 59 (4.69%) Banking
7 46 (3.65%) Legal
8 20 (1.59%) Investment Banking
9 18 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.35%) Front Office
11 13 (1.03%) Military
12 12 (0.95%) Retail
13 9 (0.71%) Law
13 9 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (0.71%) Publishing
14 7 (0.56%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.40%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 160 (12.71%) Architect
2 128 (10.17%) Senior
3 103 (8.18%) Azure Engineer
4 97 (7.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 77 (6.12%) Security Engineer
6 76 (6.04%) Cloud Engineer
7 73 (5.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 47 (3.73%) Developer
8 47 (3.73%) Support Engineer
9 39 (3.10%) Analyst
10 38 (3.02%) Platform Engineer
11 37 (2.94%) Consultant
11 37 (2.94%) CyberArk Architect
12 36 (2.86%) Lead
13 28 (2.22%) Desktop Engineer
14 27 (2.14%) PowerShell Engineer
14 27 (2.14%) SIEM Engineer
15 26 (2.07%) Windows Engineer
16 25 (1.99%) Automation Engineer
17 24 (1.91%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (11.44%) REST
2 125 (9.93%) LDAP
3 74 (5.88%) Microsoft Graph
4 59 (4.69%) SOAP
5 50 (3.97%) .NET
5 50 (3.97%) OAuth
6 46 (3.65%) JSON
7 43 (3.42%) SAML
8 35 (2.78%) ARM Templates
9 34 (2.70%) SailPoint
10 29 (2.30%) YAML
11 27 (2.14%) OpenID
12 25 (1.99%) Web Services
13 21 (1.67%) .NET Framework
14 19 (1.51%) OAuth2
15 18 (1.43%) Kafka
16 16 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
17 15 (1.19%) Node.js
17 15 (1.19%) React
18 14 (1.11%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 86 (6.83%) Onboarding
2 84 (6.67%) Replication
3 77 (6.12%) Security Posture
4 70 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
5 57 (4.53%) Clustering
6 55 (4.37%) PKI
7 50 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 49 (3.89%) Cloud Native
9 36 (2.86%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.54%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.51%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
15 17 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
16 15 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
17 13 (1.03%) Operational Technology
18 12 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
19 11 (0.87%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 530 (42.10%) Windows
2 225 (17.87%) Linux
3 215 (17.08%) Windows Server
4 54 (4.29%) Windows 10
5 40 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 34 (2.70%) Unix
7 28 (2.22%) Mac OS
8 24 (1.91%) AIX
8 24 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.35%) VMS
11 15 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (1.03%) Ubuntu
13 12 (0.95%) Android
13 12 (0.95%) Apple iOS
14 10 (0.79%) Windows 7
15 8 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
16 5 (0.40%) CentOS
17 3 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
17 3 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (25.18%) DevOps
2 294 (23.35%) CI/CD
3 285 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
4 227 (18.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 182 (14.46%) Agile
6 178 (14.14%) SIEM
7 149 (11.83%) Migration
8 140 (11.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 128 (10.17%) ITIL
10 127 (10.09%) Task Automation
11 123 (9.77%) Disaster Recovery
12 115 (9.13%) Identity Access Management
13 114 (9.05%) ITSM
14 113 (8.98%) Analytics
15 109 (8.66%) RBAC
15 109 (8.66%) Runbook
16 108 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
16 108 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
16 108 (8.58%) High Availability
17 106 (8.42%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 550 (43.69%) Python
2 237 (18.82%) Bash
3 182 (14.46%) SQL
4 96 (7.63%) C#
5 69 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 65 (5.16%) Bicep
7 61 (4.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 45 (3.57%) Java
9 24 (1.91%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.51%) VBScript
11 18 (1.43%) Search Processing Language
12 17 (1.35%) Go
13 15 (1.19%) Perl
13 15 (1.19%) TypeScript
14 10 (0.79%) Groovy
14 10 (0.79%) VB
15 9 (0.71%) BeanShell
16 7 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.56%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 510 (40.51%) Security Cleared
2 388 (30.82%) SC Cleared
3 109 (8.66%) DV Cleared
4 108 (8.58%) Degree
5 96 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 75 (5.96%) CISSP
7 74 (5.88%) Azure Certification
8 47 (3.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 46 (3.65%) CISM
10 30 (2.38%) MCSE
11 28 (2.22%) MCSA
12 22 (1.75%) AWS Certification
12 22 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (1.43%) VCAP
14 17 (1.35%) CEH
15 15 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (1.03%) GIAC
17 12 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
18 8 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (8.34%) GDPR
2 104 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 86 (6.83%) NIST
4 32 (2.54%) QA
5 29 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (1.51%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.27%) SLA
9 14 (1.11%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.95%) MiFID
11 11 (0.87%) FINRA
12 10 (0.79%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.71%) NCSC
14 5 (0.40%) GRC
14 5 (0.40%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 2 (0.16%) ISA99
17 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 423 (33.60%) Active Directory
2 147 (11.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (9.37%) Docker
4 70 (5.56%) Hyper-V
5 68 (5.40%) Virtual Machines
6 53 (4.21%) vSphere
7 46 (3.65%) VMware ESXi
8 36 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (1.99%) BitLocker
10 19 (1.51%) Microsoft App-V
11 18 (1.43%) Firmware
11 18 (1.43%) KVM
12 15 (1.19%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.40%) Squid
14 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
14 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.16%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.16%) vCloud
14 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
14 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 290 (23.03%) Terraform
2 164 (13.03%) Kubernetes
3 159 (12.63%) Ansible
4 143 (11.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 92 (7.31%) SCCM
6 57 (4.53%) vCenter Server
7 56 (4.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 48 (3.81%) Grafana
9 44 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
10 43 (3.42%) Prometheus
11 23 (1.83%) Nagios
12 21 (1.67%) Puppet
12 21 (1.67%) SCOM
13 19 (1.51%) Progress Chef
13 19 (1.51%) vRealize
14 18 (1.43%) ZABBIX
15 17 (1.35%) Tivoli
16 16 (1.27%) Netcool
17 15 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
17 15 (1.19%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 581 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 189 (15.01%) VMware
3 100 (7.94%) CyberArk
4 82 (6.51%) BeyondTrust
5 80 (6.35%) ServiceNow
6 74 (5.88%) Splunk
7 58 (4.61%) Citrix
8 48 (3.81%) Oracle
9 46 (3.65%) Google
10 43 (3.42%) Cisco
11 36 (2.86%) Centrify
11 36 (2.86%) SolarWinds
12 32 (2.54%) Red Hat
13 30 (2.38%) BMC
14 26 (2.07%) Databricks
15 24 (1.91%) IBM
16 22 (1.75%) HP
16 22 (1.75%) Veeam
17 21 (1.67%) Dynatrace
18 20 (1.59%) Okta