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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 60 64
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,269 942 1,241
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.87% 3.59% 3.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.81% 10.75% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 623 882
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £746 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 47
10th Percentile £50.33 £17.00 £21.53
25th Percentile £59.47 £20.24 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £56.75 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +30.87% +29.44% -21.94%
75th Percentile £82.06 £69.60 £67.31
90th Percentile £83.98 £98.20 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £30.04 £43.84
% change year-on-year +147.20% -31.48% -20.29%

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 9,909 8,763 11,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.19% 33.40% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,592 5,569 8,128
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £660
90th Percentile £726 £771 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 415 207 485
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £35.88
25th Percentile £52.50 £42.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £69.62
90th Percentile £75.60 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -13 557 £538 - 172
South East +8 223 £500 -13.04% 158
North of England -2 184 £475 +1.06% 109
South West +17 147 £560 -2.18% 57
North West +7 95 £456 -4.00% 66
Midlands -31 92 £475 -5.00% 52
Yorkshire -22 78 £500 +9.89% 30
West Midlands -30 69 £500 -6.21% 23
East of England -1 30 £525 +7.69% 43
East Midlands -11 23 £449 -0.33% 29
North East -9 16 £550 +20.35% 13
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
1 186 (14.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (11.19%) SharePoint
3 60 (4.73%) Confluence
4 43 (3.39%) Skype for Business
5 13 (1.02%) Mattermost
6 12 (0.95%) Apache
7 8 (0.63%) nginx
8 7 (0.55%) IIS
9 4 (0.32%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.24%) SAS
10 3 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.16%) WordPress
12 1 (0.079%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.079%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.55%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.079%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (1.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.079%) Actimize
4 1 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.079%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 592 (46.65%) Azure
2 287 (22.62%) Entra ID
3 281 (22.14%) Microsoft 365
4 223 (17.57%) AWS
5 139 (10.95%) GCP
6 113 (8.90%) Azure DevOps
7 97 (7.64%) GitHub
8 81 (6.38%) OneDrive
9 69 (5.44%) Power Platform
10 63 (4.96%) IaaS
11 56 (4.41%) Microsoft Purview
12 54 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
13 53 (4.18%) Azure Monitor
14 49 (3.86%) Azure Sentinel
15 48 (3.78%) SaaS
16 39 (3.07%) PaaS
16 39 (3.07%) Serverless
17 38 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
18 37 (2.92%) PowerApps
19 34 (2.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 209 (16.47%) DNS
2 176 (13.87%) Firewall
3 136 (10.72%) DHCP
4 71 (5.59%) TCP/IP
5 70 (5.52%) VPN
6 66 (5.20%) Network Security
7 46 (3.62%) Skype
8 42 (3.31%) Kerberos
9 34 (2.68%) LAN
10 32 (2.52%) WAN
11 30 (2.36%) VLAN
12 25 (1.97%) SMTP
12 25 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (1.81%) HTTP
14 20 (1.58%) Unified Communications
15 17 (1.34%) Software-Defined Networking
16 16 (1.26%) DKIM
16 16 (1.26%) DMARC
16 16 (1.26%) SAN
16 16 (1.26%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.49%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.07%) Power BI
3 32 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (1.58%) Metadata
6 14 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (0.95%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (0.55%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.55%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.47%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.47%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.39%) Spark SQL
14 4 (0.32%) MySQL
14 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.24%) DB2
Development Applications
1 82 (6.46%) JIRA
2 81 (6.38%) Jenkins
3 71 (5.59%) Git
4 68 (5.36%) GitLab
5 18 (1.42%) MSI
6 17 (1.34%) Artifactory
7 12 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (0.87%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.87%) InstallShield
9 10 (0.79%) Metasploit
9 10 (0.79%) Vagrant
10 9 (0.71%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.63%) AdminStudio
11 8 (0.63%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.63%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.47%) Postman
12 6 (0.47%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.39%) Gradle
13 5 (0.39%) Spinnaker
14 4 (0.32%) Maven
General
1 475 (37.43%) Social Skills
2 218 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
3 172 (13.55%) Finance
4 126 (9.93%) Public Sector
5 83 (6.54%) Documentation Skills
6 59 (4.65%) Banking
7 48 (3.78%) Legal
8 18 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (1.34%) Front Office
10 16 (1.26%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.10%) Military
13 12 (0.95%) Manufacturing
13 12 (0.95%) Retail
14 11 (0.87%) Marketing
14 11 (0.87%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.79%) Electronics
16 8 (0.63%) Law
17 7 (0.55%) Publishing
18 6 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 164 (12.92%) Architect
2 106 (8.35%) Senior
3 91 (7.17%) DevOps Engineer
4 75 (5.91%) Azure Engineer
5 70 (5.52%) Platform Engineer
6 66 (5.20%) Security Engineer
7 65 (5.12%) Analyst
8 64 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 61 (4.81%) Consultant
10 58 (4.57%) Support Engineer
11 54 (4.26%) Developer
12 39 (3.07%) Microsoft Engineer
13 38 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
14 37 (2.92%) CyberArk Architect
15 33 (2.60%) Lead
16 31 (2.44%) SIEM Engineer
16 31 (2.44%) Windows Engineer
17 26 (2.05%) Support Analyst
18 25 (1.97%) Azure DevOps Engineer
19 24 (1.89%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.29%) REST
2 125 (9.85%) LDAP
3 66 (5.20%) OAuth
4 63 (4.96%) SAML
5 58 (4.57%) JSON
6 57 (4.49%) Microsoft Graph
7 50 (3.94%) SOAP
8 40 (3.15%) OpenID
9 34 (2.68%) ARM Templates
10 32 (2.52%) SailPoint
11 29 (2.29%) .NET
11 29 (2.29%) OAuth2
12 23 (1.81%) Middleware
13 21 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.50%) XML
15 18 (1.42%) AngularJS
16 17 (1.34%) FIX Protocol
16 17 (1.34%) YAML
17 16 (1.26%) HTML
17 16 (1.26%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.30%) Replication
2 72 (5.67%) Security Posture
3 64 (5.04%) Onboarding
3 64 (5.04%) PKI
4 63 (4.96%) Enterprise Software
5 44 (3.47%) Data Centre
6 43 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 39 (3.07%) Cloud Native
8 32 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (2.36%) Management Information System
10 29 (2.29%) Clustering
11 26 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.65%) Product Ownership
13 20 (1.58%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
16 15 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
16 15 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
17 13 (1.02%) BYOD
17 13 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 501 (39.48%) Windows
2 244 (19.23%) Linux
3 196 (15.45%) Windows Server
4 85 (6.70%) Windows 10
5 33 (2.60%) Mac OS
6 31 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (1.89%) Unix
8 22 (1.73%) VMS
9 21 (1.65%) Android
10 19 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
12 14 (1.10%) Ubuntu
13 13 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
14 11 (0.87%) Apple iOS
15 10 (0.79%) Amazon Linux
15 10 (0.79%) Solaris
15 10 (0.79%) Windows 7
16 9 (0.71%) Kali Linux
17 5 (0.39%) CentOS
17 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (25.30%) DevOps
2 314 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
3 268 (21.12%) CI/CD
4 206 (16.23%) Agile
5 195 (15.37%) Infrastructure as Code
6 180 (14.18%) SIEM
7 153 (12.06%) ITIL
8 148 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
9 146 (11.51%) Migration
10 136 (10.72%) Task Automation
11 127 (10.01%) ITSM
12 123 (9.69%) Identity Access Management
12 123 (9.69%) RBAC
13 112 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 102 (8.04%) Incident Response
15 101 (7.96%) Change Management
16 100 (7.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 100 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (7.72%) Analytics
18 94 (7.41%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 542 (42.71%) Python
2 231 (18.20%) Bash
3 152 (11.98%) SQL
4 76 (5.99%) C#
5 74 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 69 (5.44%) Kusto Query Language
7 57 (4.49%) Java
8 35 (2.76%) Bicep
8 35 (2.76%) Perl
9 28 (2.21%) VBScript
10 17 (1.34%) Go
11 15 (1.18%) BeanShell
11 15 (1.18%) Groovy
12 12 (0.95%) VB
13 10 (0.79%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.63%) PHP
14 8 (0.63%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.39%) C++
15 5 (0.39%) Search Processing Language
15 5 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 535 (42.16%) Security Cleared
2 424 (33.41%) SC Cleared
3 119 (9.38%) Degree
4 114 (8.98%) DV Cleared
5 103 (8.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 83 (6.54%) CISSP
7 54 (4.26%) Azure Certification
8 43 (3.39%) CISM
9 39 (3.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
11 31 (2.44%) CEH
12 28 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
13 26 (2.05%) AWS Certification
13 26 (2.05%) MCSE
14 23 (1.81%) GIAC
14 23 (1.81%) MCSA
15 22 (1.73%) CCNA
16 20 (1.58%) CCNP
17 18 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
18 14 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (9.46%) GDPR
2 113 (8.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (5.44%) NIST
4 29 (2.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 19 (1.50%) QA
6 17 (1.34%) SLA
7 14 (1.10%) MiFID
7 14 (1.10%) SOC 2
8 12 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.95%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.79%) FINRA
9 10 (0.79%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.71%) NCSC
11 7 (0.55%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.39%) PSD2
13 3 (0.24%) EMIR
14 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.16%) GxP
14 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 481 (37.90%) Active Directory
2 140 (11.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 127 (10.01%) Docker
4 46 (3.62%) Hyper-V
5 43 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 36 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (2.36%) vSphere
8 19 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.26%) BitLocker
10 14 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
11 12 (0.95%) Squid
11 12 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (0.79%) DFS Replication
12 10 (0.79%) KVM
13 7 (0.55%) Dovecot
13 7 (0.55%) Firmware
13 7 (0.55%) Postfix
14 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.39%) NFS
Systems Management
1 244 (19.23%) Terraform
2 130 (10.24%) Ansible
2 130 (10.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 128 (10.09%) SCCM
4 117 (9.22%) Kubernetes
5 85 (6.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 68 (5.36%) Single Sign-On
7 40 (3.15%) Grafana
7 40 (3.15%) SCOM
8 38 (2.99%) Prometheus
9 34 (2.68%) vCenter Server
10 27 (2.13%) vRealize
11 24 (1.89%) Kibana
12 21 (1.65%) HP SiteScope
13 16 (1.26%) Proxmox
14 15 (1.18%) Nessus
14 15 (1.18%) WSUS
15 11 (0.87%) ITRS Geneos
15 11 (0.87%) NetBackup
16 9 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 585 (46.10%) Microsoft
2 192 (15.13%) VMware
3 103 (8.12%) CyberArk
4 87 (6.86%) Splunk
5 70 (5.52%) BeyondTrust
6 69 (5.44%) ServiceNow
7 60 (4.73%) Citrix
8 57 (4.49%) Cisco
9 41 (3.23%) Google
10 34 (2.68%) Centrify
10 34 (2.68%) Oracle
11 33 (2.60%) Red Hat
12 32 (2.52%) Okta
13 30 (2.36%) Veeam
14 26 (2.05%) Atlassian
15 23 (1.81%) Databricks
15 23 (1.81%) SolarWinds
16 20 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
16 20 (1.58%) Remedy
17 18 (1.42%) SAP