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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 54 66
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 -7
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,296 990 1,188
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.56% 4.02% 3.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.22% 11.86% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 668 837
10th Percentile £355 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -
75th Percentile £622 £626 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £545
% change year-on-year - -3.67% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 17 36
10th Percentile £35.41 £17.00 £21.41
25th Percentile £55.00 £20.24 £37.49
Median hourly rate £74.26 £56.75 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.87% +40.98% -28.34%
75th Percentile £78.13 £77.50 £53.66
90th Percentile £83.78 £147.20 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £36.79 £40.25
% change year-on-year +101.85% -8.60% -26.82%

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 10,606 8,345 11,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.11% 33.86% 28.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,065 5,584 7,921
10th Percentile £351 £358 £350
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -6.09%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £768
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 215 465
10th Percentile £41.94 £25.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £40.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £77.40 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -5.51%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -23 532 £550 +2.33% 138
South East -2 246 £500 -13.04% 108
North of England -6 222 £472 +0.45% 58
South West +7 149 £556 -3.26% 48
North West +4 124 £465 -1.15% 27
Yorkshire -25 91 £471 -5.80% 19
Midlands -54 81 £464 -7.25% 39
West Midlands -63 58 £488 -2.50% 21
East of England -12 30 £500 -9.09% 39
East Midlands -25 23 £443 -4.22% 18
North East -13 12 £550 +20.35% 13
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
1 199 (15.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 155 (11.96%) SharePoint
3 56 (4.32%) Confluence
4 29 (2.24%) Skype for Business
5 13 (1.00%) Apache
6 11 (0.85%) IIS
7 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.15%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.15%) WordPress
9 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.077%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.077%) SAS
9 1 (0.077%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.077%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.077%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 37 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (0.62%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 5 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.077%) Actimize
6 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.077%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 646 (49.85%) Azure
2 324 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 286 (22.07%) Microsoft 365
4 233 (17.98%) AWS
5 138 (10.65%) GCP
6 132 (10.19%) Azure DevOps
7 118 (9.10%) GitHub
8 84 (6.48%) Power Platform
9 82 (6.33%) OneDrive
10 78 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
11 66 (5.09%) Azure Monitor
12 64 (4.94%) Microsoft Purview
13 63 (4.86%) IaaS
14 56 (4.32%) PaaS
15 49 (3.78%) Azure Sentinel
16 47 (3.63%) SaaS
17 43 (3.32%) Serverless
18 41 (3.16%) Azure Key Vault
19 37 (2.85%) PowerApps
20 35 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 206 (15.90%) DNS
2 168 (12.96%) Firewall
3 135 (10.42%) DHCP
4 73 (5.63%) VPN
5 70 (5.40%) TCP/IP
6 58 (4.48%) Network Security
7 43 (3.32%) LAN
8 40 (3.09%) Kerberos
8 40 (3.09%) WAN
9 32 (2.47%) Skype
9 32 (2.47%) VLAN
10 30 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (1.47%) DKIM
11 19 (1.47%) DMARC
12 18 (1.39%) SAN
12 18 (1.39%) SMTP
13 17 (1.31%) Software-Defined Networking
14 15 (1.16%) Wireshark
15 14 (1.08%) SSL
15 14 (1.08%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (6.71%) SQL Server
2 52 (4.01%) Power BI
3 26 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (1.54%) Metadata
6 17 (1.31%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.62%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.62%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.62%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.54%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.54%) MySQL
11 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.46%) DB2
13 5 (0.39%) Spark SQL
13 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 82 (6.33%) JIRA
2 81 (6.25%) Git
3 78 (6.02%) Jenkins
4 66 (5.09%) GitLab
5 16 (1.23%) MSI
6 14 (1.08%) Artifactory
7 11 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (0.77%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.77%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.69%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.69%) Selenium
10 8 (0.62%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.54%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.46%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.39%) Appium
13 5 (0.39%) InstallShield
14 4 (0.31%) JUnit
14 4 (0.31%) MSTest
14 4 (0.31%) Postman
14 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
General
1 432 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 219 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
3 140 (10.80%) Finance
4 115 (8.87%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.79%) Documentation Skills
6 60 (4.63%) Banking
7 59 (4.55%) Legal
8 18 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.31%) Front Office
10 14 (1.08%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.08%) Retail
11 13 (1.00%) Military
12 11 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (0.69%) Financial Institution
13 9 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.69%) Publishing
14 8 (0.62%) Law
15 7 (0.54%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.46%) Electronics
16 6 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 174 (13.43%) Architect
2 119 (9.18%) Senior
3 88 (6.79%) Azure Engineer
4 78 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 76 (5.86%) DevOps Engineer
6 71 (5.48%) Support Engineer
7 70 (5.40%) Security Engineer
8 61 (4.71%) Platform Engineer
9 56 (4.32%) Cloud Engineer
9 56 (4.32%) Consultant
10 52 (4.01%) Developer
11 46 (3.55%) Analyst
12 43 (3.32%) Microsoft Engineer
13 37 (2.85%) CyberArk Architect
14 35 (2.70%) Lead
15 30 (2.31%) Administrator
15 30 (2.31%) SIEM Engineer
16 27 (2.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 27 (2.08%) Windows Engineer
17 25 (1.93%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (13.35%) REST
2 116 (8.95%) LDAP
3 79 (6.10%) Microsoft Graph
4 63 (4.86%) OAuth
4 63 (4.86%) SOAP
5 58 (4.48%) SAML
6 55 (4.24%) JSON
7 48 (3.70%) .NET
8 37 (2.85%) OpenID
9 34 (2.62%) ARM Templates
10 32 (2.47%) SailPoint
11 28 (2.16%) OAuth2
12 24 (1.85%) YAML
13 23 (1.77%) .NET Framework
14 22 (1.70%) Web Services
15 21 (1.62%) Middleware
16 19 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
17 17 (1.31%) XML
18 16 (1.23%) AngularJS
19 14 (1.08%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.56%) Security Posture
2 81 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 76 (5.86%) Replication
4 69 (5.32%) PKI
5 67 (5.17%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 46 (3.55%) Data Centre
8 43 (3.32%) Cloud Native
9 38 (2.93%) Clustering
10 37 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
11 30 (2.31%) Management Information System
12 27 (2.08%) Product Ownership
13 26 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.31%) Private Cloud
16 16 (1.23%) BYOD
17 15 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
18 14 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
19 13 (1.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 507 (39.12%) Windows
2 222 (17.13%) Linux
3 218 (16.82%) Windows Server
4 73 (5.63%) Windows 10
5 43 (3.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (2.01%) Mac OS
7 23 (1.77%) Unix
8 19 (1.47%) Android
8 19 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (1.08%) AIX
11 14 (1.08%) VMS
12 11 (0.85%) Ubuntu
13 10 (0.77%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.69%) Apple iOS
14 9 (0.69%) Kali Linux
15 7 (0.54%) CentOS
15 7 (0.54%) Solaris
16 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (24.85%) DevOps
2 312 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
3 276 (21.30%) CI/CD
4 208 (16.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 203 (15.66%) Agile
6 169 (13.04%) SIEM
7 158 (12.19%) Migration
8 144 (11.11%) Task Automation
9 143 (11.03%) ITIL
10 141 (10.88%) Cybersecurity
11 127 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 125 (9.65%) Identity Access Management
13 123 (9.49%) RBAC
14 122 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 119 (9.18%) ITSM
16 109 (8.41%) Analytics
16 109 (8.41%) High Availability
17 108 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
18 105 (8.10%) Incident Response
19 95 (7.33%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 546 (42.13%) Python
2 242 (18.67%) Bash
3 150 (11.57%) SQL
4 93 (7.18%) C#
5 77 (5.94%) Kusto Query Language
6 60 (4.63%) JavaScript
7 53 (4.09%) Bicep
8 47 (3.63%) Java
9 32 (2.47%) Perl
10 22 (1.70%) VBScript
11 16 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 15 (1.16%) BeanShell
13 14 (1.08%) Go
14 13 (1.00%) VB
15 7 (0.54%) PHP
15 7 (0.54%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.54%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.39%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 554 (42.75%) Security Cleared
2 440 (33.95%) SC Cleared
3 121 (9.34%) Degree
4 119 (9.18%) DV Cleared
5 106 (8.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (6.48%) CISSP
7 62 (4.78%) Azure Certification
8 46 (3.55%) CISM
9 32 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 29 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (2.01%) CEH
12 24 (1.85%) AWS Certification
12 24 (1.85%) MCSE
13 22 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
14 21 (1.62%) MCSA
15 20 (1.54%) CCNA
15 20 (1.54%) CCNP
16 17 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (1.31%) GIAC
17 14 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (9.57%) GDPR
2 109 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (5.56%) NIST
4 30 (2.31%) QA
5 29 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.39%) SLA
7 15 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.16%) MiFID
8 12 (0.93%) Data Quality
8 12 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.85%) FINRA
9 11 (0.85%) NCSC
10 10 (0.77%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.39%) PSD2
12 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.23%) EMIR
13 3 (0.23%) GRC
14 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 472 (36.42%) Active Directory
2 140 (10.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (8.95%) Docker
4 62 (4.78%) Hyper-V
5 50 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
6 38 (2.93%) vSphere
7 34 (2.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 26 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.31%) BitLocker
9 17 (1.31%) KVM
10 13 (1.00%) Firmware
10 13 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.69%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.31%) NFS
13 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.23%) Squid
14 2 (0.15%) Snort
14 2 (0.15%) UAG
14 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 265 (20.45%) Terraform
2 148 (11.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 141 (10.88%) Ansible
4 131 (10.11%) Kubernetes
5 103 (7.95%) SCCM
6 88 (6.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 66 (5.09%) Single Sign-On
8 43 (3.32%) vCenter Server
9 38 (2.93%) Grafana
10 35 (2.70%) Prometheus
11 18 (1.39%) SCOM
12 17 (1.31%) Kibana
13 15 (1.16%) WSUS
14 13 (1.00%) vRealize
15 12 (0.93%) Progress Chef
15 12 (0.93%) Puppet
16 11 (0.85%) Istio
16 11 (0.85%) Nessus
16 11 (0.85%) PowerCLI
17 10 (0.77%) Nagios
Vendors
1 614 (47.38%) Microsoft
2 189 (14.58%) VMware
3 93 (7.18%) CyberArk
4 69 (5.32%) Citrix
5 67 (5.17%) BeyondTrust
6 66 (5.09%) ServiceNow
7 55 (4.24%) Splunk
8 46 (3.55%) Cisco
9 43 (3.32%) Red Hat
10 42 (3.24%) Oracle
11 41 (3.16%) Google
12 35 (2.70%) Centrify
13 28 (2.16%) Okta
14 27 (2.08%) SolarWinds
14 27 (2.08%) Veeam
15 24 (1.85%) Atlassian
16 23 (1.77%) Databricks
17 17 (1.31%) Qualys
18 16 (1.23%) Dynatrace
18 16 (1.23%) SAP