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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 68 56
Rank change year-on-year -11 -12 +3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,457 1,006 1,187
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.15% 3.65% 3.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.11% 11.12% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 634 839
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £619
90th Percentile £706 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 14 15
10th Percentile £31.42 £44.13 £23.80
25th Percentile £48.00 £45.19 £42.17
Median hourly rate £63.48 £64.25 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +9.85% +3.55%
75th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £74.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £84.39 £74.26
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -0.57% +2.42% +3.33%

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 12,027 9,043 10,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 25.97% 32.77% 32.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,780 6,139 7,282
10th Percentile £363 £346 £355
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 262 303
10th Percentile £29.81 £31.25 £30.65
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £50.69
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.63 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £80.00 £79.83
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -15 640 £545 +7.39% 368
South East -8 306 £538 -2.27% 151
North of England +40 267 £483 +12.00% 114
North West +42 168 £456 +1.90% 66
South West -10 111 £513 -4.65% 55
Yorkshire +8 86 £518 +25.45% 31
Midlands -80 60 £500 +5.26% 78
East of England -35 58 £507 -7.82% 51
West Midlands -82 42 £510 +7.37% 46
East Midlands -12 17 £500 +11.11% 32
North East -36 14 £500 - 18
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 (8.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (7.96%) SharePoint
3 47 (3.23%) Confluence
4 29 (1.99%) IIS
5 20 (1.37%) Apache
5 20 (1.37%) Skype for Business
6 14 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.96%) nginx
7 6 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.34%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
9 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.14%) CMS
11 2 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 30 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.069%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.55%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Front Arena
4 4 (0.27%) Summit
5 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.069%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.069%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.069%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.069%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.069%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.069%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.069%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 801 (54.98%) Azure
2 363 (24.91%) Entra ID
3 325 (22.31%) AWS
4 221 (15.17%) Microsoft 365
5 212 (14.55%) Azure DevOps
6 172 (11.81%) GitHub
7 139 (9.54%) GCP
8 132 (9.06%) Power Platform
9 130 (8.92%) Azure Monitor
10 104 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
11 79 (5.42%) Azure AKS
12 67 (4.60%) SaaS
13 65 (4.46%) OneDrive
14 55 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
15 53 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
16 50 (3.43%) Microsoft Purview
17 48 (3.29%) IaaS
18 44 (3.02%) OpenShift
18 44 (3.02%) PaaS
19 41 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 233 (15.99%) DNS
2 207 (14.21%) Firewall
3 139 (9.54%) DHCP
4 102 (7.00%) TCP/IP
5 101 (6.93%) VPN
6 79 (5.42%) Network Security
7 39 (2.68%) WAN
8 36 (2.47%) VLAN
9 33 (2.26%) SAN
10 31 (2.13%) VSAN
11 26 (1.78%) SSL
12 23 (1.58%) Skype
13 20 (1.37%) SSH
14 19 (1.30%) LAN
15 18 (1.24%) HTTP
15 18 (1.24%) SD-WAN
16 17 (1.17%) NAS
16 17 (1.17%) SMTP
16 17 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
17 14 (0.96%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (12.01%) SQL Server
2 92 (6.31%) Power BI
3 37 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (1.51%) Big Data
7 19 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.30%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.30%) MySQL
8 18 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.10%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 14 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.96%) Metadata
10 14 (0.96%) MongoDB
11 12 (0.82%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.75%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
14 8 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.48%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 120 (8.24%) Jenkins
2 105 (7.21%) Git
3 85 (5.83%) GitLab
4 73 (5.01%) JIRA
5 32 (2.20%) MSI
6 14 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 12 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (0.75%) Artifactory
9 9 (0.62%) AdminStudio
9 9 (0.62%) InstallShield
9 9 (0.62%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (0.55%) Postman
10 8 (0.55%) Selenium
11 6 (0.41%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.41%) JMeter
12 5 (0.34%) MSBuild
12 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 366 (25.12%) Social Skills
2 257 (17.64%) Finance
3 206 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.04%) Banking
6 83 (5.70%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (1.99%) Legal
8 23 (1.58%) Investment Banking
9 21 (1.44%) Aerospace
10 20 (1.37%) Military
11 17 (1.17%) Front Office
12 14 (0.96%) Law
13 12 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.75%) Back Office
14 11 (0.75%) Financial Institution
15 10 (0.69%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.62%) Local Government
17 8 (0.55%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 161 (11.05%) Senior
2 160 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 146 (10.02%) Cloud Engineer
4 136 (9.33%) Azure Engineer
5 104 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 90 (6.18%) Architect
6 90 (6.18%) Support Engineer
7 84 (5.77%) Security Engineer
8 66 (4.53%) Lead
9 60 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
10 53 (3.64%) Analyst
10 53 (3.64%) Consultant
11 50 (3.43%) Developer
12 41 (2.81%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 38 (2.61%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (2.54%) IT Engineer
15 36 (2.47%) DBA
16 35 (2.40%) Administrator
17 30 (2.06%) PowerShell Engineer
18 29 (1.99%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 462 (31.71%) Terraform
2 128 (8.79%) REST
3 80 (5.49%) ARM Templates
4 69 (4.74%) .NET
5 65 (4.46%) LDAP
6 61 (4.19%) OAuth
7 55 (3.77%) JSON
8 51 (3.50%) Microsoft Graph
9 48 (3.29%) SAML
10 47 (3.23%) YAML
11 45 (3.09%) SailPoint
12 44 (3.02%) OpenID
13 35 (2.40%) OAuth2
14 28 (1.92%) Kafka
15 24 (1.65%) React
15 24 (1.65%) Web Services
16 18 (1.24%) .NET Framework
16 18 (1.24%) SOAP
17 17 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
18 15 (1.03%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 130 (8.92%) Onboarding
2 99 (6.79%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 75 (5.15%) PKI
4 72 (4.94%) Security Posture
5 65 (4.46%) Replication
6 64 (4.39%) Clustering
6 64 (4.39%) Management Information System
7 60 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
8 58 (3.98%) Data Centre
9 35 (2.40%) Linux Command Line
10 26 (1.78%) CMDB
11 25 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.72%) Public Cloud
12 24 (1.65%) Data Structures
12 24 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.51%) Product Ownership
14 21 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
15 17 (1.17%) Cloud Security Posture
15 17 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 721 (49.49%) Windows
2 373 (25.60%) Linux
3 317 (21.76%) Windows Server
4 93 (6.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 83 (5.70%) Windows 10
6 45 (3.09%) Unix
7 36 (2.47%) Ubuntu
8 28 (1.92%) CentOS
9 27 (1.85%) Apple iOS
10 26 (1.78%) Mac OS
11 23 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
12 22 (1.51%) VMS
12 22 (1.51%) Windows 7
13 18 (1.24%) Android
14 15 (1.03%) AIX
14 15 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
15 12 (0.82%) Rocky
16 9 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
16 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
16 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (30.27%) DevOps
2 418 (28.69%) CI/CD
3 400 (27.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 303 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
5 239 (16.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 213 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (14.28%) ITIL
8 205 (14.07%) Agile
9 190 (13.04%) Runbook
10 181 (12.42%) ITSM
11 179 (12.29%) Migration
12 159 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
13 158 (10.84%) Analytics
14 151 (10.36%) AI
15 150 (10.30%) Disaster Recovery
16 147 (10.09%) Identity Access Management
17 146 (10.02%) SIEM
18 144 (9.88%) Root Cause Analysis
19 143 (9.81%) Cloud Security
19 143 (9.81%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 686 (47.08%) Python
2 375 (25.74%) Bash
3 245 (16.82%) SQL
4 147 (10.09%) Bicep
5 94 (6.45%) Java
6 84 (5.77%) C#
7 70 (4.80%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.06%) VBScript
9 26 (1.78%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.65%) Perl
11 23 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 23 (1.58%) Search Processing Language
12 22 (1.51%) TypeScript
13 20 (1.37%) Groovy
14 18 (1.24%) Shell Script
15 17 (1.17%) VB
16 14 (0.96%) BeanShell
17 13 (0.89%) Go
18 12 (0.82%) C++
19 11 (0.75%) Korn
Qualifications
1 545 (37.41%) Security Cleared
2 372 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 187 (12.83%) DV Cleared
4 170 (11.67%) Degree
5 124 (8.51%) Azure Certification
6 107 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 87 (5.97%) CISSP
8 65 (4.46%) AWS Certification
9 41 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (1.99%) CISM
13 25 (1.72%) MCSE
14 24 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
15 23 (1.58%) VCAP
16 22 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 17 (1.17%) MCSA
18 16 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 16 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
19 13 (0.89%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (7.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 103 (7.07%) NIST
3 42 (2.88%) GDPR
3 42 (2.88%) QA
4 35 (2.40%) SLA
5 32 (2.20%) Data Quality
6 19 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (1.10%) NCSC
9 14 (0.96%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.82%) HIPAA
11 11 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.75%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.41%) GxP
13 4 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 470 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 201 (13.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 173 (11.87%) Docker
4 93 (6.38%) Virtual Machines
5 86 (5.90%) Hyper-V
6 71 (4.87%) VMware ESXi
7 70 (4.80%) vSphere
8 52 (3.57%) VMware NSX
9 51 (3.50%) Virtual Desktop
10 31 (2.13%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.65%) vCloud
12 18 (1.24%) Microsoft App-V
13 15 (1.03%) Firmware
14 10 (0.69%) NFS
15 9 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
16 6 (0.41%) Squid
17 5 (0.34%) Terminal Services
18 4 (0.27%) Dovecot
18 4 (0.27%) Postfix
19 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 264 (18.12%) Ansible
2 255 (17.50%) Kubernetes
3 191 (13.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 130 (8.92%) SCCM
5 80 (5.49%) Grafana
6 69 (4.74%) vCenter Server
7 65 (4.46%) SCOM
8 63 (4.32%) Prometheus
9 53 (3.64%) Progress Chef
10 40 (2.75%) Puppet
11 35 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
12 25 (1.72%) Packer
13 19 (1.30%) WMI
14 18 (1.24%) Nagios
14 18 (1.24%) vRealize
15 17 (1.17%) NetBackup
15 17 (1.17%) VxRail
15 17 (1.17%) ZABBIX
16 15 (1.03%) Tivoli
17 14 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 691 (47.43%) Microsoft
2 270 (18.53%) VMware
3 148 (10.16%) ServiceNow
4 98 (6.73%) CyberArk
4 98 (6.73%) Splunk
5 86 (5.90%) Google
6 77 (5.28%) Oracle
7 61 (4.19%) Cisco
8 57 (3.91%) Red Hat
9 55 (3.77%) BeyondTrust
10 51 (3.50%) BMC
10 51 (3.50%) Remedy
11 45 (3.09%) Databricks
12 42 (2.88%) Citrix
13 33 (2.26%) SolarWinds
14 26 (1.78%) NetApp
14 26 (1.78%) Qualys
15 24 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
15 24 (1.65%) Dynatrace
15 24 (1.65%) HP