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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 70 52
Rank change year-on-year -12 -18 +6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,407 995 1,260
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.09% 3.59% 3.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.73% 11.00% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 630 908
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £519 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +2.27% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 15 16
10th Percentile £21.50 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £43.81 £45.38 £45.46
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £65.69
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% -1.05% +27.92%
75th Percentile £74.26 £83.98 £74.11
90th Percentile £87.00 £154.00 £74.72
UK median hourly rate £60.33 £63.50 £69.69
% change year-on-year -4.99% -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 11,996 9,042 10,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.32% 32.67% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,794 6,213 7,552
10th Percentile £363 £345 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £654
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £530
% change year-on-year +1.49% -4.72% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 494 237 360
10th Percentile £33.70 £29.07 £30.00
25th Percentile £53.13 £36.48 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £84.70 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% +8.33%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -10 616 £530 +1.92% 427
South East -9 308 £525 -8.70% 164
North of England +23 255 £483 +8.05% 113
North West +28 162 £480 +3.78% 71
South West +3 114 £490 -14.78% 69
Yorkshire -9 82 £481 +16.67% 29
Midlands -79 56 £500 +11.11% 54
East of England -40 47 £507 -7.82% 42
West Midlands -81 38 £500 +8.70% 31
East Midlands -6 17 £469 +4.17% 23
North East - 12 £500 - 15
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
1 122 (8.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 117 (8.32%) SharePoint
3 49 (3.48%) Confluence
4 22 (1.56%) IIS
5 20 (1.42%) Skype for Business
6 18 (1.28%) Apache
7 12 (0.85%) nginx
8 9 (0.64%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.36%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.28%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.28%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) NetWeaver
11 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 29 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.071%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.43%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.071%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.071%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.071%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.071%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.071%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.071%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.071%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.071%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 783 (55.65%) Azure
2 340 (24.16%) Entra ID
3 326 (23.17%) AWS
4 218 (15.49%) Microsoft 365
5 196 (13.93%) Azure DevOps
6 177 (12.58%) GitHub
7 139 (9.88%) GCP
8 125 (8.88%) Power Platform
9 119 (8.46%) Azure Monitor
10 118 (8.39%) GitHub Actions
11 76 (5.40%) Azure AKS
12 66 (4.69%) OneDrive
13 61 (4.34%) SaaS
14 58 (4.12%) AWS CloudFormation
15 55 (3.91%) PaaS
16 52 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
17 48 (3.41%) IaaS
18 46 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
18 46 (3.27%) Microsoft Copilot
19 45 (3.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 211 (15.00%) DNS
2 190 (13.50%) Firewall
3 121 (8.60%) DHCP
4 95 (6.75%) VPN
5 90 (6.40%) TCP/IP
6 65 (4.62%) Network Security
7 43 (3.06%) WAN
8 32 (2.27%) SAN
8 32 (2.27%) VLAN
9 28 (1.99%) VSAN
10 23 (1.63%) LAN
10 23 (1.63%) SSL
11 22 (1.56%) Skype
12 19 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (1.21%) NAS
13 17 (1.21%) SD-WAN
13 17 (1.21%) SNMP
14 16 (1.14%) SSH
15 14 (1.00%) SMTP
16 13 (0.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (12.86%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.04%) Power BI
3 43 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (1.35%) Big Data
8 18 (1.28%) MySQL
8 18 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.21%) Data Lake
10 16 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (1.14%) MongoDB
10 16 (1.14%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 14 (1.00%) Metadata
12 13 (0.92%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.71%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
14 8 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.43%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 125 (8.88%) Jenkins
2 106 (7.53%) Git
3 79 (5.61%) GitLab
4 75 (5.33%) JIRA
5 26 (1.85%) MSI
6 13 (0.92%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (0.78%) Selenium
8 9 (0.64%) AdminStudio
8 9 (0.64%) Artifactory
8 9 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 9 (0.64%) InstallShield
9 8 (0.57%) Postman
9 8 (0.57%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.43%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.43%) JMeter
10 6 (0.43%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.36%) MSBuild
11 5 (0.36%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
General
1 334 (23.74%) Social Skills
2 232 (16.49%) Finance
3 185 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.82%) Public Sector
5 81 (5.76%) Banking
6 77 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (2.35%) Legal
8 22 (1.56%) Investment Banking
9 19 (1.35%) Front Office
10 17 (1.21%) Military
11 15 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.00%) Aerospace
12 14 (1.00%) Financial Institution
13 12 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.78%) Law
15 10 (0.71%) Retail
16 9 (0.64%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.50%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.43%) Local Government
18 6 (0.43%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 162 (11.51%) Senior
2 156 (11.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 147 (10.45%) Cloud Engineer
4 129 (9.17%) Azure Engineer
5 90 (6.40%) DevOps Engineer
6 84 (5.97%) Architect
7 81 (5.76%) Security Engineer
7 81 (5.76%) Support Engineer
8 56 (3.98%) Developer
9 55 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
10 54 (3.84%) Lead
11 49 (3.48%) Analyst
11 49 (3.48%) Consultant
12 38 (2.70%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 38 (2.70%) IT Engineer
13 35 (2.49%) Administrator
14 32 (2.27%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 32 (2.27%) PowerShell Engineer
15 31 (2.20%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 30 (2.13%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (8.81%) REST
2 73 (5.19%) .NET
3 66 (4.69%) ARM Templates
4 61 (4.34%) Microsoft Graph
5 55 (3.91%) OAuth
6 51 (3.62%) LDAP
7 50 (3.55%) JSON
8 45 (3.20%) SailPoint
8 45 (3.20%) YAML
9 43 (3.06%) SAML
10 42 (2.99%) OpenID
11 33 (2.35%) OAuth2
11 33 (2.35%) Web Services
12 28 (1.99%) Kafka
13 26 (1.85%) .NET Framework
14 25 (1.78%) SOAP
15 20 (1.42%) React
16 16 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
17 12 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
17 12 (0.85%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 127 (9.03%) Onboarding
2 98 (6.97%) Cloud Native
3 74 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 73 (5.19%) PKI
5 70 (4.98%) Security Posture
6 61 (4.34%) Clustering
7 59 (4.19%) Replication
8 53 (3.77%) Management Information System
9 52 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
10 51 (3.62%) Data Centre
11 31 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
12 26 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
12 26 (1.85%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.78%) CMDB
14 24 (1.71%) Data Structures
14 24 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
15 21 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
15 21 (1.49%) Product Ownership
16 17 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
16 17 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 678 (48.19%) Windows
2 355 (25.23%) Linux
3 280 (19.90%) Windows Server
4 85 (6.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 75 (5.33%) Windows 10
6 44 (3.13%) Unix
7 28 (1.99%) Ubuntu
8 26 (1.85%) Mac OS
9 23 (1.63%) AIX
9 23 (1.63%) Apple iOS
10 22 (1.56%) Windows 7
11 21 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
12 20 (1.42%) CentOS
12 20 (1.42%) VMS
13 17 (1.21%) Android
13 17 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
14 10 (0.71%) Rocky
14 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
15 9 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
16 7 (0.50%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (29.99%) DevOps
2 403 (28.64%) CI/CD
3 362 (25.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 285 (20.26%) Problem-Solving
5 236 (16.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 193 (13.72%) Agile
7 184 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 183 (13.01%) ITIL
9 175 (12.44%) Migration
10 171 (12.15%) Runbook
11 164 (11.66%) ITSM
12 150 (10.66%) Analytics
13 147 (10.45%) Identity Access Management
14 142 (10.09%) Observability
15 139 (9.88%) Cloud Security
16 138 (9.81%) Platform Engineering
17 137 (9.74%) Disaster Recovery
18 136 (9.67%) AI
18 136 (9.67%) SIEM
19 135 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 667 (47.41%) Python
2 361 (25.66%) Bash
3 243 (17.27%) SQL
4 126 (8.96%) Bicep
5 97 (6.89%) C#
6 75 (5.33%) Java
7 67 (4.76%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.13%) VBScript
9 29 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
10 24 (1.71%) Perl
10 24 (1.71%) Search Processing Language
11 23 (1.63%) T-SQL
12 20 (1.42%) Groovy
12 20 (1.42%) TypeScript
13 17 (1.21%) VB
14 14 (1.00%) Go
15 13 (0.92%) Shell Script
16 12 (0.85%) BeanShell
16 12 (0.85%) C++
17 8 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 507 (36.03%) Security Cleared
2 358 (25.44%) SC Cleared
3 155 (11.02%) DV Cleared
4 154 (10.95%) Degree
5 113 (8.03%) Azure Certification
6 99 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 82 (5.83%) CISSP
8 61 (4.34%) AWS Certification
9 41 (2.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (2.13%) CISM
12 29 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
13 25 (1.78%) MCSE
14 21 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 21 (1.49%) VCAP
15 18 (1.28%) MCSA
16 16 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 15 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
18 13 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 12 (0.85%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (6.61%) NIST
3 49 (3.48%) GDPR
4 41 (2.91%) QA
5 35 (2.49%) Data Quality
5 35 (2.49%) SLA
6 15 (1.07%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (1.00%) HIPAA
7 14 (1.00%) NCSC
8 10 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.43%) GxP
10 5 (0.36%) GRC
11 4 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 3 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 441 (31.34%) Active Directory
2 184 (13.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 161 (11.44%) Docker
4 85 (6.04%) Virtual Machines
5 76 (5.40%) Hyper-V
6 65 (4.62%) vSphere
7 64 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
8 48 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 46 (3.27%) VMware NSX
10 32 (2.27%) BitLocker
11 19 (1.35%) Microsoft App-V
12 18 (1.28%) vCloud
13 16 (1.14%) Firmware
14 8 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.43%) KVM
16 5 (0.36%) Squid
16 5 (0.36%) Terminal Services
17 3 (0.21%) NFS
17 3 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
17 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 440 (31.27%) Terraform
2 254 (18.05%) Ansible
3 244 (17.34%) Kubernetes
4 178 (12.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 114 (8.10%) SCCM
6 74 (5.26%) Grafana
7 65 (4.62%) vCenter Server
8 62 (4.41%) Prometheus
9 50 (3.55%) Progress Chef
10 47 (3.34%) SCOM
11 43 (3.06%) Puppet
12 33 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
13 24 (1.71%) Packer
14 21 (1.49%) Nagios
15 20 (1.42%) ZABBIX
16 18 (1.28%) Tivoli
17 17 (1.21%) vRealize
18 16 (1.14%) Netcool
18 16 (1.14%) VxRail
19 15 (1.07%) WMI
Vendors
1 655 (46.55%) Microsoft
2 252 (17.91%) VMware
3 143 (10.16%) ServiceNow
4 89 (6.33%) CyberArk
5 87 (6.18%) Google
6 86 (6.11%) Splunk
7 74 (5.26%) Oracle
8 58 (4.12%) Cisco
9 54 (3.84%) Red Hat
10 52 (3.70%) BMC
11 51 (3.62%) BeyondTrust
11 51 (3.62%) Remedy
12 49 (3.48%) Citrix
13 38 (2.70%) Databricks
14 35 (2.49%) SolarWinds
15 30 (2.13%) IBM
16 28 (1.99%) NetApp
17 27 (1.92%) HP
18 24 (1.71%) Dynatrace
19 23 (1.63%) CrowdStrike