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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 67 54
Rank change year-on-year -14 -13 +3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,426 1,018 1,213
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.12% 3.69% 3.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.98% 11.25% 11.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 643 859
10th Percentile £325 £325 £329
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £613
90th Percentile £706 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.31% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 15 14
10th Percentile £27.00 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £43.81 £45.38 £38.87
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% +7.89% +6.66%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.98 £74.00
90th Percentile £91.00 £85.00 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £65.69
% change year-on-year -0.57% -3.33% +9.48%

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 11,908 9,045 10,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.08% 32.80% 32.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,704 6,165 7,453
10th Percentile £363 £349 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 493 266 315
10th Percentile £29.96 £30.61 £31.98
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.60 £79.38 £79.67
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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -9 628 £540 +5.37% 379
South East -8 304 £538 -6.11% 154
North of England +25 259 £479 +9.37% 116
North West +33 164 £453 -2.58% 73
South West -14 109 £506 -5.81% 63
Yorkshire -8 83 £515 +24.85% 28
Midlands -84 61 £500 +6.67% 80
East of England -41 50 £507 -7.82% 67
West Midlands -85 43 £518 +8.95% 50
East Midlands -11 17 £500 +11.11% 30
North East -34 13 £500 - 16
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
1 112 (7.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 110 (7.71%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.23%) Confluence
4 22 (1.54%) IIS
5 20 (1.40%) Apache
5 20 (1.40%) Skype for Business
6 14 (0.98%) nginx
7 11 (0.77%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.42%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.35%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.14%) CMS
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 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.070%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (3.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.42%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.14%) Summit
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.070%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.070%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.070%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.070%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.070%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 788 (55.26%) Azure
2 349 (24.47%) Entra ID
3 329 (23.07%) AWS
4 213 (14.94%) Microsoft 365
5 207 (14.52%) Azure DevOps
6 175 (12.27%) GitHub
7 137 (9.61%) GCP
8 132 (9.26%) Power Platform
9 129 (9.05%) Azure Monitor
10 109 (7.64%) GitHub Actions
11 79 (5.54%) Azure AKS
12 63 (4.42%) OneDrive
12 63 (4.42%) SaaS
13 54 (3.79%) AWS CloudFormation
14 52 (3.65%) Azure Sentinel
15 49 (3.44%) Microsoft Purview
16 45 (3.16%) IaaS
17 44 (3.09%) OpenShift
18 41 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
18 41 (2.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 231 (16.20%) DNS
2 208 (14.59%) Firewall
3 139 (9.75%) DHCP
4 102 (7.15%) TCP/IP
5 99 (6.94%) VPN
6 75 (5.26%) Network Security
7 39 (2.73%) WAN
8 37 (2.59%) VLAN
9 33 (2.31%) SAN
10 30 (2.10%) VSAN
11 26 (1.82%) SSL
12 22 (1.54%) Skype
13 20 (1.40%) SSH
14 19 (1.33%) LAN
15 18 (1.26%) SD-WAN
16 17 (1.19%) NAS
16 17 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (1.12%) SNMP
18 15 (1.05%) SMTP
19 13 (0.91%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (12.27%) SQL Server
2 92 (6.45%) Power BI
3 39 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.40%) Big Data
6 20 (1.40%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (1.26%) MySQL
7 18 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (1.12%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (0.98%) Metadata
10 14 (0.98%) MongoDB
11 13 (0.91%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.77%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
14 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.35%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 122 (8.56%) Jenkins
2 110 (7.71%) Git
3 85 (5.96%) GitLab
4 72 (5.05%) JIRA
5 31 (2.17%) MSI
6 14 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 11 (0.77%) Artifactory
9 9 (0.63%) AdminStudio
9 9 (0.63%) InstallShield
9 9 (0.63%) Selenium
9 9 (0.63%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (0.56%) Postman
11 6 (0.42%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.42%) JMeter
12 5 (0.35%) MSBuild
13 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.28%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 358 (25.11%) Social Skills
2 252 (17.67%) Finance
3 203 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (7.64%) Public Sector
5 87 (6.10%) Banking
6 83 (5.82%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (1.96%) Legal
8 23 (1.61%) Investment Banking
9 20 (1.40%) Aerospace
9 20 (1.40%) Military
10 17 (1.19%) Front Office
11 13 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (0.84%) Law
12 12 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (0.77%) Financial Institution
14 10 (0.70%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.56%) Local Government
15 8 (0.56%) Retail
15 8 (0.56%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 158 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 156 (10.94%) Senior
3 147 (10.31%) Cloud Engineer
4 133 (9.33%) Azure Engineer
5 102 (7.15%) DevOps Engineer
6 88 (6.17%) Support Engineer
7 87 (6.10%) Architect
8 76 (5.33%) Security Engineer
9 63 (4.42%) Lead
10 58 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
11 53 (3.72%) Analyst
12 51 (3.58%) Consultant
13 49 (3.44%) Developer
14 39 (2.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 38 (2.66%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 37 (2.59%) IT Engineer
17 34 (2.38%) Administrator
17 34 (2.38%) DBA
18 32 (2.24%) PowerShell Engineer
19 28 (1.96%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 456 (31.98%) Terraform
2 125 (8.77%) REST
3 78 (5.47%) ARM Templates
4 68 (4.77%) .NET
5 59 (4.14%) LDAP
6 58 (4.07%) OAuth
7 52 (3.65%) Microsoft Graph
8 50 (3.51%) YAML
9 48 (3.37%) JSON
10 46 (3.23%) SailPoint
11 45 (3.16%) SAML
12 41 (2.88%) OpenID
13 32 (2.24%) OAuth2
14 30 (2.10%) Kafka
15 24 (1.68%) Web Services
16 22 (1.54%) React
17 18 (1.26%) .NET Framework
17 18 (1.26%) SOAP
18 17 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
19 15 (1.05%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 130 (9.12%) Onboarding
2 98 (6.87%) Cloud Native
3 77 (5.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 72 (5.05%) PKI
5 67 (4.70%) Security Posture
6 63 (4.42%) Clustering
6 63 (4.42%) Replication
7 62 (4.35%) Management Information System
8 56 (3.93%) Data Centre
9 53 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
10 33 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
11 26 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (1.75%) Data Structures
12 25 (1.75%) Public Cloud
13 24 (1.68%) CMDB
13 24 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
15 19 (1.33%) Product Ownership
16 17 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
17 16 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 705 (49.44%) Windows
2 371 (26.02%) Linux
3 309 (21.67%) Windows Server
4 87 (6.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 79 (5.54%) Windows 10
6 45 (3.16%) Unix
7 34 (2.38%) Ubuntu
8 26 (1.82%) Apple iOS
8 26 (1.82%) Mac OS
9 25 (1.75%) CentOS
10 22 (1.54%) VMS
10 22 (1.54%) Windows 7
10 22 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (1.26%) Android
12 17 (1.19%) AIX
13 16 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
14 11 (0.77%) Rocky
15 9 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
15 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
15 9 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (30.50%) DevOps
2 419 (29.38%) CI/CD
3 390 (27.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 301 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
5 238 (16.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 213 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 203 (14.24%) Agile
8 202 (14.17%) ITIL
9 186 (13.04%) Runbook
10 176 (12.34%) ITSM
11 172 (12.06%) Migration
12 160 (11.22%) Analytics
13 148 (10.38%) Disaster Recovery
14 145 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
15 143 (10.03%) AI
15 143 (10.03%) Platform Engineering
16 142 (9.96%) Identity Access Management
16 142 (9.96%) Observability
17 140 (9.82%) Cloud Security
18 139 (9.75%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 674 (47.27%) Python
2 370 (25.95%) Bash
3 246 (17.25%) SQL
4 141 (9.89%) Bicep
5 90 (6.31%) Java
6 83 (5.82%) C#
7 68 (4.77%) JavaScript
8 30 (2.10%) VBScript
9 25 (1.75%) Perl
9 25 (1.75%) Search Processing Language
9 25 (1.75%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
10 21 (1.47%) TypeScript
11 20 (1.40%) Groovy
12 17 (1.19%) VB
13 16 (1.12%) Shell Script
14 15 (1.05%) BeanShell
15 13 (0.91%) Go
16 12 (0.84%) C++
17 10 (0.70%) Korn
Qualifications
1 524 (36.75%) Security Cleared
2 358 (25.11%) SC Cleared
3 175 (12.27%) DV Cleared
4 164 (11.50%) Degree
5 120 (8.42%) Azure Certification
6 103 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (5.96%) CISSP
8 64 (4.49%) AWS Certification
9 41 (2.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 33 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.17%) CISM
11 31 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 24 (1.68%) MCSE
13 23 (1.61%) VCAP
14 21 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 17 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
15 17 (1.19%) MCSA
16 12 (0.84%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (7.36%) NIST
3 44 (3.09%) GDPR
3 44 (3.09%) QA
4 36 (2.52%) SLA
5 34 (2.38%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.12%) NCSC
8 15 (1.05%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.84%) HIPAA
10 10 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.70%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.42%) GxP
12 4 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.21%) GRC
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.14%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 448 (31.42%) Active Directory
2 188 (13.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 171 (11.99%) Docker
4 86 (6.03%) Virtual Machines
5 77 (5.40%) Hyper-V
6 71 (4.98%) VMware ESXi
7 70 (4.91%) vSphere
8 52 (3.65%) VMware NSX
9 46 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 31 (2.17%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.68%) vCloud
12 18 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
13 15 (1.05%) Firmware
14 9 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.42%) Squid
16 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.28%) Dovecot
17 4 (0.28%) Postfix
18 3 (0.21%) NFS
18 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 265 (18.58%) Ansible
2 254 (17.81%) Kubernetes
3 185 (12.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 126 (8.84%) SCCM
5 82 (5.75%) Grafana
6 68 (4.77%) vCenter Server
7 65 (4.56%) Prometheus
8 62 (4.35%) SCOM
9 53 (3.72%) Progress Chef
10 41 (2.88%) Puppet
11 32 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
12 26 (1.82%) Packer
13 20 (1.40%) Nagios
14 19 (1.33%) ZABBIX
15 18 (1.26%) vRealize
15 18 (1.26%) WMI
16 17 (1.19%) Tivoli
16 17 (1.19%) VxRail
17 16 (1.12%) NetBackup
18 15 (1.05%) Netcool
Vendors
1 669 (46.91%) Microsoft
2 258 (18.09%) VMware
3 145 (10.17%) ServiceNow
4 98 (6.87%) CyberArk
5 97 (6.80%) Splunk
6 85 (5.96%) Google
7 79 (5.54%) Oracle
8 59 (4.14%) Cisco
9 55 (3.86%) BeyondTrust
10 52 (3.65%) Red Hat
11 51 (3.58%) BMC
12 49 (3.44%) Remedy
13 44 (3.09%) Databricks
14 41 (2.88%) Citrix
15 34 (2.38%) SolarWinds
16 26 (1.82%) HP
17 25 (1.75%) NetApp
18 24 (1.68%) Dynatrace
18 24 (1.68%) IBM
18 24 (1.68%) Qualys