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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 57 65
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,282 969 1,166
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.62% 3.77% 3.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.17% 11.23% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 652 826
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £446 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% +2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £638
90th Percentile £738 £720 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 17 41
10th Percentile £34.58 £17.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £20.24 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £56.75 £40.31
Median % change year-on-year +30.87% +40.77% -26.71%
75th Percentile £78.75 £74.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.80 £112.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £36.79 £40.31
% change year-on-year +101.85% -8.73% -26.71%

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 10,532 8,631 10,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.72% 33.57% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,036 5,642 7,904
10th Percentile £352 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £614 £650 £663
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -5.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 445 207 465
10th Percentile £41.73 £25.26 £35.51
25th Percentile £54.55 £42.00 £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 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £77.50
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 27 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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 27 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 27 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 -19 538 £540 +2.81% 100
South East +7 242 £500 -13.04% 61
North of England -1 210 £492 +4.65% 42
South West +10 145 £560 -2.61% 37
North West +9 115 £483 +2.70% 17
Yorkshire -23 85 £494 +3.95% 17
Midlands -43 84 £464 -7.25% 27
West Midlands -50 57 £475 -5.19% 12
East of England -12 30 £525 +31.25% 23
East Midlands -14 27 £449 -3.03% 15
North East -13 15 £550 +20.35% 8
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
1 197 (15.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 154 (12.01%) SharePoint
3 59 (4.60%) Confluence
4 37 (2.89%) Skype for Business
5 13 (1.01%) Apache
6 8 (0.62%) IIS
7 6 (0.47%) Mattermost
8 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.23%) nginx
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.078%) SAS
10 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.16%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.078%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.62%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.078%) Actimize
5 1 (0.078%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 627 (48.91%) Azure
2 307 (23.95%) Entra ID
3 288 (22.46%) Microsoft 365
4 224 (17.47%) AWS
5 137 (10.69%) GCP
6 117 (9.13%) Azure DevOps
7 102 (7.96%) GitHub
8 89 (6.94%) OneDrive
9 81 (6.32%) Power Platform
10 65 (5.07%) GitHub Actions
11 63 (4.91%) Microsoft Purview
12 61 (4.76%) IaaS
13 52 (4.06%) Azure Monitor
14 50 (3.90%) Azure Sentinel
15 49 (3.82%) SaaS
16 48 (3.74%) PaaS
17 43 (3.35%) Serverless
18 40 (3.12%) PowerApps
19 37 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
19 37 (2.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 209 (16.30%) DNS
2 170 (13.26%) Firewall
3 136 (10.61%) DHCP
4 72 (5.62%) VPN
5 69 (5.38%) TCP/IP
6 56 (4.37%) Network Security
7 42 (3.28%) Kerberos
7 42 (3.28%) LAN
8 40 (3.12%) Skype
9 38 (2.96%) WAN
10 31 (2.42%) VLAN
11 30 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
12 19 (1.48%) DKIM
12 19 (1.48%) DMARC
12 19 (1.48%) SMTP
12 19 (1.48%) Unified Communications
13 17 (1.33%) SAN
13 17 (1.33%) Software-Defined Networking
14 16 (1.25%) HTTP
14 16 (1.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (6.32%) SQL Server
2 49 (3.82%) Power BI
3 32 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (1.72%) Metadata
6 21 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.17%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.86%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.62%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.55%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.55%) MySQL
12 7 (0.55%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.47%) DB2
13 6 (0.47%) Delta Lake
13 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.39%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 83 (6.47%) JIRA
2 77 (6.01%) Git
2 77 (6.01%) Jenkins
3 70 (5.46%) GitLab
4 15 (1.17%) Artifactory
4 15 (1.17%) MSI
5 12 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
6 10 (0.78%) Bitbucket
6 10 (0.78%) Metasploit
7 9 (0.70%) Burp Suite
8 8 (0.62%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.47%) InstallShield
9 6 (0.47%) Postman
9 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.39%) Gradle
10 5 (0.39%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.39%) Selenium
10 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.39%) Spinnaker
11 4 (0.31%) Vagrant
General
1 456 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 216 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
3 155 (12.09%) Finance
4 118 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 83 (6.47%) Documentation Skills
6 61 (4.76%) Banking
7 58 (4.52%) Legal
8 19 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.33%) Front Office
10 15 (1.17%) Investment Banking
11 14 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.01%) Military
12 13 (1.01%) Retail
13 9 (0.70%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.70%) Publishing
14 7 (0.55%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.55%) Law
14 7 (0.55%) Marketing
14 7 (0.55%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 171 (13.34%) Architect
2 121 (9.44%) Senior
3 83 (6.47%) DevOps Engineer
4 80 (6.24%) Azure Engineer
5 72 (5.62%) Security Engineer
6 66 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
6 66 (5.15%) Support Engineer
7 65 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 60 (4.68%) Consultant
9 56 (4.37%) Analyst
10 53 (4.13%) Developer
11 51 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
12 41 (3.20%) Microsoft Engineer
13 37 (2.89%) CyberArk Architect
14 33 (2.57%) Lead
14 33 (2.57%) SIEM Engineer
15 28 (2.18%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 27 (2.11%) Administrator
17 25 (1.95%) IT Engineer
18 23 (1.79%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (12.32%) REST
2 119 (9.28%) LDAP
3 69 (5.38%) Microsoft Graph
4 65 (5.07%) OAuth
5 62 (4.84%) SAML
6 58 (4.52%) JSON
7 51 (3.98%) SOAP
8 40 (3.12%) OpenID
9 35 (2.73%) .NET
10 32 (2.50%) ARM Templates
11 30 (2.34%) SailPoint
12 28 (2.18%) OAuth2
13 21 (1.64%) XML
14 20 (1.56%) YAML
15 19 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (1.48%) Middleware
16 17 (1.33%) AngularJS
17 14 (1.09%) HTML
17 14 (1.09%) Node.js
17 14 (1.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.32%) Security Posture
2 80 (6.24%) Replication
3 79 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 71 (5.54%) PKI
5 64 (4.99%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 46 (3.59%) Data Centre
8 43 (3.35%) Cloud Native
9 35 (2.73%) Clustering
10 34 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
11 33 (2.57%) Management Information System
12 28 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
13 24 (1.87%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (1.33%) Private Cloud
16 16 (1.25%) BYOD
17 15 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
18 13 (1.01%) Operational Technology
18 13 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 486 (37.91%) Windows
2 225 (17.55%) Linux
3 206 (16.07%) Windows Server
4 74 (5.77%) Windows 10
5 41 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (2.26%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.87%) Unix
8 21 (1.64%) Android
9 19 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
10 18 (1.40%) VMS
11 17 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 12 (0.94%) Ubuntu
14 11 (0.86%) Apple iOS
15 10 (0.78%) Solaris
15 10 (0.78%) Windows 7
16 9 (0.70%) AIX
16 9 (0.70%) Kali Linux
17 6 (0.47%) CentOS
18 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (24.57%) DevOps
2 313 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
3 271 (21.14%) CI/CD
4 204 (15.91%) Agile
5 198 (15.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 173 (13.49%) SIEM
7 160 (12.48%) Migration
8 148 (11.54%) ITIL
9 139 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
10 135 (10.53%) Task Automation
11 126 (9.83%) ITSM
12 121 (9.44%) RBAC
13 120 (9.36%) Identity Access Management
14 115 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 106 (8.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 104 (8.11%) Incident Response
17 101 (7.88%) Change Management
17 101 (7.88%) Disaster Recovery
18 99 (7.72%) High Availability
19 98 (7.64%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 545 (42.51%) Python
2 238 (18.56%) Bash
3 150 (11.70%) SQL
4 89 (6.94%) C#
5 73 (5.69%) JavaScript
5 73 (5.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 51 (3.98%) Java
7 47 (3.67%) Bicep
8 33 (2.57%) Perl
9 21 (1.64%) VBScript
10 17 (1.33%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.17%) Go
12 14 (1.09%) BeanShell
13 13 (1.01%) VB
14 12 (0.94%) Groovy
15 8 (0.62%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.55%) PHP
16 7 (0.55%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 4 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 542 (42.28%) Security Cleared
2 427 (33.31%) SC Cleared
3 127 (9.91%) Degree
4 114 (8.89%) DV Cleared
5 108 (8.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 82 (6.40%) CISSP
7 62 (4.84%) Azure Certification
8 44 (3.43%) CISM
9 41 (3.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
11 27 (2.11%) MCSE
12 26 (2.03%) AWS Certification
12 26 (2.03%) CEH
13 23 (1.79%) CCNA
13 23 (1.79%) CCNP
13 23 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
14 22 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
15 21 (1.64%) MCSA
16 18 (1.40%) GIAC
17 15 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (9.91%) GDPR
2 115 (8.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (5.69%) NIST
4 28 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 22 (1.72%) QA
6 16 (1.25%) SLA
7 15 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.17%) MiFID
8 12 (0.94%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.86%) FINRA
9 11 (0.86%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.78%) HIPAA
11 9 (0.70%) Data Quality
12 8 (0.62%) NCSC
13 5 (0.39%) PSD2
14 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.23%) EMIR
16 2 (0.16%) GRC
16 2 (0.16%) GxP
16 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 473 (36.90%) Active Directory
2 138 (10.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (9.44%) Docker
4 57 (4.45%) Hyper-V
5 46 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
6 38 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 33 (2.57%) vSphere
8 23 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.25%) BitLocker
9 16 (1.25%) KVM
10 12 (0.94%) Firmware
10 12 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (0.55%) Squid
13 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.39%) NFS
15 4 (0.31%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.23%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.23%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 255 (19.89%) Terraform
2 148 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 131 (10.22%) Kubernetes
4 128 (9.98%) Ansible
5 110 (8.58%) SCCM
6 89 (6.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 67 (5.23%) Single Sign-On
8 41 (3.20%) vCenter Server
9 38 (2.96%) Grafana
10 35 (2.73%) Prometheus
11 27 (2.11%) SCOM
12 23 (1.79%) vRealize
13 18 (1.40%) Kibana
14 16 (1.25%) WSUS
15 13 (1.01%) Nessus
16 12 (0.94%) Istio
17 10 (0.78%) HP SiteScope
17 10 (0.78%) Progress Chef
17 10 (0.78%) Puppet
18 9 (0.70%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 612 (47.74%) Microsoft
2 189 (14.74%) VMware
3 92 (7.18%) CyberArk
4 69 (5.38%) ServiceNow
5 66 (5.15%) BeyondTrust
6 65 (5.07%) Citrix
6 65 (5.07%) Splunk
7 52 (4.06%) Cisco
8 45 (3.51%) Google
9 42 (3.28%) Red Hat
10 38 (2.96%) Oracle
11 34 (2.65%) Centrify
12 28 (2.18%) Okta
12 28 (2.18%) Veeam
13 25 (1.95%) SolarWinds
14 23 (1.79%) Atlassian
15 22 (1.72%) Databricks
16 18 (1.40%) Qualys
17 17 (1.33%) Dynatrace
17 17 (1.33%) Zscaler