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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 64 62
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,211 929 1,253
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.79% 3.45% 3.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.34% 10.49% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 840 615 885
10th Percentile £350 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £432 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 16 36
10th Percentile £47.28 £17.00 £19.54
25th Percentile £55.86 £20.24 £35.63
Median hourly rate £70.98 £56.75 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year +25.09% +17.24% -12.00%
75th Percentile £81.50 £74.11 £69.88
90th Percentile £83.93 £94.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £70.98 £42.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year +67.01% -12.19% -12.00%

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 9,815 8,855 11,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.71% 32.90% 30.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,535 5,685 7,965
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £736 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 215 423
10th Percentile £39.54 £25.26 £35.53
25th Percentile £52.50 £44.63 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.36
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.23% -4.07%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.60
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.07% -1.84%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -10 541 £538 -2.27% 142
South East +9 202 £500 -13.04% 182
North of England -23 151 £472 +0.18% 113
South West +16 147 £555 +1.83% 82
Midlands -9 102 £475 +1.06% 73
West Midlands -19 77 £500 +2.56% 25
North West -7 76 £436 -7.97% 60
Yorkshire -25 63 £525 +8.25% 41
East of England +3 33 £550 +37.50% 72
East Midlands -12 25 £450 +7.14% 48
North East -5 16 £550 +19.57% 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
1 173 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (10.90%) SharePoint
3 58 (4.79%) Confluence
4 42 (3.47%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.16%) Apache
6 13 (1.07%) Mattermost
7 10 (0.83%) nginx
8 7 (0.58%) IIS
9 4 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.33%) SAS
10 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.17%) WordPress
12 1 (0.083%) CMS
12 1 (0.083%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.083%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 49 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.74%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.083%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.083%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 19 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.58%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.083%) Actimize
4 1 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.083%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 546 (45.09%) Azure
2 264 (21.80%) Microsoft 365
3 246 (20.31%) Entra ID
4 225 (18.58%) AWS
5 133 (10.98%) GCP
6 111 (9.17%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (7.93%) GitHub
8 70 (5.78%) OneDrive
9 66 (5.45%) Power Platform
10 59 (4.87%) IaaS
11 56 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (4.46%) Microsoft Purview
13 48 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
14 46 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 40 (3.30%) SaaS
16 38 (3.14%) Power Automate
16 38 (3.14%) PowerApps
17 35 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
17 35 (2.89%) Serverless
18 33 (2.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 187 (15.44%) DNS
2 166 (13.71%) Firewall
3 110 (9.08%) DHCP
4 71 (5.86%) TCP/IP
5 70 (5.78%) VPN
6 68 (5.62%) Network Security
7 45 (3.72%) Skype
8 33 (2.73%) SMTP
9 30 (2.48%) HTTP
9 30 (2.48%) VLAN
10 24 (1.98%) LAN
10 24 (1.98%) WAN
11 21 (1.73%) FTP
11 21 (1.73%) SSH
12 19 (1.57%) SAN
13 17 (1.40%) Kerberos
14 16 (1.32%) Wireshark
15 15 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
16 14 (1.16%) Unified Communications
17 13 (1.07%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.14%) Power BI
3 32 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (1.65%) Metadata
6 14 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (0.99%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.58%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.58%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.50%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.41%) Spark SQL
15 4 (0.33%) MySQL
16 3 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.25%) KDB
16 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 85 (7.02%) Jenkins
2 81 (6.69%) JIRA
3 71 (5.86%) Git
4 68 (5.62%) GitLab
5 19 (1.57%) Artifactory
5 19 (1.57%) MSI
6 14 (1.16%) Vagrant
7 13 (1.07%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (0.91%) InstallShield
10 10 (0.83%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.74%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.74%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.66%) AdminStudio
13 7 (0.58%) CircleCI
14 6 (0.50%) Postman
15 5 (0.41%) Gradle
15 5 (0.41%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.41%) Spinnaker
16 4 (0.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 471 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 210 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
3 165 (13.63%) Finance
4 124 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 82 (6.77%) Documentation Skills
6 56 (4.62%) Banking
7 44 (3.63%) Legal
8 24 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (1.49%) Front Office
10 17 (1.40%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.07%) Military
12 12 (0.99%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (0.91%) Marketing
13 11 (0.91%) Retail
13 11 (0.91%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.83%) Electronics
15 9 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.66%) Law
17 6 (0.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 155 (12.80%) Architect
2 99 (8.18%) Senior
3 93 (7.68%) DevOps Engineer
4 75 (6.19%) Platform Engineer
5 66 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
6 65 (5.37%) Analyst
6 65 (5.37%) Security Engineer
7 63 (5.20%) Consultant
8 61 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 54 (4.46%) Developer
10 49 (4.05%) Support Engineer
11 37 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
11 37 (3.06%) CyberArk Architect
12 35 (2.89%) Lead
13 32 (2.64%) Microsoft Engineer
14 31 (2.56%) Windows Engineer
15 30 (2.48%) Administrator
16 26 (2.15%) SIEM Engineer
17 25 (2.06%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 25 (2.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.88%) REST
2 100 (8.26%) LDAP
3 59 (4.87%) OAuth
4 57 (4.71%) JSON
5 55 (4.54%) SAML
6 50 (4.13%) SOAP
7 48 (3.96%) Microsoft Graph
8 40 (3.30%) OpenID
9 31 (2.56%) ARM Templates
9 31 (2.56%) SailPoint
10 30 (2.48%) .NET
11 29 (2.39%) OAuth2
12 26 (2.15%) Middleware
13 19 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.57%) XML
14 18 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
15 17 (1.40%) YAML
16 16 (1.32%) AngularJS
16 16 (1.32%) HTML
16 16 (1.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 68 (5.62%) Security Posture
2 65 (5.37%) PKI
3 63 (5.20%) Enterprise Software
4 61 (5.04%) Replication
5 59 (4.87%) Onboarding
6 42 (3.47%) Data Centre
7 40 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 38 (3.14%) Cloud Native
9 35 (2.89%) Management Information System
10 32 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.98%) Clustering
13 21 (1.73%) Private Cloud
14 19 (1.57%) Product Ownership
15 18 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
15 18 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
16 16 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
17 15 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
18 14 (1.16%) Enterprise Storage
19 13 (1.07%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 489 (40.38%) Windows
2 248 (20.48%) Linux
3 188 (15.52%) Windows Server
4 79 (6.52%) Windows 10
5 33 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.64%) Mac OS
7 26 (2.15%) VMS
8 23 (1.90%) Unix
9 22 (1.82%) Android
10 16 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (1.24%) Ubuntu
12 14 (1.16%) Amazon Linux
13 11 (0.91%) Apple iOS
13 11 (0.91%) Solaris
13 11 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
14 9 (0.74%) Kali Linux
15 8 (0.66%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.50%) CentOS
17 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (26.75%) DevOps
2 298 (24.61%) Problem-Solving
3 259 (21.39%) CI/CD
4 199 (16.43%) Agile
5 189 (15.61%) Infrastructure as Code
6 177 (14.62%) SIEM
7 147 (12.14%) Migration
8 146 (12.06%) ITIL
9 142 (11.73%) Cybersecurity
10 131 (10.82%) Task Automation
11 125 (10.32%) ITSM
12 115 (9.50%) Identity Access Management
13 114 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 107 (8.84%) RBAC
15 101 (8.34%) Configuration Management
16 100 (8.26%) Incident Response
17 98 (8.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 96 (7.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 95 (7.84%) Change Management
20 94 (7.76%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 541 (44.67%) Python
2 223 (18.41%) Bash
3 145 (11.97%) SQL
4 76 (6.28%) C#
5 73 (6.03%) JavaScript
6 63 (5.20%) Kusto Query Language
7 59 (4.87%) Java
8 37 (3.06%) Perl
9 34 (2.81%) Bicep
10 29 (2.39%) VBScript
11 19 (1.57%) Groovy
12 16 (1.32%) Go
13 15 (1.24%) BeanShell
14 11 (0.91%) VB
15 10 (0.83%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.66%) PHP
17 6 (0.50%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.41%) C++
18 5 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
18 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 503 (41.54%) Security Cleared
2 390 (32.20%) SC Cleared
3 123 (10.16%) Degree
4 119 (9.83%) DV Cleared
5 99 (8.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 77 (6.36%) CISSP
7 56 (4.62%) Azure Certification
8 39 (3.22%) CISM
9 35 (2.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
11 29 (2.39%) AWS Certification
11 29 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (2.31%) CEH
13 23 (1.90%) CCNA
13 23 (1.90%) MCSE
14 22 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
15 20 (1.65%) CCNP
15 20 (1.65%) GIAC
15 20 (1.65%) MCSA
16 15 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (9.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 108 (8.92%) GDPR
3 66 (5.45%) NIST
4 21 (1.73%) QA
4 21 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (1.24%) SLA
5 15 (1.24%) SOC 2
6 12 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (0.99%) HIPAA
6 12 (0.99%) MiFID
7 11 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.74%) NCSC
9 8 (0.66%) FINRA
10 6 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.41%) PSD2
12 3 (0.25%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.25%) EMIR
13 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 453 (37.41%) Active Directory
2 133 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 125 (10.32%) Docker
4 39 (3.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 35 (2.89%) Hyper-V
6 26 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.82%) vSphere
8 16 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.16%) DFS Replication
9 14 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
9 14 (1.16%) Squid
10 13 (1.07%) BitLocker
10 13 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.74%) Dovecot
11 9 (0.74%) Postfix
12 8 (0.66%) Firmware
13 6 (0.50%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.41%) NFS
15 4 (0.33%) Snort
Systems Management
1 241 (19.90%) Terraform
2 130 (10.73%) Ansible
3 124 (10.24%) SCCM
4 116 (9.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 115 (9.50%) Kubernetes
6 61 (5.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 58 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
8 44 (3.63%) Grafana
9 41 (3.39%) Prometheus
10 39 (3.22%) SCOM
11 28 (2.31%) vRealize
12 27 (2.23%) vCenter Server
13 22 (1.82%) Kibana
14 21 (1.73%) HP SiteScope
15 18 (1.49%) Proxmox
16 16 (1.32%) Nessus
17 15 (1.24%) WSUS
18 12 (0.99%) NetBackup
19 11 (0.91%) Puppet
20 10 (0.83%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 535 (44.18%) Microsoft
2 191 (15.77%) VMware
3 102 (8.42%) CyberArk
4 85 (7.02%) Splunk
5 73 (6.03%) ServiceNow
6 69 (5.70%) BeyondTrust
7 60 (4.95%) Citrix
8 56 (4.62%) Cisco
9 42 (3.47%) Google
10 36 (2.97%) Red Hat
11 35 (2.89%) Oracle
12 34 (2.81%) Centrify
13 29 (2.39%) Veeam
14 27 (2.23%) Atlassian
15 25 (2.06%) Okta
16 24 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
16 24 (1.98%) Databricks
17 22 (1.82%) SolarWinds
18 20 (1.65%) Remedy
19 17 (1.40%) SAP