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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 68 60
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 0
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,514 1,041 1,126
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.23% 3.70% 3.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.37% 11.35% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 957 648 772
10th Percentile £330 £348 £345
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £588 £622
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% -2.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 15 20
10th Percentile £21.08 £44.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £40.53 £45.38 £47.81
Median hourly rate £67.00 £63.00 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.35% +7.71% -2.52%
75th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £74.11
90th Percentile £92.11 £81.00 £78.70
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £63.50 £58.49
% change year-on-year -0.03% +8.57% -2.69%

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 12,238 9,172 10,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.13% 32.58% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,911 6,135 6,913
10th Percentile £363 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £543
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.53% -1.36%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.93% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 530 263 290
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.25 £30.00
25th Percentile £48.16 £42.25 £47.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -13.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £78.75 £75.00
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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -14 666 £550 +7.32% 98
South East -6 321 £538 +4.88% 78
North of England +41 286 £476 +12.00% 64
North West +41 171 £454 +5.33% 35
South West -23 110 £613 +19.75% 46
Yorkshire +12 97 £519 +22.12% 19
Midlands -80 61 £500 +5.26% 36
East of England -45 52 £507 -7.82% 15
West Midlands -76 44 £500 +5.26% 26
North East -24 19 £500 -16.67% 11
East Midlands -18 17 £500 +9.29% 10
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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
1 124 (8.19%) SharePoint
2 120 (7.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 51 (3.37%) Confluence
4 26 (1.72%) IIS
5 25 (1.65%) Apache
6 21 (1.39%) Skype for Business
7 18 (1.19%) Apache Spark
8 14 (0.92%) nginx
9 8 (0.53%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.33%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.33%) FactoryTalk
11 4 (0.26%) CMS
11 4 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (0.26%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.13%) Apache Superset
13 2 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
14 1 (0.066%) Camunda
14 1 (0.066%) NetWeaver
14 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
Applications
1 30 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.066%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 41 (2.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.53%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.33%) Front Arena
3 5 (0.33%) Summit
4 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.066%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.066%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.066%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.066%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.066%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.066%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.066%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 859 (56.74%) Azure
2 436 (28.80%) Entra ID
3 321 (21.20%) AWS
4 249 (16.45%) Microsoft 365
5 227 (14.99%) Azure DevOps
6 189 (12.48%) GitHub
7 156 (10.30%) GCP
8 135 (8.92%) Azure Monitor
9 124 (8.19%) Power Platform
10 112 (7.40%) GitHub Actions
11 88 (5.81%) Azure AKS
12 74 (4.89%) Azure Sentinel
13 66 (4.36%) SaaS
14 63 (4.16%) IaaS
14 63 (4.16%) OneDrive
15 53 (3.50%) AWS CloudFormation
16 50 (3.30%) Microsoft Purview
17 49 (3.24%) Microsoft Copilot
17 49 (3.24%) PaaS
18 44 (2.91%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 250 (16.51%) DNS
2 224 (14.80%) Firewall
3 152 (10.04%) DHCP
4 115 (7.60%) TCP/IP
5 110 (7.27%) VPN
6 91 (6.01%) Network Security
7 38 (2.51%) VLAN
8 37 (2.44%) WAN
9 36 (2.38%) SAN
10 27 (1.78%) SSL
11 25 (1.65%) SSH
12 24 (1.59%) Skype
13 21 (1.39%) VSAN
14 20 (1.32%) LAN
15 18 (1.19%) NAS
16 17 (1.12%) Kerberos
17 16 (1.06%) SD-WAN
17 16 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
18 15 (0.99%) Internet
19 14 (0.92%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (10.90%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.55%) Power BI
3 34 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 28 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (1.59%) Big Data
7 23 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (1.39%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.25%) Metadata
10 18 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.12%) MySQL
12 16 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 15 (0.99%) MongoDB
13 15 (0.99%) Relational Database
14 13 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (0.86%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.59%) Oracle Database
16 8 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
16 8 (0.53%) Apache Hive
17 7 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 131 (8.65%) Git
2 127 (8.39%) Jenkins
3 83 (5.48%) GitLab
4 75 (4.95%) JIRA
5 35 (2.31%) MSI
6 18 (1.19%) Artifactory
7 15 (0.99%) Bitbucket
8 14 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 14 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (0.66%) Claude Code
9 10 (0.66%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.66%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.53%) Postman
10 8 (0.53%) Snyk
11 6 (0.40%) JMeter
11 6 (0.40%) MSBuild
11 6 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.40%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.33%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 389 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 294 (19.42%) Finance
3 202 (13.34%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (7.13%) Public Sector
5 99 (6.54%) Banking
6 74 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (2.05%) Legal
8 26 (1.72%) Military
9 23 (1.52%) Aerospace
10 21 (1.39%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.12%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.12%) Law
12 15 (0.99%) Front Office
12 15 (0.99%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.73%) Back Office
13 11 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.66%) Local Government
15 9 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.53%) Marketing
17 7 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 171 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 167 (11.03%) Senior
3 164 (10.83%) Cloud Engineer
4 162 (10.70%) Azure Engineer
5 125 (8.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 94 (6.21%) Support Engineer
7 93 (6.14%) Security Engineer
8 89 (5.88%) Architect
9 77 (5.09%) Platform Engineer
10 64 (4.23%) Lead
11 54 (3.57%) Consultant
12 52 (3.43%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 49 (3.24%) Analyst
13 49 (3.24%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 45 (2.97%) Developer
15 42 (2.77%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
16 38 (2.51%) DBA
17 36 (2.38%) IT Engineer
18 35 (2.31%) Automation Engineer
19 33 (2.18%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 508 (33.55%) Terraform
2 140 (9.25%) REST
3 93 (6.14%) ARM Templates
4 75 (4.95%) OAuth
5 65 (4.29%) LDAP
6 63 (4.16%) .NET
7 62 (4.10%) JSON
8 61 (4.03%) SAML
9 57 (3.76%) OpenID
10 53 (3.50%) YAML
11 49 (3.24%) Microsoft Graph
12 44 (2.91%) OAuth2
13 42 (2.77%) SailPoint
14 28 (1.85%) Kafka
15 26 (1.72%) Web Services
16 24 (1.59%) React
17 19 (1.25%) Middleware
18 17 (1.12%) Software Packaging
19 15 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
19 15 (0.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 145 (9.58%) Onboarding
2 103 (6.80%) Cloud Native
3 86 (5.68%) Security Posture
4 85 (5.61%) PKI
5 84 (5.55%) Enterprise Software
6 76 (5.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 67 (4.43%) Data Centre
8 65 (4.29%) Replication
9 63 (4.16%) Management Information System
10 55 (3.63%) Clustering
11 33 (2.18%) Linux Command Line
12 30 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (1.92%) CMDB
14 28 (1.85%) Public Cloud
15 27 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
16 23 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
16 23 (1.52%) Product Ownership
17 22 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
18 21 (1.39%) Data Structures
19 18 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 728 (48.08%) Windows
2 388 (25.63%) Linux
3 325 (21.47%) Windows Server
4 97 (6.41%) Windows 10
5 90 (5.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 40 (2.64%) Unix
7 37 (2.44%) Ubuntu
8 31 (2.05%) CentOS
9 29 (1.92%) Apple iOS
10 27 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
11 25 (1.65%) macOS
12 23 (1.52%) Windows 7
13 20 (1.32%) Android
14 19 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
15 18 (1.19%) VMS
16 12 (0.79%) Rocky
17 9 (0.59%) Amazon Linux
17 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
18 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
19 7 (0.46%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (31.44%) DevOps
2 469 (30.98%) CI/CD
3 454 (29.99%) Infrastructure as Code
4 307 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
5 261 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 233 (15.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 225 (14.86%) ITIL
8 207 (13.67%) Runbook
9 201 (13.28%) Migration
10 199 (13.14%) Agile
11 197 (13.01%) Cybersecurity
12 180 (11.89%) ITSM
13 173 (11.43%) AI
14 167 (11.03%) Analytics
14 167 (11.03%) Platform Engineering
15 166 (10.96%) Identity Access Management
16 158 (10.44%) Root Cause Analysis
16 158 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
17 156 (10.30%) Disaster Recovery
18 155 (10.24%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 699 (46.17%) Python
2 402 (26.55%) Bash
3 233 (15.39%) SQL
4 182 (12.02%) Bicep
5 96 (6.34%) Java
6 78 (5.15%) C#
7 61 (4.03%) JavaScript
8 30 (1.98%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (1.78%) VBScript
10 25 (1.65%) Shell Script
11 23 (1.52%) Groovy
11 23 (1.52%) Perl
11 23 (1.52%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.45%) TypeScript
13 17 (1.12%) VB
14 15 (0.99%) Go
14 15 (0.99%) Search Processing Language
15 14 (0.92%) Korn
16 13 (0.86%) BeanShell
17 10 (0.66%) C++
Qualifications
1 549 (36.26%) Security Cleared
2 379 (25.03%) SC Cleared
3 185 (12.22%) DV Cleared
4 167 (11.03%) Degree
5 123 (8.12%) Azure Certification
6 105 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 88 (5.81%) CISSP
8 66 (4.36%) AWS Certification
9 32 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 28 (1.85%) CISM
13 27 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
14 25 (1.65%) MCSE
15 22 (1.45%) VCAP
16 19 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 18 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 15 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
18 15 (0.99%) MCSA
19 13 (0.86%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (6.34%) NIST
3 35 (2.31%) QA
3 35 (2.31%) SLA
4 31 (2.05%) GDPR
5 30 (1.98%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (1.19%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.06%) SOC 2
8 14 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.86%) NCSC
10 7 (0.46%) GxP
10 7 (0.46%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 3 (0.20%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.20%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.13%) GRC
13 2 (0.13%) SOC 1
System Software
1 516 (34.08%) Active Directory
2 194 (12.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 187 (12.35%) Docker
4 106 (7.00%) Virtual Machines
5 80 (5.28%) Hyper-V
6 65 (4.29%) vSphere
7 64 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 64 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
8 47 (3.10%) VMware NSX
9 27 (1.78%) BitLocker
10 24 (1.59%) vCloud
11 17 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
12 11 (0.73%) Firmware
12 11 (0.73%) NFS
13 10 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.33%) Squid
15 4 (0.26%) Dovecot
15 4 (0.26%) Postfix
15 4 (0.26%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 282 (18.63%) Kubernetes
2 278 (18.36%) Ansible
3 217 (14.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 136 (8.98%) SCCM
5 80 (5.28%) Grafana
6 64 (4.23%) vCenter Server
7 62 (4.10%) Prometheus
7 62 (4.10%) SCOM
8 52 (3.43%) Progress Chef
9 48 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
10 35 (2.31%) Puppet
11 24 (1.59%) Packer
12 21 (1.39%) WMI
13 16 (1.06%) NetBackup
14 15 (0.99%) VxRail
15 13 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
17 10 (0.66%) Nagios
18 9 (0.59%) WSUS
18 9 (0.59%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 782 (51.65%) Microsoft
2 254 (16.78%) VMware
3 156 (10.30%) ServiceNow
4 102 (6.74%) CyberArk
5 95 (6.27%) Google
6 91 (6.01%) Splunk
7 63 (4.16%) Oracle
8 54 (3.57%) Cisco
9 53 (3.50%) Red Hat
10 52 (3.43%) BeyondTrust
11 47 (3.10%) Databricks
12 45 (2.97%) Citrix
12 45 (2.97%) Remedy
13 40 (2.64%) BMC
14 32 (2.11%) Dynatrace
15 30 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
16 27 (1.78%) SolarWinds
17 26 (1.72%) Okta
17 26 (1.72%) Qualys
18 23 (1.52%) NetApp