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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 59 55
Rank change year-on-year -18 -4 +10
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,278 929 1,324
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.06% 3.88% 3.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.51% 11.40% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 632 954
10th Percentile £326 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £614 £625
90th Percentile £718 £700 £689
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 6 25
10th Percentile £19.25 £37.38 £29.33
25th Percentile £48.64 £49.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £61.73 £73.23 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% +81.94% -32.92%
75th Percentile £74.26 £170.74 £58.49
90th Percentile £82.25 £200.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £42.79 £40.25
% change year-on-year +29.70% +6.31% -32.92%

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 11,099 8,150 11,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.62% 34.04% 30.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,296 5,656 8,040
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.23% -3.64%
75th Percentile £613 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 527 195 471
10th Percentile £36.95 £28.27 £35.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £35.50 £48.84
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.85 £85.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -7.26% -0.80%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -14 548 £550 +4.76% 131
North of England +7 261 £460 -1.08% 62
South East -10 240 £525 -8.70% 106
North West +18 146 £456 -1.94% 35
Yorkshire -9 112 £485 -3.05% 16
South West -15 98 £428 -26.99% 46
Midlands -57 71 £476 +3.48% 39
West Midlands -62 53 £485 +5.43% 23
East of England -36 41 £507 -7.82% 33
East Midlands -27 17 £380 -17.39% 16
North East -26 5 £400 +14.29% 11
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
1 147 (11.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 134 (10.49%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.05%) Confluence
4 24 (1.88%) IIS
5 15 (1.17%) Skype for Business
6 11 (0.86%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.39%) nginx
8 4 (0.31%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.23%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.078%) CMS
11 1 (0.078%) MTS
11 1 (0.078%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 35 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.078%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 681 (53.29%) Azure
2 303 (23.71%) Entra ID
3 269 (21.05%) AWS
4 237 (18.54%) Microsoft 365
5 148 (11.58%) GCP
6 137 (10.72%) Azure DevOps
6 137 (10.72%) GitHub
7 108 (8.45%) Power Platform
8 94 (7.36%) GitHub Actions
9 89 (6.96%) OneDrive
10 75 (5.87%) Azure Monitor
11 62 (4.85%) Microsoft Purview
12 57 (4.46%) PaaS
13 51 (3.99%) Microsoft Copilot
14 50 (3.91%) Azure AKS
15 42 (3.29%) IaaS
15 42 (3.29%) Power Automate
16 38 (2.97%) Azure Key Vault
17 37 (2.90%) SaaS
18 36 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 161 (12.60%) DNS
2 129 (10.09%) Firewall
3 89 (6.96%) DHCP
4 68 (5.32%) VPN
5 60 (4.69%) Network Security
6 41 (3.21%) WAN
7 40 (3.13%) Kerberos
8 36 (2.82%) TCP/IP
9 30 (2.35%) LAN
10 24 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (1.80%) SAN
12 21 (1.64%) SMTP
13 19 (1.49%) SSL
14 18 (1.41%) VLAN
15 17 (1.33%) SNMP
16 16 (1.25%) Skype
17 15 (1.17%) HTTP
18 14 (1.10%) NAS
19 12 (0.94%) DKIM
19 12 (0.94%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 68 (5.32%) Power BI
3 39 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.10%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.10%) MySQL
8 13 (1.02%) Metadata
9 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.86%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.78%) Delta Lake
11 10 (0.78%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.78%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (0.70%) DB2
12 9 (0.70%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.63%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 89 (6.96%) Jenkins
2 79 (6.18%) Git
3 61 (4.77%) JIRA
4 60 (4.69%) GitLab
5 17 (1.33%) MSI
6 10 (0.78%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.78%) InstallShield
6 10 (0.78%) Postman
7 9 (0.70%) AdminStudio
7 9 (0.70%) Selenium
8 8 (0.63%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (0.55%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.47%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.47%) JMeter
11 5 (0.39%) Appium
11 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.31%) Jaeger
12 4 (0.31%) JUnit
13 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 333 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 168 (13.15%) Finance
3 154 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 73 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
6 68 (5.32%) Banking
7 42 (3.29%) Legal
8 23 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (1.72%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.17%) Front Office
10 15 (1.17%) Law
11 10 (0.78%) Financial Institution
11 10 (0.78%) Military
11 10 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (0.70%) Publishing
12 9 (0.70%) Retail
13 7 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.39%) Marketing
16 4 (0.31%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 148 (11.58%) Architect
2 123 (9.62%) Senior
3 96 (7.51%) Azure Engineer
3 96 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 83 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
4 83 (6.49%) Security Engineer
5 73 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (4.62%) Support Engineer
7 54 (4.23%) Developer
8 38 (2.97%) CyberArk Architect
9 37 (2.90%) Analyst
9 37 (2.90%) Consultant
10 34 (2.66%) Lead
11 32 (2.50%) Desktop Engineer
11 32 (2.50%) Platform Engineer
12 28 (2.19%) Automation Engineer
13 27 (2.11%) PowerShell Engineer
14 26 (2.03%) Administrator
14 26 (2.03%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 26 (2.03%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (11.19%) REST
2 119 (9.31%) LDAP
3 86 (6.73%) Microsoft Graph
4 54 (4.23%) .NET
4 54 (4.23%) SOAP
5 53 (4.15%) OAuth
6 44 (3.44%) SAML
7 40 (3.13%) JSON
8 39 (3.05%) YAML
9 36 (2.82%) SailPoint
10 35 (2.74%) ARM Templates
11 28 (2.19%) OpenID
12 27 (2.11%) Web Services
13 22 (1.72%) .NET Framework
13 22 (1.72%) OAuth2
14 18 (1.41%) Kafka
15 17 (1.33%) React
16 16 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
17 14 (1.10%) AngularJS
17 14 (1.10%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.04%) Onboarding
2 87 (6.81%) Security Posture
3 82 (6.42%) Replication
4 76 (5.95%) Enterprise Software
5 70 (5.48%) Cloud Native
6 61 (4.77%) Clustering
7 54 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 46 (3.60%) PKI
9 44 (3.44%) Management Information System
10 36 (2.82%) Data Centre
11 24 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
12 23 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.56%) Product Ownership
15 19 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
15 19 (1.49%) Enterprise Storage
16 18 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
16 18 (1.41%) Public Cloud
17 15 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
18 11 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 552 (43.19%) Windows
2 247 (19.33%) Linux
3 222 (17.37%) Windows Server
4 59 (4.62%) Windows 10
5 55 (4.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 41 (3.21%) Unix
7 28 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (2.03%) AIX
9 24 (1.88%) Mac OS
10 21 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (1.41%) Ubuntu
11 18 (1.41%) VMS
12 14 (1.10%) Apple iOS
12 14 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 13 (1.02%) Windows 7
14 11 (0.86%) Android
15 8 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
16 7 (0.55%) CentOS
17 4 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
17 4 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (26.45%) DevOps
2 320 (25.04%) CI/CD
3 275 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
4 235 (18.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 170 (13.30%) SIEM
6 168 (13.15%) Agile
7 153 (11.97%) Migration
8 141 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 135 (10.56%) Task Automation
10 130 (10.17%) Disaster Recovery
11 129 (10.09%) ITIL
12 128 (10.02%) Identity Access Management
13 127 (9.94%) Runbook
14 119 (9.31%) ITSM
14 119 (9.31%) Observability
15 117 (9.15%) Analytics
15 117 (9.15%) High Availability
15 117 (9.15%) Root Cause Analysis
16 115 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
17 111 (8.69%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 563 (44.05%) Python
2 255 (19.95%) Bash
3 206 (16.12%) SQL
4 96 (7.51%) C#
5 73 (5.71%) Bicep
6 64 (5.01%) JavaScript
7 55 (4.30%) Kusto Query Language
8 54 (4.23%) Java
9 26 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.64%) VBScript
11 18 (1.41%) Search Processing Language
12 17 (1.33%) TypeScript
13 16 (1.25%) Perl
14 15 (1.17%) Go
15 13 (1.02%) Groovy
15 13 (1.02%) VB
16 12 (0.94%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.70%) BeanShell
18 8 (0.63%) C++
19 6 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 490 (38.34%) Security Cleared
2 368 (28.79%) SC Cleared
3 115 (9.00%) Degree
4 110 (8.61%) DV Cleared
5 88 (6.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (6.18%) Azure Certification
7 76 (5.95%) CISSP
8 43 (3.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 33 (2.58%) CISM
10 30 (2.35%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.35%) MCSE
11 29 (2.27%) MCSA
12 20 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.56%) VCAP
13 19 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.10%) CEH
16 12 (0.94%) GIAC
17 10 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
18 8 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (7.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (7.04%) GDPR
3 80 (6.26%) NIST
4 31 (2.43%) QA
5 25 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 21 (1.64%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.41%) SLA
8 15 (1.17%) HIPAA
9 14 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.86%) FINRA
10 11 (0.86%) MiFID
10 11 (0.86%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.63%) NCSC
11 8 (0.63%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.39%) GRC
13 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.23%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 427 (33.41%) Active Directory
2 144 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 122 (9.55%) Docker
4 73 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
5 70 (5.48%) Hyper-V
6 57 (4.46%) vSphere
7 53 (4.15%) VMware ESXi
8 39 (3.05%) Virtual Desktop
9 28 (2.19%) BitLocker
10 22 (1.72%) VMware NSX
11 19 (1.49%) Firmware
11 19 (1.49%) Microsoft App-V
12 18 (1.41%) KVM
13 9 (0.70%) vCloud
14 6 (0.47%) Squid
15 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.23%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.23%) Postfix
16 3 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
17 2 (0.16%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 305 (23.87%) Terraform
2 175 (13.69%) Ansible
3 165 (12.91%) Kubernetes
4 145 (11.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 81 (6.34%) SCCM
6 62 (4.85%) vCenter Server
7 57 (4.46%) Grafana
8 56 (4.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 48 (3.76%) Prometheus
10 41 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
11 27 (2.11%) Progress Chef
12 25 (1.96%) Puppet
13 23 (1.80%) Nagios
14 19 (1.49%) SCOM
15 18 (1.41%) Tivoli
15 18 (1.41%) vRealize
15 18 (1.41%) ZABBIX
16 17 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
17 16 (1.25%) Netcool
18 15 (1.17%) Packer
Vendors
1 592 (46.32%) Microsoft
2 187 (14.63%) VMware
3 93 (7.28%) CyberArk
4 88 (6.89%) ServiceNow
5 75 (5.87%) BeyondTrust
6 73 (5.71%) Splunk
7 62 (4.85%) Google
8 56 (4.38%) Oracle
9 54 (4.23%) Cisco
10 49 (3.83%) Citrix
11 46 (3.60%) Red Hat
12 36 (2.82%) Centrify
13 33 (2.58%) SolarWinds
14 31 (2.43%) BMC
15 30 (2.35%) IBM
16 25 (1.96%) Databricks
17 23 (1.80%) Okta
17 23 (1.80%) Remedy
18 21 (1.64%) Dynatrace
18 21 (1.64%) HP