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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 62 63
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,234 939 1,249
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.82% 3.55% 3.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.55% 10.69% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 862 621 885
10th Percentile £353 £350 £352
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £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 33 16 47
10th Percentile £50.40 £17.00 £21.53
25th Percentile £58.43 £20.24 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £56.75 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +30.87% +29.44% -20.29%
75th Percentile £82.00 £74.11 £67.31
90th Percentile £83.95 £94.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £36.79 £43.84
% change year-on-year +101.85% -16.08% -20.29%

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 9,832 8,783 11,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.47% 33.20% 29.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,547 5,612 8,066
10th Percentile £350 £358 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £662
90th Percentile £733 £774 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -4.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 213 466
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £35.94
25th Percentile £52.50 £43.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £69.86 £68.75 £69.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 26 January 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 26 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 26 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 -9 549 £539 +0.23% 158
South East +5 214 £500 -13.04% 213
North of England -6 162 £469 -0.44% 129
South West +14 147 £560 - 89
Midlands -26 95 £475 - 82
North West +4 83 £449 -5.53% 65
West Midlands -27 71 £500 - 25
Yorkshire -16 67 £525 +11.70% 47
East of England +9 31 £525 +31.25% 73
East Midlands -12 24 £449 +3.10% 56
North East -9 16 £550 +19.57% 17
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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
1 176 (14.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 135 (10.94%) SharePoint
3 56 (4.54%) Confluence
4 43 (3.48%) Skype for Business
5 13 (1.05%) Mattermost
6 12 (0.97%) Apache
7 9 (0.73%) nginx
8 7 (0.57%) IIS
9 4 (0.32%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.32%) SAS
10 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.16%) WordPress
12 1 (0.081%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.65%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.081%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.57%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.081%) Actimize
4 1 (0.081%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.081%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 568 (46.03%) Azure
2 271 (21.96%) Microsoft 365
3 268 (21.72%) Entra ID
4 222 (17.99%) AWS
5 135 (10.94%) GCP
6 112 (9.08%) Azure DevOps
7 98 (7.94%) GitHub
8 72 (5.83%) OneDrive
9 64 (5.19%) Power Platform
10 61 (4.94%) IaaS
11 55 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
13 49 (3.97%) Azure Monitor
14 48 (3.89%) Azure Sentinel
15 40 (3.24%) SaaS
16 38 (3.08%) Serverless
17 35 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
17 35 (2.84%) PaaS
17 35 (2.84%) Power Automate
18 34 (2.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 206 (16.69%) DNS
2 167 (13.53%) Firewall
3 131 (10.62%) DHCP
4 73 (5.92%) TCP/IP
5 72 (5.83%) VPN
6 67 (5.43%) Network Security
7 46 (3.73%) Skype
8 32 (2.59%) Kerberos
8 32 (2.59%) VLAN
9 29 (2.35%) SMTP
10 27 (2.19%) LAN
11 26 (2.11%) HTTP
11 26 (2.11%) WAN
12 19 (1.54%) SAN
13 18 (1.46%) SSH
14 17 (1.38%) FTP
14 17 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (1.30%) DKIM
15 16 (1.30%) DMARC
15 16 (1.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.16%) Power BI
3 32 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
5 19 (1.54%) Metadata
6 14 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.89%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.57%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.57%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.49%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.41%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.32%) MySQL
14 3 (0.24%) KDB
14 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 82 (6.65%) Jenkins
2 77 (6.24%) JIRA
3 70 (5.67%) Git
4 67 (5.43%) GitLab
5 18 (1.46%) MSI
6 17 (1.38%) Artifactory
7 12 (0.97%) Bitbucket
7 12 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 12 (0.97%) Vagrant
8 11 (0.89%) InstallShield
9 10 (0.81%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.73%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.65%) AdminStudio
11 8 (0.65%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.49%) Postman
13 5 (0.41%) Gradle
13 5 (0.41%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.41%) Spinnaker
14 4 (0.32%) Robot Framework
General
1 470 (38.09%) Social Skills
2 212 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
3 166 (13.45%) Finance
4 121 (9.81%) Public Sector
5 80 (6.48%) Documentation Skills
6 56 (4.54%) Banking
7 48 (3.89%) Legal
8 20 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (1.38%) Front Office
10 16 (1.30%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.05%) Military
12 12 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.89%) Marketing
13 11 (0.89%) Retail
13 11 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.81%) Electronics
15 8 (0.65%) Law
16 7 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 159 (12.88%) Architect
2 103 (8.35%) Senior
3 89 (7.21%) DevOps Engineer
4 72 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
5 69 (5.59%) Azure Engineer
6 65 (5.27%) Security Engineer
7 63 (5.11%) Analyst
8 62 (5.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 61 (4.94%) Consultant
10 54 (4.38%) Developer
10 54 (4.38%) Support Engineer
11 37 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
11 37 (3.00%) CyberArk Architect
12 35 (2.84%) Lead
13 34 (2.76%) Microsoft Engineer
14 31 (2.51%) SIEM Engineer
14 31 (2.51%) Windows Engineer
15 25 (2.03%) Administrator
15 25 (2.03%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 25 (2.03%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (12.40%) REST
2 112 (9.08%) LDAP
3 66 (5.35%) OAuth
4 62 (5.02%) SAML
5 57 (4.62%) JSON
6 50 (4.05%) SOAP
7 49 (3.97%) Microsoft Graph
8 40 (3.24%) OpenID
9 33 (2.67%) ARM Templates
10 31 (2.51%) SailPoint
11 29 (2.35%) .NET
11 29 (2.35%) OAuth2
12 23 (1.86%) Middleware
13 21 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.54%) XML
15 18 (1.46%) AngularJS
16 17 (1.38%) FIX Protocol
17 16 (1.30%) HTML
17 16 (1.30%) Node.js
18 15 (1.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.24%) Replication
2 70 (5.67%) Security Posture
3 64 (5.19%) PKI
4 63 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
5 62 (5.02%) Onboarding
6 42 (3.40%) Data Centre
6 42 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 39 (3.16%) Cloud Native
8 32 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (2.43%) Management Information System
10 26 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.11%) Clustering
11 21 (1.70%) Private Cloud
12 20 (1.62%) Product Ownership
13 18 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
14 17 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
15 15 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
16 14 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
16 14 (1.13%) Enterprise Storage
17 13 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 496 (40.19%) Windows
2 242 (19.61%) Linux
3 199 (16.13%) Windows Server
4 84 (6.81%) Windows 10
5 32 (2.59%) Mac OS
6 31 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (1.94%) VMS
8 23 (1.86%) Unix
9 21 (1.70%) Android
10 18 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
11 14 (1.13%) Ubuntu
12 12 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
12 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
13 11 (0.89%) Apple iOS
14 10 (0.81%) Solaris
14 10 (0.81%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.73%) Kali Linux
16 6 (0.49%) CentOS
17 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (25.77%) DevOps
2 300 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
3 259 (20.99%) CI/CD
4 199 (16.13%) Agile
5 189 (15.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 179 (14.51%) SIEM
7 149 (12.07%) Migration
8 146 (11.83%) ITIL
9 144 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
10 136 (11.02%) Task Automation
11 126 (10.21%) ITSM
12 120 (9.72%) Identity Access Management
13 116 (9.40%) RBAC
14 113 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 102 (8.27%) Incident Response
16 99 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (7.94%) Configuration Management
17 98 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 95 (7.70%) Analytics
18 95 (7.70%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 533 (43.19%) Python
2 223 (18.07%) Bash
3 143 (11.59%) SQL
4 76 (6.16%) C#
5 75 (6.08%) JavaScript
6 68 (5.51%) Kusto Query Language
7 58 (4.70%) Java
8 36 (2.92%) Perl
9 34 (2.76%) Bicep
10 29 (2.35%) VBScript
11 17 (1.38%) Groovy
12 16 (1.30%) Go
13 15 (1.22%) BeanShell
14 12 (0.97%) VB
15 9 (0.73%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.65%) PHP
16 8 (0.65%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.41%) C++
17 5 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
17 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 520 (42.14%) Security Cleared
2 412 (33.39%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.72%) Degree
4 115 (9.32%) DV Cleared
5 105 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 80 (6.48%) CISSP
7 56 (4.54%) Azure Certification
8 39 (3.16%) CISM
8 39 (3.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 33 (2.67%) ITIL Certification
10 31 (2.51%) CEH
11 29 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (2.27%) AWS Certification
13 26 (2.11%) MCSE
14 23 (1.86%) CCNA
14 23 (1.86%) GIAC
14 23 (1.86%) MCSA
15 20 (1.62%) CCNP
16 19 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (9.48%) GDPR
2 111 (9.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (5.35%) NIST
4 29 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 19 (1.54%) QA
6 15 (1.22%) SLA
7 14 (1.13%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.05%) HIPAA
8 13 (1.05%) MiFID
9 12 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.81%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.73%) FINRA
11 9 (0.73%) NCSC
12 7 (0.57%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.41%) PSD2
14 3 (0.24%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 469 (38.01%) Active Directory
2 138 (11.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 127 (10.29%) Docker
4 40 (3.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 35 (2.84%) Hyper-V
6 31 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
7 28 (2.27%) vSphere
8 19 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (1.22%) BitLocker
10 14 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
11 13 (1.05%) Squid
11 13 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
12 12 (0.97%) DFS Replication
13 8 (0.65%) Dovecot
13 8 (0.65%) Postfix
14 7 (0.57%) Firmware
15 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
16 5 (0.41%) NFS
17 4 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 239 (19.37%) Terraform
2 128 (10.37%) Ansible
3 127 (10.29%) SCCM
4 118 (9.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 116 (9.40%) Kubernetes
6 79 (6.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 66 (5.35%) Single Sign-On
8 42 (3.40%) Grafana
9 40 (3.24%) Prometheus
10 39 (3.16%) SCOM
11 31 (2.51%) vCenter Server
12 28 (2.27%) vRealize
13 25 (2.03%) Kibana
14 21 (1.70%) HP SiteScope
15 17 (1.38%) Proxmox
16 16 (1.30%) Nessus
17 15 (1.22%) WSUS
18 12 (0.97%) NetBackup
19 10 (0.81%) ITRS Geneos
19 10 (0.81%) Puppet
Vendors
1 565 (45.79%) Microsoft
2 193 (15.64%) VMware
3 101 (8.18%) CyberArk
4 86 (6.97%) Splunk
5 71 (5.75%) ServiceNow
6 68 (5.51%) BeyondTrust
7 60 (4.86%) Citrix
8 58 (4.70%) Cisco
9 43 (3.48%) Google
10 34 (2.76%) Centrify
10 34 (2.76%) Oracle
11 33 (2.67%) Red Hat
12 32 (2.59%) Okta
13 30 (2.43%) Veeam
14 27 (2.19%) Atlassian
15 24 (1.94%) Databricks
16 22 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
17 21 (1.70%) SolarWinds
18 20 (1.62%) Remedy
19 18 (1.46%) Tanium