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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 53 62
Rank change year-on-year -20 +9 -2
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,281 973 1,216
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 3.96% 3.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.71% 11.72% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 671 869
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 11 26
10th Percentile £26.80 £17.00 £27.90
25th Percentile £51.25 £18.62 £37.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.14% -27.50% -33.11%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.86 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.38 £200.00 £71.22
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £23.77 £40.00
% change year-on-year +173.48% -40.58% -31.70%

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 10,940 8,305 10,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 27.44% 33.78% 29.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,274 5,736 7,900
10th Percentile £352 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -2.78% -4.42%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 215 436
10th Percentile £41.94 £25.25 £35.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £38.68 £47.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.43
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.12% -0.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -1.92%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 25 April 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

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 25 April 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 25 April 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 -15 543 £550 +4.76% 97
South East -5 251 £508 -11.74% 102
North of England -4 223 £482 +2.55% 53
North West +8 130 £485 +4.30% 32
South West -20 112 £490 -16.24% 34
Yorkshire -29 90 £460 -3.16% 11
Midlands -46 80 £469 -6.25% 34
West Midlands -56 60 £493 -1.70% 18
East of England -21 43 £507 -7.82% 29
East Midlands -30 19 £418 -12.11% 16
North East -18 5 £438 -5.91% 10
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
1 154 (12.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 121 (9.45%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.75%) Confluence
4 16 (1.25%) IIS
5 13 (1.01%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.16%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.078%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.078%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.078%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.078%) Actimize
5 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 671 (52.38%) Azure
2 292 (22.79%) Entra ID
3 243 (18.97%) Microsoft 365
4 239 (18.66%) AWS
5 135 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
5 135 (10.54%) GCP
6 123 (9.60%) GitHub
7 89 (6.95%) Power Platform
8 87 (6.79%) GitHub Actions
9 80 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
10 76 (5.93%) OneDrive
11 62 (4.84%) IaaS
12 61 (4.76%) PaaS
13 59 (4.61%) Microsoft Purview
14 54 (4.22%) Azure AKS
15 41 (3.20%) Azure Key Vault
15 41 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
16 40 (3.12%) Serverless
17 39 (3.04%) Microsoft Copilot
17 39 (3.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 176 (13.74%) DNS
2 142 (11.09%) Firewall
3 108 (8.43%) DHCP
4 82 (6.40%) VPN
5 60 (4.68%) Network Security
6 49 (3.83%) TCP/IP
7 42 (3.28%) WAN
8 40 (3.12%) LAN
9 39 (3.04%) Kerberos
10 32 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (2.11%) VLAN
12 21 (1.64%) SMTP
13 18 (1.41%) SAN
14 16 (1.25%) SSL
15 15 (1.17%) DKIM
15 15 (1.17%) DMARC
15 15 (1.17%) Skype
16 13 (1.01%) Unified Communications
16 13 (1.01%) VSAN
17 12 (0.94%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (9.06%) SQL Server
2 54 (4.22%) Power BI
3 40 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 17 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.33%) Metadata
7 14 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.94%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.78%) Delta Lake
10 10 (0.78%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.78%) MySQL
10 10 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.70%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.55%) DB2
13 7 (0.55%) Spark SQL
14 6 (0.47%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 81 (6.32%) Git
2 78 (6.09%) Jenkins
3 70 (5.46%) JIRA
4 64 (5.00%) GitLab
5 18 (1.41%) MSI
6 11 (0.86%) Artifactory
7 10 (0.78%) InstallShield
8 9 (0.70%) Selenium
8 9 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (0.62%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
10 7 (0.55%) AdminStudio
10 7 (0.55%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.47%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.39%) Appium
13 4 (0.31%) Jaeger
13 4 (0.31%) JUnit
13 4 (0.31%) Postman
14 3 (0.23%) Chocolatey
14 3 (0.23%) Spinnaker
General
1 370 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 181 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
3 143 (11.16%) Finance
4 118 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.87%) Documentation Skills
6 61 (4.76%) Banking
7 48 (3.75%) Legal
8 18 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (1.41%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.25%) Front Office
10 15 (1.17%) Retail
11 14 (1.09%) Military
12 9 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (0.70%) Publishing
13 8 (0.62%) Law
14 7 (0.55%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.39%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.39%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 174 (13.58%) Architect
2 130 (10.15%) Senior
3 103 (8.04%) Azure Engineer
4 97 (7.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 75 (5.85%) DevOps Engineer
6 73 (5.70%) Security Engineer
7 70 (5.46%) Cloud Engineer
8 52 (4.06%) Developer
9 48 (3.75%) Support Engineer
10 41 (3.20%) Analyst
11 40 (3.12%) Consultant
12 39 (3.04%) Platform Engineer
13 37 (2.89%) CyberArk Architect
13 37 (2.89%) Lead
14 30 (2.34%) SIEM Engineer
15 29 (2.26%) Administrator
16 28 (2.19%) Microsoft Engineer
17 27 (2.11%) Windows Engineer
18 26 (2.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
18 26 (2.03%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (13.11%) REST
2 122 (9.52%) LDAP
3 79 (6.17%) Microsoft Graph
4 63 (4.92%) SOAP
5 59 (4.61%) JSON
6 54 (4.22%) .NET
7 53 (4.14%) OAuth
8 48 (3.75%) SAML
9 36 (2.81%) ARM Templates
10 32 (2.50%) SailPoint
11 30 (2.34%) OpenID
12 27 (2.11%) Web Services
13 26 (2.03%) .NET Framework
13 26 (2.03%) YAML
14 20 (1.56%) OAuth2
15 17 (1.33%) Node.js
16 16 (1.25%) Kafka
17 15 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
18 14 (1.09%) AngularJS
18 14 (1.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 86 (6.71%) Replication
2 84 (6.56%) Onboarding
3 78 (6.09%) Security Posture
4 69 (5.39%) Enterprise Software
4 69 (5.39%) PKI
5 56 (4.37%) Clustering
6 52 (4.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 44 (3.43%) Cloud Native
8 33 (2.58%) Data Centre
8 33 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (2.50%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
11 20 (1.56%) Product Ownership
12 19 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (1.41%) Enterprise Storage
13 18 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
14 13 (1.01%) BYOD
14 13 (1.01%) Operational Technology
15 11 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 526 (41.06%) Windows
2 218 (17.02%) Linux
3 217 (16.94%) Windows Server
4 59 (4.61%) Windows 10
5 38 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.50%) Unix
7 27 (2.11%) Mac OS
8 20 (1.56%) AIX
8 20 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (1.33%) VMS
9 17 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (1.25%) Android
11 14 (1.09%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.86%) Apple iOS
13 10 (0.78%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.47%) CentOS
16 3 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
16 3 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (24.28%) DevOps
2 287 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
3 275 (21.47%) CI/CD
4 213 (16.63%) Infrastructure as Code
5 201 (15.69%) Agile
6 179 (13.97%) SIEM
7 151 (11.79%) Migration
8 141 (11.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 134 (10.46%) ITIL
10 133 (10.38%) Task Automation
11 125 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
12 119 (9.29%) Analytics
13 114 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
13 114 (8.90%) ITSM
14 113 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 112 (8.74%) Identity Access Management
15 112 (8.74%) RBAC
16 106 (8.27%) High Availability
16 106 (8.27%) Root Cause Analysis
17 103 (8.04%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 543 (42.39%) Python
2 229 (17.88%) Bash
3 174 (13.58%) SQL
4 101 (7.88%) C#
5 75 (5.85%) JavaScript
6 71 (5.54%) Kusto Query Language
7 62 (4.84%) Bicep
8 47 (3.67%) Java
9 24 (1.87%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.48%) VBScript
11 18 (1.41%) Perl
12 16 (1.25%) Go
13 13 (1.01%) TypeScript
14 12 (0.94%) Search Processing Language
15 11 (0.86%) VB
16 10 (0.78%) Groovy
17 8 (0.62%) BeanShell
18 7 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 7 (0.55%) PHP
18 7 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 528 (41.22%) Security Cleared
2 415 (32.40%) SC Cleared
3 114 (8.90%) Degree
4 105 (8.20%) DV Cleared
5 99 (7.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 76 (5.93%) CISSP
7 70 (5.46%) Azure Certification
8 47 (3.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 44 (3.43%) CISM
10 29 (2.26%) MCSE
11 28 (2.19%) MCSA
12 23 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.72%) AWS Certification
14 20 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
15 19 (1.48%) CEH
16 18 (1.41%) VCAP
17 16 (1.25%) GIAC
18 14 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
19 12 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
20 8 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (8.43%) GDPR
2 104 (8.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 87 (6.79%) NIST
4 33 (2.58%) QA
5 29 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 22 (1.72%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (1.25%) SLA
9 15 (1.17%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.94%) MiFID
11 11 (0.86%) FINRA
11 11 (0.86%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.78%) NCSC
13 6 (0.47%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.39%) GRC
15 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.16%) GxP
17 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 428 (33.41%) Active Directory
2 141 (11.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 113 (8.82%) Docker
4 69 (5.39%) Hyper-V
5 67 (5.23%) Virtual Machines
6 53 (4.14%) vSphere
7 44 (3.43%) VMware ESXi
8 33 (2.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (1.95%) BitLocker
10 18 (1.41%) Firmware
10 18 (1.41%) KVM
11 15 (1.17%) Microsoft App-V
12 13 (1.01%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.39%) Squid
14 4 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.16%) NFS
15 2 (0.16%) OpenSSH
15 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.16%) UAG
15 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 277 (21.62%) Terraform
2 156 (12.18%) Kubernetes
3 149 (11.63%) Ansible
4 144 (11.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 91 (7.10%) SCCM
6 59 (4.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 57 (4.45%) vCenter Server
8 47 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
9 43 (3.36%) Grafana
10 38 (2.97%) Prometheus
11 22 (1.72%) vRealize
12 20 (1.56%) Puppet
12 20 (1.56%) SCOM
13 18 (1.41%) Nagios
13 18 (1.41%) Progress Chef
14 15 (1.17%) PowerCLI
15 14 (1.09%) Kibana
15 14 (1.09%) WSUS
16 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
17 12 (0.94%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 589 (45.98%) Microsoft
2 186 (14.52%) VMware
3 96 (7.49%) CyberArk
4 81 (6.32%) ServiceNow
5 74 (5.78%) BeyondTrust
6 62 (4.84%) Splunk
7 58 (4.53%) Citrix
8 47 (3.67%) Oracle
9 46 (3.59%) Cisco
10 44 (3.43%) Google
11 36 (2.81%) Centrify
12 32 (2.50%) SolarWinds
13 31 (2.42%) Red Hat
14 27 (2.11%) Databricks
15 24 (1.87%) BMC
15 24 (1.87%) Veeam
16 22 (1.72%) IBM
17 21 (1.64%) Okta
18 19 (1.48%) Dynatrace
19 18 (1.41%) Qualys