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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 55 66
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,281 953 1,184
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.60% 3.81% 3.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.17% 11.30% 10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 642 832
10th Percentile £355 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -2.23% +1.85%
75th Percentile £621 £631 £638
90th Percentile £735 £720 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 17 41
10th Percentile £35.41 £17.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £20.24 £37.63
Median hourly rate £74.26 £56.75 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +30.87% +29.44% -21.94%
75th Percentile £78.13 £74.44 £69.62
90th Percentile £83.78 £112.00 £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 10,524 8,433 11,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.57% 33.70% 29.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,023 5,555 7,931
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £614 £650 £663
90th Percentile £727 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 447 208 473
10th Percentile £41.45 £25.25 £35.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £40.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £69.62
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £77.31
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -6.98%

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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 3 March 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 3 March 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 March 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 -20 534 £545 +0.46% 134
South East +1 241 £500 -13.04% 141
North of England +2 215 £496 +5.57% 69
South West +14 144 £560 -2.61% 55
North West +5 120 £496 +5.57% 31
Yorkshire -22 85 £494 +4.50% 25
Midlands -49 82 £463 -7.50% 47
West Midlands -53 56 £475 -5.19% 24
East of England -6 30 £525 -8.70% 40
East Midlands -20 26 £449 -3.03% 23
North East -9 15 £550 +20.35% 14
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
1 201 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 154 (12.02%) SharePoint
3 57 (4.45%) Confluence
4 36 (2.81%) Skype for Business
5 13 (1.01%) Apache
6 8 (0.62%) IIS
7 6 (0.47%) Mattermost
8 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.16%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.078%) nginx
10 1 (0.078%) SAS
10 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.078%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 45 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.078%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.078%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 12 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.62%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.078%) Actimize
5 1 (0.078%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 627 (48.95%) Azure
2 308 (24.04%) Entra ID
3 291 (22.72%) Microsoft 365
4 224 (17.49%) AWS
5 139 (10.85%) GCP
6 121 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
7 107 (8.35%) GitHub
8 90 (7.03%) OneDrive
9 77 (6.01%) Power Platform
10 68 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
11 63 (4.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 61 (4.76%) IaaS
13 50 (3.90%) SaaS
14 49 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
14 49 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
14 49 (3.83%) PaaS
15 41 (3.20%) Serverless
16 37 (2.89%) PowerApps
17 34 (2.65%) Power Automate
18 33 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 206 (16.08%) DNS
2 166 (12.96%) Firewall
3 134 (10.46%) DHCP
4 71 (5.54%) VPN
5 69 (5.39%) TCP/IP
6 56 (4.37%) Network Security
7 42 (3.28%) Kerberos
7 42 (3.28%) LAN
8 39 (3.04%) Skype
9 38 (2.97%) WAN
10 31 (2.42%) VLAN
11 30 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
12 19 (1.48%) DKIM
12 19 (1.48%) DMARC
13 18 (1.41%) SAN
13 18 (1.41%) SMTP
13 18 (1.41%) Unified Communications
14 17 (1.33%) Software-Defined Networking
15 16 (1.25%) Wireshark
16 14 (1.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 49 (3.83%) Power BI
3 30 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.72%) Metadata
4 22 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (1.17%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.62%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.62%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.62%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.55%) MySQL
11 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.47%) DB2
12 6 (0.47%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.39%) Spark SQL
13 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 81 (6.32%) JIRA
2 79 (6.17%) Jenkins
3 76 (5.93%) Git
4 72 (5.62%) GitLab
5 15 (1.17%) Artifactory
5 15 (1.17%) MSI
6 12 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.78%) Metasploit
8 9 (0.70%) Burp Suite
9 8 (0.62%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.47%) InstallShield
10 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.39%) Gradle
11 5 (0.39%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.39%) Selenium
11 5 (0.39%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.39%) Spinnaker
12 4 (0.31%) MSTest
12 4 (0.31%) Postman
General
1 452 (35.28%) Social Skills
2 214 (16.71%) Analytical Skills
3 154 (12.02%) Finance
4 116 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 82 (6.40%) Documentation Skills
6 60 (4.68%) Banking
7 59 (4.61%) Legal
8 18 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (1.25%) Front Office
10 15 (1.17%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.01%) Military
11 13 (1.01%) Retail
12 12 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (0.70%) Financial Institution
13 9 (0.70%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.70%) Publishing
14 7 (0.55%) Law
14 7 (0.55%) Marketing
14 7 (0.55%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 171 (13.35%) Architect
2 114 (8.90%) Senior
3 84 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
4 81 (6.32%) Azure Engineer
5 71 (5.54%) Security Engineer
6 68 (5.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 67 (5.23%) Support Engineer
8 63 (4.92%) Platform Engineer
9 59 (4.61%) Consultant
10 56 (4.37%) Analyst
11 53 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
12 48 (3.75%) Developer
13 42 (3.28%) Microsoft Engineer
14 37 (2.89%) CyberArk Architect
15 32 (2.50%) Lead
16 30 (2.34%) SIEM Engineer
17 29 (2.26%) Administrator
18 28 (2.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
19 25 (1.95%) IT Engineer
20 23 (1.80%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.18%) REST
2 117 (9.13%) LDAP
3 69 (5.39%) Microsoft Graph
4 64 (5.00%) OAuth
5 62 (4.84%) SAML
6 55 (4.29%) JSON
7 54 (4.22%) SOAP
8 40 (3.12%) OpenID
9 36 (2.81%) .NET
10 32 (2.50%) ARM Templates
11 30 (2.34%) SailPoint
12 29 (2.26%) OAuth2
13 20 (1.56%) Middleware
13 20 (1.56%) YAML
14 19 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
15 18 (1.41%) XML
16 17 (1.33%) AngularJS
17 15 (1.17%) Web Services
18 14 (1.09%) .NET Framework
18 14 (1.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.32%) Security Posture
2 80 (6.25%) Replication
3 78 (6.09%) Onboarding
4 69 (5.39%) PKI
5 66 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (3.67%) Data Centre
6 47 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 44 (3.43%) Cloud Native
8 36 (2.81%) Clustering
9 35 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (2.58%) Management Information System
11 27 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 27 (2.11%) Product Ownership
12 19 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
14 17 (1.33%) Private Cloud
15 16 (1.25%) BYOD
16 15 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
17 13 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
17 13 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 487 (38.02%) Windows
2 223 (17.41%) Linux
3 204 (15.93%) Windows Server
4 76 (5.93%) Windows 10
5 41 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (2.26%) Mac OS
7 24 (1.87%) Unix
8 20 (1.56%) Android
9 18 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (1.25%) VMS
12 15 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 11 (0.86%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.78%) AIX
14 10 (0.78%) Apple iOS
14 10 (0.78%) Solaris
14 10 (0.78%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.70%) Kali Linux
16 6 (0.47%) CentOS
17 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (24.90%) DevOps
2 315 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
3 269 (21.00%) CI/CD
4 200 (15.61%) Agile
4 200 (15.61%) Infrastructure as Code
5 169 (13.19%) SIEM
6 160 (12.49%) Migration
7 148 (11.55%) ITIL
8 139 (10.85%) Cybersecurity
9 135 (10.54%) Task Automation
10 126 (9.84%) ITSM
11 120 (9.37%) Identity Access Management
11 120 (9.37%) RBAC
12 117 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 111 (8.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 103 (8.04%) High Availability
15 101 (7.88%) Disaster Recovery
15 101 (7.88%) Incident Response
16 99 (7.73%) Change Management
17 96 (7.49%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 543 (42.39%) Python
2 242 (18.89%) Bash
3 149 (11.63%) SQL
4 86 (6.71%) C#
5 72 (5.62%) JavaScript
5 72 (5.62%) Kusto Query Language
6 49 (3.83%) Java
7 48 (3.75%) Bicep
8 32 (2.50%) Perl
9 21 (1.64%) VBScript
10 16 (1.25%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.17%) Go
12 14 (1.09%) BeanShell
13 13 (1.01%) VB
14 10 (0.78%) Groovy
15 7 (0.55%) PHP
15 7 (0.55%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.55%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 543 (42.39%) Security Cleared
2 427 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 123 (9.60%) Degree
4 114 (8.90%) DV Cleared
5 107 (8.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 82 (6.40%) CISSP
7 61 (4.76%) Azure Certification
8 44 (3.43%) CISM
9 41 (3.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 30 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (2.03%) CEH
11 26 (2.03%) MCSE
12 25 (1.95%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.72%) CCNA
13 22 (1.72%) CCNP
13 22 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
14 21 (1.64%) MCSA
15 18 (1.41%) GIAC
16 16 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (9.91%) GDPR
2 115 (8.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (5.70%) NIST
4 28 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 22 (1.72%) QA
6 16 (1.25%) SLA
7 15 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (1.17%) MiFID
8 12 (0.94%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.86%) FINRA
9 11 (0.86%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.78%) HIPAA
11 9 (0.70%) Data Quality
12 8 (0.62%) NCSC
13 5 (0.39%) PSD2
14 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.23%) EMIR
16 2 (0.16%) GRC
16 2 (0.16%) GxP
16 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 475 (37.08%) Active Directory
2 138 (10.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 120 (9.37%) Docker
4 58 (4.53%) Hyper-V
5 46 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
6 38 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
7 34 (2.65%) vSphere
8 24 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.33%) KVM
10 16 (1.25%) BitLocker
11 13 (1.01%) Firmware
12 11 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
12 11 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.39%) NFS
14 5 (0.39%) Squid
15 3 (0.23%) Snort
16 2 (0.16%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 257 (20.06%) Terraform
2 149 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 135 (10.54%) Kubernetes
4 132 (10.30%) Ansible
5 109 (8.51%) SCCM
6 89 (6.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 67 (5.23%) Single Sign-On
8 42 (3.28%) vCenter Server
9 38 (2.97%) Grafana
10 35 (2.73%) Prometheus
11 27 (2.11%) SCOM
12 23 (1.80%) vRealize
13 18 (1.41%) Kibana
14 15 (1.17%) WSUS
15 12 (0.94%) Istio
16 11 (0.86%) Nessus
17 10 (0.78%) HP SiteScope
17 10 (0.78%) Progress Chef
17 10 (0.78%) Puppet
18 9 (0.70%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 607 (47.38%) Microsoft
2 192 (14.99%) VMware
3 91 (7.10%) CyberArk
4 68 (5.31%) ServiceNow
5 67 (5.23%) Citrix
6 66 (5.15%) BeyondTrust
7 65 (5.07%) Splunk
8 53 (4.14%) Cisco
9 43 (3.36%) Google
9 43 (3.36%) Red Hat
10 38 (2.97%) Oracle
11 34 (2.65%) Centrify
12 28 (2.19%) Okta
13 27 (2.11%) Veeam
14 24 (1.87%) SolarWinds
15 23 (1.80%) Atlassian
16 22 (1.72%) Databricks
17 18 (1.41%) Qualys
17 18 (1.41%) Zscaler
18 17 (1.33%) Tanium