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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 70 58
Rank change year-on-year -11 -12 -1
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,444 986 1,172
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.12% 3.60% 3.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.05% 10.95% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 614 824
10th Percentile £331 £334 £327
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £619
90th Percentile £712 £662 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 13 18
10th Percentile £31.42 £44.00 £23.80
25th Percentile £48.00 £45.00 £50.53
Median hourly rate £63.48 £63.50 £63.93
Median % change year-on-year -0.03% -0.68% +6.55%
75th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £74.33
90th Percentile £92.11 £83.00 £86.10
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £63.50 £69.69
% change year-on-year -0.57% -8.88% +10.62%

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 11,987 9,007 10,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 25.90% 32.85% 32.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,745 6,074 7,211
10th Percentile £363 £350 £351
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £523 £505 £526
% change year-on-year +3.47% -3.90% -4.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 257 305
10th Percentile £26.68 £31.25 £30.00
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.25 £49.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £79.25 £79.67
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -20 623 £550 +7.84% 398
South East -1 310 £538 -2.27% 175
North of England +47 278 £483 +10.40% 163
North West +45 172 £473 +5.70% 92
South West -8 103 £613 +22.50% 69
Yorkshire +8 92 £518 +25.64% 49
East of England -38 59 £507 -7.82% 60
Midlands -85 56 £500 +5.26% 91
West Midlands -82 42 £510 +7.37% 49
North East -26 15 £500 - 24
East Midlands -23 14 £500 +9.29% 42
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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
1 120 (8.31%) SharePoint
2 119 (8.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (3.25%) Confluence
4 22 (1.52%) IIS
5 21 (1.45%) Skype for Business
6 19 (1.32%) Apache
7 14 (0.97%) Apache Spark
7 14 (0.97%) nginx
8 5 (0.35%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.35%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.14%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.14%) CMS
11 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.069%) Camunda
12 1 (0.069%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.069%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.55%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.35%) Front Arena
3 5 (0.35%) Summit
4 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.069%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.069%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.069%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.069%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.069%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.069%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.069%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.069%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 800 (55.40%) Azure
2 382 (26.45%) Entra ID
3 315 (21.81%) AWS
4 224 (15.51%) Microsoft 365
5 208 (14.40%) Azure DevOps
6 176 (12.19%) GitHub
7 143 (9.90%) GCP
8 126 (8.73%) Power Platform
9 123 (8.52%) Azure Monitor
10 105 (7.27%) GitHub Actions
11 84 (5.82%) Azure AKS
12 64 (4.43%) SaaS
13 63 (4.36%) OneDrive
14 59 (4.09%) Azure Sentinel
15 53 (3.67%) AWS CloudFormation
16 51 (3.53%) IaaS
17 47 (3.25%) Microsoft Copilot
18 45 (3.12%) Microsoft Purview
19 44 (3.05%) OpenShift
20 43 (2.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 237 (16.41%) DNS
2 213 (14.75%) Firewall
3 141 (9.76%) DHCP
4 105 (7.27%) VPN
5 104 (7.20%) TCP/IP
6 85 (5.89%) Network Security
7 40 (2.77%) WAN
8 39 (2.70%) VLAN
9 34 (2.35%) SAN
10 29 (2.01%) VSAN
11 27 (1.87%) SSL
12 24 (1.66%) Skype
13 22 (1.52%) SSH
14 20 (1.39%) LAN
15 19 (1.32%) SD-WAN
16 18 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
17 17 (1.18%) Kerberos
17 17 (1.18%) NAS
18 16 (1.11%) HTTP
19 15 (1.04%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (11.84%) SQL Server
2 85 (5.89%) Power BI
3 34 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 23 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
5 21 (1.45%) Big Data
6 19 (1.32%) MySQL
7 18 (1.25%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.11%) Metadata
9 16 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 15 (1.04%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (0.90%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.83%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (0.62%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.48%) Apache Hive
15 7 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 115 (7.96%) Jenkins
2 112 (7.76%) Git
3 78 (5.40%) GitLab
4 72 (4.99%) JIRA
5 33 (2.29%) MSI
6 15 (1.04%) Bitbucket
7 14 (0.97%) Artifactory
8 13 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (0.62%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.62%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.55%) Postman
12 7 (0.48%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.42%) JMeter
13 6 (0.42%) Selenium
13 6 (0.42%) Snyk
14 5 (0.35%) AdminStudio
14 5 (0.35%) InstallShield
14 5 (0.35%) MSBuild
15 4 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 362 (25.07%) Social Skills
2 260 (18.01%) Finance
3 204 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.34%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.09%) Banking
6 78 (5.40%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (1.94%) Legal
8 23 (1.59%) Military
9 22 (1.52%) Aerospace
10 20 (1.39%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.04%) Financial Institution
11 15 (1.04%) Law
12 14 (0.97%) Front Office
13 12 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.76%) Back Office
15 10 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (0.69%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.62%) Local Government
17 8 (0.55%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 156 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 154 (10.66%) Senior
3 152 (10.53%) Cloud Engineer
4 138 (9.56%) Azure Engineer
5 104 (7.20%) DevOps Engineer
6 92 (6.37%) Support Engineer
7 89 (6.16%) Security Engineer
8 88 (6.09%) Architect
9 66 (4.57%) Lead
10 65 (4.50%) Platform Engineer
11 50 (3.46%) Analyst
11 50 (3.46%) Consultant
12 48 (3.32%) Developer
13 44 (3.05%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 43 (2.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (2.56%) Automation Engineer
16 35 (2.42%) DBA
16 35 (2.42%) IT Engineer
17 33 (2.29%) Administrator
18 31 (2.15%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 470 (32.55%) Terraform
2 121 (8.38%) REST
3 85 (5.89%) ARM Templates
4 67 (4.64%) OAuth
5 64 (4.43%) LDAP
6 59 (4.09%) .NET
7 56 (3.88%) JSON
8 53 (3.67%) SAML
9 50 (3.46%) OpenID
10 48 (3.32%) Microsoft Graph
11 46 (3.19%) YAML
12 44 (3.05%) SailPoint
13 40 (2.77%) OAuth2
14 26 (1.80%) Kafka
15 24 (1.66%) React
15 24 (1.66%) Web Services
16 17 (1.18%) Software Packaging
17 16 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
18 15 (1.04%) SOAP
19 13 (0.90%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 131 (9.07%) Onboarding
2 96 (6.65%) Cloud Native
3 78 (5.40%) Security Posture
4 76 (5.26%) PKI
5 72 (4.99%) Enterprise Software
6 69 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 64 (4.43%) Management Information System
7 64 (4.43%) Replication
8 61 (4.22%) Clustering
9 60 (4.16%) Data Centre
10 36 (2.49%) Linux Command Line
11 28 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.87%) CMDB
12 27 (1.87%) Public Cloud
13 25 (1.73%) Enterprise Cloud
14 24 (1.66%) Product Ownership
15 23 (1.59%) Data Structures
15 23 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
16 18 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
17 17 (1.18%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 706 (48.89%) Windows
2 374 (25.90%) Linux
3 308 (21.33%) Windows Server
4 93 (6.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 88 (6.09%) Windows 10
6 46 (3.19%) Unix
7 37 (2.56%) Ubuntu
8 31 (2.15%) CentOS
9 29 (2.01%) Apple iOS
10 27 (1.87%) Mac OS
11 23 (1.59%) VMS
11 23 (1.59%) Windows 7
11 23 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
12 20 (1.39%) Android
13 16 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 12 (0.83%) Rocky
15 11 (0.76%) AIX
16 10 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
17 9 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
17 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (29.85%) DevOps
2 428 (29.64%) CI/CD
3 415 (28.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 298 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
5 241 (16.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 224 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 211 (14.61%) ITIL
8 196 (13.57%) Agile
9 192 (13.30%) Runbook
10 186 (12.88%) ITSM
11 183 (12.67%) Migration
12 171 (11.84%) Cybersecurity
13 162 (11.22%) AI
14 157 (10.87%) Analytics
15 151 (10.46%) Identity Access Management
16 149 (10.32%) Cloud Security
17 148 (10.25%) Root Cause Analysis
18 145 (10.04%) Platform Engineering
18 145 (10.04%) RBAC
18 145 (10.04%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 680 (47.09%) Python
2 382 (26.45%) Bash
3 233 (16.14%) SQL
4 156 (10.80%) Bicep
5 93 (6.44%) Java
6 78 (5.40%) C#
7 65 (4.50%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.87%) VBScript
9 25 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
10 24 (1.66%) Perl
11 23 (1.59%) T-SQL
12 22 (1.52%) Groovy
12 22 (1.52%) TypeScript
13 20 (1.39%) Shell Script
14 19 (1.32%) Search Processing Language
15 17 (1.18%) VB
16 16 (1.11%) Go
17 13 (0.90%) BeanShell
17 13 (0.90%) Korn
18 12 (0.83%) C++
Qualifications
1 534 (36.98%) Security Cleared
2 366 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 184 (12.74%) DV Cleared
4 169 (11.70%) Degree
5 128 (8.86%) Azure Certification
6 108 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 86 (5.96%) CISSP
8 65 (4.50%) AWS Certification
9 39 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 32 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
12 27 (1.87%) MCSE
13 26 (1.80%) CISM
14 24 (1.66%) VCAP
15 20 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 16 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 16 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
17 15 (1.04%) MCSA
18 13 (0.90%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (7.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (7.06%) NIST
3 38 (2.63%) QA
4 36 (2.49%) GDPR
4 36 (2.49%) SLA
5 29 (2.01%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (0.97%) NCSC
10 12 (0.83%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.62%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.42%) GxP
13 4 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 3 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
15 2 (0.14%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.14%) GRC
15 2 (0.14%) SOC 1
System Software
1 479 (33.17%) Active Directory
2 196 (13.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 174 (12.05%) Docker
4 98 (6.79%) Virtual Machines
5 81 (5.61%) Hyper-V
6 71 (4.92%) vSphere
7 69 (4.78%) VMware ESXi
8 54 (3.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 50 (3.46%) VMware NSX
10 28 (1.94%) BitLocker
11 24 (1.66%) vCloud
12 17 (1.18%) Microsoft App-V
13 15 (1.04%) Firmware
14 10 (0.69%) NFS
15 9 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
16 6 (0.42%) Squid
17 4 (0.28%) Dovecot
17 4 (0.28%) Postfix
17 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
18 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 266 (18.42%) Ansible
2 263 (18.21%) Kubernetes
3 202 (13.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 133 (9.21%) SCCM
5 77 (5.33%) Grafana
6 70 (4.85%) vCenter Server
7 64 (4.43%) SCOM
8 60 (4.16%) Prometheus
9 50 (3.46%) Progress Chef
10 42 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
11 36 (2.49%) Puppet
12 24 (1.66%) Packer
13 19 (1.32%) WMI
14 17 (1.18%) NetBackup
14 17 (1.18%) VxRail
15 16 (1.11%) vRealize
16 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
16 14 (0.97%) Nagios
17 13 (0.90%) ZABBIX
18 12 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 710 (49.17%) Microsoft
2 259 (17.94%) VMware
3 147 (10.18%) ServiceNow
4 100 (6.93%) CyberArk
5 94 (6.51%) Splunk
6 86 (5.96%) Google
7 72 (4.99%) Oracle
8 59 (4.09%) BeyondTrust
8 59 (4.09%) Cisco
9 54 (3.74%) Red Hat
10 50 (3.46%) Remedy
11 47 (3.25%) BMC
12 40 (2.77%) Citrix
13 39 (2.70%) Databricks
14 30 (2.08%) SolarWinds
15 27 (1.87%) Dynatrace
16 25 (1.73%) CrowdStrike
17 23 (1.59%) Okta
18 22 (1.52%) Qualys
18 22 (1.52%) Veeam