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

 6 months to
20 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 66 62
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,220 915 1,245
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.82% 3.46% 3.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.49% 10.45% 11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 606 883
10th Percentile £353 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £433 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +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 34 16 40
10th Percentile £47.28 £17.00 £20.57
25th Percentile £55.86 £20.24 £37.02
Median hourly rate £70.98 £56.75 £46.29
Median % change year-on-year +25.09% +22.60% -15.85%
75th Percentile £81.50 £74.11 £69.62
90th Percentile £83.93 £94.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £70.98 £42.50 £46.29
% change year-on-year +67.01% -8.18% -15.85%

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 9,768 8,757 11,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.58% 33.07% 30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,512 5,618 7,979
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £731 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.90% -4.55% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 214 432
10th Percentile £39.84 £25.26 £35.51
25th Percentile £52.50 £44.44 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +1.46% -5.23%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +3.31% -6.92%

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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 20 January 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 20 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 20 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 -11 546 £538 -2.14% 147
South East +12 206 £500 -13.04% 185
North of England -14 153 £469 -0.44% 114
South West +20 147 £555 +0.91% 86
Midlands -9 102 £475 +1.06% 72
North West -1 78 £448 -5.54% 61
West Midlands -14 78 £500 +2.56% 23
Yorkshire -25 63 £525 +8.25% 42
East of England +4 32 £525 +44.83% 71
East Midlands -12 24 £449 +6.79% 49
North East -6 16 £550 +19.57% 12
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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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
1 175 (14.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (10.82%) SharePoint
3 58 (4.75%) Confluence
4 43 (3.52%) Skype for Business
5 14 (1.15%) Apache
6 13 (1.07%) Mattermost
7 10 (0.82%) nginx
8 7 (0.57%) IIS
9 4 (0.33%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.33%) SAS
10 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.25%) 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 (0.082%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.082%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.74%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.082%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 19 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.57%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.082%) Actimize
4 1 (0.082%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.082%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 553 (45.33%) Azure
2 267 (21.89%) Microsoft 365
3 252 (20.66%) Entra ID
4 223 (18.28%) AWS
5 133 (10.90%) GCP
6 111 (9.10%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (7.87%) GitHub
8 69 (5.66%) OneDrive
9 65 (5.33%) Power Platform
10 59 (4.84%) IaaS
11 55 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (4.34%) Microsoft Purview
13 48 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
13 48 (3.93%) Azure Sentinel
14 40 (3.28%) SaaS
15 37 (3.03%) Power Automate
16 36 (2.95%) PowerApps
17 35 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
17 35 (2.87%) Serverless
18 34 (2.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 193 (15.82%) DNS
2 167 (13.69%) Firewall
3 115 (9.43%) DHCP
4 71 (5.82%) TCP/IP
4 71 (5.82%) VPN
5 69 (5.66%) Network Security
6 46 (3.77%) Skype
7 32 (2.62%) SMTP
8 31 (2.54%) VLAN
9 29 (2.38%) HTTP
10 25 (2.05%) LAN
10 25 (2.05%) WAN
11 21 (1.72%) Kerberos
11 21 (1.72%) SSH
12 20 (1.64%) FTP
13 19 (1.56%) SAN
14 16 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (1.31%) Wireshark
15 14 (1.15%) DKIM
15 14 (1.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.20%) Power BI
3 31 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
5 19 (1.56%) Metadata
6 14 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (0.98%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.57%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.49%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.41%) Spark SQL
15 4 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.33%) MySQL
16 3 (0.25%) KDB
16 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 85 (6.97%) Jenkins
2 80 (6.56%) JIRA
3 71 (5.82%) Git
4 68 (5.57%) GitLab
5 19 (1.56%) Artifactory
5 19 (1.56%) MSI
6 14 (1.15%) Vagrant
7 13 (1.07%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
9 11 (0.90%) InstallShield
10 10 (0.82%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.74%) Burp Suite
11 9 (0.74%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.66%) AdminStudio
12 8 (0.66%) CircleCI
13 6 (0.49%) Postman
14 5 (0.41%) Gradle
14 5 (0.41%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.41%) Spinnaker
15 4 (0.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 468 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 215 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (13.44%) Finance
4 124 (10.16%) Public Sector
5 81 (6.64%) Documentation Skills
6 55 (4.51%) Banking
7 45 (3.69%) Legal
8 24 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (1.39%) Front Office
10 16 (1.31%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.07%) Military
12 12 (0.98%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.90%) Marketing
13 11 (0.90%) Retail
13 11 (0.90%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.82%) Electronics
14 10 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.66%) Law
17 6 (0.49%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 157 (12.87%) Architect
2 99 (8.11%) Senior
3 92 (7.54%) DevOps Engineer
4 75 (6.15%) Platform Engineer
5 67 (5.49%) Azure Engineer
6 66 (5.41%) Security Engineer
7 65 (5.33%) Analyst
8 63 (5.16%) Consultant
9 59 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 53 (4.34%) Developer
11 50 (4.10%) Support Engineer
12 37 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
12 37 (3.03%) CyberArk Architect
13 35 (2.87%) Lead
14 33 (2.70%) Microsoft Engineer
15 31 (2.54%) Windows Engineer
16 30 (2.46%) SIEM Engineer
17 29 (2.38%) Administrator
18 25 (2.05%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
18 25 (2.05%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (12.70%) REST
2 103 (8.44%) LDAP
3 64 (5.25%) OAuth
4 60 (4.92%) SAML
5 57 (4.67%) JSON
6 50 (4.10%) SOAP
7 47 (3.85%) Microsoft Graph
8 40 (3.28%) OpenID
9 31 (2.54%) ARM Templates
9 31 (2.54%) SailPoint
10 29 (2.38%) .NET
10 29 (2.38%) OAuth2
11 24 (1.97%) Middleware
12 20 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.56%) XML
14 17 (1.39%) FIX Protocol
15 16 (1.31%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.31%) HTML
15 16 (1.31%) Node.js
15 16 (1.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (5.74%) Security Posture
2 65 (5.33%) PKI
2 65 (5.33%) Replication
3 63 (5.16%) Enterprise Software
4 60 (4.92%) Onboarding
5 42 (3.44%) Data Centre
6 40 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 38 (3.11%) Cloud Native
8 34 (2.79%) Management Information System
9 32 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.97%) Clustering
12 20 (1.64%) Private Cloud
13 19 (1.56%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
15 15 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
15 15 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
16 14 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
16 14 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 491 (40.25%) Windows
2 247 (20.25%) Linux
3 190 (15.57%) Windows Server
4 80 (6.56%) Windows 10
5 33 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.62%) Mac OS
7 26 (2.13%) VMS
8 23 (1.89%) Unix
9 22 (1.80%) Android
10 16 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (1.23%) Ubuntu
12 14 (1.15%) Amazon Linux
13 11 (0.90%) Apple iOS
13 11 (0.90%) Solaris
14 10 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
15 9 (0.74%) Kali Linux
15 9 (0.74%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.49%) CentOS
17 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (26.31%) DevOps
2 300 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
3 258 (21.15%) CI/CD
4 196 (16.07%) Agile
5 188 (15.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 181 (14.84%) SIEM
7 147 (12.05%) Migration
8 146 (11.97%) Cybersecurity
9 143 (11.72%) ITIL
10 133 (10.90%) Task Automation
11 126 (10.33%) ITSM
12 118 (9.67%) Identity Access Management
13 114 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 112 (9.18%) RBAC
15 101 (8.28%) Configuration Management
15 101 (8.28%) Incident Response
16 98 (8.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 95 (7.79%) Analytics
17 95 (7.79%) Change Management
17 95 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 543 (44.51%) Python
2 222 (18.20%) Bash
3 145 (11.89%) SQL
4 76 (6.23%) C#
5 74 (6.07%) JavaScript
6 67 (5.49%) Kusto Query Language
7 60 (4.92%) Java
8 37 (3.03%) Perl
9 34 (2.79%) Bicep
10 30 (2.46%) VBScript
11 19 (1.56%) Groovy
12 16 (1.31%) Go
13 15 (1.23%) BeanShell
14 12 (0.98%) VB
15 10 (0.82%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.66%) PHP
17 6 (0.49%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.41%) C++
18 5 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
18 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 513 (42.05%) Security Cleared
2 401 (32.87%) SC Cleared
3 123 (10.08%) Degree
4 119 (9.75%) DV Cleared
5 99 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 80 (6.56%) CISSP
7 56 (4.59%) Azure Certification
8 39 (3.20%) CISM
9 35 (2.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 31 (2.54%) CEH
10 31 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
11 29 (2.38%) AWS Certification
11 29 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (1.89%) CCNA
12 23 (1.89%) GIAC
12 23 (1.89%) MCSE
13 21 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
14 20 (1.64%) CCNP
14 20 (1.64%) MCSA
15 15 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (9.18%) GDPR
2 110 (9.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (5.49%) NIST
4 25 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 21 (1.72%) QA
6 15 (1.23%) SOC 2
7 14 (1.15%) SLA
8 12 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.98%) HIPAA
8 12 (0.98%) MiFID
9 11 (0.90%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.74%) NCSC
11 8 (0.66%) FINRA
12 7 (0.57%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.41%) PSD2
14 3 (0.25%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.25%) EMIR
15 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 456 (37.38%) Active Directory
2 131 (10.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 125 (10.25%) Docker
4 39 (3.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 34 (2.79%) Hyper-V
6 26 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.80%) vSphere
8 15 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.15%) BitLocker
9 14 (1.15%) DFS Replication
9 14 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
9 14 (1.15%) Squid
10 13 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.74%) Dovecot
11 9 (0.74%) Postfix
12 8 (0.66%) Firmware
13 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.41%) NFS
15 4 (0.33%) Snort
Systems Management
1 240 (19.67%) Terraform
2 127 (10.41%) Ansible
3 125 (10.25%) SCCM
4 116 (9.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 115 (9.43%) Kubernetes
6 66 (5.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 62 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
8 43 (3.52%) Grafana
9 41 (3.36%) Prometheus
10 39 (3.20%) SCOM
11 28 (2.30%) vRealize
12 27 (2.21%) vCenter Server
13 25 (2.05%) Kibana
14 21 (1.72%) HP SiteScope
15 18 (1.48%) Proxmox
16 16 (1.31%) Nessus
17 15 (1.23%) WSUS
18 12 (0.98%) NetBackup
19 11 (0.90%) Puppet
20 10 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 545 (44.67%) Microsoft
2 188 (15.41%) VMware
3 102 (8.36%) CyberArk
4 84 (6.89%) Splunk
5 72 (5.90%) ServiceNow
6 69 (5.66%) BeyondTrust
7 60 (4.92%) Citrix
8 55 (4.51%) Cisco
9 42 (3.44%) Google
10 36 (2.95%) Red Hat
11 34 (2.79%) Centrify
12 33 (2.70%) Oracle
13 29 (2.38%) Okta
13 29 (2.38%) Veeam
14 27 (2.21%) Atlassian
15 24 (1.97%) Databricks
16 23 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
17 22 (1.80%) SolarWinds
18 20 (1.64%) Remedy
19 19 (1.56%) Tanium
594 PowerShell jobs in England