PowerShell Contracts in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 56 63
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +12
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,026 1,347 1,651
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.93% 3.60% 3.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.68% 11.72% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 966 1,162
10th Percentile £325 £350 £326
25th Percentile £425 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £688
90th Percentile £698 £688 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 29 22
10th Percentile £25.95 £33.23 £27.07
25th Percentile £41.56 £40.00 £50.50
Median hourly rate £64.25 £43.84 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.56% -26.93% +19.52%
75th Percentile £112.22 £68.00 £68.81
90th Percentile £200.00 £74.44 £84.64
UK median hourly rate £63.50 £43.84 £60.70
% change year-on-year +44.84% -27.78% +19.56%

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 8,788 11,494 16,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.66% 30.75% 34.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,065 8,224 11,759
10th Percentile £352 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £540 £555
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -2.70% +0.18%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.60% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 481 407
10th Percentile £28.18 £35.52 £28.84
25th Percentile £36.19 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £56.38 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +4.00% +18.99%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £81.48 £77.50 £80.55
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +19.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

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 July 2025. 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 -21 446 £525 - 448
South East +3 189 £575 +4.55% 223
North of England +10 117 £450 -10.00% 149
Midlands +11 88 £460 +2.22% 102
South West -3 76 £575 -4.17% 66
West Midlands +12 70 £460 +2.22% 60
East of England +67 69 £550 +37.50% 114
North West +3 60 £448 -1.92% 83
Yorkshire +15 56 £475 -14.80% 57
East Midlands -1 18 £475 - 42
North East -5 1 £350 -26.32% 9
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 115 (11.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (8.67%) SharePoint
3 32 (3.12%) Confluence
4 26 (2.53%) IIS
5 25 (2.44%) IBM Domino
6 20 (1.95%) Skype for Business
7 11 (1.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.88%) Apache
8 9 (0.88%) Mattermost
9 6 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.49%) SharePoint 2010
11 4 (0.39%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.39%) nginx
12 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.097%) DataSynapse
13 1 (0.097%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.097%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.097%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.68%) InfoPath
4 6 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.19%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 1 (0.097%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.097%) Endur
3 1 (0.097%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.097%) Findur
3 1 (0.097%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 490 (47.76%) Azure
2 208 (20.27%) AWS
3 184 (17.93%) Microsoft 365
4 152 (14.81%) Entra ID
5 136 (13.26%) Azure DevOps
6 85 (8.28%) GCP
7 72 (7.02%) GitHub
8 59 (5.75%) Power Platform
9 56 (5.46%) Azure Monitor
10 52 (5.07%) IaaS
11 49 (4.78%) Azure Sentinel
12 48 (4.68%) SaaS
13 47 (4.58%) Azure AKS
13 47 (4.58%) PaaS
14 37 (3.61%) OneDrive
15 36 (3.51%) Serverless
16 33 (3.22%) OpenShift
17 30 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
17 30 (2.92%) Power Automate
18 26 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 174 (16.96%) Firewall
2 161 (15.69%) DNS
3 68 (6.63%) DHCP
4 55 (5.36%) VPN
5 53 (5.17%) Network Security
6 46 (4.48%) SMTP
7 38 (3.70%) TCP/IP
8 37 (3.61%) SAN
9 34 (3.31%) HTTP
10 27 (2.63%) Cisco IOS
11 25 (2.44%) Skype
12 23 (2.24%) WAN
13 21 (2.05%) SSL
13 21 (2.05%) VLAN
14 15 (1.46%) FTP
14 15 (1.46%) LAN
15 13 (1.27%) Unified Communications
16 12 (1.17%) Intrusion Detection
16 12 (1.17%) NAS
16 12 (1.17%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (7.31%) SQL Server
2 42 (4.09%) Power BI
3 35 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (2.05%) Big Data
6 20 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (1.75%) NoSQL
9 16 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.46%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.78%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.68%) Redis
14 6 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.58%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.39%) Apache Hive
15 4 (0.39%) Delta Lake
15 4 (0.39%) MySQL
16 3 (0.29%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 96 (9.36%) Git
2 82 (7.99%) Jenkins
3 59 (5.75%) JIRA
4 44 (4.29%) GitLab
5 30 (2.92%) MSI
6 22 (2.14%) Bitbucket
7 21 (2.05%) SonarQube
8 13 (1.27%) Artifactory
8 13 (1.27%) Selenium
9 12 (1.17%) Vagrant
10 10 (0.97%) Maven
10 10 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
10 10 (0.97%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.68%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.68%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.58%) JUnit
13 4 (0.39%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.39%) Snyk
14 3 (0.29%) Chocolatey
General
1 285 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 188 (18.32%) Finance
3 101 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 93 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (4.68%) Telecoms
6 47 (4.58%) Banking
7 41 (4.00%) Manufacturing
8 40 (3.90%) Marketing
9 39 (3.80%) Electronics
10 26 (2.53%) Games
11 21 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.75%) Legal
14 13 (1.27%) Investment Banking
15 12 (1.17%) Law
16 10 (0.97%) Military
16 10 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.68%) Back Office
19 5 (0.49%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 113 (11.01%) Architect
2 94 (9.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 91 (8.87%) DevOps Engineer
4 76 (7.41%) Analyst
5 71 (6.92%) Senior
6 68 (6.63%) Azure Engineer
7 65 (6.34%) Platform Engineer
8 45 (4.39%) Support Engineer
9 43 (4.19%) Security Engineer
10 40 (3.90%) Developer
10 40 (3.90%) Lead
10 40 (3.90%) Windows Engineer
11 37 (3.61%) Consultant
12 31 (3.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 30 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 26 (2.53%) Active Directory Architect
15 24 (2.34%) Desktop Engineer
16 22 (2.14%) Infrastructure Specialist
17 21 (2.05%) Automation Engineer
17 21 (2.05%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (6.24%) .NET
2 50 (4.87%) REST
3 29 (2.83%) ARM Templates
4 22 (2.14%) YAML
5 21 (2.05%) OAuth
5 21 (2.05%) SAML
6 20 (1.95%) .NET Core
6 20 (1.95%) JSON
6 20 (1.95%) OpenID
7 19 (1.85%) SailPoint
7 19 (1.85%) SOAP
8 18 (1.75%) Middleware
8 18 (1.75%) React
9 17 (1.66%) Software Packaging
10 16 (1.56%) Web Services
11 15 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (1.46%) LDAP
12 12 (1.17%) ADO
12 12 (1.17%) HTML
12 12 (1.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.56%) PKI
2 33 (3.22%) Data Centre
3 31 (3.02%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.92%) Cloud Native
5 29 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 27 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 25 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
8 24 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
9 23 (2.24%) Clustering
9 23 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (1.85%) Product Ownership
12 18 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.75%) Replication
12 18 (1.75%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.46%) Private Cloud
15 10 (0.97%) Public Cloud
16 9 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
17 7 (0.68%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 513 (50.00%) Windows
2 232 (22.61%) Windows Server
3 195 (19.01%) Linux
4 97 (9.45%) Windows 10
5 48 (4.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 39 (3.80%) Android
7 37 (3.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 36 (3.51%) Mac OS
9 31 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (1.56%) VMS
11 15 (1.46%) Apple iOS
11 15 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (1.17%) Unix
13 11 (1.07%) Ubuntu
13 11 (1.07%) Windows 7
13 11 (1.07%) Windows Server 2003
14 9 (0.88%) Amazon Linux
15 8 (0.78%) CentOS
16 6 (0.58%) Solaris
17 3 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (27.97%) DevOps
2 242 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
3 214 (20.86%) Agile
4 177 (17.25%) CI/CD
5 156 (15.20%) Migration
6 150 (14.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 139 (13.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 100 (9.75%) Identity Access Management
9 95 (9.26%) ITIL
10 93 (9.06%) Configuration Management
10 93 (9.06%) SIEM
11 81 (7.89%) Containerisation
12 77 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
13 71 (6.92%) Deployment Automation
13 71 (6.92%) Task Automation
14 70 (6.82%) Cloud Security
14 70 (6.82%) Test Automation
15 69 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
16 64 (6.24%) High Availability
17 57 (5.56%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 378 (36.84%) Python
2 195 (19.01%) Bash
3 173 (16.86%) SQL
4 116 (11.31%) C#
5 66 (6.43%) Java
6 62 (6.04%) Bicep
7 58 (5.65%) JavaScript
8 32 (3.12%) Perl
9 22 (2.14%) VBScript
10 19 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
11 17 (1.66%) Groovy
12 16 (1.56%) C++
13 15 (1.46%) Shell Script
14 13 (1.27%) VB
15 12 (1.17%) PL/SQL
15 12 (1.17%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.17%) TypeScript
16 11 (1.07%) Go
17 9 (0.88%) PHP
18 8 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 353 (34.41%) Security Cleared
2 210 (20.47%) SC Cleared
3 133 (12.96%) DV Cleared
4 84 (8.19%) Degree
5 56 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 46 (4.48%) Azure Certification
7 37 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (3.12%) CISSP
9 27 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.75%) CEH
12 15 (1.46%) CCNP
12 15 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (1.27%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.17%) CISM
14 12 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.17%) VCAP
15 11 (1.07%) GCIH
16 10 (0.97%) OCA
16 10 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.04%) GDPR
2 45 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (3.70%) NIST
4 34 (3.31%) HIPAA
5 25 (2.44%) QA
6 15 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (1.27%) SLA
8 11 (1.07%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.58%) NCSC
10 3 (0.29%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.097%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.097%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.097%) EMIR
12 1 (0.097%) GRC
12 1 (0.097%) ITGC
12 1 (0.097%) SOC 1
System Software
1 363 (35.38%) Active Directory
2 129 (12.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 99 (9.65%) Docker
4 47 (4.58%) Hyper-V
5 41 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
6 35 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
7 32 (3.12%) vSphere
8 31 (3.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 24 (2.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 24 (2.34%) Virtual Servers
10 22 (2.14%) Microsoft App-V
11 17 (1.66%) BitLocker
12 16 (1.56%) VMware NSX
13 12 (1.17%) XenDesktop
14 10 (0.97%) Terminal Services
15 8 (0.78%) XenApp
16 6 (0.58%) DFS Replication
17 4 (0.39%) Platform Symphony
18 3 (0.29%) NFS
18 3 (0.29%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 227 (22.12%) Terraform
2 194 (18.91%) Ansible
3 144 (14.04%) SCCM
4 136 (13.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 130 (12.67%) Kubernetes
6 61 (5.95%) Puppet
7 47 (4.58%) WSUS
8 38 (3.70%) Grafana
9 37 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
10 36 (3.51%) vCenter Server
11 34 (3.31%) Progress Chef
12 25 (2.44%) Prometheus
13 19 (1.85%) SCOM
14 14 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (1.07%) Nessus
16 10 (0.97%) Kibana
16 10 (0.97%) PowerCLI
16 10 (0.97%) vMotion
16 10 (0.97%) vRealize
16 10 (0.97%) WMI
Vendors
1 468 (45.61%) Microsoft
2 183 (17.84%) VMware
3 94 (9.16%) Splunk
4 85 (8.28%) Cisco
5 66 (6.43%) ServiceNow
6 50 (4.87%) Oracle
7 49 (4.78%) Citrix
8 47 (4.58%) SAP
9 46 (4.48%) Red Hat
10 40 (3.90%) Google
11 32 (3.12%) Dell
12 31 (3.02%) CyberArk
13 25 (2.44%) HP
13 25 (2.44%) NetApp
14 24 (2.34%) Meraki
15 20 (1.95%) Databricks
16 19 (1.85%) Okta
17 16 (1.56%) SolarWinds
18 14 (1.36%) Atlassian
19 13 (1.27%) Veeam