PowerShell Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Windows PowerShell
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring PowerShell skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 40 36
Rank change year-on-year +14 -4 +13
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 20 12 22
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 6.06% 4.17% 4.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.83% 16.67% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 17
10th Percentile £448 £200 £378
25th Percentile £450 £359 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £575 £503 £538
90th Percentile £610 £510 £610
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% +40.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.17 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £36.17 -

All Programming Languages
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 96 72 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 29.09% 25.00% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 51 133
10th Percentile £316 £238 £330
25th Percentile £375 £405 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £560 £600 £575
90th Percentile £575 £675 £643
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £462 £500
% change year-on-year -2.60% -7.60% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.17 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £45.58 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -34.88% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PowerShell relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

PowerShell job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PowerShell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PowerShell

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PowerShell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PowerShell

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 5 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (20.00%) GitHub
5 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (15.00%) PowerApps
6 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (5.00%) AWS
7 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Cisco IOS
1 6 (30.00%) Firewall
2 3 (15.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 6 (30.00%) Games
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Platform Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) CSS
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
1 2 (10.00%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) PKI
2 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Android
2 6 (30.00%) Mac OS
3 3 (15.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (20.00%) Agile
2 4 (20.00%) AI
2 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (20.00%) DevOps
2 4 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (15.00%) AI Transformation
3 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (15.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Change Control
4 2 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) C#
2 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (55.00%) SCCM
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (15.00%) Ansible
3 3 (15.00%) PaperCut
3 3 (15.00%) Podman
3 3 (15.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) Splunk
3 6 (30.00%) Cisco
3 6 (30.00%) Meraki
4 3 (15.00%) Autodesk
4 3 (15.00%) Citrix
4 3 (15.00%) Zscaler
5 2 (10.00%) Tanium