PowerShell Contract Job Trends in Reading

Windows PowerShell
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring PowerShell skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 36 32
Rank change year-on-year -12 -4 +44
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 16 56 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.80% 5.09% 5.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.36% 21.88% 22.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 46 59
10th Percentile £469 £469 £463
25th Percentile £500 £566 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% +0.83% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £638
90th Percentile £640 £622 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £605 £600
% change year-on-year -17.36% +0.83% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £63.93 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £58.49 £48.40
% change year-on-year - +20.85% -47.68%

All Programming Languages
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 171 256 283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 29.90% 23.27% 24.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 183 217
10th Percentile £365 £385 £370
25th Percentile £450 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £605 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% +5.22% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £650
90th Percentile £625 £663 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -13.79% +5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £71.31 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year - -9.95% -
Berkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £58.49 £52.15
% change year-on-year -66.66% +12.17% -39.54%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in Reading

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Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PowerShell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PowerShell

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Reading over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Reading

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PowerShell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PowerShell

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) AWS
3 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (25.00%) GitHub
4 2 (12.50%) IaaS
5 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (6.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) NetScaler
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.25%) MySQL
1 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
1 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (6.25%) RDBMS
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (31.25%) Legal
2 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Database Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) SailPoint
2 1 (6.25%) OAuth
2 1 (6.25%) OpenID
2 1 (6.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 4 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Clustering
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (6.25%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Forensic Analysis
1 7 (43.75%) Incident Response
1 7 (43.75%) SIEM
1 7 (43.75%) Threat Intelligence
2 6 (37.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (31.25%) Data Privacy
3 5 (31.25%) DevOps
3 5 (31.25%) Malware Analysis
3 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
3 5 (31.25%) Task Automation
4 4 (25.00%) Behavioural Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
5 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (18.75%) Migration
6 2 (12.50%) Agile
6 2 (12.50%) Analytics
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) Bash
2 2 (12.50%) BeanShell
2 2 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CISSP
1 7 (43.75%) GCIH
2 6 (37.50%) CFCE
2 6 (37.50%) GCFA
2 6 (37.50%) GCIA
3 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) GIAC
5 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (6.25%) JNCIP
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (6.25%) OCP
6 1 (6.25%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) VCAP
6 1 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (37.50%) GDPR
2 6 (37.50%) NIST
3 4 (25.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Docker
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
2 1 (6.25%) vSphere
2 1 (6.25%) XenApp
2 1 (6.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Terraform
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (6.25%) Ansible
4 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (6.25%) SCCM
4 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (6.25%) vRealize
4 1 (6.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Splunk
3 6 (37.50%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (31.25%) ArcSight
4 5 (31.25%) LogRhythm
5 1 (6.25%) Citrix
5 1 (6.25%) CyberArk
5 1 (6.25%) Databricks
5 1 (6.25%) Intel
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (6.25%) VMware