PowerShell Contracts in the South West

Windows PowerShell
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 46 42
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 86 125 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.02% 3.86% 4.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.68% 18.44% 18.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 81 124
10th Percentile £388 £450 £300
25th Percentile £513 £513 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £626 £700 £669
90th Percentile £705 - £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 9
10th Percentile - - £46.22
25th Percentile - - £53.58
Median hourly rate £82.96 £40.00 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year +107.40% -30.23% +18.25%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £60.70
90th Percentile - £74.44 £92.50
England median hourly rate £73.23 £42.05 £60.00
% change year-on-year +74.17% -29.93% +23.76%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 437 678 937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.50% 20.92% 27.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 450 661
10th Percentile £355 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £623 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £543 £565
% change year-on-year -3.23% -3.98% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 106 89
10th Percentile £61.25 £51.25 £51.25
25th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £60.70
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +6.87% +9.17%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £70.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £78.00
England median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -0.80% - +19.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the South West.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Wiltshire +14 29 £586 -13.15% 11
Gloucestershire +13 29 £615 +6.96% 19
Bristol +16 15 £563 +7.14% 27
Dorset +14 10 £575 +12.20% 5
Devon +13 3 £520 -13.33% 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 17 (19.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (17.44%) SharePoint
3 13 (15.12%) Confluence
4 4 (4.65%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.16%) Apache
5 1 (1.16%) nginx
5 1 (1.16%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (1.16%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (53.49%) Azure
2 25 (29.07%) AWS
3 18 (20.93%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (17.44%) OpenShift
5 10 (11.63%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (6.98%) SaaS
7 4 (4.65%) GCP
8 3 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (3.49%) Google Workspace
8 3 (3.49%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.33%) GitHub
10 1 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.42%) DNS
2 19 (22.09%) DHCP
3 17 (19.77%) TCP/IP
4 15 (17.44%) HTTP
5 11 (12.79%) Skype
6 8 (9.30%) Firewall
7 3 (3.49%) LAN
7 3 (3.49%) Unified Communications
7 3 (3.49%) VPN
7 3 (3.49%) WAN
8 2 (2.33%) NetScaler
8 2 (2.33%) SAN
8 2 (2.33%) VLAN
9 1 (1.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.33%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.16%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (20.93%) Git
1 18 (20.93%) JIRA
2 14 (16.28%) Bitbucket
3 11 (12.79%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.33%) GitLab
5 1 (1.16%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.16%) MSI
General
1 32 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.79%) Finance
3 11 (12.79%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.14%) Electronics
4 7 (8.14%) Manufacturing
4 7 (8.14%) Marketing
4 7 (8.14%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.98%) Legal
6 3 (3.49%) Military
7 1 (1.16%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (13.95%) DevOps Engineer
2 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (10.47%) Automation Engineer
3 9 (10.47%) Senior
4 8 (9.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 8 (9.30%) Platform Engineer
5 7 (8.14%) Wintel Engineer
6 5 (5.81%) Developer
7 4 (4.65%) .NET Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Azure Developer
7 4 (4.65%) C# .NET Developer
7 4 (4.65%) C# Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Lead .NET Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Lead C# Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Lead Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Senior C# .NET Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Senior C# Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.95%) REST
2 10 (11.63%) SOAP
3 6 (6.98%) .NET
4 4 (4.65%) .NET Core
5 3 (3.49%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (1.16%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (1.16%) ARM Templates
7 1 (1.16%) Node.js
7 1 (1.16%) React
7 1 (1.16%) Software Packaging
7 1 (1.16%) Vue
7 1 (1.16%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) PKI
2 4 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.49%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.16%) CESG
5 1 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Replication
5 1 (1.16%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 60 (69.77%) Windows
2 40 (46.51%) Windows Server
3 36 (41.86%) Linux
4 15 (17.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (17.44%) Windows 10
5 9 (10.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (6.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.16%) Android
8 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.16%) Solaris
8 1 (1.16%) VMS
8 1 (1.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.37%) Agile
2 30 (34.88%) Service Management
3 28 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (26.74%) DevOps
5 22 (25.58%) Configuration Management
5 22 (25.58%) NsoIT
6 18 (20.93%) Containerisation
7 17 (19.77%) System Testing
8 16 (18.60%) Deployment Automation
9 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (15.12%) Infrastructure Automation
10 13 (15.12%) Software Engineering
10 13 (15.12%) Validation
11 11 (12.79%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (11.63%) ITIL
12 10 (11.63%) Migration
12 10 (11.63%) Reverse Engineering
13 9 (10.47%) Incident Management
14 8 (9.30%) Critical Thinking
14 8 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 43 (50.00%) Python
2 30 (34.88%) Bash
3 18 (20.93%) SQL
4 17 (19.77%) Java
5 4 (4.65%) C#
6 3 (3.49%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (2.33%) VBScript
8 1 (1.16%) C
8 1 (1.16%) C++
8 1 (1.16%) Go
8 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.16%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (65.12%) Security Cleared
2 42 (48.84%) SC Cleared
3 20 (23.26%) DV Cleared
4 17 (19.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (16.28%) Degree
6 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (11.63%) OCA
7 10 (11.63%) Oracle Certification
8 9 (10.47%) CCNP
8 9 (10.47%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (10.47%) MCSE
8 9 (10.47%) RHCA
8 9 (10.47%) RHCE
9 3 (3.49%) Azure Certification
10 2 (2.33%) CEH
10 2 (2.33%) CISSP
10 2 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (2.33%) MCSA
11 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.16%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) QA
2 2 (2.33%) GDPR
2 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.33%) NIST
2 2 (2.33%) SLA
3 1 (1.16%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 34 (39.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (27.91%) Active Directory
3 23 (26.74%) Hyper-V
4 17 (19.77%) Docker
5 7 (8.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (4.65%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (2.33%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.33%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.16%) BitLocker
8 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (41.86%) Ansible
2 34 (39.53%) Terraform
3 26 (30.23%) Puppet
4 18 (20.93%) Kubernetes
5 10 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (11.63%) Progress Chef
5 10 (11.63%) vCenter Server
6 8 (9.30%) SCCM
7 7 (8.14%) WSUS
8 3 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.33%) PowerCLI
10 1 (1.16%) Grafana
10 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (1.16%) Podman
10 1 (1.16%) Prometheus
10 1 (1.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (50.00%) VMware
2 35 (40.70%) Microsoft
3 17 (19.77%) Red Hat
4 11 (12.79%) Atlassian
4 11 (12.79%) Oracle
5 9 (10.47%) Cisco
6 7 (8.14%) SAP
7 6 (6.98%) Veeam
8 3 (3.49%) Citrix
8 3 (3.49%) Google
9 2 (2.33%) Ivanti
9 2 (2.33%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.33%) Splunk
10 1 (1.16%) ESRI
10 1 (1.16%) Fujitsu
10 1 (1.16%) McAfee
10 1 (1.16%) Rapid7
10 1 (1.16%) Remedy
10 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.16%) Symantec