PowerShell Engineer Contract Job Trends

PowerShell Engineer
UK

The median PowerShell Engineer daily rate in the UK is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 539 610
Rank change year-on-year -26 +71 +153
Contract jobs requiring a PowerShell Engineer 25 16 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.044% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.048% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 16
10th Percentile £345 £388 £381
25th Percentile £405 £516 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% -7.56% +34.62%
75th Percentile £488 £594 £675
90th Percentile £505 £625 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate - £350 £375
% change year-on-year - -6.67% -15.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 32,472 33,653 43,373
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.95% 92.85% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,595 20,286 29,396
10th Percentile £279 £300 £290
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £648
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,912 1,252 1,544
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +55.71%
75th Percentile £55.12 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.14 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +86.55%

PowerShell Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PowerShell Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

PowerShell Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PowerShell Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PowerShell Engineer job vacancies in the UK

PowerShell Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell Engineer over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell Engineer in the UK

PowerShell Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PowerShell Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PowerShell Engineer job vacancies in the UK

PowerShell Engineer
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 November 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
England -29 19 £469 -14.77%
London +3 17 £469 -17.04%
Work from Home +8 9 £450 +5.88% 1
Scotland +2 3 - -
UK excluding London -39 3 - -

PowerShell Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, PowerShell Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring PowerShell Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (48.00%) SQL
3 10 (40.00%) Azure
4 9 (36.00%) Python
5 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
5 8 (32.00%) VMware
5 8 (32.00%) Windows
6 7 (28.00%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (28.00%) Forcepoint
6 7 (28.00%) Linux
6 7 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (28.00%) Network Security
6 7 (28.00%) Security Operations
6 7 (28.00%) SIEM
7 6 (24.00%) API Development
7 6 (24.00%) Relational Database
7 6 (24.00%) SCCM
7 6 (24.00%) Software Engineering
7 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
8 4 (16.00%) Configuration Management
8 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (16.00%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (12.00%) Windows 10
10 2 (8.00%) Application Packaging
10 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (8.00%) Citrix
10 2 (8.00%) DevOps
10 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
10 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared

PowerShell Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (4.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 10 (40.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) Network Security
2 1 (4.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) Relational Database
1 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Git
1 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.00%) Banking
3 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Hedge funds
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Linux
3 3 (12.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.00%) VMS
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (28.00%) Security Operations
1 7 (28.00%) SIEM
2 6 (24.00%) API Development
2 6 (24.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.00%) Configuration Management
4 2 (8.00%) Application Packaging
4 2 (8.00%) DevOps
5 1 (4.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (4.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (4.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.00%) High Availability
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (4.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.00%) Migration
5 1 (4.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (48.00%) SQL
3 9 (36.00%) Python
4 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (8.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (16.00%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (4.00%) Docker
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.00%) Terraform
2 2 (8.00%) vRealize
3 1 (4.00%) Ansible
3 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) VMware
2 7 (28.00%) CrowdStrike
2 7 (28.00%) Forcepoint
3 2 (8.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.00%) Databricks
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft