Hybrid/Remote PowerShell Engineer Contract Job Trends

PowerShell Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median PowerShell Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £450, 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 308 316 387
Rank change year-on-year +8 +71 +168
Contract jobs requiring a PowerShell Engineer 9 4 8
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.088% 0.033% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.035% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile - - £426
25th Percentile £345 £350 £590
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £745
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -42.95% +65.56%
75th Percentile £475 £528 £768
90th Percentile - £534 -
UK median daily rate £456 £550 £595
% change year-on-year -17.05% -7.56% +34.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,600 11,276 17,244
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.58% 93.15% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,299 7,061 12,021
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 201 389
10th Percentile £15.18 £19.30 £17.14
25th Percentile £21.25 £24.18 £26.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £40.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -20.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.79 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +55.71%

PowerShell Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PowerShell Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

PowerShell Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid PowerShell Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid PowerShell Engineer job vacancies

PowerShell Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PowerShell Engineer over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

PowerShell Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

PowerShell Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring PowerShell Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) API Development
3 3 (33.33%) Relational Database
3 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) Python
4 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (22.22%) vRealize
5 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
5 1 (11.11%) Ansible
5 1 (11.11%) ARM Templates
5 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
5 1 (11.11%) AWS
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
5 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) DNS
5 1 (11.11%) Docker
5 1 (11.11%) Git
5 1 (11.11%) GitHub

PowerShell Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (11.11%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Relational Database
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) VMS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) API Development
1 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
2 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) High Availability
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) vRealize
2 1 (11.11%) Ansible
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft