The first table below looks at the demand for PowerShell skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PowerShell over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows PowerShell
Rank 49 59 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 5 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.874% 0.690% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.923% 1.344% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £125.00
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -76.00%
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
260 372 321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 45.45% 51.31% 51.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 190 145
Average daily rate £328 £313 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.80% -6.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £202 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 46 43
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £33.10 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PowerShell
East of England

PowerShell
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PowerShell across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridgeshire PowerShell Jobs Demand Trend

PowerShell
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PowerShell across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire PowerShell Daily Rate Trend

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PowerShell across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire PowerShell Hourly Rate Trend

PowerShell
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +15 5 £325 - 1
PowerShell
East of England

PowerShell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing PowerShell also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PowerShell.

1 10 (71.43%) Windows
1 10 (71.43%) Citrix
2 8 (57.14%) AppSense
2 8 (57.14%) XenApp
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (42.86%) XenDesktop
4 6 (42.86%) VMware
5 5 (35.71%) Fat Client
5 5 (35.71%) vSphere
5 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
5 5 (35.71%) Thin Client
6 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 4 (28.57%) Release Management
6 4 (28.57%) XenServer
6 4 (28.57%) SCOM
6 4 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (28.57%) Change Control
6 4 (28.57%) Load Balancing
6 4 (28.57%) Wyse
6 4 (28.57%) Build Automation
7 3 (21.43%) CCEE
7 3 (21.43%) IAG
7 3 (21.43%) Puppet
7 3 (21.43%) SLA
7 3 (21.43%) MCSE
7 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (14.29%) VB

PowerShell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing PowerShell also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PowerShell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.143%) IBM Notes
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.143%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
1 1 (7.143%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Web Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) SharePoint Architect
3 1 (7.143%) Citrix Architect
3 1 (7.143%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Implementation Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Rollout Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Fat Client
1 5 (35.71%) Thin Client
2 1 (7.143%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Release Management
1 4 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (28.57%) Change Control
1 4 (28.57%) Load Balancing
1 4 (28.57%) Build Automation
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL V3
2 1 (7.143%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (7.143%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
2 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
2 1 (7.143%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (7.143%) C
2 1 (7.143%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (21.43%) CCEE
2 3 (21.43%) MCSE
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.143%) MCTS
3 1 (7.143%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) XenApp
2 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (42.86%) XenDesktop
4 5 (35.71%) vSphere
4 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
5 4 (28.57%) XenServer
6 3 (21.43%) IAG
7 1 (7.143%) VMware ESX
7 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) SCOM
2 3 (21.43%) Puppet
3 1 (7.143%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Citrix
2 8 (57.14%) AppSense
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (42.86%) VMware
5 4 (28.57%) Wyse
6 1 (7.143%) LANDesk
6 1 (7.143%) Lotus