PowerShell Contracts in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PowerShell skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PowerShell over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 62 69
Rank change year-on-year +5 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,249 1,780 2,381
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.40% 3.63% 3.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.49% 10.34% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 1,253 1,667
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £702
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 26
10th Percentile £25.18 £26.48 £33.13
25th Percentile £40.00 £52.50 £42.56
Median hourly rate £40.13 £59.90 £50.49
Median % change year-on-year -33.01% +18.65% +26.21%
75th Percentile £46.34 £68.81 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.80 £86.25 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £50.49
% change year-on-year -33.13% +18.85% +9.75%

All Programming Languages
England

PowerShell is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,868 17,213 25,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.56% 35.15% 36.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,897 12,563 19,043
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 443 423 453
10th Percentile £37.78 £26.09 £20.05
25th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year - +22.91% +18.26%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.43 £61.84 £50.50
% change year-on-year +0.95% +22.45% +16.09%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in England.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
London +15 679 £525 -12.50% 201
South East +26 240 £550 +1.80% 114
North of England -16 107 £500 - 75
South West -22 107 £600 +13.74% 46
North West -28 68 £450 -14.29% 40
Midlands -15 67 £400 -20.00% 49
West Midlands -15 51 £375 -28.57% 32
Yorkshire +6 31 £569 +19.74% 26
East Midlands +6 16 £531 +19.38% 17
East of England -38 14 £450 -10.00% 41
North East +21 8 £475 -32.14% 9
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UK

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 131 (10.49%) SharePoint
2 129 (10.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 67 (5.36%) Confluence
4 35 (2.80%) IIS
5 14 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (1.04%) Apache
7 12 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2007
7 12 (0.96%) nginx
7 12 (0.96%) Skype for Business
8 11 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
8 11 (0.88%) Tomcat
9 9 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
10 8 (0.64%) SharePoint 2010
10 8 (0.64%) Site Server
11 6 (0.48%) JBoss
12 3 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.24%) WordPress
13 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 36 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (0.88%) Aladdin
1 11 (0.88%) SimCorp Dimension
2 6 (0.48%) Temenos T24
3 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.080%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.080%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.080%) Endur
5 1 (0.080%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.080%) Front Arena
5 1 (0.080%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.080%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 664 (53.16%) Azure
2 260 (20.82%) Azure DevOps
3 242 (19.38%) Microsoft 365
4 180 (14.41%) AWS
5 171 (13.69%) Entra ID
6 95 (7.61%) Power Platform
7 70 (5.60%) GCP
8 61 (4.88%) GitHub
9 55 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
10 54 (4.32%) PaaS
11 49 (3.92%) PowerApps
12 48 (3.84%) IaaS
13 45 (3.60%) OneDrive
14 41 (3.28%) Serverless
15 38 (3.04%) Azure Functions
16 36 (2.88%) Power Automate
16 36 (2.88%) SaaS
17 35 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
18 33 (2.64%) Azure Key Vault
19 31 (2.48%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 177 (14.17%) DNS
2 146 (11.69%) Firewall
3 113 (9.05%) DHCP
4 66 (5.28%) SAN
5 60 (4.80%) VPN
6 47 (3.76%) TCP/IP
7 40 (3.20%) LAN
8 39 (3.12%) WAN
9 24 (1.92%) VLAN
10 23 (1.84%) HTTP
10 23 (1.84%) NAS
11 21 (1.68%) Network Security
11 21 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (1.44%) Skype
13 15 (1.20%) Kerberos
14 14 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
14 14 (1.12%) Wireless
15 13 (1.04%) Internet
15 13 (1.04%) NetScaler
16 10 (0.80%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (20.02%) SQL Server
2 67 (5.36%) Power BI
3 42 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 39 (3.12%) Relational Database
6 28 (2.24%) MySQL
7 25 (2.00%) Data Lake
8 23 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (1.76%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 19 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
12 17 (1.36%) Big Data
12 17 (1.36%) Redis
12 17 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.96%) Metadata
13 12 (0.96%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.80%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.80%) Tableau
15 9 (0.72%) GIS
16 7 (0.56%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 122 (9.77%) Jenkins
2 89 (7.13%) JIRA
3 84 (6.73%) Git
4 63 (5.04%) GitLab
5 40 (3.20%) Visual Studio
6 36 (2.88%) Bitbucket
7 32 (2.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 30 (2.40%) TeamCity
9 29 (2.32%) SpecFlow
10 25 (2.00%) Selenium
11 24 (1.92%) Artifactory
12 21 (1.68%) MSI
12 21 (1.68%) Robot Framework
13 16 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
14 14 (1.12%) Subversion
15 13 (1.04%) SonarQube
16 12 (0.96%) WebDriver
17 8 (0.64%) Burp Suite
17 8 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
17 8 (0.64%) Travis CI
General
1 301 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 203 (16.25%) Finance
3 123 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 73 (5.84%) Banking
6 44 (3.52%) Front Office
7 26 (2.08%) Aerospace
8 25 (2.00%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.00%) Legal
9 21 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 20 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.52%) Marketing
12 17 (1.36%) Electronics
12 17 (1.36%) Local Government
13 16 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (0.96%) Back Office
14 12 (0.96%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 202 (16.17%) Developer
2 176 (14.09%) Senior
3 115 (9.21%) Architect
4 107 (8.57%) DevOps Engineer
5 98 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 94 (7.53%) Azure Engineer
7 83 (6.65%) Senior Developer
8 75 (6.00%) Analyst
9 68 (5.44%) Support Engineer
10 60 (4.80%) Software Developer
11 51 (4.08%) Consultant
11 51 (4.08%) Security Engineer
12 48 (3.84%) Senior Software Developer
13 42 (3.36%) Administrator
14 41 (3.28%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 38 (3.04%) Lead
16 37 (2.96%) Backend Developer
16 37 (2.96%) Cloud Engineer
17 36 (2.88%) Azure Developer
18 35 (2.80%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (18.73%) .NET
2 128 (10.25%) XML
3 71 (5.68%) .NET Framework
4 67 (5.36%) .NET Core
4 67 (5.36%) ARM Templates
5 50 (4.00%) JSON
6 46 (3.68%) ASP.NET
6 46 (3.68%) YAML
7 41 (3.28%) REST
8 40 (3.20%) CSS
9 37 (2.96%) AngularJS
10 35 (2.80%) HTML
11 31 (2.48%) React
12 30 (2.40%) LDAP
13 22 (1.76%) Middleware
14 21 (1.68%) ASP.NET Core
14 21 (1.68%) SAML
15 18 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
15 18 (1.44%) Web Services
16 17 (1.36%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.69%) PKI
2 62 (4.96%) Data Centre
3 50 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.28%) Clustering
5 33 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (2.24%) Public Cloud
8 27 (2.16%) Client/Server
9 22 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (1.52%) Replication
11 15 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 15 (1.20%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (1.12%) Hedge funds
12 14 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 11 (0.88%) Mobile App
15 10 (0.80%) CMDB
15 10 (0.80%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 535 (42.83%) Windows
2 265 (21.22%) Windows Server
3 239 (19.14%) Linux
4 109 (8.73%) Windows 10
5 87 (6.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 68 (5.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 62 (4.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 57 (4.56%) Unix
9 56 (4.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 20 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
11 18 (1.44%) Windows Server 2003
12 17 (1.36%) Windows XP
13 15 (1.20%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.20%) Windows 7
14 13 (1.04%) CentOS
14 13 (1.04%) Mac OS
14 13 (1.04%) VMS
15 12 (0.96%) Solaris
16 9 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
17 7 (0.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (36.03%) DevOps
2 350 (28.02%) Agile
3 312 (24.98%) CI/CD
4 198 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (13.45%) Scrum
6 162 (12.97%) Migration
7 158 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
7 158 (12.65%) ITIL
8 130 (10.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 102 (8.17%) Task Automation
10 97 (7.77%) Test Automation
11 86 (6.89%) Configuration Management
12 77 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
12 77 (6.16%) Software Engineering
13 76 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
14 74 (5.92%) Deployment Automation
15 72 (5.76%) Continuous Integration
16 71 (5.68%) B2C
16 71 (5.68%) Disaster Recovery
17 66 (5.28%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 391 (31.31%) Python
2 238 (19.06%) C#
3 236 (18.90%) SQL
4 135 (10.81%) Bash
5 85 (6.81%) JavaScript
6 83 (6.65%) Bicep
7 78 (6.24%) Java
8 64 (5.12%) VBScript
9 31 (2.48%) VB
10 27 (2.16%) Shell Script
11 22 (1.76%) C++
12 21 (1.68%) Perl
13 20 (1.60%) T-SQL
14 18 (1.44%) Go
15 16 (1.28%) TypeScript
16 15 (1.20%) C
17 11 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
18 10 (0.80%) Ruby
19 9 (0.72%) Korn
20 7 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 336 (26.90%) Security Cleared
2 206 (16.49%) SC Cleared
3 153 (12.25%) Degree
4 151 (12.09%) DV Cleared
5 47 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 39 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.40%) Azure Certification
8 25 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (1.68%) CCNP
9 21 (1.68%) MCSE
10 20 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (1.52%) CCNA
12 18 (1.44%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 10 (0.80%) CISSP
15 6 (0.48%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.40%) CISM
17 4 (0.32%) MCTS
18 3 (0.24%) CEH
18 3 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.36%) QA
2 31 (2.48%) SLA
3 23 (1.84%) PCI DSS
4 21 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.20%) GDPR
6 12 (0.96%) NIST
7 11 (0.88%) Data Quality
8 9 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.56%) RMADS
10 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.24%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.080%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.080%) GLBA
13 1 (0.080%) GRC
13 1 (0.080%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.080%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 406 (32.51%) Active Directory
2 165 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 95 (7.61%) Docker
4 58 (4.64%) Hyper-V
5 49 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
6 46 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
7 39 (3.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 32 (2.56%) vSphere
9 30 (2.40%) VMware NSX
10 26 (2.08%) XenApp
11 13 (1.04%) BitLocker
11 13 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
12 11 (0.88%) XenDesktop
13 10 (0.80%) Microsoft App-V
14 9 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 8 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.40%) Firmware
16 5 (0.40%) NFS
17 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.32%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 235 (18.82%) Terraform
2 214 (17.13%) Ansible
3 142 (11.37%) SCCM
4 122 (9.77%) Kubernetes
5 105 (8.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 59 (4.72%) Puppet
7 53 (4.24%) WSUS
8 49 (3.92%) SCOM
8 49 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
9 40 (3.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 35 (2.80%) Progress Chef
11 34 (2.72%) Grafana
12 32 (2.56%) vCenter Server
13 28 (2.24%) NetBackup
14 26 (2.08%) EMC NetWorker
14 26 (2.08%) PowerCLI
15 24 (1.92%) Prometheus
16 21 (1.68%) ITRS Geneos
17 18 (1.44%) WMI
18 16 (1.28%) Nagios
Vendors
1 537 (42.99%) Microsoft
2 212 (16.97%) VMware
3 94 (7.53%) Oracle
4 62 (4.96%) Citrix
5 57 (4.56%) Dell
6 56 (4.48%) HP
7 54 (4.32%) Cisco
8 43 (3.44%) Splunk
9 42 (3.36%) ServiceNow
10 40 (3.20%) Atlassian
11 38 (3.04%) Red Hat
12 36 (2.88%) EMC
13 28 (2.24%) IBM
13 28 (2.24%) Veeam
14 27 (2.16%) Symantec
15 26 (2.08%) Palo Alto
16 23 (1.84%) ArcSight
16 23 (1.84%) Dynatrace
16 23 (1.84%) SAP
17 20 (1.60%) Juniper