The first table below looks at the demand for PowerShell skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PowerShell over the 3 months to 18 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 Lancashire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows PowerShell
Rank 29 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.333% 0.234% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.225% 0.730% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £328
% change year-on-year
- +6.87%
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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
71 137 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 31.56% 32.01% 34.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 80 48
Average daily rate £290 £360 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.44% +9.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £285 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £460 £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 11
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -42.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PowerShell
North West

PowerShell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 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
Chorley - 1 £350 -
Preston - - - -
PowerShell
North West

PowerShell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 7 (63.64%) MS Exchange
1 7 (63.64%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (45.45%) F5
2 5 (45.45%) Apple iOS
2 5 (45.45%) IronPort
3 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (18.18%) Software Deployment
4 2 (18.18%) VMware Server
4 2 (18.18%) XenApp
4 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (18.18%) InfoPath
4 2 (18.18%) VB
4 2 (18.18%) .NET
4 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
4 2 (18.18%) C
4 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
4 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) DHCP
4 2 (18.18%) DNS
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
4 2 (18.18%) HP
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification

PowerShell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
2 1 (9.091%) CSS
2 1 (9.091%) SOAP
2 1 (9.091%) Web Services
2 1 (9.091%) Silverlight
2 1 (9.091%) jQuery
2 1 (9.091%) soapUI
2 1 (9.091%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (63.64%) MS Exchange
1 7 (63.64%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (27.27%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
1 2 (18.18%) InfoPath
2 1 (9.091%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (9.091%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Eclipse
1 1 (9.091%) Selenium
1 1 (9.091%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (9.091%) WebDriver
1 1 (9.091%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Consultant
1 5 (45.45%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Exchange Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Wintel Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Automation Tester
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Tester
4 1 (9.091%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Apple iOS
2 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Software Deployment
2 1 (9.091%) Migration
2 1 (9.091%) Scrum
2 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C
1 2 (18.18%) VB
2 1 (9.091%) C#
2 1 (9.091%) Java
2 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
3 1 (9.091%) ISEB
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Server
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (18.18%) XenApp
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) IronPort
1 5 (45.45%) F5
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
2 2 (18.18%) Symantec
2 2 (18.18%) VMware