The first table below looks at the demand for PowerShell skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PowerShell over the 3 months to 22 May 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows PowerShell
Rank 158 191 244
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +53
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 279 266 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.269% 0.973% 0.646%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.107% 2.588% 1.523%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 173 148
Average daily rate £425 £370 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.86% -12.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £284
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £512 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £354 £330
% change year-on-year
-2.47% +7.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £40.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8980 10278 12998
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.83% 37.59% 42.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6494 6973 8770
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 158 178
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.75 £18.00 £18.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
PowerShell
England

PowerShell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London PowerShell Daily Rate Trend

PowerShell
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PowerShell across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London PowerShell Daily Rate Histogram

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London PowerShell Hourly Rate Trend

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PowerShell across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London PowerShell Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
City of London +33 89 £370 -15.42%
Canary Wharf 0 6 £600 +108.69%
Docklands, London +2 3 £400 +14.28%
Wembley - 3 £375 -
Ealing - 1 £260 -
Greenwich - 1 £425 -
PowerShell
England

PowerShell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 354 (74.53%) Windows
2 214 (45.05%) Active Directory
3 193 (40.63%) Microsoft
4 170 (35.79%) Windows Server 2008
5 159 (33.47%) VMware
6 109 (22.95%) Banking
7 106 (22.32%) SQL Server
8 105 (22.11%) SQL
9 100 (21.05%) Citrix
9 100 (21.05%) SCCM
10 93 (19.58%) MS Exchange
11 92 (19.37%) Windows Server 2003
12 89 (18.74%) Windows 7
13 87 (18.32%) Finance
14 86 (18.11%) IIS
15 85 (17.89%) .NET
16 83 (17.47%) VBScript
17 82 (17.26%) SCOM
17 82 (17.26%) VMware Infrastructure
18 81 (17.05%) C#
19 76 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2010
20 75 (15.79%) Migration
21 73 (15.37%) ITIL
22 68 (14.32%) VB
23 64 (13.47%) SharePoint
24 55 (11.58%) DNS
25 52 (10.95%) Investment Banking
26 50 (10.53%) AppSense
26 50 (10.53%) VMware ESX
26 50 (10.53%) SAN

PowerShell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 85 (17.89%) .NET
2 39 (8.211%) ASP.NET
3 32 (6.737%) Application Packaging
4 31 (6.526%) XML
5 18 (3.789%) Middleware
5 18 (3.789%) CSS
5 18 (3.789%) Web Services
6 17 (3.579%) HTML
7 15 (3.158%) WSH
8 12 (2.526%) jQuery
9 11 (2.316%) XSLT
10 10 (2.105%) WCF
11 9 (1.895%) .NET Framework
12 8 (1.684%) LINQ
12 8 (1.684%) STL
12 8 (1.684%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 5 (1.053%) XHTML
13 5 (1.053%) COM
14 3 (0.632%) ASP.NET MVC
14 3 (0.632%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 93 (19.58%) MS Exchange
2 86 (18.11%) IIS
3 76 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 64 (13.47%) SharePoint
5 41 (8.632%) Exchange Server 2003
6 39 (8.211%) SharePoint 2010
7 35 (7.368%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 20 (4.211%) Lync
9 18 (3.789%) BizTalk Server
9 18 (3.789%) Exchange Server 2007
10 16 (3.368%) Lotus Notes
11 13 (2.737%) Lotus Domino
12 12 (2.526%) Exchange Server 2013
13 11 (2.316%) Apache
14 10 (2.105%) Office Communications Server
14 10 (2.105%) Tomcat
14 10 (2.105%) Confluence
15 8 (1.684%) SharePoint 2013
16 7 (1.474%) WebLogic
16 7 (1.474%) ESB
Applications
1 36 (7.579%) MS Excel
2 23 (4.842%) MS Office
3 18 (3.789%) InfoPath
4 16 (3.368%) Office 365
5 2 (0.421%) Mingle
6 1 (0.211%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.211%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.211%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.263%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.421%) Summit
2 2 (0.421%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.211%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.211%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.211%) LatentZero
3 1 (0.211%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 55 (11.58%) DNS
2 50 (10.53%) SAN
3 46 (9.684%) TCP/IP
4 36 (7.579%) DHCP
5 32 (6.737%) SMTP
6 24 (5.053%) Firewall
6 24 (5.053%) NetScaler
7 19 (4.000%) SSL
8 17 (3.579%) NAS
8 17 (3.579%) LDAP
9 14 (2.947%) POP3
10 13 (2.737%) HTTP
11 12 (2.526%) Internet
12 11 (2.316%) VoIP
12 11 (2.316%) VLAN
13 10 (2.105%) Kerberos
14 9 (1.895%) WAN
14 9 (1.895%) LAN
14 9 (1.895%) iSCSI
15 8 (1.684%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (22.32%) SQL Server
2 37 (7.789%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (5.053%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (4.211%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (3.579%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (1.684%) MySQL
7 7 (1.474%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.053%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (0.842%) DTS
10 3 (0.632%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.632%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.632%) SQL CLR
10 3 (0.632%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.632%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.632%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.632%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.632%) Oracle 11g
11 2 (0.421%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 2 (0.421%) TOAD
12 1 (0.211%) Redis
Development Applications
1 35 (7.368%) Team Foundation Server
2 31 (6.526%) MSI
3 25 (5.263%) Visual Studio
4 19 (4.000%) InstallShield
5 17 (3.579%) TeamCity
6 16 (3.368%) Subversion
7 12 (2.526%) JIRA
8 6 (1.263%) ClearCase
9 5 (1.053%) MSBuild
10 4 (0.842%) Git (software)
10 4 (0.842%) CruiseControl
10 4 (0.842%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 4 (0.842%) Ant
11 3 (0.632%) Hudson
11 3 (0.632%) dbdeploy
11 3 (0.632%) JUnit
12 2 (0.421%) Serena SBM
12 2 (0.421%) Maven
12 2 (0.421%) WiX
13 1 (0.211%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 109 (22.95%) Banking
2 87 (18.32%) Finance
3 52 (10.95%) Investment Banking
4 19 (4.000%) Publishing
5 10 (2.105%) French Language
5 10 (2.105%) Law
5 10 (2.105%) Back Office
6 9 (1.895%) Retail
7 7 (1.474%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.053%) Games
8 5 (1.053%) Front Office
9 4 (0.842%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.632%) Legal
10 3 (0.632%) Advertising
11 2 (0.421%) Marketing
12 1 (0.211%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (12.21%) Developer
2 53 (11.16%) Administrator
3 38 (8.000%) Analyst
4 35 (7.368%) Consultant
5 32 (6.737%) Architect
6 29 (6.105%) Systems Administrator
7 27 (5.684%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (5.053%) Project Manager
8 24 (5.053%) Windows Administrator
9 23 (4.842%) SharePoint Developer
10 22 (4.632%) Windows Systems Administrator
11 19 (4.000%) Exchange Engineer
12 18 (3.789%) Support Engineer
13 16 (3.368%) SCCM Engineer
13 16 (3.368%) Systems Engineer
14 13 (2.737%) 3rd Line Support
15 12 (2.526%) Wintel Engineer
15 12 (2.526%) SQL Developer
15 12 (2.526%) Support Analyst
15 12 (2.526%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.053%) Clustering
2 42 (8.842%) Blackberry
3 17 (3.579%) Derivative
4 12 (2.526%) EqualLogic
5 10 (2.105%) Credit Risk
6 9 (1.895%) Replication
7 8 (1.684%) Hedge funds
8 6 (1.263%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.053%) PKI
9 5 (1.053%) Credit Derivative
9 5 (1.053%) Grid Computing
9 5 (1.053%) Visualisation
10 4 (0.842%) Fat Client
10 4 (0.842%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 4 (0.842%) Thin Client
10 4 (0.842%) N-Tier
10 4 (0.842%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.632%) PaaS
11 3 (0.632%) IaaS
11 3 (0.632%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 354 (74.53%) Windows
2 170 (35.79%) Windows Server 2008
3 92 (19.37%) Windows Server 2003
4 89 (18.74%) Windows 7
5 44 (9.263%) Linux
6 31 (6.526%) UNIX
7 29 (6.105%) Windows Server 2012
8 26 (5.474%) Windows XP
9 25 (5.263%) Windows 8
10 18 (3.789%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (2.105%) Solaris
11 10 (2.105%) Apple iOS
12 9 (1.895%) Windows Phone
12 9 (1.895%) Android
13 7 (1.474%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.842%) VMS
15 2 (0.421%) CentOS
15 2 (0.421%) Windows Mobile
15 2 (0.421%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.211%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (15.79%) Migration
2 73 (15.37%) ITIL
3 38 (8.000%) Project Management
4 31 (6.526%) Workflow
4 31 (6.526%) Change Management
5 28 (5.895%) Change Control
6 24 (5.053%) Agile Software Development
7 22 (4.632%) CRM
8 19 (4.000%) Configuration Management
9 18 (3.789%) User Acceptance Testing
9 18 (3.789%) Incident Management
10 17 (3.579%) ITIL V3
11 14 (2.947%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (2.947%) OO
11 14 (2.947%) PRINCE2
12 13 (2.737%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (2.737%) Load Balancing
13 12 (2.526%) Scrum
13 12 (2.526%) E-Commerce
14 11 (2.316%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (22.11%) SQL
2 83 (17.47%) VBScript
3 81 (17.05%) C#
4 68 (14.32%) VB
5 29 (6.105%) Java
6 28 (5.895%) Perl
7 24 (5.053%) Python
8 22 (4.632%) JavaScript
9 21 (4.421%) Shell Script
10 20 (4.211%) T-SQL
11 17 (3.579%) C++
12 15 (3.158%) C
13 14 (2.947%) Bash shell
14 10 (2.105%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.474%) PHP
16 6 (1.263%) Korn
17 5 (1.053%) R
17 5 (1.053%) Ruby
18 3 (0.632%) Bourne shell
18 3 (0.632%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 41 (8.632%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (6.526%) MCSE
3 17 (3.579%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.526%) Degree
4 12 (2.526%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.105%) Citrix Certification
6 9 (1.895%) MCITP
7 7 (1.474%) CCA
8 5 (1.053%) NCDA
8 5 (1.053%) CCAA
8 5 (1.053%) MCTS
8 5 (1.053%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (0.632%) MCSA
9 3 (0.632%) CCEA
9 3 (0.632%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.421%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.421%) MCDBA
10 2 (0.421%) MCP
10 2 (0.421%) VCP5
10 2 (0.421%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.789%) QA
2 10 (2.105%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.474%) Basel III
4 2 (0.421%) SLA
5 1 (0.211%) WAI
System Software
1 214 (45.05%) Active Directory
2 82 (17.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (10.53%) VMware ESX
4 44 (9.263%) XenApp
5 43 (9.053%) Hyper-V
6 37 (7.789%) XenDesktop
7 28 (5.895%) vSphere
8 26 (5.474%) Microsoft App-V
9 12 (2.526%) XenServer
10 9 (1.895%) SRDF
11 8 (1.684%) VMware ESXi
12 6 (1.263%) ISA Server
12 6 (1.263%) DFS Replication
13 4 (0.842%) vCloud
14 3 (0.632%) UAG
14 3 (0.632%) NFS
14 3 (0.632%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 2 (0.421%) Forefront TMG
16 1 (0.211%) Shibboleth
16 1 (0.211%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 100 (21.05%) SCCM
2 82 (17.26%) SCOM
3 32 (6.737%) WSUS
4 26 (5.474%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 19 (4.000%) Puppet
6 15 (3.158%) Norton AntiVirus
7 14 (2.947%) Sysprep
8 13 (2.737%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 13 (2.737%) BladeLogic
9 12 (2.526%) SCVMM
10 11 (2.316%) Nagios
10 11 (2.316%) MAILsweeper
11 9 (1.895%) Backup Exec
12 8 (1.684%) EMC NetWorker
12 8 (1.684%) NetBackup
12 8 (1.684%) Tivoli
13 7 (1.474%) WMI
13 7 (1.474%) HP Operations Orchestration
14 6 (1.263%) Zenoss
14 6 (1.263%) MOM
Vendors
1 193 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 159 (33.47%) VMware
3 100 (21.05%) Citrix
4 50 (10.53%) AppSense
5 43 (9.053%) Symantec
6 42 (8.842%) HP
7 30 (6.316%) Dell
8 27 (5.684%) Altiris
9 23 (4.842%) EMC
10 22 (4.632%) NetApp
11 17 (3.579%) Oracle
11 17 (3.579%) IBM
12 16 (3.368%) Lotus
13 12 (2.526%) Cisco
14 11 (2.316%) Broadcom
14 11 (2.316%) BMC
14 11 (2.316%) McAfee
14 11 (2.316%) LANDesk
15 10 (2.105%) Brocade
15 10 (2.105%) Veritas
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