PowerShell Contracts in London

Windows PowerShell
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 68 74
Rank change year-on-year +15 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 672 941 1,357
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.79% 3.48% 3.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.57% 8.51% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 612 978
10th Percentile £350 £400 £371
25th Percentile £425 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +6.67% +14.91%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £649
90th Percentile £738 £798 £750
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 7
10th Percentile £23.08 £52.74 £33.50
25th Percentile £23.80 £54.73 -
Median hourly rate £32.00 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +71.43% -46.77%
75th Percentile £38.04 £63.38 £73.13
90th Percentile £42.28 £64.50 £85.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £59.90 £49.24
% change year-on-year -33.22% +21.65% +20.10%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,358 11,052 16,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.90% 40.82% 42.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,852 8,230 12,504
10th Percentile £380 £413 £418
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 87 114
10th Percentile £23.80 £34.70 £29.08
25th Percentile £35.19 £49.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.25 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.94 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £70.94 £84.25 £79.28
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +14.94%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in London

PowerShell
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in London

PowerShell
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in London

PowerShell
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in London

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in London

PowerShell
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +24 136 £550 - 35
East London +6 14 £515 +8.42% 7
South London +17 10 £475 -13.64% 5
West London +20 8 £525 +34.62% 9
North London +3 2 £250 +5.26% 1
PowerShell
England

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 70 (10.42%) SharePoint
2 57 (8.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (3.72%) IIS
4 23 (3.42%) Confluence
5 13 (1.93%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2007
6 11 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (1.49%) nginx
7 10 (1.49%) Site Server
7 10 (1.49%) Skype for Business
7 10 (1.49%) Tomcat
8 9 (1.34%) Exchange Server 2003
9 6 (0.89%) Apache
10 5 (0.74%) JBoss
11 3 (0.45%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.30%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.30%) Oracle Self-Service HR
13 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
13 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 24 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Aladdin
1 5 (0.74%) SimCorp Dimension
1 5 (0.74%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.30%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Endur
4 1 (0.15%) Front Arena
Cloud Services
1 408 (60.71%) Azure
2 188 (27.98%) Azure DevOps
3 128 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
4 121 (18.01%) Entra ID
5 101 (15.03%) AWS
6 58 (8.63%) Power Platform
7 38 (5.65%) GCP
8 34 (5.06%) GitHub
8 34 (5.06%) IaaS
8 34 (5.06%) PowerApps
9 30 (4.46%) PaaS
10 27 (4.02%) Azure Logic Apps
11 26 (3.87%) Power Automate
12 25 (3.72%) Serverless
13 24 (3.57%) SaaS
14 23 (3.42%) Azure Functions
14 23 (3.42%) Azure Key Vault
15 22 (3.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 21 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
16 21 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 64 (9.52%) DNS
2 61 (9.08%) Firewall
3 32 (4.76%) DHCP
4 23 (3.42%) VPN
5 20 (2.98%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.83%) Network Security
6 19 (2.83%) SAN
7 15 (2.23%) WAN
8 14 (2.08%) HTTP
8 14 (2.08%) LAN
8 14 (2.08%) NAS
9 12 (1.79%) Internet
9 12 (1.79%) Kerberos
10 11 (1.64%) Skype
11 10 (1.49%) VLAN
12 9 (1.34%) SSH
13 8 (1.19%) SSL
14 7 (1.04%) VSAN
15 6 (0.89%) IPv4
15 6 (0.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (25.74%) SQL Server
2 37 (5.51%) Power BI
3 34 (5.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 34 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (4.17%) Relational Database
5 24 (3.57%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.68%) Big Data
6 18 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (2.53%) NoSQL
8 16 (2.38%) MySQL
9 10 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.49%) GIS
9 10 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.34%) Redis
10 9 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.19%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.04%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.89%) OLTP
13 6 (0.89%) Tableau
14 5 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 50 (7.44%) Jenkins
2 45 (6.70%) Git
3 33 (4.91%) JIRA
4 32 (4.76%) GitLab
5 25 (3.72%) SpecFlow
6 23 (3.42%) TeamCity
6 23 (3.42%) Visual Studio
7 14 (2.08%) Selenium
8 12 (1.79%) Artifactory
8 12 (1.79%) WebDriver
9 11 (1.64%) Subversion
10 6 (0.89%) Visual Studio Team System
11 4 (0.60%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.60%) MSI
12 3 (0.45%) InstallShield
13 2 (0.30%) Gradle
13 2 (0.30%) Maven
13 2 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 164 (24.40%) Finance
2 133 (19.79%) Social Skills
3 80 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 61 (9.08%) Banking
5 46 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (6.10%) Front Office
7 25 (3.72%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.23%) Legal
9 14 (2.08%) Local Government
10 13 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.79%) Back Office
11 12 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.79%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.64%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.49%) Electronics
13 10 (1.49%) Marketing
14 8 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.04%) Law
16 3 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 140 (20.83%) Developer
2 131 (19.49%) Senior
3 74 (11.01%) Senior Developer
4 58 (8.63%) Azure Engineer
5 55 (8.18%) Analyst
6 53 (7.89%) Software Developer
7 52 (7.74%) Architect
8 47 (6.99%) DevOps Engineer
9 46 (6.85%) Senior Software Developer
10 35 (5.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (4.76%) Applications Support
12 30 (4.46%) Support Engineer
13 29 (4.32%) Backend Developer
14 28 (4.17%) Azure Developer
15 25 (3.72%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 25 (3.72%) Consultant
15 25 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
16 23 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
17 22 (3.27%) Security Engineer
18 20 (2.98%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (22.62%) .NET
2 105 (15.63%) XML
3 59 (8.78%) .NET Framework
4 41 (6.10%) ARM Templates
5 34 (5.06%) .NET Core
6 33 (4.91%) AngularJS
6 33 (4.91%) JSON
7 29 (4.32%) REST
8 25 (3.72%) YAML
9 23 (3.42%) ASP.NET
10 20 (2.98%) Middleware
11 19 (2.83%) LDAP
11 19 (2.83%) React
12 18 (2.68%) CSS
13 15 (2.23%) HTML
14 13 (1.93%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (1.93%) Web Services
15 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
16 10 (1.49%) Software Packaging
17 9 (1.34%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.21%) Product Ownership
2 26 (3.87%) Data Centre
3 20 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (2.98%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.38%) Clustering
5 15 (2.23%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.23%) PKI
6 14 (2.08%) Hedge funds
7 13 (1.93%) Replication
8 12 (1.79%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.79%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.19%) Contactless
11 8 (1.19%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.04%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 255 (37.95%) Windows
2 108 (16.07%) Windows Server
3 89 (13.24%) Linux
4 36 (5.36%) Unix
5 24 (3.57%) Windows 10
6 19 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (1.93%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (1.64%) Windows Server 2003
11 9 (1.34%) Oracle Linux
12 8 (1.19%) Solaris
13 6 (0.89%) CentOS
14 3 (0.45%) VMS
15 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (43.75%) DevOps
2 216 (32.14%) Agile
3 178 (26.49%) CI/CD
4 125 (18.60%) Scrum
5 102 (15.18%) Migration
6 79 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (11.16%) Infrastructure as Code
8 69 (10.27%) ITIL
9 58 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
10 56 (8.33%) B2C
11 53 (7.89%) SDLC
12 52 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 52 (7.74%) Software Engineering
13 48 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
14 47 (6.99%) Configuration Management
15 46 (6.85%) Disaster Recovery
16 45 (6.70%) Task Automation
17 39 (5.80%) Test Automation
18 38 (5.65%) Project Delivery
19 36 (5.36%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 206 (30.65%) Python
2 177 (26.34%) C#
3 171 (25.45%) SQL
4 61 (9.08%) Java
5 59 (8.78%) Bash
6 55 (8.18%) JavaScript
7 52 (7.74%) Bicep
8 20 (2.98%) T-SQL
9 15 (2.23%) VBScript
10 14 (2.08%) Shell Script
11 11 (1.64%) C++
11 11 (1.64%) Korn
12 8 (1.19%) Go
13 7 (1.04%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.89%) Perl
14 6 (0.89%) VB
15 5 (0.74%) Ruby
15 5 (0.74%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.60%) PHP
17 3 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (9.67%) Security Cleared
2 58 (8.63%) Degree
3 55 (8.18%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.83%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.53%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.19%) MCSE
12 6 (0.89%) CCNP
12 6 (0.89%) CISSP
13 4 (0.60%) CISM
14 3 (0.45%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.45%) CCIE
14 3 (0.45%) CCNA
15 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.30%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.68%) PCI DSS
2 17 (2.53%) SLA
3 15 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.93%) QA
5 9 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.19%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.19%) GDPR
6 8 (1.19%) NIST
7 5 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.15%) GLBA
10 1 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 209 (31.10%) Active Directory
2 48 (7.14%) Docker
3 36 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (2.53%) Hyper-V
6 14 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (1.49%) vSphere
8 9 (1.34%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.74%) NFS
12 3 (0.45%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.45%) Firmware
12 3 (0.45%) XenApp
13 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 2 (0.30%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 121 (18.01%) Terraform
2 72 (10.71%) Ansible
3 56 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 55 (8.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (5.51%) SCCM
6 29 (4.32%) Puppet
7 22 (3.27%) ITRS Geneos
8 19 (2.83%) Grafana
9 18 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.49%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.49%) SCOM
11 10 (1.49%) WSUS
12 9 (1.34%) BladeLogic
12 9 (1.34%) PingFederate
13 8 (1.19%) EMC NetWorker
13 8 (1.19%) Netcool
13 8 (1.19%) Prometheus
13 8 (1.19%) Tivoli
13 8 (1.19%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 311 (46.28%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.93%) VMware
3 55 (8.18%) Oracle
4 30 (4.46%) Citrix
4 30 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 27 (4.02%) Cisco
5 27 (4.02%) IBM
6 24 (3.57%) Dynatrace
6 24 (3.57%) Splunk
7 20 (2.98%) Red Hat
8 15 (2.23%) Dell
9 14 (2.08%) HP
9 14 (2.08%) SAP
10 13 (1.93%) Qualys
11 12 (1.79%) EMC
11 12 (1.79%) F5
11 12 (1.79%) SolarWinds
12 11 (1.64%) ArcSight
12 11 (1.64%) CyberArk
13 10 (1.49%) Bloomberg