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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 69 75
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 682 913 1,319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.86% 3.48% 3.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.63% 8.59% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 601 960
10th Percentile £350 £400 £386
25th Percentile £425 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.19% +13.00%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £650
90th Percentile £725 £798 £750
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 7
10th Percentile £22.54 £52.74 £33.50
25th Percentile £23.35 £54.73 -
Median hourly rate £23.80 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.33% +71.43% -46.77%
75th Percentile £29.57 £63.38 £73.13
90th Percentile £39.94 £64.50 £85.25
England median hourly rate £40.13 £59.90 £50.49
% change year-on-year -33.01% +18.65% +26.21%

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 6,418 10,624 16,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.30% 40.46% 41.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,908 7,938 12,324
10th Percentile £381 £413 £419
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 £731 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.54% +2.60% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 82 114
10th Percentile £23.80 £34.33 £29.08
25th Percentile £40.80 £50.11 £35.00
Median hourly rate £51.13 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63.01 £75.00 £68.44
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year - +24.13% +17.09%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in London

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in London

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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 9 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
Central London +31 136 £550 -2.22% 24
East London +9 16 £480 +1.05% 6
South London +12 10 £463 -15.91% 2
West London +22 7 £525 +34.62% 13
North London +3 2 £250 +5.26%
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England

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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 72 (10.56%) SharePoint
2 56 (8.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (3.67%) IIS
4 23 (3.37%) Confluence
5 13 (1.91%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2007
6 11 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (1.47%) nginx
7 10 (1.47%) Skype for Business
7 10 (1.47%) Tomcat
8 9 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2003
8 9 (1.32%) Site Server
9 6 (0.88%) Apache
10 5 (0.73%) JBoss
11 3 (0.44%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.44%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.15%) CMS
13 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
13 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.47%) Aladdin
1 10 (1.47%) SimCorp Dimension
2 5 (0.73%) Temenos T24
3 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.29%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.15%) Endur
5 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.15%) Front Arena
Cloud Services
1 420 (61.58%) Azure
2 198 (29.03%) Azure DevOps
3 127 (18.62%) Entra ID
3 127 (18.62%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (15.10%) AWS
5 64 (9.38%) Power Platform
6 38 (5.57%) GCP
7 36 (5.28%) PowerApps
8 34 (4.99%) GitHub
9 32 (4.69%) IaaS
10 31 (4.55%) PaaS
11 30 (4.40%) Azure Service Bus
12 28 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
13 26 (3.81%) Power Automate
13 26 (3.81%) Serverless
14 25 (3.67%) Azure Functions
14 25 (3.67%) SaaS
15 24 (3.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 24 (3.52%) Azure Key Vault
16 21 (3.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 63 (9.24%) Firewall
2 60 (8.80%) DNS
3 30 (4.40%) DHCP
4 22 (3.23%) VPN
5 20 (2.93%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.79%) Network Security
6 19 (2.79%) SAN
7 15 (2.20%) NAS
8 14 (2.05%) HTTP
8 14 (2.05%) LAN
8 14 (2.05%) WAN
9 12 (1.76%) Internet
9 12 (1.76%) Kerberos
9 12 (1.76%) Skype
10 10 (1.47%) SSH
10 10 (1.47%) VLAN
11 7 (1.03%) SSL
11 7 (1.03%) VSAN
11 7 (1.03%) Wireless
12 6 (0.88%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (27.42%) SQL Server
2 43 (6.30%) Power BI
3 36 (5.28%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 29 (4.25%) Relational Database
6 23 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 19 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.79%) NoSQL
8 17 (2.49%) Big Data
9 16 (2.35%) MySQL
9 16 (2.35%) Redis
10 10 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.32%) GIS
11 9 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.17%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.03%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
14 6 (0.88%) OLTP
14 6 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (7.33%) Jenkins
2 46 (6.74%) Git
3 35 (5.13%) JIRA
4 33 (4.84%) GitLab
5 28 (4.11%) SpecFlow
6 23 (3.37%) TeamCity
6 23 (3.37%) Visual Studio
7 15 (2.20%) Selenium
8 12 (1.76%) Artifactory
8 12 (1.76%) WebDriver
9 11 (1.61%) Subversion
10 6 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
11 5 (0.73%) MSI
12 4 (0.59%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.44%) InstallShield
13 3 (0.44%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.29%) Gradle
14 2 (0.29%) Maven
14 2 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
14 2 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 171 (25.07%) Finance
2 130 (19.06%) Social Skills
3 81 (11.88%) Public Sector
4 67 (9.82%) Banking
5 49 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (6.01%) Front Office
7 25 (3.67%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.20%) Legal
8 15 (2.20%) Local Government
9 14 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.76%) Back Office
10 12 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.61%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.61%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.32%) Electronics
12 9 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.32%) Marketing
13 8 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.03%) Law
15 3 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 151 (22.14%) Developer
2 140 (20.53%) Senior
3 83 (12.17%) Senior Developer
4 58 (8.50%) Azure Engineer
5 56 (8.21%) Software Developer
6 55 (8.06%) Architect
7 54 (7.92%) Analyst
8 48 (7.04%) DevOps Engineer
8 48 (7.04%) Senior Software Developer
9 37 (5.43%) Backend Developer
10 34 (4.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (4.69%) Applications Support
12 31 (4.55%) Azure Developer
13 29 (4.25%) Support Engineer
14 27 (3.96%) Senior Backend Developer
15 25 (3.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 25 (3.67%) Consultant
15 25 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
16 23 (3.37%) .NET Developer
16 23 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (25.07%) .NET
2 116 (17.01%) XML
3 63 (9.24%) .NET Framework
4 42 (6.16%) .NET Core
5 40 (5.87%) ARM Templates
6 33 (4.84%) AngularJS
6 33 (4.84%) JSON
7 31 (4.55%) ASP.NET
8 29 (4.25%) REST
9 28 (4.11%) React
10 26 (3.81%) CSS
11 25 (3.67%) YAML
12 22 (3.23%) HTML
13 21 (3.08%) ASP.NET Core
14 20 (2.93%) LDAP
14 20 (2.93%) Middleware
15 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Graph
15 13 (1.91%) Web Services
16 10 (1.47%) SAML
17 9 (1.32%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.87%) Product Ownership
2 29 (4.25%) Data Centre
3 20 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (2.79%) Clustering
5 18 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.35%) PKI
7 14 (2.05%) Hedge funds
7 14 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.91%) Replication
9 12 (1.76%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.76%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.32%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.17%) Contactless
13 7 (1.03%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 6 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 242 (35.48%) Windows
2 107 (15.69%) Windows Server
3 92 (13.49%) Linux
4 35 (5.13%) Unix
5 22 (3.23%) Windows 10
6 19 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (1.91%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (1.32%) Oracle Linux
13 8 (1.17%) Solaris
14 6 (0.88%) CentOS
15 3 (0.44%) VMS
16 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
17 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (44.72%) DevOps
2 227 (33.28%) Agile
3 190 (27.86%) CI/CD
4 136 (19.94%) Scrum
5 104 (15.25%) Migration
6 79 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (11.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (9.53%) ITIL
9 64 (9.38%) B2C
10 57 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
11 55 (8.06%) Software Engineering
12 53 (7.77%) SDLC
13 52 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
14 47 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 45 (6.60%) Task Automation
16 43 (6.30%) Test Automation
17 42 (6.16%) Disaster Recovery
18 41 (6.01%) Configuration Management
19 40 (5.87%) Project Delivery
20 34 (4.99%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 206 (30.21%) Python
2 191 (28.01%) C#
3 176 (25.81%) SQL
4 63 (9.24%) JavaScript
5 62 (9.09%) Java
6 60 (8.80%) Bicep
7 58 (8.50%) Bash
8 19 (2.79%) T-SQL
9 16 (2.35%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.20%) Shell Script
10 15 (2.20%) VBScript
11 11 (1.61%) C++
12 10 (1.47%) Korn
13 9 (1.32%) Go
14 7 (1.03%) VB
15 6 (0.88%) Perl
16 5 (0.73%) Ruby
16 5 (0.73%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.59%) PHP
18 3 (0.44%) C
Qualifications
1 66 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 58 (8.50%) Degree
3 55 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.64%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.35%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.03%) MCSE
12 6 (0.88%) CCNP
12 6 (0.88%) CISSP
13 4 (0.59%) CISM
14 3 (0.44%) CCIE
14 3 (0.44%) CCNA
15 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.29%) CEH
15 2 (0.29%) MCSA
16 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.79%) PCI DSS
2 17 (2.49%) SLA
3 15 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.05%) QA
5 9 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.17%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.17%) GDPR
6 8 (1.17%) NIST
7 5 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.29%) 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
1 214 (31.38%) Active Directory
2 46 (6.74%) Docker
3 40 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (2.79%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (1.61%) vSphere
8 10 (1.47%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.03%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.73%) NFS
12 4 (0.59%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.59%) Firmware
13 3 (0.44%) XenApp
14 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 117 (17.16%) Terraform
2 68 (9.97%) Ansible
3 54 (7.92%) Kubernetes
4 49 (7.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 32 (4.69%) SCCM
6 28 (4.11%) Puppet
7 21 (3.08%) ITRS Geneos
7 21 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (2.35%) Grafana
9 14 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (1.47%) Progress Chef
10 10 (1.47%) SCOM
11 9 (1.32%) BladeLogic
11 9 (1.32%) PingFederate
12 8 (1.17%) EMC NetWorker
12 8 (1.17%) Netcool
12 8 (1.17%) Tivoli
12 8 (1.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 7 (1.03%) ArcSight ESM
13 7 (1.03%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 317 (46.48%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.09%) VMware
3 61 (8.94%) Oracle
4 31 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 30 (4.40%) Citrix
6 27 (3.96%) Cisco
7 26 (3.81%) IBM
8 23 (3.37%) Dynatrace
9 22 (3.23%) Splunk
10 20 (2.93%) Red Hat
11 15 (2.20%) Dell
12 14 (2.05%) HP
13 13 (1.91%) CyberArk
13 13 (1.91%) Qualys
13 13 (1.91%) SAP
14 12 (1.76%) F5
14 12 (1.76%) SolarWinds
15 11 (1.61%) ArcSight
15 11 (1.61%) EMC
16 10 (1.47%) Bloomberg