The first table below looks at the demand for PowerShell skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PowerShell over the 3 months to 24 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 South Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows PowerShell
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.521% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.938% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £170 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £330
% change year-on-year
-1.42% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -
All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
81 116 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 30.80% 44.44% 43.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 61 75
Average daily rate £288 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.86% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £135 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 13
Average hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.95% -43.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.70 £22.20 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £26.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
PowerShell
Yorkshire

PowerShell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire PowerShell Daily 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 South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Sheffield - 2 £170 -
PowerShell
Yorkshire

PowerShell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (73.33%) SQL Server
3 10 (66.67%) SQL
3 10 (66.67%) SLA
3 10 (66.67%) ITIL
4 9 (60.00%) .NET
5 8 (53.33%) ASP
5 8 (53.33%) Service Management
6 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
6 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
7 5 (33.33%) SCCM
7 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
7 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (33.33%) Windows XP
8 4 (26.67%) T-SQL
8 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
9 3 (20.00%) VMware
9 3 (20.00%) Terminal Services
9 3 (20.00%) VBScript
9 3 (20.00%) MS Office
9 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 3 (20.00%) XenApp
9 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
10 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
10 2 (13.33%) WSUS

PowerShell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 9 (60.00%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) ASP
3 1 (6.667%) Web Services
3 1 (6.667%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (73.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.667%) SQL CLR
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MSI
2 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (13.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) DBA
1 10 (66.67%) SQL DBA
2 3 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server DBA
4 1 (6.667%) Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Support Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Administrator
4 1 (6.667%) Teradata DBA
4 1 (6.667%) SCCM Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Clustering
2 1 (6.667%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) ITIL
2 8 (53.33%) Service Management
3 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (13.33%) CRM
4 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.667%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (26.67%) T-SQL
3 3 (20.00%) VBScript
4 1 (6.667%) C#
4 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) Terminal Services
2 3 (20.00%) XenApp
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCCM
2 2 (13.33%) WSUS
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (6.667%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix
3 2 (13.33%) Remedy