PowerShell Contracts in the UK excluding London

Windows PowerShell
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 60 77
Rank change year-on-year +1 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 611 878 971
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.98% 3.74% 3.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.73% 12.87% 11.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 672 691
10th Percentile £350 £286 £263
25th Percentile £425 £413 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £689 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 25
10th Percentile £39.53 £24.89 £17.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £32.40 £41.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £57.33 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -29.79% +18.25% +38.51%
75th Percentile £46.29 £64.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.44 £87.50 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £50.20
% change year-on-year -32.92% +19.52% +9.13%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,798 6,820 8,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.38% 29.02% 28.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,224 4,850 6,148
10th Percentile £315 £350 £336
25th Percentile £400 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £678 £646
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 338 330
10th Percentile £38.00 £22.50 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £49.76 £26.98
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.94 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +22.49% +19.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.58 £65.03
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £60.63 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.27% +21.25% +14.94%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

PowerShell
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

PowerShell
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +21 236 £550 +2.33% 114
South West -20 107 £600 +14.29% 45
North of England -20 106 £475 -5.00% 75
Scotland +62 79 £575 +15.00% 13
North West -25 67 £438 -16.67% 40
Midlands -16 66 £395 -21.00% 54
West Midlands -13 50 £363 -30.95% 35
Yorkshire +12 30 £550 +15.79% 27
East Midlands +3 16 £531 +19.38% 19
East of England -45 15 £450 -10.00% 37
North East +22 9 £475 -32.14% 8
Wales +6 5 £690 +46.03% 4
Northern Ireland -2 1 - - 8
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UK

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 96 (15.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (10.31%) SharePoint
3 57 (9.33%) Confluence
4 14 (2.29%) IIS
5 9 (1.47%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (1.31%) Apache
6 8 (1.31%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (0.33%) nginx
7 2 (0.33%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.33%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.16%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.49%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 246 (40.26%) Azure
2 116 (18.99%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (11.78%) AWS
4 57 (9.33%) Entra ID
5 56 (9.17%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
7 31 (5.07%) Power Platform
8 27 (4.42%) OneDrive
9 22 (3.60%) GCP
10 21 (3.44%) GitHub
11 19 (3.11%) PaaS
12 16 (2.62%) Azure Storage
13 14 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (2.29%) IaaS
13 14 (2.29%) OCI
13 14 (2.29%) PowerApps
13 14 (2.29%) Serverless
14 12 (1.96%) Azure Functions
15 11 (1.80%) SaaS
16 10 (1.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 125 (20.46%) DNS
2 90 (14.73%) DHCP
3 86 (14.08%) Firewall
4 51 (8.35%) SAN
5 37 (6.06%) VPN
6 28 (4.58%) LAN
6 28 (4.58%) WAN
7 27 (4.42%) TCP/IP
8 17 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (2.62%) VLAN
10 12 (1.96%) Fibre Channel
11 10 (1.64%) NetScaler
12 8 (1.31%) HTTP
12 8 (1.31%) MPLS
12 8 (1.31%) NAS
12 8 (1.31%) SMTP
13 7 (1.15%) Unified Communications
13 7 (1.15%) WAAS
14 6 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (0.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (12.27%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.26%) Power BI
3 14 (2.29%) MySQL
4 13 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.64%) Metadata
7 10 (1.64%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.31%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.15%) PowerPivot
11 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Power View
12 5 (0.82%) Tableau
13 4 (0.65%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
15 2 (0.33%) EDRMS
15 2 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 68 (11.13%) Jenkins
2 67 (10.97%) JIRA
3 36 (5.89%) Bitbucket
4 33 (5.40%) Git
5 30 (4.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 26 (4.26%) GitLab
7 21 (3.44%) Robot Framework
8 19 (3.11%) Visual Studio
9 14 (2.29%) MSI
9 14 (2.29%) Sonatype Nexus
10 11 (1.80%) Selenium
10 11 (1.80%) SonarQube
11 10 (1.64%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.15%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.15%) Hudson
12 7 (1.15%) Travis CI
13 6 (0.98%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.82%) AppScan
14 5 (0.82%) Burp Suite
14 5 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 175 (28.64%) Social Skills
2 73 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 27 (4.42%) Finance
5 26 (4.26%) Aerospace
6 10 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (1.47%) Legal
8 7 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.98%) Publishing
10 5 (0.82%) Banking
10 5 (0.82%) Marketing
10 5 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.65%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.49%) Electronics
12 3 (0.49%) French Language
12 3 (0.49%) Front Office
12 3 (0.49%) Local Government
13 2 (0.33%) Military
13 2 (0.33%) Retail
14 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 62 (10.15%) Architect
3 53 (8.67%) Senior
4 51 (8.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 48 (7.86%) Developer
6 34 (5.56%) Administrator
6 34 (5.56%) Security Engineer
7 33 (5.40%) Support Engineer
8 31 (5.07%) Consultant
9 30 (4.91%) Infrastructure Architect
10 29 (4.75%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (3.76%) Analyst
12 20 (3.27%) Lead
13 17 (2.78%) Windows Engineer
14 16 (2.62%) Active Directory Support
14 16 (2.62%) Exchange Engineer
15 15 (2.45%) Azure Specialist
15 15 (2.45%) DBA
15 15 (2.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 14 (2.29%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (10.31%) .NET
2 28 (4.58%) ARM Templates
3 26 (4.26%) .NET Core
4 21 (3.44%) YAML
5 15 (2.45%) CSS
5 15 (2.45%) HTML
5 15 (2.45%) JSON
6 14 (2.29%) Elastic Stack
6 14 (2.29%) REST
7 13 (2.13%) ASP.NET
8 12 (1.96%) LDAP
8 12 (1.96%) XML
9 8 (1.31%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.31%) SAML
10 7 (1.15%) Apache NiFi
10 7 (1.15%) Web Services
11 6 (0.98%) OAuth
11 6 (0.98%) OpenID
11 6 (0.98%) SOAP
12 4 (0.65%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 87 (14.24%) PKI
2 39 (6.38%) Data Centre
3 30 (4.91%) Clustering
4 26 (4.26%) Client/Server
5 20 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.29%) Public Cloud
7 12 (1.96%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.64%) CMDB
9 10 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.15%) Fat Client
11 7 (1.15%) Thin Client
12 6 (0.98%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.98%) Digital Signage
12 6 (0.98%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.98%) Replication
13 5 (0.82%) Device Driver
14 4 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 322 (52.70%) Windows
2 166 (27.17%) Windows Server
3 149 (24.39%) Linux
4 82 (13.42%) Windows 10
5 76 (12.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 51 (8.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 45 (7.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 37 (6.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 30 (4.91%) Unix
10 17 (2.78%) Windows XP
11 15 (2.45%) Mac OS
11 15 (2.45%) Windows 7
12 14 (2.29%) Ubuntu
13 13 (2.13%) Windows Server 2003
14 10 (1.64%) VMS
15 7 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.98%) Apple iOS
16 6 (0.98%) CentOS
17 4 (0.65%) AIX
17 4 (0.65%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (23.08%) DevOps
2 135 (22.09%) Agile
3 118 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (18.82%) CI/CD
5 102 (16.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 90 (14.73%) ITIL
7 77 (12.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 61 (9.98%) Migration
9 51 (8.35%) Task Automation
9 51 (8.35%) Test Automation
10 49 (8.02%) Continuous Integration
10 49 (8.02%) Deployment Automation
11 44 (7.20%) Configuration Management
12 39 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
12 39 (6.38%) Project Management
13 38 (6.22%) Service Management
14 37 (6.06%) Identity Management
14 37 (6.06%) Problem Management
15 36 (5.89%) Application Packaging
16 34 (5.56%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 184 (30.11%) Python
2 73 (11.95%) Bash
3 58 (9.49%) SQL
4 48 (7.86%) VBScript
5 47 (7.69%) C#
6 24 (3.93%) Bicep
6 24 (3.93%) VB
7 23 (3.76%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.62%) Java
9 13 (2.13%) Perl
9 13 (2.13%) Shell Script
9 13 (2.13%) T-SQL
10 10 (1.64%) C
11 9 (1.47%) C++
12 8 (1.31%) Go
13 5 (0.82%) Ruby
14 3 (0.49%) Groovy
14 3 (0.49%) Julia
14 3 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 295 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 170 (27.82%) SC Cleared
3 138 (22.59%) DV Cleared
4 104 (17.02%) Degree
5 30 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.11%) CCNA
6 19 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.95%) CCNP
7 18 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 16 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.29%) MCSE
10 8 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.65%) MCTS
12 3 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.33%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.26%) QA
2 12 (1.96%) SLA
3 7 (1.15%) GDPR
3 7 (1.15%) RMADS
4 5 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.65%) NIST
6 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
7 1 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 226 (36.99%) Active Directory
2 122 (19.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (8.02%) VMware ESXi
4 46 (7.53%) Hyper-V
5 44 (7.20%) Docker
6 33 (5.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (3.76%) vSphere
8 22 (3.60%) VMware NSX
8 22 (3.60%) XenApp
9 21 (3.44%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (2.13%) BitLocker
11 12 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (1.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 9 (1.47%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (1.47%) XenDesktop
13 8 (1.31%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.98%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.65%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 138 (22.59%) Ansible
2 118 (19.31%) SCCM
3 111 (18.17%) Terraform
4 61 (9.98%) Kubernetes
5 57 (9.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 47 (7.69%) WSUS
7 41 (6.71%) SCOM
8 39 (6.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 34 (5.56%) vCenter Server
10 26 (4.26%) PowerCLI
10 26 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
11 25 (4.09%) NetBackup
11 25 (4.09%) Puppet
12 20 (3.27%) Progress Chef
13 18 (2.95%) EMC NetWorker
14 17 (2.78%) Grafana
15 15 (2.45%) Prometheus
15 15 (2.45%) WMI
16 13 (2.13%) Nagios
16 13 (2.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 238 (38.95%) Microsoft
2 164 (26.84%) VMware
3 54 (8.84%) Atlassian
4 44 (7.20%) HP
5 42 (6.87%) Dell
6 38 (6.22%) Citrix
7 35 (5.73%) Oracle
8 27 (4.42%) Cisco
9 26 (4.26%) Symantec
10 25 (4.09%) EMC
10 25 (4.09%) Veeam
11 23 (3.76%) Splunk
12 17 (2.78%) Juniper
12 17 (2.78%) NetApp
12 17 (2.78%) Palo Alto
12 17 (2.78%) Red Hat
13 14 (2.29%) 3PAR
13 14 (2.29%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (2.29%) Ivanti
14 12 (1.96%) ArcSight