The first table below looks at the demand for PowerShell skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PowerShell over the 3 months to 17 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 Wiltshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows PowerShell
Rank 47 44 48
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +4
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.224% 1.741% 0.363%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.685% 5.528% 1.156%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 2
Average daily rate - £219 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -38.59%
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £365 £338
% change year-on-year
-5.47% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -
All Programming Languages
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
146 199 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 32.74% 31.49% 31.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 117 79
Average daily rate £325 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £213 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 13
Average hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.48 £23.88 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
PowerShell
South West

PowerShell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire PowerShell Daily Rate Trend

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire PowerShell Hourly 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Swindon -2 1 - -
PowerShell
South West

PowerShell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 9 (69.23%) Windows 7
3 8 (61.54%) SCOM
3 8 (61.54%) VBScript
4 7 (53.85%) VB
4 7 (53.85%) MOM
5 6 (46.15%) Finance
5 6 (46.15%) SCCM
5 6 (46.15%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (38.46%) Compatibility Testing
6 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
6 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
6 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
6 5 (38.46%) Software Distribution
6 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
6 5 (38.46%) MSI
6 5 (38.46%) JSP
6 5 (38.46%) ITIL
6 5 (38.46%) Windows XP
7 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (15.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (15.38%) Compuware
9 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
9 1 (7.692%) HP
9 1 (7.692%) Dell
9 1 (7.692%) EMC
9 1 (7.692%) Citrix
9 1 (7.692%) SAN

PowerShell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 5 (38.46%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) DHCP
1 1 (7.692%) DNS
1 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MSI
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Applications Packager
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Author
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Thin Client
1 1 (7.692%) Clustering
1 1 (7.692%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 9 (69.23%) Windows 7
3 5 (38.46%) Windows XP
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
1 5 (38.46%) Compatibility Testing
1 5 (38.46%) Software Distribution
2 1 (7.692%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) VBScript
2 7 (53.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (7.692%) XenApp
2 1 (7.692%) vSphere
2 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) SCOM
2 7 (53.85%) MOM
3 6 (46.15%) SCCM
4 1 (7.692%) ZENworks
4 1 (7.692%) NetBackup
4 1 (7.692%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Compuware
3 1 (7.692%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) Dell
3 1 (7.692%) EMC
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix
3 1 (7.692%) Novell
3 1 (7.692%) Sophos
3 1 (7.692%) Wyse
3 1 (7.692%) VMware
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