PowerShell Contracts in Berkshire

Windows PowerShell
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 74 64
Rank change year-on-year +50 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 92 58 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.84% 2.84% 2.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.63% 15.93% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 48 43
10th Percentile £450 £475 £330
25th Percentile £513 £505 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £605 £563
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% +7.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £700 £608 £638
90th Percentile - £615 £780
South East median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.87 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 - £68.19
75th Percentile £57.62 - £82.90
90th Percentile - - £85.66
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £76.53 £68.19
% change year-on-year -25.85% +12.24% +13.64%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

PowerShell falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 359 364 454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 30.58% 17.83% 24.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 243 342
10th Percentile £400 £350 £363
25th Percentile £460 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £620
90th Percentile £700 £688 £680
South East median daily rate £513 £503 £530
% change year-on-year +1.89% -5.09% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 13
10th Percentile £40.50 £56.20 £22.55
25th Percentile £55.87 £56.65 £52.50
Median hourly rate £63.75 £61.60 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% -12.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65.62 £64.55 £79.19
90th Percentile £72.56 £68.25 £80.93
South East median hourly rate £57.65 £59.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.30% +7.27% +17.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 March 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 March 2025. 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
Reading +30 49 £650 +7.44% 8
Wokingham +5 15 £525 +9.38% 2
Windsor - 10 £500 - 4
Maidenhead +14 7 - - 4
Slough +3 4 £363 -25.64% 2
Bracknell +14 2 £506 +3.85% 1
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (5.43%) IIS
2 2 (2.17%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.09%) Confluence
3 1 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.09%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 34 (36.96%) Azure
2 18 (19.57%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (10.87%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.78%) AWS
4 9 (9.78%) Azure Monitor
5 8 (8.70%) Azure API Management
5 8 (8.70%) GitHub
6 6 (6.52%) IaaS
7 5 (5.43%) Azure AKS
7 5 (5.43%) PaaS
8 4 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (3.26%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (3.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.26%) SaaS
10 2 (2.17%) Azure Event Grid
10 2 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (2.17%) Azure Storage
10 2 (2.17%) Serverless
11 1 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.61%) DNS
2 6 (6.52%) Firewall
3 5 (5.43%) NetScaler
3 5 (5.43%) SMTP
4 2 (2.17%) Network Security
5 1 (1.09%) BGP
5 1 (1.09%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.09%) DHCP
5 1 (1.09%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.09%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.09%) OSPF
5 1 (1.09%) RIP
5 1 (1.09%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.09%) VLAN
5 1 (1.09%) VXLAN
5 1 (1.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.43%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (5.43%) Big Data
1 5 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (5.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.26%) SSDT
3 1 (1.09%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.09%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 13 (14.13%) Git
2 7 (7.61%) Selenium
3 6 (6.52%) Jenkins
4 4 (4.35%) MSI
5 2 (2.17%) InstallShield
6 1 (1.09%) AdminStudio
6 1 (1.09%) JIRA
6 1 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 36 (39.13%) Finance
2 34 (36.96%) Public Sector
3 31 (33.70%) Electronics
3 31 (33.70%) Manufacturing
3 31 (33.70%) Marketing
3 31 (33.70%) Telecoms
4 10 (10.87%) Social Skills
5 6 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (34.78%) Architect
2 27 (29.35%) Active Directory Architect
3 13 (14.13%) DevOps Engineer
4 9 (9.78%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (6.52%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Developer
6 5 (5.43%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Senior
7 4 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Administrator
8 3 (3.26%) Consultant
8 3 (3.26%) Delphi Developer
8 3 (3.26%) Hardware Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 3 (3.26%) Support Engineer
8 3 (3.26%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.70%) OAuth
2 4 (4.35%) .NET
3 3 (3.26%) COM
3 3 (3.26%) OpenID
3 3 (3.26%) SAML
3 3 (3.26%) SOAP
3 3 (3.26%) YAML
4 2 (2.17%) Apache Axis
4 2 (2.17%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.09%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.09%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.09%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.09%) JSON
5 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.09%) React
5 1 (1.09%) REST
5 1 (1.09%) RESTful
5 1 (1.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 6 (6.52%) PKI
3 5 (5.43%) Clustering
3 5 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.17%) CMDB
5 2 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.17%) Replication
6 1 (1.09%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.09%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.09%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 70 (76.09%) Windows
2 23 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 9 (9.78%) Linux
3 9 (9.78%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.43%) Ubuntu
4 5 (5.43%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.09%) Unix
7 1 (1.09%) VMS
7 1 (1.09%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.87%) Agile
2 31 (33.70%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (33.70%) Digital Marketing
2 31 (33.70%) Programme Management
2 31 (33.70%) Test Automation
3 29 (31.52%) DevOps
4 28 (30.43%) Identity Access Management
5 16 (17.39%) CI/CD
5 16 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (14.13%) Configuration Management
7 11 (11.96%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (10.87%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (9.78%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (9.78%) High Availability
9 9 (9.78%) RBAC
10 8 (8.70%) Containerisation
11 7 (7.61%) Identity Management
11 7 (7.61%) Migration
11 7 (7.61%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (33.70%) Python
2 11 (11.96%) Bash
2 11 (11.96%) SQL
3 9 (9.78%) C#
4 7 (7.61%) Bicep
5 6 (6.52%) Shell Script
6 4 (4.35%) Java
6 4 (4.35%) VBScript
7 3 (3.26%) Delphi
7 3 (3.26%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.17%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.17%) Ruby
9 1 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (1.09%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (54.35%) Security Cleared
2 40 (43.48%) DV Cleared
3 11 (11.96%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.43%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.35%) CISSP
6 2 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.17%) Degree
7 1 (1.09%) CCIE
7 1 (1.09%) CCNP
7 1 (1.09%) CEH
7 1 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.09%) CISM
7 1 (1.09%) GCFA
7 1 (1.09%) GCIH
7 1 (1.09%) HNC
7 1 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.09%) MCSE
7 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.09%) GDPR
2 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.09%) NIST
2 1 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (54.35%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.61%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (5.43%) vSphere
3 5 (5.43%) XenApp
3 5 (5.43%) XenDesktop
4 4 (4.35%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (3.26%) Docker
5 3 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (25.00%) Terraform
2 16 (17.39%) Ansible
3 11 (11.96%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (8.70%) WSUS
5 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (5.43%) Puppet
5 5 (5.43%) SCCM
6 4 (4.35%) Kubernetes
7 2 (2.17%) Progress Chef
7 2 (2.17%) ThinApp
8 1 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.09%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (33.70%) SAP
2 28 (30.43%) Microsoft
3 22 (23.91%) VMware
4 12 (13.04%) Dell
5 7 (7.61%) Wyse
6 5 (5.43%) Citrix
6 5 (5.43%) Databricks
6 5 (5.43%) HP
7 3 (3.26%) UiPath
8 2 (2.17%) BMC
8 2 (2.17%) Remedy
8 2 (2.17%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.09%) ArcSight
9 1 (1.09%) Cisco
9 1 (1.09%) Oracle
9 1 (1.09%) Proofpoint
9 1 (1.09%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.09%) Splunk