PowerShell Contracts in Central London

Windows PowerShell
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 34 56
Rank change year-on-year -12 +22 +3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 88 136 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.41% 5.56% 3.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.38% 16.33% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 107 72
10th Percentile £378 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% - -
75th Percentile £613 £675 £676
90th Percentile £692 £775 £724
London median daily rate £525 £538 £600
% change year-on-year -2.33% -10.42% +6.67%

All Programming Languages
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 773 833 1,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.71% 34.06% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 608 1,091
10th Percentile £409 £412 £420
25th Percentile £463 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £620
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -8.87% +3.33%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.75 £47.19
Median hourly rate £29.07 £48.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.06% -15.65% -4.96%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £65.00
90th Percentile - - £84.13
London median hourly rate £44.50 £50.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.88% -12.17% +15.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London -23 69 £550 -2.22% 33
West End of London +5 8 £450 - 3
Camden - 6 £450 -
City of Westminster +1 3 £550 +37.50% 1
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London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 16 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.14%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 56 (63.64%) Azure
2 23 (26.14%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (22.73%) Entra ID
4 17 (19.32%) AWS
5 14 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (12.50%) Power Platform
7 8 (9.09%) GitHub
7 8 (9.09%) OneDrive
8 7 (7.95%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (7.95%) GCP
8 7 (7.95%) Power Automate
9 6 (6.82%) Azure AKS
9 6 (6.82%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (6.82%) SaaS
10 5 (5.68%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (4.55%) Nutanix
11 4 (4.55%) PaaS
11 4 (4.55%) PowerApps
11 4 (4.55%) Serverless
12 3 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.50%) DNS
2 9 (10.23%) Firewall
3 8 (9.09%) Network Security
3 8 (9.09%) SSL
4 6 (6.82%) DHCP
4 6 (6.82%) S/MIME
5 5 (5.68%) VPN
6 4 (4.55%) HTTP
6 4 (4.55%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.41%) SMTP
8 2 (2.27%) FTP
8 2 (2.27%) Kerberos
8 2 (2.27%) LAN
8 2 (2.27%) VLAN
8 2 (2.27%) WAN
9 1 (1.14%) HTTPS
9 1 (1.14%) Internet
9 1 (1.14%) NAS
9 1 (1.14%) SAN
9 1 (1.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.41%) Power BI
5 2 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.27%) MySQL
5 2 (2.27%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.14%) Apache Hive
6 1 (1.14%) Big Data
6 1 (1.14%) DTS
6 1 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.14%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.14%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (1.14%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (1.14%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (1.14%) PowerPivot
6 1 (1.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.14%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (1.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Git
2 5 (5.68%) JIRA
3 3 (3.41%) GitLab
3 3 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.27%) TeamCity
5 1 (1.14%) Serena SBM
5 1 (1.14%) Subversion
5 1 (1.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (37.50%) Finance
2 28 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.50%) Banking
4 8 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.27%) Back Office
6 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.27%) Military
6 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.14%) Front Office
7 1 (1.14%) Law
7 1 (1.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (11.36%) Analyst
2 9 (10.23%) DevOps Engineer
2 9 (10.23%) Lead
2 9 (10.23%) Senior
3 7 (7.95%) Developer
3 7 (7.95%) Support Engineer
4 5 (5.68%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (5.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Engineer
4 5 (5.68%) Support Analyst
5 4 (4.55%) Architect
6 3 (3.41%) Applications Support
6 3 (3.41%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (3.41%) Consultant
6 3 (3.41%) IT Security Officer
6 3 (3.41%) PowerShell Engineer
6 3 (3.41%) Security Officer
6 3 (3.41%) Senior Architect
6 3 (3.41%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.23%) .NET
2 7 (7.95%) LDAP
3 5 (5.68%) OAuth
3 5 (5.68%) SAML
4 4 (4.55%) REST
4 4 (4.55%) Web Services
5 3 (3.41%) SailPoint
5 3 (3.41%) YAML
6 2 (2.27%) ARM Templates
6 2 (2.27%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (2.27%) RESTful
6 2 (2.27%) SOAP
7 1 (1.14%) Core Data
7 1 (1.14%) HTML
7 1 (1.14%) JWT
7 1 (1.14%) Kafka
7 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (1.14%) React
7 1 (1.14%) SPFx
7 1 (1.14%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.95%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.82%) Algorithms
2 6 (6.82%) PKI
3 5 (5.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.41%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.27%) Insider Threat
6 2 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.27%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Licensing
6 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.27%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.27%) Reinsurance
6 2 (2.27%) Wiki
7 1 (1.14%) Clustering
7 1 (1.14%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.14%) Grid Computing
7 1 (1.14%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (43.18%) Windows
2 17 (19.32%) Windows Server
3 11 (12.50%) Linux
4 8 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.41%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.14%) Solaris
7 1 (1.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.00%) DevOps
1 22 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (19.32%) CI/CD
3 14 (15.91%) Migration
4 11 (12.50%) High Availability
5 10 (11.36%) Computer Science
5 10 (11.36%) Identity Access Management
6 9 (10.23%) Agile
6 9 (10.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (10.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (10.23%) ITIL
7 7 (7.95%) Cloud Security
7 7 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (6.82%) Configuration Management
8 6 (6.82%) CRM
8 6 (6.82%) Key Management
8 6 (6.82%) Privileged Access Management
8 6 (6.82%) Service Delivery
9 5 (5.68%) Mentoring
9 5 (5.68%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (37.50%) Python
2 13 (14.77%) SQL
3 12 (13.64%) C#
4 9 (10.23%) Bash
5 7 (7.95%) Bicep
6 6 (6.82%) JavaScript
7 5 (5.68%) Java
8 3 (3.41%) Shell Script
9 2 (2.27%) Ruby
9 2 (2.27%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.27%) VBScript
10 1 (1.14%) C++
10 1 (1.14%) Groovy
10 1 (1.14%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.14%) Perl
10 1 (1.14%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.14%) Swift
10 1 (1.14%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (19.32%) Degree
2 16 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 10 (11.36%) SC Cleared
4 9 (10.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.41%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.27%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.27%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.27%) CCNA
6 2 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.27%) CISM
6 2 (2.27%) CISSP
6 2 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.14%) CCNP
7 1 (1.14%) CCSA
7 1 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.14%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) GDPR
1 5 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.55%) NIST
3 2 (2.27%) SLA
3 2 (2.27%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.14%) EMIR
4 1 (1.14%) MiFID
4 1 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.14%) QA
4 1 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (30.68%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.41%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.27%) BitLocker
5 2 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.14%) Docker
6 1 (1.14%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.14%) OpenAM
6 1 (1.14%) OpenDJ
6 1 (1.14%) OpenIDM
6 1 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.14%) Platform Symphony
6 1 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.14%) XenApp
6 1 (1.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (13.64%) Terraform
2 11 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (11.36%) SCCM
4 8 (9.09%) Ansible
5 5 (5.68%) Kubernetes
6 4 (4.55%) Progress Chef
6 4 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (3.41%) Puppet
8 2 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (2.27%) WSUS
9 1 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (1.14%) Data Guard
9 1 (1.14%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 1 (1.14%) Grafana
9 1 (1.14%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (1.14%) Kibana
9 1 (1.14%) QRadar
9 1 (1.14%) Tivoli
9 1 (1.14%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 44 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.36%) VMware
3 8 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.82%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.41%) Cisco
5 3 (3.41%) Citrix
5 3 (3.41%) Databricks
5 3 (3.41%) Oracle
5 3 (3.41%) Sybase
6 2 (2.27%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (2.27%) Commvault
6 2 (2.27%) IBM
6 2 (2.27%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.27%) Splunk
7 1 (1.14%) Arista
7 1 (1.14%) Cloudera
7 1 (1.14%) ForeScout
7 1 (1.14%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.14%) Meraki
7 1 (1.14%) TP-LINK