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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 31 60
Rank change year-on-year -30 +29 0
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 67 133 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 3.55% 5.55% 3.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.17% 15.52% 8.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 109 71
10th Percentile £275 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £634 £675 £676
90th Percentile £720 £775 £713
London median daily rate £525 £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +9.09%

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 731 857 1,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.74% 35.74% 41.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 618 1,002
10th Percentile £404 £404 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £554 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -11.44% +4.17%
75th Percentile £690 £688 £738
90th Percentile £778 £791 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £17.76 - £23.63
25th Percentile £19.64 £46.75 £39.06
Median hourly rate £23.04 £48.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.51% -11.82% +2.80%
75th Percentile £26.18 £50.25 £77.50
90th Percentile £27.91 - £84.38
London median hourly rate £37.50 £50.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -25.74% -15.83% +21.75%

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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 29 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 29 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 -30 55 £545 -3.11% 17
City of Westminster +3 3 £550 +37.50% 1
West End of London - 3 £580 - 11
Camden - 1 £580 - 1
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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 11 (16.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.99%) Confluence
4 1 (1.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.49%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 40 (59.70%) Azure
2 17 (25.37%) AWS
2 17 (25.37%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (20.90%) Entra ID
4 10 (14.93%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (11.94%) GCP
5 8 (11.94%) GitHub
5 8 (11.94%) Power Platform
6 7 (10.45%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (10.45%) SaaS
7 6 (8.96%) Azure AKS
7 6 (8.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (8.96%) OneDrive
7 6 (8.96%) Power Automate
8 5 (7.46%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (7.46%) PaaS
9 4 (5.97%) IaaS
9 4 (5.97%) Serverless
10 3 (4.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (2.99%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.42%) DNS
2 9 (13.43%) Firewall
3 6 (8.96%) DHCP
3 6 (8.96%) Network Security
4 4 (5.97%) HTTP
4 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.97%) VPN
5 3 (4.48%) SMTP
6 2 (2.99%) FTP
6 2 (2.99%) LAN
6 2 (2.99%) SAN
6 2 (2.99%) SSL
6 2 (2.99%) VLAN
6 2 (2.99%) WAN
7 1 (1.49%) HTTPS
7 1 (1.49%) Kerberos
7 1 (1.49%) NAS
7 1 (1.49%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (5.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (4.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (4.48%) Power BI
5 2 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (2.99%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.49%) Apache Hive
6 1 (1.49%) Big Data
6 1 (1.49%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.49%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.49%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (1.49%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (1.49%) Power Query
6 1 (1.49%) PowerPivot
6 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.49%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Git
1 6 (8.96%) JIRA
2 4 (5.97%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.99%) GitLab
3 2 (2.99%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.49%) Serena SBM
4 1 (1.49%) Subversion
4 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (44.78%) Finance
2 22 (32.84%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Banking
4 7 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.48%) Front Office
6 3 (4.48%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Back Office
7 1 (1.49%) Law
7 1 (1.49%) Legal
7 1 (1.49%) Military
7 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (17.91%) Analyst
2 6 (8.96%) DevOps Engineer
2 6 (8.96%) Support Analyst
3 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (7.46%) Senior
3 5 (7.46%) Support Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Applications Support
4 4 (5.97%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (4.48%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (4.48%) Architect
5 3 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (4.48%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (4.48%) SCCM Engineer
5 3 (4.48%) Senior Architect
5 3 (4.48%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 2 (2.99%) Desktop Support
6 2 (2.99%) Developer
6 2 (2.99%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) .NET
2 4 (5.97%) REST
2 4 (5.97%) Web Services
3 3 (4.48%) ARM Templates
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (2.99%) LDAP
4 2 (2.99%) OAuth
4 2 (2.99%) SAML
4 2 (2.99%) SOAP
5 1 (1.49%) ADO
5 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (1.49%) JWT
5 1 (1.49%) Kafka
5 1 (1.49%) OpenID
5 1 (1.49%) RESTful
5 1 (1.49%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.49%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (5.97%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.97%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (4.48%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.48%) Fixed Income
3 3 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.99%) Insider Threat
4 2 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Licensing
4 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.99%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.99%) Wiki
5 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 37 (55.22%) Windows
2 16 (23.88%) Windows Server
3 15 (22.39%) Linux
4 7 (10.45%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.99%) Unix
5 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (25.37%) DevOps
3 13 (19.40%) CI/CD
4 10 (14.93%) High Availability
4 10 (14.93%) Migration
5 9 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (11.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (10.45%) Cloud Security
7 7 (10.45%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (8.96%) ITIL
9 5 (7.46%) CRM
9 5 (7.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (7.46%) Incident Response
9 5 (7.46%) Microservices
9 5 (7.46%) Privileged Access Management
9 5 (7.46%) Service Delivery
9 5 (7.46%) SIEM
9 5 (7.46%) Threat Modelling
9 5 (7.46%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.28%) Python
2 13 (19.40%) SQL
3 12 (17.91%) Bash
4 10 (14.93%) C#
5 6 (8.96%) Bicep
5 6 (8.96%) Java
6 4 (5.97%) JavaScript
7 3 (4.48%) VBScript
8 2 (2.99%) C++
8 2 (2.99%) Perl
8 2 (2.99%) Ruby
8 2 (2.99%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.99%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.49%) C
9 1 (1.49%) Groovy
9 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.43%) Degree
3 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.48%) CISSP
4 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.48%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.99%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.99%) CISM
5 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.49%) CCNA
6 1 (1.49%) CEH
6 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.49%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.49%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.97%) GDPR
1 4 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.48%) NIST
3 2 (2.99%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.49%) EMIR
4 1 (1.49%) MiFID
4 1 (1.49%) QA
4 1 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (31.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.97%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.97%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.99%) BitLocker
4 2 (2.99%) Docker
4 2 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.49%) OpenAM
5 1 (1.49%) OpenDJ
5 1 (1.49%) OpenIDM
5 1 (1.49%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.49%) Platform Symphony
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.49%) XenApp
5 1 (1.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (16.42%) Terraform
2 10 (14.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (14.93%) SCCM
3 6 (8.96%) Ansible
4 5 (7.46%) Kubernetes
5 4 (5.97%) Progress Chef
6 3 (4.48%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (4.48%) Puppet
7 2 (2.99%) Grafana
7 2 (2.99%) Kibana
7 2 (2.99%) WSUS
8 1 (1.49%) Data Guard
8 1 (1.49%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 1 (1.49%) Istio
8 1 (1.49%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.49%) QRadar
8 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.49%) Tivoli
8 1 (1.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 27 (40.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.42%) VMware
3 7 (10.45%) CyberArk
3 7 (10.45%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.97%) Splunk
5 2 (2.99%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (2.99%) Cisco
5 2 (2.99%) Citrix
5 2 (2.99%) Databricks
5 2 (2.99%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) IBM
6 1 (1.49%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.49%) BMC
6 1 (1.49%) Commvault
6 1 (1.49%) CQG
6 1 (1.49%) Juniper
6 1 (1.49%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.49%) Reuters
6 1 (1.49%) Sun
6 1 (1.49%) TIBCO