PowerShell Contracts in the City of London

Windows PowerShell
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 60 58
Rank change year-on-year +28 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 124 126 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.69% 3.55% 4.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.64% 8.29% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 67 131
10th Percentile £396 £435 £400
25th Percentile £459 £495 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% +2.27% +12.82%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £634
90th Percentile £775 £725 £850
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66.25
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £78.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £72.50

All Programming Languages
City of 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 City of London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 745 1,519 1,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 34.16% 42.84% 44.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 998 1,445
10th Percentile £400 £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £693 £738 £713
90th Percentile £793 £825 £800
Central London median daily rate £563 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -9.64% +3.75% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 11
10th Percentile - £35.00 £44.25
25th Percentile £46.75 £43.13 £46.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% -4.96% +120.00%
75th Percentile £50.25 £71.25 £74.38
90th Percentile - £84.25 £77.50
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year -15.65% -4.96% +137.49%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 18 (14.52%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.84%) IIS
4 4 (3.23%) Site Server
5 3 (2.42%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.61%) Apache
6 2 (1.61%) JBoss
6 2 (1.61%) nginx
7 1 (0.81%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.81%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 73 (58.87%) Azure
2 36 (29.03%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (21.77%) Entra ID
4 25 (20.16%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (16.13%) Power Platform
6 16 (12.90%) AWS
7 9 (7.26%) OneDrive
7 9 (7.26%) PowerApps
8 8 (6.45%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (4.84%) GitHub
9 6 (4.84%) Power Automate
10 5 (4.03%) Amazon S3
10 5 (4.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (4.03%) IaaS
11 4 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.42%) GCP
12 3 (2.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.90%) DNS
1 16 (12.90%) Firewall
2 6 (4.84%) DHCP
3 5 (4.03%) IPv4
3 5 (4.03%) Network Security
4 3 (2.42%) SAN
4 3 (2.42%) VPN
5 2 (1.61%) Internet
5 2 (1.61%) NAS
5 2 (1.61%) SSL
5 2 (1.61%) Wireless
6 1 (0.81%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.81%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.81%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.81%) Skype
6 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (29.84%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.68%) Relational Database
3 10 (8.06%) Power BI
4 7 (5.65%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (4.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.23%) GIS
6 4 (3.23%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.42%) MySQL
8 2 (1.61%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.61%) Redis
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.81%) Metadata
9 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Jenkins
1 8 (6.45%) TeamCity
2 7 (5.65%) GitLab
2 7 (5.65%) Visual Studio
3 5 (4.03%) Git
4 4 (3.23%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.61%) JIRA
5 2 (1.61%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.61%) Selenium
5 2 (1.61%) Subversion
5 2 (1.61%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.81%) AppScan
6 1 (0.81%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.81%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.81%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.81%) MSI
6 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 42 (33.87%) Finance
2 27 (21.77%) Social Skills
3 18 (14.52%) Banking
4 14 (11.29%) Legal
5 7 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.65%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.84%) Financial Institution
6 6 (4.84%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.23%) Front Office
8 3 (2.42%) Agriculture
8 3 (2.42%) Law
8 3 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.81%) Back Office
10 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (19.35%) Senior
2 22 (17.74%) Architect
3 18 (14.52%) Developer
4 13 (10.48%) Analyst
5 10 (8.06%) Systems Analyst
6 8 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (5.65%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (5.65%) Microsoft 365 Architect
7 7 (5.65%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (5.65%) Senior Developer
8 6 (4.84%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.84%) IT Engineer
8 6 (4.84%) Lead
8 6 (4.84%) Platform Architect
8 6 (4.84%) Power Platform Architect
9 5 (4.03%) DevOps Manager
9 5 (4.03%) IT Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (4.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (17.74%) .NET
2 16 (12.90%) XML
3 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Graph
3 10 (8.06%) REST
4 8 (6.45%) .NET Framework
4 8 (6.45%) ASP.NET
4 8 (6.45%) JSON
5 6 (4.84%) CSS
5 6 (4.84%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (4.03%) ARM Templates
6 5 (4.03%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (4.03%) React
6 5 (4.03%) WCF
6 5 (4.03%) WinForms
7 4 (3.23%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.42%) HTML
8 3 (2.42%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (2.42%) jQuery
8 3 (2.42%) YAML
9 2 (1.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.23%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.42%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.61%) Clustering
4 2 (1.61%) Contactless
4 2 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.61%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.61%) PKI
4 2 (1.61%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.81%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.81%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 42 (33.87%) Windows
2 24 (19.35%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.06%) Linux
4 5 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.42%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.61%) Unix
8 1 (0.81%) CentOS
8 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (42.74%) DevOps
2 37 (29.84%) Agile
3 28 (22.58%) CI/CD
4 26 (20.97%) Migration
5 20 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (10.48%) Scrum
7 11 (8.87%) Configuration Management
7 11 (8.87%) Project Management
7 11 (8.87%) SDLC
8 10 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (8.06%) Computer Science
8 10 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (8.06%) ETL
8 10 (8.06%) ITIL
9 9 (7.26%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (7.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (6.45%) Application Packaging
10 8 (6.45%) PRINCE2
10 8 (6.45%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (29.03%) Python
2 26 (20.97%) C#
2 26 (20.97%) SQL
3 11 (8.87%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.45%) Bash
4 8 (6.45%) Bicep
4 8 (6.45%) T-SQL
5 7 (5.65%) VBScript
6 4 (3.23%) Korn
7 3 (2.42%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.61%) Scala
8 2 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.81%) C
9 1 (0.81%) Java
9 1 (0.81%) Perl
9 1 (0.81%) PHP
9 1 (0.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (10.48%) Degree
2 10 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (7.26%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (4.03%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.61%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.61%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.81%) CCNA
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.81%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.45%) SLA
2 3 (2.42%) QA
3 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (31.45%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.26%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.42%) Docker
4 3 (2.42%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (1.61%) vSphere
6 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (9.68%) Terraform
3 9 (7.26%) PingFederate
4 8 (6.45%) Ansible
5 6 (4.84%) Kubernetes
6 5 (4.03%) Puppet
6 5 (4.03%) SCCM
7 4 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (3.23%) CSIRT
8 3 (2.42%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (2.42%) Progress Chef
8 3 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.61%) Grafana
9 2 (1.61%) Graylog
9 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (1.61%) Nagios
9 2 (1.61%) Packer
9 2 (1.61%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.81%) WebInspect
10 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.87%) Oracle
3 7 (5.65%) iManage
3 7 (5.65%) VMware
4 6 (4.84%) Cadence
4 6 (4.84%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.03%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.23%) Citrix
6 4 (3.23%) ESRI
6 4 (3.23%) IBM
7 3 (2.42%) Proofpoint
7 3 (2.42%) Symantec
8 2 (1.61%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.61%) Cisco
8 2 (1.61%) Databricks
8 2 (1.61%) Dell
8 2 (1.61%) Refinitiv
8 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.61%) Splunk
8 2 (1.61%) Temenos