PowerShell Contracts in Reading

Windows PowerShell
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 24 35 41
Rank change year-on-year +11 +6 +16
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 40 60 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 6.70% 5.03% 4.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.24% 20.76% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 55 41
10th Percentile £498 £500 £413
25th Percentile £600 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £605 £610
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -0.82% -1.61%
75th Percentile £700 £608 £638
90th Percentile - £617 £784
Berkshire median daily rate £605 £605 £563
% change year-on-year - +7.56% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £55.39
25th Percentile - - £59.72
Median hourly rate - - £68.19
75th Percentile - - £75.40
90th Percentile - - £78.98
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £72.19
% change year-on-year - - -3.75%

All Programming Languages
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 165 289 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 27.64% 24.24% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 202 216
10th Percentile £406 £363 £369
25th Percentile £500 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £670
90th Percentile £700 £688 £714
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 7
10th Percentile - £54.13 £63.00
25th Percentile - £56.65 £72.63
Median hourly rate £77.19 £59.22 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +30.34% -25.22% -
75th Percentile - £66.03 -
90th Percentile - £67.63 £80.06
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £61.60 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.48% -12.00% -12.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (30.00%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) Azure Monitor
2 6 (15.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (12.50%) Azure API Management
4 4 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.00%) AWS
6 1 (2.50%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.50%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.50%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Git
1 7 (17.50%) Selenium
2 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (62.50%) Electronics
1 25 (62.50%) Finance
1 25 (62.50%) Manufacturing
1 25 (62.50%) Marketing
1 25 (62.50%) Public Sector
1 25 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (55.00%) Architect
2 21 (52.50%) Active Directory Architect
3 9 (22.50%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Lead
5 2 (5.00%) Lead DevOps
5 2 (5.00%) Lead DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Specialist
6 1 (2.50%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (2.50%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (2.50%) SCCM Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Senior
6 1 (2.50%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.50%) OAuth
2 3 (7.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (82.50%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) Linux
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
1 25 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
1 25 (62.50%) Programme Management
2 24 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 21 (52.50%) Agile
3 21 (52.50%) Identity Access Management
4 12 (30.00%) CI/CD
5 11 (27.50%) DevOps
6 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (17.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (15.00%) Containerisation
7 6 (15.00%) Identity Management
7 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (12.50%) B2B
8 5 (12.50%) B2C
8 5 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (12.50%) ETL
8 5 (12.50%) RBAC
8 5 (12.50%) Release Management
9 4 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) Python
2 9 (22.50%) Bash
3 1 (2.50%) Bicep
3 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) DV Cleared
1 21 (52.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.50%) CFCE
3 1 (2.50%) CISSP
3 1 (2.50%) GCIH
3 1 (2.50%) MCSE
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 22 (55.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.50%) Docker
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.50%) XenApp
3 1 (2.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Terraform
2 3 (7.50%) Ansible
2 3 (7.50%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (5.00%) Progress Chef
3 2 (5.00%) Puppet
4 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (62.50%) SAP
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.50%) UiPath
4 2 (5.00%) VMware
5 1 (2.50%) Citrix
5 1 (2.50%) Splunk