PowerShell Contracts in the South East

Windows PowerShell
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 35 64
Rank change year-on-year +3 +29 +3
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 163 278 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.50% 4.95% 3.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.58% 22.01% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 209 146
10th Percentile £450 £398 £319
25th Percentile £500 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £608 £635
90th Percentile £700 £638 £684
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £65.47
25th Percentile - - £71.44
Median hourly rate - £58.49 £81.37
Median % change year-on-year - -28.12% +47.95%
75th Percentile - - £84.44
90th Percentile - - £86.27
England median hourly rate £73.23 £42.05 £60.00
% change year-on-year +74.17% -29.93% +23.76%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 792 1,263 1,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.75% 22.50% 26.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 868 1,041
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £613
90th Percentile £660 £675 £694
England median daily rate £525 £543 £565
% change year-on-year -3.23% -3.98% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 80 85
10th Percentile £38.83 £35.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £48.99 £46.25 £32.30
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% +57.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £69.06 £67.50
90th Percentile £65.62 £77.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -0.80% - +19.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the South East.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Thames Valley +25 90 £603 -0.41% 68
Berkshire +20 83 £638 +5.37% 32
Hampshire -5 63 £575 +4.55% 63
Buckinghamshire +9 7 £525 +1.25% 25
Kent +2 4 £430 +7.50% 10
Surrey +10 3 £488 -20.41% 18
East Sussex -3 2 £463 -2.63% 4
West Sussex +1 1 £328 -27.11% 9
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (11.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (6.75%) IIS
3 5 (3.07%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (2.45%) Apache
5 2 (1.23%) IBM Domino
5 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 55 (33.74%) Azure
2 24 (14.72%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (12.27%) AWS
4 19 (11.66%) IaaS
5 17 (10.43%) Entra ID
6 14 (8.59%) PaaS
7 13 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (7.36%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (7.36%) OpenShift
9 9 (5.52%) GitHub
10 8 (4.91%) Azure AKS
10 8 (4.91%) Azure API Management
10 8 (4.91%) GCP
11 6 (3.68%) SaaS
12 5 (3.07%) Azure Key Vault
12 5 (3.07%) Azure Storage
12 5 (3.07%) Power Platform
13 4 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (2.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.88%) DNS
2 20 (12.27%) Firewall
3 15 (9.20%) SMTP
4 9 (5.52%) DHCP
5 8 (4.91%) VPN
6 6 (3.68%) NetScaler
7 4 (2.45%) VSAN
8 3 (1.84%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (1.23%) HTTP
9 2 (1.23%) Network Security
10 1 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.61%) FTP
10 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.61%) RIP
10 1 (0.61%) SSL
10 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.98%) Big Data
1 13 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (4.91%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (4.91%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.45%) Power BI
6 3 (1.84%) SSDT
7 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.61%) Parquet
8 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (7.98%) MSI
2 12 (7.36%) Git
3 11 (6.75%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.68%) Selenium
5 3 (1.84%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.23%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 39 (23.93%) Public Sector
2 31 (19.02%) Social Skills
3 30 (18.40%) Finance
4 25 (15.34%) Electronics
4 25 (15.34%) Manufacturing
4 25 (15.34%) Marketing
4 25 (15.34%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.23%) Games
7 2 (1.23%) Military
8 1 (0.61%) Local Government
8 1 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 39 (23.93%) Architect
2 26 (15.95%) Active Directory Architect
3 23 (14.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (12.27%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (9.20%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (6.75%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (6.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 10 (6.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 9 (5.52%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.91%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (4.91%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
10 7 (4.29%) Infrastructure Support
10 7 (4.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 6 (3.68%) Infrastructure Architect
11 6 (3.68%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 5 (3.07%) Consultant
12 5 (3.07%) Security Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.98%) .NET
2 8 (4.91%) OAuth
3 5 (3.07%) ARM Templates
3 5 (3.07%) Middleware
3 5 (3.07%) React
3 5 (3.07%) YAML
4 4 (2.45%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.84%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.84%) ADO
5 3 (1.84%) JSON
5 3 (1.84%) OpenID
5 3 (1.84%) REST
5 3 (1.84%) SAML
6 2 (1.23%) Apache Axis
6 2 (1.23%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.23%) WCF
6 2 (1.23%) Web Services
7 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.61%) CSS3
7 1 (0.61%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.50%) PKI
2 17 (10.43%) Clustering
3 13 (7.98%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.75%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.68%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.45%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.45%) Replication
8 3 (1.84%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.23%) CMDB
9 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.23%) Wiki
10 1 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 110 (67.48%) Windows
2 56 (34.36%) Windows Server
3 28 (17.18%) Linux
4 27 (16.56%) Windows 10
5 9 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (4.91%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (3.07%) Ubuntu
7 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.23%) Android
9 2 (1.23%) CentOS
9 2 (1.23%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.23%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (1.23%) Solaris
10 1 (0.61%) VMS
10 1 (0.61%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.52%) DevOps
2 46 (28.22%) Agile
3 37 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (22.09%) Test Automation
5 29 (17.79%) Business Intelligence
5 29 (17.79%) Identity Access Management
6 26 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 25 (15.34%) Digital Marketing
7 25 (15.34%) Programme Management
8 24 (14.72%) CI/CD
9 20 (12.27%) Configuration Management
10 19 (11.66%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (11.66%) Migration
11 12 (7.36%) Artificial Intelligence
11 12 (7.36%) High Availability
12 11 (6.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 10 (6.13%) Containerisation
13 10 (6.13%) Identity Management
13 10 (6.13%) Platform Engineering
13 10 (6.13%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 49 (30.06%) Python
2 27 (16.56%) SQL
3 26 (15.95%) C#
4 19 (11.66%) Bash
5 13 (7.98%) Bicep
6 9 (5.52%) Java
7 8 (4.91%) VB
8 6 (3.68%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.07%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.45%) VBScript
11 2 (1.23%) PHP
11 2 (1.23%) Ruby
11 2 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.61%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.61%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.61%) C
12 1 (0.61%) C++
12 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (55.83%) Security Cleared
2 67 (41.10%) DV Cleared
3 23 (14.11%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.13%) Azure Certification
4 10 (6.13%) Degree
5 7 (4.29%) CISSP
6 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.84%) VCAP
7 3 (1.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.23%) GCIH
9 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.61%) CEH
9 1 (0.61%) CFCE
9 1 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.61%) CISM
9 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.61%) GCFA
9 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.45%) GDPR
1 4 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.23%) HIPAA
2 2 (1.23%) NIST
3 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (46.63%) Active Directory
2 22 (13.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (12.27%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (7.98%) Docker
4 13 (7.98%) Hyper-V
5 11 (6.75%) vSphere
6 9 (5.52%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (4.91%) BitLocker
7 8 (4.91%) Terminal Services
8 6 (3.68%) XenApp
8 6 (3.68%) XenDesktop
9 5 (3.07%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.84%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 31 (19.02%) Ansible
2 30 (18.40%) Terraform
3 21 (12.88%) Kubernetes
4 18 (11.04%) SCCM
5 16 (9.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (8.59%) Puppet
7 12 (7.36%) vCenter Server
7 12 (7.36%) WSUS
8 8 (4.91%) Nagios
8 8 (4.91%) vMotion
8 8 (4.91%) WMI
9 7 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (2.45%) SCOM
12 3 (1.84%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (1.84%) Grafana
12 3 (1.84%) Norton AntiVirus
12 3 (1.84%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.84%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.84%) vRealize
Vendors
1 68 (41.72%) Microsoft
2 45 (27.61%) VMware
3 27 (16.56%) SAP
4 16 (9.82%) Dell
5 15 (9.20%) Citrix
6 13 (7.98%) HP
7 11 (6.75%) Symantec
7 11 (6.75%) Wyse
8 8 (4.91%) Google
8 8 (4.91%) Red Hat
9 5 (3.07%) Databricks
10 4 (2.45%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.45%) Splunk
11 3 (1.84%) Cisco
11 3 (1.84%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.84%) NETGEAR
11 3 (1.84%) Oracle
11 3 (1.84%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.84%) TP-LINK
11 3 (1.84%) UiPath