Windows PowerShell
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 60 | 59 | 69 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +10 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing PowerShell | 1,416 | 2,222 | 3,030 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.27% | 3.72% | 3.41% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 11.11% | 10.60% | 9.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 975 | 1,553 | 2,106 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £445 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | +4.76% | +12.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £743 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £509 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.11% | +7.11% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 38 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £27.90 | £30.62 | £20.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.63 | £53.12 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £59.90 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.22% | +19.80% | +8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.18 | £66.00 | £63.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.22 | £82.46 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.25 | £57.33 | £48.27 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.79% | +18.77% | +20.68% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +3 | 1,240 | £525 | -4.55% | 527 |
| London | +15 | 672 | £538 | -10.42% | 210 |
| UK excluding London | +3 | 627 | £550 | +8.11% | 333 |
| Work from Home | -11 | 450 | £538 | -2.27% | 259 |
| South East | +13 | 228 | £550 | - | 109 |
| North of England | -14 | 114 | £475 | -5.00% | 78 |
| South West | -22 | 110 | £600 | +14.29% | 38 |
| Scotland | +72 | 91 | £575 | +11.27% | 17 |
| North West | -30 | 72 | £425 | -19.05% | 38 |
| Midlands | -26 | 64 | £395 | -21.78% | 53 |
| West Midlands | -10 | 49 | £375 | -28.57% | 37 |
| Yorkshire | +6 | 32 | £525 | +20.00% | 34 |
| East of England | -34 | 18 | £450 | -10.00% | 32 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 15 | £538 | +27.22% | 16 |
| North East | +27 | 10 | £475 | -32.14% | 6 |
| Wales | +3 | 5 | £690 | +46.03% | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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