PowerShell Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 69 57 76
Rank change year-on-year -12 +19 -7
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 437 986 1,412
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.91% 3.94% 3.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.68% 10.53% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 708 1,020
10th Percentile £350 £379 £345
25th Percentile £441 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £600
90th Percentile £688 £750 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 23 14
10th Percentile - £51.30 £17.50
25th Percentile £37.63 £54.00 £35.63
Median hourly rate £40.25 £66.00 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.02% +18.39% -7.25%
75th Percentile £44.63 £68.13 £66.00
90th Percentile £45.69 £87.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £50.49
% change year-on-year -33.13% +18.85% +9.75%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,035 9,363 16,691
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.47% 37.37% 38.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,654 6,855 12,381
10th Percentile £350 £390 £375
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 204 193
10th Percentile £33.75 £32.03 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% +11.73%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.75 £81.75 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £62.43 £61.84 £50.50
% change year-on-year +0.95% +22.45% +16.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PowerShell.

PowerShell daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

PowerShell daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PowerShell.

PowerShell hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 68 (15.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (9.84%) SharePoint
3 36 (8.24%) Confluence
4 17 (3.89%) IIS
5 12 (2.75%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (2.75%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (2.52%) Skype for Business
7 10 (2.29%) Exchange Server 2003
7 10 (2.29%) Exchange Server 2013
8 5 (1.14%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.92%) Apache
9 4 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.69%) JBoss
10 3 (0.69%) nginx
10 3 (0.69%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.69%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.23%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.23%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.69%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.46%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 253 (57.89%) Azure
2 104 (23.80%) Azure DevOps
3 96 (21.97%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (16.02%) Entra ID
5 61 (13.96%) AWS
6 31 (7.09%) Power Platform
7 28 (6.41%) Azure Monitor
8 24 (5.49%) GCP
9 22 (5.03%) Azure Storage
9 22 (5.03%) PaaS
10 19 (4.35%) GitHub
11 17 (3.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (3.89%) Azure Service Bus
11 17 (3.89%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (3.89%) IaaS
12 16 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (3.66%) Azure Key Vault
12 16 (3.66%) PowerApps
12 16 (3.66%) SaaS
12 16 (3.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 67 (15.33%) DNS
2 57 (13.04%) Firewall
3 43 (9.84%) DHCP
4 19 (4.35%) SAN
4 19 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.75%) Skype
5 12 (2.75%) VPN
6 11 (2.52%) Network Security
7 10 (2.29%) VLAN
8 9 (2.06%) NAS
9 7 (1.60%) Kerberos
10 6 (1.37%) LAN
11 5 (1.14%) HTTP
11 5 (1.14%) WAN
12 4 (0.92%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.92%) WAAS
13 3 (0.69%) NetScaler
13 3 (0.69%) SSH
14 2 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (25.40%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (3.66%) Power BI
4 13 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.06%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.83%) MySQL
7 8 (1.83%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.14%) Metadata
10 5 (1.14%) Redis
11 4 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.92%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.92%) OLTP
11 4 (0.92%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.69%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 48 (10.98%) JIRA
2 37 (8.47%) Jenkins
3 34 (7.78%) Git
4 16 (3.66%) TeamCity
5 14 (3.20%) SpecFlow
6 11 (2.52%) Visual Studio
7 10 (2.29%) GitLab
8 8 (1.83%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (1.37%) Selenium
10 4 (0.92%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.92%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.92%) Subversion
10 4 (0.92%) Travis CI
10 4 (0.92%) Visual Studio Team System
10 4 (0.92%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.69%) MSI
12 2 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 105 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 73 (16.70%) Finance
3 66 (15.10%) Public Sector
4 23 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.12%) Banking
6 10 (2.29%) Marketing
7 9 (2.06%) Front Office
8 8 (1.83%) Electronics
8 8 (1.83%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.60%) Law
10 6 (1.37%) Local Government
11 5 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.92%) Back Office
12 4 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.92%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.69%) Publishing
13 3 (0.69%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (17.16%) Senior
2 69 (15.79%) Developer
3 42 (9.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 39 (8.92%) Senior Developer
5 37 (8.47%) Azure Engineer
6 32 (7.32%) Software Developer
7 30 (6.86%) Consultant
8 24 (5.49%) Senior Software Developer
9 23 (5.26%) Architect
10 22 (5.03%) Administrator
11 21 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (4.58%) Azure Developer
13 19 (4.35%) Support Engineer
14 18 (4.12%) Azure Specialist
15 17 (3.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 17 (3.89%) Lead
16 16 (3.66%) Active Directory Support
17 15 (3.43%) Support Specialist
18 14 (3.20%) Active Directory Specialist
18 14 (3.20%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (17.85%) .NET
2 53 (12.13%) XML
3 50 (11.44%) ARM Templates
4 25 (5.72%) .NET Framework
5 20 (4.58%) .NET Core
6 18 (4.12%) YAML
7 17 (3.89%) JSON
8 16 (3.66%) CSS
9 14 (3.20%) AngularJS
9 14 (3.20%) HTML
10 13 (2.97%) ASP.NET
11 10 (2.29%) REST
12 9 (2.06%) React
13 8 (1.83%) LDAP
13 8 (1.83%) Middleware
14 7 (1.60%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (1.60%) SOAP
14 7 (1.60%) Web Services
15 6 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
15 6 (1.37%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.26%) PKI
1 23 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (4.12%) Clustering
3 15 (3.43%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.75%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.52%) Replication
6 10 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.60%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.37%) Contactless
9 6 (1.37%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.14%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.14%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.69%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 168 (38.44%) Windows
2 91 (20.82%) Windows Server
3 64 (14.65%) Linux
4 29 (6.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (6.18%) Windows 10
6 24 (5.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (5.03%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (3.66%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (3.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (3.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 14 (3.20%) Unix
11 8 (1.83%) Oracle Linux
11 8 (1.83%) Solaris
12 5 (1.14%) VMS
13 4 (0.92%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.92%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.69%) CentOS
14 3 (0.69%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.46%) Android
15 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (39.13%) DevOps
2 118 (27.00%) Agile
3 117 (26.77%) CI/CD
4 76 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 69 (15.79%) Migration
6 56 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (12.13%) Scrum
8 49 (11.21%) ITIL
9 40 (9.15%) Test Automation
10 36 (8.24%) High Availability
11 35 (8.01%) Identity Management
12 33 (7.55%) Analytics
13 32 (7.32%) Release Management
14 31 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
15 29 (6.64%) Task Automation
16 28 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 27 (6.18%) Problem Management
17 27 (6.18%) RBAC
18 26 (5.95%) B2C
18 26 (5.95%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (27.46%) Python
2 104 (23.80%) SQL
3 96 (21.97%) C#
4 51 (11.67%) Bash
5 45 (10.30%) Bicep
6 37 (8.47%) JavaScript
7 29 (6.64%) Java
8 25 (5.72%) VBScript
9 22 (5.03%) VB
10 13 (2.97%) C++
11 11 (2.52%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.83%) C
14 7 (1.60%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.37%) Go
15 6 (1.37%) Perl
15 6 (1.37%) Ruby
16 5 (1.14%) TypeScript
17 3 (0.69%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 96 (21.97%) Security Cleared
2 87 (19.91%) SC Cleared
3 57 (13.04%) Degree
4 24 (5.49%) DV Cleared
5 22 (5.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (3.20%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.29%) MCSE
9 5 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.92%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.92%) CCNA
11 3 (0.69%) CCNP
11 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.69%) MCSA
12 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.46%) CISSP
12 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.97%) QA
2 11 (2.52%) GDPR
3 10 (2.29%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.06%) SLA
5 8 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.37%) NIST
7 4 (0.92%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.23%) GLBA
10 1 (0.23%) HL7
10 1 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 166 (37.99%) Active Directory
2 35 (8.01%) Docker
2 35 (8.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (6.64%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (3.43%) vSphere
7 11 (2.52%) Hyper-V
8 9 (2.06%) VMware NSX
9 6 (1.37%) XenApp
10 4 (0.92%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.46%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.23%) vCloud
12 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 81 (18.54%) Terraform
2 55 (12.59%) Kubernetes
3 54 (12.36%) Ansible
4 46 (10.53%) SCCM
5 40 (9.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (5.49%) SCOM
6 24 (5.49%) WSUS
7 23 (5.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 21 (4.81%) Puppet
9 18 (4.12%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (3.89%) Progress Chef
11 9 (2.06%) Grafana
11 9 (2.06%) Prometheus
12 8 (1.83%) EMC NetWorker
13 7 (1.60%) Netcool
13 7 (1.60%) Tivoli
13 7 (1.60%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 6 (1.37%) ITRS Geneos
14 6 (1.37%) Kibana
14 6 (1.37%) logstash
Vendors
1 200 (45.77%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.44%) VMware
3 23 (5.26%) Oracle
4 21 (4.81%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.35%) Atlassian
6 18 (4.12%) Citrix
7 17 (3.89%) Splunk
8 16 (3.66%) SAP
9 14 (3.20%) Cisco
9 14 (3.20%) Dell
9 14 (3.20%) HP
9 14 (3.20%) IBM
10 12 (2.75%) Red Hat
11 11 (2.52%) CyberArk
12 10 (2.29%) Qualys
13 9 (2.06%) EMC
14 7 (1.60%) Isilon
14 7 (1.60%) Salesforce
14 7 (1.60%) Serena
15 6 (1.37%) CrowdStrike