PowerShell Contracts in the UK excluding London

Windows PowerShell
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 60 73
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 -10
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 613 860 968
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.99% 3.68% 3.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.78% 12.72% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 656 686
10th Percentile £350 £286 £259
25th Percentile £425 £413 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% +5.32% +7.95%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 24
10th Percentile £39.29 £24.89 £17.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £32.40 £42.18
Median hourly rate £40.25 £57.33 £49.34
Median % change year-on-year -29.79% +16.19% +64.47%
75th Percentile £46.34 £64.50 £57.81
90th Percentile £74.44 £87.50 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £50.20
% change year-on-year -33.13% +19.52% +9.13%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,797 6,763 8,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.42% 28.95% 28.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,229 4,783 6,123
10th Percentile £318 £350 £337
25th Percentile £400 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.04% +15.29%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 340 339
10th Percentile £38.00 £22.50 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £49.92 £30.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.20
Median % change year-on-year - +24.50% +22.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.00 £67.99
UK median hourly rate £62.43 £62.50 £50.64
% change year-on-year -0.12% +23.43% +17.08%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

PowerShell
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

PowerShell
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

PowerShell
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in the UK excluding London

PowerShell
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
South East +23 240 £550 +2.33% 114
North of England -18 107 £500 -2.44% 77
South West -21 107 £600 +14.29% 47
Scotland +58 76 £575 +15.00% 11
North West -30 68 £450 -14.29% 42
Midlands -11 67 £400 -18.78% 51
West Midlands -18 51 £375 -28.57% 35
Yorkshire +5 31 £569 +19.74% 24
East Midlands +4 16 £531 +19.38% 16
East of England -38 14 £450 -10.00% 42
North East +21 8 £475 -32.14% 11
Wales +8 5 £690 +45.26% 3
Northern Ireland -3 1 - - 6
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UK

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 97 (15.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (10.28%) SharePoint
3 59 (9.62%) Confluence
4 13 (2.12%) IIS
5 9 (1.47%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (1.31%) Apache
6 8 (1.31%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (0.33%) nginx
7 2 (0.33%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.33%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.16%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.49%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 249 (40.62%) Azure
2 117 (19.09%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (12.23%) AWS
4 57 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (9.30%) Entra ID
5 39 (6.36%) Azure Monitor
6 31 (5.06%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.40%) OneDrive
8 24 (3.92%) GCP
8 24 (3.92%) GitHub
9 19 (3.10%) PaaS
10 16 (2.61%) Azure Storage
11 14 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (2.28%) IaaS
11 14 (2.28%) OCI
11 14 (2.28%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.28%) Serverless
12 12 (1.96%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.63%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (20.72%) DNS
2 91 (14.85%) DHCP
3 88 (14.36%) Firewall
4 50 (8.16%) SAN
5 40 (6.53%) VPN
6 29 (4.73%) TCP/IP
7 27 (4.40%) LAN
7 27 (4.40%) WAN
8 17 (2.77%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (2.61%) VLAN
10 12 (1.96%) Fibre Channel
11 10 (1.63%) HTTP
11 10 (1.63%) NetScaler
12 8 (1.31%) MPLS
12 8 (1.31%) NAS
12 8 (1.31%) SMTP
13 7 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (1.14%) Unified Communications
13 7 (1.14%) WAAS
14 6 (0.98%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.40%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.24%) Power BI
3 14 (2.28%) MySQL
4 13 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (1.63%) Metadata
6 10 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.31%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.14%) PowerPivot
10 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Power View
11 4 (0.65%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.65%) Tableau
12 3 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.33%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (11.42%) Jenkins
2 69 (11.26%) JIRA
3 36 (5.87%) Bitbucket
4 34 (5.55%) Git
5 32 (5.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 28 (4.57%) GitLab
7 21 (3.43%) Robot Framework
8 19 (3.10%) Visual Studio
9 15 (2.45%) MSI
10 14 (2.28%) Sonatype Nexus
11 11 (1.79%) Artifactory
11 11 (1.79%) SonarQube
12 10 (1.63%) Selenium
13 9 (1.47%) CircleCI
13 9 (1.47%) Travis CI
14 7 (1.14%) Hudson
14 7 (1.14%) TeamCity
15 6 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.82%) AppScan
16 5 (0.82%) Burp Suite
General
1 178 (29.04%) Social Skills
2 78 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (7.34%) Public Sector
4 28 (4.57%) Finance
5 26 (4.24%) Aerospace
6 10 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (1.47%) Legal
8 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
8 6 (0.98%) Publishing
9 5 (0.82%) Banking
9 5 (0.82%) Marketing
9 5 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.65%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.49%) Electronics
11 3 (0.49%) French Language
11 3 (0.49%) Front Office
11 3 (0.49%) Local Government
12 2 (0.33%) Military
12 2 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (12.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 63 (10.28%) Architect
3 54 (8.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 52 (8.48%) Senior
5 48 (7.83%) Developer
6 35 (5.71%) Security Engineer
7 34 (5.55%) Administrator
8 33 (5.38%) Support Engineer
9 31 (5.06%) Consultant
10 30 (4.89%) Infrastructure Architect
11 29 (4.73%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (3.59%) Analyst
13 19 (3.10%) Lead
14 17 (2.77%) Windows Engineer
15 16 (2.61%) Active Directory Support
15 16 (2.61%) Exchange Engineer
16 15 (2.45%) Azure Specialist
16 15 (2.45%) DBA
16 15 (2.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 14 (2.28%) Active Directory Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (10.28%) .NET
2 28 (4.57%) ARM Templates
3 26 (4.24%) .NET Core
4 22 (3.59%) YAML
5 16 (2.61%) Elastic Stack
5 16 (2.61%) JSON
6 15 (2.45%) CSS
6 15 (2.45%) HTML
7 14 (2.28%) REST
8 13 (2.12%) ASP.NET
8 13 (2.12%) XML
9 12 (1.96%) LDAP
10 8 (1.31%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.31%) SAML
11 6 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (0.98%) OAuth
11 6 (0.98%) OpenID
11 6 (0.98%) SOAP
11 6 (0.98%) Web Services
12 4 (0.65%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 87 (14.19%) PKI
2 38 (6.20%) Data Centre
3 29 (4.73%) Clustering
4 26 (4.24%) Client/Server
5 20 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.28%) Public Cloud
7 11 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.63%) CMDB
8 10 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.14%) Fat Client
11 7 (1.14%) Replication
11 7 (1.14%) Thin Client
12 6 (0.98%) Digital Signage
12 6 (0.98%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.82%) Device Driver
14 4 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 323 (52.69%) Windows
2 166 (27.08%) Windows Server
3 149 (24.31%) Linux
4 85 (13.87%) Windows 10
5 76 (12.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 51 (8.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 46 (7.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 37 (6.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 30 (4.89%) Unix
10 17 (2.77%) Windows XP
11 15 (2.45%) Mac OS
11 15 (2.45%) Windows 7
12 14 (2.28%) Ubuntu
13 12 (1.96%) Windows Server 2003
14 10 (1.63%) VMS
15 7 (1.14%) CentOS
15 7 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.98%) Apple iOS
17 4 (0.65%) AIX
17 4 (0.65%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (23.49%) DevOps
2 139 (22.68%) Agile
3 122 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (19.09%) CI/CD
5 101 (16.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 90 (14.68%) ITIL
7 79 (12.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 61 (9.95%) Migration
9 54 (8.81%) Task Automation
10 51 (8.32%) Continuous Integration
10 51 (8.32%) Test Automation
11 49 (7.99%) Deployment Automation
12 43 (7.01%) Configuration Management
13 40 (6.53%) Project Management
14 39 (6.36%) Disaster Recovery
14 39 (6.36%) Service Management
15 38 (6.20%) Problem Management
16 37 (6.04%) Identity Management
17 36 (5.87%) Application Packaging
18 34 (5.55%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (29.85%) Python
2 74 (12.07%) Bash
3 59 (9.62%) SQL
4 48 (7.83%) VBScript
5 47 (7.67%) C#
6 24 (3.92%) Bicep
6 24 (3.92%) VB
7 22 (3.59%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.61%) Java
9 13 (2.12%) Perl
9 13 (2.12%) Shell Script
9 13 (2.12%) T-SQL
10 10 (1.63%) C
11 9 (1.47%) C++
12 8 (1.31%) Go
13 5 (0.82%) Ruby
14 3 (0.49%) Groovy
14 3 (0.49%) Julia
14 3 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 295 (48.12%) Security Cleared
2 169 (27.57%) SC Cleared
3 138 (22.51%) DV Cleared
4 105 (17.13%) Degree
5 31 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.94%) CCNA
6 18 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.77%) CCNP
7 17 (2.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 16 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.28%) MCSE
10 8 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.65%) MCTS
12 3 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.57%) QA
2 12 (1.96%) SLA
3 7 (1.14%) GDPR
3 7 (1.14%) RMADS
4 5 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.65%) NIST
6 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
7 1 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 227 (37.03%) Active Directory
2 126 (20.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (7.50%) Docker
3 46 (7.50%) VMware ESXi
4 45 (7.34%) Hyper-V
5 33 (5.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (3.75%) XenApp
7 22 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (3.59%) vSphere
8 21 (3.43%) VMware NSX
9 14 (2.28%) BitLocker
10 12 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (1.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 9 (1.47%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (1.47%) XenDesktop
12 8 (1.31%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.98%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.65%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 141 (23.00%) Ansible
2 117 (19.09%) SCCM
3 114 (18.60%) Terraform
4 63 (10.28%) Kubernetes
5 56 (9.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 48 (7.83%) WSUS
7 41 (6.69%) SCOM
8 37 (6.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 32 (5.22%) vCenter Server
10 28 (4.57%) Puppet
11 26 (4.24%) PowerCLI
11 26 (4.24%) Single Sign-On
12 25 (4.08%) NetBackup
13 23 (3.75%) Progress Chef
14 18 (2.94%) EMC NetWorker
14 18 (2.94%) Grafana
15 17 (2.77%) Prometheus
16 16 (2.61%) WMI
17 13 (2.12%) Nagios
17 13 (2.12%) Nessus
Vendors
1 239 (38.99%) Microsoft
2 164 (26.75%) VMware
3 54 (8.81%) Atlassian
4 43 (7.01%) HP
5 42 (6.85%) Dell
6 38 (6.20%) Citrix
7 35 (5.71%) Oracle
8 27 (4.40%) Cisco
9 25 (4.08%) EMC
9 25 (4.08%) Splunk
9 25 (4.08%) Symantec
9 25 (4.08%) Veeam
10 18 (2.94%) Red Hat
11 17 (2.77%) Juniper
11 17 (2.77%) NetApp
11 17 (2.77%) Palo Alto
12 15 (2.45%) Ivanti
13 14 (2.28%) 3PAR
13 14 (2.28%) Extreme Networks
14 12 (1.96%) ArcSight