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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 59 | 74 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +15 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing PowerShell | 1,385 | 2,076 | 2,890 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.25% | 3.62% | 3.29% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.89% | 10.47% | 9.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 967 | 1,442 | 2,005 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £337 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £750 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £511 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.13% | +7.63% | +7.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 37 | 40 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.63 | £30.03 | £30.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £54.00 | £41.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.25 | £60.00 | £50.09 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.92% | +19.78% | +8.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.39 | £66.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.44 | £82.82 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.25 | £57.33 | £48.38 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.79% | +18.51% | +20.94% |
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 | 12,722 | 19,828 | 31,716 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.90% | 34.62% | 36.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,047 | 14,307 | 23,128 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +1.01% | +16.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 494 | 443 | 499 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.43 | £60.70 | £50.20 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.85% | +20.92% | +18.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +25.00% |
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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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +6 | 1,244 | £525 | -4.55% | 625 |
| London | +12 | 665 | £525 | -12.50% | 246 |
| UK excluding London | 0 | 613 | £538 | +5.13% | 418 |
| Work from Home | -11 | 428 | £525 | -4.55% | 271 |
| South East | +26 | 245 | £550 | +1.29% | 153 |
| South West | -16 | 110 | £600 | +9.09% | 50 |
| North of England | -12 | 109 | £488 | -7.14% | 105 |
| Midlands | -12 | 70 | £383 | -22.34% | 54 |
| Scotland | +47 | 66 | £575 | +15.00% | 17 |
| North West | -31 | 65 | £481 | -12.50% | 56 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 52 | £363 | -30.95% | 33 |
| Yorkshire | +12 | 36 | £525 | +16.67% | 41 |
| East Midlands | +3 | 18 | £500 | +12.36% | 21 |
| East of England | -37 | 13 | £475 | -5.00% | 39 |
| North East | +20 | 8 | £475 | -32.14% | 8 |
| Wales | +5 | 5 | £690 | +45.26% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | -6 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
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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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