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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 58 80
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 -7
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 434 926 1,369
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.96% 3.84% 3.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.68% 10.51% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 660 978
10th Percentile £350 £381 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +6.29% +7.14%
75th Percentile £608 £684 £600
90th Percentile £688 £775 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 21 17
10th Percentile - £51.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £37.63 £54.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £40.25 £66.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.02% +22.22% -12.20%
75th Percentile £44.63 £70.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £45.69 £87.50 £84.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £50.20
% change year-on-year -32.92% +19.52% +9.13%

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 4,999 8,808 16,823
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.15% 36.55% 38.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,623 6,506 12,548
10th Percentile £350 £388 £381
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 184 184
10th Percentile £27.75 £32.03 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year -0.80% +20.77% +17.21%

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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 1 June 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 73 (16.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (10.14%) SharePoint
3 30 (6.91%) Confluence
4 13 (3.00%) IIS
5 12 (2.76%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (2.76%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (2.53%) Skype for Business
7 10 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2003
7 10 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.92%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 4 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.92%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.69%) Apache
9 3 (0.69%) JBoss
9 3 (0.69%) nginx
9 3 (0.69%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.23%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.69%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.46%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 251 (57.83%) Azure
2 97 (22.35%) Azure DevOps
2 97 (22.35%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (17.74%) Entra ID
4 58 (13.36%) AWS
5 29 (6.68%) Azure Monitor
6 28 (6.45%) Power Platform
7 26 (5.99%) Azure Storage
8 22 (5.07%) GCP
9 21 (4.84%) PaaS
10 18 (4.15%) GitHub
11 17 (3.92%) Azure Service Bus
11 17 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (3.69%) Azure Key Vault
12 16 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (3.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (3.46%) Serverless
14 14 (3.23%) IaaS
14 14 (3.23%) PowerApps
15 13 (3.00%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 66 (15.21%) DNS
2 60 (13.82%) Firewall
3 44 (10.14%) DHCP
4 17 (3.92%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.23%) SAN
6 12 (2.76%) Network Security
6 12 (2.76%) Skype
6 12 (2.76%) VPN
7 9 (2.07%) VLAN
8 7 (1.61%) NAS
9 5 (1.15%) HTTP
9 5 (1.15%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.92%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (0.92%) SSH
10 4 (0.92%) WAAS
11 3 (0.69%) LAN
11 3 (0.69%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.69%) Wireless
12 2 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (23.50%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.23%) Power BI
4 10 (2.30%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.61%) MySQL
7 6 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.15%) Big Data
8 5 (1.15%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.15%) Metadata
9 4 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.92%) OLTP
9 4 (0.92%) Redis
9 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 43 (9.91%) JIRA
2 37 (8.53%) Git
3 35 (8.06%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.23%) SpecFlow
5 13 (3.00%) TeamCity
6 9 (2.07%) GitLab
6 9 (2.07%) Visual Studio
7 8 (1.84%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.38%) Selenium
9 4 (0.92%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.92%) MSI
9 4 (0.92%) Subversion
9 4 (0.92%) Visual Studio Team System
9 4 (0.92%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.69%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.69%) Travis CI
11 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 107 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 72 (16.59%) Finance
3 62 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 26 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.38%) Banking
6 10 (2.30%) Marketing
7 9 (2.07%) Front Office
8 8 (1.84%) Electronics
8 8 (1.84%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.84%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.38%) Law
9 6 (1.38%) Local Government
10 5 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.92%) Back Office
12 3 (0.69%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.69%) Publishing
12 3 (0.69%) Retail
12 3 (0.69%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.46%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 72 (16.59%) Senior
2 70 (16.13%) Developer
3 41 (9.45%) Azure Engineer
3 41 (9.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 40 (9.22%) Senior Developer
5 31 (7.14%) Software Developer
6 26 (5.99%) Consultant
7 24 (5.53%) Support Engineer
8 23 (5.30%) Senior Software Developer
9 22 (5.07%) Administrator
10 21 (4.84%) Active Directory Support
11 20 (4.61%) Azure Developer
12 19 (4.38%) Architect
13 18 (4.15%) Azure Specialist
13 18 (4.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.46%) Active Directory Engineer
14 15 (3.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.46%) Support Specialist
15 14 (3.23%) Active Directory Specialist
15 14 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (17.05%) .NET
2 53 (12.21%) ARM Templates
3 49 (11.29%) XML
4 26 (5.99%) .NET Framework
5 21 (4.84%) .NET Core
6 16 (3.69%) CSS
7 15 (3.46%) YAML
8 14 (3.23%) AngularJS
8 14 (3.23%) JSON
9 13 (3.00%) ASP.NET
9 13 (3.00%) HTML
10 11 (2.53%) REST
11 9 (2.07%) React
12 8 (1.84%) Middleware
12 8 (1.84%) OpenID
12 8 (1.84%) SAML
13 7 (1.61%) ASP.NET Core
13 7 (1.61%) LDAP
13 7 (1.61%) Web Services
14 6 (1.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (6.22%) PKI
3 16 (3.69%) Clustering
4 15 (3.46%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.30%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.30%) Replication
6 6 (1.38%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.38%) Contactless
6 6 (1.38%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.15%) Hedge funds
7 5 (1.15%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.69%) Cyberattack
9 3 (0.69%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 169 (38.94%) Windows
2 88 (20.28%) Windows Server
3 71 (16.36%) Linux
4 32 (7.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (6.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (5.76%) Windows 10
7 20 (4.61%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (3.69%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (3.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (3.46%) Windows Server 2008
10 14 (3.23%) Unix
11 6 (1.38%) Oracle Linux
11 6 (1.38%) Solaris
12 5 (1.15%) Apple iOS
12 5 (1.15%) VMS
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
1 170 (39.17%) DevOps
2 119 (27.42%) CI/CD
3 118 (27.19%) Agile
4 83 (19.12%) Infrastructure as Code
5 72 (16.59%) Migration
6 61 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (11.98%) Scrum
8 51 (11.75%) ITIL
9 42 (9.68%) Test Automation
10 39 (8.99%) Identity Management
11 36 (8.29%) Analytics
11 36 (8.29%) Release Management
12 33 (7.60%) Task Automation
13 32 (7.37%) RBAC
14 29 (6.68%) High Availability
14 29 (6.68%) Service Management
15 28 (6.45%) Configuration Management
15 28 (6.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
16 27 (6.22%) Disaster Recovery
17 26 (5.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (25.81%) Python
2 99 (22.81%) SQL
3 96 (22.12%) C#
4 52 (11.98%) Bicep
5 49 (11.29%) Bash
6 35 (8.06%) JavaScript
7 29 (6.68%) VBScript
8 27 (6.22%) VB
9 26 (5.99%) Java
10 13 (3.00%) C++
11 10 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (2.07%) Shell Script
13 8 (1.84%) C
14 7 (1.61%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.38%) Perl
16 5 (1.15%) Go
17 4 (0.92%) Ruby
17 4 (0.92%) TypeScript
18 3 (0.69%) BeanShell
19 2 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 103 (23.73%) Security Cleared
2 91 (20.97%) SC Cleared
3 61 (14.06%) Degree
4 32 (7.37%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (4.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (3.46%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.53%) MCSE
10 5 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.92%) MCSA
12 3 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.46%) CCNA
13 2 (0.46%) CISSP
13 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.23%) CESG Certified Professional
14 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.76%) QA
2 10 (2.30%) GDPR
2 10 (2.30%) PCI DSS
3 7 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.61%) NIST
3 7 (1.61%) SLA
4 6 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.92%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.23%) GLBA
7 1 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 166 (38.25%) Active Directory
2 38 (8.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (8.53%) Virtual Machines
4 33 (7.60%) Docker
5 22 (5.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (3.92%) vSphere
7 13 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (2.76%) Hyper-V
9 8 (1.84%) VMware NSX
10 6 (1.38%) XenApp
11 5 (1.15%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.46%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.23%) vCloud
13 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (19.82%) Terraform
2 56 (12.90%) Ansible
3 54 (12.44%) Kubernetes
4 49 (11.29%) SCCM
5 42 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 29 (6.68%) WSUS
7 28 (6.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 27 (6.22%) SCOM
9 25 (5.76%) Puppet
10 18 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
11 16 (3.69%) Progress Chef
12 10 (2.30%) Grafana
12 10 (2.30%) Prometheus
13 6 (1.38%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (1.38%) ITRS Geneos
13 6 (1.38%) Kibana
13 6 (1.38%) logstash
13 6 (1.38%) Nessus
14 5 (1.15%) Tivoli
14 5 (1.15%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 198 (45.62%) Microsoft
2 49 (11.29%) VMware
3 21 (4.84%) Oracle
4 20 (4.61%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.15%) Citrix
6 17 (3.92%) Atlassian
7 15 (3.46%) SAP
8 14 (3.23%) Splunk
9 12 (2.76%) Cisco
9 12 (2.76%) HP
9 12 (2.76%) IBM
10 11 (2.53%) Red Hat
11 10 (2.30%) CyberArk
11 10 (2.30%) Dell
12 9 (2.07%) Qualys
13 8 (1.84%) Salesforce
14 7 (1.61%) EMC
15 5 (1.15%) Apple
15 5 (1.15%) Ivanti
15 5 (1.15%) Serena