PowerShell Contracts in London

Windows PowerShell
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 68 77
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 685 902 1,280
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.90% 3.59% 3.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.40% 8.93% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 615 944
10th Percentile £350 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £554
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.30% +10.80%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £645
90th Percentile £701 £810 £738
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile - £55.78 £33.88
25th Percentile - - £35.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £60.00 £42.49
Median % change year-on-year -60.33% +41.20% -35.37%
75th Percentile £29.57 £64.50 £72.19
90th Percentile £39.94 - £88.88
England median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £49.23
% change year-on-year -32.92% +21.87% +20.08%

All Programming Languages
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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,588 10,103 16,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.53% 40.17% 41.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,007 7,620 12,436
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £713
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 74 106
10th Percentile £23.80 £25.40 £28.75
25th Percentile £40.75 £39.31 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £60.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +25.00% +1.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.06
90th Percentile £72.50 £88.50 £75.62
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +19.32%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in London

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Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Central London +21 126 £551 -4.13% 21
East London +9 18 £443 -6.84% 2
South London +12 12 £440 -21.78% 9
West London +26 9 £494 +26.60% 4
North London +3 2 £250 +5.26% 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 70 (10.22%) SharePoint
2 53 (7.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (3.21%) IIS
4 19 (2.77%) Confluence
5 13 (1.90%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (1.75%) nginx
7 11 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2007
7 11 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (1.46%) Skype for Business
9 9 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (1.31%) Tomcat
10 8 (1.17%) Site Server
11 7 (1.02%) Apache
12 5 (0.73%) JBoss
13 4 (0.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
14 3 (0.44%) WebSphere
15 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
16 1 (0.15%) CMS
16 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
16 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (1.90%) Aladdin
1 13 (1.90%) SimCorp Dimension
2 5 (0.73%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.29%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.15%) Endur
4 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.15%) Front Arena
Cloud Services
1 420 (61.31%) Azure
2 192 (28.03%) Azure DevOps
3 131 (19.12%) Entra ID
4 122 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (15.18%) AWS
6 62 (9.05%) Power Platform
7 36 (5.26%) GCP
8 34 (4.96%) GitHub
9 32 (4.67%) PowerApps
10 29 (4.23%) Azure Service Bus
10 29 (4.23%) IaaS
10 29 (4.23%) PaaS
11 27 (3.94%) Azure Key Vault
11 27 (3.94%) Azure Logic Apps
12 25 (3.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 25 (3.65%) SaaS
12 25 (3.65%) Serverless
13 24 (3.50%) Azure Functions
14 23 (3.36%) Power Automate
15 21 (3.07%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 58 (8.47%) Firewall
2 56 (8.18%) DNS
3 28 (4.09%) DHCP
4 22 (3.21%) VPN
5 17 (2.48%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.19%) Network Security
6 15 (2.19%) SAN
7 13 (1.90%) Internet
8 12 (1.75%) HTTP
8 12 (1.75%) NAS
9 11 (1.61%) Skype
10 10 (1.46%) LAN
10 10 (1.46%) SSH
11 9 (1.31%) Kerberos
11 9 (1.31%) Wireless
12 8 (1.17%) VLAN
12 8 (1.17%) WAN
13 6 (0.88%) DMARC
13 6 (0.88%) NetScaler
13 6 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 42 (6.13%) Power BI
3 36 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (3.65%) Relational Database
6 23 (3.36%) Data Lake
7 20 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.63%) Big Data
8 18 (2.63%) MySQL
9 17 (2.48%) NoSQL
9 17 (2.48%) Redis
10 11 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.17%) GIS
13 7 (1.02%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (1.02%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.02%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.02%) Tableau
14 6 (0.88%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 44 (6.42%) Jenkins
2 42 (6.13%) Git
3 33 (4.82%) GitLab
3 33 (4.82%) JIRA
4 28 (4.09%) SpecFlow
5 21 (3.07%) Visual Studio
6 18 (2.63%) TeamCity
7 16 (2.34%) Selenium
8 13 (1.90%) Artifactory
9 12 (1.75%) WebDriver
10 11 (1.61%) Subversion
11 6 (0.88%) MSI
11 6 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
12 4 (0.58%) Burp Suite
13 3 (0.44%) InstallShield
13 3 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
14 2 (0.29%) Apache Continuum
14 2 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
14 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 168 (24.53%) Finance
2 120 (17.52%) Social Skills
3 84 (12.26%) Public Sector
4 69 (10.07%) Banking
5 50 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (4.67%) Front Office
7 22 (3.21%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.19%) Legal
9 14 (2.04%) Local Government
10 13 (1.90%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.75%) Back Office
11 12 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.88%) Electronics
14 6 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.88%) Marketing
15 5 (0.73%) Law
16 3 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 161 (23.50%) Developer
2 140 (20.44%) Senior
3 86 (12.55%) Senior Developer
4 60 (8.76%) Azure Engineer
5 59 (8.61%) Software Developer
6 57 (8.32%) DevOps Engineer
7 54 (7.88%) Architect
8 50 (7.30%) Analyst
9 49 (7.15%) Senior Software Developer
10 37 (5.40%) Backend Developer
11 31 (4.53%) Azure Developer
12 30 (4.38%) Applications Support
13 28 (4.09%) Support Engineer
14 27 (3.94%) .NET Developer
14 27 (3.94%) Consultant
14 27 (3.94%) Senior Backend Developer
15 26 (3.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 26 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
17 22 (3.21%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (24.67%) .NET
2 115 (16.79%) XML
3 63 (9.20%) .NET Framework
4 42 (6.13%) .NET Core
5 40 (5.84%) ARM Templates
6 34 (4.96%) AngularJS
6 34 (4.96%) REST
7 31 (4.53%) ASP.NET
8 29 (4.23%) CSS
8 29 (4.23%) React
9 28 (4.09%) JSON
10 24 (3.50%) HTML
11 22 (3.21%) YAML
12 21 (3.07%) ASP.NET Core
13 19 (2.77%) LDAP
13 19 (2.77%) Middleware
14 15 (2.19%) Microsoft Graph
15 14 (2.04%) SailPoint
16 13 (1.90%) SAML
17 11 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.84%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.50%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.48%) Clustering
6 16 (2.34%) PKI
7 13 (1.90%) Hedge funds
8 12 (1.75%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.75%) Replication
9 11 (1.61%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.46%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.46%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.17%) Contactless
11 8 (1.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.17%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.73%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 225 (32.85%) Windows
2 108 (15.77%) Windows Server
3 93 (13.58%) Linux
4 31 (4.53%) Unix
5 20 (2.92%) Windows 10
6 19 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (1.75%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (1.46%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (1.02%) CentOS
12 6 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (0.73%) Solaris
14 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.15%) VMS
15 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (44.67%) DevOps
2 231 (33.72%) Agile
3 199 (29.05%) CI/CD
4 133 (19.42%) Scrum
5 108 (15.77%) Migration
6 79 (11.53%) Infrastructure as Code
7 75 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (9.34%) B2C
9 61 (8.91%) ITIL
10 54 (7.88%) Cybersecurity
11 53 (7.74%) Software Engineering
12 49 (7.15%) SDLC
12 49 (7.15%) Task Automation
13 48 (7.01%) Configuration Management
14 47 (6.86%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (6.72%) Test Automation
16 41 (5.99%) Disaster Recovery
17 38 (5.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 38 (5.55%) Project Delivery
18 31 (4.53%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 192 (28.03%) Python
2 187 (27.30%) C#
3 177 (25.84%) SQL
4 69 (10.07%) Java
5 65 (9.49%) Bash
6 63 (9.20%) JavaScript
7 60 (8.76%) Bicep
8 23 (3.36%) T-SQL
9 22 (3.21%) Shell Script
10 16 (2.34%) TypeScript
11 13 (1.90%) C++
12 11 (1.61%) Perl
13 10 (1.46%) Go
13 10 (1.46%) VBScript
14 9 (1.31%) Korn
15 8 (1.17%) VB
16 6 (0.88%) BeanShell
17 5 (0.73%) PHP
18 4 (0.58%) Ruby
19 3 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 77 (11.24%) Security Cleared
2 62 (9.05%) SC Cleared
3 61 (8.91%) Degree
4 22 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.92%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.63%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.48%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.88%) CCNP
11 6 (0.88%) MCSE
12 4 (0.58%) CISSP
12 4 (0.58%) MCSA
13 3 (0.44%) CCIE
13 3 (0.44%) CCNA
13 3 (0.44%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.29%) CEH
14 2 (0.29%) CESG Certified Professional
14 2 (0.29%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.77%) PCI DSS
2 14 (2.04%) QA
3 13 (1.90%) SLA
4 12 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.31%) NIST
6 7 (1.02%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.88%) GDPR
7 6 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.15%) GLBA
11 1 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 224 (32.70%) Active Directory
2 45 (6.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (5.84%) Docker
4 25 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (3.21%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.90%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (1.31%) vSphere
8 7 (1.02%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.02%) XenApp
9 5 (0.73%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.73%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.58%) Firmware
10 4 (0.58%) NFS
10 4 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 124 (18.10%) Terraform
2 66 (9.64%) Ansible
3 48 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 47 (6.86%) Kubernetes
5 31 (4.53%) SCCM
6 25 (3.65%) Puppet
7 23 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (2.92%) ITRS Geneos
9 16 (2.34%) Grafana
10 13 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (1.31%) BladeLogic
11 9 (1.31%) PingFederate
11 9 (1.31%) Progress Chef
12 8 (1.17%) Prometheus
12 8 (1.17%) vRealize
13 7 (1.02%) ArcSight ESM
14 6 (0.88%) SCOM
15 5 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
15 5 (0.73%) Kibana
15 5 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 314 (45.84%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.05%) VMware
3 59 (8.61%) Oracle
4 30 (4.38%) Citrix
5 28 (4.09%) ServiceNow
6 26 (3.80%) Cisco
7 22 (3.21%) Dynatrace
7 22 (3.21%) IBM
8 16 (2.34%) CyberArk
9 14 (2.04%) Red Hat
10 13 (1.90%) SimCorp
10 13 (1.90%) Splunk
11 11 (1.61%) Dell
11 11 (1.61%) F5
11 11 (1.61%) HP
11 11 (1.61%) SolarWinds
12 10 (1.46%) Qualys
13 9 (1.31%) Altiris
13 9 (1.31%) ArcSight
13 9 (1.31%) SAP