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 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 55 69 79
Rank change year-on-year +14 +10 0
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 683 904 1,273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.90% 3.55% 3.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.47% 8.88% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 617 937
10th Percentile £350 £400 £379
25th Percentile £425 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £551
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.99% +10.10%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £645
90th Percentile £712 £800 £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 9
10th Percentile - £55.78 £34.25
25th Percentile - - £35.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £60.00 £49.99
Median % change year-on-year -60.33% +20.04% -23.98%
75th Percentile £29.57 £64.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £39.94 - £88.00
England median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £49.23
% change year-on-year -32.92% +21.87% +9.41%

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 6,524 10,182 16,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.26% 40.03% 41.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,973 7,675 12,404
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £713
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £543 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 74 102
10th Percentile £23.80 £25.75 £31.03
25th Percentile £33.07 £39.31 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £60.00 £49.24
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +21.85% +3.67%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £88.50 £76.88
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +20.00%

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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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +25 129 £550 -2.22% 16
East London +9 18 £443 -6.84% 2
South London +13 13 £450 -20.00% 7
West London +22 8 £525 +31.25% 5
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 (10.25%) SharePoint
2 54 (7.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (3.22%) IIS
4 19 (2.78%) Confluence
5 13 (1.90%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (1.76%) nginx
7 11 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2007
7 11 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (1.46%) Skype for Business
9 9 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (1.32%) Tomcat
10 8 (1.17%) Site Server
11 7 (1.02%) Apache
12 5 (0.73%) JBoss
13 4 (0.59%) 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 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.61%) 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
4 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 418 (61.20%) Azure
2 190 (27.82%) Azure DevOps
3 131 (19.18%) Entra ID
4 124 (18.16%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (15.23%) AWS
6 62 (9.08%) Power Platform
7 35 (5.12%) GCP
8 34 (4.98%) GitHub
9 32 (4.69%) PowerApps
10 29 (4.25%) Azure Service Bus
10 29 (4.25%) IaaS
11 28 (4.10%) PaaS
12 27 (3.95%) Azure Key Vault
12 27 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 25 (3.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 25 (3.66%) Serverless
14 24 (3.51%) Azure Functions
14 24 (3.51%) SaaS
15 23 (3.37%) Power Automate
16 20 (2.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 60 (8.78%) Firewall
2 57 (8.35%) DNS
3 29 (4.25%) DHCP
4 24 (3.51%) VPN
5 18 (2.64%) TCP/IP
6 17 (2.49%) Network Security
7 15 (2.20%) SAN
8 13 (1.90%) Internet
8 13 (1.90%) LAN
9 12 (1.76%) HTTP
9 12 (1.76%) NAS
9 12 (1.76%) Skype
9 12 (1.76%) WAN
10 10 (1.46%) SSH
11 9 (1.32%) Kerberos
11 9 (1.32%) Wireless
12 7 (1.02%) VLAN
13 6 (0.88%) DMARC
13 6 (0.88%) SSL
14 5 (0.73%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (27.67%) SQL Server
2 42 (6.15%) Power BI
3 36 (5.27%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (4.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 25 (3.66%) Relational Database
6 23 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 20 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.64%) Big Data
8 18 (2.64%) MySQL
9 17 (2.49%) NoSQL
9 17 (2.49%) 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 (6.44%) Jenkins
2 40 (5.86%) Git
3 33 (4.83%) GitLab
3 33 (4.83%) JIRA
4 28 (4.10%) SpecFlow
5 21 (3.07%) Visual Studio
6 18 (2.64%) TeamCity
7 16 (2.34%) Selenium
8 13 (1.90%) Artifactory
9 12 (1.76%) WebDriver
10 11 (1.61%) Subversion
11 6 (0.88%) MSI
11 6 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
12 4 (0.59%) 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
1 169 (24.74%) Finance
2 123 (18.01%) Social Skills
3 83 (12.15%) Public Sector
4 69 (10.10%) Banking
5 51 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (4.98%) Front Office
7 23 (3.37%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.20%) Legal
9 13 (1.90%) Financial Institution
9 13 (1.90%) Local Government
10 12 (1.76%) Back Office
10 12 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.46%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.88%) Electronics
13 6 (0.88%) Law
13 6 (0.88%) Marketing
14 3 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 159 (23.28%) Developer
2 142 (20.79%) Senior
3 86 (12.59%) Senior Developer
4 59 (8.64%) Azure Engineer
4 59 (8.64%) Software Developer
5 56 (8.20%) DevOps Engineer
6 52 (7.61%) Analyst
6 52 (7.61%) Architect
7 49 (7.17%) Senior Software Developer
8 37 (5.42%) Backend Developer
9 31 (4.54%) Azure Developer
10 30 (4.39%) Applications Support
11 29 (4.25%) Support Engineer
12 27 (3.95%) Consultant
12 27 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 27 (3.95%) Senior Backend Developer
13 26 (3.81%) .NET Developer
14 25 (3.66%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 25 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
15 21 (3.07%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (24.60%) .NET
2 114 (16.69%) XML
3 63 (9.22%) .NET Framework
4 42 (6.15%) .NET Core
5 40 (5.86%) ARM Templates
6 34 (4.98%) AngularJS
7 32 (4.69%) REST
8 31 (4.54%) ASP.NET
9 29 (4.25%) React
10 28 (4.10%) CSS
10 28 (4.10%) JSON
11 24 (3.51%) HTML
12 21 (3.07%) ASP.NET Core
12 21 (3.07%) YAML
13 19 (2.78%) Middleware
14 18 (2.64%) LDAP
15 14 (2.05%) Microsoft Graph
15 14 (2.05%) SailPoint
16 13 (1.90%) SAML
17 11 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.86%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.66%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (2.64%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.64%) PKI
5 17 (2.49%) Clustering
6 15 (2.20%) Hedge funds
7 12 (1.76%) Cloud Native
7 12 (1.76%) Replication
8 11 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.46%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.46%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.32%) 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
1 223 (32.65%) Windows
2 106 (15.52%) Windows Server
3 92 (13.47%) Linux
4 31 (4.54%) Unix
5 21 (3.07%) Windows 10
6 18 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (1.76%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (1.46%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (1.02%) CentOS
11 6 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (0.73%) Solaris
13 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (44.51%) DevOps
2 229 (33.53%) Agile
3 194 (28.40%) CI/CD
4 132 (19.33%) Scrum
5 107 (15.67%) Migration
6 75 (10.98%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (9.37%) B2C
8 61 (8.93%) ITIL
9 57 (8.35%) Cybersecurity
10 53 (7.76%) Software Engineering
11 50 (7.32%) Task Automation
12 49 (7.17%) SDLC
13 48 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
14 47 (6.88%) Configuration Management
15 44 (6.44%) Test Automation
16 43 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
17 38 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 38 (5.56%) Project Delivery
18 31 (4.54%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 193 (28.26%) Python
2 187 (27.38%) C#
3 178 (26.06%) SQL
4 67 (9.81%) Java
5 63 (9.22%) Bash
6 61 (8.93%) JavaScript
7 60 (8.78%) Bicep
8 24 (3.51%) T-SQL
9 22 (3.22%) Shell Script
10 16 (2.34%) TypeScript
11 12 (1.76%) C++
12 11 (1.61%) Perl
12 11 (1.61%) VBScript
13 9 (1.32%) Go
13 9 (1.32%) Korn
14 8 (1.17%) VB
15 5 (0.73%) BeanShell
15 5 (0.73%) PHP
16 4 (0.59%) Ruby
17 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 75 (10.98%) Security Cleared
2 61 (8.93%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.78%) Degree
4 22 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.64%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.49%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.02%) MCSE
12 6 (0.88%) CCNP
13 5 (0.73%) CISSP
14 4 (0.59%) MCSA
15 3 (0.44%) CCIE
15 3 (0.44%) CCNA
15 3 (0.44%) CISM
16 2 (0.29%) CEH
16 2 (0.29%) Citrix Certification
16 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.78%) PCI DSS
2 15 (2.20%) SLA
3 13 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.90%) QA
4 9 (1.32%) NIST
5 7 (1.02%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.88%) GDPR
6 6 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.15%) GLBA
10 1 (0.15%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 220 (32.21%) Active Directory
2 45 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (6.00%) Docker
4 25 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (2.93%) Hyper-V
6 11 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
6 11 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (1.61%) vSphere
7 7 (1.02%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.73%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.73%) XenApp
10 4 (0.59%) Firmware
10 4 (0.59%) NFS
11 3 (0.44%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 120 (17.57%) Terraform
2 64 (9.37%) Ansible
3 47 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (6.73%) Kubernetes
5 31 (4.54%) SCCM
6 25 (3.66%) Puppet
7 22 (3.22%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (2.93%) ITRS Geneos
9 16 (2.34%) Grafana
10 14 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (1.32%) BladeLogic
11 9 (1.32%) PingFederate
11 9 (1.32%) Progress Chef
12 8 (1.17%) Prometheus
13 7 (1.02%) ArcSight ESM
13 7 (1.02%) SCOM
14 6 (0.88%) vRealize
15 5 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
15 5 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.73%) Kibana
Vendors
1 314 (45.97%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.22%) VMware
3 59 (8.64%) Oracle
4 29 (4.25%) Citrix
5 28 (4.10%) ServiceNow
6 27 (3.95%) Cisco
7 22 (3.22%) Dynatrace
7 22 (3.22%) IBM
8 17 (2.49%) Splunk
9 15 (2.20%) Red Hat
10 14 (2.05%) CyberArk
11 13 (1.90%) SimCorp
12 12 (1.76%) F5
12 12 (1.76%) SolarWinds
13 11 (1.61%) Dell
13 11 (1.61%) HP
14 10 (1.46%) ArcSight
14 10 (1.46%) Qualys
15 9 (1.32%) Altiris
15 9 (1.32%) SAP