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 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 | 58 | 63 | 77 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +14 | -9 |
| Contract jobs citing PowerShell | 1,456 | 1,987 | 2,800 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.38% | 3.54% | 3.20% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 11.25% | 10.39% | 8.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,017 | 1,385 | 1,948 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £331 |
| 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 | £675 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £690 | £750 | £711 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £533 | £520 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | +9.47% | +6.15% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 38 | 37 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.33 | £30.62 | £21.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £53.69 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.25 | £60.00 | £50.20 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.92% | +19.52% | +9.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.49 | £66.00 | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.44 | £82.46 | £72.93 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £46.18 | £57.33 | £47.49 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.45% | +20.72% | +35.69% |
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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +10 | 1,322 | £525 | -4.55% | 498 |
| London | +14 | 683 | £525 | -12.50% | 179 |
| UK excluding London | +11 | 669 | £533 | +2.40% | 338 |
| Work from Home | -9 | 434 | £525 | -5.91% | 242 |
| South East | +28 | 280 | £550 | - | 108 |
| South West | -5 | 124 | £600 | +9.09% | 42 |
| North of England | -11 | 119 | £500 | -2.72% | 86 |
| Midlands | +8 | 87 | £450 | -10.00% | 46 |
| North West | -19 | 70 | £450 | -17.77% | 46 |
| West Midlands | +6 | 67 | £400 | -23.81% | 29 |
| Scotland | +40 | 63 | £535 | +4.19% | 28 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 41 | £569 | +26.39% | 32 |
| East Midlands | +5 | 20 | £463 | +3.93% | 16 |
| East of England | -37 | 17 | £425 | -12.82% | 32 |
| North East | +17 | 8 | £475 | -32.14% | 8 |
| Wales | +2 | 4 | £690 | +46.81% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | -7 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
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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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