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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 66 79
Rank change year-on-year +10 +13 +1
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 668 911 1,313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.82% 3.50% 3.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.38% 8.69% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 608 960
10th Percentile £350 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £716 £650
90th Percentile £725 £800 £750
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 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 £35.33 £64.50 £70.31
90th Percentile £42.25 - £83.63
England median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £49.99
% change year-on-year -32.92% +20.04% +21.91%

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 6,433 10,486 16,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.81% 40.30% 41.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,915 7,864 12,496
10th Percentile £377 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £703
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 78 109
10th Percentile £23.80 £26.10 £30.45
25th Percentile £40.79 £46.84 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £58.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% +17.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63.52 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.64
% change year-on-year - +23.43% +19.14%

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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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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
Central London +23 133 £550 -2.22% 24
East London +10 16 £480 +1.05% 42
South London +10 10 £463 -15.91% 2
West London +19 7 £525 +31.25% 7
North London +2 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 69 (10.33%) SharePoint
2 53 (7.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (3.29%) IIS
4 20 (2.99%) Confluence
5 13 (1.95%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2007
6 11 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2013
6 11 (1.65%) nginx
7 10 (1.50%) Skype for Business
8 9 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2003
8 9 (1.35%) Site Server
8 9 (1.35%) Tomcat
9 6 (0.90%) Apache
10 5 (0.75%) JBoss
11 4 (0.60%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 3 (0.45%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.15%) CMS
14 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
14 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.80%) Aladdin
1 12 (1.80%) SimCorp Dimension
2 5 (0.75%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.30%) 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
1 414 (61.98%) Azure
2 194 (29.04%) Azure DevOps
3 126 (18.86%) Entra ID
4 122 (18.26%) Microsoft 365
5 101 (15.12%) AWS
6 61 (9.13%) Power Platform
7 37 (5.54%) GCP
8 34 (5.09%) GitHub
9 32 (4.79%) PowerApps
10 30 (4.49%) IaaS
11 29 (4.34%) Azure Service Bus
12 28 (4.19%) PaaS
13 27 (4.04%) Azure Logic Apps
14 25 (3.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 25 (3.74%) Azure Key Vault
14 25 (3.74%) Serverless
15 24 (3.59%) Azure Functions
15 24 (3.59%) SaaS
16 23 (3.44%) Power Automate
17 21 (3.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 59 (8.83%) Firewall
2 57 (8.53%) DNS
3 28 (4.19%) DHCP
4 24 (3.59%) VPN
5 18 (2.69%) TCP/IP
6 17 (2.54%) Network Security
7 16 (2.40%) SAN
8 14 (2.10%) HTTP
8 14 (2.10%) LAN
8 14 (2.10%) WAN
9 13 (1.95%) NAS
10 12 (1.80%) Internet
10 12 (1.80%) Skype
11 11 (1.65%) SSH
12 10 (1.50%) Kerberos
13 9 (1.35%) Wireless
14 8 (1.20%) VLAN
15 6 (0.90%) IPv4
15 6 (0.90%) SSL
16 4 (0.60%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (27.84%) SQL Server
2 41 (6.14%) Power BI
3 36 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (4.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 26 (3.89%) Relational Database
6 23 (3.44%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (2.54%) Big Data
8 17 (2.54%) MySQL
8 17 (2.54%) NoSQL
8 17 (2.54%) Redis
9 10 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.35%) GIS
11 8 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.05%) Crystal Reports
12 7 (1.05%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.05%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.05%) Tableau
13 6 (0.90%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 47 (7.04%) Jenkins
2 42 (6.29%) Git
3 34 (5.09%) JIRA
4 31 (4.64%) GitLab
5 28 (4.19%) SpecFlow
6 21 (3.14%) TeamCity
6 21 (3.14%) Visual Studio
7 17 (2.54%) Selenium
8 13 (1.95%) Artifactory
9 12 (1.80%) WebDriver
10 11 (1.65%) Subversion
11 6 (0.90%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.75%) MSI
13 4 (0.60%) Burp Suite
14 3 (0.45%) InstallShield
14 3 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
14 3 (0.45%) SonarQube
15 2 (0.30%) Maven
15 2 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
15 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 170 (25.45%) Finance
2 125 (18.71%) Social Skills
3 78 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 69 (10.33%) Banking
5 51 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (5.84%) Front Office
7 24 (3.59%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.25%) Legal
9 13 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.80%) Back Office
10 12 (1.80%) Financial Institution
10 12 (1.80%) Local Government
11 10 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.35%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.05%) Electronics
14 7 (1.05%) Law
14 7 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.05%) Marketing
15 3 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 148 (22.16%) Developer
2 138 (20.66%) Senior
3 82 (12.28%) Senior Developer
4 57 (8.53%) Azure Engineer
5 56 (8.38%) Software Developer
6 54 (8.08%) Architect
7 53 (7.93%) Analyst
8 48 (7.19%) DevOps Engineer
8 48 (7.19%) Senior Software Developer
9 37 (5.54%) Backend Developer
10 31 (4.64%) Applications Support
10 31 (4.64%) Azure Developer
10 31 (4.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (4.49%) Support Engineer
12 27 (4.04%) Senior Backend Developer
13 26 (3.89%) Consultant
14 25 (3.74%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 25 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
15 24 (3.59%) .NET Developer
16 22 (3.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (25.30%) .NET
2 113 (16.92%) XML
3 63 (9.43%) .NET Framework
4 42 (6.29%) .NET Core
5 39 (5.84%) ARM Templates
6 33 (4.94%) AngularJS
7 31 (4.64%) ASP.NET
7 31 (4.64%) JSON
8 28 (4.19%) React
8 28 (4.19%) REST
9 26 (3.89%) CSS
10 22 (3.29%) HTML
11 21 (3.14%) ASP.NET Core
11 21 (3.14%) YAML
12 20 (2.99%) Middleware
13 19 (2.84%) LDAP
14 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Graph
15 11 (1.65%) SAML
15 11 (1.65%) Web Services
16 9 (1.35%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.99%) Product Ownership
2 27 (4.04%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (2.69%) Clustering
4 18 (2.69%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.40%) PKI
6 13 (1.95%) Hedge funds
7 12 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.65%) Replication
9 10 (1.50%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.50%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.35%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.20%) Contactless
12 7 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.75%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 228 (34.13%) Windows
2 103 (15.42%) Windows Server
3 89 (13.32%) Linux
4 31 (4.64%) Unix
5 21 (3.14%) Windows 10
6 17 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (2.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (1.80%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (1.50%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (1.05%) Oracle Linux
12 6 (0.90%) CentOS
12 6 (0.90%) Solaris
13 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.30%) VMS
14 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (45.06%) DevOps
2 224 (33.53%) Agile
3 192 (28.74%) CI/CD
4 136 (20.36%) Scrum
5 105 (15.72%) Migration
6 75 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (10.93%) Infrastructure as Code
8 64 (9.58%) B2C
9 63 (9.43%) ITIL
10 56 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (8.08%) Software Engineering
12 51 (7.63%) SDLC
13 48 (7.19%) Business Intelligence
14 44 (6.59%) Test Automation
15 43 (6.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 43 (6.44%) Task Automation
16 42 (6.29%) Configuration Management
17 39 (5.84%) Project Delivery
18 38 (5.69%) Disaster Recovery
19 31 (4.64%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 197 (29.49%) Python
2 188 (28.14%) C#
3 174 (26.05%) SQL
4 64 (9.58%) Java
5 60 (8.98%) JavaScript
6 58 (8.68%) Bicep
7 56 (8.38%) Bash
8 19 (2.84%) T-SQL
9 18 (2.69%) Shell Script
10 16 (2.40%) TypeScript
11 14 (2.10%) VBScript
12 12 (1.80%) C++
13 10 (1.50%) Korn
14 9 (1.35%) Go
15 8 (1.20%) Perl
16 7 (1.05%) VB
17 5 (0.75%) Ruby
18 4 (0.60%) PHP
19 3 (0.45%) C
19 3 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 62 (9.28%) Security Cleared
2 58 (8.68%) Degree
3 50 (7.49%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.99%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.69%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.54%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.05%) MCSE
12 6 (0.90%) CCNP
13 5 (0.75%) CISSP
14 3 (0.45%) CCIE
14 3 (0.45%) CCNA
14 3 (0.45%) CISM
15 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.30%) CEH
15 2 (0.30%) MCSA
16 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.84%) PCI DSS
2 16 (2.40%) SLA
3 14 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.10%) QA
4 8 (1.20%) NIST
5 7 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.90%) GDPR
7 5 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.30%) 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
1 211 (31.59%) Active Directory
2 45 (6.74%) Docker
3 39 (5.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.29%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (2.69%) Hyper-V
6 11 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (1.50%) vSphere
8 7 (1.05%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (1.05%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.75%) NFS
11 4 (0.60%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.60%) Firmware
12 3 (0.45%) XenApp
13 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 116 (17.37%) Terraform
2 67 (10.03%) Ansible
3 50 (7.49%) Kubernetes
4 45 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (4.49%) SCCM
6 26 (3.89%) Puppet
7 22 (3.29%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (3.14%) ITRS Geneos
9 16 (2.40%) Grafana
10 13 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (1.35%) BladeLogic
11 9 (1.35%) PingFederate
11 9 (1.35%) Progress Chef
12 7 (1.05%) ArcSight ESM
12 7 (1.05%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.90%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.90%) SCOM
13 6 (0.90%) Tivoli
13 6 (0.90%) vRealize
Vendors
1 309 (46.26%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.83%) Oracle
2 59 (8.83%) VMware
3 29 (4.34%) Citrix
3 29 (4.34%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.74%) Cisco
5 24 (3.59%) IBM
6 23 (3.44%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.69%) Red Hat
7 18 (2.69%) Splunk
8 14 (2.10%) CyberArk
9 12 (1.80%) SimCorp
10 11 (1.65%) Dell
10 11 (1.65%) F5
10 11 (1.65%) HP
10 11 (1.65%) Qualys
10 11 (1.65%) SAP
10 11 (1.65%) SolarWinds
11 10 (1.50%) ArcSight
12 9 (1.35%) Bloomberg