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 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 | 60 | 59 | 73 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +14 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing PowerShell | 1,392 | 2,077 | 2,900 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.27% | 3.63% | 3.28% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.94% | 10.48% | 9.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 973 | 1,443 | 2,010 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £337 |
| 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 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £750 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £532 | £511 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.96% | +7.63% | +7.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 37 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.63 | £30.03 | £21.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £54.00 | £40.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.25 | £60.00 | £49.99 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.92% | +20.04% | +8.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.39 | £66.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.44 | £82.82 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.25 | £57.33 | £48.27 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.79% | +18.77% | +20.68% |
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 | 12,728 | 19,825 | 31,917 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.92% | 34.62% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,055 | 14,305 | 23,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +1.01% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 443 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £60.70 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | +21.16% | +17.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.60 | £78.00 | £72.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.82% |
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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 20 May 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 20 May 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +7 | 1,250 | £525 | -4.55% | 623 |
| London | +10 | 668 | £525 | -12.50% | 251 |
| UK excluding London | 0 | 616 | £532 | +3.96% | 413 |
| Work from Home | -7 | 430 | £525 | -4.55% | 269 |
| South East | +24 | 245 | £550 | +1.29% | 147 |
| North of England | -11 | 110 | £475 | -9.52% | 105 |
| South West | -14 | 110 | £600 | +9.09% | 50 |
| Midlands | -13 | 72 | £395 | -19.80% | 55 |
| Scotland | +49 | 66 | £575 | +15.00% | 18 |
| North West | -27 | 66 | £463 | -15.91% | 54 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 52 | £363 | -30.95% | 35 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 36 | £525 | +16.67% | 43 |
| East Midlands | +4 | 20 | £463 | +3.93% | 20 |
| East of England | -37 | 13 | £475 | -5.00% | 37 |
| North East | +18 | 8 | £475 | -32.14% | 8 |
| Wales | +6 | 5 | £690 | +45.26% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | -6 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
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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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