PowerShell Contracts in England

Windows PowerShell
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 65 76
Rank change year-on-year +10 +11 -8
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 1,324 1,677 2,329
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.59% 3.51% 3.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.89% 10.21% 9.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 954 1,193 1,636
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
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 £689 £775 £708
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 25 25
10th Percentile £29.33 £26.48 £25.57
25th Percentile £40.00 £49.68 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -32.92% +23.76% +15.43%
75th Percentile £58.49 £70.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £74.44 £86.50 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £50.20
% change year-on-year -32.92% +19.52% +6.81%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,133 16,431 25,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.15% 34.41% 36.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,040 12,043 19,088
10th Percentile £350 £381 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +2.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 394 438
10th Percentile £35.50 £26.48 £20.00
25th Percentile £48.84 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year - +20.77% +17.61%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £62.23
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.12
% change year-on-year -0.80% +22.26% +14.88%

PowerShell
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PowerShell in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PowerShell in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PowerShell in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PowerShell in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerShell within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +12 683 £525 -12.50% 188
South East +31 281 £550 - 107
South West -4 124 £600 +9.09% 42
North of England -8 119 £500 -2.72% 85
Midlands +9 87 £450 -10.00% 47
North West -21 70 £450 -17.77% 46
West Midlands +6 67 £400 -23.81% 29
Yorkshire +18 41 £569 +26.39% 32
East Midlands +3 20 £463 +3.93% 17
East of England -32 18 £419 -14.10% 33
North East +17 8 £475 -32.14% 7
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UK

PowerShell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 128 (9.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 128 (9.67%) SharePoint
2 65 (4.91%) Confluence
3 32 (2.42%) IIS
4 17 (1.28%) Apache
5 15 (1.13%) nginx
6 14 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
7 12 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
8 11 (0.83%) Skype for Business
9 10 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
9 10 (0.76%) Tomcat
10 9 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2003
11 8 (0.60%) SharePoint 2010
11 8 (0.60%) Site Server
12 6 (0.45%) JBoss
13 4 (0.30%) Oracle Self-Service HR
14 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
15 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 35 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 13 (0.98%) Aladdin
1 13 (0.98%) SimCorp Dimension
2 6 (0.45%) Temenos T24
3 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.15%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.076%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.076%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.076%) Endur
5 1 (0.076%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.076%) Front Arena
5 1 (0.076%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 683 (51.59%) Azure
2 252 (19.03%) Azure DevOps
3 249 (18.81%) Microsoft 365
4 190 (14.35%) AWS
5 180 (13.60%) Entra ID
6 94 (7.10%) Power Platform
7 70 (5.29%) GCP
8 60 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
8 60 (4.53%) GitHub
8 60 (4.53%) PaaS
9 49 (3.70%) IaaS
10 44 (3.32%) PowerApps
11 42 (3.17%) OneDrive
12 39 (2.95%) Serverless
13 36 (2.72%) Azure Functions
14 35 (2.64%) Azure Key Vault
15 34 (2.57%) Azure Logic Apps
15 34 (2.57%) SaaS
16 32 (2.42%) Power Automate
17 31 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 179 (13.52%) DNS
2 148 (11.18%) Firewall
3 115 (8.69%) DHCP
4 61 (4.61%) SAN
4 61 (4.61%) VPN
5 48 (3.63%) TCP/IP
6 39 (2.95%) LAN
7 37 (2.79%) WAN
8 22 (1.66%) HTTP
8 22 (1.66%) VLAN
8 22 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (1.59%) NAS
10 20 (1.51%) Network Security
11 19 (1.44%) Skype
12 17 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
13 15 (1.13%) Internet
13 15 (1.13%) NetScaler
13 15 (1.13%) Wireless
14 13 (0.98%) Fibre Channel
15 12 (0.91%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 249 (18.81%) SQL Server
2 68 (5.14%) Power BI
3 45 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 35 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 30 (2.27%) MySQL
7 26 (1.96%) Data Lake
7 26 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
8 21 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 20 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (1.36%) Big Data
10 18 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.36%) Redis
11 14 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (0.91%) Tableau
13 11 (0.83%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.76%) Metadata
14 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
15 9 (0.68%) GIS
16 7 (0.53%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 123 (9.29%) Jenkins
2 102 (7.70%) Git
3 89 (6.72%) JIRA
4 68 (5.14%) GitLab
5 38 (2.87%) Bitbucket
5 38 (2.87%) Visual Studio
6 33 (2.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 29 (2.19%) MSI
7 29 (2.19%) SpecFlow
8 26 (1.96%) Selenium
9 25 (1.89%) Artifactory
10 24 (1.81%) TeamCity
11 22 (1.66%) Robot Framework
12 17 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
13 14 (1.06%) Subversion
14 12 (0.91%) SonarQube
14 12 (0.91%) WebDriver
15 10 (0.76%) CircleCI
16 9 (0.68%) InstallShield
16 9 (0.68%) Travis CI
General
1 304 (22.96%) Social Skills
2 201 (15.18%) Finance
3 139 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 77 (5.82%) Banking
6 37 (2.79%) Front Office
7 26 (1.96%) Aerospace
8 25 (1.89%) Legal
9 23 (1.74%) Investment Banking
10 21 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.59%) Telecoms
11 18 (1.36%) Marketing
12 17 (1.28%) Local Government
13 16 (1.21%) Electronics
14 15 (1.13%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (0.91%) Back Office
16 7 (0.53%) Law
16 7 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 212 (16.01%) Developer
2 182 (13.75%) Senior
3 117 (8.84%) Architect
4 116 (8.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 96 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
5 96 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 87 (6.57%) Senior Developer
7 74 (5.59%) Support Engineer
8 73 (5.51%) Analyst
9 63 (4.76%) Software Developer
10 57 (4.31%) Security Engineer
11 52 (3.93%) Consultant
12 49 (3.70%) Senior Software Developer
13 44 (3.32%) Administrator
14 39 (2.95%) Lead
15 38 (2.87%) Applications Support
15 38 (2.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 37 (2.79%) Backend Developer
17 36 (2.72%) Azure Developer
17 36 (2.72%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (17.45%) .NET
2 126 (9.52%) XML
3 74 (5.59%) .NET Framework
4 71 (5.36%) ARM Templates
5 67 (5.06%) .NET Core
6 58 (4.38%) YAML
7 48 (3.63%) REST
8 46 (3.47%) ASP.NET
9 44 (3.32%) JSON
10 41 (3.10%) CSS
11 38 (2.87%) AngularJS
12 36 (2.72%) HTML
13 32 (2.42%) React
14 29 (2.19%) LDAP
15 25 (1.89%) SAML
16 21 (1.59%) ASP.NET Core
16 21 (1.59%) Middleware
17 20 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
18 19 (1.44%) SailPoint
19 17 (1.28%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.46%) PKI
2 59 (4.46%) Data Centre
3 52 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 40 (3.02%) Clustering
5 37 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 29 (2.19%) Client/Server
8 28 (2.11%) Public Cloud
9 22 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.36%) Replication
11 15 (1.13%) Hedge funds
12 14 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 13 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
14 12 (0.91%) Fat Client
14 12 (0.91%) Mobile App
14 12 (0.91%) Thin Client
15 11 (0.83%) Onboarding
16 10 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 564 (42.60%) Windows
2 276 (20.85%) Windows Server
3 267 (20.17%) Linux
4 111 (8.38%) Windows 10
5 105 (7.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 80 (6.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 70 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 64 (4.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 55 (4.15%) Unix
10 20 (1.51%) Windows Server 2008
11 18 (1.36%) Windows Server 2003
12 17 (1.28%) Windows XP
13 14 (1.06%) CentOS
13 14 (1.06%) Ubuntu
13 14 (1.06%) Windows 7
14 13 (0.98%) Mac OS
15 11 (0.83%) VMS
16 10 (0.76%) Solaris
17 8 (0.60%) Apple iOS
18 6 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (35.35%) DevOps
2 367 (27.72%) Agile
3 325 (24.55%) CI/CD
4 214 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
5 181 (13.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 168 (12.69%) ITIL
6 168 (12.69%) Migration
7 165 (12.46%) Scrum
8 129 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 114 (8.61%) Task Automation
10 109 (8.23%) Configuration Management
11 104 (7.85%) Test Automation
12 79 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
13 77 (5.82%) Business Intelligence
14 76 (5.74%) Software Engineering
15 74 (5.59%) Infrastructure Automation
16 73 (5.51%) Disaster Recovery
17 70 (5.29%) Analytics
17 70 (5.29%) Deployment Automation
18 69 (5.21%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 407 (30.74%) Python
2 241 (18.20%) SQL
3 239 (18.05%) C#
4 145 (10.95%) Bash
5 89 (6.72%) Bicep
6 87 (6.57%) JavaScript
7 85 (6.42%) Java
8 66 (4.98%) VBScript
9 38 (2.87%) VB
10 37 (2.79%) Shell Script
11 25 (1.89%) T-SQL
12 24 (1.81%) Perl
13 23 (1.74%) C++
14 18 (1.36%) Go
15 16 (1.21%) TypeScript
16 14 (1.06%) C
17 13 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.68%) Korn
18 9 (0.68%) Ruby
19 6 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 406 (30.66%) Security Cleared
2 243 (18.35%) SC Cleared
3 177 (13.37%) DV Cleared
4 162 (12.24%) Degree
5 48 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.42%) Azure Certification
8 25 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 20 (1.51%) CCNP
11 19 (1.44%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.44%) CCNA
11 19 (1.44%) MCSE
12 18 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (0.83%) CISSP
14 7 (0.53%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.38%) CISM
15 5 (0.38%) MCSA
15 5 (0.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (0.30%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.40%) QA
2 29 (2.19%) SLA
3 23 (1.74%) PCI DSS
4 18 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.98%) NIST
6 11 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.83%) GDPR
7 9 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.53%) RMADS
9 6 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.15%) GRC
13 1 (0.076%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.076%) GLBA
13 1 (0.076%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 420 (31.72%) Active Directory
2 208 (15.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (7.55%) Docker
4 76 (5.74%) Virtual Machines
5 65 (4.91%) Hyper-V
6 53 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
7 49 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 41 (3.10%) vSphere
9 32 (2.42%) VMware NSX
10 28 (2.11%) XenApp
11 21 (1.59%) Microsoft App-V
12 16 (1.21%) BitLocker
13 12 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
13 12 (0.91%) XenDesktop
14 9 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 8 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
16 6 (0.45%) VMFS
17 5 (0.38%) Firmware
18 4 (0.30%) NFS
18 4 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 270 (20.39%) Terraform
2 244 (18.43%) Ansible
3 147 (11.10%) SCCM
4 129 (9.74%) Kubernetes
5 110 (8.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 75 (5.66%) Puppet
7 56 (4.23%) WSUS
8 54 (4.08%) SCOM
9 51 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
10 48 (3.63%) Progress Chef
11 44 (3.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 36 (2.72%) Grafana
13 29 (2.19%) vCenter Server
14 28 (2.11%) NetBackup
15 27 (2.04%) PowerCLI
15 27 (2.04%) Prometheus
16 23 (1.74%) EMC NetWorker
17 20 (1.51%) ITRS Geneos
18 19 (1.44%) WMI
19 17 (1.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 552 (41.69%) Microsoft
2 255 (19.26%) VMware
3 94 (7.10%) Oracle
4 64 (4.83%) Citrix
5 54 (4.08%) Cisco
6 53 (4.00%) HP
7 52 (3.93%) Dell
8 49 (3.70%) Red Hat
9 42 (3.17%) Atlassian
10 40 (3.02%) ServiceNow
10 40 (3.02%) Splunk
11 33 (2.49%) EMC
12 27 (2.04%) Symantec
13 24 (1.81%) IBM
13 24 (1.81%) Palo Alto
13 24 (1.81%) Veeam
14 23 (1.74%) ArcSight
15 22 (1.66%) Dynatrace
15 22 (1.66%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.59%) Juniper