PowerShell Contracts with Work from Home Options

Windows PowerShell
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring PowerShell skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PowerShell over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 58 79
Rank change year-on-year -9 +21 -6
Contract jobs citing PowerShell 432 892 1,371
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.93% 3.74% 3.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.50% 10.26% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 626 976
10th Percentile £350 £364 £350
25th Percentile £425 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £608 £688 £600
90th Percentile £688 £800 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 21 19
10th Percentile - £51.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £37.63 £54.00 £48.13
Median hourly rate £40.25 £66.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.02% +14.78% -6.50%
75th Percentile £42.88 £70.25 £67.50
90th Percentile - £87.50 £83.25
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £60.00 £50.77
% change year-on-year -32.92% +18.18% +8.02%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

PowerShell falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,080 8,696 16,767
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.43% 36.42% 38.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,656 6,423 12,512
10th Percentile £356 £381 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 187 184
10th Percentile £29.38 £26.96 £20.25
25th Percentile £44.88 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year - +19.62% +16.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PowerShell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PowerShell trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PowerShell.

PowerShell daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PowerShell over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

PowerShell daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PowerShell.

PowerShell hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 74 (17.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (10.65%) SharePoint
3 28 (6.48%) Confluence
4 13 (3.01%) IIS
5 12 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (2.55%) Skype for Business
7 10 (2.31%) Exchange Server 2003
7 10 (2.31%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.93%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 4 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.93%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.69%) Apache
9 3 (0.69%) JBoss
9 3 (0.69%) nginx
9 3 (0.69%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.23%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.23%) Mendix
10 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.69%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.46%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 249 (57.64%) Azure
2 99 (22.92%) Microsoft 365
3 95 (21.99%) Azure DevOps
4 76 (17.59%) Entra ID
5 64 (14.81%) AWS
6 29 (6.71%) Azure Monitor
7 28 (6.48%) Power Platform
8 27 (6.25%) Azure Storage
9 23 (5.32%) GCP
10 21 (4.86%) PaaS
11 18 (4.17%) GitHub
12 17 (3.94%) Azure Service Bus
12 17 (3.94%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (3.47%) Azure Key Vault
13 15 (3.47%) PowerApps
14 14 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (3.24%) Serverless
15 13 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (3.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (16.20%) DNS
2 61 (14.12%) Firewall
3 48 (11.11%) DHCP
4 16 (3.70%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.24%) SAN
6 12 (2.78%) Network Security
6 12 (2.78%) Skype
6 12 (2.78%) VPN
7 9 (2.08%) VLAN
8 7 (1.62%) NAS
9 5 (1.16%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.93%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (0.93%) HTTP
10 4 (0.93%) NetScaler
10 4 (0.93%) SSH
11 3 (0.69%) LAN
11 3 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.69%) WAAS
11 3 (0.69%) Wireless
12 2 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (23.61%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.24%) Power BI
4 10 (2.31%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.62%) MySQL
7 6 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.16%) Big Data
8 5 (1.16%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.16%) Metadata
9 4 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.93%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.93%) OLTP
9 4 (0.93%) Redis
10 3 (0.69%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.69%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (9.49%) JIRA
2 38 (8.80%) Git
3 33 (7.64%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.24%) SpecFlow
5 13 (3.01%) TeamCity
6 9 (2.08%) GitLab
7 8 (1.85%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.39%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.39%) Selenium
9 4 (0.93%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.93%) MSI
9 4 (0.93%) Subversion
9 4 (0.93%) Visual Studio Team System
9 4 (0.93%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.69%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.69%) Travis CI
11 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 106 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 71 (16.44%) Finance
3 62 (14.35%) Public Sector
4 25 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.63%) Banking
6 11 (2.55%) Marketing
7 9 (2.08%) Electronics
7 9 (2.08%) Front Office
7 9 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.08%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.85%) Local Government
9 6 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.16%) Law
10 5 (1.16%) Retail
11 4 (0.93%) Back Office
12 3 (0.69%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.69%) Publishing
12 3 (0.69%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.46%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 74 (17.13%) Senior
2 71 (16.44%) Developer
3 42 (9.72%) DevOps Engineer
4 41 (9.49%) Azure Engineer
5 40 (9.26%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.18%) Software Developer
7 24 (5.56%) Consultant
8 23 (5.32%) Senior Software Developer
8 23 (5.32%) Support Engineer
9 22 (5.09%) Active Directory Support
9 22 (5.09%) Administrator
10 19 (4.40%) Architect
10 19 (4.40%) Azure Developer
11 18 (4.17%) Azure Specialist
11 18 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (3.94%) Lead
13 16 (3.70%) Active Directory Engineer
14 15 (3.47%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.47%) Support Specialist
15 14 (3.24%) Active Directory Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (16.20%) .NET
2 53 (12.27%) ARM Templates
3 46 (10.65%) XML
4 26 (6.02%) .NET Framework
5 19 (4.40%) .NET Core
6 15 (3.47%) YAML
7 14 (3.24%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.24%) CSS
8 13 (3.01%) ASP.NET
9 12 (2.78%) JSON
10 11 (2.55%) HTML
11 10 (2.31%) REST
12 9 (2.08%) React
13 8 (1.85%) Middleware
13 8 (1.85%) SAML
14 7 (1.62%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (1.62%) LDAP
14 7 (1.62%) OpenID
15 6 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
15 6 (1.39%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (6.48%) PKI
3 17 (3.94%) Clustering
4 14 (3.24%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.31%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.31%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.31%) Replication
6 8 (1.85%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.62%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.39%) Contactless
8 6 (1.39%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.16%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.93%) Hedge funds
10 4 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.69%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.69%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 170 (39.35%) Windows
2 90 (20.83%) Windows Server
3 69 (15.97%) Linux
4 34 (7.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (7.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (5.32%) Windows 10
7 22 (5.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (3.47%) Windows Server 2003
8 15 (3.47%) Windows Server 2008
9 14 (3.24%) Unix
10 13 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.39%) Oracle Linux
11 6 (1.39%) Solaris
12 5 (1.16%) Apple iOS
12 5 (1.16%) VMS
13 4 (0.93%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.69%) CentOS
14 3 (0.69%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.46%) Android
15 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (39.58%) DevOps
2 121 (28.01%) Agile
3 117 (27.08%) CI/CD
4 84 (19.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 74 (17.13%) Migration
6 61 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (12.50%) Scrum
8 49 (11.34%) ITIL
9 43 (9.95%) Test Automation
10 42 (9.72%) Identity Management
11 39 (9.03%) Analytics
12 37 (8.56%) Release Management
13 32 (7.41%) RBAC
14 31 (7.18%) Task Automation
15 30 (6.94%) Service Management
16 29 (6.71%) High Availability
17 28 (6.48%) Multi-Factor Authentication
18 27 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
18 27 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 26 (6.02%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (25.93%) Python
2 96 (22.22%) C#
2 96 (22.22%) SQL
3 53 (12.27%) Bicep
4 50 (11.57%) Bash
5 34 (7.87%) JavaScript
6 30 (6.94%) VBScript
7 28 (6.48%) VB
8 26 (6.02%) Java
9 13 (3.01%) C++
10 10 (2.31%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (2.31%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.85%) C
12 6 (1.39%) Perl
12 6 (1.39%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.16%) Go
13 5 (1.16%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.93%) BeanShell
14 4 (0.93%) Ruby
15 2 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 101 (23.38%) Security Cleared
2 89 (20.60%) SC Cleared
3 62 (14.35%) Degree
4 33 (7.64%) DV Cleared
5 23 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (5.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (3.24%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.55%) MCSE
10 5 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.93%) MCSA
12 3 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.69%) CISM
13 2 (0.46%) CCNA
13 2 (0.46%) CISSP
13 2 (0.46%) GCIH
13 2 (0.46%) GIAC
13 2 (0.46%) GSEC
13 2 (0.46%) Linux+ Certification
13 2 (0.46%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.78%) PCI DSS
1 12 (2.78%) QA
2 10 (2.31%) GDPR
3 9 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.08%) NIST
4 7 (1.62%) SLA
5 6 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.93%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.46%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.23%) GLBA
8 1 (0.23%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 166 (38.43%) Active Directory
2 38 (8.80%) Virtual Machines
2 38 (8.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (7.87%) Docker
4 26 (6.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (3.94%) vSphere
6 13 (3.01%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (2.78%) Hyper-V
8 8 (1.85%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.62%) XenApp
10 6 (1.39%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.69%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.46%) Snort
13 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.23%) vCloud
13 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 88 (20.37%) Terraform
2 55 (12.73%) Kubernetes
3 53 (12.27%) Ansible
4 47 (10.88%) SCCM
5 44 (10.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 30 (6.94%) SCOM
6 30 (6.94%) WSUS
7 29 (6.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 26 (6.02%) Puppet
9 18 (4.17%) Progress Chef
9 18 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (2.31%) Grafana
10 10 (2.31%) Prometheus
11 8 (1.85%) logstash
12 6 (1.39%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (1.39%) ITRS Geneos
12 6 (1.39%) Kibana
12 6 (1.39%) Nessus
13 5 (1.16%) Tivoli
13 5 (1.16%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 200 (46.30%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.11%) VMware
3 21 (4.86%) Oracle
4 20 (4.63%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.40%) Citrix
6 16 (3.70%) SAP
6 16 (3.70%) Splunk
7 15 (3.47%) Atlassian
8 12 (2.78%) Cisco
8 12 (2.78%) IBM
9 10 (2.31%) CyberArk
10 9 (2.08%) HP
10 9 (2.08%) Qualys
10 9 (2.08%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.85%) Dell
11 8 (1.85%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.62%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (1.62%) EMC
13 6 (1.39%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.16%) Isilon