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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 60 | 74 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +14 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing PowerShell | 1,381 | 2,082 | 2,891 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.25% | 3.65% | 3.31% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.88% | 10.51% | 9.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 958 | 1,448 | 2,015 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £336 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £448 | £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 | £745 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £535 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.00% | +5.26% | +7.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 37 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.63 | £30.03 | £20.92 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £54.00 | £37.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.25 | £60.00 | £50.20 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.92% | +19.52% | +9.13% |
| 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 | £48.38 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.79% | +18.51% | +20.94% |
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 | 12,689 | 19,807 | 31,680 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.69% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,016 | 14,288 | 23,102 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £785 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 491 | 450 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.24 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.75% | +16.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.30 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
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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 15 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 15 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 15 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 | +3 | 1,234 | £525 | -4.55% | 550 |
| London | +17 | 666 | £525 | -12.50% | 201 |
| UK excluding London | -2 | 609 | £535 | +7.00% | 344 |
| Work from Home | -12 | 429 | £525 | -4.55% | 245 |
| South East | +24 | 242 | £550 | +2.33% | 116 |
| North of England | -19 | 106 | £500 | -2.44% | 84 |
| South West | -17 | 105 | £600 | +13.21% | 47 |
| Scotland | +62 | 72 | £575 | +15.00% | 12 |
| Midlands | -7 | 70 | £383 | -22.34% | 53 |
| North West | -29 | 64 | £500 | -4.76% | 48 |
| West Midlands | -10 | 52 | £363 | -30.95% | 33 |
| Yorkshire | +10 | 34 | £558 | +23.89% | 26 |
| East Midlands | +1 | 18 | £500 | +12.36% | 20 |
| East of England | -41 | 12 | £463 | -7.50% | 33 |
| North East | +17 | 8 | £475 | -32.14% | 10 |
| Wales | +11 | 5 | £690 | +45.26% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | -3 | 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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