Power Platform Contracts

Microsoft Power Platform
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Power Platform skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power Platform over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 55 64
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 1,741 2,227 3,218
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.07% 3.96% 3.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.50% 10.86% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,193 1,594 2,331
10th Percentile £313 £325 £356
25th Percentile £400 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £692 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 42 42
10th Percentile £14.00 £22.39 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.25 £18.53
Median hourly rate £23.22 £49.79 £26.69
Median % change year-on-year -53.37% +86.55% +24.13%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.38 £35.00
90th Percentile £58.25 £65.75 £61.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.21 £52.50 £23.25
% change year-on-year -59.61% +125.81% +19.23%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Power Platform is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,929 20,504 33,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.52% 36.44% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,911 14,827 24,764
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £635 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 328 402
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.06 £18.50 £15.37
Median hourly rate £21.37 £36.50 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year -41.45% +64.41% -0.22%
75th Percentile £40.00 £67.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.05 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £26.48 £19.63
% change year-on-year -33.08% +34.93% -1.88%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
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 Power Platform within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +13 1,490 £500 - 1,119
UK excluding London +8 786 £450 -5.26% 685
London +14 766 £525 - 426
Work from Home +10 698 £500 - 552
North of England +5 183 £450 -5.26% 193
South East +12 173 £450 -10.00% 164
Midlands +17 144 £425 -11.46% 131
South West +3 136 £500 - 97
North West 0 119 £450 -2.70% 123
West Midlands +10 105 £425 -11.46% 87
Scotland +39 96 £475 -2.56% 39
Yorkshire +10 57 £450 -10.00% 49
East of England -22 44 £410 +2.50% 55
East Midlands +18 38 £413 +26.92% 44
Northern Ireland +11 13 £600 +26.32% 9
Wales +1 12 £475 -18.73% 12
North East +7 7 £663 +15.22% 21

Power Platform
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:

Application Platforms
1 222 (12.75%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.04%) Confluence
3 44 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.21%) Apache
6 20 (1.15%) SAS
7 12 (0.69%) MTS
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.11%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.11%) Jadu
9 2 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.057%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.057%) IIS
10 1 (0.057%) JBoss
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.057%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
Applications
1 197 (11.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.23%) InVision
7 4 (0.23%) Sketch
8 3 (0.17%) SPSS
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.11%) InfoPath
9 2 (0.11%) Revit
9 2 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 104 (5.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.78%) Dynamics AX
3 20 (1.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 17 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.69%) Endur
5 12 (0.69%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.63%) Aligne
7 9 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.40%) Aladdin
8 7 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
9 5 (0.29%) Aareon QL
9 5 (0.29%) Maximo
10 4 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (0.23%) Shopify
11 3 (0.17%) Primavera
12 2 (0.11%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 680 (39.06%) Azure
2 358 (20.56%) PowerApps
3 333 (19.13%) Power Automate
4 259 (14.88%) Dynamics 365
5 220 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
6 148 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
7 122 (7.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 116 (6.66%) AWS
9 73 (4.19%) Snowflake
10 71 (4.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 58 (3.33%) Serverless
12 52 (2.99%) Entra ID
13 50 (2.87%) Azure Functions
14 47 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
15 42 (2.41%) GCP
16 41 (2.35%) GitHub
16 41 (2.35%) OneDrive
17 25 (1.44%) Google Analytics
18 24 (1.38%) PaaS
19 22 (1.26%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.38%) Firewall
2 9 (0.52%) Intranet
3 8 (0.46%) DNS
4 6 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (0.34%) Unified Communications
5 5 (0.29%) SSL
6 4 (0.23%) 3GPP
6 4 (0.23%) 4G
6 4 (0.23%) 5G
6 4 (0.23%) 5G NR
6 4 (0.23%) LTE
6 4 (0.23%) MegaStream
6 4 (0.23%) Network Security
6 4 (0.23%) SNMP
6 4 (0.23%) VPN
7 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.17%) Internet
7 3 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.17%) Skype
8 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,404 (80.64%) Power BI
2 220 (12.64%) Data Warehouse
2 220 (12.64%) SQL Server
2 220 (12.64%) Tableau
3 142 (8.16%) Data Lake
4 119 (6.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 85 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 71 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
7 62 (3.56%) Big Data
8 55 (3.16%) Relational Database
9 51 (2.93%) Power Query
10 46 (2.64%) BusinessObjects
10 46 (2.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 42 (2.41%) Metadata
12 39 (2.24%) NoSQL
13 29 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
14 27 (1.55%) MySQL
15 26 (1.49%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 24 (1.38%) QlikView
17 23 (1.32%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 111 (6.38%) JIRA
2 28 (1.61%) Visual Studio
3 26 (1.49%) Git
4 20 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 17 (0.98%) ERwin
6 16 (0.92%) GitLab
7 12 (0.69%) ER Studio
8 9 (0.52%) Postman
9 7 (0.40%) Jenkins
9 7 (0.40%) Visual Studio Team System
10 6 (0.34%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.34%) PyCharm
11 5 (0.29%) Hudson
12 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.23%) RStudio
12 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.17%) Subversion
14 2 (0.11%) JUnit
14 2 (0.11%) NUnit
General
1 487 (27.97%) Social Skills
2 430 (24.70%) Finance
3 352 (20.22%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 91 (5.23%) Banking
6 87 (5.00%) Marketing
7 81 (4.65%) Retail
8 52 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 49 (2.81%) Legal
10 45 (2.58%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.01%) Telecoms
12 32 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 31 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 30 (1.72%) General Ledger
15 27 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (1.55%) Local Government
16 21 (1.21%) Front Office
17 20 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
18 17 (0.98%) Financial Institution
18 17 (0.98%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 416 (23.89%) Analyst
2 401 (23.03%) Developer
3 206 (11.83%) Architect
4 198 (11.37%) Data Analyst
5 155 (8.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 149 (8.56%) Consultant
7 130 (7.47%) Power BI Developer
8 125 (7.18%) Senior
9 122 (7.01%) Data Engineer
10 94 (5.40%) Lead
11 92 (5.28%) Power Platform Developer
12 91 (5.23%) Business Analyst
13 80 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
14 67 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
15 66 (3.79%) Data Architect
16 65 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 50 (2.87%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
18 48 (2.76%) Power BI Analyst
19 46 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
20 43 (2.47%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (4.65%) .NET
2 51 (2.93%) CSS
3 48 (2.76%) HTML
4 47 (2.70%) XML
5 41 (2.35%) JSON
6 33 (1.90%) PySpark
7 29 (1.67%) REST
8 28 (1.61%) Web Services
9 23 (1.32%) .NET Framework
9 23 (1.32%) HTML5 Canvas
10 17 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
11 15 (0.86%) SPFx
12 12 (0.69%) ADO
12 12 (0.69%) jQuery
13 11 (0.63%) React
13 11 (0.63%) RESTful
13 11 (0.63%) SOAP
14 10 (0.57%) Entity Framework
14 10 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
15 9 (0.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 67 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 52 (2.99%) Product Ownership
3 48 (2.76%) Data Structures
4 28 (1.61%) Low-Code
5 27 (1.55%) NHS
5 27 (1.55%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (0.98%) Market Risk
8 16 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (0.86%) Reference Data
10 13 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
11 12 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (0.69%) PKI
12 11 (0.63%) Hedge funds
12 11 (0.63%) Life Science
13 10 (0.57%) Data Centre
13 10 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
13 10 (0.57%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 57 (3.27%) Windows
2 21 (1.21%) Linux
3 19 (1.09%) Unix
4 18 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.57%) VMS
6 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.057%) AIX
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,207 (69.33%) Business Intelligence
2 360 (20.68%) Agile
3 325 (18.67%) Analytics
4 313 (17.98%) Visualisation
5 298 (17.12%) Data Modelling
6 251 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (13.79%) Data Analysis
7 240 (13.79%) DevOps
8 236 (13.56%) ETL
9 199 (11.43%) Data Visualisation
10 182 (10.45%) Migration
11 147 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 136 (7.81%) CRM
13 122 (7.01%) Decision-Making
14 110 (6.32%) Data Governance
15 106 (6.09%) Data Analytics
16 104 (5.97%) Data Management
17 102 (5.86%) Project Management
18 99 (5.69%) Scrum
19 90 (5.17%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 611 (35.09%) SQL
2 259 (14.88%) Python
3 125 (7.18%) C#
4 106 (6.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 106 (6.09%) JavaScript
5 103 (5.92%) PowerShell
6 79 (4.54%) T-SQL
7 43 (2.47%) Java
8 39 (2.24%) R
9 27 (1.55%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.03%) VBA
11 15 (0.86%) Scala
11 15 (0.86%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.69%) VB
13 11 (0.63%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.40%) PHP
14 7 (0.40%) X++
14 7 (0.40%) XPath
14 7 (0.40%) XQuery
15 6 (0.34%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 186 (10.68%) Security Cleared
2 173 (9.94%) Degree
3 155 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 42 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.21%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (0.57%) MCSE
12 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
13 8 (0.46%) Postgraduate
14 6 (0.34%) CIMA
14 6 (0.34%) PMP
15 5 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (0.23%) HNC
17 3 (0.17%) ACCA
17 3 (0.17%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (7.35%) Data Quality
2 84 (4.82%) QA
3 38 (2.18%) SLA
4 32 (1.84%) PMO
5 30 (1.72%) GDPR
6 19 (1.09%) GxP
7 16 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.40%) CDISC
9 7 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (0.29%) GAMP
11 4 (0.23%) NCSC
12 3 (0.17%) GRC
12 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.057%) IFRS
14 1 (0.057%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 64 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.34%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.057%) HDFS
7 1 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.057%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.44%) Terraform
3 19 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.52%) SCCM
5 8 (0.46%) Kubernetes
6 7 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.29%) SysTrack
8 4 (0.23%) Ansible
9 3 (0.17%) Kibana
9 3 (0.17%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.11%) CASB
11 1 (0.057%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.057%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.057%) Grafana
11 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.057%) Matomo
11 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.057%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.057%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 700 (40.21%) Microsoft
2 119 (6.84%) Databricks
3 110 (6.32%) Oracle
4 86 (4.94%) SAP
5 57 (3.27%) ServiceNow
6 52 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 46 (2.64%) Google
8 41 (2.35%) Alteryx
9 33 (1.90%) Informatica
10 22 (1.26%) Adobe
11 21 (1.21%) Sparx
12 20 (1.15%) Remedy
13 15 (0.86%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.69%) CA
15 11 (0.63%) Cadence
16 10 (0.57%) Citrix
16 10 (0.57%) Talend
17 9 (0.52%) Cloudera
17 9 (0.52%) MicroStrategy
17 9 (0.52%) Splunk