Power Platform Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 51 61
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 +7
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 763 963 1,129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.73% 4.11% 3.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.50% 12.32% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 543 686 864
10th Percentile £300 £275 £306
25th Percentile £375 £390 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £484 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.44% +5.94%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £565
90th Percentile £629 £646 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 39 35
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.35 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £26.17 £16.63
Median hourly rate £21.21 £55.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -61.45% +145.54% +14.87%
75th Percentile £37.19 £65.00 £30.99
90th Percentile £43.75 £67.75 £61.80
UK median hourly rate £23.22 £51.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -54.48% +121.74% +6.98%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,262 7,815 9,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.69% 33.31% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,730 5,780 7,206
10th Percentile £213 £250 £208
25th Percentile £370 £408 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £673
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 231 279
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.38 £15.15
Median hourly rate £17.69 £24.62 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.15% +29.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £26.50 £64.75 £25.13
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £21.19 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% +59.09% -2.22%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England -2 177 £450 -5.26% 183
South East +7 169 £463 -7.50% 143
Midlands +19 135 £425 -11.46% 169
South West -5 124 £500 - 82
North West -1 116 £451 -3.73% 113
Scotland +44 104 £478 +0.53% 38
West Midlands +10 98 £425 -12.82% 112
Yorkshire +7 53 £438 -12.50% 53
East of England -23 43 £410 +2.50% 62
East Midlands +30 36 £425 +9.68% 56
Northern Ireland +6 12 £600 +37.14% 10
Wales +4 12 £475 -18.52% 21
North East +8 8 £663 +30.86% 17
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 81 (10.62%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.67%) Confluence
3 19 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.57%) SAS
5 7 (0.92%) Apache
6 5 (0.66%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.26%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.13%) Jadu
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 107 (14.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.52%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.26%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 33 (4.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.66%) Aareon QL
5 4 (0.52%) Maximo
5 4 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.26%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.26%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.13%) Epicor Tropos
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 269 (35.26%) Azure
2 131 (17.17%) Power Automate
3 127 (16.64%) PowerApps
4 98 (12.84%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (9.83%) Microsoft 365
6 70 (9.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 43 (5.64%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (4.33%) AWS
9 31 (4.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 29 (3.80%) Snowflake
11 26 (3.41%) Serverless
12 24 (3.15%) Azure Functions
13 23 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (2.62%) Entra ID
15 19 (2.49%) GCP
15 19 (2.49%) OneDrive
16 14 (1.83%) Collibra
17 12 (1.57%) OCI
18 10 (1.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 10 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.70%) Firewall
2 6 (0.79%) Unified Communications
3 5 (0.66%) Intranet
4 4 (0.52%) MegaStream
5 3 (0.39%) Skype
5 3 (0.39%) SSL
6 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) VPN
6 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.26%) XCAP
7 1 (0.13%) DNS
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) SNMP
7 1 (0.13%) VLAN
7 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 609 (79.82%) Power BI
2 90 (11.80%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (10.09%) SQL Server
4 73 (9.57%) Tableau
5 59 (7.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 54 (7.08%) Data Lake
7 44 (5.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (3.80%) Power Query
8 29 (3.80%) Relational Database
8 29 (3.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 24 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 19 (2.49%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 17 (2.23%) BusinessObjects
12 14 (1.83%) Big Data
12 14 (1.83%) Data Mining
13 11 (1.44%) Metadata
13 11 (1.44%) MySQL
14 9 (1.18%) GIS
14 9 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (1.18%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 49 (6.42%) JIRA
2 13 (1.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 11 (1.44%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.79%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.79%) PyCharm
5 5 (0.66%) Git
5 5 (0.66%) Hudson
6 3 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.39%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.39%) GitLab
6 3 (0.39%) Postman
7 2 (0.26%) JUnit
7 2 (0.26%) Subversion
8 1 (0.13%) Gradle
8 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.13%) Maven
8 1 (0.13%) NUnit
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 205 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 169 (22.15%) Analytical Skills
3 154 (20.18%) Finance
4 77 (10.09%) Public Sector
5 33 (4.33%) Manufacturing
5 33 (4.33%) Retail
6 30 (3.93%) Marketing
7 27 (3.54%) Legal
8 22 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
9 21 (2.75%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.10%) Local Government
11 13 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.31%) Banking
13 9 (1.18%) Law
14 8 (1.05%) Billing
14 8 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.05%) Electronics
15 7 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (24.51%) Analyst
1 187 (24.51%) Developer
2 101 (13.24%) Data Analyst
3 80 (10.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 69 (9.04%) Senior
5 68 (8.91%) Power BI Developer
6 63 (8.26%) Architect
7 60 (7.86%) Data Engineer
8 51 (6.68%) Consultant
8 51 (6.68%) Lead
9 39 (5.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 35 (4.59%) Power Platform Developer
10 35 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (4.46%) Senior Analyst
12 28 (3.67%) Business Analyst
13 24 (3.15%) Power BI Analyst
14 21 (2.75%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 20 (2.62%) Applications Developer
15 20 (2.62%) Azure Engineer
16 18 (2.36%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.54%) .NET
2 18 (2.36%) CSS
3 16 (2.10%) XML
4 15 (1.97%) HTML
5 14 (1.83%) REST
6 12 (1.57%) SPFx
7 9 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.05%) ADO
9 7 (0.92%) PySpark
10 6 (0.79%) Web Services
11 5 (0.66%) JSON
11 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
11 5 (0.66%) Pandas
12 4 (0.52%) .NET Framework
12 4 (0.52%) Entity Framework
12 4 (0.52%) jQuery
12 4 (0.52%) SOAP
13 3 (0.39%) Flask
13 3 (0.39%) HTML5 Canvas
13 3 (0.39%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.06%) Management Information System
2 18 (2.36%) Product Ownership
3 16 (2.10%) Data Structures
4 11 (1.44%) NHS
4 11 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.31%) Life Science
6 9 (1.18%) CMDB
6 9 (1.18%) PKI
7 8 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 7 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (0.92%) Housing Association
9 6 (0.79%) Digital Signage
9 6 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.79%) Smart Meter
10 5 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.66%) Market Risk
10 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.67%) Windows
2 11 (1.44%) Linux
2 11 (1.44%) Unix
2 11 (1.44%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.92%) VMS
4 6 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.52%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (69.46%) Business Intelligence
2 147 (19.27%) Analytics
3 131 (17.17%) Agile
3 131 (17.17%) Visualisation
4 106 (13.89%) ETL
5 105 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (12.98%) Data Modelling
7 98 (12.84%) Data Analysis
8 80 (10.48%) Migration
9 77 (10.09%) Data Visualisation
10 71 (9.31%) DevOps
11 69 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 56 (7.34%) Project Management
13 48 (6.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (6.16%) CRM
15 45 (5.90%) Data Management
16 44 (5.77%) Data Analytics
17 43 (5.64%) Decision-Making
18 40 (5.24%) ITIL
19 37 (4.85%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 274 (35.91%) SQL
2 96 (12.58%) Python
3 47 (6.16%) C#
4 45 (5.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 39 (5.11%) T-SQL
6 37 (4.85%) JavaScript
7 31 (4.06%) PowerShell
8 16 (2.10%) Java
9 7 (0.92%) Scala
9 7 (0.92%) X++
10 6 (0.79%) Groovy
10 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.79%) VBA
11 4 (0.52%) C
11 4 (0.52%) R
11 4 (0.52%) VB
12 2 (0.26%) PHP
13 1 (0.13%) C++
13 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 89 (11.66%) Security Cleared
2 79 (10.35%) SC Cleared
3 58 (7.60%) Degree
4 17 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (1.44%) DV Cleared
5 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 7 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.92%) MCSE
8 6 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.52%) CISM
9 4 (0.52%) CISSP
10 3 (0.39%) HNC
10 3 (0.39%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.39%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.26%) PMP
12 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (7.08%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.24%) QA
3 21 (2.75%) PMO
4 19 (2.49%) GDPR
5 14 (1.83%) GxP
6 12 (1.57%) SLA
7 7 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (0.79%) Good Clinical Practice
9 5 (0.66%) GAMP
10 4 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) IFRS
12 1 (0.13%) IFRS 9
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.66%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.39%) Docker
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) HDFS
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.66%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.66%) SCCM
3 5 (0.66%) SysTrack
4 3 (0.39%) Terraform
5 2 (0.26%) Ansible
5 2 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 279 (36.57%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.90%) Databricks
3 43 (5.64%) Oracle
4 42 (5.50%) SAP
5 22 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.23%) Google
6 17 (2.23%) Remedy
7 16 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.70%) Alteryx
8 13 (1.70%) Informatica
9 12 (1.57%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.31%) CA
11 7 (0.92%) Ab Initio
11 7 (0.92%) Citrix
11 7 (0.92%) Dataiku
11 7 (0.92%) Trillium
12 5 (0.66%) Aareon
12 5 (0.66%) New Relic
12 5 (0.66%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.66%) Sophos