Power Platform Developer Contracts

Microsoft Power Platform Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power Platform Developer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 639 791
Rank change year-on-year +149 +152 -112
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Developer 94 57 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.100% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.11% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 31 38
10th Percentile £312 £388 £463
25th Percentile £400 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £568 £574 £625
90th Percentile £613 £638 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +12.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,482 54,195 83,684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,839 58,825
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,507 2,030
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.21 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Power Platform Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Power Platform Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform Developer over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Top 14 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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +148 88 £475 -3.80% 49
Work from Home +118 46 £450 - 29
London +113 44 £425 -15.00% 19
UK excluding London +77 41 £475 +5.56% 37
South West +23 14 £475 -3.80% 11
Midlands +27 10 £463 -3.90% 8
West Midlands +30 9 £475 +11.76% 8
South East +29 9 £400 - 4
North of England +34 7 £400 -11.11% 2
North West +16 5 £450 - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £400 -
Scotland +38 1 £550 - 7
Wales +19 1 £450 +69.81% 1
East Midlands +18 1 £189 -65.07%

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Power Platform Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Power Platform Developer in the job title.

1 79 (84.04%) Power Platform
2 67 (71.28%) PowerApps
3 60 (63.83%) Power Automate
4 58 (61.70%) Microsoft
5 43 (45.74%) Power BI
6 41 (43.62%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (32.98%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (30.85%) SharePoint
8 29 (30.85%) C#
9 26 (27.66%) Agile
9 26 (27.66%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (24.47%) JavaScript
10 23 (24.47%) Azure
11 22 (23.40%) Social Skills
12 16 (17.02%) SC Cleared
12 16 (17.02%) Security Cleared
13 13 (13.83%) .NET
14 12 (12.77%) SQL
14 12 (12.77%) HTML5 Canvas
14 12 (12.77%) Public Sector
14 12 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (10.64%) Low-Code
15 10 (10.64%) DevOps
16 8 (8.51%) SQL Server
16 8 (8.51%) JIRA
17 7 (7.45%) QA
17 7 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 7 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
17 7 (7.45%) Oracle
17 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
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 29 (30.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Chatbot
1 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (84.04%) Power Platform
2 67 (71.28%) PowerApps
3 60 (63.83%) Power Automate
4 31 (32.98%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (27.66%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (24.47%) Azure
7 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.26%) Azure Functions
8 4 (4.26%) Serverless
9 3 (3.19%) AWS
9 3 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.13%) GitHub
10 2 (2.13%) OCI
10 2 (2.13%) OneDrive
10 2 (2.13%) SaaS
11 1 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (1.06%) Entra ID
11 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (45.74%) Power BI
2 8 (8.51%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.19%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (3.19%) MySQL
3 3 (3.19%) Power Query
4 2 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.13%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.06%) Metadata
5 1 (1.06%) PowerPivot
5 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (8.51%) JIRA
2 3 (3.19%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.13%) GitLab
4 1 (1.06%) NUnit
General
1 22 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.77%) Public Sector
3 7 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.32%) Banking
5 4 (4.26%) Finance
6 2 (2.13%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.13%) Law
6 2 (2.13%) Legal
6 2 (2.13%) Police
7 1 (1.06%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.83%) .NET
2 12 (12.77%) HTML5 Canvas
3 6 (6.38%) CSS
4 5 (5.32%) Entity Framework
5 4 (4.26%) .NET Framework
5 4 (4.26%) REST
5 4 (4.26%) XML
6 3 (3.19%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (3.19%) HTML
6 3 (3.19%) Web Services
6 3 (3.19%) XSLT
7 1 (1.06%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.64%) Low-Code
2 6 (6.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.19%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (43.62%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (27.66%) Agile
3 12 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (10.64%) DevOps
5 7 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (6.38%) Acceptance Criteria
6 6 (6.38%) Data Modelling
6 6 (6.38%) User Stories
6 6 (6.38%) Visualisation
7 5 (5.32%) CRM
7 5 (5.32%) Data Visualisation
7 5 (5.32%) Scrum
7 5 (5.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (4.26%) API Integration
8 4 (4.26%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (4.26%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (4.26%) Migration
9 3 (3.19%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (3.19%) Decision-Making
9 3 (3.19%) Intelligent Automation
Programming Languages
1 29 (30.85%) C#
2 23 (24.47%) JavaScript
3 12 (12.77%) SQL
4 3 (3.19%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.13%) Java
6 1 (1.06%) C++
6 1 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.06%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (17.02%) SC Cleared
1 16 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.38%) Azure Certification
3 4 (4.26%) Degree
4 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.45%) QA
2 4 (4.26%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.06%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 58 (61.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.45%) Oracle
3 1 (1.06%) Databricks