Power Platform Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 29 47
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +10
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 116 116 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.13% 6.01% 5.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.21% 17.16% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 90 141
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £606 £592 £556
90th Percentile £650 £688 £625
England median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £34.04 - -
25th Percentile £34.20 - -
Median hourly rate £34.47 - -
75th Percentile £34.73 - -
90th Percentile £34.89 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.05% +8.57% +42.86%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 574 676 1,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.32% 35.04% 36.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 496 938
10th Percentile £238 £200 £225
25th Percentile £363 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £612 £588 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £657
England median daily rate £534 £533 £550
% change year-on-year +0.28% -3.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 10
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.50 £12.66
25th Percentile £30.84 £17.63 £15.82
Median hourly rate £33.93 £18.50 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year +83.41% +8.12% +10.39%
75th Percentile £35.00 £19.25 £17.93
90th Percentile - £19.45 £27.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £28.61 £22.50
% change year-on-year +24.08% +27.16% +12.50%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Birmingham -4 53 £500 +5.26% 37
Shropshire +2 15 £562 +72.77% 3
Staffordshire +12 12 £425 -12.82% 2
Warwickshire -6 12 £425 -5.56% 14
Coventry +8 6 £450 -12.20% 2
Worcestershire -1 4 £406 -29.35% 4
Herefordshire -3 4 £612 +222.11% 1
Halesowen - 1 £625 - 1
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.31%) SAS
3 4 (3.45%) Apache
3 4 (3.45%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.45%) Confluence
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.59%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.86%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.86%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (16.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (33.62%) Azure
2 33 (28.45%) Dynamics 365
2 33 (28.45%) PowerApps
3 30 (25.86%) Power Automate
4 17 (14.66%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (7.76%) GCP
6 8 (6.90%) AWS
7 7 (6.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (3.45%) Amazon Neptune
10 3 (2.59%) Snowflake
11 2 (1.72%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.72%) Miro
12 1 (0.86%) dbt
12 1 (0.86%) Matillion
12 1 (0.86%) ShareGate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (77.59%) Power BI
2 23 (19.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (15.52%) SQL Server
4 12 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (9.48%) Power Query
5 11 (9.48%) Tableau
6 9 (7.76%) Hadoop
7 7 (6.03%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (6.03%) MySQL
7 7 (6.03%) Relational Database
8 6 (5.17%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (4.31%) Amazon QuickSight
9 5 (4.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (4.31%) Apache Hive
9 5 (4.31%) Looker
10 4 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (3.45%) Big Data
10 4 (3.45%) MongoDB
10 4 (3.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Bitbucket
1 4 (3.45%) Git
1 4 (3.45%) GitLab
1 4 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.59%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
General
1 36 (31.03%) Finance
2 34 (29.31%) Social Skills
3 25 (21.55%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.76%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.31%) Local Government
6 5 (4.31%) Marketing
6 5 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.45%) Legal
8 2 (1.72%) Banking
8 2 (1.72%) French Language
8 2 (1.72%) Law
8 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.86%) Automotive
9 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.86%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (18.10%) Analyst
1 21 (18.10%) Developer
2 18 (15.52%) Architect
3 14 (12.07%) Consultant
3 14 (12.07%) Lead
4 13 (11.21%) Data Engineer
4 13 (11.21%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 10 (8.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 9 (7.76%) Power BI Developer
7 7 (6.03%) Data Analyst
8 6 (5.17%) Business Analyst
8 6 (5.17%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 6 (5.17%) Power Platform Developer
8 6 (5.17%) Technical Architect
9 5 (4.31%) Azure Data Engineer
9 5 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (4.31%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 5 (4.31%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
9 5 (4.31%) Oracle Consultant
9 5 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.79%) .NET
2 13 (11.21%) XML
3 11 (9.48%) .NET Framework
3 11 (9.48%) HTML
4 10 (8.62%) CSS
5 9 (7.76%) JSON
6 8 (6.90%) ASP.NET Web API
6 8 (6.90%) WCF
7 7 (6.03%) Entity Framework
8 6 (5.17%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (3.45%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 4 (3.45%) PySpark
10 3 (2.59%) ASP.NET
10 3 (2.59%) Web Services
10 3 (2.59%) WinForms
10 3 (2.59%) XSLT
11 2 (1.72%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.31%) Data Structures
2 4 (3.45%) Distributed Computing
2 4 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.72%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.72%) NHS
4 1 (0.86%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.31%) Windows
2 4 (3.45%) Unix
3 3 (2.59%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.59%) Windows 7
3 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.59%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (71.55%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (24.14%) Agile
3 27 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (20.69%) CRM
5 20 (17.24%) Analytics
5 20 (17.24%) Data Modelling
6 19 (16.38%) DevOps
7 17 (14.66%) Decision-Making
7 17 (14.66%) Visualisation
8 16 (13.79%) Data Integration
8 16 (13.79%) Migration
9 15 (12.93%) Customer Service
9 15 (12.93%) Data Analysis
9 15 (12.93%) ETL
10 14 (12.07%) ERP
11 13 (11.21%) Scrum
11 13 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (9.48%) Data Analytics
12 11 (9.48%) Data Migration
12 11 (9.48%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 45 (38.79%) SQL
2 17 (14.66%) C#
3 12 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 12 (10.34%) Python
4 8 (6.90%) Java
4 8 (6.90%) T-SQL
5 5 (4.31%) PL/SQL
5 5 (4.31%) R
6 4 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (3.45%) HiveQL
6 4 (3.45%) Scala
7 3 (2.59%) VBA
8 2 (1.72%) VB
9 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (12.07%) Degree
2 11 (9.48%) SC Cleared
2 11 (9.48%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (1.72%) CFA
5 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.17%) GDPR
2 5 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.45%) PMO
4 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.31%) HDFS
2 3 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.45%) Ansible
1 4 (3.45%) Grafana
2 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.93%) Oracle
3 7 (6.03%) Databricks
4 6 (5.17%) Informatica
5 4 (3.45%) Anaplan
5 4 (3.45%) Denodo
5 4 (3.45%) SAP
5 4 (3.45%) Talend
6 3 (2.59%) IFS
6 3 (2.59%) VMware
7 2 (1.72%) Cognos
8 1 (0.86%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.86%) Ariba
8 1 (0.86%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.86%) Google
8 1 (0.86%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.86%) Teradata