Power Platform Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 52 61
Rank change year-on-year +14 +9 -1
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 721 1,071 1,788
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.78% 4.26% 4.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.26% 10.79% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 809 1,349
10th Percentile £350 £358 £354
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £575 £602 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 18
10th Percentile - £21.29 £18.89
25th Percentile £16.50 £25.92 £20.31
Median hourly rate £21.64 £38.00 £25.24
Median % change year-on-year -43.05% +50.55% -27.89%
75th Percentile £26.24 £46.75 £37.25
90th Percentile £45.90 £56.50 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.22 £50.29 £23.00
% change year-on-year -53.83% +118.63% +6.98%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,438 9,928 18,314
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.02% 39.52% 41.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,910 7,301 13,707
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 126 169
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.08 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +66.15% -17.72%
75th Percentile £50.25 £70.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -2.22%

Power Platform
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power Platform trend for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Platform.

Power Platform daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Power Platform daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Platform.

Power Platform hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Power Platform hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 79 (10.96%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.05%) Confluence
3 11 (1.53%) SAS
4 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.42%) Apache
6 3 (0.42%) MTS
7 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.28%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 71 (9.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.80%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.28%) Revit
Business Applications
1 49 (6.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (3.05%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.69%) Aareon QL
4 5 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.42%) Aligne
6 3 (0.42%) Endur
6 3 (0.42%) EuroRunner
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.42%) Shopify
6 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.14%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 252 (34.95%) Azure
2 169 (23.44%) PowerApps
3 143 (19.83%) Power Automate
4 121 (16.78%) Dynamics 365
5 83 (11.51%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (11.51%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (7.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (3.88%) AWS
9 27 (3.74%) Serverless
10 21 (2.91%) Azure Functions
10 21 (2.91%) GCP
11 18 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (2.22%) Google Analytics
12 16 (2.22%) Snowflake
13 15 (2.08%) GitHub
14 14 (1.94%) OneDrive
15 12 (1.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.39%) OCI
17 9 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.83%) Firewall
1 6 (0.83%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (0.55%) 3GPP
2 4 (0.55%) 4G
2 4 (0.55%) 5G
2 4 (0.55%) 5G NR
2 4 (0.55%) DNS
2 4 (0.55%) LTE
2 4 (0.55%) MegaStream
2 4 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.42%) Network Security
3 3 (0.42%) SNMP
4 2 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.28%) DHCP
4 2 (0.28%) HTTP
4 2 (0.28%) XCAP
5 1 (0.14%) FTP
5 1 (0.14%) Intranet
5 1 (0.14%) SSL
5 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 567 (78.64%) Power BI
2 85 (11.79%) SQL Server
3 81 (11.23%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (9.15%) Tableau
5 62 (8.60%) Data Lake
6 31 (4.30%) Power Query
7 29 (4.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 28 (3.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 28 (3.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 20 (2.77%) BigQuery
10 16 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 15 (2.08%) Looker
12 14 (1.94%) Relational Database
13 12 (1.66%) Big Data
13 12 (1.66%) BusinessObjects
14 11 (1.53%) Metadata
15 10 (1.39%) GIS
16 8 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 8 (1.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (6.24%) JIRA
2 13 (1.80%) Git
3 9 (1.25%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.97%) Postman
6 4 (0.55%) GitLab
6 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.42%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.42%) Selenium
7 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.42%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.28%) ERwin
9 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.14%) JMeter
9 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.14%) NUnit
9 1 (0.14%) RStudio
9 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 218 (30.24%) Social Skills
2 176 (24.41%) Finance
3 144 (19.97%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.24%) Retail
6 31 (4.30%) Marketing
7 26 (3.61%) Banking
8 23 (3.19%) General Ledger
9 22 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.80%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.66%) Legal
14 11 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.39%) Back Office
15 10 (1.39%) Local Government
16 8 (1.11%) Billing
16 8 (1.11%) Retail Banking
17 7 (0.97%) Law
Job Titles
1 170 (23.58%) Developer
2 169 (23.44%) Analyst
3 86 (11.93%) Architect
4 79 (10.96%) Data Analyst
5 78 (10.82%) Consultant
6 60 (8.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 52 (7.21%) Power BI Developer
8 51 (7.07%) Senior
9 47 (6.52%) Data Engineer
10 44 (6.10%) Business Analyst
11 38 (5.27%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 38 (5.27%) Lead
12 35 (4.85%) Power Platform Developer
13 34 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
14 31 (4.30%) Power BI Analyst
15 30 (4.16%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 22 (3.05%) Microsoft Consultant
17 21 (2.91%) Data Architect
17 21 (2.91%) Data Scientist
18 20 (2.77%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.27%) .NET
2 27 (3.74%) JSON
3 16 (2.22%) XML
4 12 (1.66%) CSS
5 10 (1.39%) HTML
5 10 (1.39%) REST
6 9 (1.25%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.25%) HTML5 Canvas
7 8 (1.11%) PySpark
7 8 (1.11%) Web Services
8 6 (0.83%) jQuery
8 6 (0.83%) Node.js
8 6 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.83%) SPFx
9 5 (0.69%) ADO
9 5 (0.69%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.55%) DOM
10 4 (0.55%) React
10 4 (0.55%) RESTful
10 4 (0.55%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.72%) Management Information System
2 24 (3.33%) Data Structures
3 20 (2.77%) Low-Code
4 17 (2.36%) Product Ownership
5 14 (1.94%) NHS
6 11 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (0.97%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.83%) Housing Association
10 5 (0.69%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.69%) CMDB
10 5 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.69%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.55%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.55%) Reference Data
12 3 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.42%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.42%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.94%) Windows
2 5 (0.69%) Linux
2 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.42%) Unix
4 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 493 (68.38%) Business Intelligence
2 146 (20.25%) Agile
3 128 (17.75%) Visualisation
4 126 (17.48%) Data Modelling
5 119 (16.50%) Analytics
6 117 (16.23%) DevOps
7 111 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (13.18%) Data Analysis
9 84 (11.65%) Data Visualisation
10 83 (11.51%) ETL
11 70 (9.71%) Migration
12 63 (8.74%) CRM
13 55 (7.63%) Stakeholder Management
14 50 (6.93%) Data Science
15 43 (5.96%) Data Management
16 41 (5.69%) Decision-Making
17 39 (5.41%) Actionable Insight
18 35 (4.85%) Data Migration
18 35 (4.85%) ERP
19 34 (4.72%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 240 (33.29%) SQL
2 105 (14.56%) Python
3 65 (9.02%) C#
4 51 (7.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 37 (5.13%) JavaScript
6 32 (4.44%) PowerShell
7 24 (3.33%) R
8 16 (2.22%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.53%) Java
10 8 (1.11%) Scala
11 7 (0.97%) VB
12 6 (0.83%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.69%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.55%) C
14 4 (0.55%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.55%) X++
15 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.42%) VBA
16 2 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 70 (9.71%) Security Cleared
2 68 (9.43%) Degree
3 58 (8.04%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.69%) CISM
8 5 (0.69%) CISSP
8 5 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (0.55%) HNC
9 4 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.42%) MCSE
10 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.28%) ACCA
11 2 (0.28%) CIMA
11 2 (0.28%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.55%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.72%) QA
3 9 (1.25%) PMO
4 7 (0.97%) CDISC
4 7 (0.97%) SLA
5 6 (0.83%) GDPR
5 6 (0.83%) GxP
6 4 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.42%) Good Clinical Practice
7 3 (0.42%) NCSC
8 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) GAAP
System Software
1 19 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.69%) Docker
3 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.39%) Terraform
2 6 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.55%) SCCM
4 2 (0.28%) Kibana
4 2 (0.28%) SCOM
5 1 (0.14%) Ansible
5 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.14%) logstash
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.14%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 316 (43.83%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.52%) Databricks
3 26 (3.61%) Google
4 25 (3.47%) Oracle
5 14 (1.94%) SAP
6 13 (1.80%) Remedy
6 13 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.66%) Informatica
8 10 (1.39%) Adobe
9 9 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.97%) Alteryx
10 7 (0.97%) Qualys
11 6 (0.83%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.83%) UiPath
12 5 (0.69%) Aareon
12 5 (0.69%) Monetate
12 5 (0.69%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.55%) Ensighten
13 4 (0.55%) Tealium
13 4 (0.55%) Workday