Power Platform Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Power Platform
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 65 51
Rank change year-on-year +16 -14 -4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 45 59 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.84% 2.97% 3.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.36% 10.71% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 43 41
10th Percentile £313 £263 £270
25th Percentile £363 £346 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -10.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £501 £508 £588
90th Percentile £595 £588 £644
South East median daily rate £463 £463 £495
% change year-on-year - -6.57% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - £62.20
25th Percentile - £60.50 £75.25
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.00 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year -47.46% -22.97% +251.96%
75th Percentile - £61.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £23.82 £39.75
% change year-on-year +34.54% -40.07% +76.67%

All Cloud Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 396 551 508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 33.76% 27.77% 28.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 369 367
10th Percentile £350 £329 £383
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £618 £625 £638
90th Percentile £663 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 15
10th Percentile £24.04 £20.49 £18.03
25th Percentile £29.31 £41.25 £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £58.30 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.03% +74.03% +53.85%
75th Percentile £68.63 £61.60 £70.13
90th Percentile £79.02 - £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.50 £22.36 £24.50
% change year-on-year +27.47% -8.74% +16.39%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in Berkshire

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +1 13 £425 -10.00% 47
Wokingham -1 12 £421 -12.24% 1
Slough - 4 £388 - 30
Bracknell +14 3 - - 1
Windsor -7 3 £450 -36.84% 1
Power Platform
South East

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 17 (37.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.44%) CMS
4 1 (2.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 20 (44.44%) Azure
2 16 (35.56%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (15.56%) PowerApps
5 6 (13.33%) Power Automate
6 4 (8.89%) AWS
7 3 (6.67%) Azure Storage
7 3 (6.67%) Snowflake
8 2 (4.44%) Azure AKS
8 2 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (4.44%) Azure Table
9 1 (2.22%) Azure AI
9 1 (2.22%) Azure Functions
9 1 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
9 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
9 1 (2.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.22%) 2G
2 1 (2.22%) 3G
2 1 (2.22%) 4G
2 1 (2.22%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (71.11%) Power BI
2 5 (11.11%) Tableau
3 4 (8.89%) Power Query
4 3 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.44%) Big Data
5 2 (4.44%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.22%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (2.22%) Apache Hive
6 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.22%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.22%) HBase
6 1 (2.22%) HDInsight
6 1 (2.22%) Impala
6 1 (2.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) ERwin
1 3 (6.67%) Postman
2 1 (2.22%) Git
General
1 9 (20.00%) Finance
2 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.78%) Telecoms
3 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.67%) Publishing
5 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Games
6 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (20.00%) Developer
2 6 (13.33%) Analyst
2 6 (13.33%) Architect
3 5 (11.11%) Senior
4 4 (8.89%) Administrator
4 4 (8.89%) Consultant
4 4 (8.89%) Data Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 4 (8.89%) PMO Administrator
4 4 (8.89%) Senior Developer
5 3 (6.67%) Power Apps Developer
5 3 (6.67%) Report Developer
5 3 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.67%) SQL Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) SQL Data Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Azure Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) ADO
2 3 (6.67%) .NET
2 3 (6.67%) ARM Templates
3 2 (4.44%) .NET Core
3 2 (4.44%) Kafka
4 1 (2.22%) PySpark
4 1 (2.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 5 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.67%) Low-Code
3 2 (4.44%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.44%) Life Science
3 2 (4.44%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.22%) IoT
4 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
1 1 (2.22%) Unix
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (64.44%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (24.44%) DevOps
3 9 (20.00%) Agile
3 9 (20.00%) Analytics
4 7 (15.56%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (15.56%) Data Analysis
4 7 (15.56%) Project Management
5 6 (13.33%) Workflow
6 5 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (8.89%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (8.89%) Data Management
7 4 (8.89%) Data Modelling
7 4 (8.89%) ERP
7 4 (8.89%) Migration
7 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.89%) Product Backlog
7 4 (8.89%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (8.89%) Sprint Planning
7 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (8.89%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) SQL
2 4 (8.89%) Python
3 3 (6.67%) C#
3 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.67%) VBA
4 2 (4.44%) Bash
4 2 (4.44%) Bicep
5 1 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.22%) Perl
5 1 (2.22%) R
5 1 (2.22%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.22%) X++
5 1 (2.22%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) Degree
1 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
1 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) Azure Certification
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.22%) GDPR
2 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.22%) Apache Flume
1 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Grafana
1 2 (4.44%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.44%) Prometheus
1 2 (4.44%) Terraform
2 1 (2.22%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Oracle
3 2 (4.44%) Databricks
3 2 (4.44%) Google
3 2 (4.44%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.44%) Sparx
3 2 (4.44%) Workday
4 1 (2.22%) Capita
4 1 (2.22%) Cramer
4 1 (2.22%) Genesys
4 1 (2.22%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.22%) StreamSets