Power Platform Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Power Platform
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 37 38
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 11 8 18
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.93% 2.89% 3.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.49% 9.20% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 14
10th Percentile £315 £368 -
25th Percentile £471 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £438 £416
Median % change year-on-year +29.14% +5.11% +11.00%
75th Percentile £579 £475 £488
90th Percentile £592 £513 -
East of England median daily rate £463 £475 £410
% change year-on-year -2.63% +15.85% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £19.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -45.29% -
East of England median hourly rate £23.00 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.31% -9.60% -46.56%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 71 87 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 18.88% 31.41% 17.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 40 27
10th Percentile £347 £375 £215
25th Percentile £400 £430 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £501 £410
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +22.26% -6.82%
75th Percentile £540 £556 £488
90th Percentile £604 £652 £555
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 52
10th Percentile £21.81 - £14.00
25th Percentile £26.50 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £29.50 £15.29 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +92.94% -6.20% +5.16%
75th Percentile £35.48 £16.30 £21.37
90th Percentile £35.91 £18.17 £21.45
East of England median hourly rate £21.36 £16.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +31.03% - -20.10%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Cambridgeshire

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 15 May 2026. 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
Cambridge -3 9 £565 +25.56% 3
Peterborough +10 1 - - 2
Power Platform
East of England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
3 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) Power BI
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
3 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.09%) QlikView
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Git
2 3 (27.27%) JIRA
3 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Data Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
3 1 (9.09%) Data Visualisation Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) ADO
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) AI Agents
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) BYOD
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (63.64%) Analytics
2 7 (63.64%) Data Modelling
3 6 (54.55%) Visualisation
4 5 (45.45%) Agile
4 5 (45.45%) Data Governance
4 5 (45.45%) Validation
5 4 (36.36%) Data Pipeline
5 4 (36.36%) ETL
5 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (27.27%) AI
6 3 (27.27%) Data Validation
6 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
6 3 (27.27%) ERP
6 3 (27.27%) Migration
6 3 (27.27%) Model Validation
6 3 (27.27%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
7 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) T-SQL
3 1 (9.09%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Databricks
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 2 (18.18%) Dynatrace
4 1 (9.09%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (9.09%) Kepware
4 1 (9.09%) Rockwell
4 1 (9.09%) Siemens