Power Platform Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Power Platform
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 34 46
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 +18
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 141 123 122
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 7.20% 5.16% 4.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.34% 13.14% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 79 83
10th Percentile £337 £400 £353
25th Percentile £409 £469 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £647 £675 £675
90th Percentile £741 £784 £745
London median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £18.05 - -
25th Percentile £20.38 - -
Median hourly rate £25.50 - £38.00
75th Percentile £31.38 - -
90th Percentile £34.15 - -
London median hourly rate £25.00 £30.59 £38.00
% change year-on-year -18.27% -19.50% +8.57%

All Cloud Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 813 936 1,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.52% 39.25% 40.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 599 611 840
10th Percentile £342 £400 £349
25th Percentile £431 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 9
10th Percentile £18.69 £31.00 -
25th Percentile £25.47 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +84.21% -7.32%
75th Percentile £48.67 - £38.00
90th Percentile £61.16 £63.75 £53.75
London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -27.23% -7.89% +38.18%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Central London

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Central London over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Central London

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in Central London over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in Central London

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 24 November 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
City of London +6 127 £525 -8.70% 64
West End of London +8 3 £488 +21.88% 2
City of Westminster +2 2 £575 +21.05% 1
Camden - 2 £400 - 1
Power Platform
London

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 22 (15.60%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.26%) Confluence
3 5 (3.55%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.13%) Apache
5 2 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (23.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.42%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.42%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.71%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (46.81%) Azure
2 35 (24.82%) Power Automate
3 33 (23.40%) PowerApps
4 19 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (12.06%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (12.06%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (8.51%) AWS
6 12 (8.51%) Entra ID
7 11 (7.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (7.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (7.09%) GCP
9 8 (5.67%) GitHub
9 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (4.96%) Azure AI
11 6 (4.26%) Copilot Studio
11 6 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (4.26%) Snowflake
12 4 (2.84%) dbt
12 4 (2.84%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) HTTP
2 1 (0.71%) DKIM
2 1 (0.71%) DMARC
2 1 (0.71%) Firewall
2 1 (0.71%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.71%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (78.72%) Power BI
2 26 (18.44%) Tableau
3 16 (11.35%) Data Lake
4 10 (7.09%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (6.38%) Power Query
6 6 (4.26%) Relational Database
6 6 (4.26%) SQL Server
7 5 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.84%) Delta Lake
8 4 (2.84%) Metadata
9 3 (2.13%) BigQuery
9 3 (2.13%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.13%) Looker
9 3 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.42%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.42%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.42%) Spotfire
10 2 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (9.22%) JIRA
2 4 (2.84%) Git
3 2 (1.42%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.71%) Postman
4 1 (0.71%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 56 (39.72%) Finance
2 48 (34.04%) Social Skills
3 38 (26.95%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.77%) Banking
5 10 (7.09%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.96%) Front Office
6 7 (4.96%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.55%) Legal
7 5 (3.55%) Marketing
7 5 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.13%) Back Office
9 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.42%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.42%) Retail
10 2 (1.42%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.71%) Law
11 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (17.73%) Analyst
2 23 (16.31%) Developer
3 20 (14.18%) Lead
4 19 (13.48%) Senior
5 15 (10.64%) Architect
5 15 (10.64%) Consultant
6 10 (7.09%) Business Analyst
7 9 (6.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 9 (6.38%) Data Analyst
8 8 (5.67%) Data Engineer
8 8 (5.67%) Data Scientist
9 6 (4.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 6 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) Data Architect
10 5 (3.55%) Senior Consultant
11 4 (2.84%) Applications Developer
11 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Consultant
11 4 (2.84%) Power BI Developer
11 4 (2.84%) Senior Developer
11 4 (2.84%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 7 (4.96%) .NET
3 5 (3.55%) CSS
3 5 (3.55%) HTML
3 5 (3.55%) scikit-learn
4 4 (2.84%) JSON
4 4 (2.84%) PySpark
4 4 (2.84%) REST
5 3 (2.13%) LangChain
5 3 (2.13%) NumPy
5 3 (2.13%) Pandas
5 3 (2.13%) XML
6 2 (1.42%) ADO
6 2 (1.42%) HTML5
6 2 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (1.42%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.42%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.42%) Seaborn
6 2 (1.42%) Semantic Kernel
6 2 (1.42%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.26%) Low-Code
2 5 (3.55%) AI Agents
2 5 (3.55%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.84%) Algorithms
3 4 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.84%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.13%) Data Fabric
4 3 (2.13%) Derivative
4 3 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.42%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (1.42%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.42%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.42%) Swaptions
5 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.71%) Unix
1 1 (0.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (75.18%) Business Intelligence
2 47 (33.33%) Analytics
3 38 (26.95%) Agile
4 37 (26.24%) Visualisation
5 35 (24.82%) Data Modelling
6 26 (18.44%) AI
6 26 (18.44%) Data Governance
7 25 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (16.31%) Decision-Making
8 23 (16.31%) DevOps
8 23 (16.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (14.89%) Actionable Insight
9 21 (14.89%) Data Visualisation
9 21 (14.89%) Migration
10 19 (13.48%) ETL
10 19 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (12.06%) CI/CD
11 17 (12.06%) Data Analysis
12 15 (10.64%) Data Engineering
12 15 (10.64%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 54 (38.30%) SQL
2 43 (30.50%) Python
3 12 (8.51%) PowerShell
4 11 (7.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (4.96%) C#
5 7 (4.96%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.84%) Java
6 4 (2.84%) R
6 4 (2.84%) Scala
7 3 (2.13%) Korn
7 3 (2.13%) VBA
8 2 (1.42%) Bicep
8 2 (1.42%) IronPython
9 1 (0.71%) Bash
9 1 (0.71%) C++
9 1 (0.71%) Groovy
9 1 (0.71%) LookML
9 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 16 (11.35%) SC Cleared
3 15 (10.64%) Degree
4 10 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.55%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.42%) ACCA
7 2 (1.42%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.42%) CFA
7 2 (1.42%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.42%) PMP
8 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.71%) CIMA
8 1 (0.71%) CISA
8 1 (0.71%) CISSP
8 1 (0.71%) CRISC
8 1 (0.71%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.71%) IIBA
8 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.64%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.38%) GDPR
3 6 (4.26%) PMO
4 5 (3.55%) QA
5 4 (2.84%) NIST
6 2 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.42%) Basel II
6 2 (1.42%) EU AI Act
6 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.71%) GRC
7 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (7.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Docker
2 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.84%) Terraform
2 3 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.71%) Grafana
3 1 (0.71%) Istio
3 1 (0.71%) Opsgenie
3 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.71%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (45.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.35%) Databricks
3 6 (4.26%) Google
3 6 (4.26%) SAP
4 5 (3.55%) Oracle
4 5 (3.55%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.55%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.13%) Dataiku
5 3 (2.13%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.13%) Planview
5 3 (2.13%) UiPath
6 2 (1.42%) Adobe
6 2 (1.42%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (1.42%) DocuSign
6 2 (1.42%) Foundry
6 2 (1.42%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.71%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.71%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.71%) Marketo
7 1 (0.71%) Rapid7