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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 31 38
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +26
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 158 118 125
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.28% 6.26% 5.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.42% 14.60% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 72 75
10th Percentile £368 £407 £391
25th Percentile £449 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +14.77%
75th Percentile £604 £685 £688
90th Percentile £749 £831 £750
London median daily rate £500 £513 £521
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.68% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £19.01 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £22.79 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.07 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.92% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £31.87 -
90th Percentile - £33.55 -
London median hourly rate £27.03 £29.07 £55.00
% change year-on-year -7.03% -47.15% +35.80%

All Cloud Computing 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 962 808 961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.22% 42.89% 40.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 670 518 679
10th Percentile £350 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £450 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% -7.36%
75th Percentile £650 £668 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
London median daily rate £525 £542 £550
% change year-on-year -3.06% -1.53% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 6
10th Percentile £20.51 £21.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £23.16 £24.66 £14.88
Median hourly rate £51.44 £28.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +80.49% +26.67% -66.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.75 £26.19
90th Percentile £75.35 £89.75 £38.63
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.12
% change year-on-year +22.12% +11.29% -50.25%

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 4 June 2026.

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
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 4 June 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
City of London +8 148 £550 - 85
West End of London +4 7 £506 +1.25% 1
City of Westminster 0 7 £506 +12.50% 3
Southwark - 1 £650 -
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 21 (13.29%) SharePoint
2 13 (8.23%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.90%) Apache
4 3 (1.90%) Confluence
4 3 (1.90%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.63%) IIS
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (13.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.16%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.16%) BambooHR
2 4 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 75 (47.47%) Azure
2 24 (15.19%) Power Automate
3 21 (13.29%) AWS
4 20 (12.66%) PowerApps
5 18 (11.39%) Snowflake
6 16 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (9.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (9.49%) GCP
8 13 (8.23%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (8.23%) GitHub
9 11 (6.96%) dbt
10 10 (6.33%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (5.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (5.06%) Serverless
12 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (4.43%) Prefect
12 7 (4.43%) SaaS
13 6 (3.80%) Amazon S3
14 5 (3.16%) Dagster
14 5 (3.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.90%) DNS
1 3 (1.90%) VPN
2 2 (1.27%) Firewall
3 1 (0.63%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (77.22%) Power BI
2 32 (20.25%) Tableau
3 25 (15.82%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (8.23%) SQL Server
5 12 (7.59%) Looker
6 10 (6.33%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (5.06%) BigQuery
8 7 (4.43%) Metadata
9 6 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (3.80%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (2.53%) Data Lake
11 4 (2.53%) Mixpanel
11 4 (2.53%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (2.53%) Star Schema
12 3 (1.90%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (1.90%) Relational Database
13 2 (1.27%) MySQL
13 2 (1.27%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 9 (5.70%) Git
2 8 (5.06%) JIRA
3 3 (1.90%) GitLab
4 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.63%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.63%) ERwin
5 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.63%) Selenium
5 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (37.97%) Finance
2 33 (20.89%) Social Skills
3 25 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (12.03%) Banking
5 7 (4.43%) Back Office
5 7 (4.43%) Front Office
6 5 (3.16%) Investment Banking
6 5 (3.16%) Legal
7 4 (2.53%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Retail
9 2 (1.27%) Automotive
9 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.27%) Marketing
9 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Aviation
10 1 (0.63%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (21.52%) Analyst
2 31 (19.62%) Developer
3 26 (16.46%) Data Engineer
4 17 (10.76%) Architect
5 14 (8.86%) Data Analyst
6 13 (8.23%) Senior
7 8 (5.06%) Business Analyst
7 8 (5.06%) Lead
8 7 (4.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 7 (4.43%) Consultant
8 7 (4.43%) Data Architect
8 7 (4.43%) Power Platform Developer
8 7 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.16%) Data Scientist
9 5 (3.16%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 5 (3.16%) Snowflake Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) Senior Data Engineer
10 4 (2.53%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.59%) PySpark
2 11 (6.96%) .NET
3 9 (5.70%) Kafka
4 7 (4.43%) REST
5 5 (3.16%) CSS
5 5 (3.16%) HTML
6 3 (1.90%) JSON
6 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (1.90%) React
6 3 (1.90%) RESTful
7 2 (1.27%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (1.27%) Playwright
7 2 (1.27%) PyTorch
7 2 (1.27%) Redux
7 2 (1.27%) scikit-learn
7 2 (1.27%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.63%) Hugging Face
8 1 (0.63%) LangChain
8 1 (0.63%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.49%) Cloud Native
2 9 (5.70%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.16%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.53%) Clustering
5 4 (2.53%) Distributed Applications
5 4 (2.53%) Equities
5 4 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.90%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.90%) CMDB
6 3 (1.90%) Derivative
6 3 (1.90%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.90%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.27%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.27%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.27%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.27%) PMI
7 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.90%) Windows
2 2 (1.27%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Android
3 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (69.62%) Business Intelligence
2 63 (39.87%) Analytics
3 49 (31.01%) Data Modelling
4 38 (24.05%) AI
4 38 (24.05%) Data Engineering
5 33 (20.89%) DevOps
6 31 (19.62%) Data Pipeline
7 29 (18.35%) ETL
8 28 (17.72%) CI/CD
9 25 (15.82%) Agile
10 24 (15.19%) Data Governance
11 22 (13.92%) Migration
11 22 (13.92%) Visualisation
12 21 (13.29%) Decision-Making
12 21 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (10.13%) Validation
15 15 (9.49%) Dashboard Development
15 15 (9.49%) Data Visualisation
15 15 (9.49%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 59 (37.34%) SQL
2 45 (28.48%) Python
3 10 (6.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (5.06%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.43%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.80%) C#
7 4 (2.53%) Java
7 4 (2.53%) R
7 4 (2.53%) Scala
8 3 (1.90%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.27%) Bicep
9 2 (1.27%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.63%) Bash
10 1 (0.63%) VBA
10 1 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 20 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 15 (9.49%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.23%) DBS Check
4 9 (5.70%) Degree
5 4 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.90%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.27%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.27%) PMP
7 2 (1.27%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.63%) CFA
8 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.63%) PhD
8 1 (0.63%) RIBA
8 1 (0.63%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (23.42%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.70%) QA
3 7 (4.43%) GDPR
4 6 (3.80%) Accessibility
5 5 (3.16%) PMO
6 3 (1.90%) SLA
7 2 (1.27%) Basel III
8 1 (0.63%) COBIT
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.63%) GAAP
8 1 (0.63%) IFRS
8 1 (0.63%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.63%) P3O
8 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.63%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.53%) Docker
3 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.06%) Terraform
2 6 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.90%) SCCM
4 2 (1.27%) Grafana
4 2 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (37.97%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.56%) Databricks
3 9 (5.70%) Workday
4 8 (5.06%) Oracle
5 7 (4.43%) Informatica
6 6 (3.80%) Google
6 6 (3.80%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.16%) Amplitude
7 5 (3.16%) SAP
8 4 (2.53%) Foundry
9 3 (1.90%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.90%) Palantir
9 3 (1.90%) Qualtrics
10 2 (1.27%) AppDynamics
10 2 (1.27%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.27%) Nexthink
10 2 (1.27%) Splunk
11 1 (0.63%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.63%) Talend
11 1 (0.63%) Virgin Media