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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 32 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 -1 +31
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 171 122 133
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.95% 6.10% 5.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.56% 14.06% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 73 81
10th Percentile £353 £408 £385
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £685 £688
90th Percentile £749 £825 £775
London median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £29.63 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £30.46 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £31.86 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.79% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £33.27 -
90th Percentile - £34.11 -
London median hourly rate £27.50 £29.07 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.40% -47.15% +36.65%

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 974 868 961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.58% 43.38% 39.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 679 563 696
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £458 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £664 £650
90th Percentile £749 £738 £750
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 8
10th Percentile £19.41 £24.66 £12.75
25th Percentile £22.58 £26.00 £17.39
Median hourly rate £39.00 £34.83 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.99% +54.78% -72.73%
75th Percentile £54.05 £45.00 £24.56
90th Percentile £73.47 £94.88 £33.98
London median hourly rate £35.50 £30.21 £25.00
% change year-on-year +17.52% +20.83% -37.50%

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 3 May 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 3 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
City of London +12 159 £525 -4.55% 111
West End of London +7 7 £506 +3.85% 4
City of Westminster +4 7 £506 +9.46% 2
Southwark - 1 £650 - 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 21 (12.28%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.43%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.92%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.75%) Confluence
4 3 (1.75%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (1.17%) Apache
5 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (14.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.92%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.92%) BambooHR
1 5 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.17%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.58%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (45.61%) Azure
2 30 (17.54%) Power Automate
3 25 (14.62%) PowerApps
4 21 (12.28%) AWS
5 18 (10.53%) GCP
5 18 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (9.94%) Snowflake
7 15 (8.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (7.02%) GitHub
9 10 (5.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (5.85%) dbt
9 10 (5.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (4.68%) Azure AI
11 7 (4.09%) Prefect
12 6 (3.51%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (3.51%) Copilot Studio
12 6 (3.51%) SaaS
13 5 (2.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.75%) DNS
1 3 (1.75%) VPN
2 2 (1.17%) DHCP
3 1 (0.58%) Firewall
3 1 (0.58%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (74.27%) Power BI
2 38 (22.22%) Tableau
3 26 (15.20%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (6.43%) Looker
4 11 (6.43%) SQL Server
5 9 (5.26%) Metadata
6 8 (4.68%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (4.68%) BigQuery
7 7 (4.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (4.09%) Data Lake
7 7 (4.09%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.92%) Star Schema
9 4 (2.34%) Power Query
10 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.75%) Mixpanel
10 3 (1.75%) MySQL
10 3 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.75%) Relational Database
11 2 (1.17%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 9 (5.26%) Git
2 7 (4.09%) JIRA
3 3 (1.75%) GitLab
4 2 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.58%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.58%) ERwin
5 1 (0.58%) Selenium
5 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (38.60%) Finance
2 41 (23.98%) Social Skills
3 38 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (11.11%) Banking
5 13 (7.60%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.09%) Back Office
7 6 (3.51%) Front Office
7 6 (3.51%) Legal
8 5 (2.92%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.34%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.17%) Automotive
11 2 (1.17%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.58%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.58%) Law
12 1 (0.58%) Military
12 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (22.22%) Analyst
2 34 (19.88%) Developer
3 22 (12.87%) Data Engineer
4 21 (12.28%) Senior
5 17 (9.94%) Data Analyst
6 14 (8.19%) Data Scientist
7 12 (7.02%) Architect
8 10 (5.85%) Consultant
9 9 (5.26%) Business Analyst
9 9 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (4.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (4.09%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (3.51%) Lead
11 6 (3.51%) Platform Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) Power BI Developer
12 5 (2.92%) Power Platform Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) Snowflake Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
13 4 (2.34%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.43%) PySpark
2 9 (5.26%) .NET
2 9 (5.26%) scikit-learn
3 8 (4.68%) Kafka
4 6 (3.51%) NumPy
4 6 (3.51%) Pandas
4 6 (3.51%) REST
5 5 (2.92%) CSS
5 5 (2.92%) HTML
6 4 (2.34%) JSON
6 4 (2.34%) Matplotlib
6 4 (2.34%) PyTorch
6 4 (2.34%) Seaborn
6 4 (2.34%) TensorFlow
7 3 (1.75%) React
7 3 (1.75%) RESTful
8 2 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
8 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.17%) XML
8 2 (1.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.09%) AI Agents
2 7 (4.09%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.51%) Algorithms
3 6 (3.51%) Data Structures
3 6 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.92%) Clustering
5 4 (2.34%) Equities
5 4 (2.34%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.75%) Derivative
6 3 (1.75%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.17%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.17%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.17%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.17%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.75%) Windows
2 2 (1.17%) Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Android
3 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (67.84%) Business Intelligence
2 67 (39.18%) Analytics
3 50 (29.24%) AI
4 49 (28.65%) Data Modelling
5 38 (22.22%) Data Engineering
6 36 (21.05%) Visualisation
7 35 (20.47%) Data Pipeline
8 32 (18.71%) Agile
9 31 (18.13%) ETL
10 28 (16.37%) Data Science
11 27 (15.79%) DevOps
12 26 (15.20%) Data Governance
13 25 (14.62%) Decision-Making
14 23 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (12.87%) Machine Learning
16 21 (12.28%) Data Visualisation
17 20 (11.70%) Actionable Insight
17 20 (11.70%) CI/CD
18 19 (11.11%) Validation
19 18 (10.53%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 64 (37.43%) SQL
2 54 (31.58%) Python
3 13 (7.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (4.68%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.09%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.51%) C#
6 6 (3.51%) R
6 6 (3.51%) Scala
7 4 (2.34%) Java
8 2 (1.17%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.17%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.17%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.58%) Bash
9 1 (0.58%) Bicep
9 1 (0.58%) C++
9 1 (0.58%) VBA
9 1 (0.58%) X++
Qualifications
1 24 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 14 (8.19%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.60%) Degree
4 5 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.75%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.75%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.75%) PMP
6 2 (1.17%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.17%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.17%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.17%) SnowPro
7 1 (0.58%) CFA
7 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.58%) MBA
7 1 (0.58%) PhD
7 1 (0.58%) RIBA
7 1 (0.58%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (23.98%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.43%) QA
3 9 (5.26%) GDPR
4 7 (4.09%) PMO
5 5 (2.92%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.75%) SLA
7 2 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.17%) Basel III
7 2 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.58%) GAAP
8 1 (0.58%) IFRS
8 1 (0.58%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.58%) P3O
8 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.58%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.92%) Docker
3 2 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.09%) Terraform
2 6 (3.51%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.58%) SCCM
4 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (37.43%) Microsoft
2 23 (13.45%) Databricks
3 10 (5.85%) Google
4 9 (5.26%) Oracle
4 9 (5.26%) Workday
5 8 (4.68%) Foundry
6 7 (4.09%) Informatica
6 7 (4.09%) SAP
7 5 (2.92%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.34%) Amplitude
9 3 (1.75%) Cognos
9 3 (1.75%) IBM
9 3 (1.75%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.75%) Palantir
9 3 (1.75%) Qualtrics
9 3 (1.75%) Sage
10 2 (1.17%) Planview
10 2 (1.17%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.58%) Adobe
11 1 (0.58%) Murex