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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 30 34
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +26
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 160 121 125
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.47% 6.17% 5.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.68% 14.37% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 73 74
10th Percentile £350 £428 £390
25th Percentile £425 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £557 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -3.07% +14.89%
75th Percentile £617 £685 £688
90th Percentile £745 £825 £768
London median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
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 £66.25
% change year-on-year -5.40% -56.12% +64.60%

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 959 842 957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.79% 42.96% 39.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 670 537 683
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £456 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 7
10th Percentile £20.51 £23.93 £12.75
25th Percentile £23.16 £24.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £34.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +54.00% -72.73%
75th Percentile £59.72 £43.75 £25.38
90th Percentile £75.35 £89.75 £36.30
London median hourly rate £35.50 £30.21 £26.00
% change year-on-year +17.52% +16.18% -35.80%

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 20 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 20 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 +10 149 £550 - 88
West End of London +4 7 £506 +1.25% 5
City of Westminster +2 7 £506 +12.50% 4
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 19 (11.88%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.50%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.50%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.88%) Confluence
4 3 (1.88%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (1.25%) Apache
5 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (13.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.13%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.13%) BambooHR
1 5 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 76 (47.50%) Azure
2 28 (17.50%) Power Automate
3 23 (14.38%) PowerApps
4 19 (11.88%) AWS
5 18 (11.25%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (10.63%) Snowflake
7 16 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (9.38%) GCP
9 14 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (7.50%) GitHub
11 11 (6.88%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (6.25%) dbt
13 9 (5.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (4.38%) Prefect
16 6 (3.75%) Azure AI
16 6 (3.75%) SaaS
17 5 (3.13%) Copilot Studio
17 5 (3.13%) Dagster
17 5 (3.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.88%) DNS
1 3 (1.88%) VPN
2 2 (1.25%) DHCP
3 1 (0.63%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (75.00%) Power BI
2 35 (21.88%) Tableau
3 25 (15.63%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (7.50%) Looker
4 12 (7.50%) SQL Server
5 8 (5.00%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (5.00%) BigQuery
5 8 (5.00%) Metadata
6 7 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (4.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.50%) Data Lake
8 4 (2.50%) Mixpanel
8 4 (2.50%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (2.50%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.88%) MySQL
9 3 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.88%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.25%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (6.25%) Git
2 7 (4.38%) JIRA
3 3 (1.88%) GitLab
4 2 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.63%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.63%) ERwin
5 1 (0.63%) Selenium
5 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (38.75%) Finance
2 33 (20.63%) Social Skills
3 27 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (11.25%) Banking
5 7 (4.38%) Back Office
5 7 (4.38%) Front Office
5 7 (4.38%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.13%) Investment Banking
6 5 (3.13%) Legal
7 4 (2.50%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.25%) Automotive
9 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.25%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.63%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.63%) Law
10 1 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 34 (21.25%) Analyst
2 30 (18.75%) Developer
3 25 (15.63%) Data Engineer
4 17 (10.63%) Senior
5 15 (9.38%) Architect
5 15 (9.38%) Data Analyst
6 9 (5.63%) Business Analyst
6 9 (5.63%) Consultant
7 7 (4.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 7 (4.38%) Data Architect
7 7 (4.38%) Data Scientist
7 7 (4.38%) Power Platform Developer
8 6 (3.75%) Lead
8 6 (3.75%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.13%) Power Platform Engineer
9 5 (3.13%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 5 (3.13%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.50%) PySpark
2 9 (5.63%) .NET
2 9 (5.63%) Kafka
3 6 (3.75%) REST
4 5 (3.13%) CSS
4 5 (3.13%) HTML
5 4 (2.50%) scikit-learn
6 3 (1.88%) JSON
6 3 (1.88%) NumPy
6 3 (1.88%) Pandas
6 3 (1.88%) React
6 3 (1.88%) RESTful
7 2 (1.25%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.25%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (1.25%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (1.25%) Redux
7 2 (1.25%) Seaborn
7 2 (1.25%) TensorFlow
7 2 (1.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.00%) Cloud Native
1 8 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.75%) AI Agents
3 6 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.50%) Clustering
5 4 (2.50%) Equities
5 4 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.88%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.88%) Derivative
6 3 (1.88%) Distributed Applications
6 3 (1.88%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.88%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.25%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.25%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.25%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.88%) Windows
2 2 (1.25%) 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 (68.75%) Business Intelligence
2 65 (40.63%) Analytics
3 50 (31.25%) Data Modelling
4 39 (24.38%) AI
5 36 (22.50%) Data Engineering
6 32 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
7 30 (18.75%) DevOps
8 29 (18.13%) ETL
9 26 (16.25%) Agile
10 25 (15.63%) Data Governance
10 25 (15.63%) Visualisation
11 24 (15.00%) CI/CD
12 21 (13.13%) Data Science
12 21 (13.13%) Decision-Making
12 21 (13.13%) Migration
13 20 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (10.00%) Data Analysis
14 16 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
14 16 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 60 (37.50%) SQL
2 47 (29.38%) Python
3 11 (6.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (5.63%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.38%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.75%) C#
7 5 (3.13%) Scala
8 4 (2.50%) Java
8 4 (2.50%) R
8 4 (2.50%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.25%) Bicep
9 2 (1.25%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.25%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.63%) Bash
10 1 (0.63%) VBA
10 1 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 23 (14.38%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.63%) Degree
4 7 (4.38%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.88%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.88%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.25%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.25%) PMP
7 2 (1.25%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.63%) CFA
8 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.63%) MBA
8 1 (0.63%) PhD
8 1 (0.63%) RIBA
8 1 (0.63%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (24.38%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.63%) QA
3 8 (5.00%) GDPR
4 6 (3.75%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.75%) PMO
5 3 (1.88%) SLA
6 2 (1.25%) Basel III
6 2 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.63%) GAAP
7 1 (0.63%) IFRS
7 1 (0.63%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.63%) P3O
7 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.63%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (3.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.13%) Docker
3 2 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.38%) Terraform
2 6 (3.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.63%) Grafana
4 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.63%) SCCM
4 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 65 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.38%) Databricks
3 9 (5.63%) Workday
4 8 (5.00%) Oracle
5 7 (4.38%) Google
6 6 (3.75%) Foundry
6 6 (3.75%) Informatica
7 5 (3.13%) Amplitude
7 5 (3.13%) SAP
8 4 (2.50%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.88%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.88%) Palantir
9 3 (1.88%) Qualtrics
10 2 (1.25%) Cognos
10 2 (1.25%) IBM
10 2 (1.25%) Sage
11 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.63%) Splunk
11 1 (0.63%) Talend
11 1 (0.63%) VMware