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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 42 51
Rank change year-on-year +15 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 135 109 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 6.93% 4.74% 3.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.42% 11.65% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 73 88
10th Percentile £363 £400 £325
25th Percentile £414 £488 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £625
90th Percentile £830 £750 £719
London median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £19.60 - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £38.00
75th Percentile £35.34 - -
90th Percentile £35.74 - -
London median hourly rate £34.65 £55.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -37.00% +20.88% +30.00%

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 775 936 1,364
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.80% 40.70% 42.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 633 940
10th Percentile £333 £389 £325
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £763 £788
London median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -1.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 6
10th Percentile £20.82 - £14.63
25th Percentile £25.56 £27.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% -37.59%
75th Percentile £54.46 - £34.44
90th Percentile £79.48 £69.50 £45.25
London median hourly rate £31.00 £30.59 £40.25
% change year-on-year +1.34% -24.00% +15.00%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +12 126 £550 -4.35% 165
City of Westminster - 4 £513 - 2
West End of London +3 3 £538 - 3
Camden - 1 - - 1
Power Platform
London

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (17.04%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.44%) Confluence
3 3 (2.22%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.48%) Apache
4 2 (1.48%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 39 (28.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.74%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 59 (43.70%) Azure
2 30 (22.22%) Power Automate
3 28 (20.74%) PowerApps
4 24 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (9.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (8.89%) Entra ID
9 11 (8.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (8.15%) SaaS
10 10 (7.41%) Snowflake
11 8 (5.93%) AWS
12 7 (5.19%) GCP
12 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (4.44%) GitHub
13 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (2.96%) Azure AI
15 4 (2.96%) Copilot Studio
15 4 (2.96%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) SSH
2 1 (0.74%) DKIM
2 1 (0.74%) DMARC
2 1 (0.74%) Firewall
2 1 (0.74%) HTTP
2 1 (0.74%) Intranet
2 1 (0.74%) PSTN
2 1 (0.74%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (79.26%) Power BI
2 21 (15.56%) Tableau
3 14 (10.37%) Data Lake
4 12 (8.89%) SQL Server
5 10 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (5.93%) Data Mining
6 8 (5.93%) Relational Database
7 7 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (4.44%) Power Query
9 5 (3.70%) BigQuery
9 5 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (2.22%) Apache Hive
11 3 (2.22%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (2.22%) Delta Lake
11 3 (2.22%) Parquet
11 3 (2.22%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (1.48%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (1.48%) Looker
12 2 (1.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (9.63%) JIRA
2 5 (3.70%) Git
3 2 (1.48%) RStudio
3 2 (1.48%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.74%) NUnit
4 1 (0.74%) Postman
4 1 (0.74%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.74%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.74%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 51 (37.78%) Finance
3 28 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (15.56%) Banking
5 13 (9.63%) Investment Banking
6 10 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.44%) Marketing
8 6 (4.44%) Police
9 5 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.96%) Back Office
10 4 (2.96%) Front Office
10 4 (2.96%) Legal
11 3 (2.22%) Law
11 3 (2.22%) Retail
12 2 (1.48%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.48%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.74%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (21.48%) Analyst
2 25 (18.52%) Developer
3 17 (12.59%) Senior
4 16 (11.85%) Lead
5 15 (11.11%) Consultant
5 15 (11.11%) Data Analyst
6 13 (9.63%) Architect
7 11 (8.15%) Business Analyst
7 11 (8.15%) Data Engineer
8 9 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (5.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (5.19%) Risk Consultant
11 6 (4.44%) Power Platform Developer
12 5 (3.70%) Data Business Analyst
12 5 (3.70%) Data Scientist
13 4 (2.96%) Analyst Developer
13 4 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
13 4 (2.96%) Power BI Developer
14 3 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
14 3 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Graph
2 7 (5.19%) .NET
2 7 (5.19%) HTML
3 6 (4.44%) CSS
4 5 (3.70%) PySpark
5 4 (2.96%) JSON
5 4 (2.96%) Pandas
5 4 (2.96%) REST
5 4 (2.96%) scikit-learn
5 4 (2.96%) TensorFlow
6 3 (2.22%) ADO
6 3 (2.22%) XML
7 2 (1.48%) Apache Avro
7 2 (1.48%) HTML5
7 2 (1.48%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (1.48%) pydantic
7 2 (1.48%) YAML
8 1 (0.74%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.74%) LangChain
8 1 (0.74%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.93%) Market Risk
2 6 (4.44%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.70%) Low-Code
3 5 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.96%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.96%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.22%) Derivative
5 3 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.22%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.48%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.48%) Data Fabric
6 2 (1.48%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.48%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 2 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.48%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.48%) Swaptions
6 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.22%) Windows
2 2 (1.48%) Linux
3 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (71.11%) Business Intelligence
2 46 (34.07%) Agile
3 44 (32.59%) Analytics
4 34 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (23.70%) Visualisation
6 28 (20.74%) Decision-Making
7 23 (17.04%) Data Modelling
8 22 (16.30%) Data Governance
8 22 (16.30%) DevOps
9 20 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 19 (14.07%) Actionable Insight
10 19 (14.07%) Data Analysis
11 17 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (12.59%) Data Visualisation
11 17 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (11.11%) CRM
12 15 (11.11%) Migration
13 14 (10.37%) Artificial Intelligence
13 14 (10.37%) CI/CD
14 13 (9.63%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 63 (46.67%) SQL
2 39 (28.89%) Python
3 14 (10.37%) PowerShell
4 11 (8.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (6.67%) JavaScript
6 7 (5.19%) C#
7 5 (3.70%) R
8 4 (2.96%) Java
8 4 (2.96%) Scala
9 3 (2.22%) Bash
9 3 (2.22%) VBA
10 2 (1.48%) Bicep
11 1 (0.74%) Groovy
11 1 (0.74%) Korn
11 1 (0.74%) LookML
11 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.15%) Degree
4 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.70%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.48%) ACCA
6 2 (1.48%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.48%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.74%) CFA
7 1 (0.74%) CIMA
7 1 (0.74%) CISA
7 1 (0.74%) CISSP
7 1 (0.74%) CRISC
7 1 (0.74%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.74%) PMP
7 1 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.37%) GDPR
2 11 (8.15%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.93%) Basel II
4 5 (3.70%) PMO
5 4 (2.96%) NIST
6 3 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.22%) QA
7 2 (1.48%) EU AI Act
7 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 11 (8.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.44%) Terraform
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.74%) Grafana
4 1 (0.74%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.74%) Istio
4 1 (0.74%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.74%) SCCM
4 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.74%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.89%) Databricks
3 6 (4.44%) Oracle
4 5 (3.70%) Google
4 5 (3.70%) SAP
5 4 (2.96%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.96%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.22%) Dataiku
6 3 (2.22%) UiPath
7 2 (1.48%) Adobe
7 2 (1.48%) BiZZdesign
7 2 (1.48%) Cisco
7 2 (1.48%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.48%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.48%) Progress
8 1 (0.74%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.74%) HP
8 1 (0.74%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.74%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.74%) Tenable