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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 35 51
Rank change year-on-year +6 +16 +14
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 128 119 117
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.83% 5.10% 3.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.71% 12.80% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 77 76
10th Percentile £340 £400 £363
25th Percentile £407 £463 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +10.05% -0.48%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £655
90th Percentile £761 £750 £744
London median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
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 £25.01 £45.55 £39.25
% change year-on-year -45.10% +16.04% +12.14%

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 766 930 1,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 40.85% 39.85% 40.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 559 606 851
10th Percentile £331 £387 £325
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £681
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 10
10th Percentile £19.85 £29.40 £16.53
25th Percentile £25.47 £33.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% +1.22%
75th Percentile £52.16 £49.38 £46.06
90th Percentile £63.81 £75.25 £54.63
London median hourly rate £26.30 £33.75 £38.75
% change year-on-year -22.07% -12.90% +32.48%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 31 October 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 +4 113 £538 -6.52% 142
West End of London +7 4 £500 +53.85% 1
Camden - 2 £400 - 1
City of Westminster - 2 £575 -
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 (16.41%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.69%) Confluence
3 3 (2.34%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.56%) Apache
4 2 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.56%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (7.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 57 (44.53%) Azure
2 31 (24.22%) Power Automate
3 29 (22.66%) PowerApps
4 18 (14.06%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (10.16%) Entra ID
7 10 (7.81%) AWS
8 9 (7.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (7.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (7.03%) Snowflake
9 8 (6.25%) GCP
9 8 (6.25%) GitHub
10 7 (5.47%) SaaS
11 6 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (3.91%) Azure AI
12 5 (3.91%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (3.13%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.56%) HTTP
2 1 (0.78%) DKIM
2 1 (0.78%) DMARC
2 1 (0.78%) Firewall
2 1 (0.78%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (80.47%) Power BI
2 23 (17.97%) Tableau
3 13 (10.16%) Data Lake
4 8 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.69%) Power Query
5 6 (4.69%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.69%) SQL Server
6 5 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.91%) Data Mining
7 4 (3.13%) BigQuery
8 3 (2.34%) Delta Lake
8 3 (2.34%) Looker
8 3 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (2.34%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.56%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.56%) Metadata
9 2 (1.56%) Spotfire
10 1 (0.78%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 13 (10.16%) JIRA
2 4 (3.13%) Git
3 2 (1.56%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.78%) Postman
4 1 (0.78%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 50 (39.06%) Finance
2 46 (35.94%) Social Skills
3 32 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (14.06%) Banking
5 10 (7.81%) Investment Banking
6 7 (5.47%) Front Office
7 6 (4.69%) Marketing
7 6 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.13%) Legal
10 3 (2.34%) Back Office
10 3 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.34%) Retail
11 2 (1.56%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.56%) Police
11 2 (1.56%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.78%) Law
12 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (17.19%) Lead
2 21 (16.41%) Analyst
3 20 (15.63%) Developer
4 17 (13.28%) Senior
5 16 (12.50%) Consultant
6 13 (10.16%) Architect
7 10 (7.81%) Business Analyst
8 9 (7.03%) Data Engineer
9 8 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
10 7 (5.47%) Data Analyst
11 6 (4.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 5 (3.91%) Risk Consultant
13 4 (3.13%) Applications Developer
13 4 (3.13%) Data Architect
13 4 (3.13%) Power Platform Developer
13 4 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
13 4 (3.13%) Senior Developer
13 4 (3.13%) Technical Leader
14 3 (2.34%) Administrator
14 3 (2.34%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.03%) Microsoft Graph
2 7 (5.47%) .NET
3 6 (4.69%) CSS
3 6 (4.69%) HTML
4 5 (3.91%) REST
5 3 (2.34%) JSON
5 3 (2.34%) PySpark
6 2 (1.56%) ADO
6 2 (1.56%) HTML5
6 2 (1.56%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (1.56%) LangChain
6 2 (1.56%) Pandas
6 2 (1.56%) scikit-learn
6 2 (1.56%) Semantic Kernel
6 2 (1.56%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.56%) XML
7 1 (0.78%) Altair
7 1 (0.78%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.78%) Middleware
7 1 (0.78%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.91%) Low-Code
1 5 (3.91%) Market Risk
1 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.34%) AI Agents
2 3 (2.34%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.34%) Data Structures
2 3 (2.34%) Derivative
2 3 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (2.34%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.56%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.56%) Data Fabric
3 2 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (1.56%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 2 (1.56%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.56%) Swaptions
3 2 (1.56%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) Unix
1 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (76.56%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (31.25%) Agile
3 39 (30.47%) Analytics
4 30 (23.44%) Data Modelling
5 28 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (21.88%) Visualisation
6 24 (18.75%) DevOps
7 22 (17.19%) Decision-Making
8 21 (16.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (15.63%) Data Governance
9 20 (15.63%) Migration
10 17 (13.28%) CI/CD
10 17 (13.28%) Data Visualisation
10 17 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (12.50%) AI
12 15 (11.72%) Actionable Insight
12 15 (11.72%) Data Analysis
13 14 (10.94%) CRM
13 14 (10.94%) ETL
14 13 (10.16%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 52 (40.63%) SQL
2 33 (25.78%) Python
3 12 (9.38%) PowerShell
4 10 (7.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 8 (6.25%) C#
5 8 (6.25%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.13%) Java
7 3 (2.34%) Korn
7 3 (2.34%) R
7 3 (2.34%) Scala
7 3 (2.34%) VBA
8 2 (1.56%) Bicep
8 2 (1.56%) IronPython
9 1 (0.78%) Bash
9 1 (0.78%) Groovy
9 1 (0.78%) LookML
9 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.94%) Degree
2 14 (10.94%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.91%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.56%) ACCA
6 2 (1.56%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.56%) CFA
7 1 (0.78%) CIMA
7 1 (0.78%) CISA
7 1 (0.78%) CISSP
7 1 (0.78%) CRISC
7 1 (0.78%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.78%) IIBA
7 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.78%) PMP
7 1 (0.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.59%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.25%) GDPR
3 5 (3.91%) Basel II
3 5 (3.91%) PMO
4 4 (3.13%) NIST
5 3 (2.34%) QA
6 2 (1.56%) EU AI Act
6 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.78%) GRC
7 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.91%) Terraform
2 3 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.78%) Grafana
3 1 (0.78%) Istio
3 1 (0.78%) Opsgenie
3 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.78%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.16%) Databricks
3 5 (3.91%) Oracle
4 4 (3.13%) Google
4 4 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.13%) SAP
4 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.34%) Dataiku
5 3 (2.34%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.34%) UiPath
6 2 (1.56%) Adobe
6 2 (1.56%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (1.56%) DocuSign
6 2 (1.56%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (1.56%) Planview
7 1 (0.78%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco
7 1 (0.78%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.78%) Progress
7 1 (0.78%) VMware