Power Platform Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Power Platform
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 23 42
Rank change year-on-year -4 +19 +15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 152 136 94
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.55% 7.41% 4.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.33% 17.87% 11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 80 64
10th Percentile £385 £361 £390
25th Percentile £425 £418 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +10.58%
75th Percentile £623 £668 £688
90th Percentile £749 £781 £746
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £19.60 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £35.34 -
90th Percentile - £35.74 -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 £34.00 -
% change year-on-year -42.65% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 931 761 833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.09% 41.47% 40.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 507 571
10th Percentile £375 £337 £383
25th Percentile £463 £433 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% -4.26%
75th Percentile £656 £661 £675
90th Percentile £750 £758 £763
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 3
10th Percentile £19.45 £23.93 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +25.93% -10.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.75 £59.75
90th Percentile £75.35 £84.11 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £36.25 £34.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +6.62% +25.93% -10.74%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the City of London

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the City of London

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
London Bridge - 1 £650 -
Power Platform
Central London

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 20 (13.16%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.58%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.29%) Confluence
4 3 (1.97%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.66%) IIS
6 1 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 24 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.97%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.32%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.29%) BambooHR
3 3 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.32%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.66%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.66%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.66%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 80 (52.63%) Azure
2 31 (20.39%) Power Automate
3 26 (17.11%) PowerApps
4 24 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (13.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (11.84%) Snowflake
7 17 (11.18%) AWS
7 17 (11.18%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (9.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (7.89%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (7.89%) Serverless
10 11 (7.24%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (6.58%) GitHub
12 9 (5.92%) dbt
12 9 (5.92%) SaaS
13 7 (4.61%) Amazon S3
13 7 (4.61%) Azure Functions
13 7 (4.61%) Azure Stack
13 7 (4.61%) GCP
13 7 (4.61%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.97%) DNS
1 3 (1.97%) Firewall
1 3 (1.97%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (78.29%) Power BI
2 28 (18.42%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (14.47%) Tableau
4 19 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 12 (7.89%) Data Lake
5 12 (7.89%) Metadata
6 10 (6.58%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (6.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (6.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (6.58%) Star Schema
7 8 (5.26%) Relational Database
7 8 (5.26%) Semantic Layer
8 7 (4.61%) BigQuery
8 7 (4.61%) Looker
9 6 (3.95%) Power Query
10 5 (3.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 5 (3.29%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (2.63%) Delta Lake
11 4 (2.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.58%) JIRA
2 9 (5.92%) Git
3 7 (4.61%) Visual Studio
4 5 (3.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (1.97%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.32%) GitLab
7 1 (0.66%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.66%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.66%) MLflow
7 1 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (38.82%) Finance
2 41 (26.97%) Social Skills
3 27 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.47%) Banking
5 9 (5.92%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.26%) Legal
6 8 (5.26%) Marketing
6 8 (5.26%) Retail
7 5 (3.29%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.97%) Back Office
9 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.97%) Law
9 3 (1.97%) Military
10 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Front Office
10 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (22.37%) Analyst
2 27 (17.76%) Developer
3 22 (14.47%) Architect
4 19 (12.50%) Data Analyst
5 17 (11.18%) Data Engineer
6 14 (9.21%) Consultant
7 10 (6.58%) Data Architect
7 10 (6.58%) Senior
8 8 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 8 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.61%) Power Platform Developer
10 5 (3.29%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 5 (3.29%) Lead
10 5 (3.29%) Platform Engineer
11 4 (2.63%) Enterprise Architect
11 4 (2.63%) Power BI Analyst
11 4 (2.63%) Senior Developer
11 4 (2.63%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 4 (2.63%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.50%) .NET
2 15 (9.87%) PySpark
3 10 (6.58%) REST
4 8 (5.26%) Kafka
5 7 (4.61%) Terraform
6 5 (3.29%) HTML
7 4 (2.63%) .NET Framework
7 4 (2.63%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (2.63%) CSS
7 4 (2.63%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (2.63%) RESTful
8 3 (1.97%) JSON
9 2 (1.32%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.32%) Middleware
9 2 (1.32%) React
9 2 (1.32%) Redux
10 1 (0.66%) Bootstrap
10 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.66%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 1 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 8 (5.26%) AI Agents
2 8 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.61%) Low-Code
4 6 (3.95%) Clustering
4 6 (3.95%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.29%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.63%) Distributed Applications
6 4 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.97%) CMDB
7 3 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.97%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.32%) Derivative
8 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.32%) FMCG
8 2 (1.32%) PMI
8 2 (1.32%) Replication
8 2 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.29%) Windows
2 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.66%) VMS
3 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (70.39%) Business Intelligence
2 59 (38.82%) Analytics
3 47 (30.92%) Data Modelling
4 39 (25.66%) DevOps
5 37 (24.34%) AI
5 37 (24.34%) CI/CD
6 36 (23.68%) Agile
7 31 (20.39%) Data Governance
8 29 (19.08%) ETL
9 28 (18.42%) Data Engineering
10 27 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (17.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (17.11%) Data Pipeline
12 24 (15.79%) Migration
13 22 (14.47%) Decision-Making
13 22 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (9.87%) Data Architecture
15 14 (9.21%) Visualisation
16 13 (8.55%) Dimensional Modelling
16 13 (8.55%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 68 (44.74%) SQL
2 34 (22.37%) Python
3 20 (13.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (9.87%) C#
5 10 (6.58%) JavaScript
5 10 (6.58%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.61%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.29%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.32%) Bicep
8 2 (1.32%) Java
8 2 (1.32%) R
8 2 (1.32%) VBA
8 2 (1.32%) XMLA
9 1 (0.66%) Bash
9 1 (0.66%) Korn
9 1 (0.66%) Scala
9 1 (0.66%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (19.74%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.21%) DBS Check
4 8 (5.26%) Degree
5 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.97%) SnowPro
7 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.32%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (19.74%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.24%) QA
3 6 (3.95%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.95%) GDPR
4 5 (3.29%) PMO
5 2 (1.32%) P3O
6 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.66%) COBIT
6 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.66%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.32%) Docker
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.97%) Grafana
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (1.97%) Prometheus
2 3 (1.97%) SCCM
2 3 (1.97%) SCOM
3 1 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (44.74%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.11%) Databricks
3 7 (4.61%) Informatica
3 7 (4.61%) SAP
4 6 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.95%) Workday
5 5 (3.29%) Oracle
6 4 (2.63%) VMware
7 3 (1.97%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.97%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.97%) BMC
7 3 (1.97%) Commvault
7 3 (1.97%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.97%) Foundry
7 3 (1.97%) Google
7 3 (1.97%) Remedy
7 3 (1.97%) Splunk
8 2 (1.32%) Adobe
8 2 (1.32%) Amplitude
8 2 (1.32%) Nexthink