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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 33 37
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +28
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 126 106 119
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.45% 5.77% 4.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.73% 13.98% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 68 75
10th Percentile £334 £409 £363
25th Percentile £413 £464 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +6.98%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £686
90th Percentile £745 £802 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +7.48%

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 801 758 905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.03% 41.24% 37.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 483 643
10th Percentile £339 £400 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £745
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 11
10th Percentile £30.04 £57.88 £12.75
25th Percentile £39.34 £75.31 £17.00
Median hourly rate £42.89 £111.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.45% +485.53% -55.81%
75th Percentile £51.00 £152.81 £36.25
90th Percentile £55.94 £173.63 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £32.99 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -5.76% +84.21% -45.71%

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 22 February 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
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 11 (8.73%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.17%) Apache
2 4 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.38%) Confluence
3 3 (2.38%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (15.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.17%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.59%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (39.68%) Azure
2 20 (15.87%) Power Automate
3 19 (15.08%) PowerApps
4 18 (14.29%) AWS
5 16 (12.70%) GCP
6 11 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (6.35%) Snowflake
9 7 (5.56%) Copilot Studio
9 7 (5.56%) GitHub
10 6 (4.76%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (3.97%) Azure AI
11 5 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (3.97%) Serverless
12 4 (3.17%) dbt
13 3 (2.38%) Amazon SageMaker
13 3 (2.38%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.59%) DHCP
1 2 (1.59%) DNS
1 2 (1.59%) VPN
2 1 (0.79%) HTTP
2 1 (0.79%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (76.98%) Power BI
2 33 (26.19%) Tableau
3 15 (11.90%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (6.35%) Looker
5 6 (4.76%) Data Lake
5 6 (4.76%) Metadata
6 4 (3.17%) BigQuery
6 4 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.17%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.38%) Delta Lake
7 3 (2.38%) Mixpanel
7 3 (2.38%) Power Query
7 3 (2.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.59%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.59%) OLAP
8 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Git
2 7 (5.56%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.79%) ERwin
3 1 (0.79%) GitLab
3 1 (0.79%) Selenium
General
1 49 (38.89%) Finance
2 42 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (25.40%) Social Skills
4 13 (10.32%) Banking
5 11 (8.73%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.14%) Front Office
7 5 (3.97%) Back Office
7 5 (3.97%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.59%) Automotive
10 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Retail
11 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.79%) Legal
11 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (23.81%) Analyst
2 23 (18.25%) Developer
3 19 (15.08%) Senior
4 17 (13.49%) Data Engineer
5 14 (11.11%) Data Scientist
6 13 (10.32%) Data Analyst
7 11 (8.73%) Consultant
8 10 (7.94%) Business Analyst
9 8 (6.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 7 (5.56%) Architect
10 7 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (5.56%) Lead
11 5 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
12 4 (3.17%) Data Architect
12 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Consultant
12 4 (3.17%) Power BI Developer
12 4 (3.17%) Senior Data Scientist
13 3 (2.38%) Data Business Analyst
13 3 (2.38%) Programme Manager
13 3 (2.38%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.14%) scikit-learn
2 6 (4.76%) NumPy
2 6 (4.76%) Pandas
2 6 (4.76%) PySpark
3 4 (3.17%) Matplotlib
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (3.17%) PyTorch
3 4 (3.17%) Seaborn
3 4 (3.17%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.38%) JSON
5 2 (1.59%) .NET
5 2 (1.59%) CSS
5 2 (1.59%) HTML
5 2 (1.59%) LangChain
5 2 (1.59%) Playwright
5 2 (1.59%) REST
5 2 (1.59%) XML
5 2 (1.59%) YAML
6 1 (0.79%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.79%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.56%) AI Agents
1 7 (5.56%) Algorithms
2 5 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.17%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.38%) Clustering
4 3 (2.38%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.38%) Equities
5 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.59%) Derivative
5 2 (1.59%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.59%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.59%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.79%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.79%) FMCG
6 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Linux
2 1 (0.79%) Android
2 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.79%) Unix
2 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (74.60%) Business Intelligence
2 52 (41.27%) Analytics
3 41 (32.54%) Visualisation
4 38 (30.16%) Data Modelling
5 37 (29.37%) AI
6 28 (22.22%) Data Science
7 27 (21.43%) Data Visualisation
8 25 (19.84%) Agile
8 25 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (19.05%) Data Engineering
10 22 (17.46%) Data Pipeline
10 22 (17.46%) Machine Learning
11 21 (16.67%) ETL
12 20 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 19 (15.08%) Actionable Insight
13 19 (15.08%) Data Governance
14 17 (13.49%) Decision-Making
14 17 (13.49%) Generative AI
15 16 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (11.90%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 52 (41.27%) SQL
2 44 (34.92%) Python
3 8 (6.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (4.76%) R
5 4 (3.17%) C#
5 4 (3.17%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.17%) Scala
6 3 (2.38%) Java
6 3 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.38%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.59%) Korn
7 2 (1.59%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.79%) Bicep
8 1 (0.79%) C++
8 1 (0.79%) LookML
Qualifications
1 15 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.32%) Degree
3 9 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.17%) PMP
5 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.59%) CFA
6 2 (1.59%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) IIBA
7 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.79%) MBA
7 1 (0.79%) PhD
7 1 (0.79%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.14%) QA
3 6 (4.76%) PMO
4 4 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.17%) GDPR
5 2 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.59%) Basel III
5 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.79%) GAAP
6 1 (0.79%) GRC
6 1 (0.79%) IFRS
6 1 (0.79%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.97%) Terraform
2 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.79%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 47 (37.30%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.11%) Databricks
3 10 (7.94%) Google
4 7 (5.56%) Foundry
4 7 (5.56%) Oracle
5 6 (4.76%) SAP
6 4 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.38%) Amplitude
7 3 (2.38%) Cognos
7 3 (2.38%) IBM
7 3 (2.38%) Informatica
7 3 (2.38%) Palantir
7 3 (2.38%) Planview
7 3 (2.38%) Sage
8 2 (1.59%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (1.59%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.59%) Qualtrics
8 2 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.79%) Murex
9 1 (0.79%) Yardi