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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 30 48
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +13
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 122 110 113
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.93% 5.27% 4.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.60% 13.51% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 72 74
10th Percentile £336 £401 £363
25th Percentile £407 £490 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £578 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £744 £798 £745
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +2.33%
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 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.50 - £38.00

All Cloud 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 735 814 1,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.74% 38.98% 40.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 524 781
10th Percentile £343 £400 £356
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £766 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 9
10th Percentile £23.68 £32.05 -
25th Percentile £30.69 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £56.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.46% +148.89% +9.76%
75th Percentile £58.96 £76.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.53 £85.95 £56.75
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -10.71% +68.67% +1.22%

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 18 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the City of 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 21 (17.21%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.92%) Confluence
3 4 (3.28%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.46%) Apache
5 2 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (23.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.64%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.82%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.82%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (48.36%) Azure
2 30 (24.59%) Power Automate
3 28 (22.95%) PowerApps
4 16 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (12.30%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (9.84%) AWS
8 11 (9.02%) Entra ID
9 10 (8.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (8.20%) GCP
10 9 (7.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (5.74%) Azure AI
13 6 (4.92%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (4.92%) GitHub
13 6 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (4.92%) Snowflake
14 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (3.28%) Azure Machine Learning
15 4 (3.28%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.82%) Firewall
1 1 (0.82%) HTTP
1 1 (0.82%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (80.33%) Power BI
2 24 (19.67%) Tableau
3 15 (12.30%) Data Lake
4 8 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (5.74%) Power Query
6 5 (4.10%) Relational Database
7 4 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (3.28%) Delta Lake
7 4 (3.28%) Metadata
7 4 (3.28%) SQL Server
8 3 (2.46%) BigQuery
8 3 (2.46%) Looker
8 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.64%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.64%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.64%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.82%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (9.02%) JIRA
2 3 (2.46%) Git
3 2 (1.64%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.82%) Postman
4 1 (0.82%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.82%) Zephyr
General
1 52 (42.62%) Finance
2 42 (34.43%) Social Skills
3 34 (27.87%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.11%) Banking
5 8 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.74%) Front Office
6 7 (5.74%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.10%) Legal
7 5 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Marketing
8 4 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Back Office
10 2 (1.64%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.64%) Retail
10 2 (1.64%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.82%) Law
11 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.82%) Military
11 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (18.03%) Analyst
2 18 (14.75%) Developer
2 18 (14.75%) Senior
3 15 (12.30%) Architect
3 15 (12.30%) Lead
4 13 (10.66%) Consultant
5 10 (8.20%) Business Analyst
6 8 (6.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 8 (6.56%) Data Engineer
6 8 (6.56%) Data Scientist
7 7 (5.74%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (4.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Data Architect
9 5 (4.10%) Senior Consultant
10 4 (3.28%) Applications Developer
11 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Architect
11 3 (2.46%) Senior Business Analyst
11 3 (2.46%) Senior Developer
11 3 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (4.92%) .NET
3 5 (4.10%) scikit-learn
4 4 (3.28%) CSS
4 4 (3.28%) HTML
4 4 (3.28%) REST
5 3 (2.46%) JSON
5 3 (2.46%) LangChain
5 3 (2.46%) NumPy
5 3 (2.46%) Pandas
5 3 (2.46%) PySpark
6 2 (1.64%) ADO
6 2 (1.64%) HTML5
6 2 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (1.64%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.64%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.64%) Seaborn
6 2 (1.64%) Semantic Kernel
6 2 (1.64%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.10%) Low-Code
1 5 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.28%) AI Agents
2 4 (3.28%) Algorithms
2 4 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.28%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.46%) Data Fabric
3 3 (2.46%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.46%) Derivative
3 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.64%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 2 (1.64%) Market Risk
4 2 (1.64%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.64%) Swaptions
5 1 (0.82%) Clustering
5 1 (0.82%) Equities
5 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.82%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (76.23%) Business Intelligence
2 43 (35.25%) Analytics
3 34 (27.87%) Visualisation
4 33 (27.05%) Agile
5 28 (22.95%) Data Modelling
6 25 (20.49%) AI
7 24 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (18.85%) Data Governance
9 21 (17.21%) Decision-Making
10 20 (16.39%) Actionable Insight
11 19 (15.57%) Data Visualisation
11 19 (15.57%) Migration
11 19 (15.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (13.93%) Data Analysis
13 17 (13.93%) DevOps
14 16 (13.11%) ETL
15 15 (12.30%) Machine Learning
16 14 (11.48%) Data Pipeline
16 14 (11.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 49 (40.16%) SQL
2 40 (32.79%) Python
3 11 (9.02%) PowerShell
4 10 (8.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (4.92%) C#
6 5 (4.10%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.28%) Java
8 3 (2.46%) Korn
8 3 (2.46%) R
8 3 (2.46%) Scala
8 3 (2.46%) VBA
9 2 (1.64%) Bicep
10 1 (0.82%) Bash
10 1 (0.82%) C++
10 1 (0.82%) Groovy
10 1 (0.82%) LookML
10 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.48%) Degree
3 11 (9.02%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.28%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.64%) ACCA
7 2 (1.64%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.64%) CFA
7 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.82%) CIMA
8 1 (0.82%) CISA
8 1 (0.82%) CISSP
8 1 (0.82%) CRISC
8 1 (0.82%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.82%) IIBA
8 1 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.82%) PMP
8 1 (0.82%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.84%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.56%) GDPR
3 5 (4.10%) PMO
3 5 (4.10%) QA
4 4 (3.28%) NIST
5 2 (1.64%) Basel II
5 2 (1.64%) EU AI Act
5 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.82%) GRC
6 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (8.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.28%) Terraform
2 2 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.82%) Grafana
3 1 (0.82%) Istio
3 1 (0.82%) Opsgenie
3 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.82%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (45.90%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.66%) Databricks
3 6 (4.92%) Google
4 5 (4.10%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.10%) SAP
5 4 (3.28%) Oracle
6 3 (2.46%) Dataiku
6 3 (2.46%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.64%) Adobe
7 2 (1.64%) BiZZdesign
7 2 (1.64%) DocuSign
7 2 (1.64%) Foundry
7 2 (1.64%) MicroStrategy
7 2 (1.64%) Planview
7 2 (1.64%) UiPath
8 1 (0.82%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.82%) IBM
8 1 (0.82%) Progress
8 1 (0.82%) Qualys
8 1 (0.82%) Sage