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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 35 34
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 +31
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 159 102 121
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.90% 5.81% 5.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.53% 13.39% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 61 75
10th Percentile £350 £406 £391
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £700
90th Percentile £749 £838 £775
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 £34.63 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £34.65 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.72% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £34.68 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 £31.86 -
% change year-on-year -38.79% - -

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 907 762 858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.38% 43.39% 39.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 490 612
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
25th Percentile £450 £460 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £671
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 6
10th Percentile £20.67 £24.66 £12.75
25th Percentile £25.81 £29.64 £14.88
Median hourly rate £40.64 £42.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +88.89% -73.24%
75th Percentile £57.83 £74.38 £26.19
90th Percentile £75.18 £135.00 £38.63
Central London median hourly rate £39.00 £34.83 £22.50
% change year-on-year +11.99% +54.78% -72.73%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 18 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.29%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.89%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.89%) Confluence
3 3 (1.89%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (1.26%) Apache
4 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (13.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.14%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.14%) BambooHR
1 5 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.26%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (44.03%) Azure
2 27 (16.98%) Power Automate
3 21 (13.21%) AWS
3 21 (13.21%) PowerApps
4 17 (10.69%) GCP
4 17 (10.69%) Snowflake
5 16 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (7.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (7.55%) GitHub
7 10 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (6.29%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (5.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (5.66%) dbt
8 9 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (5.03%) Azure AI
10 7 (4.40%) Prefect
11 6 (3.77%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (3.77%) Copilot Studio
11 6 (3.77%) SaaS
12 5 (3.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.89%) DNS
1 3 (1.89%) VPN
2 2 (1.26%) DHCP
3 1 (0.63%) Firewall
3 1 (0.63%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (74.21%) Power BI
2 35 (22.01%) Tableau
3 24 (15.09%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (6.92%) Looker
5 9 (5.66%) Metadata
6 8 (5.03%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (5.03%) SQL Server
7 7 (4.40%) BigQuery
7 7 (4.40%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (3.77%) Data Lake
9 5 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (3.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (3.14%) Star Schema
10 4 (2.52%) Power Query
11 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.89%) Mixpanel
11 3 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.89%) Relational Database
12 2 (1.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 7 (4.40%) Git
1 7 (4.40%) JIRA
2 3 (1.89%) GitLab
3 2 (1.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.63%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.63%) ERwin
4 1 (0.63%) Selenium
4 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (40.88%) Finance
2 38 (23.90%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (23.27%) Social Skills
4 19 (11.95%) Banking
5 12 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.40%) Back Office
7 6 (3.77%) Front Office
7 6 (3.77%) Legal
8 5 (3.14%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.26%) Automotive
10 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.63%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.63%) Law
11 1 (0.63%) Military
11 1 (0.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (21.38%) Analyst
2 30 (18.87%) Developer
3 21 (13.21%) Data Engineer
4 18 (11.32%) Senior
5 17 (10.69%) Data Analyst
6 14 (8.81%) Data Scientist
7 11 (6.92%) Architect
8 10 (6.29%) Consultant
9 9 (5.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (5.03%) Business Analyst
11 7 (4.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 6 (3.77%) Lead
12 6 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.77%) Power Platform Developer
13 5 (3.14%) Power BI Developer
13 5 (3.14%) Power Platform Engineer
13 5 (3.14%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 5 (3.14%) Snowflake Engineer
13 5 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
14 4 (2.52%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.66%) .NET
1 9 (5.66%) PySpark
1 9 (5.66%) scikit-learn
2 6 (3.77%) NumPy
2 6 (3.77%) Pandas
2 6 (3.77%) REST
3 5 (3.14%) Kafka
4 4 (2.52%) CSS
4 4 (2.52%) HTML
4 4 (2.52%) JSON
4 4 (2.52%) Matplotlib
4 4 (2.52%) PyTorch
4 4 (2.52%) Seaborn
4 4 (2.52%) TensorFlow
5 3 (1.89%) React
5 3 (1.89%) RESTful
6 2 (1.26%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.26%) Redux
6 2 (1.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.40%) AI Agents
1 7 (4.40%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.77%) Algorithms
2 6 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.14%) Clustering
3 5 (3.14%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (2.52%) Equities
4 4 (2.52%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.52%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.89%) Derivative
5 3 (1.89%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (1.26%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.26%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.26%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.26%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.89%) Windows
2 2 (1.26%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Android
3 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (67.30%) Business Intelligence
2 61 (38.36%) Analytics
3 50 (31.45%) AI
4 44 (27.67%) Data Modelling
5 34 (21.38%) Data Engineering
5 34 (21.38%) Visualisation
6 32 (20.13%) Data Pipeline
7 30 (18.87%) Agile
7 30 (18.87%) ETL
8 28 (17.61%) Data Science
9 25 (15.72%) DevOps
10 24 (15.09%) Decision-Making
11 23 (14.47%) Data Governance
12 22 (13.84%) Machine Learning
13 21 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (12.58%) Actionable Insight
15 19 (11.95%) CI/CD
15 19 (11.95%) Data Visualisation
16 18 (11.32%) Generative AI
16 18 (11.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 60 (37.74%) SQL
2 53 (33.33%) Python
3 13 (8.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (5.03%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.77%) C#
5 6 (3.77%) R
6 5 (3.14%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.52%) Java
7 4 (2.52%) Scala
8 2 (1.26%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.26%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.26%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.63%) Bash
9 1 (0.63%) Bicep
9 1 (0.63%) C++
9 1 (0.63%) VBA
9 1 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 21 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.55%) Degree
2 12 (7.55%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.89%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.89%) PMP
5 2 (1.26%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (1.26%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.26%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.26%) SnowPro
6 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.63%) CFA
6 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.63%) MBA
6 1 (0.63%) PhD
6 1 (0.63%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (21.38%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.92%) QA
3 9 (5.66%) GDPR
4 7 (4.40%) PMO
5 4 (2.52%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.26%) Basel III
6 2 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.63%) GAAP
7 1 (0.63%) IFRS
7 1 (0.63%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.63%) P3O
7 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.63%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.89%) Docker
3 2 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.40%) Terraform
2 4 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.63%) Grafana
4 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.63%) SCCM
4 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (37.74%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.95%) Databricks
3 10 (6.29%) Google
4 9 (5.66%) Oracle
5 8 (5.03%) Foundry
6 7 (4.40%) Informatica
7 6 (3.77%) SAP
7 6 (3.77%) Workday
8 4 (2.52%) Amplitude
9 3 (1.89%) Cognos
9 3 (1.89%) IBM
9 3 (1.89%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.89%) Palantir
9 3 (1.89%) Qualtrics
9 3 (1.89%) Sage
10 2 (1.26%) Planview
10 2 (1.26%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.26%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.63%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.63%) AppDynamics