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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 28 36
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +23
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 146 117 107
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.62% 6.72% 5.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.08% 16.67% 12.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 77 71
10th Percentile £350 £340 £386
25th Percentile £425 £406 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £628 £668 £675
90th Percentile £741 £823 £738
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £18.05 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.38 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £25.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% - -
75th Percentile £19.75 £31.38 -
90th Percentile - £34.15 -
Central London median hourly rate £19.50 £25.50 -
% change year-on-year -23.53% - -

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 908 702 833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.18% 40.34% 39.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 499 543
10th Percentile £350 £332 £388
25th Percentile £456 £443 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% +1.26%
75th Percentile £660 £666 £675
90th Percentile £763 £752 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 3
10th Percentile £18.33 £23.03 -
25th Percentile £20.25 £28.06 -
Median hourly rate £23.58 £38.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.35% +41.67% +30.12%
75th Percentile £38.69 £63.37 £59.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £89.88 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £30.00 £38.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.57% +9.29% +68.67%

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 October 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 17 (11.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.11%) Confluence
3 4 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.05%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.68%) IIS
6 1 (0.68%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 23 (15.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.37%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.37%) BambooHR
3 2 (1.37%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.68%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.68%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.68%) OneSumX
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 81 (55.48%) Azure
2 30 (20.55%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (18.49%) Power Automate
4 25 (17.12%) PowerApps
5 22 (15.07%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (13.01%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (10.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Copilot
9 13 (8.90%) AWS
10 12 (8.22%) Serverless
11 11 (7.53%) Snowflake
12 10 (6.85%) GitHub
13 9 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (5.48%) Azure Functions
14 8 (5.48%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (4.79%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (4.79%) SaaS
16 6 (4.11%) Azure AI
16 6 (4.11%) Azure Stack
16 6 (4.11%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.05%) DNS
1 3 (2.05%) Firewall
1 3 (2.05%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (78.08%) Power BI
2 22 (15.07%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (13.70%) SQL Server
4 13 (8.90%) Data Lake
5 12 (8.22%) Metadata
6 11 (7.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (7.53%) Tableau
7 9 (6.16%) Semantic Layer
7 9 (6.16%) Star Schema
8 8 (5.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (4.79%) Relational Database
10 6 (4.11%) Power Query
11 5 (3.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 5 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (2.74%) Data Hub
12 4 (2.74%) Looker
13 3 (2.05%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (2.05%) BigQuery
13 3 (2.05%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (8.90%) JIRA
2 12 (8.22%) Git
3 7 (4.79%) Visual Studio
4 5 (3.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (2.05%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.37%) GitLab
7 1 (0.68%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.68%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.68%) MLflow
7 1 (0.68%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 53 (36.30%) Finance
2 41 (28.08%) Social Skills
3 30 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.01%) Banking
5 12 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.16%) Marketing
6 9 (6.16%) Retail
7 5 (3.42%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.42%) Legal
8 3 (2.05%) Front Office
8 3 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.05%) Law
8 3 (2.05%) Military
9 2 (1.37%) Back Office
9 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.68%) Aviation
10 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (22.60%) Analyst
2 27 (18.49%) Developer
3 22 (15.07%) Architect
4 18 (12.33%) Data Analyst
5 16 (10.96%) Consultant
5 16 (10.96%) Data Engineer
6 11 (7.53%) Senior
7 10 (6.85%) Data Architect
8 8 (5.48%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.79%) Power Platform Developer
9 7 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (4.11%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 5 (3.42%) Lead
11 5 (3.42%) Senior Developer
12 4 (2.74%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 4 (2.74%) Business Intelligence Architect
12 4 (2.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 4 (2.74%) Data Business Analyst
12 4 (2.74%) Power BI Developer
12 4 (2.74%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.33%) .NET
2 16 (10.96%) PySpark
3 9 (6.16%) REST
4 6 (4.11%) JSON
4 6 (4.11%) Kafka
4 6 (4.11%) Terraform
5 5 (3.42%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (2.74%) HTML
6 4 (2.74%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (2.74%) RESTful
7 3 (2.05%) CSS
7 3 (2.05%) XML
8 2 (1.37%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.37%) Middleware
8 2 (1.37%) OAuth
8 2 (1.37%) React
8 2 (1.37%) Redux
8 2 (1.37%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 10 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 9 (6.16%) AI Agents
4 7 (4.79%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.11%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.42%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.74%) Clustering
8 3 (2.05%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.05%) Reference Data
8 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.37%) CMDB
9 2 (1.37%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.37%) FMCG
9 2 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.68%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.68%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.42%) Windows
2 2 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.68%) VMS
3 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (71.92%) Business Intelligence
2 53 (36.30%) Analytics
3 46 (31.51%) Data Modelling
4 44 (30.14%) DevOps
5 40 (27.40%) Agile
6 37 (25.34%) CI/CD
7 35 (23.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 33 (22.60%) AI
9 31 (21.23%) Data Governance
10 28 (19.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (15.75%) Decision-Making
11 23 (15.75%) Migration
11 23 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (15.07%) Data Engineering
13 20 (13.70%) Data Pipeline
14 17 (11.64%) ETL
15 15 (10.27%) Integration Patterns
16 14 (9.59%) Data Architecture
17 13 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
17 13 (8.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 66 (45.21%) SQL
2 33 (22.60%) Python
3 22 (15.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (12.33%) C#
5 11 (7.53%) PowerShell
6 10 (6.85%) JavaScript
7 9 (6.16%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.42%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.74%) Bicep
10 2 (1.37%) Java
10 2 (1.37%) R
10 2 (1.37%) XMLA
11 1 (0.68%) C
11 1 (0.68%) Korn
11 1 (0.68%) VBA
11 1 (0.68%) X++
Qualifications
1 35 (23.97%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.75%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.59%) DBS Check
4 10 (6.85%) Degree
5 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) PMP
7 1 (0.68%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (0.68%) SnowPro
7 1 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.49%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.53%) QA
3 7 (4.79%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.74%) GDPR
4 4 (2.74%) PMO
5 2 (1.37%) P3O
6 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.68%) COBIT
6 1 (0.68%) GRC
6 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.05%) Grafana
1 3 (2.05%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Clustering
1 3 (2.05%) Prometheus
1 3 (2.05%) SCCM
1 3 (2.05%) SCOM
2 1 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (48.63%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.81%) Databricks
3 7 (4.79%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.42%) Oracle
4 5 (3.42%) SAP
5 4 (2.74%) Informatica
5 4 (2.74%) VMware
6 3 (2.05%) AppDynamics
6 3 (2.05%) BMC
6 3 (2.05%) Commvault
6 3 (2.05%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.05%) Foundry
6 3 (2.05%) Remedy
6 3 (2.05%) Splunk
6 3 (2.05%) Workday
7 2 (1.37%) Adobe
7 2 (1.37%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.37%) Amplitude
7 2 (1.37%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.68%) OpenAI