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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 25 40
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 +16
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 150 122 105
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.68% 6.96% 4.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.16% 17.28% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 76 69
10th Percentile £363 £356 £397
25th Percentile £425 £411 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £668 £688
90th Percentile £741 £800 £750
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 928 706 851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.30% 40.27% 40.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 663 489 563
10th Percentile £363 £332 £377
25th Percentile £456 £434 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% -1.75%
75th Percentile £656 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £751 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £557
% change year-on-year - -1.17% -1.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 3
10th Percentile £19.45 £23.75 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +25.93% +30.12%
75th Percentile £41.25 £61.16 £59.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £88.75 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -4.41% -2.86% +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 18 September 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 18 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.00%) Confluence
3 5 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.00%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.67%) IIS
6 1 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 24 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.33%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.33%) BambooHR
3 2 (1.33%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.67%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.67%) CA PPM
4 1 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.67%) OneSumX
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 82 (54.67%) Azure
2 28 (18.67%) Power Automate
3 27 (18.00%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (16.67%) PowerApps
5 22 (14.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (12.67%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 14 (9.33%) Microsoft Copilot
9 13 (8.67%) AWS
10 12 (8.00%) Serverless
10 12 (8.00%) Snowflake
11 10 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (6.00%) GitHub
13 8 (5.33%) Azure Functions
13 8 (5.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (5.33%) SaaS
14 7 (4.67%) Azure Databricks
14 7 (4.67%) Azure Stack
15 6 (4.00%) Copilot Studio
15 6 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.00%) DNS
1 3 (2.00%) Firewall
1 3 (2.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (77.33%) Power BI
2 24 (16.00%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (13.33%) SQL Server
4 13 (8.67%) Data Lake
5 12 (8.00%) Metadata
5 12 (8.00%) Tableau
6 11 (7.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (7.33%) Star Schema
7 10 (6.67%) Semantic Layer
8 9 (6.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (5.33%) Relational Database
10 6 (4.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 6 (4.00%) Power Query
11 5 (3.33%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (2.67%) Data Hub
12 4 (2.67%) Delta Lake
12 4 (2.67%) Looker
13 3 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (2.00%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 11 (7.33%) JIRA
2 10 (6.67%) Git
3 7 (4.67%) Visual Studio
4 5 (3.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.33%) GitLab
7 1 (0.67%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.67%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.67%) MLflow
7 1 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 55 (36.67%) Finance
2 42 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 30 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.67%) Banking
5 12 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.00%) Marketing
7 8 (5.33%) Retail
8 5 (3.33%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.33%) Legal
9 3 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.00%) Law
9 3 (2.00%) Military
10 2 (1.33%) Back Office
10 2 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.33%) Front Office
10 2 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.67%) Aviation
11 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (21.33%) Analyst
2 26 (17.33%) Developer
3 23 (15.33%) Architect
4 18 (12.00%) Data Analyst
5 17 (11.33%) Consultant
6 16 (10.67%) Data Engineer
7 11 (7.33%) Senior
8 10 (6.67%) Data Architect
9 8 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.67%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.67%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (4.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 6 (4.00%) Lead
12 5 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
12 5 (3.33%) Senior Developer
13 4 (2.67%) Business Intelligence Architect
13 4 (2.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 4 (2.67%) Platform Engineer
13 4 (2.67%) Power BI Developer
13 4 (2.67%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.67%) .NET
2 15 (10.00%) PySpark
3 8 (5.33%) REST
4 7 (4.67%) Terraform
5 6 (4.00%) Kafka
6 5 (3.33%) .NET Framework
6 5 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (3.33%) HTML
7 4 (2.67%) CSS
7 4 (2.67%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (2.67%) JSON
7 4 (2.67%) RESTful
8 2 (1.33%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.33%) Middleware
8 2 (1.33%) React
8 2 (1.33%) Redux
8 2 (1.33%) WCF
8 2 (1.33%) XML
9 1 (0.67%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.33%) Product Ownership
3 9 (6.00%) AI Agents
4 8 (5.33%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.00%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.33%) Clustering
6 5 (3.33%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.00%) CMDB
7 3 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.00%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.00%) Reference Data
7 3 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.33%) FMCG
8 2 (1.33%) PMI
8 2 (1.33%) Replication
8 2 (1.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.33%) Windows
2 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.67%) VMS
3 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
2 56 (37.33%) Analytics
3 48 (32.00%) Data Modelling
4 43 (28.67%) DevOps
5 38 (25.33%) Agile
5 38 (25.33%) CI/CD
6 36 (24.00%) AI
7 34 (22.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (20.67%) Data Governance
9 28 (18.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (17.33%) Data Engineering
11 24 (16.00%) Migration
12 22 (14.67%) Data Pipeline
12 22 (14.67%) Decision-Making
12 22 (14.67%) ETL
12 22 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (10.67%) Data Architecture
14 15 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
15 14 (9.33%) Dashboard Development
15 14 (9.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 67 (44.67%) SQL
2 32 (21.33%) Python
3 23 (15.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (11.33%) C#
5 11 (7.33%) PowerShell
6 10 (6.67%) JavaScript
7 8 (5.33%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.33%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.33%) Bicep
9 2 (1.33%) Java
9 2 (1.33%) R
9 2 (1.33%) XMLA
10 1 (0.67%) Bash
10 1 (0.67%) Korn
10 1 (0.67%) VBA
10 1 (0.67%) X++
Qualifications
1 33 (22.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.67%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.33%) DBS Check
4 11 (7.33%) Degree
5 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.00%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.33%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.33%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.67%) PMP
8 1 (0.67%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (18.67%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.33%) QA
3 7 (4.67%) Accessibility
4 5 (3.33%) PMO
5 3 (2.00%) GDPR
6 2 (1.33%) P3O
7 1 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.67%) COBIT
7 1 (0.67%) GRC
7 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.67%) Docker
3 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.00%) Grafana
2 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (2.00%) Prometheus
2 3 (2.00%) SCCM
2 3 (2.00%) SCOM
3 1 (0.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (47.33%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.33%) Databricks
3 8 (5.33%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.00%) Oracle
4 6 (4.00%) SAP
5 5 (3.33%) Informatica
6 4 (2.67%) VMware
7 3 (2.00%) Alteryx
7 3 (2.00%) AppDynamics
7 3 (2.00%) BMC
7 3 (2.00%) Commvault
7 3 (2.00%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.00%) Foundry
7 3 (2.00%) Remedy
7 3 (2.00%) Splunk
7 3 (2.00%) Workday
8 2 (1.33%) Adobe
8 2 (1.33%) Amplitude
8 2 (1.33%) Google
8 2 (1.33%) Nexthink