Power Platform Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 43 28
Rank change year-on-year +20 -15 +27
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 71 14 36
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 6.48% 2.48% 4.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.05% 8.64% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 3 22
10th Percentile £340 £387 £168
25th Percentile £388 £415 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +9.68%
75th Percentile £538 £494 £606
90th Percentile £600 £498 £688
England median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £14.88 £18.95 £11.03
25th Percentile £16.89 £19.63 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £24.03 £22.13 -
90th Percentile £24.99 £22.65 £21.70
England median hourly rate £28.55 £29.07 £23.22
% change year-on-year -1.79% +25.22% -53.17%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 322 162 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.41% 28.72% 26.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 124 139
10th Percentile £190 £250 £163
25th Percentile £359 £358 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £461 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +8.41% -4.49%
75th Percentile £550 £511 £531
90th Percentile £615 £559 £653
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 13
10th Percentile £13.19 £13.42 -
25th Percentile £13.51 £14.42 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.50 £19.00 £16.63
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +14.25% -16.85%
75th Percentile £19.03 £21.39 £27.50
90th Percentile £23.66 £22.03 £32.10
England median hourly rate £42.69 £25.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +67.39% +21.43% -34.98%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the East Midlands

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the East Midlands

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Nottinghamshire -6 19 £481 -3.75% 12
Northamptonshire +5 16 £398 -16.32% 8
Leicestershire +4 14 £525 +36.36% 4
Lincolnshire - 9 £423 - 7
Derbyshire -4 8 £488 - 5
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 12 (16.90%) Confluence
2 6 (8.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.41%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.99%) Azure
2 9 (12.68%) PowerApps
3 7 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (8.45%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (7.04%) Power Automate
6 3 (4.23%) Azure Storage
7 2 (2.82%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (2.82%) Serverless
8 1 (1.41%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (85.92%) Power BI
2 9 (12.68%) Power Query
3 7 (9.86%) Data Lake
4 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.63%) Tableau
5 3 (4.23%) Star Schema
6 2 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.82%) PowerPivot
7 1 (1.41%) Delta Lake
7 1 (1.41%) MySQL
7 1 (1.41%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (19.72%) JIRA
2 3 (4.23%) Git
General
1 22 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 21 (29.58%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (28.17%) Finance
4 9 (12.68%) Banking
5 7 (9.86%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (8.45%) Corporate Banking
6 6 (8.45%) Retail Banking
7 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.82%) Law
8 2 (2.82%) Marketing
9 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (32.39%) Analyst
2 12 (16.90%) Data Analyst
3 9 (12.68%) Developer
3 9 (12.68%) Lead
4 8 (11.27%) Data Engineer
4 8 (11.27%) Senior
5 7 (9.86%) Project Manager
6 6 (8.45%) Data Scientist
7 5 (7.04%) Business Analyst
7 5 (7.04%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Business Support Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Consultant
8 4 (5.63%) Power BI Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Power Platform Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) Business Data Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) Data Administrator
9 3 (4.23%) PMO Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) PySpark
1 3 (4.23%) REST
2 2 (2.82%) .NET
2 2 (2.82%) Node.js
3 1 (1.41%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.41%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.41%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.41%) HTML
3 1 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.41%) JSON
3 1 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.41%) WCF
3 1 (1.41%) Web Services
3 1 (1.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.45%) Data Structures
2 6 (8.45%) PMI
3 3 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.82%) EMV
5 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (77.46%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (35.21%) Data Modelling
3 23 (32.39%) Analytics
4 18 (25.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (22.54%) Agile
5 16 (22.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (21.13%) Decision-Making
6 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (16.90%) Project Management
8 10 (14.08%) CRM
8 10 (14.08%) Data Analysis
8 10 (14.08%) Scrum
8 10 (14.08%) Validation
9 9 (12.68%) Change Management
9 9 (12.68%) DevOps
9 9 (12.68%) Visualisation
10 8 (11.27%) Data Cleansing
10 8 (11.27%) Process Improvement
10 8 (11.27%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 30 (42.25%) SQL
2 13 (18.31%) Python
3 10 (14.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (8.45%) R
5 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.23%) VBA
6 2 (2.82%) Bicep
6 2 (2.82%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (15.49%) Degree
2 8 (11.27%) PMP
3 7 (9.86%) PMI Certification
4 6 (8.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (8.45%) Master's Degree
4 6 (8.45%) MBA
4 6 (8.45%) SAFe Agilist
5 3 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (1.41%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.31%) Data Quality
2 8 (11.27%) QA
3 6 (8.45%) Basel III
4 4 (5.63%) PMO
5 2 (2.82%) GDPR
5 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.82%) PSD2
6 1 (1.41%) GRC
6 1 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.41%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.49%) SAP
3 8 (11.27%) Databricks
4 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.41%) Ariba
5 1 (1.41%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.41%) OpenText
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) TSYS