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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 39 38
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 +15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 56 19 32
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 5.71% 3.29% 4.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.42% 12.10% 12.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 6 20
10th Percentile £304 £349 £166
25th Percentile £336 £386 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +8.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £475 £525 £503
90th Percentile - £538 £631
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile £15.32 - £11.03
25th Percentile £18.00 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £14.00
75th Percentile £25.62 - -
90th Percentile £52.25 - £21.70
England median hourly rate £22.00 £28.30 £24.43
% change year-on-year -22.26% +15.84% -59.28%

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 304 157 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.99% 27.21% 32.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 97 206
10th Percentile £190 £243 £180
25th Percentile £333 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £529 £525 £530
90th Percentile £611 £563 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 15
10th Percentile £12.95 £18.27 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.39 £26.30 -
Median hourly rate £16.50 £39.68 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.42% +183.43% -9.68%
75th Percentile £24.03 £47.34 £21.25
90th Percentile £27.09 £51.94 £26.50
England median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.30
% change year-on-year +34.55% +23.32% -10.80%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 16 February 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
Northamptonshire -6 19 £393 -17.26% 5
Leicestershire -1 11 £338 -3.57% 18
Derbyshire +5 9 £350 - 9
Nottinghamshire -10 7 £338 -25.82% 18
Lincolnshire - 5 £575 - 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 10 (17.86%) Confluence
1 10 (17.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (5.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) PowerApps
2 10 (17.86%) Azure
3 8 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 3 (5.36%) Azure Functions
5 3 (5.36%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (5.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (5.36%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.36%) Serverless
6 2 (3.57%) AWS
6 2 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.79%) Azure Storage
7 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (78.57%) Power BI
2 5 (8.93%) Tableau
3 3 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.57%) Big Data
4 2 (3.57%) Data Mining
4 2 (3.57%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.57%) Power Query
4 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.79%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) Git
General
1 18 (32.14%) Finance
2 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.07%) Banking
4 7 (12.50%) Corporate Banking
4 7 (12.50%) Retail Banking
5 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Aerospace
6 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.57%) Marketing
8 1 (1.79%) Law
8 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Publishing
8 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (21.43%) Developer
2 10 (17.86%) Project Manager
3 9 (16.07%) Analyst
4 8 (14.29%) Power Platform Developer
5 7 (12.50%) Data Scientist
6 3 (5.36%) Administrator
6 3 (5.36%) Banking Project Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Data Administrator
6 3 (5.36%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Data Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 3 (5.36%) Integration Developer
6 3 (5.36%) Lead
7 2 (3.57%) Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Junior
7 2 (3.57%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Security Specialist
8 1 (1.79%) Business Analyst
8 1 (1.79%) IT Manager
8 1 (1.79%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) REST
2 2 (3.57%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.79%) .NET
3 1 (1.79%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.79%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.79%) JSON
3 1 (1.79%) Web Services
3 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) PMI
1 7 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.14%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.36%) Data Fabric
4 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.57%) EMV
5 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (67.86%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (30.36%) Analytics
3 16 (28.57%) Agile
3 16 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (17.86%) Kanban
5 10 (17.86%) Project Management
6 9 (16.07%) Change Management
6 9 (16.07%) Fintech
6 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (16.07%) Process Improvement
6 9 (16.07%) Resource Allocation
7 8 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 8 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 8 (14.29%) Scrum
8 7 (12.50%) Data Modelling
8 7 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
8 7 (12.50%) Six Sigma
8 7 (12.50%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (42.86%) SQL
2 11 (19.64%) Python
3 8 (14.29%) R
4 4 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (5.36%) T-SQL
5 3 (5.36%) X++
6 1 (1.79%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.79%) VBA
6 1 (1.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) Degree
2 9 (16.07%) PMP
3 8 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 7 (12.50%) Master's Degree
4 7 (12.50%) MBA
4 7 (12.50%) SAFe Agilist
5 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.57%) CISA
6 2 (3.57%) CISM
6 2 (3.57%) CISSP
6 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) QA
2 7 (12.50%) Basel III
3 3 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.36%) PMO
4 2 (3.57%) COBIT
4 2 (3.57%) GDPR
4 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (3.57%) NIST
4 2 (3.57%) NIST 800
4 2 (3.57%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.57%) PSD2
5 1 (1.79%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) Databricks
3 2 (3.57%) Alteryx
3 2 (3.57%) Rapid7
3 2 (3.57%) Sage
3 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.79%) Google
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle
4 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.79%) SAP
4 1 (1.79%) TSYS