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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 35 51
Rank change year-on-year +1 +16 -1
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 40 26 15
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.46% 3.70% 1.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.21% 14.21% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 10 10
10th Percentile £312 £319 £160
25th Percentile £384 £365 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% -20.00%
75th Percentile £475 £504 £466
90th Percentile - £538 £558
England median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - £27.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £30.50
75th Percentile £70.00 - £33.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.01 £30.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -16.63% -7.18% -7.66%

All Cloud 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 263 183 291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.35% 26.07% 37.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 99 238
10th Percentile £265 £187 £213
25th Percentile £363 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £475 £452
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +5.20% -8.65%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £530
90th Percentile £621 £638 £616
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 22
10th Percentile £17.13 £13.16 £12.08
25th Percentile £18.30 £13.52 £13.04
Median hourly rate £20.50 £18.32 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% +11.03% +6.45%
75th Percentile £45.38 £39.68 £32.13
90th Percentile £60.15 £48.87 £88.75
England median hourly rate £25.47 £33.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year -22.82% +24.53% +17.78%

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

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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 27 November 2025.

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
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 27 November 2025. 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 -13 11 £450 -2.70% 13
Derbyshire +6 7 £350 -6.67% 14
Leicestershire -12 6 £440 +13.55% 32
Lincolnshire - 6 £550 - 9
Nottinghamshire -3 5 £413 -9.34% 21
Power Platform
England

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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 7 (17.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.50%) Chatbot
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) PowerApps
2 12 (30.00%) Azure
3 8 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (15.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (12.50%) Azure Functions
6 5 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (12.50%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (12.50%) Serverless
7 4 (10.00%) AWS
8 3 (7.50%) OneDrive
9 2 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
10 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (70.00%) Power BI
2 7 (17.50%) Tableau
3 5 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (10.00%) Big Data
4 4 (10.00%) Power Query
5 3 (7.50%) Data Mining
5 3 (7.50%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.50%) Metadata
6 1 (2.50%) Oracle Database
6 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 15 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Finance
3 6 (15.00%) Banking
4 4 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.00%) Retail
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Developer
2 7 (17.50%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Power Platform Developer
3 5 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 5 (12.50%) Integration Developer
4 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 4 (10.00%) Data Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Power BI Developer
4 4 (10.00%) Security Specialist
5 3 (7.50%) Data Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Junior
5 3 (7.50%) Lead
5 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Developer
6 2 (5.00%) Power BI Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Applications Support Consultant
7 1 (2.50%) Banking Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Finance Project Manager
7 1 (2.50%) Junior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.50%) SailPoint
2 3 (7.50%) REST
3 1 (2.50%) JSON
3 1 (2.50%) Web Services
3 1 (2.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Data Fabric
2 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.50%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) NHS
4 1 (2.50%) PMI
4 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (42.50%) Analytics
3 10 (25.00%) Agile
4 9 (22.50%) Visualisation
5 8 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.50%) Kanban
6 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (15.00%) Data Analytics
7 6 (15.00%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (15.00%) Decision-Making
8 5 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 5 (12.50%) Fintech
8 5 (12.50%) IT Audit
8 5 (12.50%) Log Analytics
8 5 (12.50%) Migration
8 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (47.50%) SQL
2 6 (15.00%) Python
3 5 (12.50%) T-SQL
3 5 (12.50%) X++
4 4 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (10.00%) R
5 1 (2.50%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) CISA
2 5 (12.50%) CISM
2 5 (12.50%) CISSP
2 5 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) Degree
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.50%) MBA
5 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.50%) PMP
5 1 (2.50%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) COBIT
1 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 5 (12.50%) NIST
1 5 (12.50%) NIST 800
2 2 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.00%) PMO
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) RSA Archer
2 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Databricks
3 5 (12.50%) Alteryx
3 5 (12.50%) Rapid7
4 4 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.00%) Sage
6 1 (2.50%) Google
6 1 (2.50%) Oracle