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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 32 43
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +6
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 49 25 22
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 5.49% 4.20% 3.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.15% 16.03% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 10 15
10th Percentile £317 £319 £166
25th Percentile £346 £365 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £475 £504 £456
90th Percentile - £538 £525
England median daily rate £490 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £15.63 - -
25th Percentile £18.76 - £27.75
Median hourly rate £23.71 - £30.50
75th Percentile £36.72 - £33.25
90th Percentile £56.69 - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -16.67% -7.18% -25.70%

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 270 156 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.27% 26.22% 36.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 93 219
10th Percentile £205 £185 £223
25th Percentile £358 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% - -7.88%
75th Percentile £509 £538 £530
90th Percentile £613 £610 £603
England median daily rate £500 £526 £525
% change year-on-year -4.94% +0.19% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 16
10th Percentile £15.17 £14.49 £11.39
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.85 £12.94
Median hourly rate £20.50 £29.00 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -29.31% +64.73% +13.58%
75th Percentile £24.56 £43.51 £47.13
90th Percentile £43.37 £50.40 £91.25
England median hourly rate £27.21 £29.00 £24.31
% change year-on-year -6.17% +19.32% +8.02%

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 26 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 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 -7 15 £450 -2.70% 26
Leicestershire -8 12 £440 +13.55% 35
Derbyshire +7 7 £350 -6.67% 40
Nottinghamshire -9 5 £388 -14.84% 36
Lincolnshire - 5 £575 - 23
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 (20.41%) SharePoint
2 6 (12.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (6.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.04%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (28.57%) PowerApps
2 9 (18.37%) Azure
3 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (14.29%) Power Automate
5 4 (8.16%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (6.12%) AWS
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Functions
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (6.12%) OneDrive
6 3 (6.12%) Serverless
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (75.51%) Power BI
2 5 (10.20%) Tableau
3 4 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.16%) Power Query
4 3 (6.12%) Big Data
4 3 (6.12%) Data Mining
4 3 (6.12%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (20.41%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Git
General
1 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.61%) Finance
3 9 (18.37%) Banking
4 6 (12.24%) Corporate Banking
4 6 (12.24%) Retail Banking
5 4 (8.16%) Aerospace
5 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.12%) Retail
7 1 (2.04%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Law
7 1 (2.04%) Marketing
7 1 (2.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (28.57%) Developer
2 8 (16.33%) Power Platform Developer
3 7 (14.29%) Analyst
3 7 (14.29%) Data Scientist
3 7 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Data Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Integration Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Junior
5 3 (6.12%) Power BI Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Banking Project Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Lead
6 2 (4.08%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Security Specialist
7 1 (2.04%) Digital Transformation
7 1 (2.04%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) REST
2 2 (4.08%) SailPoint
3 1 (2.04%) JSON
3 1 (2.04%) Web Services
3 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) PMI
1 5 (10.20%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.12%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.12%) Data Fabric
2 3 (6.12%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (63.27%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (28.57%) Analytics
3 12 (24.49%) Agile
3 12 (24.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (18.37%) Data Modelling
6 9 (18.37%) Visualisation
7 8 (16.33%) Kanban
7 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (16.33%) Process Improvement
8 7 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (14.29%) Data Science
8 7 (14.29%) Fintech
8 7 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
9 6 (12.24%) Data Analysis
9 6 (12.24%) Data Analytics
9 6 (12.24%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
9 6 (12.24%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (48.98%) SQL
2 12 (24.49%) Python
3 10 (20.41%) R
4 4 (8.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (6.12%) T-SQL
5 3 (6.12%) X++
6 1 (2.04%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.04%) VBA
6 1 (2.04%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) PMP
2 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) Master's Degree
3 5 (10.20%) MBA
3 5 (10.20%) PMI Certification
3 5 (10.20%) SAFe Agilist
4 2 (4.08%) CISA
4 2 (4.08%) CISM
4 2 (4.08%) CISSP
4 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) Basel III
1 5 (10.20%) QA
2 2 (4.08%) COBIT
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (4.08%) NIST
2 2 (4.08%) NIST 800
2 2 (4.08%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 18 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) Databricks
3 2 (4.08%) Alteryx
3 2 (4.08%) Rapid7
3 2 (4.08%) Sage
3 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.04%) Google
4 1 (2.04%) Oracle