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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 43 41
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 +11
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 62 26 26
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.62% 3.23% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.71% 11.26% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 13 12
10th Percentile £213 £384 £269
25th Percentile £370 £394 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% - -
75th Percentile £625 £469 £563
90th Percentile £650 £525 £773
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.97 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% - -
75th Percentile £27.00 £19.50 -
90th Percentile £28.53 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £32.05 £30.00
% change year-on-year -6.40% +6.83% -21.05%

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 371 231 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 27.65% 28.66% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 174 123
10th Percentile £219 £334 £200
25th Percentile £374 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £447 £455
Median % change year-on-year +4.19% -1.76% -2.67%
75th Percentile £556 £498 £593
90th Percentile £650 £573 £638
England median daily rate £525 £501 £533
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 7 4
10th Percentile £13.51 £17.64 £14.91
25th Percentile £15.25 £19.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £21.39 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% -26.24% +75.76%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £43.51
90th Percentile £26.05 - £50.40
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.58 £34.47
% change year-on-year +32.90% -25.79% +4.44%

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 24 September 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
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 24 September 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
Lincolnshire +2 23 £300 -45.46% 18
Leicestershire -1 18 £600 +47.24% 32
Derbyshire -5 7 £530 +14.59% 16
Nottinghamshire -12 7 £525 +27.27% 26
Northamptonshire +18 4 £508 +23.78% 8
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 5 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.45%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) ContrOCC
1 2 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (38.71%) Azure
2 12 (19.35%) Power Automate
3 8 (12.90%) Azure Data Factory
3 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Copilot
4 7 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (11.29%) PowerApps
5 6 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (6.45%) AWS
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Databricks
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (3.23%) GitHub
8 1 (1.61%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.61%) ShareGate
8 1 (1.61%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (88.71%) Power BI
2 11 (17.74%) SQL Server
3 9 (14.52%) Data Lake
4 8 (12.90%) Power Query
5 5 (8.06%) Star Schema
6 4 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (3.23%) Big Data
7 2 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (3.23%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.61%) Apache Hive
8 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (3.23%) JIRA
3 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 32 (51.61%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (48.39%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.29%) Finance
4 7 (11.29%) Manufacturing
5 6 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (8.06%) Police
7 3 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.23%) Local Government
9 1 (1.61%) Banking
9 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Law
9 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (24.19%) Analyst
1 15 (24.19%) Developer
2 10 (16.13%) Architect
2 10 (16.13%) Data Analyst
3 7 (11.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 7 (11.29%) Data Engineer
4 6 (9.68%) Data Architect
4 6 (9.68%) Lead
4 6 (9.68%) Power BI Developer
5 4 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Business Data Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Business Support Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Data Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Lead Developer
6 3 (4.84%) SAP Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Senior
6 3 (4.84%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Lead Data Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Platform Specialist
7 2 (3.23%) SAP Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.23%) .NET
3 1 (1.61%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.61%) Flash
3 1 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.61%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.61%) Middleware
3 1 (1.61%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Data Structures
1 6 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.23%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.23%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (79.03%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (51.61%) Data Modelling
3 26 (41.94%) Decision-Making
4 25 (40.32%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (35.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (30.65%) Analytics
7 18 (29.03%) Data Analysis
8 17 (27.42%) AI
8 17 (27.42%) Visualisation
9 15 (24.19%) Actionable Insight
9 15 (24.19%) Validation
10 13 (20.97%) Data Management
10 13 (20.97%) ERP
11 12 (19.35%) Data Visualisation
11 12 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (17.74%) Dashboard Development
12 11 (17.74%) Data Engineering
12 11 (17.74%) DevOps
13 10 (16.13%) Data Governance
14 9 (14.52%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 28 (45.16%) SQL
2 7 (11.29%) Python
3 6 (9.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (4.84%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.84%) R
5 2 (3.23%) C#
6 1 (1.61%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.61%) Java
6 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.68%) Degree
3 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) ACCA
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.61%) CIMA
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.61%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (29.03%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.45%) GDPR
3 2 (3.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.61%) PMO
4 1 (1.61%) QA
Vendors
1 27 (43.55%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.97%) SAP
3 9 (14.52%) Oracle
4 7 (11.29%) Databricks
5 2 (3.23%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (1.61%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow