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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 32 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +25
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 66 18 33
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 6.52% 3.35% 4.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.09% 11.84% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 7 19
10th Percentile £319 £354 £166
25th Percentile £343 £399 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% +11.89%
75th Percentile £475 £494 £519
90th Percentile £583 £515 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
10th Percentile £15.32 - £11.03
25th Percentile £18.00 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +64.29% -
75th Percentile £25.62 - -
90th Percentile £52.25 - £21.70
England median hourly rate £25.42 £27.31 £23.22
% change year-on-year -6.95% +17.65% -61.31%

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 313 152 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.93% 28.25% 29.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 101 177
10th Percentile £190 £188 £183
25th Percentile £333 £356 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £543 £510 £525
90th Percentile £625 £550 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 16
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.17 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.32 £13.54 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.50 £14.80 £15.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -6.06% +1.61%
75th Percentile £24.09 £17.19 £26.50
90th Percentile £26.76 £20.68 £27.50
England median hourly rate £37.58 £26.81 £21.00
% change year-on-year +40.16% +27.68% -16.00%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -7 21 £393 -17.26% 6
Nottinghamshire -8 14 £450 +1.69% 14
Leicestershire +1 12 £338 -3.57% 9
Derbyshire +2 9 £350 - 11
Lincolnshire - 5 £575 - 6
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 11 (16.67%) Confluence
2 10 (15.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (24.24%) Azure
2 13 (19.70%) PowerApps
3 8 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.12%) Power Automate
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Functions
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Service Bus
4 5 (7.58%) Serverless
5 4 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Storage
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (4.55%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.03%) AWS
7 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.52%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (78.79%) Power BI
2 5 (7.58%) Tableau
3 4 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (6.06%) Power Query
4 2 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.03%) Big Data
4 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.03%) Data Mining
4 2 (3.03%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.52%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.52%) MySQL
5 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (24.24%) JIRA
2 3 (4.55%) Git
General
1 20 (30.30%) Finance
1 20 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.15%) Banking
3 8 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.61%) Corporate Banking
4 7 (10.61%) Retail Banking
5 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.06%) Aerospace
6 4 (6.06%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.55%) Marketing
8 1 (1.52%) Law
8 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Publishing
8 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (19.70%) Analyst
2 12 (18.18%) Developer
3 10 (15.15%) Project Manager
4 8 (12.12%) Power Platform Developer
5 7 (10.61%) Data Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Data Scientist
6 6 (9.09%) Data Engineer
7 5 (7.58%) Lead
8 3 (4.55%) Administrator
8 3 (4.55%) Banking Project Manager
8 3 (4.55%) Data Administrator
8 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Integration Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Consultant
9 2 (3.03%) Junior
9 2 (3.03%) PMO Analyst
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Data Analyst
9 2 (3.03%) Software Engineer
9 2 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) REST
2 2 (3.03%) Node.js
2 2 (3.03%) PySpark
2 2 (3.03%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.52%) .NET
3 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.52%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.52%) HTML
3 1 (1.52%) JSON
3 1 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.52%) Web Services
3 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Product Ownership
2 7 (10.61%) PMI
3 5 (7.58%) Data Structures
4 4 (6.06%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.55%) Data Fabric
6 2 (3.03%) EMV
6 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (69.70%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (33.33%) Analytics
3 20 (30.30%) Agile
4 17 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (18.18%) Data Modelling
8 10 (15.15%) Change Management
8 10 (15.15%) Kanban
8 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (15.15%) Project Management
8 10 (15.15%) Scrum
9 9 (13.64%) Fintech
9 9 (13.64%) Process Improvement
9 9 (13.64%) Resource Allocation
10 8 (12.12%) Decision-Making
10 8 (12.12%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 7 (10.61%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
11 7 (10.61%) Data Science
11 7 (10.61%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 30 (45.45%) SQL
2 14 (21.21%) Python
3 8 (12.12%) R
4 6 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (4.55%) T-SQL
5 3 (4.55%) X++
6 2 (3.03%) Bicep
6 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.52%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.52%) VBA
7 1 (1.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) Degree
2 9 (13.64%) PMP
3 8 (12.12%) PMI Certification
4 7 (10.61%) Master's Degree
4 7 (10.61%) MBA
4 7 (10.61%) SAFe Agilist
5 6 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.03%) CISA
6 2 (3.03%) CISM
6 2 (3.03%) CISSP
6 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.12%) QA
2 7 (10.61%) Basel III
2 7 (10.61%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.55%) PMO
4 2 (3.03%) COBIT
4 2 (3.03%) GDPR
4 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (3.03%) NIST
4 2 (3.03%) NIST 800
4 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.03%) PSD2
5 1 (1.52%) GRC
5 1 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.52%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) RSA Archer
1 2 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.64%) Databricks
3 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.03%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.03%) Rapid7
4 2 (3.03%) Sage
4 2 (3.03%) SAP
5 1 (1.52%) Ariba
5 1 (1.52%) Google
5 1 (1.52%) OpenText
5 1 (1.52%) Oracle
5 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.52%) TSYS