Power Platform Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Power Platform
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Power Platform skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 50 55
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +19
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 40 44 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.07% 2.86% 3.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.36% 15.60% 11.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 26 45
10th Percentile £379 £200 £302
25th Percentile £425 £407 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £500
90th Percentile £645 £513 £569
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.99 -
England median hourly rate £32.18 £30.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +7.27% -21.05% +60.47%

All Cloud Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 352 282 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.99% 18.35% 25.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 164 320
10th Percentile £220 £213 £186
25th Percentile £410 £297 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £423 £456
Median % change year-on-year +19.53% -7.40% -8.75%
75th Percentile £580 £563 £588
90th Percentile £688 £634 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 29
10th Percentile £14.99 - £14.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £14.16 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.03 £16.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +84.23% -18.50% +29.03%
75th Percentile £60.48 £21.37 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £26.55 £71.71
England median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.21% - +53.49%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the East of England

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Bedfordshire +7 19 £580 +25.41% 20
Hertfordshire +8 9 £513 +127.78% 38
Cambridgeshire -13 7 £438 +4.17% 20
Essex 0 5 £400 +136.83% 23
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (22.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (7.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (5.00%) SAP CO
3 2 (5.00%) SAP FI
3 2 (5.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (2.50%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 15 (37.50%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (15.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (15.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 6 (15.00%) Power Automate
3 6 (15.00%) PowerApps
4 4 (10.00%) Snowflake
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (5.00%) AWS
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (5.00%) GCP
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 1 (2.50%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.50%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (77.50%) Power BI
2 7 (17.50%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (15.00%) Data Lake
3 6 (15.00%) SAP HANA
4 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (7.50%) Tableau
5 2 (5.00%) Power Query
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (2.50%) Big Data
6 1 (2.50%) Data Mart
6 1 (2.50%) Delta Lake
6 1 (2.50%) Metadata
6 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Finance
2 10 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Retail
6 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.00%) Marketing
8 1 (2.50%) Legal
8 1 (2.50%) Local Government
8 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Analyst
2 8 (20.00%) Lead
3 7 (17.50%) Architect
3 7 (17.50%) Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Consultant
5 5 (12.50%) Data Architect
6 4 (10.00%) Business Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Senior
7 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence Architect
7 3 (7.50%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Azure Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Azure Data Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Business Developer
8 2 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 2 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
8 2 (5.00%) Power BI Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) Power BI Developer
8 2 (5.00%) Power Platform Developer
8 2 (5.00%) SAP CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.50%) HTML
2 3 (7.50%) REST
3 2 (5.00%) JSON
4 1 (2.50%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Life Science
2 2 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (5.00%) Social Media
3 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.50%) IoT
3 1 (2.50%) IVR
3 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.50%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
1 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (65.00%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (47.50%) Analytics
3 8 (20.00%) ERP
4 7 (17.50%) Visualisation
5 6 (15.00%) Biotechnology
5 6 (15.00%) Business Analysis
5 6 (15.00%) Data Modelling
5 6 (15.00%) DevOps
5 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (12.50%) Agile
6 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 5 (12.50%) Data Governance
6 5 (12.50%) Data Management
6 5 (12.50%) Data Science
6 5 (12.50%) ETL
6 5 (12.50%) Migration
6 5 (12.50%) Project Management
6 5 (12.50%) Use Case
6 5 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (32.50%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
2 3 (7.50%) Degree
3 2 (5.00%) ACCA
3 2 (5.00%) CIMA
3 2 (5.00%) PMP
4 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) GxP
1 5 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (5.00%) SLA
3 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (2.50%) IFRS
3 1 (2.50%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.50%) PMO
3 1 (2.50%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (5.00%) Anaplan
3 2 (5.00%) Ariba
3 2 (5.00%) Databricks
4 1 (2.50%) Facebook
4 1 (2.50%) Genesys
4 1 (2.50%) Hyperion
4 1 (2.50%) Instagram
4 1 (2.50%) Oracle
4 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.50%) Snow
4 1 (2.50%) Twitter