Power Platform Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Power Platform
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 60 49
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 +8
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 43 45 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.40% 2.81% 3.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.98% 17.24% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 29 54
10th Percentile £364 £215 £243
25th Percentile £425 £405 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £420 £428
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -1.75% +0.59%
75th Percentile £588 £430 £500
90th Percentile £641 £490 £571
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £21.95 £16.38 -
25th Percentile £28.18 £16.99 -
Median hourly rate £31.64 £17.99 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.88% - -
75th Percentile - £19.00 -
90th Percentile - £19.60 -
England median hourly rate £31.64 £30.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year +5.47% -7.18% +42.07%

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 359 261 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 28.42% 16.30% 25.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 151 336
10th Percentile £209 £213 £188
25th Percentile £408 £303 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.94% -5.56% -7.22%
75th Percentile £575 £558 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 43 31
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £14.29 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.28 £16.30 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.55% -25.91% +41.94%
75th Percentile £43.75 £21.37 £64.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £21.46 £70.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £24.15 £32.30
% change year-on-year +7.66% -25.23% +50.23%

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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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the East of England

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 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the East of England

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the East of England

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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 14 August 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 +9 20 £580 +25.41% 9
Hertfordshire +15 9 £500 +57.48% 19
Cambridgeshire -9 8 £438 +4.17% 24
Essex +1 5 £400 +136.83% 11
Suffolk -2 1 £325 - 10
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 (9.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (23.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.33%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.33%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.33%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 18 (41.86%) Azure
2 7 (16.28%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (16.28%) Power Automate
2 7 (16.28%) PowerApps
2 7 (16.28%) Snowflake
3 5 (11.63%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (11.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 4 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.65%) AWS
5 2 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (4.65%) GCP
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (2.33%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.33%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (79.07%) Power BI
2 10 (23.26%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (20.93%) Data Lake
4 4 (9.30%) SAP HANA
5 3 (6.98%) SQL Server
5 3 (6.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (4.65%) Power Query
7 1 (2.33%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (2.33%) Big Data
7 1 (2.33%) Data Mart
7 1 (2.33%) Delta Lake
7 1 (2.33%) Metadata
7 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 15 (34.88%) Finance
1 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.58%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (23.26%) Manufacturing
4 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.98%) Retail
6 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
7 1 (2.33%) Local Government
7 1 (2.33%) Marketing
7 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 7 (16.28%) Architect
2 7 (16.28%) Developer
3 5 (11.63%) Consultant
3 5 (11.63%) Data Analytics Specialist
3 5 (11.63%) Lead
4 4 (9.30%) Data Architect
4 4 (9.30%) Senior
5 3 (6.98%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Data Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 3 (6.98%) SAP Financial Specialist
6 2 (4.65%) Analyst Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Architect
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Data Architect
6 2 (4.65%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 2 (4.65%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Power BI Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) HTML
2 3 (6.98%) REST
3 2 (4.65%) JSON
4 1 (2.33%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Life Science
2 2 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (4.65%) Social Media
3 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.33%) IVR
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
1 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (58.14%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (46.51%) Analytics
3 11 (25.58%) Data Modelling
4 7 (16.28%) Migration
4 7 (16.28%) Visualisation
5 6 (13.95%) DevOps
5 6 (13.95%) ERP
6 5 (11.63%) Agile
6 5 (11.63%) Data Management
6 5 (11.63%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (11.63%) Decision-Making
6 5 (11.63%) ETL
6 5 (11.63%) Inventory Management
6 5 (11.63%) Logistics
6 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (9.30%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (9.30%) Biotechnology
7 4 (9.30%) Business Analysis
7 4 (9.30%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (34.88%) SQL
2 3 (6.98%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.65%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (11.63%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.65%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.65%) PMP
4 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) ACCA
5 1 (2.33%) CIMA
5 1 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.98%) GxP
2 3 (6.98%) PMO
2 3 (6.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (6.98%) SLA
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (2.33%) IFRS
3 1 (2.33%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.33%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.58%) SAP
3 6 (13.95%) Ariba
4 4 (9.30%) Anaplan
5 3 (6.98%) Hyperion
6 2 (4.65%) Databricks
7 1 (2.33%) Facebook
7 1 (2.33%) Genesys
7 1 (2.33%) Instagram
7 1 (2.33%) Oracle
7 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.33%) Snow
7 1 (2.33%) Twitter