Power Platform Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Power Platform
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 36 46
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 +19
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 989 733 766
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.37% 5.44% 4.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.45% 13.10% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 678 502 553
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £415 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £724 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 7
10th Percentile - £24.65 £22.93
25th Percentile £18.25 £26.68 £25.81
Median hourly rate £27.61 £28.60 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -29.38% +9.46%
75th Percentile £44.88 £69.13 £47.00
90th Percentile £56.98 £78.50 £55.95
England median hourly rate £22.00 £28.30 £23.82
% change year-on-year -22.26% +18.80% -60.30%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,844 5,595 6,853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.06% 41.49% 37.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,690 3,743 5,047
10th Percentile £350 £354 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £674 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 51 79
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.27 £17.62
25th Percentile £21.84 £23.99 £21.63
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year - +11.48% -10.29%
75th Percentile £52.96 £57.25 £53.63
90th Percentile £70.50 £73.75 £62.75
England median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +34.55% +25.00% -12.00%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in London

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in London

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in London

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Central London +6 147 £525 -8.70% 48
West London +2 33 £601 +30.00% 21
South London -18 12 £475 - 5
East London -3 3 £473 -18.53% 10
North London - 2 £505 - 7
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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
1 105 (10.62%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.94%) Apache Spark
3 36 (3.64%) Confluence
4 22 (2.22%) Apache
5 18 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.52%) HCL Notes
7 12 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.91%) Mendix
9 4 (0.40%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) CMS
12 1 (0.10%) IIS
12 1 (0.10%) Kentico
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.10%) SAS
12 1 (0.10%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 143 (14.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.30%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.30%) Notion
5 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.30%) Trello
6 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.20%) Sketch
7 1 (0.10%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 74 (7.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.30%) iTrent
5 3 (0.30%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.20%) Actimize
6 2 (0.20%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.20%) SAP FS
6 2 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 465 (47.02%) Azure
2 197 (19.92%) Power Automate
3 184 (18.60%) PowerApps
4 141 (14.26%) Dynamics 365
5 133 (13.45%) Azure DevOps
6 132 (13.35%) AWS
7 97 (9.81%) Microsoft 365
8 96 (9.71%) Azure Data Factory
9 76 (7.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 75 (7.58%) Snowflake
11 70 (7.08%) Serverless
12 69 (6.98%) GitHub
13 62 (6.27%) Azure Logic Apps
14 60 (6.07%) Microsoft Copilot
15 59 (5.97%) GCP
16 54 (5.46%) Azure Functions
17 44 (4.45%) Copilot Studio
18 42 (4.25%) Entra ID
19 35 (3.54%) Microsoft Purview
20 34 (3.44%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.11%) HTTP
2 6 (0.61%) SMS
3 5 (0.51%) Firewall
3 5 (0.51%) LAN
3 5 (0.51%) Unified Communications
3 5 (0.51%) WAN
3 5 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.40%) PSTN
4 4 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.20%) DHCP
5 2 (0.20%) DNS
5 2 (0.20%) Network Security
6 1 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.10%) Intranet
6 1 (0.10%) SAN
6 1 (0.10%) Skype
6 1 (0.10%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 762 (77.05%) Power BI
2 154 (15.57%) Tableau
3 113 (11.43%) Data Warehouse
4 101 (10.21%) Data Lake
5 89 (9.00%) SQL Server
6 46 (4.65%) Power Query
7 44 (4.45%) Metadata
8 37 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 31 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 30 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 30 (3.03%) Looker
11 29 (2.93%) BigQuery
12 27 (2.73%) Relational Database
13 26 (2.63%) Delta Lake
14 24 (2.43%) Mixpanel
15 23 (2.33%) Spark SQL
16 20 (2.02%) Amazon Athena
16 20 (2.02%) OLAP
17 19 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
17 19 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 68 (6.88%) JIRA
2 54 (5.46%) Git
3 15 (1.52%) GitLab
4 14 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.91%) ERwin
6 8 (0.81%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.51%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.40%) Selenium
9 3 (0.30%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.30%) JMeter
9 3 (0.30%) MLflow
9 3 (0.30%) MSTest
9 3 (0.30%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.20%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.20%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.20%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.20%) Postman
10 2 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 322 (32.56%) Finance
2 307 (31.04%) Social Skills
3 208 (21.03%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 86 (8.70%) Banking
6 46 (4.65%) Marketing
7 26 (2.63%) Retail
8 23 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.82%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.72%) Front Office
12 16 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.52%) Legal
13 15 (1.52%) Local Government
13 15 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.42%) Publishing
15 13 (1.31%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.01%) Back Office
18 8 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 213 (21.54%) Analyst
2 199 (20.12%) Developer
3 140 (14.16%) Data Engineer
4 126 (12.74%) Senior
5 92 (9.30%) Data Analyst
6 81 (8.19%) Business Analyst
7 78 (7.89%) Lead
8 75 (7.58%) Architect
9 64 (6.47%) Consultant
10 51 (5.16%) Power Platform Developer
11 36 (3.64%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 31 (3.13%) Power BI Developer
12 31 (3.13%) Senior Data Engineer
13 29 (2.93%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 28 (2.83%) Project Manager
15 27 (2.73%) Azure Engineer
16 26 (2.63%) Data Scientist
17 24 (2.43%) Data Architect
18 23 (2.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 23 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.37%) .NET
2 57 (5.76%) PySpark
3 42 (4.25%) REST
4 36 (3.64%) Kafka
5 31 (3.13%) Microsoft Graph
6 27 (2.73%) JSON
7 24 (2.43%) Pandas
8 22 (2.22%) HTML
9 18 (1.82%) HTML5 Canvas
9 18 (1.82%) React
9 18 (1.82%) XML
10 16 (1.62%) LangChain
10 16 (1.62%) OAuth
11 15 (1.52%) Great Expectations
11 15 (1.52%) scikit-learn
12 13 (1.31%) NumPy
13 12 (1.21%) CSS
14 11 (1.11%) YAML
15 10 (1.01%) Spark Streaming
16 9 (0.91%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 46 (4.65%) Low-Code
2 35 (3.54%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.44%) Cloud Native
4 31 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 25 (2.53%) AI Agents
6 22 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 19 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.82%) Management Information System
10 15 (1.52%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.21%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
12 10 (1.01%) PMI
12 10 (1.01%) Reinsurance
12 10 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.71%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.61%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.62%) Windows
2 5 (0.51%) Linux
3 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.30%) Android
4 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.20%) Unix
5 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (73.10%) Business Intelligence
2 329 (33.27%) Analytics
3 278 (28.11%) Data Modelling
4 236 (23.86%) Agile
5 232 (23.46%) Visualisation
6 210 (21.23%) DevOps
7 203 (20.53%) AI
8 183 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
9 174 (17.59%) ETL
10 168 (16.99%) Decision-Making
11 159 (16.08%) Data Governance
12 155 (15.67%) CI/CD
13 154 (15.57%) Data Engineering
14 144 (14.56%) Stakeholder Management
15 139 (14.05%) Data Visualisation
16 112 (11.32%) Data Analysis
17 108 (10.92%) Actionable Insight
17 108 (10.92%) Data Pipeline
17 108 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 106 (10.72%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 425 (42.97%) SQL
2 264 (26.69%) Python
3 111 (11.22%) C#
4 72 (7.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 72 (7.28%) JavaScript
5 40 (4.04%) PowerShell
6 30 (3.03%) R
7 21 (2.12%) Java
8 20 (2.02%) T-SQL
9 18 (1.82%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.62%) Bicep
11 14 (1.42%) VBA
12 12 (1.21%) Scala
13 10 (1.01%) Formula Language
13 10 (1.01%) LotusScript
14 7 (0.71%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.51%) Bash
15 5 (0.51%) X++
16 4 (0.40%) Korn
16 4 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 167 (16.89%) Security Cleared
2 147 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 82 (8.29%) Degree
4 36 (3.64%) Azure Certification
5 34 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (1.92%) PMI Certification
8 14 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.21%) PMP
10 10 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.91%) CBAP
11 9 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 7 (0.71%) CFA
12 7 (0.71%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.51%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.40%) CIMA
14 4 (0.40%) IIBA
15 3 (0.30%) ACCA
15 3 (0.30%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (19.01%) Data Quality
2 75 (7.58%) GDPR
3 43 (4.35%) QA
4 42 (4.25%) PMO
5 32 (3.24%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.71%) GRC
8 6 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.51%) SLA
10 4 (0.40%) NIST
10 4 (0.40%) WCAG
11 3 (0.30%) Basel III
11 3 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.30%) GAAP
11 3 (0.30%) IFRS
11 3 (0.30%) P3O
11 3 (0.30%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 26 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 26 (2.63%) Docker
2 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 72 (7.28%) Terraform
2 34 (3.44%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.40%) SCCM
6 3 (0.30%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.20%) Control-M
7 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) Ansible
8 1 (0.10%) Grafana
8 1 (0.10%) Kibana
8 1 (0.10%) SCOM
8 1 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 398 (40.24%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.32%) Databricks
3 51 (5.16%) Oracle
4 47 (4.75%) SAP
5 42 (4.25%) Google
6 33 (3.34%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.73%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.22%) OpenAI
9 18 (1.82%) Foundry
10 15 (1.52%) Lotus
11 14 (1.42%) Informatica
12 12 (1.21%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.21%) Planview
13 9 (0.91%) Kofax
14 8 (0.81%) MicroStrategy
14 8 (0.81%) Workday
15 7 (0.71%) Alteryx
15 7 (0.71%) Amplitude
16 6 (0.61%) Cognos
16 6 (0.61%) Virgin Media