Power Platform Architect Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform Architect
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft Power Platform Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 117 134
Rank change year-on-year -64 +17 -
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Architect 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.078% 0.053% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.058% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £505 £644 £750
% change year-on-year -21.55% -14.17% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 3,487 1,734 2,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 91.12% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,210 1,158 1,699
10th Percentile £263 £200 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £665 £651 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 77 220
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.80 £12.11
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.22 £14.84
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% +3.32% +10.55%
75th Percentile £27.25 £28.75 £29.25
90th Percentile £47.50 £35.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -23.29%

Power Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power Platform Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Power Platform Architect job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Power Platform Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
West Midlands -58 3 £525 - 2
Power Platform Architect
England

Power Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, Power Platform Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Power Platform Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Serverless
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation

Power Platform Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
1 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) Line Management
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft