Power Platform Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 28 40
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +3
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 131 143 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.37% 5.14% 4.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.44% 21.15% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 99 107
10th Percentile £313 £200 £270
25th Percentile £392 £313 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -11.46% +6.67%
75th Percentile £541 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £658 £680
England median daily rate £490 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +0.51% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile £17.21 £11.03 £24.06
25th Percentile £18.62 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £23.00 £14.00 £24.63
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -43.15% +4.79%
75th Percentile £34.43 - £25.41
90th Percentile £45.24 £21.97 £25.69
England median hourly rate £31.64 £23.22 £52.50
% change year-on-year +36.29% -55.78% +96.72%

All Cloud Skills
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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 641 676 1,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.18% 24.29% 34.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 505 789
10th Percentile £224 £200 £223
25th Percentile £375 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £595 £588
90th Percentile £639 £688 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 15
10th Percentile £15.17 - £13.70
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.12
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.23 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +6.13% +3.90%
75th Percentile £23.00 £26.50 £26.18
90th Percentile £37.78 £32.00 £28.59
England median hourly rate £25.01 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.03% -38.94% +62.79%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the Midlands

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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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
West Midlands +9 115 £475 +11.76% 167
East Midlands -14 14 £438 +6.06% 79
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 25 (19.08%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (25.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (3.05%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.29%) InfoPath
6 2 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.29%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.76%) Maximo
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 46 (35.11%) Azure
1 46 (35.11%) PowerApps
2 24 (18.32%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (18.32%) Power Automate
3 11 (8.40%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.34%) AWS
5 7 (5.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (4.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (4.58%) Copilot Studio
7 5 (3.82%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.82%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.82%) Serverless
8 4 (3.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (3.05%) GitHub
8 4 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (3.05%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.29%) GCP
9 3 (2.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) Firewall
1 2 (1.53%) VPN
1 2 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (70.99%) Power BI
2 19 (14.50%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (9.16%) Tableau
4 8 (6.11%) Relational Database
4 8 (6.11%) SQL Server
5 7 (5.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (5.34%) Power Query
6 6 (4.58%) Oracle Database
7 4 (3.05%) Data Lake
7 4 (3.05%) Delta Lake
7 4 (3.05%) Metadata
7 4 (3.05%) NoSQL
7 4 (3.05%) RDBMS
7 4 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.29%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (2.29%) GIS
9 2 (1.53%) Big Data
9 2 (1.53%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.29%) JIRA
2 3 (2.29%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.76%) Git
3 1 (0.76%) Selenium
3 1 (0.76%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 63 (48.09%) Social Skills
2 36 (27.48%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.74%) Finance
4 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.34%) Law
5 7 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.82%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.05%) Local Government
8 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.05%) Retail
9 2 (1.53%) Automotive
9 2 (1.53%) Legal
10 1 (0.76%) Games
10 1 (0.76%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (22.14%) Analyst
2 27 (20.61%) Lead
3 26 (19.85%) Developer
4 16 (12.21%) Architect
4 16 (12.21%) Data Analyst
5 13 (9.92%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (7.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 10 (7.63%) Power BI Developer
7 9 (6.87%) Technical Leader
8 7 (5.34%) Data Architect
8 7 (5.34%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.34%) Senior
9 6 (4.58%) Consultant
9 6 (4.58%) Lead Data Analyst
9 6 (4.58%) Power Platform Developer
10 5 (3.82%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.82%) PMO Analyst
10 5 (3.82%) Power Apps Developer
10 5 (3.82%) Project Manager
11 4 (3.05%) Business Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.11%) .NET
2 4 (3.05%) CSS
2 4 (3.05%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (3.05%) Kafka
2 4 (3.05%) LDAP
2 4 (3.05%) React
3 3 (2.29%) .NET Framework
3 3 (2.29%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.29%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (2.29%) Entity Framework
3 3 (2.29%) HTML
3 3 (2.29%) Middleware
4 1 (0.76%) ADO
4 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.76%) JSON
4 1 (0.76%) Node.js
4 1 (0.76%) PySpark
4 1 (0.76%) Spring
4 1 (0.76%) WPF
4 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.58%) IoT
1 6 (4.58%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.82%) SCADA
3 4 (3.05%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.05%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.05%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.29%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.53%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.76%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.76%) NHS
6 1 (0.76%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.82%) Windows
2 3 (2.29%) Linux
3 2 (1.53%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (64.89%) Business Intelligence
2 46 (35.11%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (30.53%) Data Modelling
4 33 (25.19%) Agile
5 31 (23.66%) Analytics
6 28 (21.37%) DevOps
7 27 (20.61%) Migration
8 23 (17.56%) Data Analysis
8 23 (17.56%) Decision-Making
8 23 (17.56%) Visualisation
9 17 (12.98%) Data Governance
10 16 (12.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (10.69%) Process Improvement
11 14 (10.69%) Test Strategy
12 13 (9.92%) Data Visualisation
12 13 (9.92%) ETL
12 13 (9.92%) OO
13 12 (9.16%) Configuration Management
13 12 (9.16%) Problem Management
14 11 (8.40%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (47.33%) SQL
2 19 (14.50%) Python
3 13 (9.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (6.87%) C#
5 7 (5.34%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.58%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.82%) R
8 4 (3.05%) Bicep
8 4 (3.05%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.29%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.53%) Java
10 2 (1.53%) VB
11 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (8.40%) Degree
2 7 (5.34%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.82%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.53%) MCSE
5 2 (1.53%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.76%) CITP
6 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.76%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.45%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.34%) PMO
3 6 (4.58%) GDPR
4 3 (2.29%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.53%) QA
5 2 (1.53%) SLA
6 1 (0.76%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.76%) P3O
6 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
1 4 (3.05%) Terraform
2 2 (1.53%) SCCM
3 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 45 (34.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.87%) Databricks
2 9 (6.87%) SAP
3 8 (6.11%) Oracle
3 8 (6.11%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.05%) CyberArk
4 4 (3.05%) Informatica
5 3 (2.29%) Cognos
6 2 (1.53%) Apple
6 2 (1.53%) Cisco
6 2 (1.53%) Google
6 2 (1.53%) OpenText
7 1 (0.76%) IBM
7 1 (0.76%) QAD