Power Platform Contracts in Reading

Microsoft Power Platform
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 48 43
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 -5
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 13 44 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.18% 3.69% 4.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.47% 11.92% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 30 26
10th Percentile - £243 £241
25th Percentile £363 £375 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £473 £538
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -12.09% +7.50%
75th Percentile £503 £512 £588
90th Percentile £621 £588 £652
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £470 £525
% change year-on-year -4.26% -10.48% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £62.20
25th Percentile - - £75.25
Median hourly rate - - £79.19
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.00 £79.19
% change year-on-year -47.46% -22.97% +251.96%

All Cloud Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 201 369 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 33.67% 30.96% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 275 247
10th Percentile £343 £381 £413
25th Percentile £444 £484 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile £33.82 £56.50 £38.59
25th Percentile £41.05 £56.58 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £58.30 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% -22.78% +211.34%
75th Percentile £65.14 £59.95 £79.19
90th Percentile £72.37 £60.61 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £58.30 £33.50
% change year-on-year -45.03% +74.03% +53.85%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Amazon ELB
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Storage
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) Serverless
4 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) Power BI
2 3 (23.08%) Power Query
3 2 (15.38%) Big Data
4 1 (7.69%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (7.69%) Apache Hive
4 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (7.69%) Hadoop
4 1 (7.69%) HBase
4 1 (7.69%) HDInsight
4 1 (7.69%) Impala
4 1 (7.69%) Metadata
4 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) ERwin
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Administrator
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
1 4 (30.77%) PMO Administrator
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Report Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Data Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Network Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) ADO
2 2 (15.38%) Kafka
3 1 (7.69%) ARM Templates
3 1 (7.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 1 (7.69%) IoT
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (46.15%) DevOps
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Analytics
3 4 (30.77%) Data Management
4 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
4 3 (23.08%) Data Reconciliation
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Workflow
5 2 (15.38%) Artefact Management
5 2 (15.38%) DevSecOps
5 2 (15.38%) Issue Tracking
5 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) VBA
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Perl
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Flume
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Cramer
3 1 (7.69%) Databricks
3 1 (7.69%) StreamSets