Power Platform Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Power Platform
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 51 57
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +8
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 235 115 170
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.04% 3.83% 3.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.57% 12.82% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 81 107
10th Percentile £285 £313 £315
25th Percentile £380 £368 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% -6.57%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £544
90th Percentile £650 £625 £668
England median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 4
10th Percentile £12.66 - -
25th Percentile £30.66 - £22.61
Median hourly rate £57.53 £32.05 £23.82
Median % change year-on-year +79.49% +34.54% -30.24%
75th Percentile £83.38 - £33.70
90th Percentile £100.76 - £50.38
England median hourly rate £31.50 £29.07 £23.22
% change year-on-year +8.36% +25.22% -54.48%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,613 897 1,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 27.71% 29.89% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,174 609 921
10th Percentile £280 £280 £250
25th Percentile £400 £402 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £665 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 30 51
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.78 £16.25
25th Percentile £27.88 £16.95 £17.80
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.50 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +84.21% +22.77% -0.04%
75th Percentile £82.25 £47.58 £54.75
90th Percentile £100.00 £75.05 £61.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +84.31% +22.77% -35.70%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the South East

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the South East

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the South East

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Thames Valley -3 111 £500 +3.36% 57
Berkshire +3 78 £505 +12.22% 34
Hampshire +7 59 £469 -5.06% 24
Surrey -9 27 £525 +16.67% 31
Buckinghamshire -16 23 £475 -13.64% 13
West Sussex -6 20 £415 -1.84% 9
Oxfordshire -16 10 £500 +40.35% 12
East Sussex +3 7 £375 -21.05% 9
Kent - 5 £650 - 17
Home Counties - 2 - -
Sussex - 1 £525 - 2
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.55%) Confluence
2 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 62 (26.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (7.23%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.43%) InDesign
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (2.98%) iTrent
3 3 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.43%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.43%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.43%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 79 (33.62%) Azure
2 38 (16.17%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (14.89%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (11.91%) Power Automate
5 24 (10.21%) PowerApps
6 17 (7.23%) AWS
7 14 (5.96%) Microsoft Copilot
7 14 (5.96%) SaaS
8 13 (5.53%) Copilot Studio
8 13 (5.53%) Serverless
9 10 (4.26%) Azure Functions
9 10 (4.26%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.83%) OneDrive
11 8 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.98%) GitHub
12 7 (2.98%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (2.55%) Azure AI
13 6 (2.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.85%) Network Security
1 2 (0.85%) VPN
1 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.43%) 2G
2 1 (0.43%) 5G
2 1 (0.43%) DHCP
2 1 (0.43%) DNS
2 1 (0.43%) Firewall
2 1 (0.43%) Intranet
2 1 (0.43%) LTE
2 1 (0.43%) Mobile Backhaul
2 1 (0.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (87.23%) Power BI
2 24 (10.21%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (9.79%) Tableau
4 15 (6.38%) SQL Server
5 10 (4.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 9 (3.83%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (2.98%) Metadata
7 7 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.55%) Data Lake
9 5 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.28%) Big Data
11 3 (1.28%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.28%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.85%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 29 (12.34%) JIRA
2 6 (2.55%) Git
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Hudson
4 1 (0.43%) Postman
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 73 (31.06%) Analytical Skills
2 69 (29.36%) Social Skills
3 61 (25.96%) Finance
4 19 (8.09%) Retail
5 16 (6.81%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.13%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.13%) Marketing
9 4 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.85%) Advertising
11 2 (0.85%) Billing
11 2 (0.85%) Legal
11 2 (0.85%) Military
12 1 (0.43%) Banking
12 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 69 (29.36%) Analyst
2 31 (13.19%) Data Analyst
3 28 (11.91%) Architect
4 22 (9.36%) PMO Analyst
4 22 (9.36%) Senior
5 21 (8.94%) Developer
6 19 (8.09%) Lead
7 18 (7.66%) Data Engineer
8 14 (5.96%) Consultant
9 12 (5.11%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (5.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 12 (5.11%) Platform Architect
9 12 (5.11%) Power Platform Architect
10 8 (3.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.40%) Power Platform Consultant
10 8 (3.40%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.40%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (2.98%) Integration Manager
12 6 (2.55%) Resource Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.68%) REST
2 6 (2.55%) ADO
2 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (2.13%) JSON
4 4 (1.70%) .NET
5 3 (1.28%) EDI
5 3 (1.28%) Node.js
6 2 (0.85%) Matplotlib
6 2 (0.85%) Middleware
6 2 (0.85%) PySpark
6 2 (0.85%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.85%) Seaborn
6 2 (0.85%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.85%) Web Services
6 2 (0.85%) XML
6 2 (0.85%) YAML
7 1 (0.43%) MDX
7 1 (0.43%) OAuth
7 1 (0.43%) Plotly
7 1 (0.43%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.68%) PKI
2 10 (4.26%) CMDB
3 8 (3.40%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.55%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.55%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.13%) Clustering
5 5 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.70%) FMCG
7 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.85%) Wiki
9 1 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.43%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.43%) Replication
9 1 (0.43%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.26%) Windows
2 8 (3.40%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (81.70%) Business Intelligence
2 59 (25.11%) Agile
3 56 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (22.98%) DevOps
5 45 (19.15%) Analytics
6 41 (17.45%) Decision-Making
7 40 (17.02%) Data Modelling
8 37 (15.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 31 (13.19%) Visualisation
11 28 (11.91%) Data Analysis
11 28 (11.91%) ERP
12 27 (11.49%) Data Governance
13 25 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (10.64%) Process Improvement
13 25 (10.64%) Validation
14 23 (9.79%) Actionable Insight
14 23 (9.79%) Data Visualisation
14 23 (9.79%) Requirements Gathering
14 23 (9.79%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (27.23%) SQL
2 22 (9.36%) Python
3 16 (6.81%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 10 (4.26%) C#
5 10 (4.26%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.40%) R
7 6 (2.55%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.28%) Bicep
8 3 (1.28%) VBA
8 3 (1.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 62 (26.38%) Security Cleared
2 43 (18.30%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.66%) Degree
4 8 (3.40%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.13%) ACCA
6 4 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.70%) PMP
7 3 (1.28%) CIMA
7 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.85%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.43%) MCSE
9 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.04%) Data Quality
2 24 (10.21%) PMO
3 19 (8.09%) GDPR
4 15 (6.38%) QA
5 9 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.55%) SLA
7 5 (2.13%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) GRC
8 1 (0.43%) IFRS
8 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (1.70%) SCCM
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.28%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Grafana
3 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (35.32%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.94%) Oracle
3 19 (8.09%) Databricks
3 19 (8.09%) SAP
4 16 (6.81%) ServiceNow
5 12 (5.11%) IFS
6 10 (4.26%) Remedy
7 9 (3.83%) Foundry
8 8 (3.40%) BMC
9 7 (2.98%) OpenAI
9 7 (2.98%) Workday
10 4 (1.70%) Palantir
11 3 (1.28%) Baan
11 3 (1.28%) Informatica
11 3 (1.28%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.85%) Cognos
12 2 (0.85%) Talend
13 1 (0.43%) Alteryx
13 1 (0.43%) Blue Prism
13 1 (0.43%) CyberArk