Power Platform Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Power Platform
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 62 76
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 -8
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 114 168 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.65% 2.96% 2.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.74% 12.71% 9.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 108 102
10th Percentile £263 £281 £302
25th Percentile £368 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £538 £517 £601
90th Percentile £640 £604 £649
England median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 17
10th Percentile - £21.31 £18.71
25th Percentile - £22.14 £22.38
Median hourly rate £32.05 £23.82 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.54% -26.25% +54.73%
75th Percentile £32.18 £40.20 £56.50
90th Percentile £32.26 £68.58 £79.19
England median hourly rate £31.64 £23.82 £37.00
% change year-on-year +32.82% -35.61% +60.87%

All Cloud 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 971 1,322 1,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.09% 23.30% 28.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 895 1,206
10th Percentile £250 £275 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £660 £675 £714
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 57 51
10th Percentile £15.10 £17.69 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.55 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.82 £30.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.27% +11.11% +35.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £59.95 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £61.60 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +14.32% -31.89% +52.81%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the South East over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the South East

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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 30 June 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
Thames Valley -5 61 £475 +5.56% 364
Berkshire +7 49 £475 +0.53% 223
Hampshire +41 21 £525 +9.09% 171
Surrey +3 15 £359 -18.00% 96
West Sussex +10 11 £400 -5.88% 68
Buckinghamshire -4 7 £550 +25.71% 89
Oxfordshire -5 5 £294 -34.72% 53
East Sussex - 4 £556 - 66
Home Counties 0 1 £550 -
Power Platform
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (19.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Maximo
1 2 (1.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.88%) BPCS
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.88%) Primavera
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (41.23%) Azure
2 29 (25.44%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.04%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (13.16%) PowerApps
5 8 (7.02%) AWS
5 8 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (7.02%) Power Automate
6 7 (6.14%) Snowflake
7 6 (5.26%) GCP
8 4 (3.51%) SaaS
9 3 (2.63%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (2.63%) Azure AKS
9 3 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.63%) Azure Storage
9 3 (2.63%) Azure Table
10 2 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.75%) Google Data Studio
10 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.75%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.14%) Firewall
1 7 (6.14%) Internet
1 7 (6.14%) VPN
2 6 (5.26%) Network Security
3 5 (4.39%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.88%) 2G
4 1 (0.88%) 3G
4 1 (0.88%) 4G
4 1 (0.88%) 5G
4 1 (0.88%) DNS
4 1 (0.88%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (81.58%) Power BI
2 16 (14.04%) Tableau
3 15 (13.16%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (7.89%) SQL Server
5 6 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (5.26%) Data Lake
5 6 (5.26%) Power Query
5 6 (5.26%) Relational Database
6 5 (4.39%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (3.51%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.75%) Looker
9 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (1.75%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.88%) Impala
10 1 (0.88%) Metadata
10 1 (0.88%) Sisense
10 1 (0.88%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 4 (3.51%) ERwin
2 3 (2.63%) Postman
3 1 (0.88%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.88%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 27 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (21.93%) Finance
2 25 (21.93%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 9 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.26%) Marketing
6 5 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.63%) Military
9 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Local Government
10 1 (0.88%) Billing
10 1 (0.88%) French Language
10 1 (0.88%) Games
10 1 (0.88%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Publishing
10 1 (0.88%) Retail
10 1 (0.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (30.70%) Analyst
2 20 (17.54%) Developer
3 17 (14.91%) Data Analyst
4 13 (11.40%) Senior
5 11 (9.65%) Business Analyst
6 9 (7.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 8 (7.02%) Data Business Analyst
7 8 (7.02%) Data Engineer
7 8 (7.02%) Power BI Developer
8 7 (6.14%) IT Manager
8 7 (6.14%) IT Services Manager
8 7 (6.14%) Service Manager
9 5 (4.39%) Architect
9 5 (4.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 5 (4.39%) Consultant
9 5 (4.39%) Financial Analyst
9 5 (4.39%) Senior IT Manager
9 5 (4.39%) Senior Manager
9 5 (4.39%) Senior Service Manager
10 4 (3.51%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.14%) .NET
2 5 (4.39%) Web Services
3 3 (2.63%) .NET Core
3 3 (2.63%) ADO
3 3 (2.63%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.88%) CSS
4 1 (0.88%) EDI
4 1 (0.88%) HTML
4 1 (0.88%) Kafka
4 1 (0.88%) MDX
4 1 (0.88%) OAuth
4 1 (0.88%) ODBC
4 1 (0.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
1 7 (6.14%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (4.39%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.75%) IoT
4 2 (1.75%) Learning Management System
4 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.75%) Life Science
4 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (76.32%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (34.21%) Analytics
3 29 (25.44%) Data Modelling
4 19 (16.67%) Agile
4 19 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 18 (15.79%) Actionable Insight
6 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (12.28%) Decision-Making
7 14 (12.28%) ETL
8 13 (11.40%) DevOps
9 12 (10.53%) Migration
9 12 (10.53%) Visualisation
10 10 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (8.77%) Data Analytics
10 10 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (8.77%) Validation
11 9 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (7.89%) Data Pipeline
11 9 (7.89%) ERP
11 9 (7.89%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 48 (42.11%) SQL
2 17 (14.91%) Python
3 5 (4.39%) C#
3 5 (4.39%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.39%) R
4 4 (3.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.51%) VBA
5 3 (2.63%) Bash
5 3 (2.63%) Bicep
5 3 (2.63%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.75%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.75%) X++
7 1 (0.88%) C++
7 1 (0.88%) Java
7 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.88%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 16 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.28%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.40%) Degree
4 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.63%) ACCA
5 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.63%) CIMA
5 3 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.75%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (1.75%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.88%) CCAB
7 1 (0.88%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.88%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.88%) PMP
7 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.14%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.26%) QA
3 4 (3.51%) PMO
4 2 (1.75%) GDPR
5 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.63%) Grafana
2 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.63%) Prometheus
2 3 (2.63%) Terraform
3 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.88%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 53 (46.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.65%) Oracle
3 10 (8.77%) Databricks
4 6 (5.26%) SAP
5 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.63%) Adobe
6 3 (2.63%) Google
7 2 (1.75%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.75%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.75%) Sparx
7 2 (1.75%) TikTok
7 2 (1.75%) Workday
8 1 (0.88%) Ariba
8 1 (0.88%) Capita
8 1 (0.88%) Cognos
8 1 (0.88%) Cramer
8 1 (0.88%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.88%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.88%) PeopleSoft