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 3 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 62 52
Rank change year-on-year +19 -10 +25
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 135 46 80
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.04% 2.76% 3.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.17% 9.07% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 25 58
10th Percentile £250 £304 £243
25th Percentile £350 £375 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £466
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -3.49% -6.75%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £595 £638
England median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 2
10th Percentile £28.24 - £26.93
25th Percentile £31.22 - £36.19
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.05 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% -39.81% +89.10%
75th Percentile £82.25 £32.18 £71.19
90th Percentile £98.99 £32.26 £80.98
England median hourly rate £33.25 £32.31 £33.93
% change year-on-year +2.91% -4.77% +5.05%

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 890 507 540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.61% 30.43% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 330 390
10th Percentile £263 £220 £325
25th Percentile £406 £368 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -5.76% -
75th Percentile £605 £575 £608
90th Percentile £688 £650 £651
England median daily rate £520 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 24 13
10th Percentile £21.35 £14.90 -
25th Percentile £29.40 £15.55 £17.69
Median hourly rate £52.50 £18.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +178.96% -16.36% -30.34%
75th Percentile £86.62 £32.12 £59.95
90th Percentile £110.75 £67.13 £60.97
England median hourly rate £35.00 £24.84 £25.99
% change year-on-year +40.93% -4.43% -35.04%

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 3 months to 12 June 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 3 months to 12 June 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 3 months to 12 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -11 48 £475 - 47
Berkshire -1 34 £438 -10.26% 24
West Sussex +5 29 £380 -5.00% 14
Hampshire -6 29 £555 +13.85% 25
Surrey -6 20 £481 +67.13% 13
Buckinghamshire -20 11 £475 - 12
East Sussex - 8 £500 - 2
Oxfordshire -26 3 £250 -25.93% 12
Home Counties - 1 - -
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 25 (10.08%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.82%) Confluence
3 3 (1.21%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.21%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.40%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 54 (21.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.26%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.40%) InDesign
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (3.23%) iTrent
3 4 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.81%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.40%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 85 (34.27%) Azure
2 36 (14.52%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (11.29%) Power Automate
4 25 (10.08%) PowerApps
5 24 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (6.85%) Serverless
7 16 (6.45%) AWS
8 14 (5.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 13 (5.24%) Copilot Studio
10 12 (4.84%) Azure Functions
11 11 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (4.44%) Entra ID
12 10 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (3.23%) GCP
13 8 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
14 7 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (2.82%) dbt
14 7 (2.82%) OneDrive
14 7 (2.82%) SaaS
14 7 (2.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) Network Security
1 2 (0.81%) VPN
1 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.40%) DHCP
2 1 (0.40%) DNS
2 1 (0.40%) Firewall
2 1 (0.40%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (88.71%) Power BI
2 25 (10.08%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (8.87%) Tableau
4 18 (7.26%) SQL Server
5 10 (4.03%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (2.02%) Metadata
8 5 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.61%) Couchbase
9 4 (1.61%) MySQL
9 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.21%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.81%) Power Query
11 2 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 24 (9.68%) JIRA
2 9 (3.63%) Git
3 4 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.61%) JUnit
4 2 (0.81%) GitLab
5 1 (0.40%) ERwin
5 1 (0.40%) Hudson
5 1 (0.40%) Postman
5 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.40%) TestRail
General
1 68 (27.42%) Analytical Skills
2 66 (26.61%) Social Skills
3 61 (24.60%) Finance
4 20 (8.06%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (8.06%) Retail
5 17 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.82%) Aerospace
6 7 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.02%) Marketing
7 5 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.61%) Banking
8 4 (1.61%) Billing
9 3 (1.21%) Military
9 3 (1.21%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.81%) Advertising
10 2 (0.81%) Legal
10 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 72 (29.03%) Analyst
2 33 (13.31%) Data Analyst
3 31 (12.50%) Architect
4 26 (10.48%) Senior
5 24 (9.68%) Developer
6 20 (8.06%) Lead
7 19 (7.66%) PMO Analyst
8 17 (6.85%) Consultant
8 17 (6.85%) Data Engineer
9 13 (5.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 12 (4.84%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (4.84%) Platform Architect
10 12 (4.84%) Power Platform Architect
11 11 (4.44%) Microsoft Engineer
11 11 (4.44%) Power Platform Consultant
12 9 (3.63%) Business Analyst
13 8 (3.23%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 8 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
13 8 (3.23%) Project Manager
14 7 (2.82%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.84%) REST
2 7 (2.82%) .NET
2 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (2.02%) JSON
3 5 (2.02%) Middleware
4 4 (1.61%) CSS
4 4 (1.61%) Hibernate
4 4 (1.61%) HTML
4 4 (1.61%) JPA
4 4 (1.61%) jQuery
4 4 (1.61%) Spring
4 4 (1.61%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.61%) Spring MVC
4 4 (1.61%) Web Services
5 3 (1.21%) ADO
5 3 (1.21%) EDI
5 3 (1.21%) Node.js
6 2 (0.81%) Matplotlib
6 2 (0.81%) XML
6 2 (0.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.03%) CMDB
1 10 (4.03%) Data Structures
1 10 (4.03%) PKI
2 7 (2.82%) Clustering
2 7 (2.82%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.42%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.02%) FMCG
4 5 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.21%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.21%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.81%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.81%) Wiki
8 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.40%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.24%) Windows
2 10 (4.03%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.61%) Unix
4 3 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (83.06%) Business Intelligence
2 69 (27.82%) Agile
3 53 (21.37%) DevOps
4 50 (20.16%) Analytics
5 49 (19.76%) Data Modelling
6 48 (19.35%) Decision-Making
7 45 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (15.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (13.31%) ERP
10 32 (12.90%) ETL
10 32 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (12.50%) Visualisation
12 27 (10.89%) Process Improvement
13 26 (10.48%) Requirements Gathering
14 25 (10.08%) Actionable Insight
14 25 (10.08%) Data Analysis
14 25 (10.08%) Validation
15 24 (9.68%) Dashboard Development
15 24 (9.68%) Data Visualisation
15 24 (9.68%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (33.06%) SQL
2 20 (8.06%) Python
3 18 (7.26%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.85%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.05%) T-SQL
6 13 (5.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (4.44%) C#
8 7 (2.82%) X++
9 6 (2.42%) R
10 5 (2.02%) Java
11 4 (1.61%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.61%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.21%) Bicep
12 3 (1.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 38 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.85%) Degree
4 10 (4.03%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.02%) ACCA
5 5 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.02%) PMP
6 4 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.61%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.21%) CIMA
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.71%) Data Quality
2 21 (8.47%) GDPR
3 20 (8.06%) PMO
4 16 (6.45%) QA
5 9 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.42%) SLA
7 5 (2.02%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.61%) SCCM
2 3 (1.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Grafana
3 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (34.68%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.87%) Oracle
2 22 (8.87%) SAP
3 18 (7.26%) Databricks
4 17 (6.85%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.24%) IFS
6 12 (4.84%) Remedy
7 10 (4.03%) BMC
7 10 (4.03%) Foundry
8 8 (3.23%) Workday
9 7 (2.82%) OpenAI
10 5 (2.02%) Palantir
11 4 (1.61%) Google
11 4 (1.61%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.21%) Baan
13 2 (0.81%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.81%) Cognos
14 1 (0.40%) CyberArk
14 1 (0.40%) Denodo
14 1 (0.40%) NEC