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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 52 60
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 +15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 252 124 177
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.89% 3.70% 3.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.60% 12.04% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 72 119
10th Percentile £278 £263 £301
25th Percentile £380 £366 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £463
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +1.35% -11.90%
75th Percentile £550 £548 £525
90th Percentile £600 £636 £638
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 3
10th Percentile £15.63 - £21.49
25th Percentile £29.78 - £22.59
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.05 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +31.19% -24.37%
75th Percentile £82.25 £32.18 £55.97
90th Percentile £85.46 £32.26 £74.89
England median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £23.47
% change year-on-year -5.31% +34.84% -39.45%

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 1,726 1,030 1,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.64% 30.71% 23.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 658 905
10th Percentile £280 £250 £277
25th Percentile £413 £375 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £688 £652 £675
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 54 56
10th Percentile £20.39 £14.75 £17.69
25th Percentile £29.07 £15.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £18.82 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +245.38% -37.27% +11.11%
75th Percentile £85.00 £32.77 £59.95
90th Percentile £106.40 £67.13 £61.60
England median hourly rate £39.75 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +58.05% +14.32% -33.33%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -17 103 £475 - 50
Berkshire -16 72 £505 +4.39% 28
Hampshire 0 63 £525 - 26
West Sussex 0 38 £380 -5.00% 9
Surrey -9 29 £500 +42.86% 18
Buckinghamshire -23 18 £475 -13.64% 12
Oxfordshire -19 13 £450 +63.64% 11
East Sussex +3 8 £500 -10.11% 2
Kent - 5 £550 - 7
Home Counties 0 2 - -
Middlesex - 1 - - 3
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 22 (8.73%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.98%) Confluence
3 3 (1.19%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.19%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.40%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 56 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.16%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.40%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.40%) InDesign
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (5.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (3.17%) iTrent
3 4 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.79%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.79%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 82 (32.54%) Azure
2 31 (12.30%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (9.52%) Power Automate
4 19 (7.54%) PowerApps
5 17 (6.75%) AWS
5 17 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.95%) Serverless
7 14 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (3.97%) Azure Functions
9 9 (3.57%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (3.17%) GCP
10 8 (3.17%) Snowflake
10 8 (3.17%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.78%) dbt
11 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (2.78%) OneDrive
12 6 (2.38%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.79%) Network Security
1 2 (0.79%) VPN
1 2 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.40%) Broadband
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 (87.30%) Power BI
2 26 (10.32%) Data Warehouse
2 26 (10.32%) Tableau
3 19 (7.54%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.57%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.78%) Metadata
6 6 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.59%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (1.59%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (1.59%) Couchbase
8 4 (1.59%) MySQL
8 4 (1.59%) Power Query
8 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.19%) Big Data
9 3 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (1.19%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.79%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 18 (7.14%) JIRA
2 9 (3.57%) Git
3 4 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.59%) JUnit
4 2 (0.79%) GitLab
5 1 (0.40%) ERwin
5 1 (0.40%) Hudson
5 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.40%) TestRail
General
1 73 (28.97%) Analytical Skills
2 69 (27.38%) Social Skills
3 56 (22.22%) Finance
4 20 (7.94%) Documentation Skills
5 18 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.14%) Retail
6 8 (3.17%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.38%) Marketing
9 5 (1.98%) Banking
9 5 (1.98%) Billing
10 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.19%) Military
11 3 (1.19%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.79%) Advertising
12 2 (0.79%) Legal
12 2 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 76 (30.16%) Analyst
2 39 (15.48%) Data Analyst
3 26 (10.32%) Architect
3 26 (10.32%) Senior
4 24 (9.52%) Developer
5 23 (9.13%) Lead
6 17 (6.75%) Consultant
7 15 (5.95%) Data Engineer
8 13 (5.16%) Business Analyst
9 12 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (4.76%) Power Platform Consultant
10 11 (4.37%) Microsoft Engineer
11 10 (3.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 10 (3.97%) PMO Analyst
12 8 (3.17%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.17%) Project Manager
13 7 (2.78%) HR Analyst
13 7 (2.78%) HR Data Analyst
13 7 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.16%) REST
2 8 (3.17%) .NET
3 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Graph
4 5 (1.98%) EDI
4 5 (1.98%) JSON
4 5 (1.98%) Middleware
4 5 (1.98%) Web Services
5 4 (1.59%) CSS
5 4 (1.59%) Hibernate
5 4 (1.59%) HTML
5 4 (1.59%) JPA
5 4 (1.59%) jQuery
5 4 (1.59%) Spring
5 4 (1.59%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.59%) Spring MVC
6 3 (1.19%) Node.js
6 3 (1.19%) PySpark
7 2 (0.79%) Matplotlib
7 2 (0.79%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.79%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 11 (4.37%) PKI
3 10 (3.97%) CMDB
4 8 (3.17%) Clustering
4 8 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.38%) FMCG
6 6 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.59%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.59%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.19%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.19%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.79%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.79%) Wiki
10 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.40%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.40%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.56%) Windows
2 11 (4.37%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.59%) Unix
4 3 (1.19%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (81.35%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (26.19%) Agile
3 60 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 57 (22.62%) Analytics
5 54 (21.43%) Data Modelling
6 49 (19.44%) DevOps
7 44 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (16.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 38 (15.08%) Visualisation
11 37 (14.68%) ERP
12 34 (13.49%) ETL
13 32 (12.70%) Actionable Insight
13 32 (12.70%) Dashboard Development
14 31 (12.30%) Validation
15 30 (11.90%) Process Improvement
16 29 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (11.51%) Data Analysis
17 28 (11.11%) Data Governance
18 27 (10.71%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (36.90%) SQL
2 25 (9.92%) Python
3 18 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 18 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 15 (5.95%) T-SQL
6 11 (4.37%) C#
7 8 (3.17%) X++
8 7 (2.78%) R
9 5 (1.98%) Java
9 5 (1.98%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.59%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.19%) Bicep
11 3 (1.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.54%) Degree
4 13 (5.16%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.38%) ACCA
5 6 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.38%) PMP
6 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.59%) CIMA
7 4 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.59%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.40%) CISA
9 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.40%) MCSE
9 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (17.46%) Data Quality
2 23 (9.13%) GDPR
3 20 (7.94%) QA
4 15 (5.95%) PMO
5 9 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.78%) SLA
7 5 (1.98%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.79%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.40%) IFRS
9 1 (0.40%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.59%) SCCM
1 4 (1.59%) Terraform
2 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.40%) Grafana
3 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.71%) SAP
3 20 (7.94%) Databricks
4 19 (7.54%) Oracle
4 19 (7.54%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.16%) IFS
5 13 (5.16%) Remedy
6 11 (4.37%) BMC
7 10 (3.97%) Foundry
8 8 (3.17%) Workday
9 5 (1.98%) Baan
9 5 (1.98%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.98%) Palantir
10 4 (1.59%) Google
10 4 (1.59%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.79%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.79%) Cognos
11 2 (0.79%) Informatica
11 2 (0.79%) NEC
12 1 (0.40%) CyberArk