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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 55 61
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 +15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 235 106 175
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.94% 3.58% 3.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.53% 11.86% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 68 110
10th Percentile £270 £294 £281
25th Percentile £375 £375 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £546 £538 £518
90th Percentile £625 £641 £593
England median daily rate £500 £490 £493
% change year-on-year +2.04% -0.51% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 5
10th Percentile £12.29 - -
25th Percentile £26.80 - £22.61
Median hourly rate £37.06 £32.05 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +31.19% -24.37%
75th Percentile £82.25 £32.18 £61.50
90th Percentile £85.46 £32.26 £77.10
England median hourly rate £29.00 £31.64 £23.82
% change year-on-year -8.34% +32.82% -54.62%

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 1,617 894 1,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 27.11% 30.17% 23.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 600 904
10th Percentile £281 £261 £263
25th Percentile £406 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 37 53
10th Percentile £15.93 £15.40 £17.69
25th Percentile £26.94 £16.95 £17.80
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -6.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £82.25 £46.30 £59.95
90th Percentile £104.00 £74.25 £61.60
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +58.00% +16.99% -38.94%

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 1 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 6 months to 1 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 6 months to 1 June 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 -11 102 £488 -1.02% 53
Berkshire -1 72 £505 +9.19% 28
Hampshire +9 56 £500 -4.76% 16
Surrey -12 29 £500 +36.05% 18
West Sussex +2 27 £380 -7.88% 12
Buckinghamshire -24 21 £425 -22.73% 14
East Sussex +4 10 £480 -13.80% 4
Oxfordshire -20 9 £500 +40.35% 12
Kent - 4 £600 - 10
Home Counties - 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 24 (10.21%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.55%) Confluence
3 3 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.43%) SAS
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 54 (22.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (7.23%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.43%) InDesign
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (3.40%) iTrent
3 4 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.85%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.43%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.43%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 77 (32.77%) Azure
2 33 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (10.64%) Power Automate
4 24 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (9.36%) PowerApps
6 15 (6.38%) AWS
6 15 (6.38%) Serverless
7 14 (5.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 13 (5.53%) Copilot Studio
9 10 (4.26%) Azure Functions
9 10 (4.26%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.40%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.98%) OneDrive
11 7 (2.98%) SaaS
11 7 (2.98%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.55%) Azure AI
12 6 (2.55%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.85%) Network Security
1 2 (0.85%) VPN
1 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.43%) DHCP
2 1 (0.43%) DNS
2 1 (0.43%) Firewall
2 1 (0.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (88.51%) Power BI
2 24 (10.21%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (9.36%) Tableau
4 18 (7.66%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.55%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.13%) Metadata
7 5 (2.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.28%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.85%) Big Data
10 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.85%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.85%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 23 (9.79%) JIRA
2 5 (2.13%) Git
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) ERwin
4 1 (0.43%) Hudson
4 1 (0.43%) Postman
4 1 (0.43%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.43%) TestRail
General
1 68 (28.94%) Analytical Skills
2 63 (26.81%) Social Skills
3 56 (23.83%) Finance
4 20 (8.51%) Retail
5 18 (7.66%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (6.81%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.13%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.13%) Marketing
8 5 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.70%) Billing
10 3 (1.28%) Military
10 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.85%) Advertising
11 2 (0.85%) Legal
11 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (30.21%) Analyst
2 33 (14.04%) Data Analyst
3 30 (12.77%) Architect
4 22 (9.36%) Senior
5 20 (8.51%) Developer
6 19 (8.09%) Lead
6 19 (8.09%) PMO Analyst
7 17 (7.23%) Data Engineer
8 15 (6.38%) 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 10 (4.26%) Microsoft Engineer
11 9 (3.83%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.83%) Power Platform Consultant
12 8 (3.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.98%) HR Analyst
13 7 (2.98%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.11%) REST
2 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (2.13%) .NET
3 5 (2.13%) JSON
4 4 (1.70%) Web Services
5 3 (1.28%) ADO
5 3 (1.28%) EDI
5 3 (1.28%) Middleware
5 3 (1.28%) Node.js
6 2 (0.85%) Matplotlib
6 2 (0.85%) PySpark
6 2 (0.85%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.85%) Seaborn
6 2 (0.85%) TensorFlow
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%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.26%) CMDB
1 10 (4.26%) PKI
2 8 (3.40%) Data Structures
3 7 (2.98%) Clustering
4 6 (2.55%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.13%) FMCG
5 5 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.70%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.28%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.85%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Wiki
9 1 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.43%) Life Science
9 1 (0.43%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.11%) Windows
2 10 (4.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (82.98%) Business Intelligence
2 65 (27.66%) Agile
3 49 (20.85%) DevOps
4 48 (20.43%) Decision-Making
5 45 (19.15%) Data Modelling
6 44 (18.72%) Analytics
6 44 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (15.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (13.62%) ERP
9 31 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (13.19%) Visualisation
10 29 (12.34%) ETL
11 27 (11.49%) Process Improvement
12 26 (11.06%) Requirements Gathering
13 25 (10.64%) Data Analysis
13 25 (10.64%) Validation
14 24 (10.21%) Actionable Insight
14 24 (10.21%) Data Visualisation
15 23 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (9.79%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 75 (31.91%) SQL
2 20 (8.51%) Python
3 18 (7.66%) PowerShell
4 14 (5.96%) T-SQL
5 12 (5.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (4.68%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.83%) C#
8 6 (2.55%) R
9 5 (2.13%) X++
10 3 (1.28%) Bicep
10 3 (1.28%) VBA
11 1 (0.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 59 (25.11%) Security Cleared
2 36 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.38%) Degree
4 10 (4.26%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.13%) ACCA
5 5 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.13%) PMP
6 4 (1.70%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.28%) CIMA
7 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.47%) Data Quality
2 20 (8.51%) GDPR
2 20 (8.51%) PMO
3 16 (6.81%) QA
4 9 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.55%) SLA
6 5 (2.13%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) IFRS
7 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (7.66%) 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 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.43%) Grafana
4 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 81 (34.47%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.51%) SAP
3 18 (7.66%) Databricks
4 17 (7.23%) Oracle
5 15 (6.38%) ServiceNow
6 13 (5.53%) IFS
7 12 (5.11%) Remedy
8 10 (4.26%) BMC
9 9 (3.83%) Foundry
10 8 (3.40%) Workday
11 7 (2.98%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.70%) Palantir
13 3 (1.28%) Baan
13 3 (1.28%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.85%) Cognos
15 1 (0.43%) Adobe
15 1 (0.43%) Apple
15 1 (0.43%) Cisco
15 1 (0.43%) Informatica
15 1 (0.43%) NEC