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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 55 83
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 -15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 115 168 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.30% 3.62% 2.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.08% 14.20% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 112 75
10th Percentile £222 £267 £313
25th Percentile £300 £400 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £548 £575 £600
90th Percentile £630 £638 £638
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 21
10th Percentile - £33.00 £21.00
25th Percentile - £51.37 £21.05
Median hourly rate £32.05 £63.15 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -49.25% +95.51% +51.64%
75th Percentile £32.18 £70.42 £47.50
90th Percentile £32.26 £80.67 £50.00
England median hourly rate £32.18 £30.30 £32.32
% change year-on-year +6.22% -6.27% +43.64%

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 1,038 1,183 1,603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.76% 25.50% 28.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 821 1,141
10th Percentile £204 £300 £208
25th Percentile £359 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -2.38% +4.58%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £650 £671 £706
England median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 23 55
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.69 £16.49
25th Percentile £15.38 £18.90 £19.87
Median hourly rate £18.82 £38.50 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% +36.72% +35.00%
75th Percentile £31.03 £60.28 £62.19
90th Percentile £50.30 £64.73 £75.00
England median hourly rate £26.30 £31.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.16% -6.06% +53.49%

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

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 13 September 2025.

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
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 13 September 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 -11 67 £475 -6.50% 144
Berkshire -12 47 £536 +2.10% 101
Hampshire +29 25 £515 +21.18% 46
Oxfordshire -1 14 £350 -17.65% 24
Surrey -11 11 £300 -35.14% 23
West Sussex +9 9 £173 -74.44% 10
Buckinghamshire -4 6 £450 +2.86% 22
East Sussex +3 3 £600 -4.00% 10
Home Counties - 2 £550 -
Kent -3 1 £313 -39.02% 7
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
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 22 (19.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.74%) CMS
3 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.74%) SAS
3 2 (1.74%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 33 (28.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.61%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (6.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.35%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (3.48%) SAP ERP
4 3 (2.61%) Primavera
5 2 (1.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.87%) BPCS
6 1 (0.87%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.87%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.87%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.30%) Azure
2 17 (14.78%) Dynamics 365
2 17 (14.78%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (9.57%) PowerApps
4 8 (6.96%) AWS
5 6 (5.22%) GCP
5 6 (5.22%) SaaS
6 5 (4.35%) Miro
7 4 (3.48%) Adobe Analytics
7 4 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.48%) dbt
7 4 (3.48%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.48%) Snowflake
8 3 (2.61%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.61%) Azure Storage
8 3 (2.61%) Azure Table
8 3 (2.61%) Contentsquare
9 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.74%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.87%) DNS
2 1 (0.87%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (84.35%) Power BI
2 22 (19.13%) Tableau
3 11 (9.57%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (7.83%) SQL Server
5 8 (6.96%) Relational Database
6 6 (5.22%) Data Lake
7 5 (4.35%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.61%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 3 (2.61%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (1.74%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.87%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.87%) Impala
11 1 (0.87%) Looker
11 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.87%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.87%) Sisense
11 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.74%) ERwin
1 2 (1.74%) JIRA
1 2 (1.74%) Postman
General
1 49 (42.61%) Finance
2 33 (28.70%) Social Skills
3 31 (26.96%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.96%) Marketing
5 7 (6.09%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.09%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.35%) Local Government
7 4 (3.48%) Billing
7 4 (3.48%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.48%) Retail
8 3 (2.61%) Electronics
8 3 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.74%) Automotive
9 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.74%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.87%) French Language
10 1 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (36.52%) Analyst
2 19 (16.52%) Data Analyst
3 13 (11.30%) Business Analyst
4 12 (10.43%) Developer
5 10 (8.70%) Accountant
5 10 (8.70%) Systems Accountant
6 9 (7.83%) Senior
7 8 (6.96%) Administrator
7 8 (6.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (6.96%) Systems Administrator
8 7 (6.09%) Financial Analyst
8 7 (6.09%) Project Manager
9 6 (5.22%) Consultant
9 6 (5.22%) IFS Systems Administrator
10 5 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
10 5 (4.35%) Data Business Analyst
10 5 (4.35%) Data Engineer
10 5 (4.35%) Power BI Analyst
11 4 (3.48%) Finance Business Analyst
11 4 (3.48%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.96%) .NET
2 6 (5.22%) Web Services
3 5 (4.35%) ADO
4 3 (2.61%) .NET Core
4 3 (2.61%) ARM Templates
4 3 (2.61%) CSS
4 3 (2.61%) HTML
4 3 (2.61%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.74%) MDX
5 2 (1.74%) SPFx
6 1 (0.87%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.87%) ATL
6 1 (0.87%) EDI
6 1 (0.87%) OAuth
6 1 (0.87%) ODBC
6 1 (0.87%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (3.48%) Life Science
1 4 (3.48%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.61%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.74%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.74%) IoT
3 2 (1.74%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.74%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.74%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.87%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.87%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (69.57%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (27.83%) Agile
3 25 (21.74%) Analytics
4 23 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 23 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 23 (20.00%) ERP
5 22 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (16.52%) Data Modelling
7 17 (14.78%) Data Analysis
8 16 (13.91%) Project Management
9 14 (12.17%) CRM
9 14 (12.17%) DevOps
9 14 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (12.17%) Visualisation
9 14 (12.17%) Waterfall
10 13 (11.30%) Process Improvement
10 13 (11.30%) Validation
11 12 (10.43%) Data Management
11 12 (10.43%) Project Delivery
12 9 (7.83%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 60 (52.17%) SQL
2 18 (15.65%) Python
3 6 (5.22%) C#
3 6 (5.22%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.48%) R
5 3 (2.61%) Bash
5 3 (2.61%) Bicep
5 3 (2.61%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.61%) X++
6 2 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.87%) C++
7 1 (0.87%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (13.91%) Degree
2 6 (5.22%) Master's Degree
3 5 (4.35%) ACCA
3 5 (4.35%) CIMA
3 5 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.48%) CCAB
5 3 (2.61%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.74%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.87%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.87%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.87%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.87%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.04%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.22%) QA
3 5 (4.35%) PMO
4 3 (2.61%) GDPR
5 2 (1.74%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (1.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.61%) Grafana
1 3 (2.61%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.61%) Prometheus
1 3 (2.61%) Terraform
2 1 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 38 (33.04%) Microsoft
2 26 (22.61%) Oracle
3 16 (13.91%) SAP
4 6 (5.22%) IFS
5 4 (3.48%) Adobe
5 4 (3.48%) Databricks
5 4 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.61%) Google
7 2 (1.74%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.74%) Cognos
7 2 (1.74%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.74%) MicroStrategy
7 2 (1.74%) Sparx
7 2 (1.74%) Workday
8 1 (0.87%) Ariba
8 1 (0.87%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.87%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.87%) TikTok