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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 55 54
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +28
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 248 134 168
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.71% 3.83% 3.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.90% 12.88% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 80 110
10th Percentile £306 £263 £279
25th Percentile £400 £357 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -1.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £534
90th Percentile £627 £651 £638
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 3 2
10th Percentile £28.00 - £26.93
25th Percentile £37.12 - £36.19
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.05 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% -39.81% +64.86%
75th Percentile £82.25 £32.18 £71.19
90th Percentile £100.85 £32.26 £80.98
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.18% +5.47% -25.93%

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 1,784 1,040 1,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.71% 29.71% 24.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 679 843
10th Percentile £263 £221 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £579 £625
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 48 35
10th Percentile £21.35 £14.75 £17.69
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.50 £17.80
Median hourly rate £67.00 £18.82 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +256.00% -37.27% +11.11%
75th Percentile £83.25 £32.12 £53.38
90th Percentile £104.00 £48.55 £61.38
England median hourly rate £37.12 £25.15 £23.80
% change year-on-year +47.59% +5.67% -29.79%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -26 97 £475 -1.30% 70
Berkshire -21 62 £500 -4.76% 27
Hampshire -10 61 £525 +1.94% 37
West Sussex +2 39 £380 -5.00% 10
Surrey -8 33 £500 +66.67% 27
Buckinghamshire -23 22 £475 -13.64% 29
Oxfordshire -19 13 £400 +28.00% 15
East Sussex +9 9 £500 -21.57% 8
Kent - 4 £550 - 14
Middlesex - 2 - - 5
Home Counties 0 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 5 (2.02%) Confluence
3 3 (1.21%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.40%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.40%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 52 (20.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.65%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.21%) 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 (5.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (3.23%) iTrent
3 4 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.81%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.81%) Primavera
5 2 (0.81%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.40%) Maximo
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 84 (33.87%) Azure
2 31 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 26 (10.48%) Power Automate
4 20 (8.06%) PowerApps
5 19 (7.66%) AWS
6 17 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (5.65%) Serverless
9 10 (4.03%) GCP
10 9 (3.63%) Azure Functions
10 9 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (2.82%) dbt
12 7 (2.82%) Entra ID
12 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (2.82%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.42%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.42%) OneDrive
14 5 (2.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) Broadband
2 1 (0.40%) Intranet
2 1 (0.40%) VPN
2 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (87.10%) Power BI
2 27 (10.89%) Tableau
3 26 (10.48%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (8.06%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.23%) Data Lake
5 8 (3.23%) Metadata
6 4 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.61%) Couchbase
6 4 (1.61%) MySQL
6 4 (1.61%) Power Query
6 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.21%) Big Data
7 3 (1.21%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.21%) PowerPivot
7 3 (1.21%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (6.45%) JIRA
2 7 (2.82%) 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%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.40%) TestRail
General
1 72 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.63%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (22.18%) Finance
4 21 (8.47%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (7.66%) Public Sector
6 18 (7.26%) Retail
7 12 (4.84%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.82%) Marketing
10 6 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.42%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.02%) Banking
11 5 (2.02%) Billing
12 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.21%) Military
12 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.81%) Advertising
13 2 (0.81%) Legal
13 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 73 (29.44%) Analyst
2 42 (16.94%) Data Analyst
3 30 (12.10%) Developer
3 30 (12.10%) Senior
4 24 (9.68%) Lead
5 20 (8.06%) Architect
6 19 (7.66%) Consultant
7 12 (4.84%) Business Analyst
8 11 (4.44%) Data Engineer
8 11 (4.44%) Microsoft Engineer
8 11 (4.44%) Power Platform Consultant
9 9 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (3.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 9 (3.63%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.23%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (2.82%) HR Analyst
11 7 (2.82%) HR Data Analyst
11 7 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.05%) REST
2 10 (4.03%) .NET
3 8 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (2.82%) Middleware
5 6 (2.42%) EDI
6 5 (2.02%) Web Services
7 4 (1.61%) CSS
7 4 (1.61%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.61%) HTML
7 4 (1.61%) JPA
7 4 (1.61%) jQuery
7 4 (1.61%) Spring
7 4 (1.61%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.61%) Spring MVC
8 2 (0.81%) Matplotlib
8 2 (0.81%) PySpark
8 2 (0.81%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.81%) Seaborn
8 2 (0.81%) SPFx
8 2 (0.81%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.65%) Data Structures
2 13 (5.24%) PKI
3 10 (4.03%) Clustering
4 9 (3.63%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.42%) FMCG
7 5 (2.02%) CMDB
7 5 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.61%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.61%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.21%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.81%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.81%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.81%) Social Media
11 1 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.40%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.40%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.05%) Windows
2 13 (5.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.61%) Unix
4 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (84.27%) Business Intelligence
2 69 (27.82%) Agile
3 67 (27.02%) Decision-Making
4 65 (26.21%) Analytics
5 56 (22.58%) Data Modelling
6 52 (20.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 47 (18.95%) DevOps
8 45 (18.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (14.92%) Visualisation
11 36 (14.52%) ERP
12 33 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (13.31%) ETL
13 32 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
13 32 (12.90%) Dashboard Development
13 32 (12.90%) Validation
14 29 (11.69%) Data Governance
15 28 (11.29%) Migration
16 27 (10.89%) CI/CD
16 27 (10.89%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 106 (42.74%) SQL
2 24 (9.68%) JavaScript
2 24 (9.68%) Python
3 17 (6.85%) PowerShell
4 16 (6.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (5.24%) T-SQL
6 9 (3.63%) C#
6 9 (3.63%) X++
7 7 (2.82%) R
8 5 (2.02%) Java
8 5 (2.02%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (30.24%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.34%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.27%) Degree
4 17 (6.85%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.42%) ACCA
6 6 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.02%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.02%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.02%) PMP
8 4 (1.61%) CIMA
8 4 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.40%) CISA
10 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (18.15%) Data Quality
2 23 (9.27%) GDPR
3 19 (7.66%) QA
4 15 (6.05%) PMO
5 6 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.02%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.81%) GRC
7 2 (0.81%) SLA
8 1 (0.40%) IFRS
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.02%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.02%) Terraform
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.81%) Grafana
4 1 (0.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 98 (39.52%) Microsoft
2 34 (13.71%) SAP
3 20 (8.06%) ServiceNow
4 19 (7.66%) Oracle
5 16 (6.45%) Databricks
6 13 (5.24%) BMC
6 13 (5.24%) IFS
6 13 (5.24%) Remedy
7 8 (3.23%) Workday
8 6 (2.42%) Baan
8 6 (2.42%) Foundry
8 6 (2.42%) Google
9 5 (2.02%) Palantir
10 4 (1.61%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.81%) Informatica
11 2 (0.81%) NEC
12 1 (0.40%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.40%) Blue Prism
12 1 (0.40%) ESRI
12 1 (0.40%) Planview