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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 51 59
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 214 121 171
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.73% 4.05% 3.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.35% 13.25% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 85 109
10th Percentile £285 £313 £278
25th Percentile £380 £365 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +2.78% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £519
90th Percentile £650 £614 £675
England median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 5
10th Percentile £12.29 - -
25th Percentile £28.58 - £22.61
Median hourly rate £37.69 £32.05 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +17.58% +31.19% -43.84%
75th Percentile £82.25 - £61.50
90th Percentile £95.50 - £72.47
England median hourly rate £35.00 £29.07 £23.22
% change year-on-year +20.40% +25.22% -56.81%

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 1,603 913 1,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 27.94% 30.52% 25.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 628 948
10th Percentile £281 £280 £237
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% +0.05% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £663 £675
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.07% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 30 53
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.78 £16.25
25th Percentile £27.88 £16.95 £17.80
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +22.77% +0.28%
75th Percentile £81.00 £47.58 £59.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.05 £61.60
England median hourly rate £46.00 £26.48 £20.87
% change year-on-year +73.75% +26.86% -29.25%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -9 108 £500 +11.11% 37
Berkshire -11 74 £505 +12.22% 20
Hampshire +8 58 £469 -5.06% 21
Buckinghamshire -12 24 £475 -13.64% 8
West Sussex -4 16 £433 +2.30% 9
Surrey -20 16 £550 +15.79% 24
Oxfordshire -15 10 £500 +40.35% 12
East Sussex +2 5 £375 -21.05% 6
Kent - 5 £650 - 20
Home Counties - 2 - -
Sussex - 1 £525 - 6
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 28 (13.08%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.34%) Confluence
4 3 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 62 (28.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (8.41%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.47%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.47%) InDesign
5 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.47%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (3.27%) iTrent
3 3 (1.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.47%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.47%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.18%) Azure
2 37 (17.29%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (14.49%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (11.68%) Power Automate
5 24 (11.21%) PowerApps
6 16 (7.48%) AWS
7 14 (6.54%) SaaS
8 13 (6.07%) Serverless
9 12 (5.61%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (5.14%) Copilot Studio
11 10 (4.67%) Azure Functions
11 10 (4.67%) Entra ID
12 9 (4.21%) OneDrive
13 7 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (3.27%) GCP
13 7 (3.27%) SuccessFactors
14 6 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (2.80%) GitHub
15 5 (2.34%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.93%) Network Security
1 2 (0.93%) VPN
1 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.47%) 2G
2 1 (0.47%) 5G
2 1 (0.47%) DHCP
2 1 (0.47%) DNS
2 1 (0.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.47%) Intranet
2 1 (0.47%) LTE
2 1 (0.47%) Mobile Backhaul
2 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (91.12%) Power BI
2 22 (10.28%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (10.28%) Tableau
3 14 (6.54%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 9 (4.21%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (3.27%) Metadata
6 7 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.34%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.40%) Big Data
9 3 (1.40%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.40%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.93%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.93%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.93%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 28 (13.08%) JIRA
2 7 (3.27%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Hudson
3 1 (0.47%) Postman
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 73 (34.11%) Analytical Skills
2 67 (31.31%) Social Skills
3 58 (27.10%) Finance
4 19 (8.88%) Retail
5 15 (7.01%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (7.01%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.87%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.40%) Marketing
9 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.93%) Advertising
10 2 (0.93%) Military
11 1 (0.47%) Banking
11 1 (0.47%) Billing
11 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (31.78%) Analyst
2 31 (14.49%) Data Analyst
3 27 (12.62%) Architect
4 22 (10.28%) PMO Analyst
5 19 (8.88%) Developer
5 19 (8.88%) Senior
6 17 (7.94%) Lead
7 15 (7.01%) Data Engineer
8 12 (5.61%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (5.61%) Platform Architect
8 12 (5.61%) Power Platform Architect
9 11 (5.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (3.74%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.27%) Integration Manager
11 7 (3.27%) Project Manager
11 7 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (2.80%) Consultant
12 6 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
12 6 (2.80%) Resource Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.67%) REST
2 6 (2.80%) ADO
3 4 (1.87%) JSON
4 3 (1.40%) .NET
4 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.40%) Node.js
5 2 (0.93%) EDI
5 2 (0.93%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.93%) Middleware
5 2 (0.93%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.93%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.93%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.93%) Web Services
5 2 (0.93%) XML
5 2 (0.93%) YAML
6 1 (0.47%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.47%) MDX
6 1 (0.47%) OAuth
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.47%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.67%) CMDB
1 10 (4.67%) PKI
2 8 (3.74%) Data Structures
3 7 (3.27%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.80%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.80%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.87%) Clustering
7 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.40%) FMCG
7 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.93%) Wiki
9 1 (0.47%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.47%) Replication
9 1 (0.47%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.21%) Windows
2 7 (3.27%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (85.51%) Business Intelligence
2 54 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (23.36%) Agile
4 48 (22.43%) DevOps
5 39 (18.22%) Analytics
6 38 (17.76%) Data Modelling
6 38 (17.76%) Decision-Making
7 34 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (13.55%) Data Analysis
9 28 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (13.08%) Visualisation
10 26 (12.15%) Data Governance
10 26 (12.15%) Validation
11 25 (11.68%) Process Improvement
12 23 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (10.75%) Service Management
13 22 (10.28%) Data Visualisation
13 22 (10.28%) ERP
14 21 (9.81%) ITSM
14 21 (9.81%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.17%) SQL
2 19 (8.88%) Python
3 15 (7.01%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.67%) C#
5 9 (4.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (4.21%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.27%) R
7 4 (1.87%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.40%) Bicep
8 3 (1.40%) VBA
9 2 (0.93%) X++
Qualifications
1 58 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 40 (18.69%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.94%) Degree
4 7 (3.27%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.34%) ACCA
6 4 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.40%) CIMA
7 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.40%) PMP
7 3 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.47%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.49%) Data Quality
2 24 (11.21%) PMO
3 18 (8.41%) GDPR
4 15 (7.01%) QA
5 9 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.80%) SLA
7 5 (2.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.47%) GRC
8 1 (0.47%) IFRS
8 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (8.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (1.87%) SCCM
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.93%) Terraform
4 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (32.24%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.35%) Oracle
3 17 (7.94%) Databricks
4 16 (7.48%) ServiceNow
5 14 (6.54%) SAP
6 12 (5.61%) IFS
7 9 (4.21%) Foundry
7 9 (4.21%) Remedy
8 7 (3.27%) BMC
8 7 (3.27%) OpenAI
8 7 (3.27%) Workday
9 5 (2.34%) Palantir
10 4 (1.87%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.93%) Baan
11 2 (0.93%) Cognos
11 2 (0.93%) Informatica
11 2 (0.93%) Talend
12 1 (0.47%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.47%) Blue Prism
12 1 (0.47%) CyberArk