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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 45 67
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 -8
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 160 135 159
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.41% 4.32% 2.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.85% 13.15% 10.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 92 99
10th Percentile £294 £307 £249
25th Percentile £400 £365 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £560
90th Percentile £650 £575 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 10
10th Percentile - - £22.45
25th Percentile £12.29 £41.25 £23.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £63.15 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.41% +29.54% +12.07%
75th Percentile £96.25 £64.73 £63.75
90th Percentile £101.65 - £79.78
England median hourly rate £20.69 £28.60 £24.43
% change year-on-year -27.67% +17.07% -59.28%

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 1,474 1,027 1,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.44% 32.89% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,080 692 1,020
10th Percentile £255 £263 £206
25th Percentile £375 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -0.52% -2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £619
90th Percentile £675 £669 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 18 50
10th Percentile £12.50 £15.18 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.47 £18.87 £20.49
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% +19.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.73 £61.11
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.01 £65.25
England median hourly rate £35.91 £27.50 £22.15
% change year-on-year +30.58% +24.15% -11.40%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -10 87 £500 +11.11% 31
Berkshire -18 57 £507 +12.72% 17
Hampshire -5 36 £358 -10.63% 36
Buckinghamshire +5 26 £450 -10.45% 8
Surrey -20 16 £550 +15.79% 21
Kent -4 7 £600 +17.07% 16
West Sussex -13 6 £333 -21.36% 9
East Sussex +2 5 £375 -21.05% 1
Oxfordshire -17 4 £438 +25.00% 7
Sussex - 1 £525 - 1
Home Counties - 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 34 (21.25%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.88%) Confluence
3 3 (1.88%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.63%) Jupyter
Applications
1 49 (30.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (13.13%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.88%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.63%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 52 (32.50%) Azure
2 47 (29.38%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (15.00%) PowerApps
4 20 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 19 (11.88%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (10.00%) SaaS
7 15 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (7.50%) Copilot Studio
8 12 (7.50%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (6.25%) AWS
9 10 (6.25%) Entra ID
10 7 (4.38%) Azure Functions
10 7 (4.38%) GCP
10 7 (4.38%) Serverless
11 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (3.75%) OneDrive
12 5 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (3.13%) GitHub
13 4 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.88%) DNS
1 3 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.25%) 2G
2 2 (1.25%) 5G
2 2 (1.25%) LTE
2 2 (1.25%) Mobile Backhaul
2 2 (1.25%) Network Security
2 2 (1.25%) VoIP
3 1 (0.63%) DHCP
3 1 (0.63%) Firewall
3 1 (0.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (84.38%) Power BI
2 10 (6.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 10 (6.25%) Tableau
3 9 (5.63%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (5.63%) SQL Server
4 8 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.50%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.50%) Metadata
6 4 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.88%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 3 (1.88%) Star Schema
8 2 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.25%) Big Data
8 2 (1.25%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.25%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (16.88%) JIRA
2 7 (4.38%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) NeoLoad
3 1 (0.63%) Postman
General
1 64 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 50 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (28.75%) Finance
4 16 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (6.88%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.38%) Retail
8 4 (2.50%) Marketing
9 3 (1.88%) Billing
9 3 (1.88%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.25%) Banking
10 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.25%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.25%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.63%) Automotive
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (32.50%) Analyst
2 21 (13.13%) PMO Analyst
3 19 (11.88%) Architect
3 19 (11.88%) Developer
4 18 (11.25%) Data Analyst
5 13 (8.13%) Senior
6 12 (7.50%) Data Engineer
7 11 (6.88%) Platform Architect
7 11 (6.88%) Power Platform Architect
8 9 (5.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 9 (5.63%) Lead
9 8 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.38%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.38%) Integration Manager
11 6 (3.75%) Consultant
11 6 (3.75%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.75%) Resource Manager
12 5 (3.13%) Oracle Project Manager
12 5 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (3.13%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.13%) ADO
1 5 (3.13%) REST
2 4 (2.50%) JSON
3 3 (1.88%) Plotly
4 2 (1.25%) .NET
4 2 (1.25%) CSS
4 2 (1.25%) HTML
4 2 (1.25%) Node.js
4 2 (1.25%) Pandas
4 2 (1.25%) PySpark
4 2 (1.25%) SPFx
4 2 (1.25%) Web Services
4 2 (1.25%) XML
4 2 (1.25%) YAML
5 1 (0.63%) ATL
5 1 (0.63%) EDI
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.63%) NumPy
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.63%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.63%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.13%) CMDB
2 5 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.50%) PKI
4 3 (1.88%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.88%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.25%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.25%) IoT
5 2 (1.25%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.25%) Wiki
6 1 (0.63%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.63%) AS400
6 1 (0.63%) Replication
6 1 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.50%) Windows
2 3 (1.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (75.63%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (31.88%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (24.38%) Agile
4 29 (18.13%) Data Analysis
4 29 (18.13%) DevOps
5 27 (16.88%) Analytics
6 26 (16.25%) Decision-Making
7 23 (14.38%) Waterfall
8 22 (13.75%) Data Modelling
8 22 (13.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (13.75%) Visualisation
9 17 (10.63%) AI
10 16 (10.00%) CRM
10 16 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
10 16 (10.00%) PRINCE2
11 15 (9.38%) Project Management
12 14 (8.75%) Data Governance
12 14 (8.75%) Data Visualisation
12 14 (8.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 36 (22.50%) SQL
2 18 (11.25%) Python
3 14 (8.75%) PowerShell
4 8 (5.00%) C#
4 8 (5.00%) R
5 4 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.88%) Bicep
6 3 (1.88%) VBA
7 2 (1.25%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.25%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (18.13%) Security Cleared
2 21 (13.13%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.00%) Degree
4 3 (1.88%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.88%) PMP
4 3 (1.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.25%) ACCA
5 2 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.25%) CIMA
5 2 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.38%) PMO
2 15 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.63%) QA
4 5 (3.13%) SLA
5 3 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (6.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.63%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.13%) SCCM
2 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 68 (42.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.25%) Oracle
3 16 (10.00%) Databricks
4 13 (8.13%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.38%) Foundry
5 7 (4.38%) OpenAI
5 7 (4.38%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.13%) SAP
7 4 (2.50%) Cognos
8 3 (1.88%) Palantir
8 3 (1.88%) Remedy
9 2 (1.25%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.25%) Blue Prism
9 2 (1.25%) Informatica
9 2 (1.25%) Talend
10 1 (0.63%) Arqiva
10 1 (0.63%) BMC
10 1 (0.63%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.63%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.63%) NEC