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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 50 71
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -14
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 139 143 147
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.22% 4.21% 2.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.30% 13.11% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 93 85
10th Percentile £289 £315 £215
25th Percentile £375 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -1.04% -4.00%
75th Percentile £586 £538 £560
90th Percentile £668 £575 £635
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 14
10th Percentile £22.17 - £21.48
25th Percentile £37.00 £41.25 £22.77
Median hourly rate £90.00 £63.15 £39.91
Median % change year-on-year +42.52% +58.23% +0.40%
75th Percentile £100.00 £64.73 £58.63
90th Percentile £103.30 - £75.19
England median hourly rate £24.02 £30.30 £30.50
% change year-on-year -20.73% -0.67% -49.17%

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 1,350 1,091 1,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.31% 32.11% 27.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 745 963
10th Percentile £222 £262 £203
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% -2.38% +0.96%
75th Percentile £576 £630 £623
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 15 33
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.40 £18.96
25th Percentile £15.00 £19.64 £19.76
Median hourly rate £37.00 £29.00 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year +27.59% +24.78% +11.41%
75th Percentile £58.75 £48.75 £61.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £78.22
England median hourly rate £27.50 £28.46 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.36% +26.47% -

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 11 January 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 82 £500 +2.04% 71
Berkshire -20 48 £536 +9.39% 43
Hampshire -5 28 £463 +15.63% 36
Buckinghamshire +5 22 £463 -7.50% 17
Surrey -12 14 £585 +23.16% 20
Oxfordshire -2 12 £350 -17.65% 11
West Sussex -7 7 £250 -40.87% 12
East Sussex +6 5 £375 -31.82% 7
Kent -3 3 £481 -6.10% 19
Sussex - 1 £525 -
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 32 (23.02%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.16%) Confluence
3 3 (2.16%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.72%) Jupyter
Applications
1 41 (29.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (10.07%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (6.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (4.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (3.60%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (2.88%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.44%) Primavera
6 1 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 47 (33.81%) Azure
2 43 (30.94%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (15.11%) PowerApps
4 19 (13.67%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (10.79%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (10.79%) Power Automate
5 15 (10.79%) SaaS
6 10 (7.19%) AWS
7 8 (5.76%) Copilot Studio
7 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (5.04%) Entra ID
8 7 (5.04%) GCP
9 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.88%) OneDrive
11 3 (2.16%) GitHub
11 3 (2.16%) Miro
12 2 (1.44%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (1.44%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.44%) 2G
1 2 (1.44%) 5G
1 2 (1.44%) DNS
1 2 (1.44%) LTE
1 2 (1.44%) Mobile Backhaul
1 2 (1.44%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.44%) VoIP
1 2 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (84.89%) Power BI
2 14 (10.07%) Tableau
3 10 (7.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 9 (6.47%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (5.04%) SQL Server
6 6 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 3 (2.16%) Metadata
8 2 (1.44%) Big Data
8 2 (1.44%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.44%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.44%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.72%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.72%) Looker
9 1 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.72%) QlikView
9 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (15.83%) JIRA
2 4 (2.88%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) NeoLoad
3 1 (0.72%) Postman
General
1 59 (42.45%) Social Skills
2 48 (34.53%) Finance
3 36 (25.90%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.79%) Influencing Skills
5 14 (10.07%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.76%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.32%) Retail
8 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.60%) Marketing
9 3 (2.16%) Billing
10 2 (1.44%) Banking
10 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.44%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.44%) Local Government
10 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.72%) Automotive
11 1 (0.72%) Electronics
11 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 44 (31.65%) Analyst
2 19 (13.67%) Data Analyst
3 17 (12.23%) Developer
4 13 (9.35%) Senior
5 12 (8.63%) Architect
5 12 (8.63%) PMO Analyst
6 11 (7.91%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.76%) Accountant
7 8 (5.76%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (5.76%) Oracle Project Manager
7 8 (5.76%) Systems Accountant
8 7 (5.04%) Administrator
8 7 (5.04%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 7 (5.04%) Integration Manager
8 7 (5.04%) Platform Architect
8 7 (5.04%) Power Platform Architect
9 6 (4.32%) Lead
9 6 (4.32%) Resource Manager
9 6 (4.32%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.04%) ADO
2 3 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.44%) .NET
3 2 (1.44%) CSS
3 2 (1.44%) HTML
3 2 (1.44%) Pandas
3 2 (1.44%) Plotly
3 2 (1.44%) REST
3 2 (1.44%) SPFx
3 2 (1.44%) Web Services
4 1 (0.72%) ATL
4 1 (0.72%) EDI
4 1 (0.72%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.72%) NumPy
4 1 (0.72%) PySpark
4 1 (0.72%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.72%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.72%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.76%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.16%) Algorithms
3 3 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.16%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.16%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.16%) PKI
4 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.44%) IoT
4 2 (1.44%) Life Science
4 2 (1.44%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.72%) AS400
5 1 (0.72%) SCADA
5 1 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.44%) Windows
1 2 (1.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (75.54%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (32.37%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (30.22%) Agile
4 26 (18.71%) Analytics
4 26 (18.71%) DevOps
4 26 (18.71%) Waterfall
5 22 (15.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (15.11%) Project Management
7 20 (14.39%) Data Analysis
7 20 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (13.67%) Decision-Making
8 19 (13.67%) Visualisation
9 18 (12.95%) CRM
9 18 (12.95%) Data Modelling
9 18 (12.95%) ERP
10 15 (10.79%) Matrix Organization
11 13 (9.35%) PRINCE2
12 12 (8.63%) Data Governance
13 11 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (7.91%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 41 (29.50%) SQL
2 16 (11.51%) Python
3 9 (6.47%) PowerShell
4 8 (5.76%) R
5 3 (2.16%) C#
5 3 (2.16%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.44%) X++
7 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (15.83%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.23%) SC Cleared
3 16 (11.51%) Degree
4 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.44%) ACCA
5 2 (1.44%) CCAB
5 2 (1.44%) CIMA
5 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.07%) PMO
2 10 (7.19%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.32%) QA
4 2 (1.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (6.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (38.85%) Microsoft
2 26 (18.71%) Oracle
3 10 (7.19%) SAP
4 9 (6.47%) Salesforce
4 9 (6.47%) ServiceNow
5 7 (5.04%) Databricks
6 4 (2.88%) IFS
7 3 (2.16%) Foundry
7 3 (2.16%) Palantir
8 2 (1.44%) Adobe
8 2 (1.44%) Blue Prism
8 2 (1.44%) Cognos
8 2 (1.44%) Informatica
8 2 (1.44%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.44%) Talend
9 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.72%) Arqiva
9 1 (0.72%) Google
9 1 (0.72%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.72%) TikTok