Power Platform Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Power Platform
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 48 44
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 +33
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 56 124 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.34% 3.88% 5.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.41% 15.20% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 98 138
10th Percentile £313 £363 £363
25th Percentile £382 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £522 £550 £580
90th Percentile £588 £649 £614
England median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £25.05 £14.51 £29.94
25th Percentile £25.13 £14.74 £48.70
Median hourly rate £26.50 £15.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.21% -76.73% -
75th Percentile £28.12 £15.51 -
90th Percentile £28.64 £15.74 -
England median hourly rate £29.07 £23.22 £55.00
% change year-on-year +25.22% -57.79% +144.99%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 491 816 1,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.26% 25.51% 34.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 616 1,019
10th Percentile £235 £205 £287
25th Percentile £406 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £594 £650
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 29 57
10th Percentile £18.13 £12.50 £16.43
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £18.51 £14.50 £53.35
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -72.82% +113.40%
75th Percentile £34.50 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £53.13 £70.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol -8 17 £450 +2.45% 54
Gloucestershire +12 11 £409 -16.95% 55
Wiltshire +6 9 £475 -1.30% 26
Dorset +9 6 £475 - 15
Devon +14 4 £310 -52.31% 27
Somerset +1 1 £370 -30.45% 27
Cornwall - 1 £625 - 1
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England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 14 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.79%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.79%) Misys Midas
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.79%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.57%) Azure
2 10 (17.86%) Power Automate
2 10 (17.86%) PowerApps
3 9 (16.07%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (8.93%) Snowflake
6 4 (7.14%) AWS
6 4 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.57%) Matillion
8 1 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.79%) dbt
8 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.79%) Figma
8 1 (1.79%) GCP
8 1 (1.79%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (82.14%) Power BI
2 8 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (8.93%) SQL Server
3 5 (8.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (8.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (7.14%) Relational Database
4 4 (7.14%) Tableau
5 3 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (3.57%) Metadata
6 2 (3.57%) Power Query
7 1 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.79%) Looker
7 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.79%) MySQL
7 1 (1.79%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (17.86%) Finance
4 8 (14.29%) Local Government
5 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.79%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.79%) Marketing
6 1 (1.79%) Military
6 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) Analyst
2 14 (25.00%) Developer
3 13 (23.21%) Data Analyst
4 8 (14.29%) Architect
5 6 (10.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 6 (10.71%) Power BI Developer
5 6 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (8.93%) Project Manager
6 5 (8.93%) SAP Analyst
6 5 (8.93%) SAP Data Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Business Solution Architect
7 4 (7.14%) Data Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 4 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
8 3 (5.36%) Power Apps Developer
9 2 (3.57%) Applications Developer
9 2 (3.57%) Data Architect
9 2 (3.57%) Procurement Manager
9 2 (3.57%) Procurement Project Manager
9 2 (3.57%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) REST
2 1 (1.79%) EDI
2 1 (1.79%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.79%) Next.js
2 1 (1.79%) Node.js
2 1 (1.79%) OAuth
2 1 (1.79%) OpenID
2 1 (1.79%) React
2 1 (1.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.79%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
1 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (67.86%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (19.64%) Data Integration
4 10 (17.86%) Data Analysis
4 10 (17.86%) Visualisation
5 9 (16.07%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (14.29%) Agile
7 7 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 7 (12.50%) ETL
7 7 (12.50%) Migration
8 6 (10.71%) Data Migration
9 5 (8.93%) Analytics
9 5 (8.93%) Data Management
9 5 (8.93%) ERP
9 5 (8.93%) Programme Delivery
10 4 (7.14%) Decision-Making
10 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (7.14%) Project Management
10 4 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (7.14%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.71%) SQL
2 4 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (3.57%) Python
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.79%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.79%) X++
Qualifications
1 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.79%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.57%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) Ariba
2 7 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (3.57%) Oracle
4 1 (1.79%) Databricks
4 1 (1.79%) Foundry
4 1 (1.79%) Jaspersoft
4 1 (1.79%) Palantir