Power Platform Architect Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Power Platform Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Microsoft Power Platform Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £481 - -
25th Percentile £489 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £516 - -
90th Percentile £522 - -
South East median daily rate £505 - £760

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,924 1,737 2,297
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 91.47% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,280 1,041 1,501
10th Percentile £268 £250 £210
25th Percentile £403 £403 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £630 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 47 105
10th Percentile £15.25 £17.04 £18.95
25th Percentile £18.87 £26.00 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.27% +4.76% +150.00%
75th Percentile £80.00 £62.84 £65.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £65.62 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +46.67%

Power Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power Platform Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Power Platform Architect job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Power Platform Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power Platform Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power Platform Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Power Platform Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Berkshire - 3 £505 - 3
Power Platform Architect
South East

Power Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Power Platform Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Power Platform Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Copilot Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 3 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) ADO
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) API Management
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (33.33%) Batch Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation

Power Platform Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Copilot Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 3 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Batch Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) Sequence Diagram
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) OpenAI