Power Platform Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Power Platform
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 45 53 48
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 +15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 58 95 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.84% 3.54% 4.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.35% 12.58% 14.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 59 82
10th Percentile £312 £263 £252
25th Percentile £391 £375 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £500 £589
90th Percentile £614 £588 £643
South East median daily rate £463 £463 £495
% change year-on-year - -6.57% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile - - £22.45
25th Percentile - £22.61 £27.64
Median hourly rate £32.05 £23.82 £43.65
Median % change year-on-year +34.54% -45.42% +94.00%
75th Percentile - £33.70 £78.33
90th Percentile - £50.38 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £23.82 £39.75
% change year-on-year +34.54% -40.07% +76.67%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 511 755 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.82% 28.11% 28.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 515 615
10th Percentile £304 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £608 £625
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 30 20
10th Percentile £20.96 £15.99 £18.42
25th Percentile £28.05 £19.37 £21.49
Median hourly rate £32.05 £42.50 £30.23
Median % change year-on-year -24.59% +40.59% +43.95%
75th Percentile £47.15 £59.95 £59.25
90th Percentile £76.51 £61.60 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.50 £22.36 £24.50
% change year-on-year +27.47% -8.74% +16.39%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the Thames Valley

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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 within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +16 45 £450 -4.26% 70
Buckinghamshire -1 8 £550 +22.22% 58
Oxfordshire -1 5 £356 -20.83% 44
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 17 (29.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.45%) Apache Spark
3 2 (3.45%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.72%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (41.38%) Azure
2 18 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (17.24%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (17.24%) PowerApps
4 9 (15.52%) Power Automate
5 5 (8.62%) AWS
6 3 (5.17%) Azure Storage
6 3 (5.17%) Snowflake
7 2 (3.45%) Azure AKS
7 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.45%) Azure Table
8 1 (1.72%) Amazon ELB
8 1 (1.72%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.72%) GCP
8 1 (1.72%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.62%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.72%) 2G
2 1 (1.72%) 3G
2 1 (1.72%) 4G
2 1 (1.72%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (72.41%) Power BI
2 7 (12.07%) Tableau
3 5 (8.62%) Power Query
3 5 (8.62%) SQL Server
4 4 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.45%) Big Data
6 2 (3.45%) Hadoop
6 2 (3.45%) Impala
7 1 (1.72%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (1.72%) Apache Hive
7 1 (1.72%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.72%) HBase
7 1 (1.72%) HDInsight
7 1 (1.72%) Metadata
7 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) ERwin
1 3 (5.17%) Postman
2 1 (1.72%) Git
General
1 12 (20.69%) Finance
1 12 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.79%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.17%) Publishing
4 3 (5.17%) Retail
5 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Electronics
6 1 (1.72%) Games
6 1 (1.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Developer
2 11 (18.97%) Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) Data Analyst
4 6 (10.34%) Architect
5 5 (8.62%) Consultant
5 5 (8.62%) Senior
6 4 (6.90%) Administrator
6 4 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (6.90%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 4 (6.90%) PMO Administrator
6 4 (6.90%) Senior Developer
7 3 (5.17%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Data Business Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Power Apps Developer
7 3 (5.17%) Power BI Developer
7 3 (5.17%) Report Developer
7 3 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.17%) SQL Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) SQL Data Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.34%) ADO
2 3 (5.17%) .NET
2 3 (5.17%) ARM Templates
3 2 (3.45%) .NET Core
3 2 (3.45%) Kafka
4 1 (1.72%) PySpark
4 1 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Low-Code
1 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
1 5 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.45%) Learning Management System
3 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.45%) Life Science
3 2 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.72%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.72%) IoT
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Unix
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (67.24%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (24.14%) Analytics
3 13 (22.41%) Agile
4 12 (20.69%) DevOps
5 11 (18.97%) Data Analysis
6 9 (15.52%) Data Modelling
6 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (13.79%) Project Management
8 7 (12.07%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (12.07%) Decision-Making
8 7 (12.07%) ERP
8 7 (12.07%) Workflow
9 6 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
10 5 (8.62%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (8.62%) ETL
10 5 (8.62%) Migration
10 5 (8.62%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (6.90%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 18 (31.03%) SQL
2 6 (10.34%) Python
3 3 (5.17%) C#
3 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.17%) VBA
4 2 (3.45%) Bash
4 2 (3.45%) Bicep
4 2 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.45%) R
4 2 (3.45%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.72%) ABAP
5 1 (1.72%) Perl
5 1 (1.72%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.72%) X++
5 1 (1.72%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.62%) Degree
3 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.72%) MBA
4 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.72%) PMP
4 1 (1.72%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (1.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.72%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) PMO
2 4 (6.90%) QA
3 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.72%) Apache Flume
1 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Grafana
1 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.45%) Prometheus
1 2 (3.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.72%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.17%) Databricks
3 3 (5.17%) Oracle
4 2 (3.45%) Google
4 2 (3.45%) SAP
4 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.45%) Sparx
4 2 (3.45%) Workday
5 1 (1.72%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.72%) Capita
5 1 (1.72%) Cramer
5 1 (1.72%) Genesys
5 1 (1.72%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.72%) StreamSets