Power Platform Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power Platform Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Power Platform Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 341 380
Rank change year-on-year -19 +39 +97
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Developer 33 16 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 11
10th Percentile £416 £452 £280
25th Percentile £425 £463 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £569
90th Percentile - £563 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £507 £511
% change year-on-year -11.24% -0.83% -11.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,356 13,848 18,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.36% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,265 12,022
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,646 795 1,208
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.41 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.08 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Power Platform Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power Platform Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Power Platform Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power Platform Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power Platform Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Developer in the UK excluding London

Power Platform Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Midlands -36 10 £450 -7.69% 8
North of England -47 9 £525 +5.00%
East Midlands -13 8 £450 -14.29% 2
Scotland +8 6 £550 +15.79% 1
North West -24 6 £525 +1.20%
East of England - 4 £500 - 3
Yorkshire -41 3 £525 +11.70%
Wales +7 2 - -
South West -6 2 £475 - 5
West Midlands -33 2 £463 -1.60% 6
Power Platform Developer
UK

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Power Platform Developer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Power Platform Developer in the job title.

1 29 (87.88%) Power Platform
2 26 (78.79%) PowerApps
3 23 (69.70%) Microsoft
4 22 (66.67%) Power Automate
5 14 (42.42%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (42.42%) Power BI
5 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (39.39%) SharePoint
7 12 (36.36%) Agile
8 11 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (33.33%) JavaScript
8 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (27.27%) C#
9 9 (27.27%) CRM
9 9 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
10 7 (21.21%) Azure
11 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
11 6 (18.18%) SQL
12 5 (15.15%) DevOps
12 5 (15.15%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (15.15%) Performance Optimisation
12 5 (15.15%) Visualisation
13 4 (12.12%) Accessibility
13 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (12.12%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (12.12%) Degree
13 4 (12.12%) REST
13 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 3 (9.09%) AI
14 3 (9.09%) Analytics

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (39.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (87.88%) Power Platform
2 26 (78.79%) PowerApps
3 22 (66.67%) Power Automate
4 11 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (21.21%) Azure
6 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (12.12%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (9.09%) OneDrive
8 2 (6.06%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
9 1 (3.03%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (42.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Git
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 12 (36.36%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.12%) Banking
4 1 (3.03%) Local Government
4 1 (3.03%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (12.12%) REST
3 3 (9.09%) JSON
4 2 (6.06%) HTML
4 2 (6.06%) RESTful
4 2 (6.06%) Web Services
5 1 (3.03%) .NET
5 1 (3.03%) Ajax
5 1 (3.03%) OAuth
5 1 (3.03%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 3 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.03%) Shadow IT
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Business Intelligence
1 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (36.36%) Agile
3 9 (27.27%) CRM
4 5 (15.15%) DevOps
4 5 (15.15%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (15.15%) Visualisation
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (9.09%) AI
6 3 (9.09%) Analytics
6 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
6 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (9.09%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.09%) Data Analysis
6 3 (9.09%) Data Management
6 3 (9.09%) Scrum
7 2 (6.06%) Acceptance Criteria
7 2 (6.06%) Data Modelling
7 2 (6.06%) SOA
7 2 (6.06%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 9 (27.27%) C#
3 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 6 (18.18%) SQL
4 2 (6.06%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 23 (69.70%) Microsoft