Power Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power Platform Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Power Platform Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 363 408
Rank change year-on-year -29 +45 +111
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Engineer 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.012% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.013% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £552
25th Percentile £563 £325 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £350 £594
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -41.05% +31.94%
75th Percentile £588 £375 £639
90th Percentile - - £646
UK median daily rate £538 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +13.16% -26.92% +44.44%

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 15,959 15,068 19,162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.96% 92.39% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,868 8,671 12,572
10th Percentile £208 £213 £213
25th Percentile £363 £373 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,567 1,012 1,261
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -25.84% +78.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.47 £73.48 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

Power Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Power Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Power Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Power Platform Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
North of England -42 2 £575 +64.29%
Yorkshire - 2 £575 -
Power Platform Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, Power Platform Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Copilot Studio
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (100.00%) OpenAI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 2 (100.00%) Presales
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Sharing
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions

Power Platform Engineer 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Copilot Studio
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Sharing
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Memory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) OpenAI