Power Platform Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 51 49 53
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 554 768 995
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.34% 3.70% 4.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.56% 14.11% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 544 709
10th Percentile £304 £306 £279
25th Percentile £365 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £458 £490
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -6.63% +8.89%
75th Percentile £525 £544 £583
90th Percentile £600 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 29 38
10th Percentile £18.43 £14.00 £22.46
25th Percentile £22.06 £15.89 £32.30
Median hourly rate £27.24 £20.77 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +31.14% -66.09% +182.00%
75th Percentile £31.74 £35.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £34.18 £43.75 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £29.16 £22.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.60% -59.09% +139.13%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,086 5,443 8,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.01% 26.20% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,896 3,840 5,946
10th Percentile £236 £213 £240
25th Percentile £388 £375 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 259 231
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.00 £16.69
Median hourly rate £21.46 £17.72 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -28.03% +31.31%
75th Percentile £33.45 £26.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £61.52 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
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 within the UK excluding London 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
North of England -3 138 £450 - 409
Midlands +4 120 £475 +11.76% 304
South East +6 118 £463 - 547
West Midlands +11 104 £475 +11.76% 178
Scotland -7 79 £425 -11.46% 81
North West -11 75 £475 +5.56% 238
South West -9 56 £450 -10.00% 194
Yorkshire +8 54 £435 -0.57% 127
East of England +27 38 £488 +18.90% 151
Wales +4 15 £275 -42.11% 37
East Midlands -10 15 £488 +14.71% 108
North East +5 13 £455 -31.32% 45
Northern Ireland -18 2 £450 -25.00% 31
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 118 (21.30%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.99%) Confluence
3 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.72%) Apache
5 4 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 2 (0.36%) OpenEdge
6 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.18%) Camunda
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 96 (17.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (1.26%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Revit
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (5.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.72%) Maximo
4 4 (0.72%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.18%) FastStats
6 1 (0.18%) FastStats PeopleStage
6 1 (0.18%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) Shopify
6 1 (0.18%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 203 (36.64%) Azure
2 150 (27.08%) PowerApps
3 115 (20.76%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (20.04%) Power Automate
5 73 (13.18%) Dynamics 365
6 38 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (5.42%) Snowflake
8 29 (5.23%) AWS
9 22 (3.97%) Azure Data Factory
9 22 (3.97%) GCP
10 12 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (1.81%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (1.62%) OneDrive
14 8 (1.44%) Azure Functions
14 8 (1.44%) Copilot Studio
14 8 (1.44%) Serverless
15 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
16 6 (1.08%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.17%) Firewall
2 9 (1.62%) VPN
3 7 (1.26%) Internet
4 6 (1.08%) Network Security
5 5 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.36%) Intranet
6 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) 2G
7 1 (0.18%) 3G
7 1 (0.18%) 4G
7 1 (0.18%) 5G
7 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 418 (75.45%) Power BI
2 70 (12.64%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (11.55%) Tableau
4 40 (7.22%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (3.79%) Power Query
6 21 (3.79%) Relational Database
7 19 (3.43%) Data Lake
8 15 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.99%) Metadata
9 11 (1.99%) MySQL
10 10 (1.81%) Qlik Sense
11 9 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.62%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.44%) Looker
13 7 (1.26%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (0.90%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.90%) QlikView
15 4 (0.72%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 33 (5.96%) JIRA
2 14 (2.53%) Git
3 9 (1.62%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (1.08%) Postman
6 4 (0.72%) ERwin
6 4 (0.72%) Selenium
6 4 (0.72%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.54%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.54%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.54%) Hudson
7 3 (0.54%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.54%) Subversion
7 3 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.36%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
General
1 191 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 107 (19.31%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (18.59%) Finance
4 79 (14.26%) Public Sector
5 22 (3.97%) Marketing
6 16 (2.89%) Retail
7 15 (2.71%) Banking
8 14 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.35%) Local Government
10 12 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.26%) Military
14 6 (1.08%) Back Office
14 6 (1.08%) Law
14 6 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 147 (26.53%) Analyst
2 127 (22.92%) Developer
3 67 (12.09%) Data Analyst
4 39 (7.04%) Architect
5 38 (6.86%) Data Engineer
6 35 (6.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 34 (6.14%) Senior
8 33 (5.96%) Lead
9 32 (5.78%) Consultant
9 32 (5.78%) Power BI Developer
10 30 (5.42%) Business Analyst
11 26 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (3.79%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 20 (3.61%) Power Platform Developer
14 15 (2.71%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 15 (2.71%) Power Apps Developer
15 14 (2.53%) IT Manager
16 13 (2.35%) Project Manager
17 12 (2.17%) Administrator
17 12 (2.17%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.87%) HTML
2 25 (4.51%) CSS
3 22 (3.97%) .NET
4 19 (3.43%) React
5 11 (1.99%) AngularJS
5 11 (1.99%) REST
5 11 (1.99%) SPFx
6 10 (1.81%) HTML5 Canvas
7 8 (1.44%) ADO
7 8 (1.44%) Node.js
8 6 (1.08%) Entity Framework
8 6 (1.08%) Middleware
8 6 (1.08%) PySpark
9 5 (0.90%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.90%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.90%) ASP.NET
9 5 (0.90%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (0.90%) Kafka
9 5 (0.90%) Pandas
9 5 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.07%) Onboarding
2 14 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (2.35%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.17%) Low-Code
5 10 (1.81%) Security Posture
6 8 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (1.44%) NHS
6 8 (1.44%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (1.26%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.08%) FMCG
8 6 (1.08%) Learning Management System
8 6 (1.08%) Life Science
9 5 (0.90%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.90%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.89%) Windows
2 6 (1.08%) Linux
2 6 (1.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.36%) Unix
3 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (66.25%) Business Intelligence
2 147 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (24.37%) Agile
4 117 (21.12%) Analytics
5 107 (19.31%) Data Modelling
6 101 (18.23%) Visualisation
7 87 (15.70%) Data Analysis
8 80 (14.44%) DevOps
9 75 (13.54%) Migration
10 71 (12.82%) Data Visualisation
11 64 (11.55%) Decision-Making
12 61 (11.01%) ETL
13 49 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 48 (8.66%) CRM
15 46 (8.30%) Data Governance
16 42 (7.58%) Project Management
17 41 (7.40%) Actionable Insight
18 36 (6.50%) Data Analytics
18 36 (6.50%) Data Integration
19 35 (6.32%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 220 (39.71%) SQL
2 68 (12.27%) Python
3 45 (8.12%) JavaScript
4 36 (6.50%) PowerShell
5 34 (6.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (4.87%) C#
7 21 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.35%) R
9 12 (2.17%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.62%) Java
10 9 (1.62%) VBA
11 5 (0.90%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.90%) VB
12 4 (0.72%) Bash
12 4 (0.72%) Bicep
13 3 (0.54%) C++
13 3 (0.54%) Groovy
13 3 (0.54%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.54%) VBScript
14 2 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 61 (11.01%) Degree
2 40 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.96%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.90%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (0.72%) CISM
8 4 (0.72%) CISSP
8 4 (0.72%) MCSE
9 3 (0.54%) ISEB
9 3 (0.54%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.54%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.36%) ISACA
10 2 (0.36%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.75%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.69%) PMO
3 22 (3.97%) QA
4 17 (3.07%) GDPR
5 12 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.54%) SLA
7 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.36%) P3O
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 22 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.08%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.18%) Docker
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (2.35%) Terraform
2 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.26%) SCCM
4 6 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.72%) Grafana
5 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.54%) Ansible
6 3 (0.54%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.36%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (0.36%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 218 (39.35%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.14%) Databricks
3 27 (4.87%) SAP
4 23 (4.15%) Oracle
5 15 (2.71%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.35%) Google
7 11 (1.99%) Ariba
8 7 (1.26%) Adobe
9 4 (0.72%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.72%) CyberArk
9 4 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.54%) Qualys
10 3 (0.54%) Workday
11 2 (0.36%) Apple
11 2 (0.36%) Brio
11 2 (0.36%) Cisco
11 2 (0.36%) Dell
11 2 (0.36%) Hyperion
11 2 (0.36%) Sage
11 2 (0.36%) Veritas