Power Management Contract Job Trends

Power Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Power Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 531 590
Rank change year-on-year -53 +59 +192
Contract jobs citing Power Management 3 8 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.024% 0.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.027% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 6
10th Percentile - £484 £519
25th Percentile - £498 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £538 £750
Median % change year-on-year - -28.33% +57.89%
75th Percentile - £613 £903
90th Percentile - £725 £945
UK excluding London median daily rate - £538 £750
% change year-on-year - -28.33% +57.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36.25
Median hourly rate - - £37.50
75th Percentile - - £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £37.50
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Power Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,441 29,813 38,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.26% 88.27% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,403 18,181 25,776
10th Percentile £300 £307 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,089 968 1,481
10th Percentile £14.53 £15.62 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.90% +25.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.02 £73.83 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £30.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.89% -31.39% +44.18%

Power Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Power Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Power Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Management

Power Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Power Management

Power Management
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Management within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
England -31 3 - - 8
UK excluding London -42 3 - - 9
South West -6 2 - - 3
East of England - 1 - - 3

Power Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) MQTT
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
1 1 (33.33%) UWB
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) ZigBee
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) PCB Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
1 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware