Power Platform Developer Contracts

Microsoft Power Platform Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power Platform Developer daily rate in the UK is £514, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 526 651
Rank change year-on-year +92 +125 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Developer 85 74 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.17% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 52 33
10th Percentile £421 £301 £390
25th Percentile £450 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £568 £600
90th Percentile £624 £623 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

Power Platform Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Power Platform Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform Developer.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform Developer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +61 67 £500 +21.95% 29
Work from Home +46 39 £523 +16.22% 24
London +36 37 £500 +23.46% 11
UK excluding London +53 29 £475 +5.56% 19
North of England +36 14 £513 +28.13% 8
Yorkshire +23 9 £525 +31.25% 2
Midlands +27 8 £454 +17.08% 5
West Midlands +20 8 £454 +0.82% 2
South East +38 4 £550 +37.50% 1
North East - 4 £465 - 4
North West +9 3 £500 +11.11% 2
Scotland - 2 £450 - 2
South West +36 1 £475 -11.21% 1
Wales +5 1 £160 -64.44%
East of England - 1 £525 - 1

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Power Platform Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Power Platform Developer in the job title.

1 74 (87.06%) Power Platform
2 64 (75.29%) Power Automate
3 62 (72.94%) PowerApps
4 41 (48.24%) Azure
5 36 (42.35%) Microsoft
6 35 (41.18%) SharePoint
7 34 (40.00%) Agile
7 34 (40.00%) DevOps
8 33 (38.82%) Power BI
8 33 (38.82%) Business Intelligence
9 30 (35.29%) SQL
10 29 (34.12%) Social Skills
11 26 (30.59%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (28.24%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (24.71%) REST
13 21 (24.71%) C#
13 21 (24.71%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (22.35%) JavaScript
14 19 (22.35%) Data Modelling
14 19 (22.35%) Security Cleared
15 17 (20.00%) Git
15 17 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (20.00%) Relational Database
16 16 (18.82%) SC Cleared
17 15 (17.65%) CI/CD
18 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
19 13 (15.29%) SOAP
19 13 (15.29%) JIRA
20 12 (14.12%) Logistics
20 12 (14.12%) Public Sector

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 35 (41.18%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.35%) OpenEdge
3 1 (1.18%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (87.06%) Power Platform
2 64 (75.29%) Power Automate
3 62 (72.94%) PowerApps
4 41 (48.24%) Azure
5 26 (30.59%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (28.24%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (24.71%) Azure Logic Apps
8 17 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (7.06%) Copilot Studio
10 5 (5.88%) GitHub
10 5 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (2.35%) Azure Functions
11 2 (2.35%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (2.35%) Boomi
11 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (2.35%) Serverless
12 1 (1.18%) Azure Event Grid
12 1 (1.18%) SonarCloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (38.82%) Power BI
2 17 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 17 (20.00%) Git
2 13 (15.29%) JIRA
3 2 (2.35%) NUnit
4 1 (1.18%) Moq
General
1 29 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.12%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.88%) Finance
4 3 (3.53%) Marketing
5 2 (2.35%) Banking
5 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.35%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.18%) Local Government
6 1 (1.18%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (24.71%) REST
2 13 (15.29%) SOAP
3 10 (11.76%) .NET
4 8 (9.41%) HTML
5 5 (5.88%) CSS
6 4 (4.71%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (4.71%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (4.71%) jQuery
6 4 (4.71%) React
7 3 (3.53%) JSON
7 3 (3.53%) OAuth
7 3 (3.53%) OAuth2
7 3 (3.53%) SPFx
8 2 (2.35%) .NET Framework
8 2 (2.35%) ASP.NET
8 2 (2.35%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 2 (2.35%) Bootstrap
8 2 (2.35%) Entity Framework
8 2 (2.35%) LINQ
8 2 (2.35%) LINQ to SQL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.24%) Low-Code
2 2 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (2.35%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.18%) NHS
3 1 (1.18%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.00%) Agile
1 34 (40.00%) DevOps
2 33 (38.82%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (22.35%) Data Modelling
4 15 (17.65%) CI/CD
5 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (14.12%) Logistics
7 10 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
7 10 (11.76%) Visualisation
8 7 (8.24%) Process Improvement
9 6 (7.06%) Data Governance
10 5 (5.88%) Data Integration
10 5 (5.88%) RBAC
10 5 (5.88%) Task Automation
10 5 (5.88%) Test Strategy
10 5 (5.88%) Translating Business Requirements
10 5 (5.88%) User Experience
11 4 (4.71%) OO
11 4 (4.71%) Problem Management
11 4 (4.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (35.29%) SQL
2 21 (24.71%) C#
3 19 (22.35%) JavaScript
4 7 (8.24%) PowerShell
4 7 (8.24%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.35%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 19 (22.35%) Security Cleared
2 16 (18.82%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.53%) Degree
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 36 (42.35%) Microsoft