Power Platform Developer Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Power Platform Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power Platform Developer daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 464 569
Rank change year-on-year -31 +105 +176
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Developer 91 89 42
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.26% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.28% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 66 27
10th Percentile £404 - £309
25th Percentile £415 £450 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £507 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% -1.07% -10.87%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £563 £624 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £494
% change year-on-year -7.50% +1.27% -14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.71 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 33,152 31,803 41,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,996 19,553 27,898
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £724 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,961 1,029 1,466
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.49 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.14
Median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.90 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Power Platform Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Power Platform Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform Developer over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Top 14 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 Platform Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 -36 77 £450 -10.00% 35
London -30 51 £435 -13.00% 15
Work from Home +14 32 £500 -1.96% 25
UK excluding London -31 30 £463 -7.50% 30
Midlands -36 9 £450 -7.69% 11
North of England -40 9 £525 +5.00%
East Midlands -12 8 £450 -14.29% 2
North West -21 6 £525 +1.20%
Scotland +4 5 £550 +15.79% 3
Yorkshire -41 3 £525 +11.70%
East of England - 3 £500 - 4
Wales 0 2 - -
South West -6 2 £475 -
West Midlands -32 1 £400 -14.89% 9

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 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 featuring Power Platform Developer in the job title.

1 86 (94.51%) Power Platform
2 69 (75.82%) Microsoft
3 68 (74.73%) Power Automate
3 68 (74.73%) PowerApps
4 47 (51.65%) Azure
4 47 (51.65%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (51.65%) Power BI
5 39 (42.86%) SharePoint
6 33 (36.26%) C#
7 28 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (28.57%) Agile
8 26 (28.57%) JavaScript
9 25 (27.47%) SQL
10 21 (23.08%) Security Cleared
11 20 (21.98%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (21.98%) DevOps
11 20 (21.98%) SC Cleared
12 19 (20.88%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (19.78%) HTML5 Canvas
14 17 (18.68%) HCL Notes
14 17 (18.68%) Lotus
15 16 (17.58%) Azure DevOps
16 15 (16.48%) .NET
16 15 (16.48%) Azure Functions
16 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (16.48%) Serverless
17 14 (15.38%) CI/CD
18 13 (14.29%) CRM
18 13 (14.29%) Data Modelling

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 39 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 17 (18.68%) HCL Notes
3 5 (5.49%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (94.51%) Power Platform
2 68 (74.73%) Power Automate
2 68 (74.73%) PowerApps
3 47 (51.65%) Azure
4 28 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (21.98%) Azure Logic Apps
6 19 (20.88%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (17.58%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (16.48%) Azure Functions
8 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Copilot
8 15 (16.48%) Serverless
9 11 (12.09%) Copilot Studio
10 10 (10.99%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (6.59%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (6.59%) Entra ID
12 3 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
13 2 (2.20%) GitHub
13 2 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (51.65%) Power BI
2 9 (9.89%) Oracle Database
3 6 (6.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (4.40%) Power Query
4 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
1 3 (3.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (26.37%) Public Sector
2 22 (24.18%) Social Skills
3 16 (17.58%) Finance
4 13 (14.29%) Banking
5 4 (4.40%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.30%) Local Government
6 3 (3.30%) Military
7 1 (1.10%) Back Office
7 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (19.78%) HTML5 Canvas
2 15 (16.48%) .NET
3 10 (10.99%) REST
4 7 (7.69%) JSON
5 5 (5.49%) HTML
6 4 (4.40%) React
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (2.20%) OAuth
7 2 (2.20%) RESTful
7 2 (2.20%) Web Services
8 1 (1.10%) Ajax
8 1 (1.10%) CSS
8 1 (1.10%) OAuth2
8 1 (1.10%) OpenID
8 1 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.58%) Low-Code
2 5 (5.49%) Data Structures
2 5 (5.49%) Virtual Team
3 4 (4.40%) Derivative
3 4 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.20%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.20%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.10%) FMCG
6 1 (1.10%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Windows
1 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (51.65%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (28.57%) Agile
3 20 (21.98%) DevOps
4 19 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 13 (14.29%) CRM
6 13 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 12 (13.19%) Analytics
8 11 (12.09%) Data Management
9 10 (10.99%) Performance Optimisation
10 9 (9.89%) AI
11 8 (8.79%) Change Management
12 7 (7.69%) API Integration
12 7 (7.69%) Data Integration
12 7 (7.69%) Unit Testing
13 6 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (6.59%) Data Protection
13 6 (6.59%) Scrum
13 6 (6.59%) Secure Coding
13 6 (6.59%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 33 (36.26%) C#
2 26 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 25 (27.47%) SQL
4 9 (9.89%) Formula Language
4 9 (9.89%) LotusScript
5 8 (8.79%) PowerShell
6 5 (5.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (4.40%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 20 (21.98%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.30%) Degree
3 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.40%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.30%) QA
3 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (6.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 69 (75.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.68%) Lotus
3 10 (10.99%) Oracle
4 5 (5.49%) Kofax
5 2 (2.20%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.10%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.10%) Google
6 1 (1.10%) UiPath