Power Platform Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Power Platform
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 40 55
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 +7
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 1,713 1,661 1,776
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 4.90% 4.52% 3.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.69% 12.85% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,113 1,259
10th Percentile £313 £325 £312
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £608
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.95% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 48
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.38 £16.43
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.26 £21.05
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.16
Median % change year-on-year - -14.68% +0.46%
75th Percentile £34.43 £56.50 £54.06
90th Percentile £47.50 £71.74 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.84 £30.00 £31.15
% change year-on-year -23.87% -3.69% -4.89%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,497 12,923 16,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.61% 35.18% 35.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,103 8,517 11,887
10th Percentile £305 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 167 321
10th Percentile £15.12 £18.98 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +35.87%
75th Percentile £43.92 £64.61 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.89 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £33.93 £22.50
% change year-on-year -38.11% +50.80% +15.38%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the UK

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Top 18 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England -2 1,505 £488 -2.50% 3,044
London +6 840 £500 -4.76% 1,384
UK excluding London -16 680 £456 -3.95% 2,369
Work from Home -7 522 £500 - 1,530
North of England -19 190 £425 -10.53% 397
Midlands -16 140 £478 +0.10% 274
South East -21 120 £475 -5.00% 1,228
West Midlands -23 106 £500 +2.04% 158
North West -22 105 £425 -10.53% 270
South West -13 83 £450 -10.00% 167
Yorkshire -15 79 £400 -20.08% 94
Scotland -4 61 £500 +5.26% 92
East of England +2 57 £575 +36.90% 150
East Midlands -12 32 £425 -2.86% 112
Wales +11 26 £400 -11.11% 42
North East -12 6 £438 -5.91% 34
Northern Ireland -6 5 £581 - 21
Channel Islands -3 1 - - 30

Power Platform
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
1 228 (13.31%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.28%) Confluence
3 34 (1.98%) Apache Spark
4 31 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (1.11%) Apache
7 11 (0.64%) HCL Notes
8 8 (0.47%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.47%) Oracle Application Server
9 6 (0.35%) CMS
9 6 (0.35%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.23%) SAS
10 4 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) FileNet
11 2 (0.12%) Moodle
11 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.12%) Smallworld
12 1 (0.058%) IIS
Applications
1 338 (19.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
4 40 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
5 34 (1.98%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.23%) Trello
9 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.12%) Maple
10 2 (0.12%) Sketch
11 1 (0.058%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.058%) Notion
11 1 (0.058%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 125 (7.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 7 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.35%) Primavera
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.23%) BPCS
8 4 (0.23%) CA PPM
8 4 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.23%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.18%) Bloomberg AIM
9 3 (0.18%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 686 (40.05%) Azure
2 362 (21.13%) PowerApps
3 345 (20.14%) Power Automate
4 253 (14.77%) Dynamics 365
5 191 (11.15%) Microsoft 365
6 187 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
7 162 (9.46%) AWS
8 120 (7.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 106 (6.19%) Snowflake
10 104 (6.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 93 (5.43%) GCP
12 83 (4.85%) Microsoft Copilot
13 64 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
14 60 (3.50%) GitHub
15 57 (3.33%) Entra ID
15 57 (3.33%) Serverless
16 51 (2.98%) Copilot Studio
17 49 (2.86%) SaaS
18 47 (2.74%) dbt
19 43 (2.51%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (0.53%) DNS
3 7 (0.41%) Firewall
3 7 (0.41%) Internet
4 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
4 6 (0.35%) VoIP
5 5 (0.29%) Network Security
5 5 (0.29%) WebEx
6 3 (0.18%) HTTP
6 3 (0.18%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.18%) LAN
6 3 (0.18%) VPN
7 2 (0.12%) 2G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G
7 2 (0.12%) Intranet
7 2 (0.12%) LTE
7 2 (0.12%) Mobile Backhaul
7 2 (0.12%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.12%) Wireless
8 1 (0.058%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,350 (78.81%) Power BI
2 250 (14.59%) Tableau
3 178 (10.39%) Data Warehouse
4 116 (6.77%) SQL Server
5 104 (6.07%) Power Query
6 93 (5.43%) Data Lake
7 58 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 55 (3.21%) Metadata
9 53 (3.09%) Relational Database
10 52 (3.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 42 (2.45%) BigQuery
11 42 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
12 41 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 39 (2.28%) Looker
14 31 (1.81%) Big Data
15 28 (1.63%) Data Mining
16 27 (1.58%) Hadoop
17 24 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
18 22 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
19 21 (1.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 117 (6.83%) JIRA
2 65 (3.79%) Git
3 15 (0.88%) Visual Studio
4 13 (0.76%) Selenium
5 10 (0.58%) GitLab
6 9 (0.53%) JMeter
7 8 (0.47%) DBeaver
7 8 (0.47%) MSTest
7 8 (0.47%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.35%) ERwin
9 5 (0.29%) Jenkins
9 5 (0.29%) Postman
10 4 (0.23%) NeoLoad
11 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.18%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.12%) MLflow
12 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
General
1 620 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 510 (29.77%) Finance
3 364 (21.25%) Analytical Skills
4 219 (12.78%) Public Sector
5 131 (7.65%) Banking
6 57 (3.33%) Marketing
7 55 (3.21%) Retail
8 50 (2.92%) Manufacturing
9 43 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
10 42 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
11 40 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (2.28%) Local Government
13 37 (2.16%) Investment Banking
13 37 (2.16%) Legal
14 36 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 28 (1.63%) Front Office
16 26 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (1.28%) Telecoms
19 16 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 408 (23.82%) Analyst
2 343 (20.02%) Developer
3 204 (11.91%) Data Analyst
4 150 (8.76%) Senior
5 147 (8.58%) Architect
6 146 (8.52%) Data Engineer
7 143 (8.35%) Lead
8 109 (6.36%) Consultant
9 97 (5.66%) Business Analyst
10 85 (4.96%) Power Platform Developer
11 83 (4.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 68 (3.97%) Power BI Developer
13 60 (3.50%) Data Architect
14 49 (2.86%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 42 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 42 (2.45%) Power BI Analyst
16 40 (2.34%) Azure Engineer
16 40 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
17 38 (2.22%) Power Apps Developer
17 38 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (5.78%) .NET
2 72 (4.20%) REST
3 55 (3.21%) HTML
4 47 (2.74%) PySpark
5 37 (2.16%) HTML5 Canvas
6 36 (2.10%) JSON
7 33 (1.93%) CSS
8 26 (1.52%) Microsoft Graph
9 21 (1.23%) Pandas
9 21 (1.23%) Web Services
10 18 (1.05%) XML
11 17 (0.99%) Kafka
12 14 (0.82%) scikit-learn
13 13 (0.76%) NumPy
13 13 (0.76%) OAuth
13 13 (0.76%) RESTful
14 12 (0.70%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.70%) ASP.NET Web API
14 12 (0.70%) React
15 11 (0.64%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.97%) Low-Code
2 40 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
3 38 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 37 (2.16%) Product Ownership
5 35 (2.04%) Data Structures
5 35 (2.04%) Onboarding
6 34 (1.98%) Management Information System
7 31 (1.81%) Algorithms
8 29 (1.69%) Virtual Team
9 24 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
10 21 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.17%) NHS
12 19 (1.11%) Cloud Native
13 18 (1.05%) AI Agents
14 16 (0.93%) Derivative
14 16 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 16 (0.93%) IoT
14 16 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.51%) Windows
2 14 (0.82%) Linux
3 11 (0.64%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.41%) Unix
5 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,205 (70.34%) Business Intelligence
2 476 (27.79%) Analytics
3 427 (24.93%) Agile
4 388 (22.65%) Data Modelling
5 378 (22.07%) Visualisation
6 335 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
7 281 (16.40%) DevOps
8 274 (16.00%) Decision-Making
9 239 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 232 (13.54%) Data Analysis
11 223 (13.02%) Data Visualisation
12 210 (12.26%) ETL
13 204 (11.91%) Data Governance
14 198 (11.56%) Actionable Insight
15 193 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 182 (10.62%) Migration
17 179 (10.45%) AI
18 159 (9.28%) CRM
19 158 (9.22%) CI/CD
20 139 (8.11%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 676 (39.46%) SQL
2 386 (22.53%) Python
3 137 (8.00%) C#
4 127 (7.41%) JavaScript
5 114 (6.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 84 (4.90%) PowerShell
7 53 (3.09%) R
8 44 (2.57%) Java
9 30 (1.75%) T-SQL
10 28 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.40%) VBA
12 18 (1.05%) Scala
13 16 (0.93%) Bicep
14 15 (0.88%) X++
15 12 (0.70%) Bash
16 9 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.47%) Korn
18 6 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
19 5 (0.29%) Formula Language
19 5 (0.29%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 254 (14.83%) Security Cleared
2 205 (11.97%) SC Cleared
3 160 (9.34%) Degree
4 52 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 36 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.23%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.17%) ACCA
10 19 (1.11%) CIMA
11 14 (0.82%) DV Cleared
11 14 (0.82%) PMP
12 13 (0.76%) ISTQB
13 11 (0.64%) CISSP
14 10 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.53%) CISM
16 8 (0.47%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.47%) CFA
16 8 (0.47%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (11.68%) Data Quality
2 75 (4.38%) GDPR
3 67 (3.91%) QA
4 65 (3.79%) PMO
5 58 (3.39%) Accessibility
6 29 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.05%) NIST
8 11 (0.64%) IFRS
9 10 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
10 9 (0.53%) GRC
10 9 (0.53%) SLA
11 8 (0.47%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.41%) COBIT
12 7 (0.41%) GxP
12 7 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (0.41%) MiFID
12 7 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.41%) WCAG
13 6 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 61 (3.56%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.23%) Docker
3 7 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.058%) HDFS
5 1 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.058%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (3.04%) Terraform
2 26 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.28%) SCCM
5 10 (0.58%) RSA Archer
6 9 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.18%) Grafana
8 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.12%) Ansible
9 2 (0.12%) Kibana
10 1 (0.058%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.058%) Istio
10 1 (0.058%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.058%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.058%) Puppet
10 1 (0.058%) SCOM
10 1 (0.058%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 729 (42.56%) Microsoft
2 131 (7.65%) Databricks
3 112 (6.54%) Oracle
4 100 (5.84%) SAP
5 63 (3.68%) ServiceNow
6 61 (3.56%) Google
7 36 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 28 (1.63%) Alteryx
9 20 (1.17%) OpenAI
10 17 (0.99%) Informatica
11 15 (0.88%) Foundry
12 14 (0.82%) Adobe
13 13 (0.76%) Splunk
14 11 (0.64%) Lotus
14 11 (0.64%) Workday
15 10 (0.58%) Planview
16 9 (0.53%) Cisco
16 9 (0.53%) Cognos
16 9 (0.53%) Rapid7
17 8 (0.47%) MuleSoft