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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 44 42
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 2,553 1,562 1,669
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 4.70% 4.75% 4.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.53% 12.66% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,668 1,018 1,140
10th Percentile £325 £312 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £673 £668 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.83% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 35 22
10th Percentile £19.25 £19.60 £20.08
25th Percentile £22.19 £29.16 £25.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.30
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +7.28% -6.27%
75th Percentile £45.20 £41.00 £62.29
90th Percentile £76.30 £53.75 £79.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +10.62% +5.47% -3.69%

All Cloud Computing 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 18,875 12,342 13,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.72% 37.50% 34.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,517 8,222 8,956
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 608 305 203
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.44
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.15
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.25 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -11.79%
75th Percentile £67.73 £53.75 £60.83
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year +52.79% -34.55% +11.11%

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 13 September 2026.

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 13 September 2026.

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 13 September 2026. 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 2,191 £500 +5.26% 1,920
London +2 1,177 £500 - 909
UK excluding London +10 1,137 £458 +1.83% 1,287
Work from Home +3 737 £500 - 1,173
North of England +9 335 £450 +5.88% 294
South East 0 246 £475 +5.56% 385
Midlands +7 236 £470 -0.11% 225
North West +12 177 £500 +17.65% 153
West Midlands -6 169 £463 -7.50% 144
Yorkshire 0 136 £425 - 104
Scotland +27 131 £430 -7.03% 85
South West -18 99 £425 - 138
East Midlands +21 65 £488 +18.18% 81
East of England -18 44 £550 +4.76% 109
Wales +8 41 £325 +5.26% 39
North East -23 29 £375 -17.81% 39
Northern Ireland +12 16 £430 -23.56% 27
Channel Islands +1 7 £475 - 2

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
1 339 (13.28%) SharePoint
2 84 (3.29%) Confluence
3 51 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 38 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
5 33 (1.29%) Apache Spark
6 29 (1.14%) Apache
7 28 (1.10%) SharePoint Server
8 27 (1.06%) SAS
9 14 (0.55%) ArcGIS
10 12 (0.47%) CMS
11 7 (0.27%) IIS
11 7 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
11 7 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
12 6 (0.24%) Mendix
13 5 (0.20%) Apache Solr
13 5 (0.20%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.16%) PowerExchange
15 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.12%) Kentico
15 3 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 379 (14.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 60 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
4 51 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (0.98%) MS Visio
6 24 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 20 (0.78%) Chatbot
8 13 (0.51%) Navisworks
8 13 (0.51%) Revit
9 9 (0.35%) AutoCAD
9 9 (0.35%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.078%) Notion
10 2 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.039%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 137 (5.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 36 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 25 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
4 18 (0.71%) iTrent
5 15 (0.59%) Primavera
6 10 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 9 (0.35%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.24%) Maximo
8 6 (0.24%) SAP EWM
8 6 (0.24%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.16%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.16%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,077 (42.19%) Azure
2 491 (19.23%) PowerApps
3 482 (18.88%) Power Automate
4 364 (14.26%) Dynamics 365
5 345 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
6 311 (12.18%) Azure DevOps
7 284 (11.12%) Microsoft Copilot
8 245 (9.60%) AWS
9 183 (7.17%) Snowflake
10 162 (6.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 135 (5.29%) Copilot Studio
12 129 (5.05%) Serverless
13 124 (4.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 124 (4.86%) Entra ID
14 96 (3.76%) GitHub
15 89 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
16 87 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
17 84 (3.29%) Azure AI
18 83 (3.25%) dbt
19 82 (3.21%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.71%) Firewall
2 13 (0.51%) HTTP
2 13 (0.51%) SSL
3 12 (0.47%) DNS
3 12 (0.47%) VPN
4 7 (0.27%) Broadband
4 7 (0.27%) Intranet
5 5 (0.20%) Network Security
5 5 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.16%) Internet
7 3 (0.12%) LAN
7 3 (0.12%) WAN
8 2 (0.078%) NAS
8 2 (0.078%) PSTN
8 2 (0.078%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.078%) SAN
8 2 (0.078%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.039%) 5G
9 1 (0.039%) DKIM
9 1 (0.039%) OpenFlow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,928 (75.52%) Power BI
2 300 (11.75%) Data Warehouse
3 270 (10.58%) Tableau
4 188 (7.36%) SQL Server
5 182 (7.13%) Data Lake
6 151 (5.91%) Power Query
7 110 (4.31%) Metadata
8 76 (2.98%) Star Schema
9 68 (2.66%) Relational Database
9 68 (2.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 65 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
11 54 (2.12%) Looker
12 49 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
13 45 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
14 43 (1.68%) Semantic Layer
15 42 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 39 (1.53%) BigQuery
17 37 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
18 30 (1.18%) Big Data
19 29 (1.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 181 (7.09%) JIRA
2 122 (4.78%) Git
3 34 (1.33%) GitLab
4 27 (1.06%) Visual Studio
5 14 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.27%) ERwin
7 7 (0.27%) JUnit
7 7 (0.27%) MLflow
7 7 (0.27%) Selenium
7 7 (0.27%) Terragrunt
8 6 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (0.20%) ER Studio
9 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.16%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.16%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.12%) JMeter
11 3 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 851 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 673 (26.36%) Finance
3 538 (21.07%) Analytical Skills
4 278 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 162 (6.35%) Banking
6 95 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 80 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 79 (3.09%) Retail
9 72 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 72 (2.82%) Marketing
10 71 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
11 59 (2.31%) Law
12 48 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
13 45 (1.76%) Local Government
14 33 (1.29%) Legal
15 30 (1.18%) Investment Banking
16 27 (1.06%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.06%) Military
16 27 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 522 (20.45%) Analyst
2 490 (19.19%) Developer
3 308 (12.06%) Architect
4 255 (9.99%) Data Engineer
4 255 (9.99%) Senior
5 239 (9.36%) Data Analyst
6 212 (8.30%) Lead
7 156 (6.11%) Consultant
8 129 (5.05%) Business Analyst
9 125 (4.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 105 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
11 103 (4.03%) Power BI Developer
12 99 (3.88%) Power Platform Developer
13 92 (3.60%) Data Architect
14 74 (2.90%) Project Manager
15 69 (2.70%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 62 (2.43%) Senior Data Engineer
17 53 (2.08%) Senior Analyst
17 53 (2.08%) Senior Developer
18 46 (1.80%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (6.07%) .NET
2 123 (4.82%) REST
3 110 (4.31%) Terraform
4 99 (3.88%) PySpark
5 59 (2.31%) JSON
6 55 (2.15%) React
7 53 (2.08%) HTML
8 48 (1.88%) CSS
8 48 (1.88%) Microsoft Graph
9 42 (1.65%) Kafka
10 35 (1.37%) HTML5 Canvas
11 34 (1.33%) SPFx
12 26 (1.02%) Middleware
13 24 (0.94%) ADO
14 21 (0.82%) XML
15 19 (0.74%) Web Services
15 19 (0.74%) YAML
16 16 (0.63%) RESTful
17 14 (0.55%) ASP.NET
17 14 (0.55%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 117 (4.58%) Data Structures
2 116 (4.54%) Product Ownership
3 105 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 86 (3.37%) Low-Code
5 78 (3.06%) Cloud Native
6 77 (3.02%) AI Agents
7 75 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 59 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
9 58 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 41 (1.61%) NHS
11 35 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (1.21%) Clustering
13 26 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
14 22 (0.86%) FMCG
14 22 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
15 21 (0.82%) CMDB
16 20 (0.78%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.67%) PKI
18 16 (0.63%) IoT
18 16 (0.63%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 74 (2.90%) Windows
2 35 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 21 (0.82%) Linux
4 14 (0.55%) Unix
5 10 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.20%) Android
6 5 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.12%) VMS
8 2 (0.078%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,815 (71.09%) Business Intelligence
2 821 (32.16%) Analytics
3 654 (25.62%) Agile
4 640 (25.07%) Data Modelling
5 584 (22.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 554 (21.70%) AI
7 487 (19.08%) DevOps
8 466 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
9 440 (17.23%) Decision-Making
10 439 (17.20%) CI/CD
11 435 (17.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 393 (15.39%) Migration
13 389 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 383 (15.00%) Visualisation
15 374 (14.65%) ETL
16 350 (13.71%) Data Governance
17 309 (12.10%) Data Pipeline
18 303 (11.87%) Data Engineering
19 302 (11.83%) Validation
20 239 (9.36%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 955 (37.41%) SQL
2 497 (19.47%) Python
3 209 (8.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 205 (8.03%) JavaScript
5 186 (7.29%) C#
6 147 (5.76%) PowerShell
7 82 (3.21%) T-SQL
8 58 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 52 (2.04%) Java
10 50 (1.96%) R
11 26 (1.02%) X++
12 24 (0.94%) PL/SQL
13 22 (0.86%) Bicep
14 21 (0.82%) VBA
15 18 (0.71%) Bash
16 10 (0.39%) Scala
17 9 (0.35%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.27%) Korn
19 5 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
20 4 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 477 (18.68%) Security Cleared
2 369 (14.45%) SC Cleared
3 228 (8.93%) Degree
4 114 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 87 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 78 (3.06%) Azure Certification
7 41 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (1.49%) DV Cleared
9 27 (1.06%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.02%) PMI Certification
11 24 (0.94%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.74%) PMP
13 18 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
14 17 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 15 (0.59%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 11 (0.43%) ACCA
17 11 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 10 (0.39%) CISSP
19 9 (0.35%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 486 (19.04%) Data Quality
2 109 (4.27%) QA
3 108 (4.23%) GDPR
4 82 (3.21%) PMO
5 69 (2.70%) Accessibility
6 19 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (0.67%) GRC
7 17 (0.67%) SLA
8 15 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.59%) ISO 19650
9 13 (0.51%) NIST
10 9 (0.35%) WCAG
11 8 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
12 7 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.24%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 88 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.21%) Docker
3 18 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.039%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 43 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (1.29%) Grafana
4 17 (0.67%) SCCM
5 15 (0.59%) SCOM
6 13 (0.51%) Ansible
7 10 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.31%) Control-M
8 8 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.12%) Apache Ranger
11 1 (0.039%) Argo
11 1 (0.039%) Kibana
11 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.039%) QRadar
11 1 (0.039%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.039%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.039%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,274 (49.90%) Microsoft
2 268 (10.50%) Databricks
3 147 (5.76%) ServiceNow
4 143 (5.60%) SAP
5 125 (4.90%) Oracle
6 63 (2.47%) Google
7 52 (2.04%) Salesforce
8 47 (1.84%) Informatica
9 44 (1.72%) Foundry
10 35 (1.37%) Splunk
11 34 (1.33%) OpenAI
12 33 (1.29%) Workday
13 28 (1.10%) Remedy
14 27 (1.06%) Alteryx
15 21 (0.82%) BMC
16 18 (0.71%) VMware
17 17 (0.67%) Adobe
17 17 (0.67%) Dynatrace
18 16 (0.63%) UiPath
19 15 (0.59%) Denodo