Power Platform Contracts

Microsoft Power Platform
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Power Platform skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power Platform over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 56 63
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 1,697 2,398 3,346
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.89% 3.98% 3.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.04% 10.77% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,720 2,408
10th Percentile £313 £338 £355
25th Percentile £401 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £697 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £490 £450
% change year-on-year -6.63% +8.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 49 44
10th Percentile £14.00 £23.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £32.30 £16.94
Median hourly rate £22.50 £52.50 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +133.85% +4.42%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £54.25 £65.75 £62.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.77 £61.25 £21.11
% change year-on-year -66.09% +190.15% +9.66%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Power Platform is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,094 22,273 34,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.29% 36.93% 38.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,003 16,076 25,045
10th Percentile £300 £325 £355
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £632 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -2.00% +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 360 431
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.06 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £33.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.78% +56.98% -4.44%
75th Percentile £35.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.60 £76.20 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £24.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -26.19% +28.00% -3.85%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +7 1,407 £500 - 1,050
UK excluding London +2 751 £458 -6.63% 665
London +13 732 £525 - 422
Work from Home +15 728 £500 - 537
South East +9 169 £450 -9.09% 132
North of England -6 163 £450 -10.00% 203
Midlands +18 131 £425 -10.53% 145
South West -7 120 £500 - 67
Scotland +48 114 £480 -1.54% 47
North West -13 108 £450 -5.26% 110
West Midlands +12 93 £425 -10.53% 94
Yorkshire -7 47 £425 -16.05% 64
East of England -20 40 £410 -8.89% 39
East Midlands +23 36 £425 +9.68% 51
Wales -3 13 £450 -20.35% 34
Northern Ireland +9 12 £600 +41.18% 14
North East +18 8 £663 +29.27% 30

Power Platform
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
1 215 (12.67%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.06%) Confluence
3 38 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.30%) SAS
5 20 (1.18%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.82%) Apache
7 12 (0.71%) MTS
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.12%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.12%) IIS
9 2 (0.12%) Jadu
9 2 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.059%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.059%) JBoss
10 1 (0.059%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.059%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.059%) Umbraco
Applications
1 189 (11.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (1.83%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.24%) InVision
7 4 (0.24%) Sketch
8 3 (0.18%) Camtasia
8 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) SPSS
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Revit
10 1 (0.059%) Trello
Business Applications
1 107 (6.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (2.30%) Dynamics AX
3 26 (1.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.71%) Endur
5 12 (0.71%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.65%) Aligne
7 9 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.29%) Aareon QL
9 5 (0.29%) Aladdin
9 5 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
10 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
11 3 (0.18%) Maximo
11 3 (0.18%) Primavera
11 3 (0.18%) Shopify
12 2 (0.12%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 674 (39.72%) Azure
2 338 (19.92%) PowerApps
3 319 (18.80%) Power Automate
4 243 (14.32%) Dynamics 365
5 209 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
6 150 (8.84%) Azure DevOps
7 130 (7.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 110 (6.48%) AWS
9 68 (4.01%) Snowflake
10 65 (3.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 62 (3.65%) Serverless
12 53 (3.12%) Azure Functions
13 50 (2.95%) Entra ID
14 49 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (2.59%) GCP
16 37 (2.18%) GitHub
17 32 (1.89%) OneDrive
18 28 (1.65%) OCI
19 25 (1.47%) Google Analytics
20 22 (1.30%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.41%) Firewall
2 10 (0.59%) DNS
3 8 (0.47%) Intranet
4 6 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.24%) 3GPP
5 4 (0.24%) 4G
5 4 (0.24%) 5G
5 4 (0.24%) 5G NR
5 4 (0.24%) DHCP
5 4 (0.24%) LTE
5 4 (0.24%) MegaStream
5 4 (0.24%) Network Security
5 4 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.24%) VPN
6 3 (0.18%) Skype
6 3 (0.18%) SSL
7 2 (0.12%) HTTP
7 2 (0.12%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,361 (80.20%) Power BI
2 225 (13.26%) Data Warehouse
3 204 (12.02%) SQL Server
4 203 (11.96%) Tableau
5 140 (8.25%) Data Lake
6 120 (7.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 84 (4.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 64 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 56 (3.30%) Power Query
10 50 (2.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 47 (2.77%) Relational Database
12 44 (2.59%) Big Data
13 39 (2.30%) Metadata
14 37 (2.18%) BusinessObjects
15 35 (2.06%) NoSQL
16 32 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
17 28 (1.65%) QlikView
18 24 (1.41%) Microsoft Analysis Services
19 21 (1.24%) BigQuery
19 21 (1.24%) Looker
Development Applications
1 106 (6.25%) JIRA
2 23 (1.36%) ERwin
3 21 (1.24%) Git
3 21 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 20 (1.18%) Visual Studio
5 18 (1.06%) ER Studio
6 13 (0.77%) GitLab
7 7 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.41%) Postman
7 7 (0.41%) Visual Studio Team System
8 6 (0.35%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.35%) PyCharm
9 4 (0.24%) Hudson
9 4 (0.24%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.18%) RStudio
10 3 (0.18%) Selenium
11 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 469 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 408 (24.04%) Finance
3 345 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (10.78%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.66%) Marketing
6 83 (4.89%) Retail
7 75 (4.42%) Banking
8 57 (3.36%) Manufacturing
8 57 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (2.53%) Legal
10 39 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
14 29 (1.71%) General Ledger
14 29 (1.71%) Local Government
15 19 (1.12%) Electronics
16 18 (1.06%) Billing
16 18 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 391 (23.04%) Analyst
2 373 (21.98%) Developer
3 206 (12.14%) Architect
4 187 (11.02%) Data Analyst
5 145 (8.54%) Consultant
6 144 (8.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 122 (7.19%) Power BI Developer
8 121 (7.13%) Senior
9 119 (7.01%) Data Engineer
10 93 (5.48%) Lead
11 88 (5.19%) Business Analyst
12 86 (5.07%) Solutions Architect
13 72 (4.24%) Data Architect
14 68 (4.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 61 (3.59%) Power Platform Developer
16 57 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
17 55 (3.24%) Power BI Analyst
18 54 (3.18%) Senior Analyst
19 52 (3.06%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
20 41 (2.42%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (4.60%) .NET
2 44 (2.59%) JSON
2 44 (2.59%) XML
3 41 (2.42%) CSS
4 39 (2.30%) PySpark
5 38 (2.24%) HTML
6 29 (1.71%) REST
7 23 (1.36%) Web Services
8 20 (1.18%) .NET Framework
8 20 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (1.12%) SPFx
10 17 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (0.77%) jQuery
12 12 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.53%) Node.js
13 9 (0.53%) SOAP
14 8 (0.47%) ADO
14 8 (0.47%) Kafka
14 8 (0.47%) RESTful
14 8 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (4.01%) Management Information System
2 50 (2.95%) Product Ownership
3 45 (2.65%) Data Structures
4 24 (1.41%) NHS
5 22 (1.30%) Low-Code
5 22 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (1.24%) Onboarding
7 20 (1.18%) Market Risk
8 16 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (0.82%) Reference Data
9 14 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
10 13 (0.77%) Life Science
11 12 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (0.65%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.59%) Algorithms
13 10 (0.59%) Housing Association
13 10 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (0.59%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.06%) Windows
2 17 (1.00%) Linux
3 15 (0.88%) Unix
3 15 (0.88%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.59%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.53%) VMS
6 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.059%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,175 (69.24%) Business Intelligence
2 348 (20.51%) Agile
3 345 (20.33%) Analytics
4 305 (17.97%) Data Modelling
5 298 (17.56%) Visualisation
6 250 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
7 248 (14.61%) ETL
8 234 (13.79%) DevOps
9 223 (13.14%) Data Analysis
10 189 (11.14%) Data Visualisation
11 179 (10.55%) Migration
12 139 (8.19%) CRM
12 139 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 118 (6.95%) Data Management
14 116 (6.84%) Decision-Making
15 111 (6.54%) Data Governance
16 106 (6.25%) Project Management
17 104 (6.13%) Data Analytics
18 88 (5.19%) Data Integration
19 87 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 588 (34.65%) SQL
2 243 (14.32%) Python
3 122 (7.19%) C#
4 108 (6.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 97 (5.72%) JavaScript
6 92 (5.42%) PowerShell
7 71 (4.18%) T-SQL
8 44 (2.59%) R
9 43 (2.53%) Java
10 22 (1.30%) PL/SQL
11 20 (1.18%) Scala
12 14 (0.82%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.71%) VB
13 12 (0.71%) VBA
14 8 (0.47%) XPath
14 8 (0.47%) XQuery
15 7 (0.41%) MATLAB
15 7 (0.41%) PHP
15 7 (0.41%) X++
16 6 (0.35%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 184 (10.84%) Security Cleared
2 154 (9.07%) SC Cleared
3 151 (8.90%) Degree
4 32 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 27 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 13 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
9 13 (0.77%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.41%) MCSE
11 6 (0.35%) CIMA
11 6 (0.35%) CISM
11 6 (0.35%) CISSP
11 6 (0.35%) PMP
11 6 (0.35%) Postgraduate
11 6 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.29%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.18%) ACCA
13 3 (0.18%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (7.54%) Data Quality
2 82 (4.83%) QA
3 34 (2.00%) PMO
4 32 (1.89%) SLA
5 28 (1.65%) GDPR
6 19 (1.12%) GxP
7 13 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.41%) CDISC
10 6 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.29%) GAMP
12 4 (0.24%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.059%) GRC
15 1 (0.059%) IFRS
15 1 (0.059%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 65 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.47%) Docker
4 6 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.059%) HDFS
6 1 (0.059%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.059%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (1.18%) Terraform
3 19 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.59%) Kubernetes
5 8 (0.47%) SCCM
6 5 (0.29%) Ansible
6 5 (0.29%) SysTrack
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
7 3 (0.18%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.12%) SCOM
9 1 (0.059%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.059%) CASB
9 1 (0.059%) Grafana
9 1 (0.059%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.059%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.059%) logstash
9 1 (0.059%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.059%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.059%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.059%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 681 (40.13%) Microsoft
2 134 (7.90%) Databricks
3 117 (6.89%) Oracle
4 92 (5.42%) SAP
5 46 (2.71%) Google
6 43 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 42 (2.47%) ServiceNow
8 37 (2.18%) Alteryx
8 37 (2.18%) Informatica
9 27 (1.59%) Sparx
10 23 (1.36%) Adobe
11 18 (1.06%) Remedy
12 14 (0.82%) Atlassian
13 13 (0.77%) UiPath
14 12 (0.71%) Blue Prism
14 12 (0.71%) CA
15 11 (0.65%) Cadence
15 11 (0.65%) Citrix
15 11 (0.65%) Talend
16 9 (0.53%) MicroStrategy