PowerFactory Contract Job Trends

DIgSILENT PowerFactory
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring PowerFactory skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 - 655
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PowerFactory 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% - 0.010%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.084% - 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £425 - £466
25th Percentile £425 - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 - £488
75th Percentile £428 - £497
90th Percentile £428 - £499
UK excluding London median daily rate £426 - £488

All Application Platform Skills
UK

PowerFactory falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,588 4,106 5,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.94% 10.64% 10.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,312 2,785 3,644
10th Percentile £275 £279 £258
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £644
90th Percentile £706 £825 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 95 162
10th Percentile £17.45 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.26 £33.07 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.75% -38.76% +145.45%
75th Percentile £65.25 £69.38 £69.06
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.78 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.09 £48.56 £45.00
% change year-on-year -11.26% +7.91% +128.31%

PowerFactory
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PowerFactory in the UK

PowerFactory
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PowerFactory

PowerFactory
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerFactory within the UK over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Midlands - 3 £426 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £426 - 1
England - 3 £426 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £426 - 1
Work from Home - 1 £425 - 2

PowerFactory
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Building Information Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Twin
3 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) DIgSILENT