Power Platform Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 45 43
Rank change year-on-year +12 -2 -16
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 96 120 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.98% 5.02% 5.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.69% 13.09% 14.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 82 146
10th Percentile £275 £339 £331
25th Percentile £350 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% +6.11% -
75th Percentile £544 £569 £539
90th Percentile £625 £599 £629
England median daily rate £500 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% +0.50% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £24.63 -
England median hourly rate £23.22 £55.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -57.79% +145.54% +6.67%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 464 917 1,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.07% 38.34% 34.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 647 900
10th Percentile £213 £300 £225
25th Percentile £350 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £501 £490
Median % change year-on-year -8.84% +2.14% +15.29%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £693 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 17
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.54 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.95 £15.98 £15.04
Median hourly rate £26.00 £20.24 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.46% +15.66% +9.38%
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.47 £20.51
90th Percentile £55.00 £25.31 £23.75
England median hourly rate £20.77 £30.38 £21.00
% change year-on-year -31.62% +44.64% -2.33%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
Birmingham +1 49 £425 -11.46% 40
Warwickshire +7 19 £450 -5.26% 24
Staffordshire +3 6 £413 -17.50% 12
Shropshire +30 4 £117 -76.12%
Coventry +6 4 £575 +35.29% 6
Worcestershire - 2 £550 -
Solihull -15 1 - - 3
Walsall - 1 £325 - 3
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 4
Dudley - 1 £375 - 2
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 12 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.08%) Confluence
4 1 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 38 (39.58%) Azure
2 19 (19.79%) PowerApps
3 17 (17.71%) Power Automate
4 12 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (10.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (9.38%) Azure Functions
6 9 (9.38%) Serverless
7 8 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (8.33%) OneDrive
8 7 (7.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (6.25%) Entra ID
10 5 (5.21%) GCP
11 4 (4.17%) Apigee
12 3 (3.13%) AWS
12 3 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (3.13%) dbt
13 2 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (2.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.25%) Unified Communications
2 4 (4.17%) MegaStream
3 2 (2.08%) VPN
3 2 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.04%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (86.46%) Power BI
2 20 (20.83%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (7.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (7.29%) Tableau
4 6 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (4.17%) Data Mining
5 4 (4.17%) Power Query
6 3 (3.13%) Data Lake
6 3 (3.13%) Relational Database
6 3 (3.13%) SQL Server
7 2 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.08%) SAP BW
8 1 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.04%) Big Data
8 1 (1.04%) Impala
8 1 (1.04%) MS Access
8 1 (1.04%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Git
1 3 (3.13%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.04%) GitLab
3 1 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.96%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.46%) Finance
4 4 (4.17%) Legal
4 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.13%) Law
6 2 (2.08%) Local Government
6 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.08%) Marketing
6 2 (2.08%) Retail
7 1 (1.04%) Billing
7 1 (1.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (19.79%) Developer
2 14 (14.58%) Analyst
3 13 (13.54%) Senior
4 12 (12.50%) Architect
5 10 (10.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 9 (9.38%) Consultant
7 8 (8.33%) Data Engineer
7 8 (8.33%) Power BI Developer
8 7 (7.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (7.29%) Data Architect
8 7 (7.29%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Engineer
10 5 (5.21%) Administrator
10 5 (5.21%) Azure Architect
10 5 (5.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 4 (4.17%) Coordinator
11 4 (4.17%) Power Platform Developer
11 4 (4.17%) Project Coordinator
11 4 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (3.13%) .NET
2 3 (3.13%) ADO
2 3 (3.13%) Flask
2 3 (3.13%) Pandas
3 2 (2.08%) React Native
4 1 (1.04%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.04%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.29%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.25%) Data Structures
2 6 (6.25%) Digital Signage
2 6 (6.25%) PKI
3 3 (3.13%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.08%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.08%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.04%) FMCG
5 1 (1.04%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.63%) Windows
2 6 (6.25%) Windows Server
2 6 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (4.17%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.08%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (23.96%) Analytics
3 21 (21.88%) ETL
4 20 (20.83%) Data Modelling
5 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (15.63%) Data Analytics
7 13 (13.54%) ITIL
7 13 (13.54%) Roadmaps
8 12 (12.50%) Migration
9 11 (11.46%) Data Analysis
9 11 (11.46%) Visualisation
10 10 (10.42%) Agile
11 9 (9.38%) Customer Service
11 9 (9.38%) Data Migration
11 9 (9.38%) Runbook
11 9 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
12 8 (8.33%) Data Management
12 8 (8.33%) Decision-Making
12 8 (8.33%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (31.25%) SQL
2 11 (11.46%) PowerShell
3 10 (10.42%) Python
4 6 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (3.13%) C#
5 3 (3.13%) Java
6 2 (2.08%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.04%) Bicep
7 1 (1.04%) HiveQL
7 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (8.33%) Degree
2 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (3.13%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.08%) MCSE
3 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.04%) ACCA
4 1 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.04%) CIMA
4 1 (1.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.17%) SLA
3 3 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (3.13%) PMO
4 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.04%) QA
System Software
1 10 (10.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.08%) Docker
4 1 (1.04%) HDFS
4 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (5.21%) SysTrack
4 3 (3.13%) Terraform
5 2 (2.08%) Ansible
5 2 (2.08%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (32.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.38%) Oracle
3 5 (5.21%) Autodesk
3 5 (5.21%) Citrix
3 5 (5.21%) New Relic
3 5 (5.21%) OpenAI
4 3 (3.13%) Informatica
5 2 (2.08%) Anaplan
5 2 (2.08%) Apple
5 2 (2.08%) Cisco
5 2 (2.08%) Databricks
5 2 (2.08%) SAP
5 2 (2.08%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.04%) Denodo
6 1 (1.04%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.04%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.04%) QAD
6 1 (1.04%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.04%) Talend