Power Platform Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 33 37
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 112 93 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.53% 4.53% 5.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.19% 19.21% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 71 87
10th Percentile £300 £208 £313
25th Percentile £387 £350 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -11.46% +6.55%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £566
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £16.67 - £24.06
25th Percentile £18.74 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £33.88 £33.93 £24.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% +37.79% -
75th Percentile £34.98 - £25.41
90th Percentile £50.37 - £25.69
England median hourly rate £31.64 £23.22 £38.75
% change year-on-year +36.29% -40.09% +70.33%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 463 484 816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.14% 23.60% 36.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 358 574
10th Percentile £204 £202 £263
25th Percentile £388 £329 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +0.20%
75th Percentile £597 £611 £609
90th Percentile £674 £688 £700
England median daily rate £516 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.71% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 4
10th Percentile £15.27 £14.14 £15.54
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.56 £15.98
Median hourly rate £18.74 £22.50 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year -16.71% +11.17% +6.53%
75th Percentile £34.98 £26.50 £24.47
90th Percentile £45.70 £33.19 £25.31
England median hourly rate £25.01 £21.46 £34.90
% change year-on-year +16.52% -38.51% +62.31%

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

Power Platform
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 17 June 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 17 June 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
Warwickshire +11 40 £500 +11.11% 56
Birmingham -4 29 £513 +20.59% 307
Shropshire +15 18 £453 +287.47% 246
Coventry +5 8 £575 -4.17% 156
Solihull +13 3 £525 - 6
Wolverhampton - 2 £348 - 118
Herefordshire - 2 £400 - 4
Staffordshire -6 1 - - 176
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 22 (19.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (26.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.57%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.89%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.68%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.89%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 41 (36.61%) PowerApps
2 36 (32.14%) Azure
3 22 (19.64%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (17.86%) Power Automate
5 9 (8.04%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (5.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (5.36%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (4.46%) AWS
8 5 (4.46%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (4.46%) OneDrive
9 4 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (3.57%) GitHub
9 4 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (3.57%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.68%) Collibra
10 3 (2.68%) Serverless
10 3 (2.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.79%) Firewall
1 2 (1.79%) VPN
1 2 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (66.96%) Power BI
2 13 (11.61%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (8.04%) Tableau
4 7 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (5.36%) Oracle Database
6 5 (4.46%) Relational Database
6 5 (4.46%) SQL Server
7 4 (3.57%) Delta Lake
7 4 (3.57%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.68%) GIS
8 3 (2.68%) Metadata
8 3 (2.68%) Power Query
8 3 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (1.79%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (1.79%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.89%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (2.68%) JIRA
1 3 (2.68%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.50%) Finance
4 10 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.36%) Law
5 6 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.68%) Local Government
9 2 (1.79%) Automotive
9 2 (1.79%) Legal
10 1 (0.89%) Games
10 1 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Military
10 1 (0.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (22.32%) Lead
2 24 (21.43%) Analyst
3 23 (20.54%) Developer
4 14 (12.50%) Data Analyst
5 12 (10.71%) Architect
6 9 (8.04%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (8.04%) Technical Leader
7 8 (7.14%) Power BI Developer
8 7 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 7 (6.25%) Data Architect
8 7 (6.25%) Senior
9 6 (5.36%) Lead Data Analyst
9 6 (5.36%) Power Apps Developer
9 6 (5.36%) Power Platform Developer
9 6 (5.36%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.46%) Applications Developer
10 5 (4.46%) Consultant
10 5 (4.46%) PMO Analyst
11 4 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Manager
11 4 (3.57%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.46%) .NET
2 4 (3.57%) Kafka
2 4 (3.57%) LDAP
2 4 (3.57%) React
3 3 (2.68%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (1.79%) CSS
4 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.89%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.89%) ADO
5 1 (0.89%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.89%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.89%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.89%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.89%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.89%) HTML
5 1 (0.89%) Middleware
5 1 (0.89%) Node.js
5 1 (0.89%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.36%) IoT
1 6 (5.36%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.46%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.46%) SCADA
3 4 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.57%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.68%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.79%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.79%) Pricing Data
6 1 (0.89%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.36%) Windows
2 3 (2.68%) Linux
3 2 (1.79%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (59.82%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (34.82%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (30.36%) Data Modelling
4 30 (26.79%) Agile
5 26 (23.21%) DevOps
6 24 (21.43%) Migration
7 20 (17.86%) Decision-Making
8 19 (16.96%) Analytics
8 19 (16.96%) Visualisation
9 17 (15.18%) Data Analysis
10 14 (12.50%) Process Improvement
10 14 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (11.61%) Data Governance
11 13 (11.61%) OO
11 13 (11.61%) Test Strategy
12 12 (10.71%) Configuration Management
12 12 (10.71%) Problem Management
13 11 (9.82%) Data Management
14 9 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (8.04%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 49 (43.75%) SQL
2 13 (11.61%) Python
3 8 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (5.36%) C#
4 6 (5.36%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.57%) Bicep
5 4 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.57%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (2.68%) R
7 1 (0.89%) Java
7 1 (0.89%) VB
7 1 (0.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (8.04%) Degree
2 5 (4.46%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.79%) MCSE
5 1 (0.89%) CITP
5 1 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.71%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.25%) PMO
3 6 (5.36%) GDPR
4 3 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.68%) SLA
5 2 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.89%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.89%) P3O
6 1 (0.89%) QA
6 1 (0.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
1 4 (3.57%) Terraform
2 2 (1.79%) SCCM
3 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.89%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 37 (33.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.04%) SAP
3 8 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.25%) Databricks
5 6 (5.36%) Oracle
6 4 (3.57%) CyberArk
6 4 (3.57%) Informatica
7 2 (1.79%) Apple
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco
7 2 (1.79%) Cognos
7 2 (1.79%) OpenText
8 1 (0.89%) Citrix
8 1 (0.89%) Google
8 1 (0.89%) New Relic
8 1 (0.89%) QAD