Power Platform Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 50 61
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 708 1,049 1,791
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.84% 4.29% 4.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.16% 10.87% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 793 1,344
10th Percentile £350 £350 £352
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £602 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 19
10th Percentile - £25.21 £18.92
25th Percentile £16.50 £33.55 £20.63
Median hourly rate £21.64 £40.50 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year -46.57% +53.44% -24.59%
75th Percentile £26.24 £55.13 £35.13
90th Percentile £45.90 £56.50 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.22 £45.04 £24.75
% change year-on-year -48.45% +81.96% +15.12%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,378 9,652 18,255
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.74% 39.45% 41.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,889 7,179 13,640
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £738 £745 £734
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 128 168
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.43 £21.31 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +35.00% +2.07%
75th Percentile £50.94 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.31 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.19
% change year-on-year -38.94% +57.73% -1.38%

Power Platform
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power Platform trend for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Platform.

Power Platform daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Power Platform daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Power Platform.

Power Platform hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Power Platform hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 87 (12.29%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.39%) Confluence
3 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.55%) SAS
5 5 (0.71%) Apache
6 4 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.42%) MTS
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.28%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 70 (9.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.98%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.28%) Revit
Business Applications
1 49 (6.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (3.11%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.71%) Aareon QL
4 5 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.56%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.56%) Shopify
6 3 (0.42%) Aligne
6 3 (0.42%) Endur
6 3 (0.42%) EuroRunner
6 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.14%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.14%) Relativity
7 1 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 245 (34.60%) Azure
2 168 (23.73%) PowerApps
3 145 (20.48%) Power Automate
4 120 (16.95%) Dynamics 365
5 91 (12.85%) Microsoft 365
6 82 (11.58%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (6.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (4.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 27 (3.81%) AWS
10 24 (3.39%) Serverless
11 20 (2.82%) Azure Functions
12 19 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (2.68%) OneDrive
13 18 (2.54%) GCP
14 17 (2.40%) Snowflake
15 15 (2.12%) GitHub
15 15 (2.12%) Google Analytics
16 12 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 9 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
18 8 (1.13%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.85%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.71%) DNS
2 5 (0.71%) Firewall
3 4 (0.56%) 3GPP
3 4 (0.56%) 4G
3 4 (0.56%) 5G
3 4 (0.56%) 5G NR
3 4 (0.56%) LTE
3 4 (0.56%) MegaStream
3 4 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (0.56%) SNMP
4 3 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (0.42%) Network Security
5 2 (0.28%) DHCP
5 2 (0.28%) HTTP
5 2 (0.28%) SSL
5 2 (0.28%) XCAP
6 1 (0.14%) FTP
6 1 (0.14%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 553 (78.11%) Power BI
2 80 (11.30%) SQL Server
3 77 (10.88%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (8.76%) Data Lake
5 59 (8.33%) Tableau
6 28 (3.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (3.81%) Power Query
8 26 (3.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 24 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (2.40%) BigQuery
11 14 (1.98%) Big Data
11 14 (1.98%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.84%) Looker
13 12 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
13 12 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (1.41%) GIS
15 9 (1.27%) Metadata
16 8 (1.13%) NoSQL
17 7 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
17 7 (0.99%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 46 (6.50%) JIRA
2 12 (1.69%) Git
3 8 (1.13%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.99%) Postman
5 6 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.71%) GitLab
7 4 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio Team System
8 3 (0.42%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.28%) ERwin
9 2 (0.28%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) JMeter
10 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.14%) NUnit
10 1 (0.14%) RStudio
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 219 (30.93%) Social Skills
2 179 (25.28%) Finance
3 140 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.36%) Retail
6 29 (4.10%) Marketing
7 27 (3.81%) Banking
8 24 (3.39%) General Ledger
9 21 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.84%) Legal
13 12 (1.69%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.41%) Back Office
15 10 (1.41%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.13%) Billing
16 8 (1.13%) Local Government
16 8 (1.13%) Retail Banking
17 7 (0.99%) Law
Job Titles
1 170 (24.01%) Analyst
2 164 (23.16%) Developer
3 84 (11.86%) Architect
4 79 (11.16%) Consultant
5 76 (10.73%) Data Analyst
6 60 (8.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 51 (7.20%) Power BI Developer
8 50 (7.06%) Senior
9 45 (6.36%) Business Analyst
10 43 (6.07%) Data Engineer
11 38 (5.37%) Power Platform Developer
12 37 (5.23%) Lead
13 34 (4.80%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 31 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
15 28 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 27 (3.81%) Power BI Analyst
17 22 (3.11%) Microsoft Consultant
18 20 (2.82%) Data Architect
19 19 (2.68%) Data Scientist
19 19 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.94%) .NET
2 24 (3.39%) JSON
3 15 (2.12%) XML
4 14 (1.98%) CSS
5 11 (1.55%) HTML
5 11 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
5 11 (1.55%) REST
6 9 (1.27%) .NET Framework
7 8 (1.13%) Web Services
8 6 (0.85%) ADO
8 6 (0.85%) jQuery
8 6 (0.85%) Node.js
8 6 (0.85%) PySpark
8 6 (0.85%) SPFx
9 5 (0.71%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.56%) React
10 4 (0.56%) RESTful
10 4 (0.56%) SOAP
10 4 (0.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.52%) Management Information System
2 23 (3.25%) Data Structures
3 20 (2.82%) Low-Code
4 18 (2.54%) Product Ownership
5 14 (1.98%) NHS
6 11 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.85%) Housing Association
10 5 (0.71%) CMDB
10 5 (0.71%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.56%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.56%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.56%) Reference Data
12 3 (0.42%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.12%) Windows
2 6 (0.85%) Linux
3 5 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.56%) Unix
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.14%) VMS
6 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (67.66%) Business Intelligence
2 144 (20.34%) Agile
3 119 (16.81%) Visualisation
4 117 (16.53%) DevOps
5 111 (15.68%) Data Modelling
6 110 (15.54%) Analytics
6 110 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (13.28%) Data Analysis
8 78 (11.02%) Data Visualisation
8 78 (11.02%) ETL
9 68 (9.60%) Migration
10 61 (8.62%) CRM
11 55 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
12 47 (6.64%) Data Science
13 38 (5.37%) Actionable Insight
13 38 (5.37%) Data Management
13 38 (5.37%) Decision-Making
14 35 (4.94%) Data Migration
15 34 (4.80%) Requirements Gathering
16 32 (4.52%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 232 (32.77%) SQL
2 98 (13.84%) Python
3 62 (8.76%) C#
4 49 (6.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 37 (5.23%) JavaScript
6 30 (4.24%) PowerShell
7 21 (2.97%) R
8 16 (2.26%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.27%) Java
10 8 (1.13%) Scala
11 7 (0.99%) VB
12 6 (0.85%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.56%) C
13 4 (0.56%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.56%) VBA
13 4 (0.56%) X++
14 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.28%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.14%) HiveQL
Qualifications
1 72 (10.17%) Security Cleared
2 70 (9.89%) Degree
3 59 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.69%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.41%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.71%) CISM
9 5 (0.71%) CISSP
9 5 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.56%) HNC
10 4 (0.56%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.56%) MCSE
10 4 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.28%) ACCA
12 2 (0.28%) CIMA
12 2 (0.28%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.37%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.38%) QA
3 10 (1.41%) PMO
4 7 (0.99%) CDISC
4 7 (0.99%) SLA
5 6 (0.85%) GDPR
5 6 (0.85%) GxP
6 4 (0.56%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.42%) Good Clinical Practice
7 3 (0.42%) NCSC
8 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.14%) GAAP
System Software
1 20 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.56%) Docker
3 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.55%) Terraform
2 5 (0.71%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.56%) SCCM
4 2 (0.28%) Kibana
4 2 (0.28%) SCOM
5 1 (0.14%) Ansible
5 1 (0.14%) CASB
5 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.14%) logstash
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.14%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 319 (45.06%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.21%) Databricks
3 24 (3.39%) Google
3 24 (3.39%) Oracle
4 13 (1.84%) Remedy
4 13 (1.84%) SAP
5 12 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.55%) Adobe
6 11 (1.55%) Informatica
7 9 (1.27%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.99%) Alteryx
8 7 (0.99%) Qualys
9 6 (0.85%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.71%) Aareon
10 5 (0.71%) Monetate
10 5 (0.71%) Optimizely
10 5 (0.71%) Splunk
11 4 (0.56%) Ensighten
11 4 (0.56%) Nintex
11 4 (0.56%) Tealium