Power Platform Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 39 52
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +7
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 498 734 1,085
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.03% 4.81% 4.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.62% 13.29% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 475 814
10th Percentile £311 £350 £363
25th Percentile £400 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £602
90th Percentile £651 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 8
10th Percentile £23.50 - £21.29
25th Percentile - £16.50 £25.92
Median hourly rate £32.05 £21.21 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.14% -44.20% +50.55%
75th Percentile £34.68 £24.43 £46.75
90th Percentile £50.25 £35.50 £56.50
UK median hourly rate £29.16 £22.86 £49.57
% change year-on-year +27.57% -53.89% +115.52%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,946 5,521 10,172
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.87% 36.19% 39.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,894 3,959 7,476
10th Percentile £351 £350 £370
25th Percentile £425 £429 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 87 126
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.44
25th Percentile £25.25 £16.82 £21.52
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.29% +98.18%
75th Percentile £70.63 £46.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £66.25 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.43 £20.97 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.78% -40.09% +62.79%

Power Platform
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Power Platform trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 remote working options citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 89 (17.87%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.41%) Confluence
3 7 (1.41%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.20%) SAS
5 5 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.60%) CMS
7 2 (0.40%) Apache
7 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.40%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.20%) Camunda
Applications
1 70 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.41%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.20%) Revit
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (6.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.40%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.40%) Maximo
3 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 227 (45.58%) Azure
2 127 (25.50%) PowerApps
3 110 (22.09%) Power Automate
4 86 (17.27%) Dynamics 365
5 76 (15.26%) Microsoft 365
6 69 (13.86%) AWS
7 48 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (7.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 32 (6.43%) Snowflake
10 31 (6.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 26 (5.22%) GCP
12 24 (4.82%) Azure Machine Learning
12 24 (4.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 23 (4.62%) Entra ID
14 18 (3.61%) SaaS
15 13 (2.61%) dbt
15 13 (2.61%) GitHub
16 12 (2.41%) PaaS
16 12 (2.41%) Serverless
17 10 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.80%) DNS
1 4 (0.80%) HTTP
1 4 (0.80%) Internet
2 3 (0.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (0.60%) VPN
3 2 (0.40%) FTP
3 2 (0.40%) Intranet
3 2 (0.40%) Network Security
3 2 (0.40%) SMTP
3 2 (0.40%) SSL
3 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.20%) DHCP
4 1 (0.20%) SSH
4 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 358 (71.89%) Power BI
2 62 (12.45%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (11.85%) Tableau
4 41 (8.23%) Data Lake
5 40 (8.03%) SQL Server
6 35 (7.03%) Relational Database
7 23 (4.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (3.82%) Neo4j
9 18 (3.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (3.41%) Power Query
11 14 (2.81%) Big Data
12 12 (2.41%) Looker
12 12 (2.41%) Metadata
13 10 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
14 9 (1.81%) Data Mining
14 9 (1.81%) MS Access
14 9 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
15 8 (1.61%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.61%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 53 (10.64%) JIRA
2 31 (6.22%) Git
3 6 (1.20%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.80%) ERwin
4 4 (0.80%) Postman
5 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.60%) Selenium
5 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.40%) GitLab
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.40%) Subversion
6 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.40%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.20%) Hudson
7 1 (0.20%) MLflow
7 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
General
1 144 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 90 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (17.87%) Finance
4 81 (16.27%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.02%) Banking
6 29 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (5.42%) Marketing
8 23 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.01%) Retail
10 8 (1.61%) Local Government
10 8 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.61%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.20%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.00%) Back Office
12 5 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.80%) Military
13 4 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.60%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 128 (25.70%) Developer
2 115 (23.09%) Analyst
3 58 (11.65%) Data Analyst
4 53 (10.64%) Senior
5 50 (10.04%) Data Engineer
6 49 (9.84%) Architect
7 36 (7.23%) Power Platform Developer
8 31 (6.22%) Lead
9 25 (5.02%) Consultant
10 21 (4.22%) Data Architect
11 20 (4.02%) Business Analyst
12 19 (3.82%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (3.41%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 14 (2.81%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 14 (2.81%) Power BI Developer
14 14 (2.81%) Report Analyst
15 13 (2.61%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 13 (2.61%) Senior Developer
16 12 (2.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 12 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.23%) REST
2 31 (6.22%) HTML
3 29 (5.82%) React
4 28 (5.62%) CSS
4 28 (5.62%) SOAP
5 22 (4.42%) .NET
5 22 (4.42%) Plotly
6 14 (2.81%) JSON
7 11 (2.21%) Web Services
8 10 (2.01%) PySpark
9 8 (1.61%) Middleware
10 7 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
10 7 (1.41%) SPFx
11 6 (1.20%) Kafka
12 5 (1.00%) AngularJS
12 5 (1.00%) Node.js
13 4 (0.80%) ASP.NET Web API
13 4 (0.80%) LDAP
13 4 (0.80%) XML
13 4 (0.80%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.02%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.41%) Low-Code
3 11 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.01%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.01%) Security Posture
5 9 (1.81%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.00%) IoT
9 4 (0.80%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (0.80%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.80%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.80%) Market Risk
10 3 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.60%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.60%) Pricing Data
10 3 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.21%) Windows
2 7 (1.41%) Linux
3 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.40%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (57.23%) Business Intelligence
2 108 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (21.69%) Visualisation
3 107 (21.49%) Analytics
4 105 (21.08%) Agile
4 105 (21.08%) Data Modelling
5 82 (16.47%) DevOps
6 76 (15.26%) Data Visualisation
7 71 (14.26%) Data Analysis
8 65 (13.05%) Migration
9 59 (11.85%) ETL
10 56 (11.24%) Data Integration
11 53 (10.64%) Data Governance
12 47 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
13 44 (8.84%) Decision-Making
14 41 (8.23%) CRM
15 38 (7.63%) CI/CD
16 37 (7.43%) Data Pipeline
17 36 (7.23%) Machine Learning
18 35 (7.03%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 208 (41.77%) SQL
2 77 (15.46%) Python
3 71 (14.26%) JavaScript
4 44 (8.84%) C#
5 30 (6.02%) PowerShell
6 20 (4.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (2.81%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.41%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.01%) R
10 9 (1.81%) VBA
11 8 (1.61%) Java
12 7 (1.41%) Bicep
13 4 (0.80%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.60%) Scala
15 2 (0.40%) Bash
15 2 (0.40%) C++
15 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.40%) VBScript
16 1 (0.20%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 100 (20.08%) Security Cleared
2 89 (17.87%) SC Cleared
3 47 (9.44%) Degree
4 9 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.60%) CISM
9 3 (0.60%) CISSP
10 2 (0.40%) ISEB
10 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.20%) CITP
11 1 (0.20%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.20%) MCSE
11 1 (0.20%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.63%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.22%) GDPR
3 17 (3.41%) QA
4 10 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.00%) PMO
6 4 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.60%) Basel II
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.40%) SLA
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) LOINC
9 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 13 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.40%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (2.61%) Terraform
2 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.80%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.80%) SCCM
3 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.60%) Grafana
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.20%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 188 (37.75%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.64%) Databricks
3 25 (5.02%) Oracle
4 22 (4.42%) Google
5 15 (3.01%) SAP
6 14 (2.81%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.61%) Alteryx
7 8 (1.61%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.41%) OutSystems
8 7 (1.41%) Sparx
9 6 (1.20%) Adobe
10 5 (1.00%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.00%) Informatica
11 4 (0.80%) BiZZdesign
11 4 (0.80%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.60%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.60%) MicroStrategy
12 3 (0.60%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.60%) Qualys
13 2 (0.40%) VMware