Power Platform Architect Contracts

Microsoft Power Platform Architect
UK

The median Microsoft Power Platform Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 682 830
Rank change year-on-year +135 +148 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Architect 29 2 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.004% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.004% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 1 14
10th Percentile £513 - £439
25th Percentile £531 £613 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +19.05% -7.89%
75th Percentile £775 £638 £628
90th Percentile - - £783
UK excluding London median daily rate £760 £625 £613
% change year-on-year +21.60% +2.04% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Power Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Power Platform Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform Architect in the UK

Power Platform Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform Architect.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform Architect in the UK

Power Platform Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform Architect over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Architect in the UK

Power Platform Architect
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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
England +138 26 £690 +10.40% 13
London +125 23 £690 - 2
Work from Home +133 14 £600 -4.00% 4
UK excluding London +57 3 £760 +21.60% 10
East Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - - 1
South East +13 1 £760 +21.60% 6

Power Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Power Platform Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Power Platform Architect in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
3 21 (72.41%) Azure
4 14 (48.28%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (48.28%) PowerApps
4 14 (48.28%) Power Automate
5 13 (44.83%) Power BI
5 13 (44.83%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (44.83%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (37.93%) Finance
7 10 (34.48%) SharePoint
8 9 (31.03%) XML
8 9 (31.03%) JSON
8 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
8 9 (31.03%) CI/CD
9 8 (27.59%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
9 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
9 8 (27.59%) PowerShell
10 7 (24.14%) REST
10 7 (24.14%) Network Virtualisation
10 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (24.14%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
10 7 (24.14%) XML Parsing
10 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
10 7 (24.14%) Data Modelling
10 7 (24.14%) Financial Institution
11 6 (20.69%) Agile

Power Platform Architect Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (34.48%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 21 (72.41%) Azure
3 14 (48.28%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (48.28%) Power Automate
3 14 (48.28%) PowerApps
4 13 (44.83%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (27.59%) Azure Key Vault
6 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
7 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (6.90%) GitHub
9 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
9 1 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) Power BI
2 5 (17.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) JIRA
3 1 (3.45%) SonarQube
3 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Financial Institution
4 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Marketing
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) JSON
1 9 (31.03%) XML
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Graph
2 7 (24.14%) REST
3 2 (6.90%) RESTful
3 2 (6.90%) SOAP
3 2 (6.90%) SPFx
4 1 (3.45%) .NET
4 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (3.45%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Low-Code
2 3 (10.34%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (31.03%) CI/CD
3 7 (24.14%) Data Modelling
3 7 (24.14%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (24.14%) XML Parsing
4 6 (20.69%) Agile
4 6 (20.69%) CRM
4 6 (20.69%) Customer Service
4 6 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.34%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (10.34%) DevOps
7 3 (10.34%) Migration
7 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum
8 2 (6.90%) Configuration Management
8 2 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
8 2 (6.90%) User Stories
9 1 (3.45%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) C#
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
1 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
1 7 (24.14%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Checkmarx