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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 50 60
Rank change year-on-year +11 +10 +2
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 708 1,045 1,776
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.78% 4.24% 4.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.12% 10.73% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 785 1,340
10th Percentile £349 £350 £356
25th Percentile £405 £414 £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 £669
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 19
10th Percentile - £20.93 £18.92
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.74 £20.63
Median hourly rate £21.64 £40.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -45.90% +48.26% -22.91%
75th Percentile £26.24 £55.13 £37.00
90th Percentile £45.90 £56.50 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.22 £49.57 £23.50
% change year-on-year -53.17% +110.94% +9.30%

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 5,395 9,743 18,197
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.45% 39.53% 41.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,887 7,220 13,607
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 125 173
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £50.94 £70.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.06 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

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 16 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 16 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 82 (11.58%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.25%) Confluence
3 11 (1.55%) SAS
4 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.56%) Apache
6 3 (0.42%) MTS
7 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.28%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 73 (10.31%) 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 48 (6.78%) 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
6 3 (0.42%) Aligne
6 3 (0.42%) Endur
6 3 (0.42%) EuroRunner
6 3 (0.42%) Shopify
6 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.14%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.14%) Relativity
8 1 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 249 (35.17%) Azure
2 166 (23.45%) PowerApps
3 145 (20.48%) Power Automate
4 119 (16.81%) Dynamics 365
5 86 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
6 83 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (6.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (4.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 27 (3.81%) AWS
10 25 (3.53%) Serverless
11 20 (2.82%) Azure Functions
12 19 (2.68%) GCP
13 18 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (2.26%) Snowflake
15 15 (2.12%) GitHub
16 14 (1.98%) Google Analytics
16 14 (1.98%) OneDrive
17 12 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 9 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
18 9 (1.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.85%) Firewall
1 6 (0.85%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.71%) DNS
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
1 554 (78.25%) Power BI
2 80 (11.30%) SQL Server
3 77 (10.88%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (8.62%) Tableau
5 60 (8.47%) Data Lake
6 27 (3.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 27 (3.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 26 (3.67%) Power Query
8 24 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (2.54%) BigQuery
10 14 (1.98%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.84%) Big Data
11 13 (1.84%) Looker
11 13 (1.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
13 11 (1.55%) Metadata
14 10 (1.41%) GIS
15 8 (1.13%) NoSQL
16 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 7 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (6.36%) JIRA
2 13 (1.84%) 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%) Selenium
8 3 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.28%) ERwin
9 2 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.14%) JMeter
10 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.14%) NUnit
10 1 (0.14%) RStudio
10 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 217 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 178 (25.14%) Finance
3 138 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.21%) Retail
6 29 (4.10%) Marketing
7 26 (3.67%) Banking
8 23 (3.25%) General Ledger
9 22 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.84%) Legal
12 13 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.41%) Back Office
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
2 161 (22.74%) Developer
3 88 (12.43%) Architect
4 77 (10.88%) Consultant
5 76 (10.73%) Data Analyst
6 58 (8.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 51 (7.20%) Senior
8 49 (6.92%) Power BI Developer
9 45 (6.36%) Business Analyst
9 45 (6.36%) Data Engineer
10 38 (5.37%) Lead
11 36 (5.08%) Power Platform Developer
12 35 (4.94%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 34 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
14 28 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 28 (3.95%) Power BI Analyst
15 22 (3.11%) Microsoft Consultant
16 21 (2.97%) Data Architect
17 19 (2.68%) Azure Engineer
17 19 (2.68%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.08%) .NET
2 25 (3.53%) JSON
3 15 (2.12%) XML
4 13 (1.84%) CSS
5 11 (1.55%) HTML
5 11 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
6 10 (1.41%) REST
7 9 (1.27%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.13%) Web Services
9 7 (0.99%) PySpark
10 6 (0.85%) ADO
10 6 (0.85%) jQuery
10 6 (0.85%) Node.js
10 6 (0.85%) SPFx
11 5 (0.71%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
12 4 (0.56%) React
12 4 (0.56%) RESTful
12 4 (0.56%) SOAP
12 4 (0.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.66%) Management Information System
2 24 (3.39%) 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%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
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
1 481 (67.94%) Business Intelligence
2 144 (20.34%) Agile
3 122 (17.23%) Visualisation
4 118 (16.67%) DevOps
5 114 (16.10%) Analytics
6 113 (15.96%) Data Modelling
7 108 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (13.42%) Data Analysis
9 78 (11.02%) Data Visualisation
9 78 (11.02%) ETL
10 70 (9.89%) Migration
11 60 (8.47%) CRM
12 56 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
13 47 (6.64%) Data Science
14 42 (5.93%) Data Management
15 38 (5.37%) Decision-Making
16 37 (5.23%) Actionable Insight
17 36 (5.08%) Data Migration
18 34 (4.80%) Requirements Gathering
19 33 (4.66%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 232 (32.77%) SQL
2 98 (13.84%) Python
3 64 (9.04%) C#
4 50 (7.06%) 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 5 (0.71%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.56%) C
14 4 (0.56%) X++
15 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.42%) VBA
16 2 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.28%) MATLAB
17 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (9.75%) Degree
2 68 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 55 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (2.26%) 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
9 5 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.56%) HNC
10 4 (0.56%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.56%) MCSE
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 35 (4.94%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.52%) 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%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.42%) Good Clinical Practice
7 3 (0.42%) NCSC
8 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) GAAP
System Software
1 19 (2.68%) 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 10 (1.41%) 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%) 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
1 313 (44.21%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.50%) Databricks
3 25 (3.53%) Oracle
4 24 (3.39%) Google
5 14 (1.98%) SAP
6 13 (1.84%) Remedy
7 11 (1.55%) Informatica
7 11 (1.55%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.41%) Adobe
9 9 (1.27%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.99%) Alteryx
10 7 (0.99%) Qualys
11 6 (0.85%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.71%) Aareon
12 5 (0.71%) Monetate
12 5 (0.71%) Optimizely
12 5 (0.71%) Splunk
13 4 (0.56%) Ariba
13 4 (0.56%) Citrix
13 4 (0.56%) Omniture