Power Platform Contracts in England

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 57 67
Rank change year-on-year +14 +10 +2
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 1,506 1,835 2,454
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.05% 3.90% 3.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.66% 10.75% 9.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 1,304 1,812
10th Percentile £309 £325 £353
25th Percentile £400 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £577 £604 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £699
UK median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 40 42
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.33 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.96 £25.72 £16.59
Median hourly rate £23.22 £45.04 £24.95
Median % change year-on-year -48.45% +80.52% +16.03%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.68 £66.75 £61.20
UK median hourly rate £22.86 £45.04 £24.75
% change year-on-year -49.25% +81.96% +13.79%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,895 17,073 26,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.98% 36.27% 38.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,522 12,525 20,003
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 281 315
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.02 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £43.44 £70.00 £44.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £37.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -42.28% +69.32% +0.64%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in England

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in England

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in England

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in England.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in England

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in England

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
London +13 760 £520 -0.95% 408
North of England +5 204 £475 +2.70% 194
South East +20 176 £450 -10.00% 148
Midlands +12 140 £425 -11.46% 119
South West +11 136 £500 +5.26% 100
North West +2 128 £475 +2.70% 111
West Midlands +9 100 £425 -12.14% 77
Yorkshire +18 69 £490 -2.00% 59
East of England -18 47 £410 +2.50% 38
East Midlands +19 39 £413 +10.00% 42
North East +9 7 £663 +26.19% 24
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 191 (12.68%) SharePoint
2 41 (2.72%) Confluence
3 40 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 22 (1.46%) Apache
6 13 (0.86%) SAS
7 9 (0.60%) MTS
8 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.13%) Jadu
9 2 (0.13%) Mendix
9 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.066%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.066%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.066%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.066%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.066%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 170 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.99%) MS Visio
4 29 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.27%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.27%) InVision
7 4 (0.27%) Sketch
8 3 (0.20%) SPSS
9 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) InfoPath
9 2 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 96 (6.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (1.73%) Dynamics AX
3 17 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 16 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 9 (0.60%) Endur
5 9 (0.60%) EuroRunner
6 8 (0.53%) Aligne
6 8 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.46%) Aladdin
7 7 (0.46%) SimCorp Dimension
8 5 (0.33%) Aareon QL
9 4 (0.27%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.20%) Primavera
10 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.13%) Maximo
11 2 (0.13%) Relativity
11 2 (0.13%) Shopify
11 2 (0.13%) Sprinklr
11 2 (0.13%) Veritas eDiscovery
11 2 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 592 (39.31%) Azure
2 307 (20.39%) PowerApps
3 276 (18.33%) Power Automate
4 237 (15.74%) Dynamics 365
5 181 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
6 128 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
7 108 (7.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 101 (6.71%) AWS
9 65 (4.32%) Snowflake
10 64 (4.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 51 (3.39%) Entra ID
11 51 (3.39%) Serverless
12 46 (3.05%) Azure Functions
12 46 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
13 38 (2.52%) OneDrive
14 34 (2.26%) GitHub
15 24 (1.59%) GCP
15 24 (1.59%) PaaS
16 22 (1.46%) Collibra
16 22 (1.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.26%) Firewall
2 6 (0.40%) DNS
2 6 (0.40%) Intranet
2 6 (0.40%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.27%) MegaStream
3 4 (0.27%) VPN
4 3 (0.20%) Internet
4 3 (0.20%) Skype
4 3 (0.20%) SNMP
5 2 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.13%) XCAP
6 1 (0.066%) DHCP
6 1 (0.066%) FTP
6 1 (0.066%) Network Security
6 1 (0.066%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.066%) VLAN
6 1 (0.066%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,226 (81.41%) Power BI
2 215 (14.28%) SQL Server
3 209 (13.88%) Data Warehouse
4 202 (13.41%) Tableau
5 135 (8.96%) Data Lake
6 109 (7.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 80 (5.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 65 (4.32%) Big Data
9 63 (4.18%) Relational Database
10 62 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 44 (2.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 42 (2.79%) NoSQL
13 41 (2.72%) Metadata
14 40 (2.66%) MySQL
15 38 (2.52%) Qlik Sense
16 36 (2.39%) BusinessObjects
17 33 (2.19%) Power Query
18 29 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
19 25 (1.66%) Microsoft Analysis Services
20 24 (1.59%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 82 (5.44%) JIRA
2 24 (1.59%) Git
3 22 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 20 (1.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 16 (1.06%) ERwin
5 16 (1.06%) GitLab
6 10 (0.66%) ER Studio
6 10 (0.66%) Postman
7 7 (0.46%) Visual Studio Team System
8 6 (0.40%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.40%) PyCharm
9 5 (0.33%) Hudson
9 5 (0.33%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.20%) RStudio
10 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.13%) NUnit
11 2 (0.13%) Subversion
11 2 (0.13%) Zephyr
12 1 (0.066%) Selenium
General
1 426 (28.29%) Social Skills
2 394 (26.16%) Finance
3 312 (20.72%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 99 (6.57%) Banking
6 77 (5.11%) Retail
7 74 (4.91%) Marketing
8 48 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
9 44 (2.92%) Manufacturing
10 41 (2.72%) Legal
11 30 (1.99%) General Ledger
11 30 (1.99%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.86%) Local Government
13 24 (1.59%) Front Office
13 24 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 23 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.39%) Investment Banking
16 19 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.13%) Financial Institution
18 16 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 362 (24.04%) Developer
2 354 (23.51%) Analyst
3 177 (11.75%) Architect
4 164 (10.89%) Data Analyst
5 134 (8.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 116 (7.70%) Consultant
7 112 (7.44%) Data Engineer
8 106 (7.04%) Power BI Developer
9 102 (6.77%) Senior
10 90 (5.98%) Power Platform Developer
11 81 (5.38%) Business Analyst
12 74 (4.91%) Lead
13 71 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
14 61 (4.05%) Data Architect
15 60 (3.98%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 57 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
17 50 (3.32%) Applications Developer
18 45 (2.99%) Power Apps Developer
19 41 (2.72%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
20 39 (2.59%) Power BI Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.78%) .NET
2 64 (4.25%) CSS
3 61 (4.05%) HTML
4 48 (3.19%) XML
5 40 (2.66%) JSON
6 30 (1.99%) REST
7 29 (1.93%) PySpark
8 25 (1.66%) Web Services
9 24 (1.59%) .NET Framework
10 23 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
11 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
12 15 (1.00%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.80%) Entity Framework
13 12 (0.80%) SPFx
14 11 (0.73%) jQuery
15 10 (0.66%) ADO
16 9 (0.60%) SOAP
17 8 (0.53%) Node.js
17 8 (0.53%) RESTful
17 8 (0.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (3.98%) Management Information System
2 51 (3.39%) Product Ownership
3 46 (3.05%) Data Structures
4 27 (1.79%) Low-Code
5 25 (1.66%) NHS
6 23 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (1.00%) Hedge funds
8 15 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (0.93%) Reference Data
10 11 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (0.60%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.53%) Derivative
13 8 (0.53%) Equities
13 8 (0.53%) Fixed Income
13 8 (0.53%) Life Science
13 8 (0.53%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.86%) Windows
2 17 (1.13%) Linux
3 16 (1.06%) Unix
4 12 (0.80%) VMS
5 9 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,057 (70.19%) Business Intelligence
2 318 (21.12%) Agile
3 287 (19.06%) Data Modelling
4 283 (18.79%) Analytics
5 260 (17.26%) Visualisation
6 214 (14.21%) ETL
7 213 (14.14%) DevOps
8 207 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
9 200 (13.28%) Data Analysis
10 168 (11.16%) Data Visualisation
11 162 (10.76%) Migration
12 128 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 122 (8.10%) CRM
14 104 (6.91%) Decision-Making
15 103 (6.84%) Scrum
16 99 (6.57%) Data Analytics
16 99 (6.57%) Data Governance
17 91 (6.04%) Project Management
18 86 (5.71%) ITIL
19 83 (5.51%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 552 (36.65%) SQL
2 212 (14.08%) Python
3 113 (7.50%) C#
4 111 (7.37%) JavaScript
5 94 (6.24%) PowerShell
6 86 (5.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 73 (4.85%) T-SQL
8 35 (2.32%) Java
9 28 (1.86%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.13%) R
10 17 (1.13%) VBA
11 12 (0.80%) Scala
11 12 (0.80%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.66%) MATLAB
13 7 (0.46%) PHP
13 7 (0.46%) X++
13 7 (0.46%) XPath
13 7 (0.46%) XQuery
14 6 (0.40%) Groovy
15 5 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 163 (10.82%) Degree
2 152 (10.09%) Security Cleared
3 123 (8.17%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.73%) Master's Degree
6 25 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (1.53%) Azure Certification
7 23 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (1.39%) PMI Certification
9 19 (1.26%) PMP
10 15 (1.00%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
12 8 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.46%) CIMA
13 7 (0.46%) Postgraduate
14 4 (0.27%) ACCA
15 3 (0.20%) HNC
15 3 (0.20%) MCSE
16 2 (0.13%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.17%) Data Quality
2 76 (5.05%) QA
3 33 (2.19%) SLA
4 28 (1.86%) GDPR
5 18 (1.20%) PMO
6 16 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.86%) GxP
8 7 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.40%) Good Clinical Practice
10 5 (0.33%) GAMP
11 3 (0.20%) GRC
11 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.066%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.066%) IFRS
13 1 (0.066%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 54 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.33%) Docker
5 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.066%) HDFS
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 26 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.66%) Terraform
3 17 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (0.46%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.33%) SysTrack
6 4 (0.27%) Ansible
7 3 (0.20%) Kibana
7 3 (0.20%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.13%) CASB
8 2 (0.13%) SCCM
9 1 (0.066%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.066%) logstash
9 1 (0.066%) Matomo
9 1 (0.066%) Nagios
9 1 (0.066%) Nessus
9 1 (0.066%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 589 (39.11%) Microsoft
2 101 (6.71%) Oracle
3 100 (6.64%) Databricks
4 80 (5.31%) SAP
5 65 (4.32%) ServiceNow
6 51 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 40 (2.66%) Alteryx
8 33 (2.19%) Google
9 31 (2.06%) Informatica
10 20 (1.33%) Remedy
11 17 (1.13%) Adobe
11 17 (1.13%) Sparx
12 11 (0.73%) Cloudera
13 10 (0.66%) CA
13 10 (0.66%) MicroStrategy
13 10 (0.66%) Talend
14 9 (0.60%) Cadence
14 9 (0.60%) Citrix
15 8 (0.53%) Dataiku
16 7 (0.46%) Nexthink