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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 48 64
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 -1
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 689 1,035 1,731
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.71% 4.29% 3.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.84% 10.92% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 792 1,307
10th Percentile £335 £360 £356
25th Percentile £400 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £497 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.70% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 18
10th Percentile - £25.68 £18.89
25th Percentile £16.50 £36.96 £21.38
Median hourly rate £21.64 £51.25 £26.69
Median % change year-on-year -57.79% +92.04% +2.64%
75th Percentile £28.56 £56.50 £35.81
90th Percentile £48.50 £58.45 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.22 £51.25 £26.40
% change year-on-year -54.70% +94.17% +22.77%

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 5,368 9,475 18,176
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.67% 39.32% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,889 7,071 13,595
10th Percentile £350 £371 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 133 157
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.23 £15.02
25th Percentile £17.43 £21.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £53.35 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.27% +33.38% +4.22%
75th Percentile £53.19 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.34
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
% change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 91 (13.21%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.47%) Confluence
3 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.60%) SAS
5 9 (1.31%) Apache
6 4 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.29%) MTS
7 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 64 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.18%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 47 (6.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (3.19%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.73%) Aareon QL
4 5 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.58%) Shopify
6 3 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.29%) Aligne
7 2 (0.29%) Endur
7 2 (0.29%) EuroRunner
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.15%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.15%) Relativity
8 1 (0.15%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 241 (34.98%) Azure
2 173 (25.11%) PowerApps
3 150 (21.77%) Power Automate
4 122 (17.71%) Dynamics 365
5 90 (13.06%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (11.18%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (5.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 33 (4.79%) AWS
9 29 (4.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (3.19%) Serverless
10 22 (3.19%) Snowflake
11 19 (2.76%) Azure Functions
11 19 (2.76%) OneDrive
12 18 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 18 (2.61%) GitHub
13 17 (2.47%) GCP
14 16 (2.32%) dbt
15 15 (2.18%) Google Analytics
16 8 (1.16%) Entra ID
16 8 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.87%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.73%) Firewall
3 4 (0.58%) 3GPP
3 4 (0.58%) 4G
3 4 (0.58%) 5G
3 4 (0.58%) 5G NR
3 4 (0.58%) DNS
3 4 (0.58%) LTE
3 4 (0.58%) MegaStream
3 4 (0.58%) SNMP
4 3 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (0.44%) Network Security
4 3 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) HTTP
5 2 (0.29%) SSL
5 2 (0.29%) XCAP
6 1 (0.15%) DHCP
6 1 (0.15%) FTP
6 1 (0.15%) Intranet
6 1 (0.15%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 531 (77.07%) Power BI
2 79 (11.47%) SQL Server
3 78 (11.32%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (9.58%) Tableau
5 63 (9.14%) Data Lake
6 28 (4.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 26 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 26 (3.77%) Power Query
8 25 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (2.90%) Big Data
10 16 (2.32%) BigQuery
11 15 (2.18%) Relational Database
12 12 (1.74%) Looker
12 12 (1.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (1.60%) GIS
14 9 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.31%) Metadata
15 8 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
16 7 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
16 7 (1.02%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 40 (5.81%) JIRA
2 12 (1.74%) Git
3 7 (1.02%) Postman
3 7 (1.02%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.58%) GitLab
5 4 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.29%) ERwin
8 1 (0.15%) Gatling
8 1 (0.15%) JMeter
8 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.15%) NUnit
8 1 (0.15%) RStudio
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
8 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 207 (30.04%) Social Skills
2 172 (24.96%) Finance
3 128 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.53%) Retail
6 26 (3.77%) Banking
7 25 (3.63%) General Ledger
7 25 (3.63%) Marketing
8 20 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (1.89%) Legal
10 11 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.45%) Front Office
11 10 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.31%) Back Office
12 9 (1.31%) Local Government
13 8 (1.16%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.02%) Billing
15 6 (0.87%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 168 (24.38%) Developer
2 160 (23.22%) Analyst
3 81 (11.76%) Architect
4 79 (11.47%) Consultant
5 70 (10.16%) Data Analyst
6 59 (8.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 51 (7.40%) Senior
8 48 (6.97%) Power BI Developer
9 43 (6.24%) Business Analyst
9 43 (6.24%) Data Engineer
10 39 (5.66%) Power Platform Developer
11 35 (5.08%) Lead
12 34 (4.93%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 29 (4.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 27 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (3.48%) Power BI Analyst
16 22 (3.19%) Microsoft Consultant
17 20 (2.90%) Applications Developer
17 20 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
18 19 (2.76%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.08%) .NET
2 23 (3.34%) JSON
3 20 (2.90%) CSS
4 17 (2.47%) HTML
5 16 (2.32%) HTML5 Canvas
6 15 (2.18%) XML
7 13 (1.89%) REST
8 8 (1.16%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.16%) Web Services
9 6 (0.87%) ADO
9 6 (0.87%) jQuery
9 6 (0.87%) Node.js
9 6 (0.87%) React
9 6 (0.87%) RESTful
9 6 (0.87%) SPFx
10 5 (0.73%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.73%) PySpark
11 4 (0.58%) DOM
11 4 (0.58%) SOAP
11 4 (0.58%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.64%) Management Information System
2 23 (3.34%) Data Structures
3 22 (3.19%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.76%) Low-Code
5 14 (2.03%) NHS
6 11 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.87%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.87%) Derivative
9 6 (0.87%) Equities
9 6 (0.87%) Fixed Income
9 6 (0.87%) Hedge funds
9 6 (0.87%) Housing Association
10 5 (0.73%) CMDB
10 5 (0.73%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.03%) Windows
2 5 (0.73%) Linux
3 4 (0.58%) Unix
3 4 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.29%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (66.76%) Business Intelligence
2 139 (20.17%) Agile
3 112 (16.26%) DevOps
4 110 (15.97%) Data Modelling
5 105 (15.24%) Analytics
5 105 (15.24%) Visualisation
6 101 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (11.90%) Data Analysis
8 75 (10.89%) Data Visualisation
8 75 (10.89%) ETL
9 71 (10.30%) Migration
10 59 (8.56%) CRM
11 50 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (5.81%) Actionable Insight
13 39 (5.66%) Data Management
14 38 (5.52%) Data Science
15 37 (5.37%) Decision-Making
16 36 (5.22%) Scrum
17 35 (5.08%) Data Migration
18 34 (4.93%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 225 (32.66%) SQL
2 85 (12.34%) Python
3 59 (8.56%) C#
4 45 (6.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 43 (6.24%) JavaScript
6 28 (4.06%) PowerShell
7 16 (2.32%) T-SQL
8 14 (2.03%) R
9 9 (1.31%) Java
10 8 (1.16%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.02%) VB
12 6 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.58%) C
13 4 (0.58%) VBA
13 4 (0.58%) X++
14 3 (0.44%) Scala
14 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.15%) HiveQL
16 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 72 (10.45%) Degree
2 66 (9.58%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.13%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.60%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.58%) HNC
10 4 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.58%) MCSE
10 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.44%) ACCA
11 3 (0.44%) CIMA
11 3 (0.44%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.44%) PMP
12 1 (0.15%) MBA
12 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.37%) Data Quality
2 30 (4.35%) QA
3 10 (1.45%) PMO
4 7 (1.02%) CDISC
4 7 (1.02%) SLA
5 6 (0.87%) GDPR
6 5 (0.73%) GxP
7 4 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.44%) Good Clinical Practice
8 3 (0.44%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) GAAP
System Software
1 19 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.44%) Docker
3 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.15%) HDFS
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.60%) Terraform
2 4 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.44%) SCCM
4 2 (0.29%) Kibana
5 1 (0.15%) Ansible
5 1 (0.15%) CASB
5 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.15%) Grafana
5 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.15%) logstash
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.15%) SCOM
5 1 (0.15%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.15%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 309 (44.85%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.52%) Databricks
3 23 (3.34%) Google
3 23 (3.34%) Oracle
4 16 (2.32%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.18%) SAP
6 13 (1.89%) Remedy
7 12 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.60%) Informatica
9 10 (1.45%) Adobe
10 8 (1.16%) Alteryx
11 6 (0.87%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.73%) Aareon
12 5 (0.73%) Monetate
12 5 (0.73%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.58%) Ensighten
13 4 (0.58%) IFS
13 4 (0.58%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.58%) Snow
13 4 (0.58%) Tealium