Power Platform Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 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 27 41 48
Rank change year-on-year +14 +7 -9
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 142 149 222
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.09% 4.59% 4.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.79% 13.50% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 106 173
10th Percentile £200 £288 £300
25th Percentile £313 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £538
90th Percentile £658 £681 £612
England median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £11.03 £24.06 £19.55
25th Percentile - £24.16 £20.38
Median hourly rate £14.00 £24.63 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.15% +4.79% +23.68%
75th Percentile - £25.41 £29.50
90th Percentile £21.97 £25.69 £32.05
England median hourly rate £23.82 £52.50 £26.69
% change year-on-year -54.62% +96.72% +27.08%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 683 1,104 1,704
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.47% 33.98% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 787 1,219
10th Percentile £200 £223 £200
25th Percentile £325 £363 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £582 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 31
10th Percentile - £13.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £16.15
Median hourly rate £21.23 £20.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% +3.90% +28.33%
75th Percentile £26.50 £26.18 £23.00
90th Percentile £32.00 £28.59 £25.25
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +11 103 £425 -11.46% 87
East Midlands +19 38 £413 -8.33% 39
Power Platform
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (7.75%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.41%) Confluence
4 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (21.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.11%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.70%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (4.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.52%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.41%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 52 (36.62%) Azure
2 22 (15.49%) Power Automate
2 22 (15.49%) PowerApps
3 18 (12.68%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (7.75%) AWS
5 11 (7.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (5.63%) Azure Functions
6 8 (5.63%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (5.63%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.63%) Serverless
7 7 (4.93%) dbt
8 6 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (4.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (4.23%) Entra ID
8 6 (4.23%) Snowflake
9 5 (3.52%) OCI
9 5 (3.52%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 4 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.82%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.23%) Unified Communications
2 4 (2.82%) MegaStream
3 2 (1.41%) VPN
3 2 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (88.73%) Power BI
2 29 (20.42%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (11.27%) SQL Server
4 14 (9.86%) Tableau
5 11 (7.75%) BusinessObjects
6 9 (6.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (5.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (4.23%) Data Lake
8 6 (4.23%) MySQL
9 5 (3.52%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (3.52%) Data Mining
9 5 (3.52%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (3.52%) Power Query
9 5 (3.52%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (3.52%) Star Schema
10 4 (2.82%) NoSQL
11 3 (2.11%) Big Data
11 3 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 3 (2.11%) SAP BW
12 2 (1.41%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.11%) Git
2 3 (2.11%) JIRA
3 2 (1.41%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.70%) GitLab
4 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
General
1 42 (29.58%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (28.17%) Social Skills
3 23 (16.20%) Finance
4 6 (4.23%) Marketing
4 6 (4.23%) Retail
5 5 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.82%) Publishing
7 3 (2.11%) Banking
7 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.11%) Law
7 3 (2.11%) Legal
7 3 (2.11%) Local Government
7 3 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.41%) French Language
9 1 (0.70%) Advertising
9 1 (0.70%) Automotive
9 1 (0.70%) Billing
9 1 (0.70%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 38 (26.76%) Analyst
2 24 (16.90%) Developer
3 18 (12.68%) Senior
4 17 (11.97%) Architect
5 15 (10.56%) Data Engineer
6 14 (9.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 11 (7.75%) Consultant
7 11 (7.75%) Power Platform Developer
8 9 (6.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 9 (6.34%) Data Analyst
8 9 (6.34%) Data Architect
8 9 (6.34%) Report Analyst
8 9 (6.34%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (5.63%) Administrator
10 7 (4.93%) Azure Architect
10 7 (4.93%) Power BI Developer
11 6 (4.23%) Business Analyst
11 6 (4.23%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 6 (4.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.34%) .NET
2 6 (4.23%) XML
3 5 (3.52%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.82%) Entity Framework
4 4 (2.82%) Web Services
4 4 (2.82%) XSLT
5 3 (2.11%) ADO
5 3 (2.11%) Flask
5 3 (2.11%) HTML
5 3 (2.11%) Pandas
6 2 (1.41%) CSS
6 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.41%) React Native
7 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.70%) JSON
7 1 (0.70%) REST
7 1 (0.70%) SOAP
7 1 (0.70%) SPFx
7 1 (0.70%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.45%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.04%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.23%) Digital Signage
3 6 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.23%) PKI
4 5 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.11%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.41%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.41%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.70%) FMCG
7 1 (0.70%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.56%) Windows
2 6 (4.23%) Windows Server
2 6 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (4.23%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (1.41%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.41%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (72.54%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (21.13%) Analytics
3 29 (20.42%) Data Modelling
4 26 (18.31%) ETL
5 24 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (14.79%) Visualisation
7 20 (14.08%) Data Analysis
8 18 (12.68%) Data Analytics
9 17 (11.97%) Agile
9 17 (11.97%) Migration
10 14 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (8.45%) Actionable Insight
11 12 (8.45%) Data Migration
11 12 (8.45%) Decision-Making
11 12 (8.45%) DevOps
12 11 (7.75%) Customer Service
12 11 (7.75%) Data Management
12 11 (7.75%) ITIL
13 10 (7.04%) CRM
13 10 (7.04%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (33.80%) SQL
2 16 (11.27%) Python
3 12 (8.45%) PowerShell
4 10 (7.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (6.34%) C#
6 5 (3.52%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.82%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.11%) Java
9 2 (1.41%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.41%) VBA
9 2 (1.41%) X++
10 1 (0.70%) Bicep
10 1 (0.70%) HiveQL
10 1 (0.70%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (7.04%) Degree
2 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.41%) MCSE
4 2 (1.41%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.70%) ACCA
5 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.70%) CIMA
5 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.27%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.82%) PMO
2 4 (2.82%) SLA
3 3 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.11%) GDPR
3 3 (2.11%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.41%) Docker
4 1 (0.70%) HDFS
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (3.52%) SysTrack
3 3 (2.11%) Terraform
4 2 (1.41%) Ansible
4 2 (1.41%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (41.55%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.38%) Oracle
3 6 (4.23%) SAP
4 5 (3.52%) Anaplan
4 5 (3.52%) Autodesk
4 5 (3.52%) Citrix
4 5 (3.52%) Databricks
4 5 (3.52%) New Relic
4 5 (3.52%) OpenAI
4 5 (3.52%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.11%) IFS
5 3 (2.11%) Informatica
6 2 (1.41%) Apple
6 2 (1.41%) Cisco
6 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.70%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.70%) Civica
7 1 (0.70%) Denodo
7 1 (0.70%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.70%) MicroStrategy