Power Platform Developer Contracts

Microsoft Power Platform Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Power Platform Developer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 628 779
Rank change year-on-year +171 +151 -85
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Developer 118 54 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.096% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.10% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 30 41
10th Percentile £315 £388 £463
25th Percentile £400 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +12.82%
75th Percentile £568 £542 £625
90th Percentile £617 £604 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 - -

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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £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 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Developer in the UK

Power Platform Developer
Top 14 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 Developer within the UK 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
England +148 106 £475 -2.56% 41
UK excluding London +81 60 £475 +5.56% 24
Work from Home +123 50 £463 +2.78% 29
London +120 48 £475 -5.00% 20
South West +24 21 £475 -3.80% 9
North of England +32 12 £475 +5.56% 2
North West +29 11 £475 +5.56% 1
Midlands +28 11 £463 - 4
West Midlands +20 10 £475 +11.76% 4
South East +19 10 £400 - 2
Scotland +41 6 £488 - 4
Wales +18 1 £450 +69.81% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £189 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Power Platform Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 97 (82.20%) Power Platform
2 78 (66.10%) PowerApps
3 73 (61.86%) Microsoft
4 69 (58.47%) Power Automate
5 52 (44.07%) Power BI
6 50 (42.37%) Business Intelligence
7 36 (30.51%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (29.66%) SharePoint
9 34 (28.81%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (26.27%) C#
11 29 (24.58%) Agile
12 28 (23.73%) JavaScript
12 28 (23.73%) Azure
13 24 (20.34%) Social Skills
14 19 (16.10%) SC Cleared
14 19 (16.10%) Security Cleared
15 17 (14.41%) .NET
15 17 (14.41%) Public Sector
16 15 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (12.71%) HTML5 Canvas
17 14 (11.86%) Low-Code
18 13 (11.02%) SQL
19 11 (9.32%) DevOps
20 10 (8.47%) CSS
21 8 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
21 8 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
22 7 (5.93%) Collaborative Working
22 7 (5.93%) Azure Certification
22 7 (5.93%) QA
22 7 (5.93%) Analytical Skills

Power Platform Developer 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 35 (29.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.85%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (82.20%) Power Platform
2 78 (66.10%) PowerApps
3 69 (58.47%) Power Automate
4 36 (30.51%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (28.81%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (23.73%) Azure
7 8 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.39%) AWS
9 3 (2.54%) Azure Functions
9 3 (2.54%) Serverless
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.69%) OCI
10 2 (1.69%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (44.07%) Power BI
2 6 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.39%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (3.39%) MySQL
4 3 (2.54%) Power Query
5 2 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.69%) Metadata
6 1 (0.85%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) JIRA
2 4 (3.39%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.85%) NUnit
3 1 (0.85%) Postman
General
1 24 (20.34%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.41%) Public Sector
3 7 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.93%) Finance
4 3 (2.54%) Banking
5 2 (1.69%) Law
5 2 (1.69%) Legal
5 2 (1.69%) Police
6 1 (0.85%) Billing
6 1 (0.85%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.41%) .NET
2 15 (12.71%) HTML5 Canvas
3 10 (8.47%) CSS
4 6 (5.08%) Entity Framework
4 6 (5.08%) HTML
5 5 (4.24%) .NET Framework
5 5 (4.24%) REST
5 5 (4.24%) XML
6 4 (3.39%) Web Services
6 4 (3.39%) XSLT
7 3 (2.54%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (2.54%) React
7 3 (2.54%) RESTful
8 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.85%) OAuth
8 1 (0.85%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.86%) Low-Code
2 6 (5.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.39%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.37%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (24.58%) Agile
3 15 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (9.32%) DevOps
5 8 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (5.93%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (5.93%) CRM
6 7 (5.93%) Scrum
6 7 (5.93%) Visualisation
7 6 (5.08%) Acceptance Criteria
7 6 (5.08%) Data Modelling
7 6 (5.08%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (5.08%) User Stories
8 5 (4.24%) Analytics
8 5 (4.24%) API Integration
8 5 (4.24%) Data Management
8 5 (4.24%) Fintech
8 5 (4.24%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (4.24%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.27%) C#
2 28 (23.73%) JavaScript
3 13 (11.02%) SQL
4 4 (3.39%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.69%) Java
5 2 (1.69%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.85%) C++
6 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (16.10%) SC Cleared
1 19 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.93%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.39%) Degree
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) QA
2 4 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 73 (61.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.08%) Oracle
3 2 (1.69%) Databricks