Power Platform Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 28 39 40
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 -10
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 103 118 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.30% 5.27% 5.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.20% 14.53% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 85 141
10th Percentile £224 £359 £313
25th Percentile £350 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £480 £451
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +6.55% +0.11%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £540
90th Percentile £625 £683 £625
England median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £33.93 £24.63 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.79% - -
England median hourly rate £23.82 £52.50 £26.69
% change year-on-year -54.62% +96.72% +27.08%

All Cloud Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 464 812 1,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.86% 36.30% 34.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 569 888
10th Percentile £207 £275 £214
25th Percentile £341 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 17
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.54 £12.60
25th Percentile £15.56 £15.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% +12.44% +22.03%
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.47 £20.51
90th Percentile £33.19 £25.31 £23.75
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the West Midlands

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham +3 50 £425 -10.53% 49
Warwickshire +12 23 £450 -21.74% 11
Staffordshire +8 10 £425 -15.00% 10
Coventry +7 5 £600 +29.73% 2
Shropshire -1 4 £117 - 1
Worcestershire - 3 £475 - 1
Solihull - 1 - - 1
Walsall - 1 £325 -
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 10 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.94%) Confluence
4 1 (0.97%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (16.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.91%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.97%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 36 (34.95%) Azure
2 21 (20.39%) PowerApps
3 20 (19.42%) Power Automate
4 12 (11.65%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (11.65%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (7.77%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (7.77%) Azure Monitor
5 8 (7.77%) OneDrive
6 7 (6.80%) AWS
6 7 (6.80%) Azure Functions
6 7 (6.80%) Serverless
7 6 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (5.83%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.91%) dbt
9 3 (2.91%) GCP
10 2 (1.94%) Apigee
10 2 (1.94%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.83%) Unified Communications
2 4 (3.88%) MegaStream
3 2 (1.94%) VPN
3 2 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.97%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (91.26%) Power BI
2 18 (17.48%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (8.74%) BusinessObjects
3 9 (8.74%) Tableau
4 8 (7.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (6.80%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.85%) Data Mining
6 5 (4.85%) MySQL
6 5 (4.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.88%) Power Query
8 3 (2.91%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.91%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.91%) SAP BW
9 2 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.97%) MS Access
10 1 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.97%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.91%) Git
2 3 (2.91%) JIRA
3 2 (1.94%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.97%) GitLab
4 1 (0.97%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (31.07%) Social Skills
2 27 (26.21%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (15.53%) Finance
4 5 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.91%) Law
6 3 (2.91%) Legal
6 3 (2.91%) Retail
7 2 (1.94%) Banking
7 2 (1.94%) French Language
7 2 (1.94%) Local Government
7 2 (1.94%) Marketing
7 2 (1.94%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.97%) Automotive
8 1 (0.97%) Billing
8 1 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (21.36%) Analyst
1 22 (21.36%) Developer
2 15 (14.56%) Senior
3 10 (9.71%) Architect
3 10 (9.71%) Consultant
3 10 (9.71%) Power Platform Developer
4 9 (8.74%) Data Engineer
5 8 (7.77%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 8 (7.77%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (6.80%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 7 (6.80%) Data Architect
7 6 (5.83%) Data Analyst
7 6 (5.83%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Engineer
7 6 (5.83%) Power BI Developer
8 5 (4.85%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.85%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 4 (3.88%) Azure Architect
9 4 (3.88%) Coordinator
9 4 (3.88%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.77%) .NET
2 4 (3.88%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.88%) Entity Framework
2 4 (3.88%) Web Services
2 4 (3.88%) XML
2 4 (3.88%) XSLT
3 3 (2.91%) ADO
3 3 (2.91%) Flask
3 3 (2.91%) Pandas
4 2 (1.94%) CSS
4 2 (1.94%) HTML
4 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.94%) React Native
5 1 (0.97%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.97%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.71%) Data Structures
2 9 (8.74%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.83%) Digital Signage
3 6 (5.83%) PKI
4 2 (1.94%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.94%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.94%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.94%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.97%) FMCG
5 1 (0.97%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.56%) Windows
2 6 (5.83%) Windows Server
2 6 (5.83%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (5.83%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.94%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (78.64%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (24.27%) Analytics
3 20 (19.42%) ETL
4 18 (17.48%) Data Modelling
5 17 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (15.53%) Data Analytics
7 15 (14.56%) Data Analysis
7 15 (14.56%) Visualisation
8 13 (12.62%) Migration
9 12 (11.65%) Agile
9 12 (11.65%) DevOps
10 11 (10.68%) Actionable Insight
10 11 (10.68%) ITIL
11 10 (9.71%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (9.71%) Data Migration
11 10 (9.71%) Decision-Making
11 10 (9.71%) Project Management
11 10 (9.71%) Roadmaps
11 10 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (9.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 33 (32.04%) SQL
2 13 (12.62%) Python
3 12 (11.65%) PowerShell
4 7 (6.80%) C#
4 7 (6.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.91%) Java
6 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.94%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.97%) Bicep
7 1 (0.97%) HiveQL
7 1 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.97%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (6.80%) Degree
2 3 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.94%) MCSE
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.97%) ACCA
4 1 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.97%) CIMA
4 1 (0.97%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.65%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.88%) PMO
2 4 (3.88%) SLA
3 3 (2.91%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.91%) GDPR
4 1 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.97%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.94%) Docker
4 1 (0.97%) HDFS
4 1 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (5.83%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (4.85%) SysTrack
3 3 (2.91%) Terraform
4 2 (1.94%) Ansible
4 2 (1.94%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (34.95%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.62%) Oracle
3 5 (4.85%) Anaplan
3 5 (4.85%) Autodesk
3 5 (4.85%) Citrix
3 5 (4.85%) New Relic
3 5 (4.85%) OpenAI
4 4 (3.88%) SAP
5 3 (2.91%) Databricks
5 3 (2.91%) IFS
5 3 (2.91%) Informatica
6 2 (1.94%) Apple
6 2 (1.94%) Cisco
6 2 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.97%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.97%) Denodo
7 1 (0.97%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.97%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.97%) Talend