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

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 48 65
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 -3
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 691 1,041 1,725
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.70% 4.35% 3.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.82% 11.01% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 794 1,307
10th Percentile £337 £350 £356
25th Percentile £404 £413 £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 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £497 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.70% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 17
10th Percentile - £25.68 £18.85
25th Percentile £16.50 £36.96 £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.14 £51.25 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year -58.76% +94.17% -13.46%
75th Percentile £26.74 £56.50 £33.75
90th Percentile £48.50 £58.45 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £22.86 £45.04 £26.00
% change year-on-year -49.25% +73.21% +20.93%

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 5,389 9,455 18,257
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.63% 39.47% 41.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,894 7,043 13,681
10th Percentile £350 £363 £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 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 135 152
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.24 £15.06
25th Percentile £16.90 £21.28 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +35.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £52.31 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £39.55 £22.00
% change year-on-year -45.64% +79.77% +0.64%

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 7 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 7 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 95 (13.75%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.46%) Confluence
3 12 (1.74%) Apache
3 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.59%) SAS
5 5 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.29%) MTS
7 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 64 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.43%) 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 51 (7.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (3.18%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.72%) Aareon QL
4 5 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.58%) Shopify
6 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.29%) Aligne
7 2 (0.29%) Endur
7 2 (0.29%) EuroRunner
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.14%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.14%) Relativity
8 1 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 242 (35.02%) Azure
2 176 (25.47%) PowerApps
3 151 (21.85%) Power Automate
4 125 (18.09%) Dynamics 365
5 91 (13.17%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 36 (5.21%) AWS
9 28 (4.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (3.33%) Snowflake
11 21 (3.04%) Serverless
12 20 (2.89%) OneDrive
13 19 (2.75%) dbt
14 18 (2.60%) Azure Functions
14 18 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 18 (2.60%) GCP
14 18 (2.60%) GitHub
15 16 (2.32%) Google Analytics
16 9 (1.30%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.87%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.72%) 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 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (0.43%) Network Security
4 3 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) HTTP
5 2 (0.29%) SSL
5 2 (0.29%) XCAP
6 1 (0.14%) DHCP
6 1 (0.14%) FTP
6 1 (0.14%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 528 (76.41%) Power BI
2 81 (11.72%) SQL Server
3 78 (11.29%) Data Warehouse
4 70 (10.13%) Tableau
5 65 (9.41%) Data Lake
6 31 (4.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 24 (3.47%) Power Query
10 23 (3.33%) Big Data
11 17 (2.46%) BigQuery
11 17 (2.46%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.88%) Looker
13 12 (1.74%) GIS
13 12 (1.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.30%) Metadata
14 9 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
15 8 (1.16%) Apache Arrow
15 8 (1.16%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 39 (5.64%) JIRA
2 12 (1.74%) Git
3 7 (1.01%) Postman
3 7 (1.01%) 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 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.29%) ERwin
8 1 (0.14%) Gatling
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.14%) NUnit
8 1 (0.14%) Selenium
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 208 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 169 (24.46%) Finance
3 128 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (10.56%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.37%) Retail
6 29 (4.20%) Banking
7 26 (3.76%) Marketing
8 25 (3.62%) General Ledger
9 21 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.03%) Legal
12 12 (1.74%) Front Office
13 11 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.45%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.30%) Back Office
15 9 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.16%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.16%) Local Government
16 8 (1.16%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.87%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 167 (24.17%) Developer
2 158 (22.87%) Analyst
3 80 (11.58%) Architect
3 80 (11.58%) Consultant
4 69 (9.99%) Data Analyst
5 57 (8.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 49 (7.09%) Senior
7 45 (6.51%) Power BI Developer
8 43 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 43 (6.22%) Data Engineer
9 38 (5.50%) Power Platform Developer
10 34 (4.92%) Lead
11 32 (4.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 29 (4.20%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 27 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (3.33%) Applications Developer
15 22 (3.18%) Microsoft Consultant
16 21 (3.04%) Power BI Analyst
17 19 (2.75%) Data Architect
17 19 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.35%) .NET
2 26 (3.76%) CSS
3 24 (3.47%) JSON
4 23 (3.33%) HTML
5 18 (2.60%) HTML5 Canvas
6 17 (2.46%) XML
7 15 (2.17%) REST
8 10 (1.45%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.16%) Web Services
10 6 (0.87%) ADO
10 6 (0.87%) jQuery
10 6 (0.87%) RESTful
10 6 (0.87%) SPFx
11 5 (0.72%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.72%) Entity Framework
11 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
11 5 (0.72%) Node.js
11 5 (0.72%) PySpark
11 5 (0.72%) React
11 5 (0.72%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.63%) Management Information System
2 24 (3.47%) Product Ownership
3 23 (3.33%) Data Structures
4 19 (2.75%) Low-Code
5 14 (2.03%) NHS
6 13 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (1.16%) Derivative
9 8 (1.16%) Equities
9 8 (1.16%) Fixed Income
9 8 (1.16%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.87%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.87%) Housing Association
12 5 (0.72%) CMDB
12 5 (0.72%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (0.72%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.43%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.03%) Windows
2 5 (0.72%) Linux
3 4 (0.58%) Unix
3 4 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (66.43%) Business Intelligence
2 141 (20.41%) Agile
3 114 (16.50%) DevOps
4 112 (16.21%) Data Modelling
5 106 (15.34%) Analytics
6 103 (14.91%) Visualisation
7 101 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
8 81 (11.72%) Data Analysis
9 76 (11.00%) ETL
10 75 (10.85%) Migration
11 73 (10.56%) Data Visualisation
12 60 (8.68%) CRM
13 49 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 41 (5.93%) Actionable Insight
15 39 (5.64%) Data Science
16 37 (5.35%) Data Migration
17 36 (5.21%) Data Management
17 36 (5.21%) Scrum
18 35 (5.07%) Decision-Making
19 34 (4.92%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 231 (33.43%) SQL
2 84 (12.16%) Python
3 61 (8.83%) C#
4 49 (7.09%) JavaScript
5 43 (6.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 28 (4.05%) PowerShell
7 17 (2.46%) T-SQL
8 13 (1.88%) R
9 9 (1.30%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.16%) Java
11 7 (1.01%) VB
12 6 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.58%) C
13 4 (0.58%) VBA
13 4 (0.58%) X++
14 3 (0.43%) Scala
14 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.14%) HiveQL
16 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 75 (10.85%) Degree
2 67 (9.70%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.72%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.72%) PMP
11 4 (0.58%) HNC
11 4 (0.58%) MCSE
12 3 (0.43%) ACCA
12 3 (0.43%) CIMA
13 1 (0.14%) MBA
13 1 (0.14%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.35%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.05%) QA
3 9 (1.30%) PMO
4 7 (1.01%) CDISC
4 7 (1.01%) SLA
5 6 (0.87%) GDPR
6 5 (0.72%) GxP
7 4 (0.58%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.43%) Good Clinical Practice
8 3 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (2.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.43%) Docker
3 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.59%) Terraform
2 4 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.43%) SCCM
4 2 (0.29%) Kibana
5 1 (0.14%) Ansible
5 1 (0.14%) CASB
5 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.14%) logstash
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) SCOM
5 1 (0.14%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.14%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 311 (45.01%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.35%) Databricks
3 25 (3.62%) Google
4 23 (3.33%) Oracle
5 17 (2.46%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.32%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.88%) Remedy
8 12 (1.74%) SAP
9 11 (1.59%) Adobe
9 11 (1.59%) Informatica
10 8 (1.16%) Alteryx
11 6 (0.87%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.72%) Aareon
12 5 (0.72%) Monetate
12 5 (0.72%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.58%) IFS
13 4 (0.58%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.58%) Nintex
13 4 (0.58%) Snow
13 4 (0.58%) Tealium