Power Platform Contracts

Microsoft Power Platform
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 56 63
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 1,733 2,248 3,210
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.07% 3.98% 3.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.50% 10.89% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,606 2,317
10th Percentile £313 £325 £356
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 44 43
10th Percentile £14.00 £22.41 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.25 £18.56
Median hourly rate £23.22 £49.79 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.37% +91.48% +22.35%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.13 £35.00
90th Percentile £54.50 £65.75 £59.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.21 £52.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year -59.61% +130.77% +19.74%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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 requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,865 20,635 33,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 36.52% 38.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,880 14,925 24,585
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 334 406
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.02 £18.50 £15.56
Median hourly rate £21.37 £36.50 £22.19
Median % change year-on-year -41.45% +64.49% +0.86%
75th Percentile £40.00 £66.00 £53.94
90th Percentile £66.88 £78.83 £68.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £26.48 £20.00
% change year-on-year -33.08% +32.40% +1.27%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK

Power Platform
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 24 May 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 +12 1,477 £500 - 1,282
UK excluding London +7 778 £450 -5.26% 866
London +18 762 £525 - 560
Work from Home +9 705 £500 - 635
North of England +4 180 £450 -5.26% 203
South East +11 170 £456 -8.75% 311
Midlands +20 143 £425 -10.99% 139
South West +6 135 £500 - 95
North West 0 117 £451 -2.43% 126
West Midlands +10 103 £425 -11.46% 91
Scotland +32 96 £478 -2.05% 39
Yorkshire +10 56 £450 -10.00% 53
East of England -22 42 £410 -1.20% 64
East Midlands +25 39 £413 +6.45% 45
Northern Ireland +7 13 £600 +26.32% 12
Wales +6 12 £475 -18.73% 16
North East +7 7 £663 +15.22% 25

Power Platform
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
1 223 (12.87%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.12%) Confluence
3 44 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.21%) Apache
6 20 (1.15%) SAS
7 12 (0.69%) MTS
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.12%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.12%) IIS
9 2 (0.12%) Jadu
9 2 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.058%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.058%) JBoss
10 1 (0.058%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 195 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.08%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.23%) InVision
7 4 (0.23%) Sketch
8 3 (0.17%) SPSS
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) InfoPath
9 2 (0.12%) Revit
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 105 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.79%) Dynamics AX
3 21 (1.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 17 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.69%) Endur
5 12 (0.69%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.63%) Aligne
7 9 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.40%) Aladdin
8 7 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
9 5 (0.29%) Aareon QL
9 5 (0.29%) Maximo
9 5 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.23%) Shopify
11 3 (0.17%) Primavera
11 3 (0.17%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.12%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 674 (38.89%) Azure
2 350 (20.20%) PowerApps
3 330 (19.04%) Power Automate
4 255 (14.71%) Dynamics 365
5 218 (12.58%) Microsoft 365
6 149 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
7 123 (7.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 119 (6.87%) AWS
9 73 (4.21%) Snowflake
10 68 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 59 (3.40%) Serverless
12 53 (3.06%) Entra ID
13 51 (2.94%) Azure Functions
14 47 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (2.54%) GCP
16 42 (2.42%) GitHub
16 42 (2.42%) OneDrive
17 25 (1.44%) Google Analytics
18 23 (1.33%) PaaS
19 22 (1.27%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.44%) Firewall
2 10 (0.58%) DNS
3 9 (0.52%) Intranet
4 6 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
5 5 (0.29%) SSL
6 4 (0.23%) 3GPP
6 4 (0.23%) 4G
6 4 (0.23%) 5G
6 4 (0.23%) 5G NR
6 4 (0.23%) DHCP
6 4 (0.23%) LTE
6 4 (0.23%) MegaStream
6 4 (0.23%) Network Security
6 4 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.23%) SNMP
6 4 (0.23%) VPN
7 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.17%) Internet
7 3 (0.17%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,397 (80.61%) Power BI
2 225 (12.98%) SQL Server
3 219 (12.64%) Data Warehouse
4 216 (12.46%) Tableau
5 144 (8.31%) Data Lake
6 116 (6.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 85 (4.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 69 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
9 61 (3.52%) Big Data
10 55 (3.17%) Relational Database
11 51 (2.94%) Power Query
12 45 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 43 (2.48%) BusinessObjects
13 43 (2.48%) Metadata
14 38 (2.19%) NoSQL
15 31 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
16 28 (1.62%) MySQL
17 26 (1.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 24 (1.38%) QlikView
19 23 (1.33%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 111 (6.41%) JIRA
2 28 (1.62%) Visual Studio
3 25 (1.44%) Git
4 19 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 18 (1.04%) ERwin
6 17 (0.98%) GitLab
7 13 (0.75%) ER Studio
8 9 (0.52%) Postman
9 7 (0.40%) Jenkins
9 7 (0.40%) Visual Studio Team System
10 6 (0.35%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.35%) PyCharm
11 5 (0.29%) Hudson
12 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.23%) RStudio
12 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.17%) Subversion
14 2 (0.12%) JUnit
14 2 (0.12%) NUnit
General
1 486 (28.04%) Social Skills
2 426 (24.58%) Finance
3 350 (20.20%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (10.56%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.14%) Banking
5 89 (5.14%) Marketing
6 81 (4.67%) Retail
7 53 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (2.83%) Legal
9 46 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 35 (2.02%) Telecoms
11 32 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 32 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 30 (1.73%) General Ledger
13 27 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (1.50%) Local Government
15 21 (1.21%) Front Office
16 20 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.04%) Investment Banking
18 17 (0.98%) Billing
Job Titles
1 410 (23.66%) Analyst
2 393 (22.68%) Developer
3 205 (11.83%) Architect
4 196 (11.31%) Data Analyst
5 153 (8.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 147 (8.48%) Consultant
7 132 (7.62%) Power BI Developer
8 122 (7.04%) Data Engineer
9 120 (6.92%) Senior
10 94 (5.42%) Lead
11 93 (5.37%) Business Analyst
12 87 (5.02%) Power Platform Developer
13 80 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
14 68 (3.92%) Data Architect
15 64 (3.69%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 63 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
17 49 (2.83%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
18 48 (2.77%) Power BI Analyst
19 46 (2.65%) Azure Engineer
20 43 (2.48%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (4.67%) .NET
2 51 (2.94%) CSS
3 47 (2.71%) HTML
3 47 (2.71%) XML
4 41 (2.37%) JSON
5 33 (1.90%) PySpark
6 29 (1.67%) REST
7 28 (1.62%) Web Services
8 23 (1.33%) .NET Framework
9 22 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
10 17 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
11 16 (0.92%) SPFx
12 13 (0.75%) jQuery
13 12 (0.69%) ADO
14 11 (0.63%) SOAP
15 10 (0.58%) Entity Framework
15 10 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
15 10 (0.58%) React
15 10 (0.58%) RESTful
16 9 (0.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 66 (3.81%) Management Information System
2 54 (3.12%) Product Ownership
3 48 (2.77%) Data Structures
4 27 (1.56%) Low-Code
5 26 (1.50%) NHS
5 26 (1.50%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (0.98%) Market Risk
8 16 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (0.92%) Reference Data
9 13 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
10 12 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (0.69%) Life Science
10 12 (0.69%) PKI
11 11 (0.63%) Hedge funds
12 10 (0.58%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.58%) Data Centre
12 10 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 56 (3.23%) Windows
2 22 (1.27%) Linux
3 19 (1.10%) Unix
3 19 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.52%) VMS
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.058%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,197 (69.07%) Business Intelligence
2 360 (20.77%) Agile
3 328 (18.93%) Analytics
4 313 (18.06%) Visualisation
5 299 (17.25%) Data Modelling
6 250 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
7 242 (13.96%) DevOps
8 236 (13.62%) Data Analysis
9 235 (13.56%) ETL
10 199 (11.48%) Data Visualisation
11 182 (10.50%) Migration
12 149 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 136 (7.85%) CRM
14 118 (6.81%) Decision-Making
15 113 (6.52%) Data Governance
16 106 (6.12%) Data Analytics
17 105 (6.06%) Data Management
18 104 (6.00%) Project Management
19 97 (5.60%) Scrum
20 90 (5.19%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 607 (35.03%) SQL
2 258 (14.89%) Python
3 126 (7.27%) C#
4 108 (6.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 104 (6.00%) PowerShell
6 103 (5.94%) JavaScript
7 76 (4.39%) T-SQL
8 44 (2.54%) Java
9 38 (2.19%) R
10 26 (1.50%) PL/SQL
11 18 (1.04%) VBA
12 16 (0.92%) Scala
13 14 (0.81%) TypeScript
14 12 (0.69%) VB
15 10 (0.58%) MATLAB
16 7 (0.40%) PHP
16 7 (0.40%) X++
16 7 (0.40%) XPath
16 7 (0.40%) XQuery
17 6 (0.35%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 186 (10.73%) Security Cleared
2 174 (10.04%) Degree
3 154 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 42 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.21%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (0.58%) MCSE
12 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.46%) Postgraduate
14 6 (0.35%) CIMA
14 6 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
14 6 (0.35%) PMP
15 5 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (0.23%) HNC
17 3 (0.17%) ACCA
17 3 (0.17%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (7.39%) Data Quality
2 84 (4.85%) QA
3 38 (2.19%) SLA
4 33 (1.90%) PMO
5 30 (1.73%) GDPR
6 20 (1.15%) GxP
7 16 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.40%) CDISC
9 7 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
10 6 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.29%) GAMP
12 4 (0.23%) NCSC
12 4 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.17%) GRC
13 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.058%) IFRS
15 1 (0.058%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 67 (3.87%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.35%) Docker
6 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.058%) HDFS
7 1 (0.058%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.058%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.44%) Terraform
3 19 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.58%) SCCM
5 8 (0.46%) Kubernetes
6 7 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.29%) SysTrack
8 4 (0.23%) Ansible
9 3 (0.17%) Kibana
9 3 (0.17%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.12%) CASB
10 2 (0.12%) SCOM
11 1 (0.058%) Grafana
11 1 (0.058%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.058%) logstash
11 1 (0.058%) Matomo
11 1 (0.058%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.058%) SCOrch
11 1 (0.058%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 695 (40.10%) Microsoft
2 118 (6.81%) Databricks
3 112 (6.46%) Oracle
4 86 (4.96%) SAP
5 56 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 51 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 47 (2.71%) Google
8 40 (2.31%) Alteryx
9 33 (1.90%) Informatica
10 22 (1.27%) Adobe
10 22 (1.27%) Sparx
11 20 (1.15%) Remedy
12 15 (0.87%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.69%) CA
13 12 (0.69%) Cadence
14 10 (0.58%) Citrix
14 10 (0.58%) Talend
15 9 (0.52%) MicroStrategy
16 8 (0.46%) Cloudera
16 8 (0.46%) Splunk