Power Platform Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 52 65
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 0
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 774 935 1,103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.82% 4.04% 3.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.72% 12.19% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 665 845
10th Percentile £300 £275 £306
25th Percentile £375 £388 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £575
90th Percentile £630 £641 £639
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 33 35
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.40 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £24.63 £17.18
Median hourly rate £21.21 £49.57 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.22% +120.31% +16.88%
75th Percentile £37.19 £65.00 £34.38
90th Percentile £43.75 £73.75 £55.80
UK median hourly rate £23.22 £40.50 £24.75
% change year-on-year -42.68% +63.64% +15.12%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,257 7,669 9,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.94% 33.15% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,728 5,665 7,339
10th Percentile £213 £250 £208
25th Percentile £375 £406 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 219 286
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £25.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -29.12% +29.89% -3.76%
75th Percentile £27.50 £63.75 £30.60
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -38.94% +59.09% -2.22%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the UK excluding London

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
North of England +1 179 £450 -5.26% 186
South East +6 173 £463 -7.04% 233
Midlands +16 142 £425 -11.46% 166
South West -1 124 £500 - 104
North West -6 117 £451 -2.43% 113
West Midlands +11 104 £425 -12.14% 120
Scotland +40 102 £480 +1.05% 42
Yorkshire +13 55 £438 -12.50% 56
East of England -23 42 £410 +2.50% 69
East Midlands +20 37 £425 +9.68% 45
Northern Ireland +6 13 £600 +33.33% 10
Wales +5 12 £475 -18.52% 20
North East +8 7 £663 +20.45% 17
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 80 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.62%) Confluence
3 19 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.55%) SAS
5 7 (0.90%) Apache
6 5 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.26%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.13%) Jadu
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 108 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.52%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.26%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 33 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.65%) Aareon QL
5 4 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.52%) Maximo
5 4 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.26%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.26%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.13%) Relativity
7 1 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.13%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 277 (35.79%) Azure
2 133 (17.18%) PowerApps
3 132 (17.05%) Power Automate
4 98 (12.66%) Dynamics 365
5 78 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (9.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 46 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (4.39%) AWS
9 32 (4.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 29 (3.75%) Snowflake
11 26 (3.36%) Serverless
12 24 (3.10%) Azure Functions
13 22 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (2.58%) Entra ID
14 20 (2.58%) GCP
15 18 (2.33%) OneDrive
16 14 (1.81%) Collibra
17 12 (1.55%) OCI
18 10 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 10 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.94%) Firewall
2 6 (0.78%) Unified Communications
3 5 (0.65%) Intranet
3 5 (0.65%) SSL
4 4 (0.52%) MegaStream
5 3 (0.39%) Skype
6 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) VPN
6 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.26%) XCAP
7 1 (0.13%) DNS
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) SNMP
7 1 (0.13%) VLAN
7 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 615 (79.46%) Power BI
2 92 (11.89%) Data Warehouse
3 80 (10.34%) SQL Server
4 75 (9.69%) Tableau
5 61 (7.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 56 (7.24%) Data Lake
7 45 (5.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 33 (4.26%) Relational Database
9 30 (3.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 28 (3.62%) Power Query
11 25 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
12 20 (2.58%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 18 (2.33%) BusinessObjects
14 15 (1.94%) MySQL
15 14 (1.81%) Big Data
15 14 (1.81%) Data Mining
16 12 (1.55%) Qlik Sense
17 10 (1.29%) Metadata
18 9 (1.16%) GIS
18 9 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 49 (6.33%) JIRA
2 12 (1.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 12 (1.55%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.78%) Eclipse
3 6 (0.78%) PyCharm
4 5 (0.65%) Hudson
5 4 (0.52%) Git
6 3 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.39%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.39%) GitLab
6 3 (0.39%) Postman
7 2 (0.26%) JUnit
7 2 (0.26%) Subversion
8 1 (0.13%) Gatling
8 1 (0.13%) Gradle
8 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.13%) Maven
8 1 (0.13%) NUnit
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 212 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 177 (22.87%) Analytical Skills
3 149 (19.25%) Finance
4 82 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 33 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 33 (4.26%) Retail
6 30 (3.88%) Marketing
7 27 (3.49%) Legal
8 23 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (2.71%) Telecoms
10 20 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (2.07%) Local Government
12 14 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.16%) Banking
13 9 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.16%) Law
14 8 (1.03%) Electronics
15 7 (0.90%) Billing
15 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (24.42%) Developer
2 188 (24.29%) Analyst
3 99 (12.79%) Data Analyst
4 82 (10.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 70 (9.04%) Power BI Developer
5 70 (9.04%) Senior
6 64 (8.27%) Architect
7 61 (7.88%) Data Engineer
8 54 (6.98%) Consultant
9 49 (6.33%) Lead
10 38 (4.91%) Power Platform Developer
11 37 (4.78%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 37 (4.78%) Senior Analyst
12 36 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
13 29 (3.75%) Business Analyst
14 23 (2.97%) Power BI Analyst
15 21 (2.71%) Applications Developer
15 21 (2.71%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 20 (2.58%) Azure Engineer
17 18 (2.33%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.75%) .NET
2 22 (2.84%) CSS
3 19 (2.45%) HTML
4 17 (2.20%) XML
5 15 (1.94%) REST
6 10 (1.29%) SPFx
7 9 (1.16%) ADO
7 9 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.03%) Web Services
9 7 (0.90%) PySpark
10 5 (0.65%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.65%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.65%) Entity Framework
10 5 (0.65%) JSON
10 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (0.65%) Pandas
10 5 (0.65%) SOAP
11 4 (0.52%) XSLT
12 3 (0.39%) Flask
12 3 (0.39%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 18 (2.33%) Product Ownership
3 17 (2.20%) Data Structures
4 12 (1.55%) NHS
5 11 (1.42%) PKI
5 11 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.29%) Life Science
7 9 (1.16%) CMDB
7 9 (1.16%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (0.90%) Housing Association
10 6 (0.78%) Digital Signage
10 6 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.78%) Smart Meter
11 5 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.65%) DTCC
11 5 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.65%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.13%) Windows
2 14 (1.81%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.55%) Unix
4 11 (1.42%) Linux
5 7 (0.90%) VMS
6 6 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (69.64%) Business Intelligence
2 145 (18.73%) Analytics
3 135 (17.44%) Visualisation
4 133 (17.18%) Agile
5 113 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (13.95%) ETL
7 99 (12.79%) Data Analysis
7 99 (12.79%) Data Modelling
8 79 (10.21%) Data Visualisation
9 78 (10.08%) Migration
10 74 (9.56%) DevOps
10 74 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 55 (7.11%) Project Management
12 49 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (6.33%) Decision-Making
13 47 (6.07%) CRM
14 45 (5.81%) Data Analytics
14 45 (5.81%) ITIL
15 44 (5.68%) Data Management
16 36 (4.65%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 283 (36.56%) SQL
2 93 (12.02%) Python
3 48 (6.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 47 (6.07%) C#
5 41 (5.30%) T-SQL
6 39 (5.04%) JavaScript
7 31 (4.01%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.20%) Java
9 7 (0.90%) Scala
9 7 (0.90%) X++
10 6 (0.78%) Groovy
10 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.78%) VBA
11 4 (0.52%) C
11 4 (0.52%) VB
12 2 (0.26%) PHP
12 2 (0.26%) R
13 1 (0.13%) C++
13 1 (0.13%) HiveQL
13 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 88 (11.37%) Security Cleared
2 77 (9.95%) SC Cleared
3 65 (8.40%) Degree
4 17 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (1.55%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.16%) MCSE
9 8 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.78%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.65%) CISM
11 5 (0.65%) CISSP
11 5 (0.65%) PMP
12 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.39%) HNC
13 3 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.39%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.13%) ACCA
14 1 (0.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.85%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.91%) QA
3 20 (2.58%) PMO
4 18 (2.33%) GDPR
5 15 (1.94%) GxP
6 12 (1.55%) SLA
7 7 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (0.78%) Good Clinical Practice
9 5 (0.65%) GAMP
10 4 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) IFRS
12 1 (0.13%) IFRS 9
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.39%) Docker
5 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.13%) HDFS
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.90%) SCCM
4 5 (0.65%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.65%) SysTrack
5 3 (0.39%) Terraform
6 2 (0.26%) Ansible
6 2 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 283 (36.56%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.81%) Oracle
3 44 (5.68%) Databricks
4 41 (5.30%) SAP
5 23 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.45%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.20%) Google
7 17 (2.20%) Remedy
8 13 (1.68%) Alteryx
8 13 (1.68%) Informatica
9 12 (1.55%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.29%) CA
11 7 (0.90%) Ab Initio
11 7 (0.90%) Citrix
11 7 (0.90%) Dataiku
11 7 (0.90%) Trillium
12 6 (0.78%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.65%) Aareon
13 5 (0.65%) New Relic
13 5 (0.65%) OpenAI