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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 55 62
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 1,722 2,339 3,234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.00% 4.03% 3.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.37% 10.94% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,190 1,665 2,340
10th Percentile £313 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £583 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £484 £450
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.44% +5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 51 43
10th Percentile £14.00 £22.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.25 £18.01
Median hourly rate £23.22 £51.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.48% +121.74% +6.98%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £54.50 £65.75 £62.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.21 £55.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -61.45% +145.54% +14.87%

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 13,922 21,371 33,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.33% 36.84% 38.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,900 15,444 24,526
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 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 346 412
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.54
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.25 £15.31
Median hourly rate £21.19 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.47% +59.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £35.00 £66.00 £50.83
90th Percentile £62.45 £78.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.69 £24.62 £19.00
% change year-on-year -28.15% +29.58% -5.00%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +8 1,450 £500 - 1,110
UK excluding London +2 763 £450 -6.98% 699
London +13 756 £525 - 418
Work from Home +12 715 £500 - 598
North of England -2 177 £450 -5.26% 181
South East +7 169 £463 -7.50% 144
Midlands +19 135 £425 -11.46% 172
South West -5 124 £500 - 81
North West -1 116 £451 -3.73% 113
Scotland +44 104 £478 +0.53% 38
West Midlands +10 98 £425 -12.82% 114
Yorkshire +7 53 £438 -12.50% 52
East of England -23 43 £410 +2.50% 62
East Midlands +30 36 £425 +9.68% 57
Northern Ireland +6 12 £600 +37.14% 10
Wales +4 12 £475 -18.52% 21
North East +8 8 £663 +30.86% 16

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
1 208 (12.08%) SharePoint
2 58 (3.37%) Confluence
3 39 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.16%) SAS
6 16 (0.93%) Apache
7 12 (0.70%) MTS
8 5 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.12%) IIS
10 2 (0.12%) Jadu
10 2 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.058%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.058%) JBoss
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
Applications
1 204 (11.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.97%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.23%) InVision
7 4 (0.23%) Sketch
8 3 (0.17%) Camtasia
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
1 106 (6.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.92%) Dynamics AX
3 23 (1.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 17 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.70%) Endur
5 12 (0.70%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.64%) Aligne
7 9 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.35%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
9 5 (0.29%) Aareon QL
9 5 (0.29%) Maximo
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
10 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
11 3 (0.17%) Primavera
11 3 (0.17%) SAP BPC
11 3 (0.17%) Shopify
12 2 (0.12%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 667 (38.73%) Azure
2 339 (19.69%) PowerApps
3 321 (18.64%) Power Automate
4 247 (14.34%) Dynamics 365
5 202 (11.73%) Microsoft 365
6 148 (8.59%) Azure DevOps
7 133 (7.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 112 (6.50%) AWS
9 70 (4.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 67 (3.89%) Snowflake
11 65 (3.77%) Serverless
12 53 (3.08%) Azure Functions
13 49 (2.85%) Entra ID
14 47 (2.73%) GCP
15 46 (2.67%) Azure Logic Apps
16 38 (2.21%) GitHub
17 34 (1.97%) OneDrive
18 25 (1.45%) Google Analytics
19 24 (1.39%) OCI
20 23 (1.34%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.39%) Firewall
2 9 (0.52%) Intranet
3 8 (0.46%) DNS
4 6 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (0.35%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.23%) 3GPP
5 4 (0.23%) 4G
5 4 (0.23%) 5G
5 4 (0.23%) 5G NR
5 4 (0.23%) DHCP
5 4 (0.23%) LTE
5 4 (0.23%) MegaStream
5 4 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (0.23%) VPN
6 3 (0.17%) Network Security
6 3 (0.17%) Skype
6 3 (0.17%) SNMP
6 3 (0.17%) SSL
7 2 (0.12%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.12%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,398 (81.18%) Power BI
2 231 (13.41%) Data Warehouse
3 220 (12.78%) SQL Server
4 205 (11.90%) Tableau
5 144 (8.36%) Data Lake
6 117 (6.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 81 (4.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 72 (4.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 54 (3.14%) Power Query
10 52 (3.02%) Big Data
11 50 (2.90%) Relational Database
12 48 (2.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 46 (2.67%) Metadata
14 38 (2.21%) BusinessObjects
15 37 (2.15%) NoSQL
16 32 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
17 27 (1.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 26 (1.51%) QlikView
19 25 (1.45%) BigQuery
20 24 (1.39%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 112 (6.50%) JIRA
2 25 (1.45%) Visual Studio
3 23 (1.34%) Git
4 21 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 20 (1.16%) ERwin
6 16 (0.93%) GitLab
7 15 (0.87%) ER Studio
8 8 (0.46%) Postman
9 7 (0.41%) Jenkins
9 7 (0.41%) 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%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.17%) RStudio
13 3 (0.17%) Selenium
13 3 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
13 3 (0.17%) Subversion
General
1 484 (28.11%) Social Skills
2 424 (24.62%) Finance
3 350 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.57%) Marketing
6 84 (4.88%) Banking
7 79 (4.59%) Retail
8 55 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
9 49 (2.85%) Manufacturing
10 48 (2.79%) Legal
11 36 (2.09%) Telecoms
12 34 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 31 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 30 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 30 (1.74%) Local Government
15 29 (1.68%) General Ledger
16 18 (1.05%) Billing
16 18 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.05%) Financial Institution
17 17 (0.99%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 403 (23.40%) Analyst
2 386 (22.42%) Developer
3 208 (12.08%) Architect
4 197 (11.44%) Data Analyst
5 150 (8.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 142 (8.25%) Consultant
7 129 (7.49%) Data Engineer
8 127 (7.38%) Power BI Developer
9 125 (7.26%) Senior
10 98 (5.69%) Lead
11 87 (5.05%) Business Analyst
12 84 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
13 71 (4.12%) Data Architect
13 71 (4.12%) Power Platform Developer
14 68 (3.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 56 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
16 55 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
17 53 (3.08%) Power BI Analyst
18 51 (2.96%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
19 42 (2.44%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (4.70%) .NET
2 47 (2.73%) XML
3 46 (2.67%) JSON
4 44 (2.56%) CSS
5 40 (2.32%) HTML
6 38 (2.21%) PySpark
7 30 (1.74%) REST
8 25 (1.45%) Web Services
9 21 (1.22%) HTML5 Canvas
10 20 (1.16%) .NET Framework
11 18 (1.05%) SPFx
12 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
13 14 (0.81%) jQuery
14 11 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
15 10 (0.58%) ADO
15 10 (0.58%) SOAP
16 9 (0.52%) Node.js
17 8 (0.46%) Entity Framework
17 8 (0.46%) React
17 8 (0.46%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 66 (3.83%) Management Information System
2 51 (2.96%) Product Ownership
3 49 (2.85%) Data Structures
4 25 (1.45%) NHS
4 25 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 23 (1.34%) Low-Code
6 20 (1.16%) Market Risk
6 20 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (0.93%) Reference Data
8 13 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
9 12 (0.70%) Life Science
10 11 (0.64%) Algorithms
10 11 (0.64%) Data Centre
10 11 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
11 10 (0.58%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.79%) Windows
2 20 (1.16%) Linux
3 17 (0.99%) Unix
4 16 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.46%) 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 1,202 (69.80%) Business Intelligence
2 352 (20.44%) Agile
3 340 (19.74%) Analytics
4 314 (18.23%) Visualisation
5 311 (18.06%) Data Modelling
6 250 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
7 248 (14.40%) ETL
8 240 (13.94%) DevOps
9 238 (13.82%) Data Analysis
10 200 (11.61%) Data Visualisation
11 186 (10.80%) Migration
12 142 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 138 (8.01%) CRM
14 120 (6.97%) Data Governance
15 115 (6.68%) Decision-Making
16 111 (6.45%) Data Management
17 107 (6.21%) Project Management
18 106 (6.16%) Data Analytics
19 93 (5.40%) Continuous Improvement
20 90 (5.23%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 601 (34.90%) SQL
2 269 (15.62%) Python
3 126 (7.32%) C#
4 109 (6.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 105 (6.10%) PowerShell
6 99 (5.75%) JavaScript
7 75 (4.36%) T-SQL
8 46 (2.67%) Java
9 42 (2.44%) R
10 22 (1.28%) PL/SQL
11 21 (1.22%) Scala
12 17 (0.99%) VBA
13 13 (0.75%) TypeScript
14 12 (0.70%) VB
15 11 (0.64%) MATLAB
16 7 (0.41%) PHP
16 7 (0.41%) X++
16 7 (0.41%) XPath
16 7 (0.41%) XQuery
17 6 (0.35%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 180 (10.45%) Security Cleared
2 157 (9.12%) Degree
3 150 (8.71%) SC Cleared
4 37 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 20 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 16 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 15 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.46%) MCSE
10 8 (0.46%) Postgraduate
11 6 (0.35%) CIMA
11 6 (0.35%) CISM
11 6 (0.35%) CISSP
11 6 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.23%) HNC
13 3 (0.17%) MBA
13 3 (0.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (7.43%) Data Quality
2 88 (5.11%) QA
3 38 (2.21%) SLA
4 33 (1.92%) PMO
5 31 (1.80%) GDPR
6 20 (1.16%) GxP
7 15 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.41%) CDISC
10 6 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.29%) GAMP
12 4 (0.23%) NCSC
13 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.12%) GRC
14 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.058%) IFRS
15 1 (0.058%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 63 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.52%) Docker
4 6 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
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 23 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.28%) Terraform
3 19 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.52%) Kubernetes
5 8 (0.46%) SCCM
6 7 (0.41%) 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%) SCOM
11 1 (0.058%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.058%) CASB
11 1 (0.058%) Grafana
11 1 (0.058%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.058%) logstash
11 1 (0.058%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.058%) SCOrch
11 1 (0.058%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 691 (40.13%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.84%) Databricks
3 111 (6.45%) Oracle
4 88 (5.11%) SAP
5 49 (2.85%) Google
6 48 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 45 (2.61%) Salesforce
8 39 (2.26%) Alteryx
9 33 (1.92%) Informatica
10 24 (1.39%) Sparx
11 22 (1.28%) Adobe
12 20 (1.16%) Remedy
13 15 (0.87%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.75%) UiPath
15 12 (0.70%) Blue Prism
15 12 (0.70%) CA
15 12 (0.70%) Cadence
16 11 (0.64%) Citrix
16 11 (0.64%) Talend
17 10 (0.58%) MicroStrategy