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 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 45 55 62
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 1,725 2,282 3,268
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.06% 3.99% 3.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.46% 10.85% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,188 1,623 2,363
10th Percentile £313 £325 £356
25th Percentile £401 £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 £679
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 45 42
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.08 £18.53
Median hourly rate £23.22 £40.50 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.68% +63.64% +15.12%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £54.50 £65.75 £61.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.21 £49.57 £22.50
% change year-on-year -57.22% +120.31% +16.88%

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 13,842 21,041 34,006
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 36.74% 38.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,846 15,232 24,816
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 £748 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 332 411
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.06 £18.50 £15.35
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +59.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £38.13 £66.00 £53.88
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -29.12% +29.89% -3.76%

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 20 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 20 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 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
England +12 1,461 £500 - 1,270
UK excluding London +4 774 £450 -5.26% 819
London +13 756 £525 - 508
Work from Home +14 706 £500 - 600
North of England +1 179 £450 -5.26% 189
South East +6 173 £463 -7.04% 235
Midlands +16 142 £425 -11.46% 165
South West -1 124 £500 - 104
North West -6 117 £451 -2.43% 114
West Midlands +11 104 £425 -12.14% 120
Scotland +40 102 £480 +1.05% 39
Yorkshire +13 55 £438 -12.50% 56
East of England -23 42 £410 +2.50% 69
East Midlands +20 37 £425 +9.68% 44
Northern Ireland +6 13 £600 +33.33% 10
Wales +5 12 £475 -18.52% 20
North East +8 7 £663 +20.45% 19

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
1 212 (12.29%) SharePoint
2 59 (3.42%) Confluence
3 38 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.16%) SAS
6 19 (1.10%) Apache
7 12 (0.70%) 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
1 204 (11.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.97%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.64%) 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
1 107 (6.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.91%) Dynamics AX
3 22 (1.28%) 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 7 (0.41%) Aladdin
8 7 (0.41%) 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%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.23%) Shopify
11 3 (0.17%) Primavera
11 3 (0.17%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.12%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 672 (38.96%) Azure
2 341 (19.77%) PowerApps
3 320 (18.55%) Power Automate
4 253 (14.67%) Dynamics 365
5 206 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
6 153 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
7 136 (7.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 115 (6.67%) AWS
9 70 (4.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 66 (3.83%) Snowflake
11 61 (3.54%) Serverless
12 51 (2.96%) Azure Functions
13 48 (2.78%) Entra ID
14 47 (2.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 47 (2.72%) GCP
15 38 (2.20%) GitHub
16 36 (2.09%) OneDrive
17 25 (1.45%) Google Analytics
18 23 (1.33%) Collibra
18 23 (1.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.45%) 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%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.23%) SNMP
6 4 (0.23%) VPN
7 3 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.17%) Network Security
7 3 (0.17%) Skype
8 2 (0.12%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,395 (80.87%) Power BI
2 224 (12.99%) Data Warehouse
3 221 (12.81%) SQL Server
4 205 (11.88%) Tableau
5 144 (8.35%) Data Lake
6 117 (6.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 84 (4.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 71 (4.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 55 (3.19%) Big Data
10 54 (3.13%) Relational Database
11 50 (2.90%) Power Query
12 45 (2.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 43 (2.49%) Metadata
14 39 (2.26%) BusinessObjects
15 36 (2.09%) NoSQL
16 31 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
17 27 (1.57%) MySQL
18 26 (1.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
19 25 (1.45%) QlikView
20 24 (1.39%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 115 (6.67%) JIRA
2 27 (1.57%) Visual Studio
3 22 (1.28%) Git
4 19 (1.10%) ERwin
4 19 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 16 (0.93%) GitLab
6 14 (0.81%) ER Studio
7 8 (0.46%) Postman
8 7 (0.41%) Jenkins
8 7 (0.41%) Visual Studio Team System
9 6 (0.35%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.35%) PyCharm
10 5 (0.29%) Hudson
11 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.23%) RStudio
11 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.17%) Subversion
13 2 (0.12%) JUnit
13 2 (0.12%) NUnit
General
1 490 (28.41%) Social Skills
2 427 (24.75%) Finance
3 358 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 179 (10.38%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.33%) Marketing
6 88 (5.10%) Banking
7 80 (4.64%) Retail
8 53 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
9 50 (2.90%) Legal
10 48 (2.78%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 32 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 32 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 31 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (1.68%) General Ledger
15 26 (1.51%) Local Government
16 20 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.10%) Front Office
18 18 (1.04%) Financial Institution
19 17 (0.99%) Billing
Job Titles
1 412 (23.88%) Analyst
2 381 (22.09%) Developer
3 210 (12.17%) Architect
4 196 (11.36%) Data Analyst
5 153 (8.87%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 146 (8.46%) Consultant
7 131 (7.59%) Power BI Developer
8 124 (7.19%) Data Engineer
8 124 (7.19%) Senior
9 95 (5.51%) Lead
10 92 (5.33%) Business Analyst
11 84 (4.87%) Solutions Architect
12 78 (4.52%) Power Platform Developer
13 69 (4.00%) Data Architect
14 65 (3.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 63 (3.65%) Senior Analyst
16 51 (2.96%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 50 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
18 49 (2.84%) Power BI Analyst
19 42 (2.43%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (4.64%) .NET
2 47 (2.72%) CSS
3 46 (2.67%) XML
4 44 (2.55%) HTML
5 42 (2.43%) JSON
6 35 (2.03%) PySpark
7 29 (1.68%) REST
8 27 (1.57%) Web Services
9 21 (1.22%) .NET Framework
10 20 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
11 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
12 16 (0.93%) SPFx
13 13 (0.75%) jQuery
14 12 (0.70%) ADO
15 11 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
15 11 (0.64%) SOAP
16 9 (0.52%) Entity Framework
16 9 (0.52%) Node.js
17 8 (0.46%) React
17 8 (0.46%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.94%) Management Information System
2 53 (3.07%) Product Ownership
3 49 (2.84%) Data Structures
4 26 (1.51%) NHS
4 26 (1.51%) Onboarding
5 23 (1.33%) Low-Code
6 20 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (1.04%) Market Risk
8 16 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (0.93%) Reference Data
9 13 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
10 12 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (0.70%) Life Science
10 12 (0.70%) PKI
11 11 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (0.58%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.58%) Data Centre
12 10 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.01%) Windows
2 21 (1.22%) 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 1,199 (69.51%) Business Intelligence
2 356 (20.64%) Agile
3 331 (19.19%) Analytics
4 315 (18.26%) Visualisation
5 298 (17.28%) Data Modelling
6 260 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
7 248 (14.38%) DevOps
8 240 (13.91%) ETL
9 237 (13.74%) Data Analysis
10 201 (11.65%) Data Visualisation
11 183 (10.61%) Migration
12 148 (8.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 140 (8.12%) CRM
14 118 (6.84%) Decision-Making
15 112 (6.49%) Data Governance
16 106 (6.14%) Data Management
16 106 (6.14%) Project Management
17 104 (6.03%) Data Analytics
18 92 (5.33%) Data Science
19 89 (5.16%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 613 (35.54%) SQL
2 265 (15.36%) Python
3 125 (7.25%) C#
4 108 (6.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 102 (5.91%) PowerShell
6 98 (5.68%) JavaScript
7 78 (4.52%) T-SQL
8 46 (2.67%) Java
9 38 (2.20%) R
10 22 (1.28%) PL/SQL
11 20 (1.16%) Scala
12 18 (1.04%) VBA
13 12 (0.70%) VB
14 11 (0.64%) TypeScript
15 10 (0.58%) 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
1 178 (10.32%) Security Cleared
2 167 (9.68%) Degree
3 147 (8.52%) SC Cleared
4 43 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.22%) Master's Degree
9 17 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (0.58%) MCSE
11 9 (0.52%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.46%) Postgraduate
13 7 (0.41%) CISM
13 7 (0.41%) CISSP
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (7.19%) Data Quality
2 87 (5.04%) QA
3 38 (2.20%) SLA
4 33 (1.91%) PMO
5 30 (1.74%) GDPR
6 21 (1.22%) GxP
7 16 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (0.41%) CDISC
9 7 (0.41%) 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%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.46%) Docker
3 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.058%) HDFS
6 1 (0.058%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.058%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 23 (1.33%) Terraform
2 19 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (0.58%) SCCM
4 8 (0.46%) Kubernetes
5 7 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.29%) SysTrack
7 4 (0.23%) Ansible
8 3 (0.17%) Kibana
8 3 (0.17%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.12%) SCOM
10 1 (0.058%) CASB
10 1 (0.058%) Grafana
10 1 (0.058%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.058%) logstash
10 1 (0.058%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.058%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.058%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 690 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 127 (7.36%) Databricks
3 114 (6.61%) Oracle
4 85 (4.93%) SAP
5 52 (3.01%) ServiceNow
6 49 (2.84%) Google
7 47 (2.72%) Salesforce
8 40 (2.32%) Alteryx
9 33 (1.91%) Informatica
10 24 (1.39%) Adobe
11 23 (1.33%) Sparx
12 20 (1.16%) Remedy
13 15 (0.87%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.70%) CA
14 12 (0.70%) Cadence
15 11 (0.64%) Talend
16 10 (0.58%) Citrix
16 10 (0.58%) Splunk
17 9 (0.52%) MicroStrategy
17 9 (0.52%) Qualys