Power Platform Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 49 66
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 694 1,035 1,697
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.70% 4.34% 3.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.85% 10.99% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 786 1,288
10th Percentile £345 £350 £356
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 18
10th Percentile - £25.68 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.50 £36.96 £19.56
Median hourly rate £21.14 £51.25 £24.95
Median % change year-on-year -58.76% +105.43% -4.05%
75th Percentile £26.74 £56.50 £32.09
90th Percentile £48.50 £58.45 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.22 £38.75 £23.50
% change year-on-year -40.09% +64.89% +6.82%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,402 9,416 18,029
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 39.44% 41.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,898 7,013 13,524
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 £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 131 149
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.03
25th Percentile £16.90 £21.28 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +25.00% +41.02%
75th Percentile £50.19 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.19 £75.00 £75.17
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

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 12 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 12 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 97 (13.98%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.59%) Confluence
3 12 (1.73%) Apache
3 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.59%) SAS
5 5 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.58%) 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%) Mendix
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 65 (9.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.16%) 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 49 (7.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (2.45%) 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
5 4 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.29%) Aligne
6 2 (0.29%) Endur
6 2 (0.29%) EuroRunner
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.14%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.14%) Relativity
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 238 (34.29%) Azure
2 172 (24.78%) PowerApps
3 146 (21.04%) Power Automate
4 120 (17.29%) Dynamics 365
5 91 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (10.52%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (5.91%) Azure Data Factory
8 39 (5.62%) AWS
9 28 (4.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 24 (3.46%) Snowflake
11 22 (3.17%) Serverless
12 20 (2.88%) dbt
12 20 (2.88%) OneDrive
13 18 (2.59%) Azure Functions
13 18 (2.59%) GitHub
14 17 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (2.45%) GCP
15 15 (2.16%) Google Analytics
16 10 (1.44%) PaaS
17 9 (1.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.86%) 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
1 533 (76.80%) Power BI
2 83 (11.96%) Data Warehouse
3 81 (11.67%) SQL Server
4 76 (10.95%) Tableau
5 62 (8.93%) Data Lake
6 33 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 29 (4.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 24 (3.46%) Big Data
10 23 (3.31%) Power Query
11 21 (3.03%) Relational Database
12 16 (2.31%) BigQuery
13 14 (2.02%) Looker
14 13 (1.87%) GIS
14 13 (1.87%) Qlik Sense
15 12 (1.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 11 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
17 9 (1.30%) Metadata
17 9 (1.30%) MySQL
18 8 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 39 (5.62%) JIRA
2 12 (1.73%) Git
3 8 (1.15%) Postman
4 7 (1.01%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.58%) GitLab
6 4 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.43%) ERwin
7 3 (0.43%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) JMeter
9 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.14%) Selenium
9 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 203 (29.25%) Social Skills
2 165 (23.78%) Finance
3 125 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.48%) Retail
6 31 (4.47%) Banking
7 27 (3.89%) Marketing
8 23 (3.31%) General Ledger
9 21 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.02%) Legal
12 12 (1.73%) Front Office
13 11 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.30%) Back Office
15 9 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.15%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.15%) Local Government
16 8 (1.15%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 171 (24.64%) Developer
2 162 (23.34%) Analyst
3 78 (11.24%) Architect
4 76 (10.95%) Consultant
5 71 (10.23%) Data Analyst
6 59 (8.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 49 (7.06%) Senior
8 45 (6.48%) Power BI Developer
9 44 (6.34%) Data Engineer
10 43 (6.20%) Business Analyst
11 39 (5.62%) Power Platform Developer
12 34 (4.90%) Lead
13 32 (4.61%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 25 (3.60%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 24 (3.46%) Applications Developer
15 24 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (3.17%) Power BI Analyst
17 21 (3.03%) Data Architect
18 20 (2.88%) Microsoft Consultant
19 19 (2.74%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.33%) .NET
2 30 (4.32%) CSS
3 27 (3.89%) HTML
4 23 (3.31%) JSON
5 18 (2.59%) HTML5 Canvas
6 16 (2.31%) XML
7 15 (2.16%) REST
8 10 (1.44%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.15%) Web Services
10 6 (0.86%) ADO
10 6 (0.86%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.86%) jQuery
10 6 (0.86%) RESTful
10 6 (0.86%) SPFx
11 5 (0.72%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.72%) Entity Framework
11 5 (0.72%) Node.js
11 5 (0.72%) PySpark
11 5 (0.72%) React
11 5 (0.72%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.61%) Management Information System
2 23 (3.31%) Product Ownership
3 20 (2.88%) Low-Code
4 18 (2.59%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.02%) NHS
6 13 (1.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (1.15%) Derivative
9 8 (1.15%) Equities
9 8 (1.15%) Fixed Income
9 8 (1.15%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.86%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.86%) 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%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.02%) 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
1 461 (66.43%) Business Intelligence
2 142 (20.46%) Agile
3 116 (16.71%) Data Modelling
4 108 (15.56%) Analytics
4 108 (15.56%) DevOps
5 106 (15.27%) Visualisation
6 102 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (11.96%) Data Analysis
8 80 (11.53%) ETL
9 77 (11.10%) Migration
10 75 (10.81%) Data Visualisation
11 58 (8.36%) CRM
12 49 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 43 (6.20%) Scrum
14 42 (6.05%) Actionable Insight
14 42 (6.05%) Data Science
15 38 (5.48%) Data Migration
15 38 (5.48%) Service Management
16 37 (5.33%) Data Management
16 37 (5.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 237 (34.15%) SQL
2 84 (12.10%) Python
3 62 (8.93%) C#
4 53 (7.64%) JavaScript
5 40 (5.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 28 (4.03%) PowerShell
7 18 (2.59%) T-SQL
8 13 (1.87%) R
9 9 (1.30%) Java
9 9 (1.30%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.01%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.01%) VB
11 4 (0.58%) C
11 4 (0.58%) Scala
11 4 (0.58%) VBA
11 4 (0.58%) X++
12 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.14%) HiveQL
14 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 79 (11.38%) Degree
2 64 (9.22%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.78%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.30%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.30%) PMP
9 8 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.58%) HNC
12 4 (0.58%) MCSE
13 3 (0.43%) ACCA
13 3 (0.43%) CIMA
14 1 (0.14%) CFA
14 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.14%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.33%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.03%) QA
3 9 (1.30%) PMO
4 7 (1.01%) CDISC
4 7 (1.01%) SLA
5 6 (0.86%) 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 (2.74%) 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
1 306 (44.09%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.33%) Databricks
3 25 (3.60%) Google
4 23 (3.31%) Oracle
5 21 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.31%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.87%) Remedy
7 13 (1.87%) SAP
8 12 (1.73%) Adobe
9 11 (1.59%) Informatica
10 8 (1.15%) Alteryx
11 6 (0.86%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.72%) Aareon
12 5 (0.72%) Monetate
12 5 (0.72%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.58%) Ensighten
13 4 (0.58%) Nintex
13 4 (0.58%) Snow
13 4 (0.58%) Sparx
13 4 (0.58%) Tealium