Power Platform Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 28 53
Rank change year-on-year -8 +25 -4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 119 170 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.39% 5.59% 3.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.66% 14.95% 10.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 118 115
10th Percentile £350 £316 £300
25th Percentile £375 £402 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% +26.67%
75th Percentile £525 £534 £622
90th Percentile £600 £656 £669
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 12
10th Percentile £31.75 £34.72 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £46.16 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £56.40 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year -24.65% +167.01% -3.99%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £63.00
90th Percentile - - £64.80
England median hourly rate £23.22 £52.50 £26.69
% change year-on-year -55.78% +96.72% +27.08%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 871 1,137 1,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.13% 37.41% 35.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 840 1,111
10th Percentile £280 £312 £213
25th Percentile £385 £413 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 38 57
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.92 £14.70
25th Percentile - £17.09 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £24.87 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year -35.41% -5.80% +50.83%
75th Percentile £26.50 £55.55 £75.00
90th Percentile £63.18 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the North West

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Manchester +2 67 £450 +3.75% 70
Cheshire +9 28 £475 +7.04% 17
Lancashire +11 11 £350 -30.00% 12
Merseyside -15 6 £375 -25.00% 10
Cumbria -17 3 £575 +35.29% 6
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England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (8.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.04%) Confluence
2 6 (5.04%) SAS
3 2 (1.68%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.84%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (12.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.21%) Azure
2 15 (12.61%) Dynamics 365
3 14 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (10.92%) Power Automate
4 13 (10.92%) PowerApps
5 12 (10.08%) Snowflake
6 8 (6.72%) AWS
7 7 (5.88%) Collibra
8 6 (5.04%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (4.20%) GCP
9 5 (4.20%) Mimecast
10 4 (3.36%) Google Analytics
10 4 (3.36%) OCI
11 3 (2.52%) Google Tag Manager
12 2 (1.68%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.68%) SaaS
13 1 (0.84%) Matillion
13 1 (0.84%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.52%) Skype
2 1 (0.84%) Firewall
2 1 (0.84%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (89.92%) Power BI
2 27 (22.69%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (17.65%) SQL Server
4 14 (11.76%) Data Lake
4 14 (11.76%) Tableau
5 8 (6.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (6.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (5.88%) Relational Database
7 6 (5.04%) Ataccama
7 6 (5.04%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (5.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (4.20%) Data Mining
9 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (1.68%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.84%) GIS
11 1 (0.84%) MySQL
11 1 (0.84%) OLAP
11 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) JIRA
1 6 (5.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (4.20%) Hudson
3 2 (1.68%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.84%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.84%) Gatling
4 1 (0.84%) Git
4 1 (0.84%) GitLab
4 1 (0.84%) Gradle
4 1 (0.84%) JUnit
4 1 (0.84%) Postman
4 1 (0.84%) PyCharm
General
1 31 (26.05%) Social Skills
2 27 (22.69%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.76%) Finance
4 12 (10.08%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (6.72%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.72%) Retail
6 7 (5.88%) Legal
7 6 (5.04%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.52%) Law
8 3 (2.52%) Marketing
8 3 (2.52%) Police
8 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Banking
10 1 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (29.41%) Analyst
2 32 (26.89%) Developer
3 23 (19.33%) Data Analyst
4 19 (15.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 18 (15.13%) Senior
6 15 (12.61%) Power BI Developer
6 15 (12.61%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (9.24%) Architect
8 9 (7.56%) Data Quality Analyst
8 9 (7.56%) QA Analyst
8 9 (7.56%) Quality Analyst
8 9 (7.56%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (6.72%) Lead
9 8 (6.72%) Power Platform Developer
9 8 (6.72%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
9 8 (6.72%) Senior QA Analyst
9 8 (6.72%) Senior Quality Analyst
10 7 (5.88%) Business Analyst
11 6 (5.04%) Support Engineer
12 5 (4.20%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) .NET
2 3 (2.52%) HTML
3 2 (1.68%) CSS
4 1 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.84%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.84%) jOOQ
4 1 (0.84%) OpenLayers
4 1 (0.84%) PostGIS
4 1 (0.84%) React
4 1 (0.84%) REST
4 1 (0.84%) Spring
4 1 (0.84%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.84%) Web Services
4 1 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.88%) Life Science
2 4 (3.36%) NHS
3 3 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.84%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.84%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.84%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.84%) IoT
5 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.84%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Apple iOS
1 4 (3.36%) Linux
1 4 (3.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (75.63%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (20.17%) Visualisation
3 21 (17.65%) ETL
4 19 (15.97%) Agile
4 19 (15.97%) Analytics
5 17 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (13.45%) Data Analysis
6 16 (13.45%) Migration
6 16 (13.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (11.76%) Data Modelling
7 14 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
7 14 (11.76%) Project Management
8 11 (9.24%) Data Architecture
8 11 (9.24%) Data Management
9 10 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (8.40%) CRM
10 9 (7.56%) Data Analytics
10 9 (7.56%) Data Governance
11 8 (6.72%) Data Extraction
12 7 (5.88%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 60 (50.42%) SQL
2 18 (15.13%) Python
3 11 (9.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (7.56%) PowerShell
5 6 (5.04%) C#
6 4 (3.36%) Java
6 4 (3.36%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.52%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.84%) Groovy
8 1 (0.84%) PHP
8 1 (0.84%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (8.40%) Degree
2 5 (4.20%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.52%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.68%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.45%) QA
2 11 (9.24%) Data Quality
3 6 (5.04%) GxP
4 5 (4.20%) GAMP
5 4 (3.36%) GDPR
6 2 (1.68%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.84%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.84%) Kibana
2 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (21.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.08%) SAP
3 6 (5.04%) Alteryx
3 6 (5.04%) Dataiku
3 6 (5.04%) Trillium
4 5 (4.20%) Oracle
4 5 (4.20%) Sophos
5 4 (3.36%) Databricks
5 4 (3.36%) Google
6 3 (2.52%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.68%) IDERA
7 2 (1.68%) Lotus
7 2 (1.68%) Remedy
8 1 (0.84%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.84%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.84%) MicroStrategy