Power Platform Contract Job Trends in Chester

Microsoft Power Platform
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 3.60% - 9.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.86% - 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £524 - -
25th Percentile £541 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £463 £580 £475
% change year-on-year -20.26% +22.11% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate - - £42.50

All Cloud Computing Skills
Chester

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 requiring cloud computing skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 28 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 20.14% 8.57% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile - - £215
25th Percentile £413 £405 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £410 £271
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +51.15% -30.45%
75th Percentile £550 £415 £307
90th Percentile - - £318
Cheshire median daily rate £474 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +15.49% -8.89% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 - £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.25%
75th Percentile £27.25 - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £21.68 £12.82 £17.72
% change year-on-year +69.13% -27.65% -20.93%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Chester

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Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Power Platform

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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Power Platform

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (60.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow Management
3 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 5 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Remedy
2 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow