Power Platform Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Power Platform Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Microsoft Power Platform Developer daily rate in Manchester is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 80 105
Rank change year-on-year -7 +25 -
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Developer 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.35% 0.26% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.28% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £404 £480 -
25th Percentile £409 £494 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% - -
75th Percentile £547 £556 -
90th Percentile £564 - -
North West median daily rate £525 £519 -
% change year-on-year +1.20% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,038 1,074 1,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 93.96% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 633 1,097
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £584
90th Percentile £664 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 58
10th Percentile £17.17 £15.92 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £30.07 £44.38 £49.75
90th Percentile £53.30 £65.00 £68.50
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £25.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.00% -27.71% +74.43%

Power Platform Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Power Platform Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Power Platform Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power Platform Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Power Platform Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Developer in Manchester

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Power Platform Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Power Platform Developer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) JSON
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (25.00%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Runbook
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft