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 £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 81 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Developer 3 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.30% 0.51% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.53% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £433 £350 -
25th Percentile £468 £416 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% - -
75th Percentile £543 £488 -
90th Percentile £547 £522 -
North West median daily rate £530 £475 -
% change year-on-year +11.58% - -

All DemandTrendContract 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 923 1,122 1,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 95.65% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 706 1,180
10th Percentile £300 £325 £288
25th Percentile £400 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £657 £721 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 41 57
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.63 £15.72
25th Percentile £14.13 £21.25 £16.85
Median hourly rate £21.10 £33.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.06% +73.68% +8.57%
75th Percentile £33.00 £60.00 £39.60
90th Percentile £73.00 £74.50 £67.00
North West median hourly rate £24.88 £35.50 £30.54
% change year-on-year -29.91% +16.24% +32.47%

Power Platform Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Power Platform Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform Developer 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 6 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Developer in Manchester

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Power Platform Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) SFIA
3 1 (33.33%) Shadow IT
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
1 1 (33.33%) Shadow IT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) SFIA
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft