Power Platform Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Power Platform
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 34 45
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 54 65 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 5.83% 4.28% 4.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.21% 11.65% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 53 51
10th Percentile £314 £350 £302
25th Percentile £403 £375 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £547 £525 £519
90th Percentile £609 £565 £575
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -65.38% +348.28%
North West median hourly rate - £42.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -34.62% +237.75%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 380 558 739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 41.04% 36.78% 39.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 440 554
10th Percentile £313 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £567 £570 £588
90th Percentile £654 £650 £650
North West median daily rate £473 £487 £500
% change year-on-year -3.03% -2.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 18
10th Percentile £36.70 £18.18 £20.00
25th Percentile £48.25 £22.25 £28.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £26.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +169.23% -60.00% +271.43%
75th Percentile £80.63 £71.87 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.50 £72.50 -
North West median hourly rate £28.88 £16.06 £37.30
% change year-on-year +79.79% -56.94% +100.62%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in Manchester

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in Manchester

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Manchester

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Stockport -4 1 £488 +21.88% 17
Power Platform
North West

Power Platform
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 18 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.85%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.56%) NetSuite
3 2 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.85%) Elite 3E
4 1 (1.85%) Maximo
4 1 (1.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (48.15%) PowerApps
2 25 (46.30%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (40.74%) Azure
4 16 (29.63%) Power Automate
5 12 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (9.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.70%) AWS
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.70%) Serverless
8 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (1.85%) Boomi
8 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.85%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (62.96%) Power BI
2 8 (14.81%) Tableau
3 7 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
5 3 (5.56%) MySQL
5 3 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.70%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.70%) Dremio
6 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.85%) Big Data
7 1 (1.85%) Power Query
7 1 (1.85%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.56%) Hudson
3 2 (3.70%) JIRA
3 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.85%) Flyway
4 1 (1.85%) Liquibase
General
1 19 (35.19%) Public Sector
2 17 (31.48%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Marketing
4 4 (7.41%) Finance
5 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.85%) Military
6 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Developer
2 9 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 8 (14.81%) Analyst
3 8 (14.81%) Software Developer
4 7 (12.96%) Data Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) Data Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Applications Support
6 3 (5.56%) Applications Support Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Architect
6 3 (5.56%) CRM Specialist
6 3 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM Specialist
6 3 (5.56%) Lead
6 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Developer
6 3 (5.56%) Power Platform Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Administrator
7 2 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (3.70%) Data Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.52%) CSS
1 10 (18.52%) HTML
2 7 (12.96%) React
3 6 (11.11%) SPFx
4 2 (3.70%) .NET
5 1 (1.85%) Matplotlib
5 1 (1.85%) Middleware
5 1 (1.85%) Next.js
5 1 (1.85%) Node.js
5 1 (1.85%) OAuth
5 1 (1.85%) OpenID
5 1 (1.85%) Pandas
5 1 (1.85%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.85%) scikit-learn
5 1 (1.85%) Shiny
5 1 (1.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.85%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (1.85%) IoT
2 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (53.70%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (20.37%) Agile
4 10 (18.52%) CRM
4 10 (18.52%) Web Development
5 9 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 9 (16.67%) ETL
6 8 (14.81%) Analytics
6 8 (14.81%) Task Automation
6 8 (14.81%) Visualisation
7 7 (12.96%) Customer Insight
7 7 (12.96%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (11.11%) Data Analytics
8 6 (11.11%) Data Governance
8 6 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
8 6 (11.11%) Migration
9 5 (9.26%) Data Pipeline
9 5 (9.26%) Decision-Making
9 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) SQL
2 13 (24.07%) JavaScript
3 10 (18.52%) PowerShell
4 7 (12.96%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (5.56%) Python
6 2 (3.70%) C#
6 2 (3.70%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (5.56%) Degree
1 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.85%) MCT
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.85%) RIBA
2 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.70%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 34 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) Databricks
3 2 (3.70%) Brio
3 2 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (1.85%) Autodesk
4 1 (1.85%) Google
4 1 (1.85%) Intapp
4 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow