Power Platform Contract Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 31 24
Rank change year-on-year -15 -7 +31
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 4 10 10
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.04% 3.38% 3.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.55% 9.35% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 6
10th Percentile £354 £419 £163
25th Percentile £368 £450 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £465 £313
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% +48.80% -39.76%
75th Percentile £493 £501 £456
90th Percentile £505 £637 £481
England median daily rate £494 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.25% -2.44% -2.38%

All Cloud Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 157 107 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 40.78% 36.15% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 60 51
10th Percentile £215 £312 £163
25th Percentile £377 £361 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £481 £405
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% +18.83% -29.57%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £507
90th Percentile £710 £629 £580
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £39.40 - £15.73
25th Percentile £44.50 - £16.06
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.18 £31.84
Median % change year-on-year +13.69% +45.04% +41.51%
75th Percentile £55.00 - £46.18
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.50 £30.94 £23.24
% change year-on-year -14.34% +33.12% +3.29%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the North East

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 East region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Tyne and Wear -10 4 £433 -3.89% 13
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft