Power Platform Developer Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Power Platform Developer
England > North West

The median Microsoft Power Platform Developer daily rate in the North West is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 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
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 120 151
Rank change year-on-year 0 +31 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Power Platform Developer 5 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.23% 0.44% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.47% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 3
10th Percentile £456 £360 -
25th Percentile £525 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% +5.56% -23.40%
75th Percentile £535 £506 £484
90th Percentile £544 £525 £490
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 1,992 2,544 2,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 94.19% 94.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,300 1,573 2,056
10th Percentile £258 £263 £288
25th Percentile £367 £382 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £588
90th Percentile £665 £666 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 297 151
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £17.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £29.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +9.43% +6.00%
75th Percentile £56.44 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.90 £55.85
England median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.55% -6.98% +70.01%

Power Platform Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform Developer in the North West

Power Platform Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform Developer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform Developer in the North West

Power Platform Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform Developer in the North West

Power Platform Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Manchester +9 3 £530 +11.58% 2
Lancashire -2 2 £528 - 1
Power Platform Developer
England

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 15 July 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 North West region featuring Power Platform Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (60.00%) Power BI
3 3 (60.00%) PowerApps
3 3 (60.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (60.00%) Shadow IT
3 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Low-Code
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Confluence
4 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) SFIA

Power Platform Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (60.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (60.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Low-Code
1 3 (60.00%) Shadow IT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) SFIA
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft