Power Platform Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 55 35
Rank change year-on-year +8 -20 +11
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 175 82 106
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.46% 3.75% 4.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.58% 11.28% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 58 75
10th Percentile £400 £319 £344
25th Percentile £433 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £525
90th Percentile £638 £536 £615
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 0
10th Percentile £21.52 - -
25th Percentile £26.81 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £29.96 £16.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.25% - -
75th Percentile £41.81 £16.50 -
90th Percentile £65.49 - -
England median hourly rate £30.38 £32.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.61% +7.27% -21.05%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,200 727 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.60% 33.29% 30.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 546 468
10th Percentile £226 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £376 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £525 £575
90th Percentile £694 £634 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 25 13
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £13.09
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 £17.44
Median hourly rate £52.50 £18.87 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +178.22% -47.58% +2.86%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £77.88 £72.83 £71.15
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the North West

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the North West over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the North West

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the North West over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the North West

Power Platform
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. 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 +6 110 £500 +17.65% 140
Cheshire +25 38 £475 +11.76% 40
Merseyside -9 17 £437 -12.70% 29
Lancashire -20 8 £400 -15.79% 37
Power Platform
England

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

Application Platforms
1 40 (22.86%) SharePoint
2 20 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (8.57%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (4.00%) Confluence
5 2 (1.14%) CMS
5 2 (1.14%) SAS
5 2 (1.14%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.57%) Mendix
Applications
1 28 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.57%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.29%) AutoCAD
4 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.29%) Navisworks
4 4 (2.29%) ProjectWise
4 4 (2.29%) Revit
5 3 (1.71%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (3.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 4 (2.29%) Primavera
2 4 (2.29%) SAP MM
2 4 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.57%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.57%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 85 (48.57%) Azure
2 53 (30.29%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (25.14%) Power Automate
4 39 (22.29%) PowerApps
5 28 (16.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 25 (14.29%) Entra ID
7 22 (12.57%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (12.00%) OneDrive
9 16 (9.14%) Azure AI
9 16 (9.14%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (8.00%) AWS
11 11 (6.29%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (4.57%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (4.00%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (3.43%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (2.86%) SaaS
16 4 (2.29%) Azure Service Bus
16 4 (2.29%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (71.43%) Power BI
2 17 (9.71%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (9.71%) Power Query
2 17 (9.71%) SQL Server
3 14 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (6.86%) MySQL
5 11 (6.29%) Tableau
6 7 (4.00%) Data Lake
6 7 (4.00%) Star Schema
7 5 (2.86%) Metadata
8 4 (2.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.29%) Looker
9 3 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.71%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (1.14%) Big Data
10 2 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.57%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (6.86%) JIRA
2 3 (1.71%) Git
3 1 (0.57%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.57%) GitLab
3 1 (0.57%) MSTest
3 1 (0.57%) NUnit
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (13.71%) Finance
4 20 (11.43%) Manufacturing
5 8 (4.57%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.43%) Banking
7 5 (2.86%) Law
8 4 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.71%) Marketing
9 3 (1.71%) Retail
10 2 (1.14%) Aviation
10 2 (1.14%) Billing
10 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.14%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Legal
11 1 (0.57%) Local Government
11 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Publishing
11 1 (0.57%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 38 (21.71%) Developer
2 20 (11.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 19 (10.86%) Power BI Developer
4 16 (9.14%) Analyst
5 13 (7.43%) Architect
5 13 (7.43%) Lead
6 11 (6.29%) DBA
6 11 (6.29%) Security Engineer
6 11 (6.29%) SQL DBA
7 9 (5.14%) Senior
8 8 (4.57%) Administrator
8 8 (4.57%) Consultant
8 8 (4.57%) Data Analyst
8 8 (4.57%) SharePoint Developer
9 7 (4.00%) Coordinator
9 7 (4.00%) Project Coordinator
10 6 (3.43%) Automation Specialist
10 6 (3.43%) Voice Engineer
11 5 (2.86%) Power Platform Developer
11 5 (2.86%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (3.43%) PySpark
3 4 (2.29%) REST
4 3 (1.71%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (1.14%) OAuth
6 1 (0.57%) EDI
6 1 (0.57%) OpenID
6 1 (0.57%) SAML
6 1 (0.57%) SOAP
6 1 (0.57%) Terraform
6 1 (0.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.14%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.71%) Clustering
2 10 (5.71%) Replication
3 9 (5.14%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.86%) CMDB
4 5 (2.86%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.29%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.14%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.14%) FMCG
7 2 (1.14%) Life Science
7 2 (1.14%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.57%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.86%) Windows
2 10 (5.71%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.86%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.86%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (65.71%) Business Intelligence
2 56 (32.00%) Analytics
3 39 (22.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (19.43%) Visualisation
5 33 (18.86%) Data Modelling
6 28 (16.00%) Migration
7 26 (14.86%) Agile
8 25 (14.29%) AI
8 25 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (13.71%) Data Visualisation
9 24 (13.71%) DevOps
9 24 (13.71%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (13.14%) ITIL
10 23 (13.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (12.57%) Data Analysis
11 22 (12.57%) Workflow
12 20 (11.43%) ETL
13 16 (9.14%) ITSM
13 16 (9.14%) User Acceptance Testing
14 15 (8.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 59 (33.71%) SQL
2 26 (14.86%) PowerShell
3 24 (13.71%) Python
4 20 (11.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (10.29%) T-SQL
6 6 (3.43%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.29%) C#
8 1 (0.57%) Java
8 1 (0.57%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (26.86%) Degree
2 29 (16.57%) Security Cleared
3 24 (13.71%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (9.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (6.86%) Azure Certification
7 9 (5.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (3.43%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.86%) CISSP
9 5 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (20.57%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.00%) GRC
3 6 (3.43%) PMO
4 5 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.86%) NIST
5 4 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.29%) ISO 19650
6 3 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.71%) GDPR
6 3 (1.71%) GxP
6 3 (1.71%) QA
7 2 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (6.29%) SCOM
2 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 112 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 41 (23.43%) ServiceNow
3 14 (8.00%) Splunk
4 13 (7.43%) SAP
5 12 (6.86%) Databricks
6 9 (5.14%) Remedy
7 7 (4.00%) BeyondTrust
7 7 (4.00%) Cisco
7 7 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.43%) Ribbon
8 6 (3.43%) UiPath
9 5 (2.86%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.29%) Alteryx
10 4 (2.29%) Autodesk
11 3 (1.71%) Atlassian
12 2 (1.14%) Google
12 2 (1.14%) Oracle
12 2 (1.14%) Teradata
12 2 (1.14%) Workday
13 1 (0.57%) Adobe