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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 54 34
Rank change year-on-year +1 -20 +3
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 148 76 117
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.94% 3.49% 4.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.42% 11.19% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 51 83
10th Percentile £400 £313 £351
25th Percentile £425 £399 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £448 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.06% -0.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £536 £538
90th Percentile £606 £580 £600
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 0
10th Percentile £25.06 - -
25th Percentile £28.50 - -
Median hourly rate £29.96 - -
75th Percentile £47.44 - -
90th Percentile £66.99 - -
England median hourly rate £30.38 £31.64 £30.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.47% -25.93%

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 1,192 679 765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.70% 31.18% 31.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 762 499 521
10th Percentile £255 £312 £300
25th Percentile £400 £389 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -4.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £611 £538 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.34% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 23 43
10th Percentile £18.65 £12.82 £13.61
25th Percentile £25.47 £22.87 -
Median hourly rate £58.50 £40.59 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +44.12% +152.74% -35.41%
75th Percentile £77.00 £56.25 £24.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.50 £71.15
England median hourly rate £37.37 £26.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +43.73% +18.18% -33.33%

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

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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 1 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the North West

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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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +2 96 £500 +17.65% 54
Cheshire +4 26 £510 -2.86% 30
Merseyside -11 14 £437 -10.46% 17
Lancashire -6 9 £400 -20.00% 24
Cumbria - 2 - - 4
Power Platform
England

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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 28 (18.92%) SharePoint
2 14 (9.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (6.08%) Confluence
4 7 (4.73%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.35%) Apache
5 2 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.35%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.35%) CMS
5 2 (1.35%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (17.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.03%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.68%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.68%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.68%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.68%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.70%) Primavera
2 4 (2.70%) SAP MM
2 4 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.68%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.68%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 73 (49.32%) Azure
2 41 (27.70%) Power Automate
3 36 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (24.32%) PowerApps
4 24 (16.22%) Microsoft Copilot
5 15 (10.14%) AWS
6 14 (9.46%) Entra ID
6 14 (9.46%) OneDrive
7 13 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (8.78%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (5.41%) Azure AI
9 7 (4.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (4.73%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (4.73%) Copilot Studio
10 5 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (2.70%) dbt
11 4 (2.70%) SaaS
12 3 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.73%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (75.00%) Power BI
2 17 (11.49%) Power Query
3 15 (10.14%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (9.46%) SQL Server
5 12 (8.11%) Tableau
6 9 (6.08%) MySQL
6 9 (6.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (4.05%) Metadata
8 5 (3.38%) Data Lake
8 5 (3.38%) Star Schema
9 4 (2.70%) Looker
10 3 (2.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (2.03%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (2.03%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (1.35%) Hadoop
11 2 (1.35%) Impala
12 1 (0.68%) Big Data
12 1 (0.68%) Data Vault
12 1 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 13 (8.78%) JIRA
2 4 (2.70%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.68%) Postman
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 44 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (17.57%) Finance
4 18 (12.16%) Manufacturing
5 14 (9.46%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.73%) Banking
7 4 (2.70%) Law
8 3 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Aviation
9 2 (1.35%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.35%) Legal
9 2 (1.35%) Marketing
9 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Military
10 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.68%) Publishing
10 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (18.24%) Developer
2 20 (13.51%) Power BI Developer
3 19 (12.84%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 15 (10.14%) Analyst
5 11 (7.43%) Lead
6 9 (6.08%) Data Analyst
6 9 (6.08%) Senior
7 8 (5.41%) Architect
7 8 (5.41%) Data Engineer
8 7 (4.73%) DBA
8 7 (4.73%) Security Engineer
8 7 (4.73%) SQL DBA
9 6 (4.05%) Administrator
9 6 (4.05%) Automation Specialist
9 6 (4.05%) Consultant
9 6 (4.05%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Engineer
10 4 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (2.70%) Coordinator
10 4 (2.70%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.38%) PySpark
2 4 (2.70%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (2.03%) REST
4 2 (1.35%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.68%) OAuth
5 1 (0.68%) OpenID
5 1 (0.68%) SAML
5 1 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.76%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (4.05%) Clustering
2 6 (4.05%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.05%) Replication
3 5 (3.38%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.70%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.03%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.35%) CMDB
6 2 (1.35%) FMCG
6 2 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.35%) Life Science
7 1 (0.68%) Derivative
7 1 (0.68%) Equities
7 1 (0.68%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.68%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.68%) PKI
7 1 (0.68%) PMI
7 1 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.81%) Windows
2 7 (4.73%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.38%) Apple iOS
3 5 (3.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (70.27%) Business Intelligence
2 52 (35.14%) Analytics
3 34 (22.97%) Data Modelling
4 32 (21.62%) Visualisation
5 28 (18.92%) Migration
6 27 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (16.89%) Agile
8 24 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (15.54%) AI
10 22 (14.86%) Data Visualisation
11 21 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (13.51%) Data Analysis
13 19 (12.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (12.84%) Workflow
14 17 (11.49%) ITIL
15 16 (10.81%) ETL
16 15 (10.14%) ITSM
17 14 (9.46%) Data Analytics
17 14 (9.46%) Data Transformation
17 14 (9.46%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (34.46%) SQL
2 22 (14.86%) Python
3 20 (13.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (10.81%) PowerShell
5 12 (8.11%) T-SQL
6 6 (4.05%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.03%) C#
8 1 (0.68%) Java
8 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (22.97%) Degree
2 25 (16.89%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.16%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (8.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.73%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.38%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.38%) CISSP
6 5 (3.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.68%) MBA
9 1 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.68%) PMP
9 1 (0.68%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (18.92%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.38%) GRC
3 4 (2.70%) QA
4 3 (2.03%) GDPR
4 3 (2.03%) GxP
4 3 (2.03%) PMO
5 2 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.35%) NIST
5 2 (1.35%) SLA
6 1 (0.68%) Basel III
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 12 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.73%) SCOM
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.35%) Apache Ranger
4 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 83 (56.08%) Microsoft
2 33 (22.30%) ServiceNow
3 13 (8.78%) SAP
4 10 (6.76%) Databricks
4 10 (6.76%) Splunk
5 9 (6.08%) Remedy
6 7 (4.73%) BeyondTrust
6 7 (4.73%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (4.05%) UiPath
8 4 (2.70%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.70%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.70%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.03%) Cisco
9 3 (2.03%) Oracle
9 3 (2.03%) Ribbon
10 2 (1.35%) Cloudera
10 2 (1.35%) Workday
11 1 (0.68%) Adobe
11 1 (0.68%) Automation Anywhere
11 1 (0.68%) Blue Prism