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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 50 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 -16 +4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 186 93 112
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.67% 4.22% 4.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.12% 12.38% 15.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 68 78
10th Percentile £400 £319 £334
25th Percentile £425 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £431 £464
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% -7.01% +9.12%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £538
90th Percentile £672 £550 £599
England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.51% -2.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 0
10th Percentile £22.41 - -
25th Percentile £27.94 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £29.96 £16.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.25% - -
75th Percentile £53.13 £16.50 -
90th Percentile £69.00 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -23.57%

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 1,230 751 735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.91% 34.06% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 573 459
10th Percentile £240 £312 £303
25th Percentile £401 £375 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -1.66%
75th Percentile £602 £537 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 28 14
10th Percentile £20.31 £12.82 £17.44
25th Percentile £29.96 £15.50 £21.83
Median hourly rate £65.00 £18.87 £41.09
Median % change year-on-year +244.46% -54.08% +17.40%
75th Percentile £76.50 £51.19 £66.81
90th Percentile £77.35 £68.51 £73.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.87%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -1 116 £500 +19.76% 219
Cheshire +22 37 £475 +10.14% 51
Merseyside +1 21 £438 -12.40% 35
Lancashire -23 8 £400 -15.79% 41
Cumbria - 2 £355 - 6
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 41 (22.04%) SharePoint
2 20 (10.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (8.06%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (3.23%) Confluence
5 2 (1.08%) SAS
5 2 (1.08%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.54%) Mendix
Applications
1 29 (15.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.84%) MS Visio
4 8 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.15%) AutoCAD
5 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (2.15%) Navisworks
5 4 (2.15%) ProjectWise
5 4 (2.15%) Revit
6 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.69%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 4 (2.15%) Primavera
2 4 (2.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.15%) SAP MM
2 4 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.54%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.54%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.54%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.54%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.54%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 93 (50.00%) Azure
2 58 (31.18%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (23.66%) Power Automate
3 44 (23.66%) PowerApps
4 32 (17.20%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (14.52%) Entra ID
6 24 (12.90%) Microsoft Copilot
7 21 (11.29%) OneDrive
8 19 (10.22%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (8.60%) Azure AI
10 12 (6.45%) AWS
11 11 (5.91%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.76%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (3.23%) SaaS
14 5 (2.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (2.69%) Miro
15 4 (2.15%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.91%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (69.89%) Power BI
2 17 (9.14%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (9.14%) Power Query
3 15 (8.06%) SQL Server
4 14 (7.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (7.53%) Tableau
5 12 (6.45%) MySQL
6 10 (5.38%) Data Lake
7 7 (3.76%) Star Schema
8 6 (3.23%) Metadata
9 5 (2.69%) Looker
10 3 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.61%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (1.08%) Big Data
12 1 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 12 (6.45%) JIRA
2 4 (2.15%) Git
3 3 (1.61%) MSTest
3 3 (1.61%) NUnit
4 2 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.54%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.54%) GitLab
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (29.57%) Social Skills
2 31 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (15.05%) Finance
4 21 (11.29%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.69%) Banking
6 5 (2.69%) Law
7 4 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.61%) Billing
8 3 (1.61%) Marketing
8 3 (1.61%) Retail
9 2 (1.08%) Aviation
9 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Legal
10 1 (0.54%) Military
10 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (21.51%) Developer
2 18 (9.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 17 (9.14%) Analyst
3 17 (9.14%) Power BI Developer
4 16 (8.60%) Lead
5 15 (8.06%) Architect
6 11 (5.91%) DBA
6 11 (5.91%) SQL DBA
7 10 (5.38%) Security Engineer
7 10 (5.38%) Senior
8 9 (4.84%) Administrator
8 9 (4.84%) Consultant
8 9 (4.84%) Data Analyst
9 8 (4.30%) SharePoint Developer
10 7 (3.76%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.76%) Project Coordinator
11 6 (3.23%) Automation Specialist
11 6 (3.23%) Data Consultant
11 6 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (3.23%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (3.23%) PySpark
3 5 (2.69%) REST
4 3 (1.61%) ADO
4 3 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (1.61%) OAuth
5 2 (1.08%) .NET
5 2 (1.08%) EDI
5 2 (1.08%) Terraform
5 2 (1.08%) YAML
6 1 (0.54%) JSON
6 1 (0.54%) Middleware
6 1 (0.54%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.54%) RESTful
6 1 (0.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.14%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.91%) Clustering
3 10 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.38%) Replication
4 6 (3.23%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.69%) CMDB
6 4 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.61%) FMCG
8 2 (1.08%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.08%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.08%) Life Science
8 2 (1.08%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.54%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.54%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.14%) Windows
2 10 (5.38%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.61%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.61%) macOS
4 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (63.98%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (27.42%) Analytics
3 45 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (20.43%) Data Modelling
5 36 (19.35%) Visualisation
6 35 (18.82%) DevOps
7 30 (16.13%) Agile
8 29 (15.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (15.59%) Migration
9 26 (13.98%) AI
10 24 (12.90%) Data Analysis
10 24 (12.90%) Data Visualisation
10 24 (12.90%) ITIL
10 24 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (11.29%) ETL
12 21 (11.29%) Workflow
13 18 (9.68%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (9.68%) Validation
14 16 (8.60%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 63 (33.87%) SQL
2 24 (12.90%) Python
3 23 (12.37%) PowerShell
4 19 (10.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (8.60%) T-SQL
6 7 (3.76%) C#
6 7 (3.76%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.54%) Java
8 1 (0.54%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (25.27%) Degree
2 31 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 26 (13.98%) SC Cleared
4 22 (11.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (6.45%) Azure Certification
7 9 (4.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.15%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.15%) CISSP
10 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.54%) CISA
11 1 (0.54%) CISM
11 1 (0.54%) CRISC
11 1 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (20.97%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.84%) PMO
3 6 (3.23%) GRC
4 5 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.69%) NIST
5 4 (2.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.15%) ISO 19650
5 4 (2.15%) QA
6 3 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.61%) GDPR
6 3 (1.61%) GxP
7 2 (1.08%) SLA
8 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.54%) COBIT
System Software
1 12 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.91%) SCOM
2 8 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 119 (63.98%) Microsoft
2 38 (20.43%) ServiceNow
3 14 (7.53%) SAP
4 12 (6.45%) Databricks
4 12 (6.45%) Splunk
5 7 (3.76%) Cisco
5 7 (3.76%) Remedy
6 6 (3.23%) Ribbon
6 6 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.23%) UiPath
7 5 (2.69%) BeyondTrust
7 5 (2.69%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.15%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.15%) Autodesk
9 3 (1.61%) Google
10 2 (1.08%) Infor
10 2 (1.08%) Oracle
10 2 (1.08%) Teradata
10 2 (1.08%) Workday
11 1 (0.54%) Okta