Power Platform Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Power Platform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Power Platform over the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 40 45
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +9
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 89 109 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.21% 4.00% 4.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.28% 11.71% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 83 114
10th Percentile £319 £265 £318
25th Percentile £413 £306 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £524 £575
90th Percentile £663 £610 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - £29.85 £46.66
25th Percentile - £41.25 -
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -34.62% +227.58%
75th Percentile - £43.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £28.60 £25.81 £60.00
% change year-on-year +10.81% -56.98% +164.43%

All Cloud 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 670 931 1,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.72% 34.13% 39.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 688 1,044
10th Percentile £250 £265 £281
25th Percentile £391 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £679
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 51 31
10th Percentile £17.80 £15.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.05 £17.72 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.59 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -25.71% +91.78%
75th Percentile £49.14 £46.18 £68.00
90th Percentile £75.55 £52.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.46 £23.22 £23.15
% change year-on-year +22.57% +0.28% +10.82%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the North West over the 6 months to 22 January 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the North West

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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 22 January 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 +14 57 £473 +5.00% 100
Cheshire -4 21 £525 +50.00% 18
Merseyside -3 7 £213 -39.29% 13
Lancashire +8 2 £475 +35.71% 5
Cumbria +6 1 - - 1
Power Platform
England

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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 18 (20.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.25%) ArcGIS
3 2 (2.25%) CMS
3 2 (2.25%) WordPress
4 1 (1.12%) Apache
4 1 (1.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (11.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (21.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (1.12%) Aareon QL
3 1 (1.12%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (1.12%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.12%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 40 (44.94%) PowerApps
2 39 (43.82%) Azure
3 33 (37.08%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (26.97%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (15.73%) Power Automate
6 10 (11.24%) AWS
7 5 (5.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (5.62%) GCP
8 4 (4.49%) Snowflake
8 4 (4.49%) Veeva
9 3 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.25%) Azure Functions
10 2 (2.25%) Google Ads
10 2 (2.25%) Google Analytics
10 2 (2.25%) Google Data Studio
10 2 (2.25%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (2.25%) SaaS
10 2 (2.25%) Serverless
11 1 (1.12%) IaaS
11 1 (1.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.12%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (78.65%) Power BI
2 13 (14.61%) Tableau
3 6 (6.74%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.49%) Data Mining
4 4 (4.49%) MySQL
5 3 (3.37%) Data Lake
5 3 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.25%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (2.25%) Power Query
6 2 (2.25%) Spotfire
6 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.12%) Metadata
7 1 (1.12%) PowerPivot
7 1 (1.12%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (1.12%) QlikView
7 1 (1.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.62%) JIRA
2 2 (2.25%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.25%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 1 (1.12%) Git
General
1 24 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.60%) Public Sector
3 16 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (15.73%) Marketing
5 9 (10.11%) Finance
6 4 (4.49%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (3.37%) Law
7 3 (3.37%) Legal
8 2 (2.25%) Banking
8 2 (2.25%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Publishing
9 1 (1.12%) Military
9 1 (1.12%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 30 (33.71%) Developer
2 14 (15.73%) Analyst
3 10 (11.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 10 (11.24%) Data Analyst
3 10 (11.24%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 10 (11.24%) Software Developer
4 7 (7.87%) CRM Specialist
4 7 (7.87%) Dynamics CRM Specialist
5 6 (6.74%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
5 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Specialist
5 6 (6.74%) Power BI Developer
5 6 (6.74%) Security Engineer
6 5 (5.62%) Architect
6 5 (5.62%) Senior
7 4 (4.49%) Data Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
7 4 (4.49%) Senior Developer
8 3 (3.37%) Analytics Developer
8 3 (3.37%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (3.37%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.36%) CSS
1 11 (12.36%) HTML
2 7 (7.87%) React
3 6 (6.74%) SPFx
4 3 (3.37%) .NET
4 3 (3.37%) SailPoint
5 2 (2.25%) Web Services
6 1 (1.12%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.12%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.12%) CSS3
6 1 (1.12%) HTML5
6 1 (1.12%) jQuery
6 1 (1.12%) Next.js
6 1 (1.12%) Node.js
6 1 (1.12%) OAuth
6 1 (1.12%) OpenID
6 1 (1.12%) REST
6 1 (1.12%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.49%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.37%) Algorithms
2 3 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.25%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.25%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.25%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.12%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.12%) NHS
4 1 (1.12%) PropTech
4 1 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Windows
2 1 (1.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (69.66%) Business Intelligence
2 27 (30.34%) Agile
3 26 (29.21%) Data Modelling
4 22 (24.72%) Visualisation
5 20 (22.47%) CRM
5 20 (22.47%) Data Visualisation
6 19 (21.35%) Analytics
7 18 (20.22%) Customer Insight
8 17 (19.10%) Data Loss Prevention
9 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (15.73%) Data Analysis
10 14 (15.73%) Knowledge Transfer
11 12 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (13.48%) Web Development
12 11 (12.36%) ETL
13 10 (11.24%) Actionable Insight
14 9 (10.11%) Data Governance
14 9 (10.11%) Data Integration
14 9 (10.11%) Matrix Organization
14 9 (10.11%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (37.08%) SQL
2 14 (15.73%) JavaScript
2 14 (15.73%) PowerShell
3 12 (13.48%) Python
4 11 (12.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (7.87%) PL/SQL
5 7 (7.87%) TypeScript
6 3 (3.37%) C#
6 3 (3.37%) R
6 3 (3.37%) VBA
7 1 (1.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (11.24%) Degree
2 6 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.62%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.37%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.25%) CISSP
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.12%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.61%) Data Quality
2 7 (7.87%) GxP
3 4 (4.49%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.37%) GDPR
4 3 (3.37%) QA
5 2 (2.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.12%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.12%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.11%) Oracle
3 6 (6.74%) BeyondTrust
3 6 (6.74%) Splunk
4 5 (5.62%) Databricks
5 4 (4.49%) McAfee
6 3 (3.37%) Google
7 2 (2.25%) Brio
7 2 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.25%) ESRI
7 2 (2.25%) Optimizely
7 2 (2.25%) Ping Identity
7 2 (2.25%) Sage
7 2 (2.25%) SnapLogic
7 2 (2.25%) Sparx
8 1 (1.12%) Aareon
8 1 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.12%) Dell
8 1 (1.12%) Intapp
8 1 (1.12%) Talend