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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 56 36
Rank change year-on-year +11 -20 +4
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 178 86 109
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.51% 3.92% 4.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.70% 11.68% 15.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 62 74
10th Percentile £400 £319 £343
25th Percentile £425 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £431 £451
Median % change year-on-year +14.20% -4.43% +4.64%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £538
90th Percentile £673 £550 £614
England median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
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 £31.50 £28.53 £30.30
% change year-on-year +10.41% -5.83% -25.20%

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 1,211 736 725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.66% 33.53% 30.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 761 561 451
10th Percentile £230 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £375 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -1.86%
75th Percentile £604 £537 £575
90th Percentile £694 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 28 14
10th Percentile £19.93 £12.82 £17.44
25th Percentile £28.87 £15.50 £21.83
Median hourly rate £60.00 £18.87 £41.09
Median % change year-on-year +217.97% -54.08% +3.76%
75th Percentile £76.00 £51.19 £66.81
90th Percentile £77.00 £68.51 £73.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.06%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +1 112 £500 +17.65% 188
Cheshire +23 36 £475 +10.14% 44
Merseyside 0 20 £438 -12.40% 40
Lancashire -27 7 £400 -15.79% 53
Cumbria - 1 £310 - 9
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 38 (21.35%) SharePoint
2 20 (11.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (8.43%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (2.81%) Confluence
5 2 (1.12%) SAS
5 2 (1.12%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.56%) Mendix
Applications
1 28 (15.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.49%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.25%) AutoCAD
4 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.25%) Navisworks
4 4 (2.25%) ProjectWise
4 4 (2.25%) Revit
5 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 5 (2.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.25%) Primavera
2 4 (2.25%) SAP MM
2 4 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.56%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.56%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (48.88%) Azure
2 53 (29.78%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (23.60%) Power Automate
4 41 (23.03%) PowerApps
5 27 (15.17%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (14.04%) Entra ID
7 24 (13.48%) Microsoft Copilot
8 21 (11.80%) OneDrive
9 16 (8.99%) Azure AI
9 16 (8.99%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (7.30%) AWS
11 11 (6.18%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.93%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (2.81%) SaaS
15 4 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (2.25%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (2.25%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (71.91%) Power BI
2 17 (9.55%) Power Query
3 16 (8.99%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (8.43%) SQL Server
5 14 (7.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (7.30%) Tableau
7 12 (6.74%) MySQL
8 9 (5.06%) Data Lake
9 7 (3.93%) Star Schema
10 6 (3.37%) Metadata
11 4 (2.25%) Looker
12 3 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (1.12%) Big Data
14 1 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
14 1 (0.56%) Data Vault
14 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
14 1 (0.56%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 11 (6.18%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) Git
3 2 (1.12%) MSTest
3 2 (1.12%) NUnit
4 1 (0.56%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.56%) GitLab
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 54 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (14.04%) Finance
4 20 (11.24%) Manufacturing
5 8 (4.49%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.81%) Banking
7 4 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.25%) Law
7 4 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.69%) Marketing
8 3 (1.69%) Retail
9 2 (1.12%) Aviation
9 2 (1.12%) Billing
9 2 (1.12%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Legal
10 1 (0.56%) Military
10 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (21.91%) Developer
2 19 (10.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 18 (10.11%) Power BI Developer
4 17 (9.55%) Analyst
5 15 (8.43%) Lead
6 13 (7.30%) Architect
7 11 (6.18%) DBA
7 11 (6.18%) SQL DBA
8 10 (5.62%) Security Engineer
9 9 (5.06%) Consultant
9 9 (5.06%) Data Analyst
9 9 (5.06%) Senior
10 8 (4.49%) Administrator
10 8 (4.49%) SharePoint Developer
11 7 (3.93%) Coordinator
11 7 (3.93%) Project Coordinator
12 6 (3.37%) Automation Specialist
12 6 (3.37%) Data Consultant
12 6 (3.37%) Power Platform Developer
12 6 (3.37%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Graph
2 6 (3.37%) PySpark
3 4 (2.25%) REST
4 3 (1.69%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (1.12%) ADO
5 2 (1.12%) OAuth
5 2 (1.12%) YAML
6 1 (0.56%) EDI
6 1 (0.56%) JSON
6 1 (0.56%) SOAP
6 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.55%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.62%) Clustering
2 10 (5.62%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.62%) Replication
3 5 (2.81%) CMDB
3 5 (2.81%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.12%) FMCG
6 2 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.12%) Life Science
6 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.56%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.56%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.56%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.11%) Windows
2 10 (5.62%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.25%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.25%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (65.73%) Business Intelligence
2 52 (29.21%) Analytics
3 42 (23.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (20.22%) Visualisation
5 35 (19.66%) Data Modelling
6 30 (16.85%) Agile
7 29 (16.29%) DevOps
8 28 (15.73%) Migration
9 26 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (13.48%) AI
10 24 (13.48%) Data Analysis
10 24 (13.48%) Data Visualisation
11 23 (12.92%) ITIL
12 22 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 21 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (11.24%) ETL
15 19 (10.67%) Workflow
16 18 (10.11%) User Acceptance Testing
17 17 (9.55%) Validation
18 15 (8.43%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 61 (34.27%) SQL
2 25 (14.04%) Python
3 24 (13.48%) PowerShell
4 19 (10.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (8.99%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.81%) C#
6 5 (2.81%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.56%) Java
8 1 (0.56%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (25.84%) Degree
2 31 (17.42%) Security Cleared
3 26 (14.61%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (9.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (6.74%) Azure Certification
7 9 (5.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (2.81%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.81%) CISSP
8 5 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.56%) CISA
10 1 (0.56%) CISM
10 1 (0.56%) CRISC
10 1 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (21.91%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.49%) PMO
3 6 (3.37%) GRC
4 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.81%) NIST
5 4 (2.25%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.25%) ISO 19650
6 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.69%) GDPR
6 3 (1.69%) GxP
6 3 (1.69%) QA
7 2 (1.12%) SLA
8 1 (0.56%) COBIT
System Software
1 11 (6.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (6.18%) SCOM
2 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 113 (63.48%) Microsoft
2 38 (21.35%) ServiceNow
3 13 (7.30%) SAP
3 13 (7.30%) Splunk
4 12 (6.74%) Databricks
5 8 (4.49%) Remedy
6 7 (3.93%) Cisco
7 6 (3.37%) BeyondTrust
7 6 (3.37%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (3.37%) Ribbon
7 6 (3.37%) UiPath
8 5 (2.81%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.25%) Alteryx
9 4 (2.25%) Autodesk
10 2 (1.12%) Google
10 2 (1.12%) Oracle
10 2 (1.12%) Teradata
10 2 (1.12%) Workday
11 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.56%) Infor