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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 43 48
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 -18
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 125 88 102
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.99% 4.54% 3.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.29% 13.23% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 63 79
10th Percentile £312 £325 £350
25th Percentile £380 £415 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £496 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +10.25% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £525
90th Percentile £601 £698 £578
England median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - £31.75
25th Percentile £17.13 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 - £42.50
75th Percentile £45.00 - £43.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - -
England median hourly rate £31.13 £29.07 £22.86
% change year-on-year +7.07% +27.18% -58.96%

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 1,017 665 899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.48% 34.31% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 514 657
10th Percentile £220 £250 £284
25th Percentile £370 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.86% -2.20%
75th Percentile £572 £575 £553
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 14 67
10th Percentile £21.92 £24.99 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £28.88 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +116.45% +79.79% -48.61%
75th Percentile £77.50 £65.22 £22.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.13 £43.75
England median hourly rate £42.59 £26.50 £20.97
% change year-on-year +60.73% +26.37% -20.08%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -11 78 £450 -4.26% 53
Cheshire -2 32 £463 -15.91% 20
Lancashire -10 7 £425 +13.33% 32
Merseyside -17 4 £700 - 20
Cumbria - 2 - - 1
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 24 (19.20%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.00%) Confluence
3 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (3.20%) CMS
5 2 (1.60%) Apache
5 2 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.60%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.40%) Chatbot
5 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (6.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.80%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.80%) Primavera
2 1 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.80%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.80%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 60 (48.00%) Azure
2 38 (30.40%) Power Automate
3 28 (22.40%) PowerApps
4 22 (17.60%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (10.40%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (9.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (8.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (8.00%) GCP
10 9 (7.20%) Entra ID
11 8 (6.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (6.40%) Google Analytics
11 8 (6.40%) Google Tag Manager
12 7 (5.60%) AWS
12 7 (5.60%) Copilot Studio
12 7 (5.60%) OneDrive
12 7 (5.60%) Serverless
13 6 (4.80%) Azure Functions
14 4 (3.20%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.60%) Firewall
1 2 (1.60%) Network Security
2 1 (0.80%) DHCP
2 1 (0.80%) DNS
2 1 (0.80%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.80%) SSH
2 1 (0.80%) VPN
2 1 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (64.80%) Power BI
2 16 (12.80%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (8.80%) SQL Server
3 11 (8.80%) Tableau
4 10 (8.00%) Looker
5 9 (7.20%) Power Query
6 8 (6.40%) BigQuery
7 7 (5.60%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (4.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (3.20%) Data Lake
9 4 (3.20%) Metadata
10 3 (2.40%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (2.40%) Hadoop
10 3 (2.40%) Relational Database
11 2 (1.60%) Delta Lake
11 2 (1.60%) Impala
11 2 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.80%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.80%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.80%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (12.00%) JIRA
2 3 (2.40%) Git
3 1 (0.80%) GitLab
3 1 (0.80%) gulp
3 1 (0.80%) Postman
3 1 (0.80%) Selenium
3 1 (0.80%) Yeoman
General
1 43 (34.40%) Social Skills
2 30 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (20.80%) Public Sector
4 23 (18.40%) Finance
5 8 (6.40%) Law
6 7 (5.60%) Banking
7 5 (4.00%) Legal
8 4 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.40%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (2.40%) Marketing
9 3 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.40%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.80%) Local Government
11 1 (0.80%) Publishing
11 1 (0.80%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (20.00%) Analyst
2 21 (16.80%) Developer
3 17 (13.60%) Data Engineer
4 12 (9.60%) Lead
5 11 (8.80%) Senior
6 8 (6.40%) Architect
7 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) Performance Analyst
8 6 (4.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Power BI Developer
8 6 (4.80%) Project Manager
9 5 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 5 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (4.00%) Data Analyst
9 5 (4.00%) Power Platform Developer
9 5 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.20%) Power BI Analyst
10 4 (3.20%) SQL Analyst
10 4 (3.20%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.80%) REST
2 5 (4.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (2.40%) .NET
3 3 (2.40%) JSON
4 2 (1.60%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.60%) Node.js
4 2 (1.60%) RESTful
5 1 (0.80%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.80%) HTML
5 1 (0.80%) LDAP
5 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.80%) OAuth
5 1 (0.80%) OpenID
5 1 (0.80%) PySpark
5 1 (0.80%) React
5 1 (0.80%) SAML
5 1 (0.80%) SOAP
5 1 (0.80%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.60%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.80%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.40%) IVR
5 3 (2.40%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.40%) PMI
6 2 (1.60%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.60%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.60%) Clustering
6 2 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.60%) PKI
6 2 (1.60%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.80%) CMDB
7 1 (0.80%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.80%) FMCG
7 1 (0.80%) Life Science
7 1 (0.80%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.80%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.20%) Windows
2 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.60%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.80%) Unix
3 1 (0.80%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (64.00%) Business Intelligence
2 46 (36.80%) Agile
3 43 (34.40%) Analytics
4 30 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (20.80%) Data Modelling
6 24 (19.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (18.40%) Actionable Insight
8 21 (16.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (16.00%) ETL
10 17 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (13.60%) Visualisation
11 16 (12.80%) AI
12 15 (12.00%) Dashboard Development
13 14 (11.20%) Data Analysis
13 14 (11.20%) Data Visualisation
13 14 (11.20%) DevOps
13 14 (11.20%) Scrum
14 12 (9.60%) User Experience
15 11 (8.80%) Data Pipeline
15 11 (8.80%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 35 (28.00%) SQL
2 11 (8.80%) Python
3 9 (7.20%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (5.60%) C#
6 6 (4.80%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.80%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.60%) VBA
8 1 (0.80%) Bicep
8 1 (0.80%) Java
8 1 (0.80%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.80%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (12.80%) Degree
2 14 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 11 (8.80%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.60%) PMI Certification
5 7 (5.60%) PMP
6 6 (4.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.40%) CISSP
7 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.40%) MBA
7 3 (2.40%) SAFe Agilist
8 2 (1.60%) CISM
9 1 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (17.60%) Data Quality
2 18 (14.40%) QA
3 8 (6.40%) Accessibility
4 5 (4.00%) GRC
5 3 (2.40%) Basel III
5 3 (2.40%) GDPR
5 3 (2.40%) PMO
6 2 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.60%) NIST
6 2 (1.60%) P3O
7 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.80%) PERC
System Software
1 10 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.60%) Apache Ranger
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.80%) Fluentd
2 1 (0.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 53 (42.40%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.80%) ServiceNow
3 10 (8.00%) Google
4 7 (5.60%) Databricks
5 5 (4.00%) Workday
6 4 (3.20%) Foundry
6 4 (3.20%) OpenAI
6 4 (3.20%) Oracle
6 4 (3.20%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.20%) SAP
7 3 (2.40%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.40%) Genesys
7 3 (2.40%) Snow
7 3 (2.40%) UiPath
8 2 (1.60%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.60%) Splunk
9 1 (0.80%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.80%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.80%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.80%) Zoho