Power Platform Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Power Platform skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power Platform over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 33 55
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 -6
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 116 172 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.33% 5.54% 3.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.57% 14.76% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 118 114
10th Percentile £350 £316 £266
25th Percentile £375 £402 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £469 £456
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% +2.74% +15.87%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £618
90th Percentile £588 £662 £663
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 16
10th Percentile £31.75 £38.53 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £51.28 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £20.12
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +223.02% -8.53%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £60.75
90th Percentile - - £64.00
England median hourly rate £23.22 £51.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -55.14% +130.00% +7.14%

All Cloud Skills
North West

Power Platform is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 855 1,165 1,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.90% 37.52% 34.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 861 1,064
10th Percentile £284 £313 £227
25th Percentile £388 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £655 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 32 42
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.19 £14.25
25th Percentile - £18.31 £15.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.30 £18.84
Median % change year-on-year -56.94% +97.96% +8.45%
75th Percentile £26.50 £65.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £60.40 £70.00 £59.88
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.40
% change year-on-year -34.98% +50.93% +1.06%

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

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 9 May 2024.

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

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 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 9 May 2024. 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 +5 67 £450 +3.75% 70
Cheshire +11 31 £475 +5.56% 21
Merseyside -16 6 £375 -25.00% 11
Lancashire +1 5 £350 -29.29% 8
Cumbria -23 3 £575 +35.29% 2
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England

Power Platform
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 7 (6.03%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.17%) Confluence
2 6 (5.17%) SAS
3 2 (1.72%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.86%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (12.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.86%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.86%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.86%) Azure
2 13 (11.21%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (11.21%) Snowflake
3 11 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (9.48%) Power Automate
3 11 (9.48%) PowerApps
4 10 (8.62%) AWS
5 7 (6.03%) Collibra
6 6 (5.17%) GCP
7 5 (4.31%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (4.31%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (3.45%) Google Analytics
8 4 (3.45%) OCI
9 3 (2.59%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (1.72%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.72%) SaaS
11 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.86%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.59%) Skype
2 1 (0.86%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (91.38%) Power BI
2 25 (21.55%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (16.38%) SQL Server
4 15 (12.93%) Tableau
5 13 (11.21%) Data Lake
6 7 (6.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (5.17%) Ataccama
7 6 (5.17%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (5.17%) Relational Database
7 6 (5.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (4.31%) Data Mining
9 4 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (1.72%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.86%) GIS
11 1 (0.86%) MySQL
11 1 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.86%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (5.17%) JIRA
1 6 (5.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (4.31%) Hudson
3 2 (1.72%) ER Studio
3 2 (1.72%) Git
4 1 (0.86%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.86%) Gatling
4 1 (0.86%) GitLab
4 1 (0.86%) Gradle
4 1 (0.86%) JUnit
4 1 (0.86%) Postman
4 1 (0.86%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.86%) Selenium
4 1 (0.86%) SpecFlow
General
1 29 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (15.52%) Finance
4 14 (12.07%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (6.03%) Legal
5 7 (6.03%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.03%) Retail
6 6 (5.17%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.59%) Law
7 3 (2.59%) Marketing
7 3 (2.59%) Police
7 3 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (32.76%) Analyst
2 29 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 28 (24.14%) Developer
4 17 (14.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 17 (14.66%) Senior
5 13 (11.21%) Power BI Developer
5 13 (11.21%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (7.76%) Data Quality Analyst
6 9 (7.76%) Lead
6 9 (7.76%) QA Analyst
6 9 (7.76%) Quality Analyst
7 8 (6.90%) Architect
7 8 (6.90%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
7 8 (6.90%) Senior QA Analyst
7 8 (6.90%) Senior Quality Analyst
8 7 (6.03%) Business Analyst
9 6 (5.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 6 (5.17%) Project Manager
9 6 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (5.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.45%) .NET
2 3 (2.59%) HTML
3 2 (1.72%) CSS
4 1 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.86%) jOOQ
4 1 (0.86%) OpenLayers
4 1 (0.86%) PostGIS
4 1 (0.86%) React
4 1 (0.86%) REST
4 1 (0.86%) Shiny
4 1 (0.86%) Spring
4 1 (0.86%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.86%) Web Services
4 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.90%) Life Science
2 4 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.72%) NHS
4 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.86%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.86%) IoT
5 1 (0.86%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.86%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.45%) Apple iOS
1 4 (3.45%) Linux
1 4 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (76.72%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (24.14%) Visualisation
3 24 (20.69%) Analytics
4 20 (17.24%) Agile
4 20 (17.24%) ETL
5 17 (14.66%) Data Analysis
6 16 (13.79%) Data Visualisation
6 16 (13.79%) Migration
6 16 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (12.07%) Project Management
9 13 (11.21%) Data Management
9 13 (11.21%) Data Modelling
10 11 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (9.48%) Data Architecture
11 10 (8.62%) CRM
12 9 (7.76%) Data Analytics
12 9 (7.76%) Data Governance
13 8 (6.90%) Data Extraction
13 8 (6.90%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 59 (50.86%) SQL
2 24 (20.69%) Python
3 10 (8.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (7.76%) PowerShell
5 7 (6.03%) C#
6 4 (3.45%) Java
6 4 (3.45%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.59%) R
8 2 (1.72%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.86%) Groovy
9 1 (0.86%) Julia
9 1 (0.86%) PHP
9 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (6.90%) Degree
2 4 (3.45%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.72%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.66%) QA
2 11 (9.48%) Data Quality
3 7 (6.03%) GxP
4 5 (4.31%) GAMP
5 4 (3.45%) GDPR
6 2 (1.72%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.86%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.86%) Kibana
2 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.79%) SAP
3 6 (5.17%) Alteryx
3 6 (5.17%) Dataiku
3 6 (5.17%) Google
3 6 (5.17%) Trillium
4 5 (4.31%) Databricks
4 5 (4.31%) Oracle
4 5 (4.31%) Sophos
5 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.72%) IDERA
6 2 (1.72%) Lotus
6 2 (1.72%) Remedy
7 1 (0.86%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.86%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.86%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (0.86%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.86%) Workday