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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 45 30
Rank change year-on-year -6 -15 +9
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 150 79 121
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.05% 3.63% 4.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.82% 11.58% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 52 86
10th Percentile £400 £313 £353
25th Percentile £430 £397 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £441 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.31% -1.94% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £535 £534
90th Percentile £613 £575 £600
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 1
10th Percentile £27.30 - -
25th Percentile £28.50 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £29.96 - £42.50
75th Percentile £45.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile £61.00 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.85 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.79% +6.15% -18.92%

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 1,170 682 797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.56% 31.36% 31.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 503 550
10th Percentile £282 £313 £284
25th Percentile £400 £388 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £545 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £643
England median daily rate £524 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.24% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 22 48
10th Percentile £18.25 £12.82 £13.00
25th Percentile £28.50 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £40.59 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +53.98% +152.74% -28.53%
75th Percentile £77.00 £58.13 £19.06
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.88 £70.28
England median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +52.09% +14.32% -36.77%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 25 July 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 0 93 £500 +17.65% 49
Cheshire +7 30 £510 +4.88% 23
Merseyside -6 14 £437 -10.46% 13
Lancashire -2 10 £413 -15.38% 25
Cumbria - 2 - - 2
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 25 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 12 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (6.00%) Confluence
4 5 (3.33%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.33%) Apache
5 2 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.33%) CMS
5 2 (1.33%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.67%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.67%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.00%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.67%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.67%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.67%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.67%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (4.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.67%) Primavera
2 4 (2.67%) SAP MM
2 4 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.67%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.67%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 74 (49.33%) Azure
2 39 (26.00%) Power Automate
3 34 (22.67%) PowerApps
4 33 (22.00%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (14.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 15 (10.00%) AWS
6 15 (10.00%) Entra ID
7 14 (9.33%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (8.00%) OneDrive
9 10 (6.67%) Azure AI
10 9 (6.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (5.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (4.67%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (3.33%) Azure Functions
14 5 (3.33%) Serverless
15 4 (2.67%) dbt
15 4 (2.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.00%) SSL
2 2 (1.33%) Network Security
3 1 (0.67%) Firewall
3 1 (0.67%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (74.00%) Power BI
2 17 (11.33%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (11.33%) Power Query
3 14 (9.33%) SQL Server
4 13 (8.67%) Tableau
5 8 (5.33%) MySQL
5 8 (5.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.00%) Data Lake
6 6 (4.00%) Metadata
7 5 (3.33%) Star Schema
8 4 (2.67%) Looker
9 3 (2.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (2.00%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (1.33%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.33%) Impala
11 1 (0.67%) Big Data
11 1 (0.67%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.67%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 13 (8.67%) JIRA
2 4 (2.67%) Git
3 1 (0.67%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.67%) Postman
3 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 43 (28.67%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (17.33%) Finance
4 18 (12.00%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.67%) Banking
7 4 (2.67%) Law
8 3 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.33%) Aviation
9 2 (1.33%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.33%) Legal
9 2 (1.33%) Marketing
9 2 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.67%) Local Government
10 1 (0.67%) Military
10 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.67%) Publishing
10 1 (0.67%) Retail
10 1 (0.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (17.33%) Developer
2 21 (14.00%) Power BI Developer
3 20 (13.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 16 (10.67%) Analyst
5 12 (8.00%) Lead
6 10 (6.67%) Architect
7 9 (6.00%) Data Analyst
7 9 (6.00%) Senior
8 8 (5.33%) Data Engineer
9 7 (4.67%) Security Engineer
10 6 (4.00%) Administrator
10 6 (4.00%) Automation Specialist
10 6 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (4.00%) Consultant
10 6 (4.00%) DBA
10 6 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Engineer
10 6 (4.00%) SQL DBA
11 4 (2.67%) Coordinator
11 4 (2.67%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.33%) PySpark
2 4 (2.67%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (2.67%) REST
3 2 (1.33%) AWS CDK
3 2 (1.33%) JSON
3 2 (1.33%) Node.js
4 1 (0.67%) LDAP
4 1 (0.67%) OAuth
4 1 (0.67%) OpenID
4 1 (0.67%) RESTful
4 1 (0.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (4.00%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.33%) Clustering
3 5 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.33%) Replication
4 4 (2.67%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.00%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.33%) CMDB
6 2 (1.33%) FMCG
6 2 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.33%) Life Science
7 1 (0.67%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.67%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.67%) PKI
7 1 (0.67%) PMI
7 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.00%) Windows
2 6 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.33%) Apple iOS
3 5 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (69.33%) Business Intelligence
2 53 (35.33%) Analytics
3 34 (22.67%) Data Modelling
4 33 (22.00%) Visualisation
5 28 (18.67%) Agile
5 28 (18.67%) AI
5 28 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (18.00%) Migration
7 24 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (15.33%) Data Visualisation
9 22 (14.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (13.33%) Data Analysis
10 20 (13.33%) Workflow
11 19 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (12.00%) ETL
13 16 (10.67%) ITIL
14 15 (10.00%) DevOps
14 15 (10.00%) ERP
15 14 (9.33%) Data Analytics
15 14 (9.33%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 53 (35.33%) SQL
2 24 (16.00%) Python
3 20 (13.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (10.67%) PowerShell
5 11 (7.33%) T-SQL
6 6 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.33%) C#
8 1 (0.67%) Java
8 1 (0.67%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (20.67%) Degree
2 24 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.33%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.00%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.33%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.33%) CISSP
7 4 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.67%) MBA
9 1 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.67%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.67%) PMP
9 1 (0.67%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.00%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.00%) QA
3 5 (3.33%) GRC
4 3 (2.00%) GDPR
4 3 (2.00%) GxP
4 3 (2.00%) PMO
5 2 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.33%) NIST
5 2 (1.33%) SLA
6 1 (0.67%) Basel III
6 1 (0.67%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 13 (8.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (4.00%) SCOM
2 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.33%) Apache Ranger
4 1 (0.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (20.67%) ServiceNow
3 12 (8.00%) SAP
4 11 (7.33%) Databricks
5 10 (6.67%) Splunk
6 9 (6.00%) Remedy
7 7 (4.67%) BeyondTrust
7 7 (4.67%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (4.00%) UiPath
9 4 (2.67%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.67%) Foundry
9 4 (2.67%) OpenAI
9 4 (2.67%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.00%) Alteryx
10 3 (2.00%) Cisco
10 3 (2.00%) Oracle
10 3 (2.00%) Ribbon
11 2 (1.33%) Cloudera
11 2 (1.33%) Workday
12 1 (0.67%) Automation Anywhere