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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 55 31
Rank change year-on-year +4 -24 +7
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 148 75 141
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 4.12% 3.59% 5.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.12% 11.06% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 51 102
10th Percentile £400 £313 £357
25th Percentile £425 £399 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £448 £464
Median % change year-on-year +10.61% -3.50% +0.27%
75th Percentile £550 £536 £525
90th Percentile £613 £580 £600
England median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 5
10th Percentile £17.13 - £29.85
25th Percentile £28.50 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £29.96 - £42.50
75th Percentile £45.38 - £43.75
90th Percentile £58.00 - -
England median hourly rate £29.96 £31.64 £23.47
% change year-on-year -5.31% +34.84% -35.71%

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 1,128 678 886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.39% 32.47% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 512 626
10th Percentile £313 £313 £292
25th Percentile £400 £392 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £457 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -3.74% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £546 £575
90th Percentile £676 £638 £650
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 20 60
10th Percentile £18.65 £12.82 £15.25
25th Percentile £28.50 £23.36 -
Median hourly rate £62.25 £34.67 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +79.55% +115.88% -28.34%
75th Percentile £77.00 £54.38 £26.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.50 £71.54
England median hourly rate £40.53 £25.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +58.94% +15.91% -31.89%

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 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 4 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 4 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 +5 92 £500 +17.65% 57
Cheshire +6 32 £469 -10.71% 20
Merseyside -2 15 £437 -10.46% 16
Lancashire -9 6 £463 -5.13% 18
Cumbria - 2 - - 5
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 19 (12.84%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.73%) Confluence
2 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.35%) Apache
3 2 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.35%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.35%) CMS
3 2 (1.35%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (17.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.03%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.70%) Primavera
2 4 (2.70%) SAP MM
2 4 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.68%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.68%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (45.95%) Azure
2 37 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 31 (20.95%) PowerApps
4 27 (18.24%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (9.46%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (9.46%) Entra ID
6 13 (8.78%) AWS
6 13 (8.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (6.08%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (5.41%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (5.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (4.05%) Azure Functions
10 6 (4.05%) Copilot Studio
10 6 (4.05%) OneDrive
10 6 (4.05%) Serverless
11 5 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.70%) Azure AI
12 4 (2.70%) dbt
12 4 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.38%) SSL
2 2 (1.35%) Network Security
3 1 (0.68%) Firewall
3 1 (0.68%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (78.38%) Power BI
2 18 (12.16%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (12.16%) Power Query
3 15 (10.14%) SQL Server
4 14 (9.46%) Tableau
5 7 (4.73%) MySQL
5 7 (4.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.05%) Data Lake
7 5 (3.38%) Star Schema
8 4 (2.70%) Looker
8 4 (2.70%) Metadata
9 3 (2.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.03%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (2.03%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.03%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (2.03%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.35%) Impala
11 1 (0.68%) Big Data
11 1 (0.68%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 10 (6.76%) JIRA
2 4 (2.70%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.68%) Postman
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (17.57%) Finance
4 16 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 13 (8.78%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.73%) Banking
7 5 (3.38%) Law
7 5 (3.38%) Legal
8 2 (1.35%) Aviation
8 2 (1.35%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.35%) Marketing
8 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Local Government
9 1 (0.68%) Military
9 1 (0.68%) Publishing
9 1 (0.68%) Retail
9 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (18.24%) Developer
2 21 (14.19%) Analyst
2 21 (14.19%) Power BI Developer
3 20 (13.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 13 (8.78%) Lead
5 11 (7.43%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.76%) Architect
7 9 (6.08%) Senior
8 8 (5.41%) Administrator
8 8 (5.41%) Data Analyst
9 7 (4.73%) Security Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Automation Specialist
10 6 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Engineer
11 5 (3.38%) DBA
11 5 (3.38%) Power Platform Developer
11 5 (3.38%) SQL Analyst
11 5 (3.38%) SQL DBA
12 4 (2.70%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.38%) HTML5 Canvas
1 5 (3.38%) REST
2 4 (2.70%) PySpark
3 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.35%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.35%) JSON
4 2 (1.35%) Node.js
4 2 (1.35%) RESTful
5 1 (0.68%) LDAP
5 1 (0.68%) OAuth
5 1 (0.68%) OpenID
5 1 (0.68%) SAML
5 1 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.05%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.70%) Clustering
5 4 (2.70%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.70%) Replication
6 2 (1.35%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.35%) CMDB
6 2 (1.35%) FMCG
6 2 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.35%) Life Science
7 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.68%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.46%) Windows
2 5 (3.38%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.38%) Mac OS
2 5 (3.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (73.65%) Business Intelligence
2 52 (35.14%) Analytics
3 35 (23.65%) Data Modelling
3 35 (23.65%) Visualisation
4 29 (19.59%) Agile
4 29 (19.59%) AI
4 29 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (18.24%) Migration
6 25 (16.89%) Data Visualisation
7 21 (14.19%) ETL
7 21 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (13.51%) Data Analysis
8 20 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (12.84%) Workflow
10 15 (10.14%) DevOps
11 14 (9.46%) Data Transformation
11 14 (9.46%) ERP
11 14 (9.46%) Generative AI
12 13 (8.78%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (37.16%) SQL
2 23 (15.54%) Python
3 20 (13.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (10.14%) PowerShell
5 10 (6.76%) T-SQL
6 7 (4.73%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.38%) C#
8 2 (1.35%) VBA
9 1 (0.68%) Java
9 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 26 (17.57%) Degree
2 23 (15.54%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.49%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.38%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.38%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.38%) CISSP
7 4 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.68%) MBA
10 1 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.68%) PMP
10 1 (0.68%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (18.92%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.41%) QA
3 5 (3.38%) GRC
4 3 (2.03%) GDPR
4 3 (2.03%) PMO
5 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.35%) NIST
6 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.68%) Basel III
6 1 (0.68%) GxP
6 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (8.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.38%) SCOM
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.35%) Apache Ranger
4 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (47.97%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.57%) ServiceNow
3 12 (8.11%) SAP
4 10 (6.76%) Databricks
4 10 (6.76%) Splunk
5 9 (6.08%) Remedy
6 7 (4.73%) BeyondTrust
6 7 (4.73%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (4.05%) UiPath
8 4 (2.70%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.70%) Foundry
8 4 (2.70%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.70%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.03%) Alteryx
9 3 (2.03%) Cisco
9 3 (2.03%) Oracle
9 3 (2.03%) Ribbon
10 2 (1.35%) Cloudera
10 2 (1.35%) Workday
11 1 (0.68%) HubSpot