Power Platform Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Microsoft Power Platform
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 11 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 -
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 11.11% 7.69% 5.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.00% 100.00% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £311
25th Percentile £463 - £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £488
75th Percentile £488 - £541
90th Percentile - - £546
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -18.18%

All Cloud Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 27.78% 7.69% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £123 - £198
25th Percentile £135 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.34%
75th Percentile £488 - £538
90th Percentile - - £545
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Power Platform.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) FinOps
1 2 (100.00%) Migration