Power Platform Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Power Platform
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 43 45
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +23
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 138 83 59
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 4.86% 5.44% 3.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.31% 14.90% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 54 45
10th Percentile £339 £280 £283
25th Percentile £395 £316 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -13.68% -5.00%
75th Percentile £484 £488 £554
90th Percentile £576 £518 £589
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £17.05 - -
25th Percentile £26.38 £31.76 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.11 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% - -
75th Percentile - £34.46 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £29.96 £32.31 £30.59
% change year-on-year -7.27% +5.62% -5.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,037 557 509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 36.55% 36.48% 33.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 385 351
10th Percentile £305 £258 £288
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 5
10th Percentile £14.06 £42.37 £16.15
25th Percentile £17.31 £58.29 £20.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £91.69 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.82% +336.62% -1.20%
75th Percentile £35.00 £149.28 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £179.71 -
England median hourly rate £34.23 £26.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +30.15% -12.33% -9.09%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in Yorkshire

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Power Platform.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in Yorkshire

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
West Yorkshire -4 76 £425 -2.86% 49
South Yorkshire -19 41 £413 +16.20% 22
North Yorkshire -1 10 £459 +14.69% 10
East Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 21 (15.22%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.52%) Confluence
3 4 (2.90%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.72%) Apache
4 1 (0.72%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (13.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.17%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.17%) Navisworks
4 3 (2.17%) ProjectWise
4 3 (2.17%) Revit
5 2 (1.45%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 3 (2.17%) Maximo
2 2 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.72%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 67 (48.55%) Azure
2 35 (25.36%) PowerApps
3 23 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
4 19 (13.77%) AWS
4 19 (13.77%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (13.04%) Power Automate
6 17 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (10.87%) Copilot Studio
7 15 (10.87%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (8.70%) Azure AI
9 10 (7.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (7.25%) Entra ID
9 10 (7.25%) GitHub
10 9 (6.52%) GCP
11 8 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (5.07%) Serverless
13 6 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (3.62%) Azure Databricks
14 5 (3.62%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.45%) LAN
1 2 (1.45%) PSTN
1 2 (1.45%) Unified Communications
1 2 (1.45%) WAN
1 2 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (67.39%) Power BI
2 19 (13.77%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (12.32%) Tableau
4 8 (5.80%) SQL Server
5 7 (5.07%) Data Lake
5 7 (5.07%) Metadata
6 6 (4.35%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.90%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (2.90%) Star Schema
9 3 (2.17%) Big Data
9 3 (2.17%) BigQuery
9 3 (2.17%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.45%) Delta Lake
10 2 (1.45%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.45%) Looker
10 2 (1.45%) Power Query
10 2 (1.45%) SAP BW
10 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (7.97%) JIRA
2 3 (2.17%) Git
3 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.45%) Terragrunt
General
1 47 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 41 (29.71%) Finance
3 31 (22.46%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.77%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.52%) Banking
5 9 (6.52%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.80%) Law
7 6 (4.35%) Social Science
8 5 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.90%) Retail
10 3 (2.17%) Legal
10 3 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.45%) Military
12 1 (0.72%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.72%) Local Government
12 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.72%) Police
12 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (24.64%) Analyst
2 24 (17.39%) Developer
3 17 (12.32%) Data Engineer
4 14 (10.14%) Data Analyst
5 8 (5.80%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 8 (5.80%) Senior
6 7 (5.07%) Architect
6 7 (5.07%) Lead
6 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Developer
7 6 (4.35%) Consultant
7 6 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 6 (4.35%) Performance Analyst
7 6 (4.35%) Report Analyst
8 5 (3.62%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 5 (3.62%) Financial Analyst
8 5 (3.62%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 5 (3.62%) Power Platform Developer
8 5 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.90%) Administrator
9 4 (2.90%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.25%) Terraform
2 9 (6.52%) REST
3 5 (3.62%) YAML
4 4 (2.90%) JSON
4 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (2.90%) PySpark
5 2 (1.45%) Kafka
5 2 (1.45%) Pandas
5 2 (1.45%) React
5 2 (1.45%) SOAP
5 2 (1.45%) SPFx
6 1 (0.72%) .NET
6 1 (0.72%) NumPy
6 1 (0.72%) Plotly
6 1 (0.72%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.72%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.72%) Spark Streaming
6 1 (0.72%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.97%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.80%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.07%) AI Agents
5 5 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.62%) NHS
6 4 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.90%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.17%) Blog
8 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.45%) IoT
8 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.72%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.45%) Windows
2 1 (0.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (65.94%) Business Intelligence
2 43 (31.16%) Analytics
3 39 (28.26%) Data Modelling
4 34 (24.64%) Agile
4 34 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (23.19%) DevOps
6 30 (21.74%) AI
6 30 (21.74%) Decision-Making
7 27 (19.57%) CI/CD
8 26 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (18.12%) Validation
9 25 (18.12%) Visualisation
10 23 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
10 23 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
10 23 (16.67%) Migration
11 22 (15.94%) Data Engineering
12 21 (15.22%) ETL
13 18 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (12.32%) Dashboard Development
15 16 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 48 (34.78%) SQL
2 31 (22.46%) Python
3 10 (7.25%) PowerShell
4 8 (5.80%) R
5 7 (5.07%) C#
6 5 (3.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (2.90%) Java
8 3 (2.17%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.17%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.45%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.45%) VBA
10 1 (0.72%) Bash
10 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.72%) Scala
10 1 (0.72%) X++
Qualifications
1 13 (9.42%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (4.35%) Degree
4 4 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.45%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.72%) CAPM
6 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.72%) PMP
6 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (23.19%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 6 (4.35%) PMO
4 5 (3.62%) GDPR
5 4 (2.90%) QA
6 3 (2.17%) GxP
6 3 (2.17%) ISO 19650
7 2 (1.45%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.72%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.62%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.07%) Jamf Pro
1 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.45%) Control-M
4 1 (0.72%) Ansible
4 1 (0.72%) Grafana
4 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (47.10%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.32%) Databricks
3 12 (8.70%) Foundry
4 9 (6.52%) Google
5 6 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.62%) Splunk
7 4 (2.90%) SAP
8 3 (2.17%) Adobe
8 3 (2.17%) Autodesk
8 3 (2.17%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.45%) BMC
9 2 (1.45%) Brio
9 2 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.72%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.72%) Siemens