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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 36 48
Rank change year-on-year -28 +12 -3
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 67 48 60
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.47% 5.03% 3.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.30% 13.41% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 50
10th Percentile £313 £333 £300
25th Percentile £358 £374 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +5.88% -24.44%
75th Percentile £500 £567 £500
90th Percentile £535 £572 £551
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £28.60 £23.84
% change year-on-year -23.08% +19.99% -61.86%

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 807 358 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 41.79% 37.53% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 239 421
10th Percentile £213 £269 £250
25th Percentile £400 £403 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £624 £700 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 5
10th Percentile £14.25 £22.07 -
25th Percentile £17.25 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £54.50 £36.91 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.68% +146.03% -40.00%
75th Percentile £57.25 £97.98 -
90th Percentile £72.13 £102.00 £43.20
England median hourly rate £31.93 £27.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year +16.11% +18.46% -3.27%

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 27 January 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
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 27 January 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 -20 33 £475 +5.56% 29
South Yorkshire -33 31 £400 -13.04% 10
North Yorkshire -4 3 £300 -25.00% 13
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 17 (25.37%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.46%) Apache Pig
3 3 (4.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (40.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.99%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Cloudability
2 2 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.49%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.87%) Azure
2 15 (22.39%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (22.39%) PowerApps
3 10 (14.93%) Power Automate
4 8 (11.94%) AWS
5 6 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (5.97%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (5.97%) GCP
7 3 (4.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (4.48%) Collibra
7 3 (4.48%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.48%) GitHub
7 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.99%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) VPN
1 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (89.55%) Power BI
2 13 (19.40%) Power Query
3 9 (13.43%) PowerPivot
4 7 (10.45%) Data Mining
5 6 (8.96%) Relational Database
5 6 (8.96%) Tableau
6 5 (7.46%) Apache Hive
6 5 (7.46%) Hadoop
7 4 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (4.48%) Metadata
8 3 (4.48%) SQL Server
9 2 (2.99%) BigQuery
9 2 (2.99%) Data Lake
9 2 (2.99%) DataStage
9 2 (2.99%) DB2
9 2 (2.99%) MS Access
9 2 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (1.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.49%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) Postman
2 1 (1.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (52.24%) Social Skills
2 31 (46.27%) Finance
3 23 (34.33%) Banking
4 18 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (11.94%) Public Sector
6 7 (10.45%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (8.96%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (5.97%) General Ledger
9 3 (4.48%) Retail
10 2 (2.99%) Billing
10 2 (2.99%) Legal
10 2 (2.99%) Military
11 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.49%) Law
11 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (53.73%) Analyst
2 15 (22.39%) Data Analyst
3 14 (20.90%) Developer
4 13 (19.40%) Business Analyst
5 10 (14.93%) Senior
5 10 (14.93%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (11.94%) Strategy Analyst
7 6 (8.96%) Data Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) Data Scientist
8 5 (7.46%) Report Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 4 (5.97%) PMO Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Power Platform Developer
10 3 (4.48%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
10 3 (4.48%) Power BI Developer
11 2 (2.99%) Backend Developer
11 2 (2.99%) Platform Engineer
11 2 (2.99%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) .NET
1 3 (4.48%) REST
2 1 (1.49%) JSON
2 1 (1.49%) Middleware
2 1 (1.49%) OAuth
2 1 (1.49%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.49%) PySpark
2 1 (1.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.46%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.97%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.99%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.99%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
1 1 (1.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (73.13%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (34.33%) Data Governance
3 22 (32.84%) Decision-Making
4 21 (31.34%) Visualisation
5 20 (29.85%) Analytics
6 19 (28.36%) Data Analysis
6 19 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (26.87%) Agile
8 17 (25.37%) Data Modelling
8 17 (25.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (23.88%) Data Visualisation
10 15 (22.39%) Migration
11 11 (16.42%) Actionable Insight
11 11 (16.42%) Workshop Facilitation
12 9 (13.43%) Business Analysis
12 9 (13.43%) Dashboard Development
13 8 (11.94%) Data Extraction
13 8 (11.94%) Data Management
13 8 (11.94%) Risk Analysis
13 8 (11.94%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 35 (52.24%) SQL
2 18 (26.87%) Python
3 8 (11.94%) VBA
4 7 (10.45%) Java
5 5 (7.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (7.46%) Scala
6 3 (4.48%) C#
7 2 (2.99%) Groovy
8 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (11.94%) Degree
2 5 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.46%) PMO
3 4 (5.97%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.99%) GDPR
4 2 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.49%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Terraform
2 1 (1.49%) Ansible
2 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) Splunk
3 3 (4.48%) Databricks
3 3 (4.48%) Oracle
4 2 (2.99%) Brio
4 2 (2.99%) Informatica
4 2 (2.99%) OpenAI
4 2 (2.99%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.99%) SAP
5 1 (1.49%) IFS
5 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow