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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 42 55
Rank change year-on-year -31 +13 -14
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 73 48 51
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.16% 5.06% 3.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.52% 13.99% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 38 42
10th Percentile £311 £287 £300
25th Percentile £370 £366 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £404
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% +3.41% -23.10%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £500
90th Percentile £543 £497 £559
England median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £32.81 -
England median hourly rate £31.50 £29.07 £22.86
% change year-on-year +8.36% +27.18% -58.96%

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 971 343 476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 42.00% 36.18% 28.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 247 328
10th Percentile £304 £261 £213
25th Percentile £404 £363 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £553 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £645
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 7
10th Percentile £14.25 £26.25 £13.40
25th Percentile £34.52 £31.47 £14.25
Median hourly rate £56.50 £41.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.80% +173.33% -65.32%
75th Percentile £68.75 £98.56 £15.38
90th Percentile £71.38 £102.00 £18.25
England median hourly rate £42.59 £26.48 £20.77
% change year-on-year +60.88% +27.47% -21.56%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -13 42 £478 +16.46% 43
South Yorkshire -43 25 £419 -9.89% 16
North Yorkshire -10 5 £450 +12.50% 7
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 15 (20.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.11%) Confluence
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.74%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.37%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (26.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (4.11%) Cloudability
3 1 (1.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.37%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 33 (45.21%) Azure
2 21 (28.77%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (24.66%) PowerApps
4 12 (16.44%) AWS
5 9 (12.33%) Power Automate
6 8 (10.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (10.96%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (8.22%) Entra ID
8 6 (8.22%) GCP
8 6 (8.22%) GitHub
9 5 (6.85%) Azure AI
9 5 (6.85%) Serverless
10 4 (5.48%) Azure Functions
10 4 (5.48%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (5.48%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (5.48%) OneDrive
10 4 (5.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.11%) LAN
2 3 (4.11%) PSTN
2 3 (4.11%) Unified Communications
2 3 (4.11%) WAN
3 1 (1.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (78.08%) Power BI
2 9 (12.33%) Tableau
3 8 (10.96%) Power Query
3 8 (10.96%) PowerPivot
4 7 (9.59%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (8.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (6.85%) Data Lake
6 5 (6.85%) SQL Server
7 4 (5.48%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (4.11%) BigQuery
8 3 (4.11%) Metadata
9 2 (2.74%) DataStage
9 2 (2.74%) DB2
9 2 (2.74%) Delta Lake
9 2 (2.74%) MS Access
9 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (1.37%) Looker
10 1 (1.37%) Parquet
10 1 (1.37%) Spark SQL
10 1 (1.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) JIRA
2 3 (4.11%) Git
3 2 (2.74%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.37%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.37%) Postman
4 1 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.37%) Terragrunt
General
1 28 (38.36%) Finance
2 27 (36.99%) Social Skills
3 19 (26.03%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (21.92%) Banking
5 14 (19.18%) Public Sector
6 7 (9.59%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (5.48%) General Ledger
7 4 (5.48%) Legal
8 3 (4.11%) Law
8 3 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.11%) Retail
9 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.74%) Military
9 2 (2.74%) Social Science
10 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 37 (50.68%) Analyst
2 13 (17.81%) Business Analyst
3 11 (15.07%) Developer
4 10 (13.70%) Senior
5 9 (12.33%) Data Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) Strategy Analyst
7 7 (9.59%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (8.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 6 (8.22%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 4 (5.48%) PMO Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Architect
10 3 (4.11%) Lead
10 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Performance Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Power BI Analyst
11 2 (2.74%) .NET Developer
11 2 (2.74%) Backend Developer
11 2 (2.74%) Power Platform Engineer
11 2 (2.74%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) REST
2 3 (4.11%) .NET
2 3 (4.11%) JSON
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (2.74%) Pandas
3 2 (2.74%) PySpark
3 2 (2.74%) XML
4 1 (1.37%) NumPy
4 1 (1.37%) OAuth
4 1 (1.37%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.37%) Plotly
4 1 (1.37%) PyArrow
4 1 (1.37%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.37%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.37%) SOAP
4 1 (1.37%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.33%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.48%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.48%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.48%) NHS
3 3 (4.11%) IoT
3 3 (4.11%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.74%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.37%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.37%) Data Fabric
5 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.37%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (73.97%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (32.88%) Agile
3 22 (30.14%) Data Governance
4 21 (28.77%) Decision-Making
5 20 (27.40%) Data Modelling
6 19 (26.03%) Analytics
6 19 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (26.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (23.29%) Migration
8 15 (20.55%) Data Analysis
8 15 (20.55%) DevOps
9 12 (16.44%) Actionable Insight
9 12 (16.44%) CI/CD
9 12 (16.44%) Dashboard Development
9 12 (16.44%) Visualisation
10 11 (15.07%) ETL
10 11 (15.07%) Workshop Facilitation
11 9 (12.33%) AI
11 9 (12.33%) Business Analysis
12 8 (10.96%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 35 (47.95%) SQL
2 20 (27.40%) Python
3 8 (10.96%) VBA
4 7 (9.59%) C#
5 5 (6.85%) JavaScript
6 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (2.74%) Groovy
7 2 (2.74%) Java
7 2 (2.74%) R
8 1 (1.37%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.37%) X++
Qualifications
1 10 (13.70%) Degree
2 6 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.70%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.48%) PMO
3 2 (2.74%) GDPR
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (2.74%) QA
4 1 (1.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.37%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.11%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.11%) Terraform
3 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.37%) Ansible
4 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (36.99%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.59%) Databricks
3 4 (5.48%) Brio
3 4 (5.48%) Foundry
3 4 (5.48%) Splunk
4 3 (4.11%) Google
4 3 (4.11%) Oracle
5 2 (2.74%) Adobe
5 2 (2.74%) Informatica
5 2 (2.74%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.74%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.74%) SAP
6 1 (1.37%) Alteryx