Power Platform Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Power Platform
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Power Platform skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Power Platform over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 46 71
Rank change year-on-year +6 +25 -15
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 193 228 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.07% 4.14% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.59% 11.47% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 154 182
10th Percentile £344 £315 £300
25th Percentile £375 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% +5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £575
90th Percentile £600 £654 £638
England median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 16
10th Percentile - £36.63 -
25th Percentile £20.77 £48.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £59.70 £21.20
Median % change year-on-year -28.81% +181.60% -1.40%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £36.07
90th Percentile - £65.00 £64.00
England median hourly rate £23.82 £52.50 £26.69
% change year-on-year -54.62% +96.72% +27.08%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

Power Platform is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,420 1,988 2,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.95% 36.08% 35.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 1,476 1,943
10th Percentile £263 £288 £186
25th Percentile £395 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.85% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £672
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 45 79
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.07 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +37.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.38 £56.40 £60.88
90th Percentile £45.21 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in the North of England

Power Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Power Platform in the North of England

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in the North of England

Power Platform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Power Platform in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Power Platform in the North of England

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Power Platform in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Power Platform in the North of England

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
North West 0 126 £453 -2.16% 115
Yorkshire +25 60 £450 -10.00% 48
North East +8 7 £663 +15.22% 21
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (5.18%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.63%) Confluence
3 6 (3.11%) SAS
4 2 (1.04%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.52%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (10.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (6.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 45 (23.32%) Azure
2 42 (21.76%) Dynamics 365
3 24 (12.44%) PowerApps
4 18 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (7.25%) Power Automate
5 14 (7.25%) Snowflake
6 11 (5.70%) AWS
7 9 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (3.63%) Collibra
9 6 (3.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (2.59%) GCP
10 5 (2.59%) Mimecast
11 4 (2.07%) Google Analytics
11 4 (2.07%) OCI
11 4 (2.07%) Serverless
12 3 (1.55%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.55%) Google Tag Manager
13 2 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) Skype
2 2 (1.04%) Internet
3 1 (0.52%) Firewall
3 1 (0.52%) Network Security
3 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (85.49%) Power BI
2 34 (17.62%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (12.95%) SQL Server
4 22 (11.40%) Tableau
5 17 (8.81%) Relational Database
6 15 (7.77%) Data Lake
7 14 (7.25%) Qlik Sense
8 13 (6.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (6.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (4.15%) MySQL
10 7 (3.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (3.11%) Ataccama
11 6 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (2.59%) Data Mining
13 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 4 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (1.55%) Power Query
15 2 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
15 2 (1.04%) OLAP
15 2 (1.04%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (5.70%) JIRA
2 6 (3.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (2.59%) Hudson
4 2 (1.04%) ER Studio
4 2 (1.04%) Git
4 2 (1.04%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.52%) Gatling
5 1 (0.52%) Gradle
5 1 (0.52%) JUnit
5 1 (0.52%) Postman
5 1 (0.52%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.28%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (16.06%) Finance
4 14 (7.25%) Manufacturing
5 13 (6.74%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (4.15%) Legal
7 8 (4.15%) Retail
8 5 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.55%) Law
10 3 (1.55%) Marketing
10 3 (1.55%) Police
11 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 50 (25.91%) Analyst
2 45 (23.32%) Developer
3 29 (15.03%) Data Analyst
4 24 (12.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 21 (10.88%) Senior
6 19 (9.84%) Power BI Developer
7 18 (9.33%) Architect
7 18 (9.33%) Lead
8 16 (8.29%) Senior Analyst
9 13 (6.74%) Business Analyst
10 12 (6.22%) Consultant
10 12 (6.22%) Power Platform Developer
10 12 (6.22%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (5.18%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 9 (4.66%) Data Quality Analyst
12 9 (4.66%) QA Analyst
12 9 (4.66%) Quality Analyst
13 8 (4.15%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
13 8 (4.15%) Senior QA Analyst
13 8 (4.15%) Senior Quality Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.18%) HTML
2 9 (4.66%) .NET
2 9 (4.66%) CSS
3 7 (3.63%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.04%) Web Services
5 1 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.52%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.52%) J2EE
5 1 (0.52%) jOOQ
5 1 (0.52%) Kafka
5 1 (0.52%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.52%) PostGIS
5 1 (0.52%) React
5 1 (0.52%) REST
5 1 (0.52%) Spring
5 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.63%) Life Science
1 7 (3.63%) NHS
2 4 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.04%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.04%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.52%) IoT
5 1 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.52%) PMI
5 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.52%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.59%) Linux
2 4 (2.07%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.07%) Mac OS
2 4 (2.07%) Windows
3 2 (1.04%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (73.06%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (19.69%) Visualisation
3 36 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (16.06%) Analytics
5 30 (15.54%) ETL
6 28 (14.51%) Data Modelling
7 27 (13.99%) Data Analysis
8 26 (13.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (12.95%) Agile
9 25 (12.95%) Data Visualisation
9 25 (12.95%) Migration
10 22 (11.40%) Project Management
11 19 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (8.81%) CRM
13 15 (7.77%) Data Architecture
13 15 (7.77%) ITIL
14 14 (7.25%) Scrum
15 13 (6.74%) Data Extraction
16 12 (6.22%) Data Analytics
17 11 (5.70%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (44.56%) SQL
2 26 (13.47%) Python
3 14 (7.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 14 (7.25%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.22%) C#
5 11 (5.70%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.11%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.07%) Java
8 1 (0.52%) Groovy
8 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.52%) PHP
8 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (12.95%) Degree
2 9 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (4.15%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.63%) Master's Degree
4 7 (3.63%) PMP
5 6 (3.11%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.55%) HNC
6 3 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.55%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.52%) CBAP
8 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.81%) QA
2 15 (7.77%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.11%) GxP
4 5 (2.59%) GAMP
5 4 (2.07%) GDPR
6 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.52%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.04%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (31.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.22%) SAP
3 11 (5.70%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.11%) Alteryx
4 6 (3.11%) Databricks
4 6 (3.11%) Dataiku
4 6 (3.11%) Oracle
4 6 (3.11%) Trillium
5 5 (2.59%) Sophos
6 4 (2.07%) Google
6 4 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.04%) IDERA
7 2 (1.04%) Lotus
7 2 (1.04%) Remedy
8 1 (0.52%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.52%) Confluent
8 1 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.52%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.52%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.52%) Skytap