Power Platform Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Power Platform
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Power Platform skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 40 34
Rank change year-on-year -30 -6 +14
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 33 38 24
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 2.88% 5.71% 5.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.91% 17.59% 16.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 18
10th Percentile £281 £266 £398
25th Percentile £381 £305 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £378 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -28.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £445 £468 £555
90th Percentile £544 £524 £588
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £400 £501
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.08% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 - £27.50

All Cloud Computing Skills
South 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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 417 216 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 36.39% 32.48% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 157 94
10th Percentile £361 £309 £400
25th Percentile £447 £384 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £493 £523
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% -5.68% -11.89%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £609
90th Percentile £688 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £476 £500
% change year-on-year +5.15% -4.90% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile - - £21.75
90th Percentile - - £21.90
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -90.50% +852.38% -6.71%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Power Platform
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Power Platform
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Power Platform in South Yorkshire

Power Platform
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Power Platform
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Sheffield -35 26 £400 +5.96% 25
Barnsley +1 2 - - 2
Doncaster -6 1 - - 7
Rotherham - 1 - - 2
Power Platform
Yorkshire

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.09%) Apache Spark
3 2 (6.06%) Confluence
4 1 (3.03%) Apache
4 1 (3.03%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (9.09%) AutoCAD
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (9.09%) Navisworks
3 3 (9.09%) ProjectWise
3 3 (9.09%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (3.03%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (18.18%) PowerApps
4 5 (15.15%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (15.15%) Power Automate
5 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (9.09%) Azure Databricks
7 2 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (6.06%) GitHub
8 1 (3.03%) AWS CodeBuild
8 1 (3.03%) Azure AI
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (3.03%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
8 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (90.91%) Power BI
2 6 (18.18%) Tableau
3 4 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (9.09%) Data Lake
5 2 (6.06%) Big Data
5 2 (6.06%) Power Query
5 2 (6.06%) Spark SQL
6 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
6 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.03%) Terragrunt
General
1 13 (39.39%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Local Government
6 1 (3.03%) Police
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Analyst
2 8 (24.24%) Data Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Administrator
3 4 (12.12%) Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Risk Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Data Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) PMO Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Portfolio Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Risk Data Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) SQL Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) SQL Data Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Finance Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Information Officer
6 1 (3.03%) MI Officer
6 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Power Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) REST
2 2 (6.06%) PySpark
2 2 (6.06%) Terraform
3 1 (3.03%) JSON
3 1 (3.03%) Kafka
3 1 (3.03%) SOAP
3 1 (3.03%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) Blog
2 3 (9.09%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.03%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.03%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (90.91%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (42.42%) Visualisation
3 11 (33.33%) DevOps
3 11 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (30.30%) Actionable Insight
4 10 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (30.30%) Decision-Making
5 9 (27.27%) Validation
6 8 (24.24%) Agile
6 8 (24.24%) Analytics
6 8 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 6 (18.18%) Data Collection
7 6 (18.18%) Data Engineering
7 6 (18.18%) Mathematics
7 6 (18.18%) Statistical Analysis
8 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (15.15%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) Python
2 12 (36.36%) SQL
3 6 (18.18%) R
4 4 (12.12%) C#
4 4 (12.12%) Java
5 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
5 2 (6.06%) VBA
6 1 (3.03%) Bash
6 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (3.03%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.03%) PMP
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 5 (15.15%) PMO
3 3 (9.09%) ISO 19650
4 2 (6.06%) GRC
5 1 (3.03%) GDPR
5 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Control-M
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) Grafana
2 1 (3.03%) Progress Chef
2 1 (3.03%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Databricks
3 3 (9.09%) Autodesk
4 2 (6.06%) BMC
5 1 (3.03%) Foundry
5 1 (3.03%) OpenAI
5 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow