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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 33 35
Rank change year-on-year -32 +2 +16
Contract jobs citing Power Platform 35 37 24
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 3.04% 5.79% 5.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.27% 18.69% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 21 18
10th Percentile £265 £263 £398
25th Percentile £375 £303 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £355 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% -32.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £500 £448 £555
90th Percentile £538 £514 £588
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +1.25% -16.04% +0.05%
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 423 198 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 36.78% 30.99% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 147 95
10th Percentile £353 £289 £270
25th Percentile £447 £359 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +8.34% -7.77% -13.15%
75th Percentile £600 £539 £589
90th Percentile £675 £643 £642
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.26%
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -90.50% +809.09% +3.51%

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 24 September 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 24 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
Sheffield -33 28 £400 +12.68% 15
Barnsley +2 2 - - 3
Doncaster -7 1 - - 9
Rotherham - 1 - -
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 5 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.57%) Apache Spark
3 2 (5.71%) Confluence
4 1 (2.86%) Apache
4 1 (2.86%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (8.57%) AutoCAD
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (8.57%) Navisworks
3 3 (8.57%) ProjectWise
3 3 (8.57%) Revit
4 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 13 (37.14%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 6 (17.14%) Power Automate
4 5 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (8.57%) Azure Databricks
5 3 (8.57%) GitHub
6 2 (5.71%) AWS
6 2 (5.71%) AWS CodeBuild
6 2 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (5.71%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.86%) Azure AI
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (88.57%) Power BI
2 7 (20.00%) Tableau
3 3 (8.57%) Data Lake
3 3 (8.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (5.71%) Big Data
4 2 (5.71%) Spark SQL
5 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (2.86%) Power Query
5 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
2 2 (5.71%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.71%) Terragrunt
3 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 15 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Finance
4 7 (20.00%) Banking
5 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Retail
7 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Local Government
7 1 (2.86%) Police
7 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Analyst
2 9 (25.71%) Data Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Administrator
3 4 (11.43%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Developer
4 3 (8.57%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Data Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) PMO Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Portfolio Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Risk Data Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) SQL Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) SQL Data Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Finance Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Information Officer
6 1 (2.86%) MI Officer
6 1 (2.86%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (2.86%) Power Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) REST
2 3 (8.57%) Terraform
3 2 (5.71%) JSON
3 2 (5.71%) PySpark
4 1 (2.86%) Kafka
4 1 (2.86%) SOAP
4 1 (2.86%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.57%) Blog
3 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.86%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.86%) Market Risk
4 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (88.57%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (45.71%) Visualisation
3 12 (34.29%) Decision-Making
3 12 (34.29%) DevOps
3 12 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (31.43%) Actionable Insight
4 11 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (28.57%) Analytics
5 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (28.57%) Validation
6 9 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (22.86%) Agile
8 7 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 7 (20.00%) CI/CD
8 7 (20.00%) Data Collection
8 7 (20.00%) Mathematics
8 7 (20.00%) Statistical Analysis
9 6 (17.14%) Data Engineering
9 6 (17.14%) Process Improvement
10 5 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (51.43%) Python
2 13 (37.14%) SQL
3 7 (20.00%) R
4 4 (11.43%) C#
4 4 (11.43%) Java
5 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
5 2 (5.71%) Shell Script
5 2 (5.71%) VBA
6 1 (2.86%) Bash
6 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.86%) PMP
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 5 (14.29%) PMO
2 3 (8.57%) ISO 19650
3 2 (5.71%) GRC
4 1 (2.86%) GDPR
4 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.71%) Control-M
3 1 (2.86%) Ansible
3 1 (2.86%) Grafana
3 1 (2.86%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Databricks
3 3 (8.57%) Autodesk
4 2 (5.71%) BMC
5 1 (2.86%) Foundry
5 1 (2.86%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk