Power Platform Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Power Platform
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 59 40
Rank change year-on-year +22 -19 +22
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 162 56 160
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 4.84% 3.51% 4.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.53% 9.77% 12.94%
Number of salaries quoted 66 48 139
10th Percentile £29,063 £36,250 £29,850
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £59,688 £57,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £62,150 £66,530
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -5.17%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East Midlands

Power Platform falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,043 573 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 31.16% 35.90% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 589 434 1,078
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,375
90th Percentile £77,750 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Platform relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Power Platform job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Power Platform
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in the East Midlands

Power Platform
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +11 47 £43,750 -2.78% 18
Nottinghamshire +21 44 £45,000 - 13
Northamptonshire +17 30 £72,500 +93.33% 7
Lincolnshire -5 20 £45,000 - 4
Derbyshire -13 19 £35,000 -13.04% 5
Power Platform
England

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 13 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.85%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 101 (62.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.62%) Primavera
2 1 (0.62%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 98 (60.49%) Azure
2 78 (48.15%) Azure AI
3 16 (9.88%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (9.26%) PowerApps
5 11 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.32%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.85%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.23%) AWS
11 2 (1.23%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.23%) Serverless
12 1 (0.62%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 1 (0.62%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (87.65%) Power BI
2 93 (57.41%) Tableau
3 16 (9.88%) SQL Server
4 11 (6.79%) Relational Database
5 10 (6.17%) Power Query
6 5 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.85%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.23%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.62%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.23%) Git
General
1 111 (68.52%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.11%) Finance
4 13 (8.02%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.56%) Law
6 7 (4.32%) Marketing
7 5 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.47%) Legal
8 4 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.85%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.85%) Electronics
9 3 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.85%) Local Government
9 3 (1.85%) Retail
10 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 99 (61.11%) Analyst
2 91 (56.17%) Data Analyst
3 82 (50.62%) Junior
3 82 (50.62%) Junior Analyst
3 82 (50.62%) Junior Data Analyst
4 37 (22.84%) Developer
5 15 (9.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 11 (6.79%) C# Developer
7 10 (6.17%) Power BI Developer
8 7 (4.32%) Administrator
8 7 (4.32%) Power Platform Developer
9 6 (3.70%) Customer Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) Digital Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) Digital Analytics Analyst
10 5 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 4 (2.47%) Analyst Developer
11 4 (2.47%) Analytics Developer
11 4 (2.47%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
11 4 (2.47%) Digital Analytics Developer
11 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.79%) XML
2 10 (6.17%) WinForms
3 7 (4.32%) .NET
4 4 (2.47%) REST
5 2 (1.23%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.23%) JSON
5 2 (1.23%) Pandas
5 2 (1.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.32%) Low-Code
2 6 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.23%) Legacy Code
4 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.62%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.62%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (87.65%) Business Intelligence
2 90 (55.56%) AI
3 23 (14.20%) Decision-Making
4 20 (12.35%) CRM
4 20 (12.35%) Visualisation
5 19 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (11.11%) Analytics
6 18 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (8.02%) Actionable Insight
7 13 (8.02%) Agile
7 13 (8.02%) Data Science
8 12 (7.41%) Data Visualisation
8 12 (7.41%) ERP
8 12 (7.41%) Process Improvement
8 12 (7.41%) SDLC
9 10 (6.17%) Validation
10 9 (5.56%) Data Modelling
10 9 (5.56%) Statistics
11 8 (4.94%) Customer Experience
11 8 (4.94%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 107 (66.05%) SQL
2 94 (58.02%) Python
3 12 (7.41%) C#
4 10 (6.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (6.17%) Delphi
5 4 (2.47%) R
6 3 (1.85%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.85%) VBA
7 1 (0.62%) C
7 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 82 (50.62%) Azure Certification
2 19 (11.73%) Degree
3 6 (3.70%) Numerate Degree
4 5 (3.09%) PMI Certification
4 5 (3.09%) PMP
5 3 (1.85%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.85%) MBA
5 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.02%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.79%) GDPR
3 3 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.23%) SLA
5 1 (0.62%) PMO
5 1 (0.62%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.62%) MOM
Vendors
1 116 (71.60%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.64%) Oracle
3 8 (4.94%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.47%) SAP
5 3 (1.85%) Databricks
5 3 (1.85%) ESRI
5 3 (1.85%) QAD
6 2 (1.23%) Civica
6 2 (1.23%) Google
6 2 (1.23%) Northgate
6 2 (1.23%) Orchard
7 1 (0.62%) Cisco
7 1 (0.62%) Cognos
7 1 (0.62%) Epicor
7 1 (0.62%) NEC
7 1 (0.62%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.62%) Sage
7 1 (0.62%) VMware