Power Platform Job Trends in England

Microsoft Power Platform
UK > England

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 46 38
Rank change year-on-year 0 -8 +18
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 2,528 2,347 3,558
As % of all permanent jobs in England 4.27% 5.25% 5.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.60% 14.04% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 1,335 2,978
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,375 £93,550 £86,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 20,057 16,721 25,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.91% 37.38% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 11,158 10,072 21,663
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in England

Power Platform
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in England over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in England

Power Platform
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the England region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
London +7 842 £70,000 +2.56% 272
South East +21 489 £50,000 -13.04% 267
North of England -6 452 £55,000 - 154
Midlands +10 380 £50,000 -0.99% 151
West Midlands +2 247 £53,094 -1.10% 99
North West -7 230 £55,000 - 94
South West -17 176 £43,953 -4.45% 56
Yorkshire -3 172 £48,500 -7.62% 42
East of England -8 133 £46,750 -33.21% 38
East Midlands +37 131 £45,000 - 52
North East +19 50 £59,038 -9.17% 21
Power Platform
UK

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 240 (9.49%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (0.91%) Confluence
4 22 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.67%) SAS
7 11 (0.44%) CMS
8 7 (0.28%) Apache
8 7 (0.28%) Appian
8 7 (0.28%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.24%) WordPress
10 5 (0.20%) IIS
11 4 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.079%) Moodle
12 2 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.079%) SugarCRM
13 1 (0.040%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.040%) Drupal
13 1 (0.040%) FileNet
13 1 (0.040%) Tomcat
Applications
1 954 (37.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
5 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.40%) Trello
7 9 (0.36%) Maya
8 7 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.079%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.079%) Revit
10 1 (0.040%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.040%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.040%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.040%) InDesign
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.040%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 124 (4.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
3 14 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.32%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.28%) Shopify
7 6 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.24%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 5 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (0.12%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.12%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.079%) Q-Pulse
11 2 (0.079%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1,256 (49.68%) Azure
2 447 (17.68%) Azure AI
3 357 (14.12%) PowerApps
4 346 (13.69%) Power Automate
5 332 (13.13%) Microsoft 365
6 299 (11.83%) Dynamics 365
7 165 (6.53%) Azure DevOps
8 149 (5.89%) Azure Data Factory
9 132 (5.22%) Snowflake
10 117 (4.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 108 (4.27%) Azure Logic Apps
12 107 (4.23%) AWS
13 101 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
14 94 (3.72%) Entra ID
15 84 (3.32%) SaaS
16 71 (2.81%) dbt
17 62 (2.45%) GCP
18 53 (2.10%) Serverless
19 43 (1.70%) Azure Functions
20 42 (1.66%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 24 (0.95%) Firewall
2 15 (0.59%) DNS
3 13 (0.51%) Intranet
4 12 (0.47%) WAN
5 11 (0.44%) VPN
6 10 (0.40%) DHCP
6 10 (0.40%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.28%) VoIP
8 6 (0.24%) LAN
9 5 (0.20%) Modbus
9 5 (0.20%) MQTT
10 4 (0.16%) Internet
11 3 (0.12%) Broadband
11 3 (0.12%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.12%) VLAN
12 2 (0.079%) Network Security
12 2 (0.079%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.079%) Wireless
13 1 (0.040%) BGP
13 1 (0.040%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,022 (79.98%) Power BI
2 684 (27.06%) Tableau
3 222 (8.78%) SQL Server
4 188 (7.44%) Data Warehouse
5 155 (6.13%) Data Lake
6 115 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 104 (4.11%) Power Query
8 69 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 66 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 55 (2.18%) Looker
11 46 (1.82%) SAP BW
12 41 (1.62%) Relational Database
13 38 (1.50%) Metadata
14 33 (1.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 29 (1.15%) Qlik Sense
16 27 (1.07%) BigQuery
16 27 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
17 26 (1.03%) MySQL
18 24 (0.95%) Big Data
19 22 (0.87%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 77 (3.05%) Git
2 46 (1.82%) JIRA
3 39 (1.54%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.40%) Postman
4 10 (0.40%) Selenium
5 9 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (0.28%) GitLab
7 4 (0.16%) Balsamiq
7 4 (0.16%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.16%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.16%) ERwin
7 4 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.12%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.12%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.12%) Snyk
8 3 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.079%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.079%) NUnit
10 1 (0.040%) LSMW
10 1 (0.040%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,190 (47.07%) Social Skills
2 764 (30.22%) Finance
3 583 (23.06%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (5.42%) Marketing
5 127 (5.02%) Legal
6 121 (4.79%) Law
7 119 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 107 (4.23%) Public Sector
9 90 (3.56%) Manufacturing
10 71 (2.81%) Retail
11 68 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
12 64 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
13 47 (1.86%) Banking
14 46 (1.82%) Tech for Good
15 36 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.03%) Advertising
18 25 (0.99%) Billing
19 24 (0.95%) Games
20 22 (0.87%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,028 (40.66%) Analyst
2 659 (26.07%) Data Analyst
3 450 (17.80%) Junior
4 440 (17.41%) Junior Analyst
5 427 (16.89%) Junior Data Analyst
6 356 (14.08%) Developer
7 283 (11.19%) Senior
8 182 (7.20%) Lead
9 143 (5.66%) Data Engineer
10 139 (5.50%) Power Platform Developer
11 134 (5.30%) Architect
12 101 (4.00%) Consultant
13 88 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
14 87 (3.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 81 (3.20%) Support Analyst
16 77 (3.05%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 69 (2.73%) Financial Analyst
18 68 (2.69%) Business Analyst
19 63 (2.49%) Report Analyst
20 58 (2.29%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (4.91%) .NET
2 64 (2.53%) REST
3 40 (1.58%) HTML
4 35 (1.38%) JSON
5 34 (1.34%) XML
6 32 (1.27%) CSS
6 32 (1.27%) Web Services
7 29 (1.15%) PySpark
8 28 (1.11%) SOAP
9 22 (0.87%) HTML5 Canvas
10 21 (0.83%) React
11 20 (0.79%) .NET Core
11 20 (0.79%) EDI
12 15 (0.59%) RESTful
13 14 (0.55%) .NET Framework
13 14 (0.55%) ASP.NET
13 14 (0.55%) Middleware
14 11 (0.44%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
14 11 (0.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 117 (4.63%) Low-Code
2 86 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
3 79 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 65 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
5 57 (2.25%) Cloud Native
6 52 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 50 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 48 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 45 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
9 45 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 44 (1.74%) Data Structures
11 35 (1.38%) FMCG
12 24 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
13 23 (0.91%) AI Agents
13 23 (0.91%) Driving Licence
14 20 (0.79%) Reinsurance
15 18 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 15 (0.59%) Legacy Applications
16 15 (0.59%) NHS
17 13 (0.51%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 72 (2.85%) Windows
2 17 (0.67%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.55%) Linux
4 9 (0.36%) VMS
5 8 (0.32%) Android
5 8 (0.32%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.28%) Unix
6 7 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,922 (76.03%) Business Intelligence
2 790 (31.25%) AI
3 636 (25.16%) Analytics
4 509 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
5 485 (19.19%) Decision-Making
6 447 (17.68%) Agile
7 397 (15.70%) Data Modelling
8 367 (14.52%) Visualisation
9 333 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 282 (11.16%) ETL
11 281 (11.12%) DevOps
12 259 (10.25%) Data Analysis
13 250 (9.89%) Data Governance
14 248 (9.81%) Actionable Insight
15 232 (9.18%) Roadmaps
16 230 (9.10%) Data Visualisation
17 226 (8.94%) CRM
18 199 (7.87%) Mentoring
19 196 (7.75%) CI/CD
20 192 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,301 (51.46%) SQL
2 862 (34.10%) Python
3 171 (6.76%) C#
4 136 (5.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 127 (5.02%) JavaScript
6 109 (4.31%) PowerShell
7 84 (3.32%) VBA
8 47 (1.86%) R
9 44 (1.74%) T-SQL
10 22 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.63%) Scala
12 14 (0.55%) Java
13 13 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.40%) Bicep
14 10 (0.40%) Delphi
15 7 (0.28%) Bash
16 5 (0.20%) ANSI SQL
16 5 (0.20%) PHP
17 4 (0.16%) VB
17 4 (0.16%) X++
Qualifications
1 463 (18.31%) Azure Certification
2 397 (15.70%) Degree
3 97 (3.84%) Security Cleared
4 84 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 77 (3.05%) SC Cleared
6 70 (2.77%) ACCA
6 70 (2.77%) CIMA
7 59 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (2.14%) Master's Degree
9 47 (1.86%) PMI Certification
9 47 (1.86%) PMP
10 37 (1.46%) DBS Check
11 19 (0.75%) MBA
12 13 (0.51%) CISSP
12 13 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
13 12 (0.47%) AAT
13 12 (0.47%) APMP
14 11 (0.44%) CISA
15 10 (0.40%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.36%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (11.91%) Data Quality
2 106 (4.19%) QA
3 82 (3.24%) GDPR
4 56 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 52 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (1.90%) PMO
7 37 (1.46%) SLA
8 18 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (0.47%) NIST
11 11 (0.44%) GRC
12 9 (0.36%) ITGC
13 7 (0.28%) COBIT
13 7 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.20%) IFRS
15 4 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.16%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.12%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 79 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.40%) Docker
3 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.079%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.040%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 45 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.19%) Terraform
3 22 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.51%) Kubernetes
5 9 (0.36%) SCCM
6 5 (0.20%) Ansible
6 5 (0.20%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.20%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.12%) Argo
7 3 (0.12%) Control-M
8 1 (0.040%) Grafana
8 1 (0.040%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.040%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.040%) MOM
Vendors
1 1,320 (52.22%) Microsoft
2 130 (5.14%) SAP
3 114 (4.51%) Databricks
4 77 (3.05%) Oracle
5 71 (2.81%) Salesforce
6 50 (1.98%) Blue Prism
6 50 (1.98%) Google
7 47 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 34 (1.34%) Informatica
9 29 (1.15%) Alteryx
10 22 (0.87%) Anaplan
11 21 (0.83%) Adobe
12 18 (0.71%) HubSpot
13 13 (0.51%) Foundry
13 13 (0.51%) IBM
13 13 (0.51%) Intapp
13 13 (0.51%) Verint
14 12 (0.47%) Genesys
14 12 (0.47%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.47%) OpenAI