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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 50 44
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +15
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 3,180 2,042 4,092
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.91% 5.21% 4.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.24% 14.86% 13.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,679 1,502 3,353
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -1.79%

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 24,019 13,745 29,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.53% 35.10% 35.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13,764 9,783 24,164
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 16 May 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 16 May 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 0 814 £70,000 +2.19% 414
North of England +38 742 £50,000 -9.09% 200
Midlands +13 579 £50,000 -6.87% 119
South East +18 528 £55,000 - 257
West Midlands -5 346 £50,000 -6.87% 74
Yorkshire +42 336 £47,500 -5.00% 68
North West +36 334 £51,500 -10.43% 113
South West +7 253 £45,000 -21.74% 77
East Midlands +45 231 £46,445 -7.11% 45
East of England +14 231 £55,000 -12.00% 63
North East +6 72 £52,500 -10.64% 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
1 268 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 59 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
3 47 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 17 (0.53%) Confluence
5 10 (0.31%) Apache
5 10 (0.31%) SAS
6 8 (0.25%) CMS
7 7 (0.22%) WordPress
8 6 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.16%) IIS
9 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.063%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.063%) Luigi
11 2 (0.063%) Moodle
11 2 (0.063%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.031%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.031%) FileNet
12 1 (0.031%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1,409 (44.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 24 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 23 (0.72%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.094%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.063%) Trello
9 1 (0.031%) Maya
9 1 (0.031%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 101 (3.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
3 20 (0.63%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (0.28%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 7 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.19%) Magento
7 6 (0.19%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.16%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.16%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.16%) Shopify
9 3 (0.094%) Aladdin
9 3 (0.094%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.094%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 3 (0.094%) Markit EDM
10 2 (0.063%) Q-Pulse
10 2 (0.063%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 1,822 (57.30%) Azure
2 1,003 (31.54%) Azure AI
3 400 (12.58%) PowerApps
4 390 (12.26%) Microsoft 365
5 389 (12.23%) Power Automate
6 330 (10.38%) Dynamics 365
7 151 (4.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 148 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
9 132 (4.15%) Snowflake
10 128 (4.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 127 (3.99%) AWS
12 123 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
13 117 (3.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 111 (3.49%) Entra ID
15 105 (3.30%) SaaS
16 87 (2.74%) dbt
17 81 (2.55%) GCP
18 73 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
19 65 (2.04%) OneDrive
20 56 (1.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.63%) Firewall
2 16 (0.50%) Broadband
3 15 (0.47%) Intranet
4 12 (0.38%) DHCP
4 12 (0.38%) DNS
5 9 (0.28%) WAN
6 7 (0.22%) VoIP
6 7 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.19%) Modbus
7 6 (0.19%) MQTT
8 5 (0.16%) VPN
9 3 (0.094%) Internet
9 3 (0.094%) LAN
9 3 (0.094%) LTE
9 3 (0.094%) NAS
10 2 (0.063%) SAN
10 2 (0.063%) SMS
10 2 (0.063%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.063%) Wireless
11 1 (0.031%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,632 (82.77%) Power BI
2 1,239 (38.96%) Tableau
3 207 (6.51%) SQL Server
4 194 (6.10%) Data Warehouse
5 132 (4.15%) Data Lake
6 120 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 119 (3.74%) Power Query
8 71 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
9 70 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 67 (2.11%) Looker
11 51 (1.60%) BigQuery
12 47 (1.48%) Relational Database
13 45 (1.42%) Big Data
14 42 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
15 37 (1.16%) Metadata
16 31 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
16 31 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
17 30 (0.94%) Star Schema
18 24 (0.75%) MySQL
19 23 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 61 (1.92%) Git
2 57 (1.79%) JIRA
3 29 (0.91%) Visual Studio
4 26 (0.82%) MLflow
5 16 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 10 (0.31%) Postman
7 8 (0.25%) Jenkins
8 7 (0.22%) Selenium
9 6 (0.19%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.16%) Balsamiq
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.063%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.063%) Team Foundation Server
13 1 (0.031%) Artifactory
13 1 (0.031%) Axure RP
13 1 (0.031%) Bitbucket
13 1 (0.031%) GitLab
13 1 (0.031%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.031%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.031%) TeamCity
General
1 1,713 (53.87%) Social Skills
2 652 (20.50%) Finance
3 597 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (4.50%) Law
5 135 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 125 (3.93%) Public Sector
7 124 (3.90%) Legal
8 117 (3.68%) Marketing
9 104 (3.27%) Retail
10 81 (2.55%) Manufacturing
11 62 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 52 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 40 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (0.88%) Banking
15 26 (0.82%) Telecoms
16 21 (0.66%) Publishing
17 20 (0.63%) Tech for Good
18 18 (0.57%) Advertising
19 17 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,541 (48.46%) Analyst
2 1,199 (37.70%) Data Analyst
3 1,015 (31.92%) Junior
4 1,004 (31.57%) Junior Analyst
5 997 (31.35%) Junior Data Analyst
6 402 (12.64%) Developer
7 342 (10.75%) Senior
8 180 (5.66%) Lead
9 176 (5.53%) Architect
10 147 (4.62%) Data Engineer
11 136 (4.28%) Power Platform Developer
12 113 (3.55%) Consultant
13 91 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 87 (2.74%) Business Analyst
15 82 (2.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 77 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
17 70 (2.20%) Support Analyst
18 68 (2.14%) IT Support
19 66 (2.08%) Data Manager
20 59 (1.86%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (4.37%) .NET
2 65 (2.04%) REST
3 58 (1.82%) CSS
3 58 (1.82%) JSON
4 57 (1.79%) HTML
5 49 (1.54%) HTML5 Canvas
6 46 (1.45%) PySpark
7 41 (1.29%) XML
8 40 (1.26%) .NET Core
9 35 (1.10%) PyTorch
10 34 (1.07%) Kafka
11 30 (0.94%) EDI
12 29 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
12 29 (0.91%) Middleware
12 29 (0.91%) scikit-learn
12 29 (0.91%) SPFx
12 29 (0.91%) TensorFlow
13 27 (0.85%) SOAP
14 25 (0.79%) LangChain
14 25 (0.79%) React
Miscellaneous
1 113 (3.55%) Low-Code
2 96 (3.02%) Management Information System
3 72 (2.26%) Cloud Native
4 70 (2.20%) Data Structures
5 58 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 57 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 55 (1.73%) Product Ownership
8 40 (1.26%) Onboarding
9 36 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (0.91%) Public Cloud
11 27 (0.85%) Clustering
12 26 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (0.79%) NHS
14 22 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
15 20 (0.63%) AI Agents
15 20 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
16 19 (0.60%) Social Media
17 17 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
18 14 (0.44%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 76 (2.39%) Windows
2 27 (0.85%) Windows Server
3 23 (0.72%) Linux
4 12 (0.38%) VMS
5 6 (0.19%) Unix
6 5 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.094%) Android
8 3 (0.094%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.031%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,507 (78.84%) Business Intelligence
2 1,364 (42.89%) AI
3 667 (20.97%) Analytics
4 474 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
5 465 (14.62%) Decision-Making
6 414 (13.02%) Data Modelling
7 356 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 323 (10.16%) Visualisation
9 322 (10.13%) Agile
10 289 (9.09%) DevOps
11 273 (8.58%) ETL
12 266 (8.36%) Data Governance
13 234 (7.36%) CRM
14 218 (6.86%) Data Visualisation
14 218 (6.86%) ERP
15 214 (6.73%) Data Engineering
16 213 (6.70%) Project Management
17 207 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
18 203 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 202 (6.35%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,905 (59.91%) SQL
2 1,437 (45.19%) Python
3 207 (6.51%) C#
4 155 (4.87%) JavaScript
5 149 (4.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 94 (2.96%) PowerShell
7 85 (2.67%) VBA
8 55 (1.73%) T-SQL
9 46 (1.45%) R
10 38 (1.19%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 17 (0.53%) Java
13 13 (0.41%) Delphi
13 13 (0.41%) Scala
14 11 (0.35%) Bicep
15 9 (0.28%) VB
15 9 (0.28%) VBScript
16 8 (0.25%) PHP
17 6 (0.19%) Julia
18 3 (0.094%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,020 (32.08%) Azure Certification
2 314 (9.87%) Degree
3 89 (2.80%) Security Cleared
4 66 (2.08%) SC Cleared
5 65 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 62 (1.95%) ACCA
6 62 (1.95%) CIMA
7 41 (1.29%) PMI Certification
7 41 (1.29%) PMP
8 39 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (1.04%) DBS Check
10 31 (0.97%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.44%) AAT
12 13 (0.41%) MBA
13 9 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (0.28%) SSCP
14 8 (0.25%) APMP
14 8 (0.25%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 296 (9.31%) Data Quality
2 130 (4.09%) GDPR
3 101 (3.18%) QA
4 65 (2.04%) SLA
5 47 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 41 (1.29%) PMO
7 38 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 33 (1.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 17 (0.53%) TickIT
10 14 (0.44%) NIST
11 13 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.41%) GRC
12 11 (0.35%) IFRS
13 8 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.13%) GAAP
15 4 (0.13%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.13%) ITGC
15 4 (0.13%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.094%) HIPAA
System Software
1 113 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.44%) Docker
4 4 (0.13%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.094%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.063%) IAG
7 1 (0.031%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (0.91%) Terraform
3 17 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (0.47%) Kubernetes
5 14 (0.44%) SCCM
6 11 (0.35%) Ansible
7 4 (0.13%) Control-M
8 3 (0.094%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.063%) MOM
10 1 (0.031%) Argo
10 1 (0.031%) Grafana
10 1 (0.031%) QRadar
10 1 (0.031%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.031%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 2,027 (63.74%) Microsoft
2 174 (5.47%) Databricks
3 88 (2.77%) SAP
4 77 (2.42%) Oracle
5 58 (1.82%) Google
6 52 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 41 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 34 (1.07%) Adobe
9 33 (1.04%) Informatica
10 29 (0.91%) Alteryx
11 27 (0.85%) Intapp
12 24 (0.75%) Cloudera
12 24 (0.75%) Dell
13 21 (0.66%) OpenAI
13 21 (0.66%) VMware
14 19 (0.60%) Anaplan
15 18 (0.57%) iManage
16 13 (0.41%) Aderant
16 13 (0.41%) Sage
16 13 (0.41%) Verint