Power Platform Job Trends in Leicestershire

Microsoft Power Platform
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Power Platform skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 15 64
Rank change year-on-year -20 +49 -35
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 49 34 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 3.52% 9.26% 2.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.95% 26.36% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 19 30 24
10th Percentile £28,125 £38,607 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% +7.50% +58.73%
75th Percentile £49,375 £57,500 £77,813
90th Percentile £59,500 - £95,000
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +25.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 410 129 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 29.43% 35.15% 36.91%
Number of salaries quoted 197 102 209
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £26,100
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £82,500
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.28% -9.47% -5.00%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Power Platform
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Leicestershire

Power Platform
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Leicester -29 22 £42,500 -1.16% 9
Loughborough -13 18 £30,000 -45.45%
Hinckley - 3 £47,500 -
Market Harborough - 2 £50,000 - 1
Coalville +3 1 - -
Power Platform
East Midlands

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Applications
1 37 (75.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 32 (65.31%) Azure
2 28 (57.14%) Azure AI
3 2 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.04%) AWS
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (95.92%) Power BI
2 34 (69.39%) Tableau
3 4 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.16%) Power Query
3 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
4 3 (6.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.04%) Data Mining
6 1 (2.04%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (77.55%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.29%) Finance
4 4 (8.16%) Marketing
5 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Advertising
6 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.08%) Retail
7 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Law
7 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.04%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 33 (67.35%) Analyst
1 33 (67.35%) Data Analyst
2 32 (65.31%) Junior
2 32 (65.31%) Junior Analyst
2 32 (65.31%) Junior Data Analyst
3 6 (12.24%) Developer
4 5 (10.20%) Administrator
5 3 (6.12%) Data Administrator
5 3 (6.12%) Data Scientist
6 2 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (4.08%) E-Commerce Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) Senior
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.08%) SQL Developer
7 1 (2.04%) Business Developer
7 1 (2.04%) C# Developer
7 1 (2.04%) Data Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Power BI Developer
7 1 (2.04%) Senior Data Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Pandas
2 1 (2.04%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.04%) PySpark
2 1 (2.04%) REST
2 1 (2.04%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.04%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (97.96%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (63.27%) AI
3 12 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (20.41%) Visualisation
5 9 (18.37%) Validation
6 8 (16.33%) Decision-Making
7 7 (14.29%) Analytics
7 7 (14.29%) ETL
8 6 (12.24%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (12.24%) Data Science
8 6 (12.24%) ERP
8 6 (12.24%) Process Improvement
9 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
9 5 (10.20%) Data Modelling
9 5 (10.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 5 (10.20%) Statistics
10 4 (8.16%) Data Governance
10 4 (8.16%) Data Integration
10 4 (8.16%) Machine Learning
10 4 (8.16%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 43 (87.76%) SQL
2 32 (65.31%) Python
3 3 (6.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (6.12%) VBA
4 2 (4.08%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.04%) C#
5 1 (2.04%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (59.18%) Azure Certification
2 7 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.45%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.16%) GDPR
3 3 (6.12%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 34 (69.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Databricks
2 2 (4.08%) SYSPRO
3 1 (2.04%) Civica
3 1 (2.04%) Google
3 1 (2.04%) Northgate
3 1 (2.04%) Orchard
3 1 (2.04%) SAP