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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 14 63
Rank change year-on-year -22 +49 -33
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 48 36 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 3.69% 9.94% 3.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.00% 29.03% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 17 32 31
10th Percentile £28,125 £38,762 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,842 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +58.73%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £61,500 - £95,000
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.10% -9.00% +7.53%

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 400 124 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 30.77% 34.25% 37.87%
Number of salaries quoted 193 97 255
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £82,215
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £43,500 £46,188
% change year-on-year +14.94% -5.82% -7.62%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -25 21 £43,750 +1.74% 8
Loughborough -11 19 £30,000 -45.45% 1
Hinckley - 3 £47,500 -
Coalville 0 1 - -
Market Harborough - 1 £50,000 - 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 (77.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 34 (70.83%) Azure
2 30 (62.50%) Azure AI
3 2 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.08%) AWS
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (95.83%) Power BI
2 35 (72.92%) Tableau
3 4 (8.33%) Power Query
4 3 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (6.25%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.08%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (85.42%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (6.25%) Marketing
4 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Advertising
5 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.17%) Retail
6 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.08%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 36 (75.00%) Analyst
2 35 (72.92%) Data Analyst
3 34 (70.83%) Junior
3 34 (70.83%) Junior Analyst
3 34 (70.83%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (8.33%) Developer
5 3 (6.25%) Administrator
5 3 (6.25%) Data Administrator
5 3 (6.25%) Data Scientist
6 1 (2.08%) Analytics Developer
6 1 (2.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (2.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (2.08%) C# Developer
6 1 (2.08%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (2.08%) Head of DevOps
6 1 (2.08%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (2.08%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.08%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.08%) SQL Analyst
6 1 (2.08%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) Pandas
2 1 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.08%) Legacy Code
2 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.08%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (97.92%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (66.67%) AI
3 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (20.83%) Validation
4 10 (20.83%) Visualisation
5 9 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 6 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (12.50%) Analytics
6 6 (12.50%) Data Science
6 6 (12.50%) ERP
6 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 5 (10.42%) Computer Science
7 5 (10.42%) Data Modelling
7 5 (10.42%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 5 (10.42%) ETL
7 5 (10.42%) Statistics
8 4 (8.33%) Data Analysis
8 4 (8.33%) Data Governance
8 4 (8.33%) Data Management
8 4 (8.33%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 44 (91.67%) SQL
2 34 (70.83%) Python
3 3 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (6.25%) VBA
4 2 (4.17%) R
4 2 (4.17%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (64.58%) Azure Certification
2 7 (14.58%) Degree
3 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.33%) GDPR
3 3 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.08%) QA
Vendors
1 36 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.17%) Databricks
2 2 (4.17%) SYSPRO
3 1 (2.08%) Civica
3 1 (2.08%) Google
3 1 (2.08%) Northgate
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle
3 1 (2.08%) Orchard
3 1 (2.08%) SAP