Power Platform Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Power Platform
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Power Platform skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 61 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 107 147 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.52% 3.61% 4.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.49% 10.32% 9.94%
Number of salaries quoted 84 115 120
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,350 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,730 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +9.48% +0.48%
75th Percentile £76,563 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £82,250 £75,250
North West median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 857 1,425 1,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 36.19% 34.99% 46.81%
Number of salaries quoted 571 833 1,109
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,050 £36,270
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.37%
75th Percentile £76,840 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Power Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Power Platform in Manchester

Power Platform
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Power Platform.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Power Platform

Power Platform
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Power Platform in Manchester over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Power Platform in Manchester

Power Platform
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Platform within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
Bolton +17 10 £60,000 +26.32% 15
Altrincham - 6 £27,500 -
Salford - 2 £45,000 - 1
Wigan - 1 - - 2
Oldham - 1 £50,000 - 7
Power Platform
North West

Power Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (12.15%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.61%) WordPress
3 2 (1.87%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 37 (34.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (12.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.93%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 41 (38.32%) Azure
2 24 (22.43%) Dynamics 365
3 17 (15.89%) Power Automate
4 13 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (9.35%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (9.35%) Entra ID
6 8 (7.48%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Copilot
6 8 (7.48%) OneDrive
7 7 (6.54%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (5.61%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (5.61%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.74%) AWS
9 4 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (3.74%) SaaS
9 4 (3.74%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.80%) Azure Functions
10 3 (2.80%) Serverless
11 2 (1.87%) Google Docs
11 2 (1.87%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) DNS
1 1 (0.93%) Firewall
1 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.93%) VPN
1 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (72.90%) Power BI
2 15 (14.02%) Tableau
3 6 (5.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (4.67%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (4.67%) Data Mining
4 5 (4.67%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.80%) Data Hub
6 3 (2.80%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.80%) Metadata
6 3 (2.80%) SQL CLR
7 2 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.87%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.93%) Big Data
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.93%) Power Query
8 1 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (2.80%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) GitLab
3 1 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) MLflow
3 1 (0.93%) RStudio
General
1 47 (43.93%) Finance
2 37 (34.58%) Social Skills
3 34 (31.78%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.21%) Retail
5 11 (10.28%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (8.41%) Law
7 7 (6.54%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.61%) Banking
8 6 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (5.61%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.74%) Marketing
9 4 (3.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.80%) Back Office
10 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.87%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.87%) Military
12 1 (0.93%) Advertising
12 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 40 (37.38%) Analyst
2 25 (23.36%) Senior
3 18 (16.82%) Developer
4 10 (9.35%) Consultant
4 10 (9.35%) Financial Analyst
5 9 (8.41%) Data Analyst
6 6 (5.61%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 6 (5.61%) Power Platform Developer
6 6 (5.61%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (4.67%) Architect
7 5 (4.67%) IT Support
7 5 (4.67%) Lead
7 5 (4.67%) Power Platform Consultant
7 5 (4.67%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (4.67%) Support Officer
8 4 (3.74%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 4 (3.74%) Report Analyst
8 4 (3.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 3 (2.80%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.54%) HTML
2 4 (3.74%) .NET
3 3 (2.80%) REST
4 2 (1.87%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (1.87%) Middleware
4 2 (1.87%) Snowpark
5 1 (0.93%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) Social Media
2 13 (12.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (7.48%) Management Information System
4 7 (6.54%) Data Structures
5 6 (5.61%) Product Ownership
6 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
6 5 (4.67%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (3.74%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.80%) Blog
8 3 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.80%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.80%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.87%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.87%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.87%) Derivative
9 2 (1.87%) Equities
9 2 (1.87%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.93%) FMCG
10 1 (0.93%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.28%) Windows
2 5 (4.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (65.42%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (31.78%) Agile
3 25 (23.36%) Decision-Making
4 19 (17.76%) Actionable Insight
4 19 (17.76%) Data Analysis
5 17 (15.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 17 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (14.95%) Analytics
6 16 (14.95%) Financial Modelling
7 15 (14.02%) Data Management
8 14 (13.08%) Artificial Intelligence
8 14 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (12.15%) Commercial Awareness
9 13 (12.15%) Computer Science
9 13 (12.15%) Visualisation
10 12 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (11.21%) DevOps
10 12 (11.21%) ERP
10 12 (11.21%) Process Improvement
11 11 (10.28%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 38 (35.51%) SQL
2 12 (11.21%) Python
3 6 (5.61%) T-SQL
4 5 (4.67%) VBA
5 4 (3.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.87%) ANSI SQL
8 1 (0.93%) Bicep
8 1 (0.93%) C#
8 1 (0.93%) PHP
8 1 (0.93%) R
8 1 (0.93%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 28 (26.17%) Degree
2 16 (14.95%) DBS Check
3 14 (13.08%) ACCA
3 14 (13.08%) CIMA
4 13 (12.15%) Security Cleared
5 12 (11.21%) SC Cleared
6 7 (6.54%) Master's Degree
6 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.67%) A+ Certification
9 3 (2.80%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.87%) AAT
10 2 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.87%) CBAP
10 2 (1.87%) MCP
10 2 (1.87%) PhD
11 1 (0.93%) MBA
11 1 (0.93%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.35%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (3.74%) QA
3 4 (3.74%) SLA
4 2 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.80%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (59.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) Cognos
2 5 (4.67%) Databricks
2 5 (4.67%) Facebook
3 3 (2.80%) Alteryx
3 3 (2.80%) Concur
3 3 (2.80%) Oracle
3 3 (2.80%) VMware
4 2 (1.87%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.87%) Google
4 2 (1.87%) Sage
4 2 (1.87%) SAP
4 2 (1.87%) UiPath
5 1 (0.93%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (0.93%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.93%) Ariba
5 1 (0.93%) Meraki
5 1 (0.93%) NEC
5 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow