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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 51 67
Rank change year-on-year +8 +16 -12
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 267 104 125
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.46% 4.45% 3.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.02% 12.25% 9.28%
Number of salaries quoted 187 83 91
10th Percentile £38,700 £36,700 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +3.48%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,875 £65,188
90th Percentile £76,000 £89,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% - +10.00%

All Cloud Computing 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 1,904 849 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 24.68% 36.34% 34.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 570 745
10th Percentile £34,625 £29,500 £35,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Power Platform
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Power Platform job vacancy trend 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 15 October 2026.

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 15 October 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
Ashton-under-Lyne - 23 £44,000 - 2
Wigan +6 8 £37,500 -
Salford -14 8 £62,500 +38.89% 1
Cheadle +1 5 - -
Bolton 0 4 £28,718 -43.96%
Oldham +5 3 £54,250 +8.50%
Sale - 3 £62,500 -
Altrincham +2 1 £47,500 +72.73%
Rochdale - 1 - - 1
Power Platform
North West

Power Platform
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 47 (17.60%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.50%) Confluence
4 2 (0.75%) Apache
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.75%) IIS
4 2 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.12%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.12%) Navisworks
3 3 (1.12%) ProjectWise
3 3 (1.12%) Revit
3 3 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (7.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.37%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.37%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 88 (32.96%) Azure
2 64 (23.97%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (21.72%) Dynamics 365
3 58 (21.72%) PowerApps
4 55 (20.60%) Power Automate
5 46 (17.23%) Microsoft Copilot
6 33 (12.36%) Copilot Studio
7 29 (10.86%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (5.99%) OneDrive
9 11 (4.12%) Snowflake
10 10 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (3.37%) Azure AI
12 8 (3.00%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.62%) SaaS
14 6 (2.25%) AWS
14 6 (2.25%) GCP
14 6 (2.25%) GitHub
14 6 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) Firewall
1 5 (1.87%) SAN
2 3 (1.12%) LTE
3 2 (0.75%) DHCP
3 2 (0.75%) DNS
3 2 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.75%) SNMP
3 2 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (49.81%) Power BI
2 19 (7.12%) Tableau
3 16 (5.99%) SQL Server
4 11 (4.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (3.37%) Power Query
6 6 (2.25%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.87%) Metadata
8 4 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.50%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.50%) Looker
8 4 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.37%) Flink
10 1 (0.37%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 5 (1.87%) Git
1 5 (1.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.37%) MLflow
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.37%) Postman
General
1 63 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.98%) Finance
3 46 (17.23%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (13.48%) Law
5 25 (9.36%) Legal
6 20 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (7.12%) Military
7 19 (7.12%) Telecoms
8 14 (5.24%) Retail
9 7 (2.62%) Local Government
9 7 (2.62%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.25%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.87%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.87%) Legal Technology
11 5 (1.87%) Marketing
12 4 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Billing
13 2 (0.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 69 (25.84%) Developer
2 40 (14.98%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 38 (14.23%) Senior
4 37 (13.86%) Analyst
5 29 (10.86%) Consultant
6 24 (8.99%) Data Analyst
7 23 (8.61%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 19 (7.12%) Architect
9 16 (5.99%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 15 (5.62%) Microsoft Developer
11 14 (5.24%) Lead
11 14 (5.24%) Power Platform Developer
12 13 (4.87%) Power Platform Consultant
12 13 (4.87%) Support Consultant
13 12 (4.49%) Administrator
13 12 (4.49%) Functional Consultant
13 12 (4.49%) Systems Developer
14 11 (4.12%) Coordinator
14 11 (4.12%) Data Administrator
14 11 (4.12%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.24%) HTML
2 16 (5.99%) CSS
3 14 (5.24%) HTML5 Canvas
4 12 (4.49%) Microsoft Graph
5 10 (3.75%) SPFx
6 9 (3.37%) PySpark
6 9 (3.37%) REST
7 8 (3.00%) Terraform
8 7 (2.62%) .NET
9 4 (1.50%) EDI
10 3 (1.12%) Web Services
11 2 (0.75%) React
11 2 (0.75%) SAML
12 1 (0.37%) ADO
12 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
12 1 (0.37%) Blazor
12 1 (0.37%) Great Expectations
12 1 (0.37%) Middleware
12 1 (0.37%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (0.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 16 (5.99%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.24%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.37%) Low-Code
5 9 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.25%) Hackathon
6 6 (2.25%) Learning Management System
6 6 (2.25%) Web Conferencing
7 5 (1.87%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.50%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.75%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.75%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.75%) Data Fabric
10 2 (0.75%) NHS
10 2 (0.75%) Replication
11 1 (0.37%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.62%) Windows
2 4 (1.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (43.82%) Business Intelligence
2 73 (27.34%) AI
3 59 (22.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (18.73%) Agile
5 50 (18.73%) Analytics
6 45 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (15.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 37 (13.86%) DevOps
9 35 (13.11%) Data Protection
10 34 (12.73%) Visualisation
11 33 (12.36%) Data Modelling
12 32 (11.99%) Decision-Making
13 31 (11.61%) Translating Business Requirements
14 29 (10.86%) CI/CD
15 28 (10.49%) Roadmaps
16 26 (9.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 25 (9.36%) CRM
18 24 (8.99%) Data Visualisation
19 21 (7.87%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 65 (24.34%) SQL
2 40 (14.98%) JavaScript
3 34 (12.73%) Python
4 27 (10.11%) C#
5 8 (3.00%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.25%) R
8 5 (1.87%) Bicep
9 4 (1.50%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.12%) Scala
11 2 (0.75%) Java
11 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.75%) VBA
12 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (5.99%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (5.24%) Degree
2 14 (5.24%) SC Cleared
2 14 (5.24%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.62%) ACCA
3 7 (2.62%) Azure Certification
3 7 (2.62%) CIPD
4 6 (2.25%) CIMA
5 5 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.37%) CFA
6 1 (0.37%) CISA
6 1 (0.37%) CISM
6 1 (0.37%) CISSP
6 1 (0.37%) CRISC
6 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (0.37%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.11%) Data Quality
2 27 (10.11%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.75%) QA
4 9 (3.37%) GDPR
5 7 (2.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.50%) NEBOSH
7 3 (1.12%) ISO 19650
7 3 (1.12%) SLA
8 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.37%) COBIT
9 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.37%) GRC
9 1 (0.37%) IFRS
9 1 (0.37%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.75%) DFS Replication
3 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 163 (61.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.49%) Databricks
3 8 (3.00%) Oracle
4 7 (2.62%) VMware
5 6 (2.25%) Foundry
5 6 (2.25%) Saba
5 6 (2.25%) YouTube
6 4 (1.50%) Google
6 4 (1.50%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.12%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.75%) Aruba
8 2 (0.75%) HighQ
8 2 (0.75%) HP
8 2 (0.75%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.75%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.75%) UiPath
8 2 (0.75%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.37%) Legatics
9 1 (0.37%) Legora
9 1 (0.37%) Liquidlogic