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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 41 38
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 +47
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 105 142 213
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.95% 5.71% 5.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.14% 14.09% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 76 89 195
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £84,056
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% +4.24%

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 1,290 1,008 1,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 36.25% 40.51% 39.55%
Number of salaries quoted 711 600 1,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £79,520 £76,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £89,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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
Oldham - 7 £42,000 - 1
Altrincham - 5 £27,500 -
Bolton +5 2 £51,250 +28.13% 2
Wigan +4 2 £47,500 +21.79% 5
Stockport +1 2 £50,000 -16.67% 8
Cheadle - 1 £55,000 -
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 25 (23.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.76%) WordPress
3 3 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.90%) Confluence
4 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.95%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 30 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.71%) NEC Housing
2 4 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.95%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.95%) Magento
3 1 (0.95%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (40.95%) Azure
2 28 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (19.05%) Power Automate
4 18 (17.14%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 15 (14.29%) OneDrive
6 11 (10.48%) PowerApps
7 10 (9.52%) Azure AI
8 9 (8.57%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (7.62%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (7.62%) SaaS
10 6 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (5.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (4.76%) Snowflake
12 2 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.90%) dbt
12 2 (1.90%) Intacct
12 2 (1.90%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.95%) VPN
1 1 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (66.67%) Power BI
2 17 (16.19%) Tableau
3 10 (9.52%) SQL Server
3 10 (9.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (7.62%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (5.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (4.76%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.86%) Data Vault
8 3 (2.86%) MySQL
9 1 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.95%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.95%) Metadata
9 1 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.95%) QlikView
9 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (3.81%) GitLab
2 3 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 46 (43.81%) Social Skills
2 25 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (23.81%) Finance
3 8 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (7.62%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (6.67%) Retail
5 5 (4.76%) Law
5 5 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.76%) Tech for Good
6 4 (3.81%) Banking
6 4 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.86%) Advertising
7 3 (2.86%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.86%) Marketing
8 2 (1.90%) Games
9 1 (0.95%) Billing
9 1 (0.95%) Electronics
9 1 (0.95%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (32.38%) Analyst
2 19 (18.10%) Senior
3 12 (11.43%) Data Analyst
3 12 (11.43%) Platform Engineer
4 10 (9.52%) Developer
4 10 (9.52%) Junior
4 10 (9.52%) Junior Analyst
4 10 (9.52%) Junior Data Analyst
5 9 (8.57%) Data Engineer
6 8 (7.62%) Applications Support
6 8 (7.62%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (7.62%) Senior Applications Support
6 8 (7.62%) Support Analyst
7 7 (6.67%) Consultant
7 7 (6.67%) Lead
8 6 (5.71%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) Financial Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) Power Platform Consultant
8 6 (5.71%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.71%) HTML
2 4 (3.81%) .NET
2 4 (3.81%) PyTorch
2 4 (3.81%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.90%) Middleware
4 1 (0.95%) Blazor
4 1 (0.95%) CSS
4 1 (0.95%) EDI
4 1 (0.95%) Kafka
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.95%) Snowpark
4 1 (0.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.62%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.67%) Social Media
3 6 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.76%) Low-Code
4 5 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.90%) Replication
5 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.33%) Windows
2 6 (5.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (64.76%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (27.62%) AI
3 27 (25.71%) Agile
4 26 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (19.05%) Analytics
6 18 (17.14%) Decision-Making
7 14 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (12.38%) ETL
8 13 (12.38%) Process Improvement
8 13 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (11.43%) Data Analysis
9 12 (11.43%) DevOps
9 12 (11.43%) Platform Engineering
10 11 (10.48%) Proactive Monitoring
10 11 (10.48%) User Experience
11 10 (9.52%) Change Management
11 10 (9.52%) Data Modelling
11 10 (9.52%) Data Pipeline
12 9 (8.57%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 39 (37.14%) SQL
2 20 (19.05%) Python
3 5 (4.76%) C#
4 4 (3.81%) ANSI SQL
4 4 (3.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.81%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.90%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.95%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (14.29%) Degree
2 10 (9.52%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.67%) DBS Check
4 6 (5.71%) ACCA
4 6 (5.71%) CIMA
5 5 (4.76%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.90%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.90%) PMP
7 1 (0.95%) AAT
7 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.95%) MBA
7 1 (0.95%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.95%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.95%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.90%) PMO
3 2 (1.90%) SLA
4 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.95%) GDPR
4 1 (0.95%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (7.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.62%) New Relic
2 8 (7.62%) Splunk
3 6 (5.71%) Northgate
3 6 (5.71%) Oracle
4 3 (2.86%) Anaplan
4 3 (2.86%) Concur
4 3 (2.86%) SAP
5 2 (1.90%) Genesys
5 2 (1.90%) Sage
5 2 (1.90%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.90%) Verint
6 1 (0.95%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.95%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.95%) Ariba
6 1 (0.95%) Cognos
6 1 (0.95%) Databricks
6 1 (0.95%) Facebook
6 1 (0.95%) Informatica
6 1 (0.95%) Salesforce