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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 31 33
Rank change year-on-year -23 +2 +45
Permanent jobs citing Power Platform 132 155 299
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.66% 7.59% 6.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.16% 17.26% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 87 90 268
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +20.10% +1.52%
75th Percentile £68,666 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,500 £89,125
North West median annual salary £50,750 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.74% +21.05% -

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 1,618 898 1,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 32.64% 44.00% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 933 666 1,584
10th Percentile £31,400 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +1 6 £42,000 +33.33%
Bolton -1 3 £50,000 +25.00% 3
Wigan -5 3 £47,500 +21.79% 2
Salford -16 2 £42,500 - 2
Stockport -5 1 £50,000 -31.03% 4
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 23 (17.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.79%) Confluence
3 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.52%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 47 (35.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.55%) NEC Housing
2 5 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.79%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.52%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.52%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 48 (36.36%) Azure
2 33 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (15.15%) Azure AI
4 16 (12.12%) Power Automate
4 16 (12.12%) PowerApps
5 15 (11.36%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
7 10 (7.58%) Entra ID
8 9 (6.82%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (6.82%) OneDrive
9 8 (6.06%) SaaS
10 5 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (3.79%) Snowflake
11 4 (3.03%) Dropbox
12 3 (2.27%) AWS
13 2 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.76%) VPN
1 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (66.67%) Power BI
2 28 (21.21%) Tableau
3 13 (9.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (6.82%) Power Query
4 9 (6.82%) SQL Server
5 8 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (3.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (3.03%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.27%) MySQL
8 3 (2.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.52%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.52%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.76%) Metadata
10 1 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (3.79%) JIRA
2 2 (1.52%) Git
2 2 (1.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
General
1 57 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (15.91%) Finance
4 13 (9.85%) Retail
5 10 (7.58%) Law
6 9 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.06%) Marketing
8 6 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.55%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.79%) Banking
9 5 (3.79%) Military
9 5 (3.79%) Tech for Good
10 2 (1.52%) Games
10 2 (1.52%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.52%) Legal
11 1 (0.76%) Advertising
11 1 (0.76%) Billing
11 1 (0.76%) Electronics
11 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (37.88%) Analyst
2 24 (18.18%) Data Analyst
3 22 (16.67%) Senior
4 20 (15.15%) Junior
4 20 (15.15%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (15.15%) Junior Data Analyst
5 13 (9.85%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (8.33%) Data Manager
7 10 (7.58%) Developer
8 9 (6.82%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (6.82%) Support Analyst
9 8 (6.06%) Business Analyst
9 8 (6.06%) Consultant
9 8 (6.06%) Lead
10 7 (5.30%) Power Platform Developer
11 6 (4.55%) Applications Support
11 6 (4.55%) Applications Support Analyst
11 6 (4.55%) Data Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) Power Platform Consultant
11 6 (4.55%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.03%) PyTorch
1 4 (3.03%) TensorFlow
2 3 (2.27%) EDI
3 2 (1.52%) .NET
3 2 (1.52%) Web Services
4 1 (0.76%) Blazor
4 1 (0.76%) CSS
4 1 (0.76%) HTML
4 1 (0.76%) Kafka
4 1 (0.76%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (5.30%) Pricing Data
3 5 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.79%) Low-Code
3 5 (3.79%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.27%) Social Media
5 2 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.52%) Replication
5 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.76%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (68.18%) Business Intelligence
2 42 (31.82%) AI
3 35 (26.52%) Analytics
4 26 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (18.94%) Decision-Making
6 24 (18.18%) Agile
6 24 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (12.12%) User Experience
8 15 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
8 15 (11.36%) Visualisation
9 14 (10.61%) Data Pipeline
10 13 (9.85%) Change Management
10 13 (9.85%) Data Analysis
10 13 (9.85%) Data Governance
10 13 (9.85%) Data Modelling
11 12 (9.09%) Business Case
11 12 (9.09%) DevOps
12 11 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
12 11 (8.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (37.12%) SQL
2 32 (24.24%) Python
3 9 (6.82%) VBA
4 6 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (3.79%) C#
6 4 (3.03%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.27%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.52%) ANSI SQL
9 1 (0.76%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (15.15%) Azure Certification
2 16 (12.12%) Degree
3 3 (2.27%) ACCA
3 3 (2.27%) CIMA
3 3 (2.27%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.52%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.52%) PMP
5 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.06%) QA
3 2 (1.52%) GDPR
3 2 (1.52%) SLA
4 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (6.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.06%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (6.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.06%) New Relic
2 8 (6.06%) Splunk
3 6 (4.55%) Northgate
3 6 (4.55%) SAP
4 5 (3.79%) Oracle
5 3 (2.27%) Databricks
6 2 (1.52%) Adyen
6 2 (1.52%) Anaplan
6 2 (1.52%) Genesys
6 2 (1.52%) IFS
6 2 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.52%) Verint
7 1 (0.76%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.76%) Informatica